The Tale of Lady Ok | HIGHLY Recommended K-drama!

The Tale of Lady Ok has become one of my favorite period K-drama of all time. It adds to my list with The Crowned Clown and Captivating the King on it. It's just special in a way that the female protagonist was born as a lowly slave, pretended to be a noble and served the people (noble and slaves) equally as a Legal Advocate and then when her real identity got revealed in the end, people were still very accepting of her because of the life she has led as a Legal Advocate. In short, a lowly slave has saved a lot of people and that became her saving grace from being convicted and criticized for the rest of her life. 

Another thing that made the whole drama special to me was the male protagonist, Seung Hwi. He has displayed his undying love for Gudeok/Tae Young all throughout the series. Without him, I don't think Tae Young would have survive a life full of enemies that wants to bring her down. Obviously, as a Legal Advocate, Tae Young earned a lot of enemies but she also gained a lot of allies like my favorite ally of her, Lady Kim. I seriously like her. She's basically that first enemy that Taeyoung helped as a Legal Advocate that became loyal to her throughout the series. Tbh, if Seung Hwi was Tae Young's loyal lover then Lady Kim is Tae Young's loyal friend. 

The storyline of this drama was really good and every character has distinguished developments as the story progressed. You'll come to love even more the characters you've already loved before and you'll learn to forgive and love as well those characters you've hated before. However, there's this one character that was obviously used only to pull everything back together at the end after all the chaos that has been made, and it's none other than, Yoon Gyum. Yes, that doppelganger of of Cheon Seung Hwi and brother of Do Gyum. Till the very end we didn't know why he and Seung Hwi looked alike. lol But because of that, the main characters were able to get saved several times in the drama. I guess we shouldn't question that anymore if it's the case. kkk In The Crowned Clown drama, a performer looked the same as the King as well and that's where the story evolved too... yet the drama turned out really good as well. (One of my favorites too!) Well, perhaps it's a norm in a period drama with such theme to not ask further question as long as it's executed really well. kkk

Anyway, the drama was well received locally (SK) as it reached double digits in the viewership ratings. The finale got its all time high nationwide viewership rating of 13.575%. It's also part of top 10 TV series on Netflix during its run. It may not have been as popular as those mainstream dramas to kdrama fans around the world but it's still considered a success for sure!

The final verdict is here. Will I recommend this K-drama?! Definitely YES! Tbh, it's been a while since I have listed a new kdrama to add on this special list of mine and I'm so glad that it's finally here.