A Squee Party [of One]: Mandate of Heaven

It is not often these days that a drama comes along and offers an hour of enjoyment and continues to do so for the duration of its run. Ever since finishing Gaksital last year, I found it really hard to stay invested in the "currently-airing-dramas". Even the ones that received many love in dramaverse. Some of them might kept me interested during the good first-half but once they hit that dreaded second half, they mostly loose that sparks that got me hooked in the first place. If I ever finished any show I caught while it's running, it’s mostly because I don’t want to miss the squee party or just out of sheer obligation/loyalty. Oops, I think this should be written on another post *glances at the Martyr Awards post*. Mandate of Heaven really came as a lovely surprise. I planned to watch this when I first heard of it and I thought that I would like it just based on the premise and the awesome trailer, but turned out I enjoyed watching it way more than I expected. It'...