Gyebaek Episode 3

Still nothing better has come along so I continue to kill time with Gyebaek.

So Mu Jin -- hold on, gotta go check how dinner is coming along -- so Mu Jin and his pregnant wife jump off the cliff and into the water below. The bad guys do what stupid bad guys always do: assume they're dead. Who needs bodies as proof? We can't see them, ergo they must be dead. Mu Jin and wife (yes, I'm sure she has a name, I just don't think she's important enough to learn it) make it to land. The pregnant wife who just jumped off a cliff appears to be in better shape than her husband.

Soldiers have returned the queen's body to the palace but there's no sign of Uija. The head soldier has already gotten his orders from the prime minister: he's to find the body of the prince and report the boy was killed by Mu Jin. Like the king's gonna believe that? Uija has left his hidey hole and stolen some clothes from stupid peasants who are always leaving their clothes outside so some protagonist can steal them. As if he wasn't having a hard enough time as it is, it starts to rain. As he seeks shelter, Uija remembers that bloody note his mother slipped him. It's time to see what it says. She advises her son that if anything happens (like, you know, his mother slitting her own throat kind of stuff), he should put on a disguise and not trust anyone, not even the king. That's pretty bad when you can't even count on your own father to keep you alive. Still, Uija manages to get back to the palace. The king is tearfully pleased he has his son back, but the prince is in no forgiving mood. Dad wasn't able to protect the queen or his son so what good is he?

Meanwhile, Mu Jin and his wife have made it to somebody's house. Who are these people? Where are they? The wife is in hard labor and Mu Jin's wound to his arm is looking pretty bad. Gyebaek is finally born, but Moma dies. I'm sure it isn't because of all the horseback riding and jumping off cliffs.

The Korean Drama Laws move us forward fourteen years. Here is another Seondeok refugee, I see. Oh no, poor Mu Jin has become a one-armed drunk. He also seems to have re-married, as Gyebaek has a step brother, Mun Geun. Gyebaek is kinda sweet on an uppity girl named Eun Go (another Seondeok alumni) who really needs a punch in the mouth. Gyebaek gets into a fight with a bunch of boys who chase him into a bamboo forest. Here the show gives us an early glimpse of how Gyebaek uses traps to survive against superior numbers.

Now it's time to check up on Prince Uija. He's decided the best way to survive these past years is to act like a buffoon and a suck up. A prince has gotta do what a prince has gotta do. Mishil-lite -- oh wait, I mean Queen Mishil-lite isn't entirely buying the act.

Oh no, one-armed drunk Mu Jin has become an assassin for hire. He's using Excalibur for evil.

Finally, Prince Uija has gone hunting with his half-brother, Kyoki the Bunny Slayer. Kyoki's arrow sure looks like it's aimed at his brother.

And scene.