THURSDAY ON TIMELESS LOVE - EPISODE 83

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Picking up from last night, fate continues to shove Nata into significant characters as she bumps into Marina at the airport. They exchange polite perdóns and go their separate (though unknowingly connected) ways.

Carlos and Matilde are bummed that Renata left; they were both sure that she and Jero had reconciled. Jero says that Nata left him because she could not forget how much he hurt her. Nata didn't leave because she does not love him. Jero, in tears, admits he is destroyed by Nata's leaving. Carlos asks if Jero will try to get Nata back.

Constanza runs into the centro kitchen to tell Chema about Adriana's accident. Coni has to be with Honorio now that the life of his only daughter is in danger. Chema wants to go with her but Coni tells him she has to go alone. She only wants to be with Honorio. Chema wants Coni to share her problems with him now that they are an item. Coni can't deal with that right now and hurries out the door.

Regina tells Gonzo she wishes she could go with him to the hospital but doesn't think it would be prudent. It would cause problems with Fina. Gonzo tells Regi not to worry about Fina anymore. She lied about having a brain tumor. Gonzo moved out of the house and is getting a divorce ASAP. From this moment on, Regi is his partner. Regi cries happy tears.

Detective Cantu grills Daniel at the police station. Danny Boy has a bandaged head but is otherwise fine. He agrees to tell the feds everything they want to know about Blanca but only if he gets to explain it in front of Hon and Gonzo.

Honorio waits anxiously for word on Adri's condition. Matias leaves a message for Nata but doesn't go into detail. Coni arrives at the hospital with Gonzo. She takes one look at Honorio and embraces him.

Mat tells Gonzo that Adri's operation could take hours; all they can do is wait and hope. Gonzo tries to comfort Mat.

Honorio blames himself for Adriana's accident. If he hadn't been so stupid as to trust Blanca, none of this would have happened. Adri was hit because she was trying to help him. "It should have been me! It would not matter if I lived or died! My daughter is so young and full of life. She can't die!" Constanza tries to console him through her own tears.

BSC Blanca reaches a whole new level of psychosis as she sits on a bed and contemplates a lighter. She drags the flame across her arm with creepy satisfaction.

It leaves nasty red burns on her forearm. Then she starts beating herself with a wooden stick (??) and calling herself estúpida. Gah, this reminds me of that scene in Fatal Attraction where Alex sits in a bedroom flicking a light switch on and off for hours.

*Shiver* They both have sick obsessions with married men and both enjoy self-mutilation. They should share a rubber room together somewhere.

Matias finally gets through to Renata and he tells her about Adri's accident. Nata will be there as soon as she can.

The doctor checks up on a battered and unconscious Adriana.

A young woman asks a nurse for information about the girl who was run over by a car. Matias overhears and is on the defensive. He guesses that the young woman must be the low-life hit-and-run driver.

Nata arrives at the hospital and Gonzo tells her that Adri is in intensive care; no one is allowed to see her yet. Nata sits with Hon and Coni and keeps repeating that there's no way Adriana can die. Everyone anguishes in the waiting room.

The young lady tells Matias that her sister was driving the car. She is underage and the accident scared her so much she ran away. The lady says that both she and her father want to accept responsibility for the accident which is why she came to the hospital. Matias softens and apologizes for jumping down her throat. He introduces himself and she tells him her name is Julieta Montiel (Zoraida Gómez, another cast member from En Nombre del Amor).

Julieta says that her family is not wealthy but her father is prepared to pay for Adri's medical expenses even if they have to pay it little by little. Matias thanks Julieta for the offer but they can't accept it. If they did, the police would investigate and Julieta's sister would have trouble with the law.

Early the next morning, the doctor finally has news for the Monterrubios. He tells them that Adri isn't out of the woods yet but they have hope she will pull through. Adri broke several bones, including her left leg, but the doctor is most worried about Adri's spine. Uh-oh.

The doctor says he noticed that several discs in Adri's spine were damaged by the impact of the car. It could effect her mobility but he has hope that it will heal in time. None of the Monterrubios are very comforted by the news.

Marina has arrived in wine country and takes a stroll with Padre. Marina hopes she can do something for the locals who lost their livelihoods in the storm. Padre thinks Marina is just what the doctor ordered. They need a competent medical profession in town. Marina would be happy to help.

Jero leaves on horseback. Lazaro tells Mati and Carlos he thinks Jero is going to look for Nata.

Gonzo and Matias leave to hold down the fort at work so Honorio can devote his time to his hija. Nata promises to stay as long as she needs to.

Ezequiel catches Jero leading Nata's horse Gitana out of the stables. Jero is taking the horse with or without permission. Zeke doesn't like it but he lets Jero go without much of a fight.

Augie's lawyer tells him he's free to go because they don't have enough evidence to hold him. Augie gloats that it's going to drive Jero crazy that he's been cleared of all charges.

Matias and Coni have coffee in the hospital cafeteria. Mat doesn't want Julieta's sister to end up prosecuted, especially since Adri did not look before she ran out into the street. Coni tells him to talk to Honorio about it. Gonzo drops by to tell Matias that they have to leave for work.

Constanza comes back from the waiting room to find Nata by herself. Hon left to make a phone call. Tia Coni asks how things went with Jero. Nata says everything went well but she had to leave Jero. She is not going to be in Jero's life and he will no longer be a part of her's. It breaks Nata's heart but she had to do it. Coni gives Nata a motherly hug.

Karina and Lazaro discuss Nata's leaving the hacienda. Kari can identify with Nata; she could never forgive what Doc did to her. She's going to miss Nata because she made Kari feel happy and valuable. Lazaro tells Kari she is very valuable.

Matias gets back to the casa. He fills Roberta in on where everyone has been the past day. Berta has a smug satisfaction about her as she figures out that Jero and Nata tried to reconcile but failed. Mat wants to end the farce that is their marriage as soon as possible.

Fina puts up her jewelery in order to get some quick cash. She vows that she will get Gonzo back and settle things once and for all with Regina.

Detective Cantu tells Antonio that he has found a guy who was Fina's lover in the past. Cantu is sure this will be the solution to the PepaFina equation.

Padre pays a visit to Jero and introduces him to Doctora Marina. Jero flashes an award-winning grin.

Nata prays about her situation. She is thankful Adriana survived and asks for the strength to move on from Jero. She doesn't want another relationship full of lies and misery. She prays for help in healing her broken heart.

Jero mentions having already met Marina at the hospital once. The pueblo is planning a birthday celebration for Padre and he invites Jero and Nata to the party. Jero fills Padre in on Nata's leaving. Padre's smile after hearing this news makes me think he wants to play matchmaker with Jero and Marina.

Augie returns to his hacienda and Zeke tells him about Jero taking Gitana from the stables. Augie tells Zeke that he is supposed to protect everything that Augie owns with his life. If he's not willing to do that, Zeke can leave. Augie seethes that Nata would want her horse moved.

Jero tells Carlos that he wants to win Nata back but he has to give her time. He and Nata had such a volatile relationship. Jero needs to earn her love and work to keep it for the rest of their lives.

Padre fills Marina in on Jero and Nata's torrid love story. Marina tells Padre she knew Jero because he had asked her to preform a DNA test on Berta's baby. What a small world! Berta was Rafa's novia and Nata's sister. How odd, says Marina. Jero had asked to have the test done to see if Berta's baby was his or not. Padre's gossipy heart can barely handle the shock of it.

Nata turns up at Palacio Monterrubio to have a word with Berta. They have a surprisingly civil conversation. Berta is glad that everyone knows she didn't kill Rafa, even if Jero wanted to have her thrown in jail. Nata says Jero only wants justice. She wishes Berta would help them achieve it. Berta has no idea who would want to kill Rafa but she wants to find out who did it so the two of them can move on from the ghosts of boyfriends past.

Matias and Gonzo both agree that Julieta Montiel and her family are not at fault for the accident. They lay the blame solely at Blaaaaanca Ocaaaampo's feet.

Augie calls La Bonita but Manuela tells him that Nata returned to Mexico. Augie is thrilled.

Constanza brings Hon some coffee. He thanks her for staying by his side. Coni cries that she has grown to love Adriana and wants her to survive. Honorio leaves to fill out more paperwork and Coni is surprised to find Chema there when she turns around.

Coni says Chema shouldn't be there. Hon is so worried about Adri's condition that Chema's presence would send him over the edge. Chema can't help but be jealous that Coni is spending so much time with Hon. He asks Coni not to exclude him from her life but leaves the hospital to avoid causing trouble.

Back at the the police station, Danny Boy tells Gonzo and Matias that he wants to help them set a trap for Blanca. He will tell them anything they want to know about Blanca as long as they drop the charges against him. Gonzo is not pleased but agrees to the conditions so Blanca will never hurt another person he loves. Matias threatens...no warns Daniel that if he double-crosses them, there will be hell to pay.

Fina stuffs her cash into a bag and plans to meet with Gustavo. She wants him to do things her way. He kind-of agrees.

Nata does an eye makeup commercial and gets a call from Augie. She's happy to hear Augie is out of jail. Nata tells him about Adri's accident and promises to get back to him when she isn't stretched so thin.

Gonzo and Mat fill Honorio in on Daniel's interrogation. He admitted to being Blanca's accomplice. Hon is worried about having to trust a liar like Daniel but he understands that it's a risk they have to take to catch Blanca. Hon's main concern is Adriana's health.

Regina, Doña Cata, Ines, and Isidro all stop by the hospital to ask about Adriana. She is still fighting for her life. Regi steps out for a minute to get a drink and Gonzo bounds down the hallway to help her.

Gustavo paces in a remote wooded area. Detective Cantu meets with him while Fina waits in the bushes. Gustavo hands over the paperwork that proves that Fina was the kidnapper. Cantu hands over a check and Gustavo promptly shoots Cantu in the chest.

Ay, dios mio! Fina checks his pulse and is pleased to see that Cantu is dead. She didn't think Gustavo had the guts to do it. He pockets the check and Fina hands over the sack with the money she promised him. Gustavo thinks he and Fina should go on a trip together to celebrate their villainy. Fina says there is a place she plans to visit but Gustavo is going to get there before she does: HELL.

Fina shoots Gustavo in the chest. He wheezes in pain and when the credits roll, he hasn't quite died yet. Just when we thought Fina was down for the count, she comes back with a vengeance! What's the body count up to now?

Avances: Berta pleads with Matias to not leave her, Jero is furious that Augie is out of jail, and Augie wastes no time in acting the part of Nata's shadow.

THURSDAY ON COLOR OF PASSION EPISODE 68

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Alonso and Lucia look on in horror as Rebeca cradles a seemingly lifeless Nora in her arms. Rebeca screams at Alonso that this is all HIS fault. Al rushes to the bed and also cradles his baby girl, gently slapping her face to wake her, and begging her to speak to him. He takes her in his arms and rushes out. Lucia, only in her robe and slippers, runs ahead of him to open doors and help him get Nora in the car. Left alone in the bedroom, Rebeca makes sure to collect the carefully scattered pills from the floor. However, she misses one…

Once down the stairs, Rebeca insists they take her car. As Alonso gets Nora in the car, and he and Lucia open the gates, Rebeca gets in the driver’s seat…and keeps on driving, leaving a panicked arm-clutching Alonso in the dust yelling after her. Lucia insists he get back into the house to take his pills, before they can leave together to go to the hospital.

Marcelo calls the office to check on work with Al, but finds out he’s not there. Rafaela announces he has a visitor, and his day starts to go downhill when he finds out it’s Momster Milagros, instead of Lucia. This time she’s ticked off because she learned second-hand from Daniela that he plans on marrying Lucia. Was he planning on not inviting her? What’s the hurry, when he’s only known the girl a hot minute? “I know her well enough to know that she’s the woman with whom I want to spend the rest of my life!” Mili thinks the reason they’re in such a hurry is because it has something to do with the woman who killed Fede. Marcelo reminds her again that if she tells him what he wants to know, he’ll tell her what she wants to know. “Why are you always challenging me? I’m your mother, Marcelo, not your enemy! When you want to speak to me, like what we are, mother and son, you know where to find me.”

Leticia writes her letter of resignation and hands it to Mario. Mario won’t accept it. He explains that Magdalena is a grown, mature woman, who is not letting Leti’s rude comments affect her one bit. Plus, since he’s going on honeymoon, and still has no secretary, he needs her and Sergio now more than ever. Leti admits she doesn’t feel comfortable working with Sergio anymore either, but won’t explain why. Mario convinces her to at least wait the two weeks until he’s back from honeymoon.

Magda and Sara chat about Leti’s (inappropriate) feelings for Mario. Sara says that Leti feels awful about Magda hearing what she said. They quickly move on to other family matters. Sara admits that Al wants to trade in Magda’s sister Rebeca, for her. He’s divorcing Becky and says he wants to marry Sara. Since Rebeca is Magda’s sister, she feels kind of awkward about that, but Magda couldn’t be happier with the news. “Girl, I don’t know how he stood her for so many years.” Magda adds that Ricardo’s recent revelations likely gave Al the final push. Sara wonders if Magda really believes Ric. Magda knows Ric is liar, but she believes him on this one. “Rebeca is capable of this, and much more.”

Ricardo runs into Leti in the hallway of Mario’s office. He’s all smiles. Leti, not so much. He begs her to let him tell her HIS version of things over coffee. Leti’s not having it. He sticks his cell number on her computer screen. Leti tells him that she’s not interested in him, and neither is her mother, especially now that she’s going to remake her life with someone else! Ric’s ears perk up. “Really? With whom?” Mario brusquely ushers Ric into his office before he can get more info. Leti rips up Ric’s number.

At the hospital, Al and Lucia are unsuccessful in locating Nora in the registry. Al calls Rebeca demanding to know where she took Nora. She claims she didn’t take Nora to the hospital because she didn’t want Al’s lover treating Nora. Instead, she claims that she took Nora to someone she trusts completely. We neither see Nora, nor anything that looks like an inside location, while Rebeca speaks to Al. Al begs to be with Nora. “Nora doesn’t want to see you!” Click. Al freaks out, just as Sara rounds the corner and learns Nora tried to commit suicide.

Ric’s very presence is getting on Mario’s nerves (and Ric knows it). Since Alonso hasn’t yet sent a response to Amador’s proposal for dissolving their partnership, Ric says he’ll go talk to Al directly himself. Mario demands that he stay the hell away from his client AND his client’s family (meaning Magda). Ric knows he’s hit a nerve, and gloats. He’s sure it’s hurting Mario to know that he was hitting it with Rebeca back when Mario was her little boyfriend. Mario says he doesn’t give a damn about Rebeca. The only woman important to him is named Magdalena. “How strange. When I left here, I left two women crazy in love with me. And now that I’ve come back, they’re both just about to remake their lives with other men. When did you say you’re marrying Magdalena?” Mario loses it and kicks Ric out. When Sr. Gaxiola has a response, he’ll contact Ric!

Sara and Lucia join forces to calm Al down. Sara writes Lucia a prescription for the heart medicine Al couldn’t locate at home. While Lucia goes off to get the medicine, Sara takes Al to her office to call all the hospitals in Puebla. Lucia runs into Marcelo, who has just gotten the green light to go back to work for a few hours a day, since he’s now healing so well. Lucia explains the Nora drama as they head to Sara’s office. Meanwhile, Sara and Al have no luck when they call each hospital. Sara points out that this is Rebeca’s way of punishing him for asking for a divorce. Al tries to reassure Sara that this isn’t her fault. He’s the one to blame, for failing to raise Nora into a strong woman who’s sure of herself. “She’s always thought that I love Lucia more than her. And as hard as I’ve tried to get that idea out of her head, I can’t.” He shares with Sara that Nora’s reaction to learning about the divorce was not to worry about Rebeca, but instead to think that it meant that he was leaving her (Nora). Sara thinks he needs to focus on Nora. Lucia and Marcelo bring the pills, but Marcelo quickly hustles Lucia back out when it becomes obvious that she and Al are just feeding on each other’s worry.

Out in the hallway, Marcelo shares his theory with Lucia that this whole suicide thing is a hoax, planned by Rebeca and Nora. Lucia finds it hard to believe that Rebeca would involve Nora in something like that, especially since she knows that Nora isn’t (emotionally) well. Marcelo points out that Rebeca had no problem playing with the feelings of an unwell Federico, but Lucia thinks she wouldn’t do that to her own daughter—the person she most loves in the world. “Your aunt only loves herself! It doesn’t matter to her who she uses or steps on to get what she wants! When are you going to understand that?”

Neither Marcelo nor Lucia see Alonso and Sara come up behind them to hear this impassioned speech. Al is completely taken aback. He wonders how Marcelo could talk all that smack about Rebeca when he doesn’t know her well enough…or does he? “What reasons do you have to speak that way about Nora’s mother?!” Marcelo’s all ready to spill the beans, but Lucia jumps in trying to make excuses, until Al tells her to shut it and let Marcelo speak. Marcelo, feeling Lucia’s eyes burning a hole into the back of his head, instead shares his theory about the fake suicide attempt. Al can’t compute that possibility, and Sara has Lucia take Al home to wait for news there. When they’re gone, Sara points out to Marcelo that his non-sequitur made little sense. Does he know something about Rebeca? For the second time that day, someone tells Sara that they are certain that Rebeca Murillo is capable of ANYTHING.

Daniela’s in bed, in her pjs, and in mid-whine, when Mili confirms Marcelo’s upcoming nuptials with someone who isn’t Dani. She demands that Dani get off her whiney hiney and come out to eat with her.

Magda spots a very different Sara from the nervously excited friend she spoke with that morning. She’s on the verge of tears, and tells Magda that she was an idiot for getting her hopes up about Alonso. She tells Magda that Nora tried to kill herself because she believes her father is going to abandon her.

As Lucia pulls up to the gates of the house, Al is in the passenger seat lost in thought. He thinks about Marcelo’s theory of the fake suicide, and Dr. Andrade’s theory that Rebeca has much to do with Nora’s emotional instability. After Lucia spots that Rebeca’s car is parked in the driveway, they run into the house and up to Nora’s room. Nora seems out of it, as Rebeca tends to her in bed. Al rushes in, thanking God when he sees Nora conscious and in bed. He demands to know where Rebeca took Nora; which doctor; and what did Nora take! Rebeca refuses to give him any info—only saying that she took Nora to a private clinic, and they pumped her stomach because she took a whole bottle of sleeping pills. Al demands to know where the hell she got sleeping pills! Rebeca claims not to know, and gets defensive that he’ll blame her again, like the time when his precious Lucia did the same thing. She’s sure Dr. Andrade probably gave them to her. Nora has enough of the bickering and yells at them to shut up already! Al leaves, and Rebeca kicks Lucia out of the room, who has been observing Rebeca and Nora with intense scrutiny. 

At the fabrica, Lalo continues to develop his theory about Vinizio’s role in Marcelo’s assault. His hunches (corazonado) are always right, and since he caught Vini in the tool box, he can’t help thinking of that missing awl. Nazario, like Marcelo, points out that Vini was the one who rescued Marcelo. Lalo’s theory is that Vini has nothing directly against Marcelo, but his master, Amador, does. He’s sure Amador gave the order to hurt Marcelo. Naz has his own hunches, about Trini’s murder, but without proof, neither his nor Lalo’s hunches are going to get beyond theory. Naz is determined to find proof though.

Lucia tries to speak to Al about the faux suicide theory, but he gets defensive. It’s obvious that Marcelo and Lucia herself don’t understand how fragile Nora is. Al refuses to speak about it anymore, and decides to head off to work, since Nora doesn’t want to see or speak to him.

Amador has lunch with Ricardo, who wants to borrow more money, since they haven’t closed the deal with Alonso yet. He just needs enough to get him through the month. Amador has money issues of his own. Plus, if he keeps bankrolling Ric, he’ll have no incentive to close the deal with Al. Amador leaves, but not before coughing up a wad of cash to pay for his and Ric’s lunches. Dani and Milagros enter, and they make small talk about Rod being free with Amador. Amador is snippy, since Dani’s statement put Rod in jail in the first place. Ric locks in on Dani, and her short red skirt, and her air of money. He’s likely not close enough to hear her tell Mili how undervalued as a woman she feels, and that she may be ready to look at other options, but he surely picks up on her desperate vibe. Once Mili heads to the bathroom, he makes his move. He walks over, introduces himself as Amador’s friend, and offers his services as a lawyer to help bring her cousin’s killer to justice. He hands her his number, and tells her to contact him for ANY reason, not just her cousin’s case. Dani looks intrigued.

Lucia and Marcelo powwow in his apartment. He scolds her for not letting him tell her dad the truth. She scolds him for almost breaking their agreement to wait. She doesn’t understand why it’s so hard for him to hold his tongue now, when he went MONTHS keeping the truth from them. Marcelo points out that it’s one thing to keep quiet about something, and it’s quite another to lie about it when someone asks you to your face. Lucia feels bad about it too, especially because it forced him to share his faux suicide theory with her dad. It caused a huge blowup with her father and Rebeca, and Nora, who was offended. Marcelo sticks by his theory. He doesn’t think Nora is as fragile as they believe, and they all coddle her too much. Lucia says her father is right—Marcelo doesn’t know anything about Nora. “Marcelo, Nora is unwell.” Marcelo asks for Lucia’s forgiveness and promises not to criticize Nora anymore.

Lucia crouches in front of Marcelo and admits to him that she also has no right to criticize Nora, since she did the same thing after Rodrigo dumped her at the altar. “What?! You tried to kill yourself over that imbecile?” “I didn’t want to kill myself. I just wanted to stop thinking. But since I met you, I only think of you.” Marcelo gives her a sweet kiss.

Rod’s search through the want ads is interrupted by a visit from his estranged Daddy. Rod is less than welcoming. He doesn’t need Amador to share any of the details of his affair with Ligia, because she already told him plenty. Amador shares the facts of life. “There are times in a man’s life when the need is great, and the flesh is weak, and you get involved with someone you shouldn’t. Or am I wrong?” Rod, who has let his rod lead him into unwise relations with Nora AND Ligia, sees the truth in these words and lets his father in. Amador wants them to wipe the slate clean, and wants Rod to return home. Rod refuses. “It’s not a question of pride. I simply don’t want to be anywhere near you.” Amador again wonders why Rod is being so hard on him, when he cheated days before his wedding and got Nora pregnant. “Yeah, well, Nora isn’t dead, but Ligia IS!” Amador wonders if Rod is trying to say that Amador is guilty of the murder. Rod doesn’t quite meet and hold his father’s gaze when he says that the only thing he can be sure of is that HE didn’t kill Ligia. Amador decides that maybe it is a good idea that they keep their distance for a while, but reminds Rod that the doors to the house are always open, before then insulting the quality of jobs he’s circled in the want ads.

Ric’s landlady reminds him that his rent is due at the end of the month. He decides to call up the Bank of Becky. Unfortunately, during her dustup with Alonso in Nora’s room, Rebeca had dropped her phone earlier. It is a groggy and cranky Nora who answers her phone instead. “Hello, my love. Have you missed me?” Nora demands to know who the hell this is! Rebeca comes in and tries to snatch the phone away from Nora, but Nora is not letting her off the hook. “Who the hell is that man who called you? Why did he call you my love, and why did he ask if you missed him?! ANSWER ME!!”

THURSDAY ON REBEL - EPISODE 12 ON JOY PRIME @ 8: AM

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The king looks at the flames while listening to the protesters outside chanting their grievances. His face morphs into one of fury as he wonders whether the people even respect him as their sovereign. Meanwhile, our hero, Gil-dong, contemplates his father’s words – Amogae gave him food for thought when he told him to consider what would anger the king.

Yeonsangun paces back and forth as he demands that his musician troupe tell him about the rumors outside the palace. He points out Wolhamae first, and she tries to flatter him by telling him that the people venerate him as a great and honorable king, but he knows that that’s a complete falsehood.



He tells the women that it’s fine no matter what they tell him, as long as they never deceive him. Immediately after delivering that chilling monologue, he asks another former gisaeng to tell him the rumors in truth. She falls on her knees and begins to plead with him not to make her do so, because the truth would only anger him.

Right then, Nok-soo intervenes and begins listing different rumors about the king and his ancestors that have been circulating around the palace about his purported perverse fetish of watching horses mate. After hearing her statements, the king stalks towards her menacingly and looks directly at her. Nok-soo promises that she will never to lie to him, no matter how unpleasant the truth may be.

Gil-dong and Ilchung hear from their palace guard spy about the king’s capricious mood these days. He tells him about the king’s recent tirade at his musical troupe. They wonder what the reasoning for it may be as they walk back to Bandit HQ.

Yeonsangun gives Nok-soo a special mission to learn the truth about the people’s thoughts about him. She takes it as an honor and promises to not to let him down. She just has one condition: She will learn all the gossip in Joseon and tell him the absolute truth in exchange for a chance to meet someone she’s had in mind for a while. (Is it Gil-dong?)



Gil-dong holds a meeting to refocus their aims regarding their revenge plan to take down Choongwongoon. He announces that he has realized that people are not punished for their misdeeds; they are only punished because they’ve aroused the displeasure of the king.

With this in mind, Gil-dong says he wants to redirect the objectives of their strategy so that Choongwongoon falls out of favor with the king. Following this change of plans, the Amogae Avengers spread out to start implementing a sizable network of surveillance, trying to find out exactly what types of things anger the king.

Keutsae hands out silver, bribing merchants to keep an eye out for information. Segul follows the gossip on the streets regarding the king, while Yonggae stakes out at noble houses, looking for signs of trouble. The ever-resourceful Ga-ryung serves as a waitress at the gibang while eavesdropping on anyone that mentions the king.

On her mission for Yeonsangun, Nok-soo is outside the palace again, making her rounds as a gisaeng entertaining noblemen with her musical talents. She makes sure to listen carefully for any of the gossip that pertains to the king. She reports back directly what she hears to Yeonsangun.

She says that many nobles believe he has strange fetishes that are an inherited trait from his grandfather, King Sejo, who was rumored to have raped his daughter-in-law and left his nephew’s corpse in the open to be torn apart by beasts. After hearing the rumors, Yeonsangun thinks that the nobles are going against him, ignoring his wishes because they do not respect his grandfather, King Sejo.



The king makes the resolution to punish those who are responsible, and he alights upon an idea: while he cannot necessarily punish people on the basis of hearsay, if those rumors were ever recorded on written documents, they could serve as evidence that points toward treasonous intent. Eunuch Kim points out that there is a department of scholars whose job it is to record everything about the king and his reign. He points out that Park Ha-sung (Gil-hyun, who Yeonsangun had taken a liking to) has become an official in that department.

Yeonsangun remembers the day of Gil-hyun’s testing and the written answer he submitted. Gil-hyun had written that King Sejo (also known as Grand Prince Suyang) had no choice but to take the throne, because it was the royal request of the previous monarch: his nephew, Danjong. This pleased Yeonsangun because it reaffirmed his ancestor’s greatness, and thus his own value as Sejo’s descendant.



Now, Gil-hyun prepares for his first day at the Bureau of Royal History while clicking the pair of jade beads given to him by Scholar Song to remind him to live a virtuous lifestyle. Meanwhile, Jeong-hak tells his mother that he doesn’t like the jade beads because the clicking makes people stare.

Now that Park Ha-sung has become a favored scholar who is on the fast track for promotion, Mistress Jo’s tune regarding him has changed, and she tells her son to become closer with him. As he leaves the house, she expresses her disappointment that the dethroned queen has not yet been given her rightful due as the king’s mother. She also thinks it regretful that she doesn’t have the dethroned queen’s letter anymore.

At Bandit HQ, Amogae grasps the Buddha beads that Gil-dong now sometimes uses when he thinks. The power has now shifted from the older generation to the next, but although he seems like a weary old tiger now, his sharp eyes show that he still has claws.

Gil-hyun and Jeong-hak go to the first day at the office, and they are charged with listening to rumors and writing stories that they hear about the king. After a long day, they have a conversation, and Jeong-hak says that he doesn’t like the work and is looking forward to transferring departments as soon as possible. But Gil-hyun likes being near the king because it still feels like it’s like a dream to him. Then, Jeong-hak tells Gil-hyun about the circulating rumors concerning King Sejo.



Yeonsangun ponders how he can get his hands on the royal records, because as the king, he is not allowed to read them, lest it affect the impartial nature of the documents for future progeny to reference. He asks Eunuch Kim to find someone who hates the ministers but does not fear their wrath, and Eunuch Kim suggests Yoo Ja-kwang, because he’s the son of a concubine.

The king treats the man to water in his personal chambers. It’s a rare type of water found in a special spring, and the king asks Ja-kwang what he thinks is the difference, and then answers his question himself: There is nothing different. Yeonsangun begins speaking about equality, because he’s disgusted at the nobles who pretend that they honor this social system, but who at their core feel like they’re all on the same level as the king.



He implies to Ja-kwang that he’d bestow a hero’s honor to a man who would be willing to root out the source of the rumors, which border on treason. Greedy for power, Ja-kwang prods the nobles into confessing that they have heard Kim Il-son speak these rumors about King Sejo. The nobles, including Lord Noh, have their own personal struggles amongst themselves and are eager to ingratiate themselves with the king while getting rid of one more political opponent. So in the middle of the night, a group of nobles lead by Ja-kwang and Lord Noh tattle on Kim Il-son to the king.

However, they soon realize that Kim Il-son may not be the only casualty in this situation, because Yeonsangun looks like he’s willing to cross any line to root out his dissidents. He orders for all of Kim Il-son’s records to be confiscated so that he can have them investigated.

The nobles protest because it’s a matter of precedent; the journals of the scholars were supposed to remain private while only the truth is supposed to be written in the Royal Annals. But Yeonsangun argues that any negative opinion of King Sejo is a poor reflection on the current king, which can be interpreted as treason, because any moves to diminish the king’s power would destabilize the nation.

Through the grapevine, Ga-ryung hears all the hullaballoo about the Bureau of Royal History and the current interrogation going on that could rock the nation’s foundations. She tells Gil-dong and Ilchung, who begin to ponder the implications.



Gil-hyun is given the task of transcribing the interrogation of Kim Il-son, who wrote down scandalous notes on King Sejo, and he deliberates his new responsibility with Scholar Song. It’s clear that Scholar Song has indoctrinated him into being a mindless king-follower. The following day, Jeong-hak and Gil-hyun are walking to their office when they’re confronted by their sunbaes, who are on Kim Il-son’s side, and the sunbaes try to threaten both of them into being compliant.

Angered by their disrespect for the integrity of the investigation, Gil-hyun calls them out on their hypocrisy for taking the king’s money while they curse him behind his back. Jeong-hak gets angry at him for treating their sunbaes badly because he thinks networking is the most important tool for scholars like them, who don’t have the family connections that would help them succeed later on. However, Gil-hyun reveals his reason for being a loyal follower of the king: He is grateful to Yeonsangun for giving him this opportunity to be a part of Joseon, rather than as an outsider like before (when he was a slave).



At the Bureau of Royal History, Ja-kwang takes Gil-hyun aside and tells him that this is a chance for both of them to rise in the eyes of the king. Yeonsangun is out for blood, and Ja-kwang says they must find something in the records that will satisfy the king’s urge, implicitly indicating the need for a scapegoat. Gil-hyun remembers Scholar Song saying that the nobles hide their treasonous intentions in their tricky words and rejoice in their cleverness at deceiving the king.

The next morning, after another day of finding nothing, Ja-kwang wakes everyone up and reprimands them for not having found any evidence yet. Then, Gil-hyun steps in and provides a potentially incriminating eulogy that has some analogous components to King Sejo’s rumors. Ja-kwang is immensely pleased, and they present it to Yeonsangun as evidence. They tell him that they’ve determined the traitor leader to be Jong Jik, who was Kim Il-son’s mentor.

The Amogae Avengers discuss what they’ve discovered so far. Ilchung explains the situation regarding the eulogy and its relationship with King Sejo’s rumors, and how it could be used as a link to tie Kim Il-son and his followers to treason. Gil-dong summarizes the situation and deduces that the king gets angry when his family is insulted.

In the throne room, Yeonsangun orders that Jong Jik’s corpse be beheaded to signify his position as a traitor to the land, and that his family’s position be taken away. When Kim Il-son protests, he and his followers are taken away by Yeonsangun’s soldiers. Gil-hyun realizes that his words have power as he sees the nobles getting dragged off.



Lord Noh frustratedly asks if he realizes what he’s done. Gil-hyun doesn’t understand, because up until a couple days ago, those very nobles were calling for Lord Noh’s head on a platter. But the nobleman says that it would have been better to just let the nobles be, because now the system of checks and balances on the power of the king has been drastically skewed.

Choongwongoon throws a jug of wine at his serving girl as Heotaehak and Mori come into his room. Apparently, he’s not in a good mood these days either.



Gil-hyun is surprised by the extent of the king’s rage when his royal orders include interrogating all of Kim Il-son’s neighbors and acquaintances as well. Ja-kwang reveals that the king wants to instill fear into his people by setting an example.

Afraid that they have incriminating records, people start burning their books by themselves, and Yonggae spies one household with ties to Kim Il-son that does the same. Gil-dong makes a deal with the household master, who is a former classmate of Kim Il-son and a guest of Choongwongoon’s poetry parties: If he testifies that Choongwongoon was the one who supplied him with the rumors about King Sejo, Gil-dong will help him and his family come out safe and alive.

Soboori and Amogae worry about Gil-dong’s fate because he’s messing with a royal, and because the last time they encountered Choongwongoon, the ending was catastrophic.

At the interrogation hearing of the household master, Gil-hyun is shocked to hear Choongwongoon’s name again. It brings back a barrage of memories of his family being torn apart because of the royal’s whims. Ja-kwang wants to dismiss this evidence because he’s afraid of making things more complicated, but Gil-hyun insists that Yeonsangun would be angry if they did not reveal the entire truth. When they go to tell the king, Yeonsangun is conflicted for a moment, but ultimately decides to call his uncle Choongwongoon in for an interrogation.

When Choongwongoon is browsing through the porn book that Gil-dong gave him, guards call for him to answer a royal subpoena. Mori tries to defend Choongwongon against the guards as they attempt to capture him to take to the interrogation. The royal makes a temporary escape, but is trapped by Magistrate Eom and his men. Gil-dong hears news that his plan succeeded and smiles darkly.



In a small room, Choongwongoon has been divested of his fine silk clothing and ornaments, stripped down like a suspect, and is questioned by Gil-hyun and Ja-kwang about his relationship with the household master who pointed him out as the primary instigator behind the King Sejo rumors. When asked if he has any witnesses who would vouch for him, Choongwongoon calls for Heotaehak and Gil-dong.

Soldiers go to find Gil-dong at the newly created gibang. He rises from a crowd of gisaeng picking his nose, putting on his “footstool” mask, but it actually just looks like his adorable five-year-old self.