O Herdeiro Impossível (2024)

In one word: Pretentious. Also, a true insult to the intelligence of all viewers

I thought a lot about why people hate this show so much. Of course bad shows and scripts exist, but the key difference is that they’re not “trying” to be this niche, grey/noir show about corporate finance. The problem here is that a very stupid writer thinks the audience is dumb as well. So, he never bothered to research any finance or business terms, and wrote random nonsense.
The story is set in a magical monopoly of a company called Kangho that does… everything? They seem primarily like venture capitalists, but no one explains anything in this show, except for going on and on about how much insane social and market power their magical business has.
Taeho the ML especially ends up being an awful character since he’s meant to be the “smart one”. Some of his actions include: repeatedly going after his best friend’s wife, not knowing how embezzlement works, establishing a magical paper company that gives him all the power. Pure BS.
Inha is turned from this flawed/not as smart friend to an unexplained psychopath. In the end they don’t tell us the reason why he did the dumbest thing, because they never even bothered to create a reason throughout the show!
Hye won… I hated her character honestly. Completely apart from the actress, she’s written as someone who lacks all brain cells (and emotions?) Couldn’t she just be the politicians aide, since that’s how she ended up anyway, and not marry a man she doesn’t love? (She got the job on her own!). Weird cheater/gold digger cliche who says and does things that make zero sense. I don’t understand why the character’s a part of the show honestly.
I do feel happy for Huiju and second brother, they’re the only ones with a character arc. Brother learns that power and being at the top isn’t everything, and Huiju will live her own life freely after dodging the arranged marriage nonsense.
The acting was excellent from LJW and Jun, them sharing a screen brings me joy. I won’t say anything about FL, she’s getting enough (correct) criticism as it is. But, all in all, this show is a cautionary tale of what happens when a writer is overly pretentious and thinks the viewers are illiterate. I hope he will either retire or pick up finance for dummies before trying this again.

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a disappointing outcome of a highly anticipated drama

the drama had a pretty promising start but after only 2 episode the drama started going downhill. there are 3 timeskip in this drama and two of them (5+5)10 years ) happened in only 4 episode.which is the first thing that makes the viewers dissatisfied as everything in the show was happening without proper explanations...the motivation behind the action of the main leads are unclear.

characters: inha was problematic from epi 1 but to gain public sympathy the writers made him act cringe in ep(2 ,3,4)and when his villain arch started he turned into a vanilla villain who can't do anything right. it's almost as if he is useless without Tae Ho.
Tae ho's character was most disappointing as i had most expectations from his character.
Hae Won: I don't wanna talk about her. her character is useless. K-drama writers should stop including female characters as just showpiece in their shows in 2024 now. Kang song joo: liked this dude from epi 1. he almost had overthrown his own father.. happy that he found peace in himself.
favorite characters: the prosecutor and the hacker.

Acting: Everyone gave their best(except Hong Suzu=Na Hye Won)but because the script is bad sometimes the acting seems dull or over acting.

it's almost impossible to root for any of the main leads not because they are morally gray but because the characters are almost pathetic, unemotional, pretentious and not pitiful at all when they pretend that they are.

the writing sucks and it lacks cohesion.everything is happening just for the sake of happening.the way Tae ho solved the murder mystery reminds me the drama Memorist. i was having Deja Vu.


anyway the script is old and it seems the drama was written as a 16 episodes drama but they shorten it to 12epi that's why there's so many time jump and everything is so rushed and they introduced new characters in the end episodes as if they have connections with other already established characters but it is never shown.

overall, enjoyed the two male leads and their visuals.

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Not Bad As Perceived By Many

Just like maybe a few lot of watchers, I also gave up watching this drama after two episodes. I couldn’t stand the business jargons and I somehow grew tired of hearing it. So I placed this drama on my “watch later list”. I decided to give this drama another try and watched this after all episodes have done airing. I lowered my expectation and didn’t watch or read on spoilers.

Not bad as perceived. Not the worst drama in my checklist. This drama was an easy watch and in fact, I binged watch this drama. I even could stand the FL’s acting amidst negative reactions from watchers. The planning was great I mean I couldn’t even predict Han Taeoh’s next course of action. Even with his unfortunate circumstance in the middle episodes, I thought was part of the plan. I was wrong! So somehow I was entertained in the end.

Ending. So, Korean dramas have their share of substandard endings. Fortunately, this drama didn’t fall under that category. I think they wrapped this up in the best way they could. Although the ending was a bit too slow for me or like they could have done a better job at keeping us on our toes and in keeping the excitement of a bitter-sweet ending.

Would I recommend this drama? Yes for fans of Lee Jae Wook and if you are a fan of stories and vibe like Reborn Rich.

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surprised by the reviews here...

i'm very surprised by the reviews this show got. Of course is not for everyone, the show takes its time to get where it wants. People who wants action by the first or even third episode will not like it and find it very boring (and that's ok). I would recommend people to pay more attention to what is happening in the show, a lot of details is being explained throughout it but it really needs to pay attention.
For the characters, some people complain that Taeoh becomes the good one, while Inha the bad one. Life is not that simple lol. The show is quite clear that none of the main characters are one thing or another, since the second episode it shows that the three of them are moved by their own greedy. Inha doesn't do things out of blue, he was always a emotional person, that's why he start to like Taeoh from the beginning and falls in love for Hye-won with just few interactions. He is quite a obsessive person that is doing things without thinking from the start.
Hye-won, I agree, could have much more impact in the show. Her development gets lose every time something happens with Taeoh and Inha. She is a good character and should have more time for us to see her plans.
(I won't even talk about people saying that is bad Hye-won and Taeoh have kissed a day before the marriage, of course is not right to do, but yeah people are human and make mistakes - this doesn't imply that you should kill someone and put the blame into your ex-friend)
A lot of dramas struggle when doing the Succession plot and I won't say that Impossible Heir does it the best, but for sure it makes much more sense than what has been done in much others.
Recomend people to give it a try until the episode 8, when I think it really makes everything more interesting and, since it only has 12 episodes, I don't think one would be wasting much time doing so.

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An empty shell of a series

The reasons this even gets a 4 are: a good cast, nice cinematography, a promising start to the series, and characters with potential. But otherwise, The Impossible Heir has some of the most baffling writing I've ever seen.

The writer had visions of a grand revenge drama without the ability to pull it off.

This script reads like someone wrote a 30-episode arc but was suddenly given only 10 minutes under duress to cut it down to 12 episodes.

Every aspect of the show is shallow, non-committal, disjointed and illogical. You'll give yourself a headache trying to make sense of it all.

There are scenes that go nowhere. There are conversations that serve no purpose. The writer apparently never learned the art of foreshadowing.

The leads have little backstory and even less discernable motivation. What we can glean about them is often contradictory. Their confusing and unrealistic actions cause even the main protagonist to become unlikeable.

As for the central plot - what starts off as a found family conglomerate revenge sharply veers off course in the middle, becoming something much more dark and unenjoyable.

I can promise you that anything you'd hope to get out of watching this, you can find it done better elsewhere.

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It's difficult but it's worth

The expectations of this drama were very high and among many audiences. Unfortunately it's not a drama for everyone. It's not a simple drama.
The editing is perhaps the biggest problem: there are too many time jumps and flashbacks to make it easy to understand.
At first you're drawn into the fake bromance between the two MLs.
Tae Oh seems cold and calculating, In Ha is nice but problematic and Hye Won look as though butter wouldn’t melt in one’s moutht.
Gradually we discover various aspects of Tae Oh, who turns out to be tender towards HW who reminds him of his childhood and his abused mother, naive and grateful for IH's friendship.
The development of the relationship between the president and TO is very beautiful: Tae Oh begins to be noticed as an instrument and insinuating into the president the idea of ​​better management of KangOh (he clearly indicates this in the first speech he writes at the presentation of the center). The president's attraction/need continues and develops to the detriment of the relationship with his three sons, who all suffer from an inferiority complex and are (rightly) afraid of the president's growing interest in TO.
They (chairman and TO) are among the few characters (with the Hacker, the Boss, Seong Ju and Hee Joo) who have positive development.
The main actors (and I'm sorry, but HW doesn't fall into this category, because she has only 5 minutes of footage per episode) are a spectacle!
Lee Jae Wook dressed in a business outfit with rolled up sleeves is a sight that alone is worth the effort of following the drama.
He is very good at managing his facial expressions: a complete change of direction compared to the Jang Uk of alchemy of Souls. The moment he lets some feelings shine through, it's easy to become attached to his character.
There are a lot of cuts where he holds the scene alone, with the support of his voice.
Jun Young is also very captivating, especially when he plays the positive parts, in my opinion he is too excessive in showing his psycho side.
The conclusion is fair and positive: Tae Oh wins, maintaining legality (unlike In Ha) and establishes an excellent relationship with Seong Ju.
The last scene with Hye Won suggests that the fleeting relationship is now over for both of them, while the relationship with Hee Joo is open: she can be a little sister or something more with the approval of the president and her brother!

I advise? Absolutely yes!

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