These are the recap for The Impossible Heir: Episodes 1-2. Tae-O is shocked after he found out that he killed two people in the room. He’s startled to throw away the knife. Tae-O is on the train. He listens to the music. The train arrives at the stop.
Hometown
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for The Impossible Heir: Episodes 1-2.
The Impossible Heir Episode 1 reveals Tae-O gets off the bus. He arrives at the village. He walks into the village and he looks around the room. The landlord tells Tae-O that the house is very cheap. He asks him about his parents. Tae-O reveals his parents passed away. He adds that it’s his mother’s hometown.
Tae-O tells the landlord that he’s going to rent the house. They’re on the way to the landlord’s house for signing the contract. They run into a guy who sits in the car. The landlord pays his respect to the guy. He reveals the guy is Kangoh Group’s third son. But he asks Tae-O to forget what he said.
The people are celebrating outside the villa. The guy In-Ha stays in his room alone. His older brother laughs when he drinks with the two beauties. Tae-O arrives at the villa. He’s shocked when he sees In-Ha. He looks at the fireworks in the sky.
Tae-O Has A Rival
Tae-O goes to the convenience store. He tells the convenience store owner that he needs a job. But the convenience store owner doesn’t need an employee. He tells Tae-O to go to the restaurant to find a job. Tae-O finds out that In-Ha stole before he leaves the convenience store.
He goes to the Hanwoowok Restaurant. The boss hires him. Tae-O walks out of the restaurant. He sees In-Ha stealing again. He leaves. He goes to a store to buy a hammer. He walks out of the store. In-Ha is waiting for him. He thinks he saw what he did. He asks him to apologize to him. But Tae-O tells In-Ha that he’s a trash.
In-Ha boxes in the gym. He remembers Tae-O told him that he’s a trash. He smiles. The teacher takes Tae-O to the classroom when In-Ha is having fun in the classroom. The teacher introduces Tae-O as the top student. Tae-O tries to have a seat in the cafeteria. But In-Ha takes his seat. Tae-O chooses another seat. But In-Ha puts his leg on Tae-O’s chair. He tells Tae-O that he doesn’t like him.
Tae-O and In-Ha Have A Fight
Tae-O chooses to leave. But In-Ha throws the food to Tae-O. Tae-O throws his food to In-Ha’s table. In-Ha has a fight with Tae-O. The teacher stops In-Ha when he beats Tae-O. Tae-O and In-Ha are in the room to write the apology letter.
In-Ha’s friend informs In-Ha that he can leave. In-Ha leaves with his friend. He gets angry after knowing Tae-O can leave as well. He tells his friend to get off his motorcycle. He rides the motorcycle away. Tae-O sees In-Ha off. The teacher walks into the room.
He’s surprised that Tae-O is still in the room. He asks Tae-O if he got the message that he can leave. Tae-O leaves the room. He get a message from someone. He runs out of the school. He takes a cab. He asks the driver to hurry. In-Ha rides the motorcycle home.
He sees his older brother In-Ju letting his follower walk to the bottle. But In-Ju shoots the follower. The follower is startled. In-Ju laughs. Tae-O gets off the cab. He runs to the temple. He breaks into the hall. He finds out that his mother became a nun.
Tae-O and In-Ha Become Friends
Tae-O asks his mother to leave with him when he yells at her. He takes her to the bus station. He sends her off. He remembers what his father told him that he will come to kill him and his mother. He cries and he leaves the bus station. He arrives at the gym.
He learns that he will get a prize if he wins. He tries to leave. But he runs into In-Ha. In-Ha mistakes that Tae-O came to learn how to beat him. But Tae-O tells In-Ha that he wants to know how to kill someone. In-Ha volunteers to teach Tae-O. But he asks him to beat him.
They’re in the gym. In-Ha begins to beat Tae-O. Tae-O remembers his father tried to kill him at home. He beats In-Ha. In-Ha stops Tae-O. He takes him home and he asks him to be his friend. But Tae-O rejects it. In-Ha is furious to ask Tae-O to pay his back. He leaves.
Deal
In-Ha sleeps in the classroom. His friend brings a good news to him that Tae-O’s father killed Tae-O’s mother. He thinks Tae-O is the killer’s son. But In-Ha scolds his friend because he knows he badmouthed him as well. He’s friendly to Tae-O when he wishes to shake hands with him. But Tae-O is cold to leave the classroom.
He goes to the rooftop. He enjoys the music there. In-Ha finds Tae-O. He listens to the song with him. Tae-O reveals the song belongs to his mother. He tells In-Ha that the guy isn’t his real father. He reveals the guy is in the prison.
Tae-O tells In-Ha that he will help him if he helps him. In-Ha laughs because he doesn’t believe that Tae-O has the power. But Tae-O is serious. In-Ha tells Tae-O that he wishes to get into Hanguk University. Tae-O promises to help In-Ha.
Hye-Won Buys Tae-O Coffee
Tae-O returns home. He sees the girl Hye-Won. They stop when they have an eye contact. Tae-O takes a shower. He walks out of the bathroom. In-Ha wishes Tae-O a happy birthday when he holds the birthday cake. Tae-O blows out the candles. He hands over the lecture notes to In-Ha. In-Ha prepares a present for Tae-O as well. He recommends him to Mr. Moon.
The professor Dong-Wuk summons Tae-O to his office. He tells him that he’s interested in his report about the future strategy for Kangoh Group. He wants to buy the report. But Tae-O wants to keep the report. Dong-Wuk reports it to Seong-Ju after Tae-O left.
Tae-O goes to the library to study Kangoh Group. He finds out that Hye-Won is studying in the library as well. He goes to buy the coffee from the vending machine. But she orders it before him. She blames him for pretending not to know her.
She mentions they’re in the same department. She tries to leave. But he stops her. He reminds her that she didn’t take her coffee. But she tells him that she doesn’t drink coffee. She tells her name to him. She leaves. In-Ha finds Tae-O. He asks him to go to eat with him.
Tae-O Teaches Hui-Ju Math
In-Ha and Tae-O go to the cafeteria. In-Ha persuades Tae-O to change his t-shirt. Tae-O sees Hye-Won again. In-Ha notes that Tae-O’s eyes are fixed when Tae-O looks at Hye-Won. He believes that his friend has feelings for the girl.
But Tae-O denies it. In-Ha tells Tae-O that he will hit on Hye-Won if he doesn’t have feelings for Hye-Won. Tae-O lets In-Ha do it. He leaves the cafeteria. In-Ha finds out that Hye-Won is very cute when she eats. Tae-O visits Hui-Ju.
She asks him if he’s her teacher. But he ignores her. She thinks he’s very confident. He begins to teach her math. But she hits on him. Mr. Moon asks Tae-O to sign the contract after the class. Tae-O walks out of the house. In-Ha is waiting for him. Tae-O smiles.
Hye-Won Has A Bad Mother
They return home. In-Ha asks Tae-O if he saw the chairman. But Tae-O reveals he only saw Hui-Ju. In-Ha reveals he’s close to Hui-Ju. Tae-O goes to take the beer. In-Ha tells Tae-O that he has feelings for Hye-Won. He asks him to find out what the girl likes.
Tae-O returns to his house. He sees the lady knocks at the door of Hye-Won’s house when Hye-Won is studying inside the house. The lady is Hye-Won’s mother. She breaks the glass of the door. She grabs Hye-Won. She thinks she couldn’t get into the university without her help.
Hye-Won notes that Tae-O is watching them. She yells at him. He has to return to his house to drink water. He walks out of his house. He sees Hye-Won walking on the street. It’s raining. Hye-Won complains about the train. Tae-O shows up behind her when he holds the umbrella for her.
She tells him to continue to ignore her. She tries to leave. But he stops her. He invites her to drink beer with him. They drink in front of the convenience store. Hye-Won thinks Tae-O shouldn’t pretend not to see it. But he tells her that it’s how he lived.
Hye-Won’s Ambition
The director Geum-Seok visits In-Ha. She asks him to give up the shares. He remembers he had a talk with Tae-O. He told him that he wants to give up the shares for becoming the heir. He signs the contract. Tae-O walks out of the school after the class.
In-Ha comes to pick up Tae-O. In-Ha reveals he signed the contract. He laughs. Tae-O takes In-Ha to his house. In-Ha finds out that they didn’t buy wine. He goes to the convenience store to buy wine. He runs into Hye-Won. He grabs the wine from her. He reveals they have enough wine.
He takes her to Tae-O’s house when Tae-O just walks out his house. He asks the two to go to his house. Hye-Won agrees to it. But Tae-O needs to clean up his house. Hye-Won tries to go to help Tae-O. But In-Ha stops her. He persuades her to wait for Tae-O downstairs. She points out that she needs to use the bathroom.
She smiles and she gets into Tae-O’s house. Tae-O conceals his clothes when Hye-Won walks into his house. She claims that she didn’t join In-Ha for him. She thinks he’s very cute. They go to In-Ha’s house. They have a party. In-Ha tells Hye-Won that he’s Tae-O’s friend.
She wishes him to be her friend as well. But he asks her to be his girlfriend. Tae-O reveals In-Ha is very rich. In-Ha asks Hye-Won out. But she rejects him and she takes a look at Tae-O. Tae-O takes a look at Hye-Won through the glass. He finds out that she’s very happy when she talks with In-Ha.
Episode 1 of The Impossible Heir ends with In-Ha returning to the house with Tae-O. He tells him that he likes Hye-Won very much. He wants to take Hye-Won home. But Tae-O points out that In-Ha is drunk. He leaves In-Ha’s house with Hye-Won. In-Ha sees the two off. Hye-Won takes Tae-O to enjoy the night view. She tells him that she knows he became In-Ha’s friend because In-Ha is a golden rope. In-Ha returns to Tae-O’s place. He wonders his best friend didn’t tell him that Hye-Won lived there. He turns around and he sees Hye-Won’s house.
Bloodline
The Impossible Heir Episode 2 reveals Hye-Won asks Tae-O to help her. But he rejects it and he tries to leave. But she points out that he will help her in the end. He passes by the convenience store. He remembers he drank with her.
He returns home. He finds out that In-Ha is eating noodles in front of his house. He wonders why he came to his place. In-Ha reveals he wants to sleep at Tae-O’s house. He walks into his house. Tae-O turns around. He sees Hye-Won’s house.
Hui-Ju has breakfast with her family. She tells her father Joong-Mo that she wishes to invite In-Ha because she thinks In-Ha is her family as well. Joong-Mo agrees to it when other family go against it. He tells his wife that he wishes to invite In-Ha once because In-Ha is his bloodline as well.
Episode 2 of The Impossible Heir ends with Joong-Mo arriving at the company. In-Ha pays his respect to his father with other people. Joong-Mo walks into the office. Dong-Wuk introduces Tae-O to Joong-Mo. Tae-O and In-Ha think their game begins.