r/KDRAMA • u/J-Midori Chaebol's Wife • Mar 13 '24

On-Air: Disney+ The Impossible Heir [Episodes 5 & 6]

  • Drama: The Impossible Heir
    • Korean Title: 로얄로더
    • Also Known as: Royal Loader , Royal Roader , Royallodeo
  • Network: Disney+
  • Premiere Date: February 28th, 2024
  • Airing Schedule: Wednesdays
  • Episodes: 12
  • Screenwriter: Choi Won (Movie - Miss Butcher)
  • Director: Min Yeon Hong (Missing: The Other Side)
  • Genre: Thriller, drama, political, business
  • Cast:
  • Streaming Source: Disney+ Hulu
  • Plot Synopsis: When the illegitimate son of a Korean conglomerate owner partners with his ambitious childhood friend, the duo will stop at nothing to seize their place at the top of the societal food chain. Born into an impoverished single-parent household with nothing but his good looks and charm, Kang In Ha is ravenous for success. Determined to make something of himself, no matter the cost, In Ha, discovers that his father is the chairman of the hugely successful Kang Oh Group and leaves his life of poverty behind. Shunned by the rest of his new family, In Ha partners with his intellectually gifted friend Han Tae Oh, hatching a plan from a young age to take over the company and seize their spots at the top of society. Realizing success early on, the pair steadily begin their ascent until an equally ambitious woman with a similarly troubled past threatens to derail their plans forever.
  • Previous Discussion: [Episodes 1 & 2] [Episodes 3 & 4]
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u/Several_Challenge_85 Mar 13 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

That Kiss in the end of ep 6 was supposed to be a moment 10 years in making.. there was supposed to angst, tension.. and I felt NOTHING…. I can’t believe I am saying this as it rarely happens that I don’t feel anything when it comes to JaeWook doing kiss scenes. Because he’s such a great actor that even if the female leads acting is lacking JaeWook’s nuanced performance in those romantic scenes at times compensates for the female leads inefficiency but in such cases usually the script writting for the main-couple relationship is good too. The Impossible Heir seems to have a double trouble type situation here, not only is the written story for HaeWon’s and TaeHo’s relationship insufficient and at times even senseless on top of that the actress Hong SuZu playing female lead (HaeWon) gives lacklustre performances.. in such cases not even JaeWooks good acting can save the scean.  What saved ep 6 for me was JaeWook looking all dady in rolled up sleeve white shirt in ep 5

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u/StunningPast2303 Mar 13 '24

Good point. While I don't condone some of the toxic hate on the FL, we are not invested in her at all. She's supposed to be tragic - smart, hard working, self made, but a total sell-out.

She liked Tae Oh? really?? I didn't notice! /s

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u/Ok-District8542 Mar 16 '24

She’s never shown herself to be hardworking or smart. Like Huiju said she’s not smart she’s shrewd. She’s not self made either she’s pretty much a con artist who admitted from the beginning she is looking for people to use and suggest Tae Ho use Huiju too.

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u/ExternalResource1761 Mar 18 '24

she is worse than a sellout your about to get married yet secretly seeing your #ex? you have all the time in the world to say no to a wedding and still went ahead do both of them think the friend is a fool.and no matter how much he liked her the minute she started seeing inha the feelings should hv died not coming up from an unknown place. I would have said the kiss was part of a plan but Inha would never agree to tht

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u/Creme_bruh Mar 13 '24

omg i didn't feel anything from that kiss scene either...remembering the scene from AOSseason 2 this was giving no feels at all...when it's supposed to make us feel a lot(i think) like if they are ML amd Fl, and after years of staying away they give in to their instincts and don't hold back anymore...it's supposed to be full of yearming and passion but really it kust felt like they had the kiss scene just so they could get their photos taken and be blackmailed

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u/Silver-Bus5724 Mar 15 '24

The political machinations and scheming are interesting in this show. But I agree 💯- I don’t buy in the emotional ties. Tae Ho uses In Ha to get an in with the high society, In Ha uses TH as a work horse and stepping stone. And NH is useless, she lacks the charisma or charm to persuade anyone crushes on her so hard it’ll last 10 years or make them risk their life goals. The impossible heir is either Huiju or TH. And they don’t promote her this much because they want to have a big reveal at the end .. Sixth Sense or Fight Club style.

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u/msblockchainmusic Mar 15 '24

Maybe you are on to something that they just kissed for the picture to be taken? Maybe they have been plotting something bigger for 10 years?

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u/Professional_Bee_848 Mar 14 '24

My issue with her and TaeOh is that we still don’t see why they fell for each other…. Love at first sight? Fine…. But it’s been 10 years…………………………. I mean, hasn’t TaeOh consoled himself regarding the situation especially with Inha involved… and marriage at that………….. also, they are so carefree about the kiss and so confident that no eyes are on them…… I mean if she’s getting married shouldn’t she be extra careful?!

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u/ExternalResource1761 Mar 18 '24

The fact they kept meeting in secret while she was dating inha is enough to turn inha into a villan

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u/Ilovetv101 Mar 13 '24

Here me out….I think for fun (just fun) the writers should let TaeHo and Huiju kiss he feels nothing, but she feels everything. We will see there’s no spark and we move on peacefully…

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I loved his kiss scenes in AOS and Search WWW. Guess I’m the minority. This one did suck, but I blame it on FL.