Lee Jae Wook’s New K-Drama “The Impossible Heir” Episodes Leaked Ahead Of Its Official Release
Disney‘s new K-Drama The Impossible Heir (also known as Royal Loader) premiered on February 28.
This revenge tragedy stars Lee Jae Wook as Han Tae Oh, the son of a murderer, while U-KISS and UNB‘s Jun (also known as Lee Jun Young) portrays the illegitimate son of Kangoh Group, Kang In Ha. Hong Su Zu (also known as Hong Soo Joo, Hong Su Joo, Hong Soo Ju, or Suzu Hong) is Ne Hye Won, a debt collector’s daughter. The three try to take over Korea’s largest conglomerate.
Kang In-ha (Lee Jun-young), who leaves his life of poverty behind after learning that he is an illegitimate son of a conglomerate owner. Shunned by the members of his new family, In-ha enlists the help of his childhood friend Han Tae-oh (Lee Jae-wook) to come up with a plan to take over the company and seize their spots at the top of society.
— Wikipedia
The Impossible Heir is available in select regions via Disney+ and Hulu. It releases two episodes every Wednesday. Yet, some viewers were surprised to view four episodes already. Rather than wait a week, two new episodes appeared just three days after its premiere, sparking viewers’ confusion.
bruh #impossibleheir new episodes today, thrilled to pretend like i havent watched the leaked ones pic.twitter.com/i09Ib7Am46
— z (@stairkez) March 6, 2024
@frankiesuniverse releasing teasers for the episodes i’ve watched already? someone got fired for sureeee | #kdrama #fyp #kdramas #kdramalover #kdramaedit #kdramafyp #kdramarecommendation
According to iMBC, only up to episode 2 had been officially released. Yet, when Hulu users noticed the additional episodes, they took “advantage of this to pirate episodes 3 and 4 and share them without permission.”
A netizen commented regarding the leaked episodes via the portal site OpenTalk. They expressed frustration over the leaked clips as they spread on social media. It exposed them to spoilers when they wanted to wait and watch the full episodes.
Do the officials know that episodes 3 and 4 were released first on Hulu and now spoiler videos are being circulated everywhere? It’s so annoying, I can’t stand it… I can’t believe this is how they manage the release schedule for the show. Do they even know that the pirated video was released on Hulu first?
— Netizen via OpenTalk
From now on, it should be released as to its initial schedule.