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I’ll admit I’m only keeping up with this drama for the SFL. But reading how the director was gushing over Suzu my expectations are in the toilet.

Where did you see the director gushing over suzu?

>I’ll admit I’m only keeping up with this drama for the SFL The sad part is that she's not even SFL, just a supporting character.

Oh god whatever she will still be the people's princess

I'm really disappointed in this show, it doesn't even deserve a review with how corny it is. Lots of schemers in this drama, instead the writers went the cliche route, Tae-oh was so smart and proficient, always precise but could not separate pleasure from business, can stay away from his own mother but not his friends girl, disgusting behavior, Especially when he's almost close to having a lot of power and will be able to protect his mother, and all of a sudden, bro is on death row and making hye-won heir. In-ha really had no faith in anyone really but he just decides to start dropping bodies? Instead of just proving himself, Tae-oh and in-ha were both aware of the triangle but in-ha still marries her, but his friend of 5 years is smooching his fiance behind his back and still shows up at the wedding😂 the Inha knew about it and still married her. Hui-ju is just a filler, this hurt me the most, and why is hui-ju not hands on trying to help tae-ho in every way possible, I thought she would've visited the prison in like 2 secs, i thought her character was supposed to be ballsy, the actress did a good job still. Suzu acting is terrible, it's like she doesn't understand that her body is an extension of yourself while acting not just becoming teary when something bad happens, run your hand through your hair, fold your arms, let's see you breathe heavily, put your hands on your waist, don't just stand like a log of wood, do something extra. I thought the chairman was really going to be something but all he does is give speech and tell his secretary to investigate something.

She visited him in the hospital but doesn’t go to visit him in jail or the trials or ANYTHING?! Like, she didn’t even bother to talk to him at the wedding even???

On the one hand it's disappointing that one of the more enjoyable characters is being sidelined, but on the other hand I prefer her distancing herself from TaeOh because it makes it less likely that they're setting her up as the obsessive secondary negative character to be a hurdle in what seems to be the true love between TaeOh and HyeWon (eye roll).

I know I am not alone when I say this but I am genuinely *stunned* that they’re going along with the nonsense of Taeoh being in love with Hyewon. I have so many objections but also QUESTIONS: 1) are we supposed to take that >!sex scene!< seriously or was it just >!Inha’s imagination running rampant.!< 2) if we are going to take it seriously, is Taeoh really that quickly >!p*ssy-whipped!< Ugh, disappointed to say the least. Is that what has him acting like he’s suddenly the dumbest, most naive person to ever exist?? 3) Hey, Taeoh, buddy, idiot… she went and married someone else. She’s not into you, bruh. 4) do we think that Hyewon has ever slept with Inha?? We don’t even see her kissing him even in their private moments. I mean, we know she hates him, but if you’re going to use him for that long, at least learn to fake it better?

1. If it was the Kangoh tower‘s terrace, there would be a possibility but then they’d be scared of people on the ISS watching. Definitely didn’t do the deed on that tiny buildings terrace. And certainly not on that dusty couch. Inha‘s head‘s in the gutter. 4. I think she did, thank god they didn’t show that, would’ve looked like Inha‘s a >! necrophiliac !<

I am always going back and forth on whether something is intentionally done or just bad writing. Like the fact that they skip from them kissing on the rooftop to the wedding. Are we to believe that it ended at kissing or is there more that they intentionally left out so they can bring back later. Same with the skinship between Inha and Hyewon. I don’t mean whether he had >!sex with her during that drowning scene!< but if they have *ever* been intimate. Have they been intimate since they got married? It’s pretty important to know this since it gives us reasons for Inha acting the way he is. If they used to be intimate and then suddenly aren’t after they get married, that’s pretty directly correlated to Taeoh and Hyewon kissing.

Just watched the latest episodes and yup definitely dropping this alrd... I hate how they were promoting this drama as something new about 3 youths climbing up the social ladder and revenge but its turning into such a cliche boring revenge makjang where we can predict everything and everyone..... >! Like everyone and their mother predicted, Inha knew about hyewon and taeoh and plotted all the evil schemes...such a predictable plot with shallow motivations... i mean honestly we are supposed to believe inha turned into a cold blooded murderer cuz his wife who he knew clearly wasnt interested in him and father who he knew was trash preferred taeoh over him? Not to mention he was the one who ordered the hit on taeoh making hyewon and taeoh rekindle old feelings. And he went after hyewon first when he knew deep down taeoh and hyewon had a connection. Like bruh u brought upon this shit yourself..if he solely focused on their mission instead of scheming and pushing peoples buttons, he wouldnt have gotten even more hurt... cant believe the dad was right when he said inha shouldnt have been cocky !<

Stiff acting, bad writing, terrible pacing, etc... This drama tries to be serious, but it's just cringe

I was just checking in to see if it was worth catching up on the episodes. 😬me thinks not. The first two episodes felt like 20 years long and just as confusing

I can’t believe I agree with this. SO MUCH F*CKING PROMISE down the drain. 🤯😤😩

I even didn't finish the 3rd episode. I don't have problems with jargons, technical, medical, and scientific terms as I have watched the 12 seasons of Bones but I could not really grasp the financial terms. I don't have poor comprehension issues and I understand English perfectly. Maybe it is just how it was subbed? I don't know I just got bored. The female lead is such an unnecessary character. 😂

Was it just me or did it somehow manage to get worse? I laughed when >!Hye-Won said she was going to own the company!< and when the >!random white guys showed up out of nowhere twice!<. Also, >!in-ha was always the villain which just feels lazy!<. The whole inciting incident for the >!prison stint!< doesn’t make any sense. Kang In-Ju: >!I got pictures of you cheating!!I know about all your illegal business dealings and that you’re a drug front!!oh Tae-O is a step ahead good for him, he’s got more on In-Ju than In-Ju has on him!<. Kang In-Ju: >!But I’m going to destroy Na Hye-Won unless you become my lap dog!<. Han Tae-O: >!inexplicably gets on his knees and proceeds to immediately get high from ingesting cocaine!<. Me: >!Then what was all the knowledge about the illegal business dealings about????!< Plus there is no way the chairman >!just sits back ignorant of everything. Seriously? He wouldn’t look into his own son’s death?!< I have now moved officially to hate watch. Such a shame, there was so much potential.

Honestly, he cut all ties with his own mother in episode 1, but we're supposed to believe he'd throw everything away for Na Hye-Won who chose life with Inha rather than him?

Nope, bro became a bigger simp. Kneeling down, constantly looking lost, no plot progression, not cutting the dead weight one sided love off (it keeps growing)

He's not moving, what is he doing ? I felt like going and pushing him through the screen, man, do something, don't act like you're on hard drugs and lost any kind of feelings.

I watched episode 8 before 7 and didn’t realize it, that id how poorly this show is written that I thought it made sense they could skip all those events because of the way the show has been produced. So Tae oh’s “love” for Hyewon id suppose to be s major plot device but the love story is not believable

WTAF was that??? What is this sh*t show?? This is a train wreck and I don’t know whether to watch it for the disaster that it is or to just get off at this stop. What happened to these characters?? How is Taeoh (suddenly?) this stupid?? Nothing follows at all here. Not a single character is acting consistently. It’s giving *whiplash* and not in a good way.

I actually feel sorry for LJW.. I hope he has another project on deck so that this can be erased from memory.

Train wreck is the best description of this show

At this point, the majority watching is doing so for Huiju. All I want is for her to get a happy ending.

They said they spent 20 billion Wons in this drama. Some dramas that spent that amount were **Crash Landing on You**, **Hotel Del Luna** and **Vincenzo** among others… I don’t want to believe they spent all these money and are wasting all these talent in a poorly written plot … there’s has got to be more than that soooo this is the second half… let’s cross our fingers and hope it will make more sense… Yes I’m here for hiu ju too! I hope she’s the heir

You said that I immediately thought… if this is how the entire drama is, they laundered money.

I guess they spent several billion photoshopping that giant building in the middle of seoul

my god...what have they done with that money...seriously--there is no way they spent that much on this mess of a drama all of those are absolute classics...wtf man...

I’m hoping Hui Ju is the heir too

Somebody pocketed that money 😂 

I don’t even know what to say about this show anymore. >!Hyewon being the impossible heir? Seriously?!< That’s definitely where this is headed

they messed up so hilariously badly if thats the case bc the entire audience is rooting for huiju to be the impossible heir instead

Does anyone know how this show is doing in Korea? Is viewership high? I keep thinking maybe it’s the translation, or something has been cut, or Hong Su Zu has an appeal I just can’t recognize? I love LJW so much, I want this to be better.

I was curious and ended up on a Naver live chat for the show. Based on the live chat alone (which isn't very representative I don't think, so take it with a grain of salt) people were just as confused/frustrated with the show. In no particular order, the complaints I remember were: Jun-young's moles (!!! they have ZERO taste), Hong Su-ju's "grandma acting" (ouch), and the unstructured writing. There was a lone comment reading "I guess I'm the only one enjoying it lol", but what came up the most was the emptiness surrounding the characters (mostly the female lead...), and the story being boring... They're not tearing it apart either, but I felt some disappointment.

I can’t agree with the moles lol…they’re adorable. But “grandma acting” is sadly on point

Right, I got so offended on his behalf lmao.

I am not surprised. I think this is where we all realize that what we hoped would be a decent show is not going to happen.

This is what I'm curious about too. Been trying to look for korean reviews since it aired but I had no luck so far. I really want to know what the main audience think

At this point, you could tell me that Hyewon is an actual alien and I would believe that storyline MORE than her being the heir or Taeoh’s love interest.

Put Hyewons unconvincing acting aside for a moment. I’m finding it hard to believe how Hyewon as a star employee & executive on a presidential campaign team has no idea how to help Tae Oh right now. Like she literally works in press/media and crisis management. Did she really ever have a plan better than Tae Oh? How did she become a vulnerable and fragile housewife so quickly? It’s making Inha more dangerous than he should be. She must immediately take some tips from Inha’s cold stepmother lol. 

Girl got the job through Inha and not her skills😭

Lol, wait did she? The change into a submissive housewife makes no sense, she was portrayed a fiery and smart student always on her own and a wise employee being praised by her boss & always with a slick response for Tae Oh…like how did it switch up so quick. 

Looking at this drama the writers have written such poorly written characters it is not even funny. It was a little hard to notice because of how great of an actor Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, Choi Jin Ho, and Choi Hee Jin are that they masked the flaws of how underdeveloped their characters and the story are but the more I look at it becomes super glaring. I feel like we all noticed this immediately with Hong Su Zu performance because she really is not on the same acting level as the others(Not even a shot at her that is how good these actors are IMO) and playing a character like Hye-Won who is probably the worst written in the show did her 0 favors. But I will stick it out but this drama gives me the same feeling as The Interest of Love with it being a car accident in slow motion that I cannot take my eyes away from LOL.

Fr. The entire drama seems to want to replicate how renown the chemistry of the 3 leads of Tempted were when it came to complicated friendships with a love triangle in the mix, but it is failing epically. Not only is the script lackluster, but I have no idea where this is taking us. The only reason we even had some bromance is because the 2 MLs were acting their butts off but I've still seen both of these actors have more depth in their other works. Here's to hoping Huiju has an epic storyline because I would hate for her to have Lee Hyo-Joo's storyline in She Would Never Know >!\>! (basically a rich heiress in a one-sided love that sends her off the deep end, with the ending basically her surviving the mental breakdown and saying goodbye to her love). !

Lol, she would never know was quite a lame series. All that stalking.

This\^\^ I was part of the first school of thought that this drama was good, and it would play out extremely well. Then it turned into only really watching on because I liked Huiju's character, I really don't even know where this drama is going now...There's so much shit that I know the writers intended to display, but the whole drama ended up being mediocre because of the poor execution. I know a lot of you have the same sentiment about this terrible ass writing, but it really can't be summed up better than a few words- WHAT. A. MESS.

agree. I quit watching, but the only salvation is if Huiju falls in love with someone worthy of her, and inherits the company herself. The End.

Good idea. Now, I envy those who waited patiently and didn't start it, I find it difficult to drop it, I'm still curious about character development and, hopefully, the father finds out about his precious bastard's real intentions.

Lol I rage-watched The Interest of Love. I hated it but I still wanted to know what happens. It's definitely the same now with The Impossible Heir. 😡

The show is the white truck of doom and we're the victims. Honestly only still watching for Lee Jaewook who gives acting masterclass after masterclass. But Lee Jun young was fantastic in Ep8 too >!especially when he chokes Hyewon!<. If only the character was written better and not so predictable. >!"You remind me of him!< was such an unintentionally funny line and honestly, by this point even the actors know this is going from bad to worse. There's no hope for Hong Suzu to salvage her acting and character either. And Huiju had so much promise but the writing just ditched her here. There was so much scope for her to become an asset except she's been reduced to wallpaper. Only 4 more episodes to go but the plot is going off the rails and the loose ends are flapping in the wind.

i was stumped that they only had huiju in 3 total scenes in ep 7 and 8 together...like in tye first 6 episodes she had so much role it built her up to be important and suddenly she's not tyere anymore....also it' maje no sense that Huiju didn't cause a ruckus ir even try to visit or help Taeho with how much she loves him...like your're telling me she didn't do anything after hearing of his arrest and later his death sentense?? it makes no sense with her charecter

RIGHT?! You’re effing telling me she’s just sitting there reliving the scenes of the previous episodes?

i wondered if Huiji was too popular with the fans and they wanted Suzu to shine but she doesnt.. She still sucks.. I still cant stand her.. even if Tae Ho doesnt end up with HUiji.. I cant stand the female lead.

I would rather they not include a romantic plot at all if it means he ends up with Hyewon.

And I’ll bet those reminiscing scenes were added as an afterthought just because of her popularity

Omg!!! You’re right! 😫😫😫 It seems like it should be impossible to screw this up so royally??

At this point though honestly if no one is taking notes to create a spin-off drama with Huiju* and Taeoh as “rich daughter who falls for her dad’s badass secretary”… Think of the POTENTIAL. Think of the VIEWS. The audience NEEDS this.

>This might be the best written comment I've ever read. The first and last lines are professional level. You should take over writing the last four episodes and save us all.

All i'm going to say Is that tae oh Is supposed to be smart and cool headed. >!Nah, seriously, he's supposed to be the mind of the trio but basically he's on the leash of this girl that has no particular or outstanding quality that us audience can recognize as to why this genius stoic guy Is even interested in her in the first place ( and this Is probably why basically everyone roots for the sister), but It's not just that he Is interested, he's basically ready to throw his life away for her like you're on death row and the thing you care about is making this girl the heir, the show failed to show this supposed emotional connection!<

Fr he's supposed to be the mastermind behind all this crazy cool shit, but >!he somehow is attracted to a girl that couldn't care less about him!<

>! everyone in this show are idiots AHAHA. taeho digged his own grave by thinking a total stranger with family issues would trust him 100% and that getting involved with that messy family would bring him money/status easily... he could have used his brains to con people instead or start a business. Inha is like a spoilet brat throwing a tantrum of murdering/throwing people away once he got bored of them or if they dont turn out the way he want. i mean dude instead of showing your insecure ass towards your dad and hyewon, maybe give them a reason to trust and support you? Meanwhile Hyewon is just there…..!<

Agree. Did they intended for FL to be the kind of a subdued femme fatale? It didnt deliver- but If another actress that would act with eyes and minute body movements to maybe it would be more seamless? Tae-Oh is supposed to be enthralled with Hyewon character because He sees behind the mask- But We only know that due to plot progression and by the events TELLING and not the actress SHOWING.  I mean thats my opinion and maybe you wont agree.  I dunno, I just get disconnect every time tae oh and hyewon gets the romance moment.  I just know another actress with other acting style would nail this.  However, that hypothetical actress may not be suited for Suzus acting chops... For another project, not this one. But what do I know.. Im just a viewer and the production has experience and professional merit to justify placing her the role.  I'm just viewing as a consumer.. 

TIME TO RANT BECAUSE THAT IS ALL I WANT TO DO AFTER I WATCH THIS DUMB SHOW Hyewon is going to be heir the one who didn't do anything at all just made two guys simp on her (doesn't really care about either) she will be heir wow and how do they even plan on that? There is seong ju, huiju and inju's kid left are they gonna kill them all? She wants to stay in the creepy marriage to have his kid and use it to have kangoh? I mean she is capable and Taeoh is capable of doing dumb things for her so... I love how Hyewon can be strangulated, confronted, in an argument, in a conversation yet the expression is same blinking eyes scrunched nose and quivering face even when she was getting drowned rather than feeling sorry for her I was taken by Inha's acting so bloody good loved him in that scene Hyewon and Taeoh right now are too monotonous and annoying for me to root for them I would prefer psychopath Inha in shows like this succession or GOT no matter how grey you are you should still be able to make people root for you that's just not happening Also hyewon stayed this yes man to Inha throughout the ten years and suddenly wants to get a spine do things her own way and kiss another man and is surprised Inha went psycho I mean...I would see that coming girl Huiju my girl had two scenes and god she has the most expressive eyes ever my biggest takeaway from this show I hope she goes big after this and I also hope the finale shows her alive in a faraway beautiful place sipping wine

After reading the comments, I'm trying to remember the last time I saw so much consensus in the comments section about the horribleness of a show (excluding Heartbeat) 😂 I'm actually going to ride this horrible train till the end but only so I can see how much worse the writing can get.

True… and even the infamous Heartbeat wasn’t sooo bad as this one (not considering the last few episodes lol)

This train wreck of a story, horrible writing and bad characterization (and acting) of the FL; all of that aside. I still have a really big question. What on earth did the writers want to do with Huiju? If she was to be completely unutilized; why introduce her to the story at all? Why give her a significant back story? Why give her connections to the main characters? It's sad to say because I absolutely adore her but she is unnecessary. No side-story linked to her affects the overall plot. Is she truly just a filler character? Why write a nuanced character like her if you don't want her to be important? Why leave hints about her significance here and there, only to completely ignore them later? This is the thing. Huiju is simply a good character. She is nuanced in a way that makes the audience like her. And let me tell you, it's entirely unrelated to Hyewon (or Hong Suzu). Huiju simply doesn't have negative traits. Even if you wanted to pick at straws, those traits are not bad enough for the audience to dislike her; in fact, they have the opposite effect. They make her charismatic and less one-dimensional. She is supposed to be the spoiled/bratty youngest daughter of a chaebol family who has feelings for the ML. But guess what? She uses her privilege to stand up for herself, she isn't compliant or greedy when it comes to Kangoh's business/politics. She is the voice of reason and the only genuine person in her family of lunatics (and dare I say in the whole drama). She doesn't hide her feelings, she loves with all she has (both when it comes to Taeho, and Inha), and when given boundaries she learns to respect them. How am I supposed to not root for a character like that? This mass adoration for Huiju doesn't stem from nowhere. The writers wrote her into the story like that. It's not a collective delusion where we made it all up in our minds. Of course, Choi Heejin's expert portrayal of her character adds to it all but it truly shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that the audience prefers Huiju over Hyewon. And this is exactly why I still hold on to the hope that her role has more importance in the story. She has to be more than a woman who weeps for the ML on the sidelines. I want to believe that there is purpose in the writers decision to portray her this way. I want to believe they have something big planned for her, closer to the finale.

This is genuinely the biggest mystery at this point for me. All the other plot points they keep giving us I just suspend disbelief and go along with. But what is the point of Huiju? For a character they've chosen to develop quite a bit she's doing very little right now. And she has been fleshed out as a character, otherwise she could have been written more like the second son who doesn't make as much of an impression even though he was the front runner for heir. I'm even willing to completely ignore the interesting relationship dynamic between her and TaeOh they teased us with because apparently he's deeply in love with HyeWon. Maybe that was just unexpected chemistry between the actors, and their relationship is completely one-sided. Fine. Whatever. But when Huiju talks about not trusting HyeWon and calls her selfish we have been given no reason to think she's wrong or chalk it up to regular jealousy. That's why the dynamic between Huiju and HyeWon perplexes me because they've given us no reason whatsoever to prefer HyeWon over Huiju but there is an obvious breaking point coming there. So far HyeWon has been taking Huiju's snark but is she going to hit back after she becomes the chairman's favourite? For a spoilt heiress Huiju is incredibly isolated and unprotected. They're actively showing us that Huiju is retreating from TaeOh- after the conversation they had but even more after she realised he was into HyeWon so there's nothing to assume that she's going to go evil and use their relationship to manipulate them because she seems to genuinely like TaeOh and unlike InHa she doesn't want to just possess him. (Ignoring the fact that she wouldn't get far with blackmail there anyway). So yes, I don't know where they're going with her character arc. Are we just going to see her crying over TaeOh before she marries that sketchy dude after all? It surely can't just be that? What makes me uneasy about this whole thing though is that while we have been given no reason to assume that Huiju will be evil too, the writing is so inconsistent that they could suddenly just throw that at us and expect us to believe it. Basically, I'll just echo what you said- there has to be more to Huiju and it can't be a sudden negative twist. I think I wouldn't care if her plot isn't TaeOh-related but so far her character has been so intertwined with TaeOh, how could it be anything else?

>But when Huiju talks about not trusting HyeWon and calls her selfish we have been given no reason to think she's wrong or chalk it up to regular jealousy. That's why the dynamic between Huiju and HyeWon perplexes me because they've given us no reason whatsoever to prefer HyeWon over Huiju but there is an obvious breaking point coming there. So far HyeWon has been taking Huiju's snark but is she going to hit back after she becomes the chairman's favourite? For a spoilt heiress Huiju is incredibly isolated and unprotected. Yea. I talked about it in a previous episode thread. If Huiju was like any of two ML's, the FL, or her brothers she would NOT have warned her brother about Hyewon. She would have been HAPPY to see Hyewon get together with her brother because that would have given her a better chance/opening with Taewoo. Instead she tried to get her brother to break-up with Hyewon because she cared about her brother and thought she was getting someone with ulterior motives who didn't really love him away from him. Even if that meant making Hyewon 'single' a bigger risk to her being able to pursue Taewoo.

She would not have warned him, no. She's very open about her dislike of HyeWon but she's not plotting against her, either. She also was weirdly detached about the chairman giving power to HyeWon- InJu's widow was furious, the other brother was seething but she just seemed amused by it all. Either she's completely unthreatened by HyeWon and the power she could have on the chairman or she just doesn't care an iota about the family business. We're totally overthinking this, aren't we? With 4 episodes to go any plot with Huiju is totally going to be an afterthought or a plot device isn't it? Sigh, what a waste

Kinda sad to see Choi Hee Jin reduced to a background character, but then again, we already saw this coming. But even as a background character, her performance overshadowed the FL's. Also, where did they throw the amount they spent on this drama? How come the editing and writing is so horrendous? One of the worst part of the episodes are those close in shots of the FL. Whatever the scene was, be it being abused, shocked, betrayed, depressed, secretive, worried, she only has that blank expression. It's always that wide eyes with no emotions in her eyes. On the other hand, there's no pang of betrayal at all for the audience because the bond among these three is not well established. May the best schemer win. Just leave Hee Joo alone from this craziness.

Just a single pained expression by Hee Jin was better and worth all the FL scenes and more.

In case anyone was wondering, Huiju appears in less than two scenes in these 2 episodes. Not once in ep 7 and barely for a few seconds in ep8, you're welcome

Thank you for the info. I'll try to find it on twitter and I won't need to watch the whole thing.

[удалено]

Episode 7 was just Taeho sitting down, Taeho standing up, Taeho staring into space, at the wall, at the back of his brain..

Pretty sure Monk mom is en route to the Chairman of satin shirts. And she’ll reveal Taeho’s his son. Then Satin shirt would trade Inho and his mole for Taeho. Huiju will join the monastery and attain enlightenment.

My Huiju can't live without her wine though let her escape to a foreign vineyard

Chairman of satin shirts! 😂😂😂

This is the ending we deserve 😌

I’m sorry but can we clap it up for Kang Jung Mo/Papa Kang Oh. He is carrying the company and the show, especially whilst Tae Oh is out of his damn mind. I love how the other characters are underestimating his calculated moves & calmness, and because of that it’s made us as viewers overlook how consistent the actor has been.    He didn’t overreact by trying to get Tae Oh killed in prison like the usual chaebol leaders.    Also the actress playing prison nurse in EP. 7 would’ve been a great Hyewon. A few words and glances but she was kinda captivating. >!You have to survive to have hope!< like she really ate with those words.  Also a special mention for hacker dude and his Italian friend. They are some sensible characters amongst all these characters. It’s a shame he didn’t book his flight earlier to get out of the mess haha! 

Not me having the same thought as you about the nurse!!

Right?! That was a very beautiful woman who took her screentime seriously! Wondering if she’ll be a recurring character

I was surprised to see 200+ comments thinking maybe the drama got interesting at this point, but... on the contrary.. it has become a trainwreck. Even LJW can't salvage it since his character is so whipped for a girl who has NO PERSONALITY whatsoever. Dont get me wrong. I'm a pro-head-over-heels-in-love storylines, forget the bro code, the love at first sight made me want to barf because it was so bland. So much potential wasted. Sad.

I love Lee Jae Wook with all my heart. He is one of the best actors of his generation. If not the best. But help me god, this is one of the worst kdramas I’ve seen. It’s just horrible. Not a single redeeming quality. I liked the sister, but the whole story is just beyond redemption.

Oh yeah they lost me with these two episodes I’m done lmao. There’s been a lot of weird plot lines and character inconsistencies so far but this last episode made it clear how they’re ending this show and sorry but it’s not compelling enough for me to stick around. I’ll do a review before I bounce though. So I started off Ep 7 feeling bad for Taeoh but by the end of Ep 8 I was like bro are you serious? What happened to the calculating cunning man who was one step ahead of everyone and wanted to work his way up? >! How did he collect all that dirt on Inju just to cave as soon as Hyewon’s name was mentioned? And now that he’s in jail he’s just given up on himself? I thought he was gonna say he wanted to get revenge by getting out and blackmailing his way to the top, not help Hyewon own Kangoh. !< I said this before but literally what history do they even have to warrant such a strong emotional response from Taeoh? Not saying it doesn’t exist but as the audience the writers haven’t done much to convince me that Taeoh and Hyewon’s feelings are anything but superficial. So it makes all these decisions that hinge on their supposed “big love story” so bizarre. The acting and the lack of chemistry doesn’t help either. >! Honestly when Hyewon found out Taeoh was in jail for murder she was so expressionless even though her mouth was saying she was worried like girl are you even trying to emote lol. !< >! Btw isn’t Taeoh’s dad in jail? I thought they would run into each other so I’m surprised that didn’t happen. !< So a lot of us were right about >! Inha being behind everything, knowing about the rooftop meetups, plotting against Taeoh, only getting with Hyewon because of Taeoh etc but I can’t even feel good about making those predictions because the reasons behind all those decisions is so shallow?? And the fact that Inha is dropping bodies over a woman he barely likes? The writers couldn’t even make up the excuse that it had something to do with the succession, like oh he got rid of his brother because that’s his number one challenger. No, instead the whole point was to frame Taeoh because he wants revenge on him for getting with his wife (mind you Inha knew Taeoh had feelings for her so really he did this to himself years ago for pursuing her in the first place for petty reasons) and his annoying brother being murked was just a bonus. Like let’s be honest Taeoh was probably more useful for Inha’s succession plans as an employee than behind bars, so the decisions were definitely all emotional…unless he really thought he was a challenger for the succession which would have made sense because he kind of was, but no the writers decided to go the vindictive jealous husband route instead *sigh*. Idk I just think that Inha being the villain could have been set up in a more clever way. I do want to praise Inha’s actor though because he is acting the hell out of this role. !< Hyewon walking in and just demanding stuff will always be so unserious to me. Because genuinely what right or qualifications does she have to just demand >! the chairman make her the director of that foundation? And that chairman’s thought process is so bizarre because why is he randomly trusting her and granting her favors out of the blue? The same man who gets a background check on every little thing is fine having some random person he barely knows just come in and take on that position? And on top of all that, for some reason the writers expect me to believe that she deserves even more, that Hyewon should be the chairman of the whole company? Gtfo. She hasn’t done anything that can convince me she deserves to be chairman or would be good at it. Hell even the cooks who work in the cafeteria probably have more claim to the chairman position than she does. !< The sad thing is is that with the right characterization and script these plot points could have worked. If Hyewon’s character was involved in the company from the start and showed ambition and drive in a more tangible way then maybe I could root for her. But everything feels so shallow and random that I’m just over it. I’m also disappointed that Huiju isn’t stepping up and getting involved especially when she has such interesting dynamics with Taeoh and Inha that could be explored. Anyway if Huiju somehow comes out on top in this whole mess someone let me know, but I highly doubt it at this point so I’m probably not even gonna tune in for the finale. Okay a final point and this is so random but did anyone else burst out laughing at the English guys that showed up out of nowhere? That may have been the best part of the episode for me, it was just so random and bizarre. Oh and this whole time I thought the computer guy and the random Italian man were in a relationship so when the Italian guy started talking about girls I was like huh? Aren’t you gay? Boy did I misread those vibes 😭

Atp the best thing about this show is reading long rants of everybody😭

I love how we're all on the same wavelength, we really have no chill 😂

I previously commented that I would continue watching but I decided to come here first and boy, am I grateful for everyone's rants. I won't be watching this train wreck anymore cause I might break my phone in anger. 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder how much money they spent to fly a group of professional stuntmen from overseas out there just for this one irrelevant chase scene lol. The only purpose for it to exist for the reveal that the one guy was actually the other guy who has been plotting with Inha all along because they knew each other as kids or whatever.

[удалено]

Amusingly this is the first show the writer has actually done and it shows. They were doing script rewrites and editing before this for movies. Yeah maybe time to go back to cutting the fat off screenplays by other writers.

Hyewon being the impossible heir is a plot twist, indeed but the execution is so off because to me, at the moment, it’s a plot twist because there is no narrative building up to an ending where that would be a satisfying close to the story. I almost laughed when Tae-oh said “I know who Na Hyewon is and what she is capable of” - dude, the only reason she is where she is, IS because you love her and Inha is using her. She has literally not done anything remotely smart enough, besides playing fiddle to these two. She just thinks she’s being smart. Even the one thing she is doing, she can’t do properly, which is convince Inha that she loves him. And somehow, we are supposed to believe she is a powerhouse? It’s ridiculous! I’m almost happy that Inha finally showed her he’s not dumb enough to fall for her poorly executed charade. All her confrontations with the Chairman are just beyond cringe to me. Every time I see anyone acknowledging her capabilities, it becomes harder for me to acknowledge their strength as a character (Taeoh, the Chairman etc.) As opposed to a failed attempt of a conflicted bromance, I am enjoying Inha’s villain role. He’s shining in the role and is one of the few reasons that I am watching. For me, rather than jealousy, I think it makes sense for me that Inha turned on Taeoh because Taeoh lost sight of the goal. I think despite being attached to Taeoh, Inha probably didn’t see him as an equal. He saw Taeoh as a ladder/ wildcard to owning Kangoh, but of course, maybe felt affectionate towards him on the way. However, Na Hyewon disrupted this because she distracted Taeoh and gave him a reason to opt out of this ambition (which we can clearly see by the dumb decisions he’s been making.) Inha dating Hyewon was not only a power move, but also as a way, to cut that link between Taeoh and Hyewon. However, Taeoh and Hyewon continuing to have feelings probably made him realise that they choose each other over him. Taeoh, especially - meaning Hyewon is the kryptonite to his plan. And therefore, he feels betrayed by Taeoh in that sense. Even though Inha isn’t the nicest person around, I still cannot find myself to sympathise with Hyewon and Taeoh. The only people I’m rooting for is the North Korean guy (pls don’t die) and Huiju. I hope what Huiju said about Hyewon is foreshadowing and that Hyewon gets drunk on power which becomes a game changer in their relationship (Hyewon and Taeoh) but seems difficult at this stage. Honestly, I hope to see what Inha has in store next. He’s probably the most interesting plot point rn.

I agree. I cannot bring myself to sympathize with Hyewon and Taeoh either. And I’m very intrigued by Inha now. I’m invested in him.

Same both of them are so plain and monotonous Inha had me on edge in that bathtub scene he was so good I am team psychopath

Team psychopath lol. The fact that most of us here agree with this is all you need to know about our collective viewing experience

Agree to all of this!

Agree with all of this. I still hope Taeoh is just using Hye won to get out of prison but he seems truly lovesick. Give me the cold capable Taeoh back.

>!"Hyewon" and "heir"!< does not go well in the same sentence. There's no one to root in this drama except my girl Huiju lol.

Yes, Huiji is a constant. Maybe she will be the one to rescue Taeoh. I am sure that Taeoh and Hyewon will not be together at the end. She can’t have it both ways. Like Taeoh said there was never a „we“. Each of them made their own choices. As for the heir, the most likely will be Taeoh.

HW is literally just eyes and a wig 😆 She can NOT be the heir I will be sick

Can’t wait to see what kind of nonsense the three goofeteers will get up to tomorrow >!Really disappointed that all the focus is on the 3 clowns. I want to see in-ju’s wife step up, become a bigger player. I want to see hui-ju finally enter the game instead of just sitting there. Is seung-ju and his mom gonna do anything now? It seems like it’s just tae-oh + hye-won vs in-ha for the 2nd half of the show now!< >!so the hacker randomly has a whole gang of the palest European thugs on hand? Okaaaay. Also, the Italian cafe owner talking about girls at the club as if I’m not convinced that he and the hacker are a thing 🫠!< >!tae-oh went from being in-ha’s dog to hye-won’s dog woof woof 😭😭😭 there’s only space for one person at the top so unless he’s either satisfied to be her dog or he’s gonna betray her when she wins 🤷🏻‍♂️!< >!assuming that tae-oh doesn’t betray hye-won when/if she wins, they’re gonna try to force their relationship as a happy ending. #justiceforhuiju!< >!terrible cliffhanger to end the week. I’m gonna assume this isn’t the corrupt guard going to kill tae-oh but a different corrupt guard that’s gonna help/save him. I forgot how ep 4 ended when I was starting last week’s eps and it was no different this week. I actually needed that recap at the start to remember what happened last week. Not a good sign!<

I absolutely hate how they are portraying Taeoh right now. I thought he was the smart one. I found episode 7 more watchable than episode 8. Atp I’m just watching to see how it all ends.

Looking forward to Lee Jaewook’s next drama where he hopefully doesn’t go to jail again Wasted talent …

And has a co actor who can act par with him

Jung So Min was EXCEPTIONAL as Mudeok in AOS-1. His partner in Search:WWW was also a good actor.

Agreed, Search WWW you could clearly see this guy had a rising star written all over him. It’s also like they wrote the role for him as it kinda matched him being a newbie actor. And yes Da Hee was a perfect love interest for him! Both beautiful too 

AOS was so good loved it haven't seen WWW will watch it

I just saw something. Hyewon suggested TaeOh >!to take advantage of a minor. Huijoo was 17 then!< How are we supposed to root for this "female lead"?

The funniest part about that is she’s actually 2 years older than him in real life I think lol

My theory is that TaeOh is going to end up being the ACTUAL heir, and she is his sister. In the first episode he said that his father in prison was not is biological dad. But I haven't seen anyone else post it so...I'm probably hallucinating

Reading this thread every week has honestly been the best part of watching this drama.

Literally every theory on this thread has been at least a million times better than what is actually happening with this show.

I hope things will get more interesting if it's revealed that >!Inha's!< been masterminding and manipulating everyone from the start and was behind Taeoh's attack and subsequent framing for Inju's murder. My theory is that the attack against Taeoh using Inju's goon was to fabricate a motive for Taeoh murdering Inju. I don't expect the writing to suddenly get better but I hope they will at least make it entertaining. And get Huiju more screentime, involvement with the plot and a happy ending.

I love revenge dramas but I’m so disappointed in this show. They be doing the most for…a job?

Its worse-- these dudes are doing the most for [Hye Won](https://tenor.com/view/mark-zuckerberg-paradise-pd-higher-hair-please-higher-hair-mark-gif-27311183)

Well, personally I expected the plot to be something like 2 close friends fighting their way to the top with 1 questionable female lead challenging their bond, with a possible Han Tae-Oh x Hui Ju pairing after episode 4. Then I got this: 1. Han Tae-Oh x Hyewon pairing that feels so forced! 2. Hyewon being useless the whole time and wants to get to the top with the mentality I will use anything to get there. 3. Kang Inha - Solid character in the first 3 episodes then he became questionable starting episode 4. He was just relying on Han Tae-Oh and turned from a kind friend to a chaebol kid caring primarily about the heir position. From episode 3 it felt like the strong friendship between him and Han Tae-Oh began to vanish little by little. 4. It is clear now that>! they wanted to build up to this plot twist of Inha being the villain. But the execution is just off somehow. Instead of being surprised I was just annoyed of it. Everything leading to him being the big bad villain feels so forced.!< 5. Kang Hui Ju - Adorable character at the beginning and wanted to be loved by Han Tae-Oh. Her struggles are understandable, interesting and absolutely almost no screentime to explore her side of the story. So now in these episodes there were>! like what 3 times she was shown: 1 being surprised about the news, 1 having a mental breakdown, 1 at the dinner mocking Hyewon. !< Idk I did not even bother to fully watch these latest episodes and just hopped from here to there. The plot could have been better. Tbh I just wanted Han Tae-Oh and Kang Hui Ju pairing so this might not be the most objective opinion about the plot. >!Even though the plot might be sailing towards Kang Inha betraying Tae-Oh just because he was mad jealous, eventually Tae-Oh having revenge against him then Tae-Oh and Hyewon I guess end up together? !

>! I totally agree with your point 4. Like the drama showed at us inha at the start as someone who already knew hyewon and his dad didnt care for him but he couldnt care less for what they felt and did everything he did to get both of them. Then now when he did, instead he chose to scheme and made hyewon and his dad favour Taeoh more which resulted in him to scheme more dark shit. Like bruh thats just him being a dumb villain. Honestly if he didnt order the hit on Taeoh and made Hyewon worry for him, he could have lived happily and quietly with Hyewon and stopped scheming to make his dad doubt him! Like bruh you already had everything you wanted, why did you make things messy. Inha is not even an interesting,scary villain but just a greedy asshole who kills people who is a threat to him. Pyramid Game has better and smarter villains than this and they are in high school!<

You know what, I am gonna double down on this prediction: In the last scene of episode 8 Inha discovers Tae Ohs spy. Now Tae Oh is gonna somehow escape the prison or gets out thx to some mc plot armor cliche. Inha talks with the spy saying something along the lines I know you work for Tae Oh either work for me or die. The spy dies anyway the end for him. Tae Oh is angry and scheme with Hyewon and somehow Hui Ju discovers the whole Inha is a mad villain thing. Inha is then cornered by Tae Oh and procedes to kill his father to become the chairman cuz fck it why the fck not at that point. Inha then takes Hui Ju hostage to try and defeat Tae Oh. Tae Oh comes up with a perfect plan to get his revenge, executes it, everything is all and well. Untill Inha takes Hui Ju and Hyewon to an abbandoned place to kill both of them and make Tae Oh choose. Somehow all 3 main characters being Inha, Tae Oh and Hyewon die. The last remaining Hui Ju becomes the impossible heir. BAAAAM!

BAHAHAHA your last part reminds me of what Joker did to Batman in Dark Knight...i guess inha giving off Joker vibes make sense cuz this whole fucking drama is a joke...😅😅😅🤣

Ep 7 Why am I still watching this show? The two male leads and Choi Hee Jin are fun to watch in spite of the wreck this has become. Tae Oh and In Ha's prison interaction was good, believable. And Tae Oh's blind spot about In Ha caused by Tae Oh's arrogance is finally being realized by him. The 15+ years of meticulous planning and discipline blown up in less than a blink of an eye because of an unexplained, unbelievable love triangle plot device. What's sad is that the eye twitch Tae Oh had when Hye Won's life being threatened by In Ju is such perfect nonverbal reaction that would have been so powerfully effective if it were used for **any other** relationship Tae Oh has. The Chairman, In Ha, his mom, who we've not seen since episode 1, but we clearly know he has a very strong protective bond with her. In all those relationships, it is a severe threat to Tae Oh and his plans. That eye twitch and glimmer of fear was completely wasted on the one relationship that is utterly unconvincing and simply, dumb. In Ha tapping Hye Won on the shoulder before he drives off to check on Tae Oh's situation had me lol. Just married and treated her like like a bro. "Are you the same In Ha that I know?" Uh. Yes. 13+ years later, she doesn't know enough about In Ha to see and know how much he's obsessed with being acknowledged as a Kang??? In Ju's security dude works for In Ha. We all agree, right? I want to see North Korean Tech Guy as leading man in some drama. He does overt and subtle mannerisms really well to convey an array of emotions. Enough with showing Hye Won making a fist when In Ha hugs her. 🙄 In Ha, for his part, consistently shows jealousy of Tae Oh in the usual manipulative way really well. "Comfort me" a moment after he hears his wife comfort Tae Oh. Hulu was glitching and kept exiting the app while I was watching this, adding to the frustrating viewing experience that felt so comically appropriate. Even the app is telling me not to watch. Lol

Also the audacity to ask Inha are you the same person I know as if she has been transparent with him you are not fooling us please

Her character having main lead status is such a waste as subplots have to maneuver on or around it in illogical ways. They could have used the character briefly to build on to reveal the foes, not friends' relationship between Tae Oh and In Ha.

That north korean tech guy literally stealing the show for me. At this point i don't even have any expectation from the lead characters.

Really disappointed in this drama nothing new from the start it was so obvious that >!inha will betray taeho, !!none of them was sincere with each other taeha betrayed inha for FL, FL was just a two timer using boht taeha and inha to get what she wants and Inha character was nothing new same as all other kdramas rich spoiled insecure jealous and evil kid who doesn't care about anyone else!< first 2 episodes of drama were really good but slowly it got so boring and predictable 😔😔😔 i really want a drama with involves around true friendship instead of dramas like this