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Kingdom: Season 1. Featurette Kingdom: The Making Of Kingdom. Photos Top cast Edit. Seung-mok Yoo Dongnae's official as Dongnae's official.

Jun Ji-hyun Ashin as Ashin. Anastasia Kim Queen's chief court lady as Queen's chief court lady. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Set in the Joseon period.

The king falls ill to smallpox and rumors start to spread that he has actually died. While trying to uncover the mystery of what happened to his father, the Crown Prince goes with his guard, Moo Young, to Dongnae to look for Physician Lee Seung Hui who treated his father, only to be stuck with Assistant Physician Seo Bi and the mysterious man, Young Shin, in a village plagued with a mysterious disease.

The second season centers on the advancement of the plague across several provinces. In the lead-up to halting the outbreak, a devastating revelation ensues at Sangju.

Upon the arrival of the winter season, the undead hordes now roam freely due to a change in ambient temperature. Fearing the ramifications of an imminent invasion, Prince Lee Chang attempts to garner support from his allies to stop the undead and reclaim his right to the throne. Unbeknownst to the Prince, another conspiracy for political gain is brewing within the corrupt Haewon Cho Clan.

As Queen Consort Cho schemes to steal a male newborn to cement as heir to the royal throne, she further orchestrates a last ditch strategy to use the plague against the citizens of Hanyang, if her former plan fails to succeed. As calamity looms among the living, only one question remains.

Can the Prince save his people in time and end the political turmoil at the capital or will the plague mark the end of the Joseon dynasty? Action Drama History Horror Thriller. Seobi had spent the better part of seven years trying to discover a cure for the undead plague. Other than the discovery that submerging a victim in water destroys the worms, very little progress had been made. Sadly, Seobi had been mistaken about newborns immunity, as the worms laid dormant within the prince even after submerging his wounds.

Season one told the story of hunger and season two told the story of blood. If Netflix agrees, I want season three to tell the story of resentment. We said goodbye to plenty of cast members in the second season, many sadly falling victim to the undead plague.

While that may name be unfamiliar for some, the South Korean actress was seen in the dying seconds of Kingdom season two, revealing her to be the culprit spreading the resurrection flower around Korea. It was revealed in late that Jun Ji Hyun had been cast, but her role had been kept a fiercely guarded secret. We can now understand why, because her being cast all but confirms a third season of Kingdom. The global pandemic was the biggest hinderance to the future of the Original, as it was to multiple Netflix Originals that saw delays like Grace and Frankie, or cancellation like GLOW.

The earliest we could hope to expect the series to return to Netflix now is While we would love to see more than six episodes of Kingdom in season three, just having more of the zombie horror is more than good enough for us. Would you like to see a third season of Kingdom?

Jacob joined What's on Netflix in and serves as one of the lead writers here on What's on Netflix. Jacob covers all things Netflix movies and TV shows but specializes in covering anime and K-dramas. Resides in the United Kingdom. Grillo also explained why the lack of new episodes might be a good thing. I really do. It ended the way it should end, and to try to come back and try to recapture lightning in a bottle is a very dangerous thing.

Jonas and Tucker Justified played his sons in the series. During its time on DirecTV, Kingdom drew praise from critics, but it experienced lower ratings overall.

The show has since found new life on Netflix, and many viewers are raving about Grillo and his co-stars, as well as the stories they told during the three-season run.