With the return of Kingdom this weekend, there’s a new apocalypse in town. The narrative of a prince caught in the crossfire of a government revolt and a swarm of famished zombies is told in Netflix’s first Korean original. And now it’s back with six new episodes.
The kingdom is based on the webcomic series The Kingdom of the Gods and was written by Kim Eun-hee and directed by Kim Seong-hun. After the Japanese invasions of Korea in the Joseon dynasty, roughly around the 1590s, the fantasy-horror thriller takes place. The kingdom is an addictive narrative of corruption that is both gut-wrenching and politically captivating. But don’t worry if you’re having trouble remembering where everyone left off in Season 1. We’ve got your back.
But, before we talk about zombies, let’s talk about politics. The first season of Kingdom focused on a feud between the Haewon Cho Clan and the rest of South Korea. During this time, the Clan enjoyed almost complete political control of the country thanks to some shady political maneuvers.
No one, least of all a group of Confucian intellectuals, liked Chief State Councilor Cho Hak-Ju (Ryu Seung-Yong) and his daughter, Queen Consort Cho (Kim Hye-jun). The scholars despised Councilor Cho and his Royal Army for their disregard for the poor and love of battle, both of which were essential to this society. By the way, the emotion was reciprocal. Councilor Cho despised the scholars for sabotaging his numerous military preparations.
There were a lot of upheavals, and Crown Prince Lee Chang (Ju Ji-hoon), the Kingdom’s hero, was caught in the center of it all. Prince Chang had various reasons to be concerned about his throne, the first of which was his birthright. Prince Chang has no legitimate claim to the throne because he is the son of a concubine and the mysterious and unseen King (more on him later). The prince can continue to reign as long as no other male heir is born. However, after Queen Cho gives birth to a son, his time in the spotlight is finished. Prince Chang recognized the importance of his throne and associated himself with academics.
However, there are some significant advantages to scrounging. Prince Chang learned of royal physician Lee Seung-Hui while pretending to be destitute and hunting for a cure for this terrible ailment. The King was quarantined for smallpox, according to the Royal Court. That’s why he went unnoticed and Councilor Cho was permitted to dominate. That was all a lie, as Lee Seung-Hui explained.
In truth, the king passed away. The royal physicians were summoned by Councilor and Queen Cho to bring him back to life, not to cure him. The King was given the “resurrection plant,” which can only be found in the Frozen Valley, in an attempt to cure him. It sort of worked. The King awoke as an undead cannibal hellbent on devouring everyone in his path. You know, the usual ruler nonsense.
It’s never a good day when you find out your father is Patient Zero. However, Prince Chang’s anxiety is heightened when the villages where he and his allies sought refuge become more deadly. The military, it turns out, was more concerned with keeping zombies out of the capital than with preserving civilians. In a show of strength, Councilor-turned-Lord Cho ordered the country’s southern borders to be sealed off, sparing the north from the zombie threat while leaving the south to rot.
Those atrocities, however, were only the tip of Prince Cho’s concerns. Prince Cho discovered that this plague has happened before after reconciling with his old tutor Lord Ahn Hyeon. It was something Lord Ahn had gone through, but he never told his mentee about it. And after Queen Cho gives birth, Prince Cho’s time as a walking corpse comes to an end.
Even though she had given birth to a daughter, a baby boy appeared on her lap. The crown appears to be willing to go to any length to get rid of Prince Chang, including enlisting the help of a phony male successor. In the same vein as fakes, one of Prince Chang’s pals is discovered to be a Lord Cho mole. The only question is who will do it.
Lord Cho marched off to confront Prince Chang in what is sure to be a devastating encounter towards the end of Season 1. But there was one more unsettling revelation at the end of the Kingdom.
The first season of Kingdom establishes that zombies only attack at night because they are terrified of the sun. An excursion to the Frozen Valley, however, reveals the reality. The sun doesn’t bother zombies. They simply can’t stand the heat. Kingdom is set to heat up in the cool weather, with winter on the horizon and Lord Cho yearning for a showdown.
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