that sum up the problem with k drama . the producer say that it be hard to make a show base on a graphic novel that hadn not be finish yet . it doesn not seem that they struggle that hard with the challenge since the palace be just a mindless regurgitation of k drama clichés that should have be put out to pasture year ago . here be the premise of this show boy love girl and girl reject boy so boy get involve with another girl that he doesn not really like ( the only bit of originality in any of these series be why the boy get involve with the second girl ) . the first girl then decide that she make a mistake so she try to get back with the boy . the boy find himself pull between his first love and the new girl ( because she be cute and good natured ) . the cute girl leave the country ( to study abroad or for business ) and the boy realize how much he love her . sound familiar . it should and it be the exact same plot of every single romantic k drama that have be release in the last decade ( and maybe long ) . when the palace start i think it would be different . the costume and set be gorgeous and the directing riff on anime style . but and within a few episode and the lavish production can not hide the fact that there be nothing new here . even bad and all the digital trickery of the first few episode completely disappears . here be a breakdown of how a typical episode work . character meet character and they talk . next scene of character sit and talk . more character talk while rid in a car . character talk while they eat . and finally and character talk some more . nothing be ever imply which can be state . when character be alone and they talk too . throw in some tissue thin villain ( a vengeful ex crown princess and her too pretty to be a boy ex prince ) and much ado about a retroactive enthronment and and you have a series that would have be long at 12 episode and but be torturous at 24. the only person to come through this series look good be yoon eun hye who be a korean audrey hepburn . the rest of the cast and especially kim jeong hoon ( boy should be handsome and not pretty ) and song ji hyo ( wash out and mousy and and without an ounce of personality ) and will leave you reach for the fast forward button . and one more thing and if we be suppose to believe that a character spend their entire life in england and the least the producer could do be find an actor that can speak english . listen to kim jeong hoon mangle english that he obviously doesn not understand be painful . skip this and watch my name be kim sam soon . it be the same exact story and too . but at least all the actor be good in that one .