Lovers of the Red Sky Episode 13-14 Jumps the Shark Where Every Character Does Something Dumb and Makes Everything Worse

This drama is estúpido, so so stupid now that I wonder where that bright, charming, creative, weird sageuk with potential went? Probably got contaminated by the addled brains of EVERY SINGLE MAJOR character, because that’s the only way to explain the sheer dumbass plot in the entirety of episodes 13-14 of Lovers of the Red Sky. Thank god next week is the finale two episodes otherwise it’s bad enough I would bail, but I’m in it so long might as well finish. These two episodes actually was chock full of “action” but the decision making, behavior, and dialogue were just inane and so inexplicably dumb all across the board it negated everything. Ha Ram admits he’s the Spy Master and goes with Prince Juhyang as his captive waiting to be offered up during the ceremony to extract the Demon (Mawang). Chun Gi feverishly paints the Royal Portrait. Ha Ram learns the ring he gave Chun Gi has magical powers to control the Demon. Prince Yangmyung gets a magical sword ready to slay Ha Ram/Demon if the sealing ceremony goes awry, and even in that he fails. The sealing ceremony is across the board a clusterfuck and Prince Juhyang actually CRIES when he sees the Demon isn’t going to possess him *headdesk*.

Chun Gi can’t take a single order to stay put and runs out when the ceremony goes sideways and leads to getting her eyes nearly plucked again. Ha Ram gets stabbed by Prince Yangmyung but no harm done, magical dagger just put the Demon back in him. They make a wildly slow escape, which must be by magic because a BLIND MAN can ride a horse perfectly out of the Palace. Prince Juhyang goes nuclear, grabs Chun Gi’s dad to lure her out and takes all the painting team hostage as well. Chun Gi runs to save Dad and gets captured again. Blind as a bat Ha Ram waltzes into Prince Juhyang’s place to rescue the dumb father-daughter duo and sacrifices the only smart and useful character in the drama his bodyguard. Dad also dies, kinda good riddance. Chun Gi cries, and then Prince Juhyang gets ready to chop the entire painting team’s heads off to make her come back, therefore negating the big rescue because duh Chun Gi has to give herself back to Prince Juhyang to repaint the stupid painting again. And then ta da! The King isn’t incapacitated after all and is back! Okay, everyone please replenish your brain cells now.