Episode 1 open with a frail and aged Jang Yeong Sil (Song Il Gook) trudging across the field in anticipation of a solar eclipse. Given that the drama begins with a preview of the end, I'm just glad that the protagonist survived long enough to reach such a ripe age; as is NOT the case in so many dramas.
Flashback to a young Jang Yeong Sil who is but a wide-eyed slave boy thirsty for knowledge and eager to make a difference. His earnest curiosity repeatedly gets him in trouble and sets the stage for an impending love triangle as he earns the wrath of the young master (his cousin by blood) and gains a friend in Princess So Hyun.
Jang Yeong Sil was almost being beaten to death at one point if not for his father's intervention. The father-son dynamic is unexpectedly heartwarming as Jang Yeong Sil's father is a man of noble birth, wise beyond his time and uninhibited by the constraints of social class, thereby openly accepting his son Yeong Sil despite the fact that Yeong Sil is born of a gisaeng (an entertainer akin to a prostitute).
The resemblance between the two is undeniable and their bond instantaneously made stronger by a common penchant for astronomy. Unfortunately, his father's attempts at including Yeong Sil only ostracizes him further, creating discord among the Jang household.
The episode ultimately ends in a tearful but joyous moment when Yeong Sil and his father catch a spectacular view of the elusive solar eclipse yet with a sense of foreboding, I go on to the next episode.
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