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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