The First Night with the Duke

DELIGHTFUL!! No disappointments from this drama as far as I'm concerned. A true fantasy tale that delivers on romantic comedy needs. It was extremely satisfying to watch and funny in so many different ways. While additional time (by way of 2 more episodes) spent explaining foundational points of the first 3 episodes and tying up loose ends on the last 2 episodes, I still give this 10🌟 as it was a close to perfect romance drama,

Ok Taec-Yeon and Seohyun had a chemistry so real, thrilling and tender it covered up any gaps in telling such a unique and fun story. Some inconsistency around supporting characters caused a bit of plot anxiety. Heros become villains, villains become heroes for no other reason than to direct the story to a satisfactory end. Yes it worked! Some months ago in writing another K-drama review I mused that some viewers want a happy ending that takes you with the characters into their everyday future. Just to see what it looks like. IMO it would make a drama so much more memorable and enjoyable to see the outcome some time in the future. What was the family life like? How many children did they have? Are they happy? And so forth. Instead of the old "and they lived happily ever after" with a 30 second wrap up. Let's just say, I found the ending to my personal taste.

Below are my spot check ratings:

Actors Chosen. 10/10 (100% 👍🏾) Characters as written 9/10 Story/Plot 10/10 Story as told 9/10 Art Direction/Cimematography 10/10 Music OST 10/10 Costume 10/10 Entertainment Value 10/10 Fantasy Story Resolution 10/10 Length of drama 10/10 (even though it could have had an extra 2 episodes to refine the tale telling.

It is a fantasy historical rom-com starring 2nd generation k-pop idols turned actors Ok Taecyeon and SeoHyun.

It's funny, swoon-worthy, easy, romantic, comfort, heartwarming, Enjoyable, fun, entertaining, stress buster where you don't need to think too much.

Based on a webtoon here an ordinary college student finds herself reincarnated as a background extra in her favourite romance novel, only to spend a night with the story's most dangerously obsessive male lead.

This drama has that swooning, soothing love story that has old school charm which old kdramas used to offer.

TFNWTD gives similar vibes to Extraordinary you, W: two worlds apart, Moon Lovers and Mr Queen.

TFNWTD is not aiming for any complexity but it's simply enjoyable.

Drama has an Electrifying lead couple's chemistry 🔥 which was demand for their respective roles.

Their casting & performances are apt for their roles. They light up the screen together. They served in romance, comedy & drama.

Both Taecyeon and SeoHyun performed with ease, their casting is perfect for their roles.

Yibeon played by Taecyeon is a cold hearted, kind of anti-hero who follows king's order and kills people, who became obsessive over SunChaek who took his heart by her audacious nature. Yibeon pursued her relentlessly.

Taecyeon performed Gyeongseong Yibeon with ease, that restrained emotions, romance, comedy, action everything great. His eyes speak louder than words.

SeoHyun played SunChaek amazingly. Her character is bubbly, fun, cute. SeoHyun's every expression was on point.

Story also gives space to side characters. It has some sweet, adorable side characters. I particularly liked Seo Bum-june.

Drama has melodious OSTs, aesthetically beautiful cinematography, overall good direction, amazing costumes and good production design. It has suggestive bgm n SFX that adds fun.

I would like to thank the cast & crew and makers for creating this drama. I had a great time watching it, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'll keep my BeoSeon couple alive in my heart forever.

A modern day college student time travels and finds herself in her favourite historical romantic novel where she expects to be a side character but ends up being the lead. Seohyeun plays Cha Seonchaek the time traveller superbly with a cheeky and endearing performance. The duke Lee Beon is played by Ok Taec-yeon who has a horrible reputation at court for being the ruthless hunting dog for the Emperor. We have the usual side stories with various factions fighting behind the scenes to seize power with good performances from the entire cast. I do think it falls a little short in the plot as little thought is given to the back story of most of the cast as all concentration is on the romance.

A story about a young girl entering her favorite storybook and how the story changes due to her entry and the love that develops between this girl and the main male character of the plot I hadn't had goosebumps for a long time after Crash Landing on You, but Ok Taec-Yeon's charismatic acting and their very natural and romantic chemistry, despite the not-so-new subject matter, made me fall in love with this mini-drama.

In my opinion, Seohyun's acting wasn't very great and professional, however Ok Taec-Yeon's immersion in his role made up for all the shortcomings of this show.

After a long time, we see love scenes and hear cute small jokes about the sexual relationship of two lovers in Korean series.

I give this drama an 8 out of 10 and I definitely recommend watching it to everyone.

I have decided to quit watching after 4 episodes as this drama is just waaay too silly and low level for my liking. The other casts are ok, except for the female lead that is just annoying. I get that the character is from the modern world but she exaggerates every expressions, loud and unclassy, a character that's not likeable. The "love" story is lame & forced, very childish indeed. The script is probably written for kids or people that like brainless idiotic series.