8.4/1041 votes#1 - Two Suns and a Moon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2012
Young Yeon Woo, the daughter of a noble family, attends a ceremony honoring her brother at the palace, where she runs into Crown Prince Hweon.
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8.2/1034 votes#2 - Two Moons and a Sun
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2012
Yeon Woo's brother, Heo Yeom, is appointed to teach the Crown Prince, who does not welcome the new teacher. Meanwhile, Queen Yoon plots a conspiracy.
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8.2/1033 votes#3 - Like Petals, Like Fireworks
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2012
Nok Yeong senses an aura from the two girls at the palace; Queen Yoon orders her to read their fate to see whether one will marry the crown prince.
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8.2/1033 votes#4 - One Sun, One Moon
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/2012
Yoon Dae Hyeong's clan begins its plan to make Bo Kyung the owner of Kyo Tae Palace. Hweon asks Yeon Woo to submit her name to be the prince’s wife.
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8.2/1038 votes#5 - Fallen Moon
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/2012
As Yeon Woo begins the training she will need as the crown prince's wife, Queen Yoon orders Nok Yeong to put a debilitating spell on Yeon Woo.
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8.0/1035 votes#6 - Hidden Moon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/2012
Having accepted a great god to become a shaman, Yeon Woo loses memories of her past due to the shock. Meanwhile, Bo Kyung becomes the crown princess.
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8.1/1036 votes#7 - Shaman Wol - Moon
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/25/2012
Despite Nok Yeong's warning that she avoid strangers, Yeon Woo heads out to the streets when she learns that the king will be visiting the village.
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8.1/1034 votes#8 - Shaman Who Absorbs Adversity
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2012
After nearly being rescued by a disguised Yang Myung, a captive Weol is dragged to the palace to act as a human talisman for Hweon.
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7.9/1034 votes#9 - Moon That Is Hidden Beside the Sun
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2012
Hweon wakes up and furiously commands Weol to name the person who ordered her to spy on him. Bo Kyung is uneasy that a shaman serves the king in bed.
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8.0/1034 votes#10 - Correspondence of the Dead
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2012
Hweon orders Hyung Sun to bring in the royal doctor to treat Weol. Bo Kyung is distraught by the relationship between Hweon and the shaman.
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8.2/1031 votes#11 - Secret Love
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2012
Yang Myung stops Weol going to the king's quarters and confronts Nok Yeong. Her warning to not become closer to Weol leads to an argument.
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8.1/1033 votes#12 - Road of Tears
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/9/2012
Yoon Dae Hyung tries to find out the reason of Hweon's secret inspection. Bo Kyung learns that the date of consummation is only three days away.
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8.1/1030 votes#13 - Witch Hunts
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2012
After Hweon faints before consummation with his queen, a humiliated Bo Kyung conspires to charge Weol for practicing witchcraft and defame Hweon.
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8.2/1032 votes#14 - Why Am I Dead?
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2012
Weol is sentenced to exile, while Hweon loses his leadership to bureaucrats. He visits Weol in jail and, hiding his heart, commands her to leave him.
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8.2/1031 votes#15 - Once Again, Two Suns and Two Moons
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2012
Yeon Woo asks Seol about the situation when she was blessed to become a shaman. Woon dismisses the army keeping Yang Myung at his house.
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8.4/1031 votes#16 - True Identity of the Moon
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2012
After meeting shaman Weol, Bo Kyung becomes terrified thinking that Yeon Woo has been resurrected. Later, some news from her past shocks Yeon Woo.
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8.3/1085 votes#17 - The Sun Embracing the Moon
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/29/2012
When burglars come to the Infirmary and attack Yeon Woo and Yang Myung, Woon and Hweon guard her. Yang Myung flees from the burglars with Yeon Woo.
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8.3/1032 votes#18 - Bloody Precursor
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/1/2012
Princess Min Hwa is pregnant after a long wait and goes to the palace to give Hweon the happy news. Hweon speaks to the queen of his final decision.
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8.1/1031 votes#19 - Rebellion
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/14/2012
Street posters convict the king for having a shaman in his bedroom and the clan of Yoon for having murdered the previous crown princess.
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8.1/10132 votes#20 - The Moon That Embraces the Sun
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/2012
When Yoon Dae Hyung's private army surrounds Hweon and his retinue, Yang Myung finds himself on the verge of killing his brother.
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The Best Episodes of The Moon Embracing the Sun Season 1
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Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:MBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Two Suns and a Moon" is the best rated episode of "The Moon Embracing the Sun" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Two Moons and a Sun".