Wedding Impossible (2024) K Drama Episode 3-4

Following Ah-jung’s decision to marry Do-han, Ji-han activates his inner mother-in-law with the White Headband of Protest, and childish tantrums in order to make Do-han change his mind. At Grandpa’s birthday party, Do-han mentioned that he had something to hide, and Ji-han wonders if Ah-jung is blackmailing his brother with this something. Perhaps, if Ji-han descends from the marriage tower and asks nicely, his brother might trust him enough to share the secret. But for now, Ji-han is convinced that Ah-jung is merely using Do-han to get back at him. And methinks you rate yourself too highly, Mr. Lee Ji-han.

Ah-jung’s family throws a surprise congratulatory party to celebrate her movie role, and she can’t bring herself to tell them that she quit. But on the off chance that she quits for whatever reason, her mom assures her that the family will be supportive regardless. “Others may say you’re only doing minor roles, but to me and your dad, you’re always the star of the show,” Mom says. *Sniff* Yeah, love actually resides in this family.

Moving forward with Operation Stop the Marriage, Ji-han takes Ah-jung on a field trip to the site for LJ’s shopping mall project to give her a firsthand view of what is at stake for Do-han if he doesn’t marry Chae-won. Grandpa plans to put Do-han in charge of the shopping mall project — which is currently on hold for some business reasons — and Do-han is likely to take the fall if the project fails.

Ji-han and Ah-jung end up having lunch with the couple from the first episode (the groom who sold his family’s land and the bride who hired Ah-jung as her bestie), and that’s how Ji-han learns that Ah-jung is a friend for hire. Before they can expound on the difference between lying and acting, the townspeople accost Ji-han to demand a return of their land because LJ has failed to build the shopping mall as promised. Ah-jung helps smooth things over with her lying acting skills, and Ji-han is grateful for her help. He genuinely apologizes for getting her the movie role, and while Ah-jung feels bad for ruining his plans for Do-han, she states that she won’t apologize for her actions.

After confirming that they’re both a hundred percent onboard with the marriage and that they won’t regret their decision, Ah-jung and Do-han go over the terms of their marriage contract — with an emphasis on the reason for their eventual divorce. Ah-jung doesn’t want the usual “personality differences” nonsense, she wants to be the “hell of a woman who dumped a rich guy.” Lol. From coming up with a backstory for their relationship to discussing the extent of skinship allowed and picking out rings, Ah-jung really takes her acting role with the seriousness of a professional, and I love her for it!

The next phase of the marriage agenda is the family dinner at LJ, and the Chois put on their best welcoming act because it’s in their best interest for Do-han to marry Ah-jung rather than Chae-won. Ji-han, on the other hand, cannot stand Ah-jung’s flippant behavior at dinner and Do-han’s indifference. I mean, are they trying to win Grandpa’s approval or not? Do-han and Ah-jung are actually gunning for Grandpa’s disapproval so that he can give up and send them back to New York. But Grandpa shocks everyone when he approves of the marriage, and insists that Do-han relocates permanently to Korea to run the company. Ha!

I love how this show advances its plot by having our characters come up with all these grand schemes for and against the marriage, and then turning those schemes on their head. First, it was Ji-han unintentionally playing Cupid with Ah-jung’s movie role. Then Ah-jung won Grandpa over with the sincerity that seeped out of her acting performance — dashing Do-han’s New York dreams, and disappointing the Chois who also wanted him to leave the country.

The biggest plot advancement also comes from a past conversation Ah-jung had with Ji-han. She had noted that unlike other little brothers who preferred to steal stuff from their big brothers, Ji-han was rather odd by solely wishing for his hyung’s happiness. Capitalizing on Ah-jung’s words, Ji-han decides to act like the typical little brother, and he declares his intention to steal her away from his hyung — because the only way to stop the marriage is to make her fall in love with him. It’s his confidence for me! Then again, who am I to argue with K-drama logic?

To humor Ji-han, Ah-jung decides to go along with his seduction plans. Plus she’s also curious to see whether she’ll fall for him or not. Ji-han begins the Art of Seduction by channeling his inner K-drama male lead, and I totally loved the show’s intentional use of dramaland’s seduction tropes. First off, Ji-han shows up in a flashy car and sunshades that steals everyone’s breath away — except for the person he’s trying to seduce. Pfft. Meanwhile, Ah-jung only needs to show up in makeover luxury clothes to get him swooning. Heh. Ji-han’s next play is to book the entire business class section of a plane to fly them to the Busan Film Festival where Ah-jung meets her favorite movie director. He sure knows how to make a fangirl’s heart flutter.

Ji-han also stands up for Ah-jung to a more successful actress (special appearance by the delightful Joo Hyun-young) whose inferiority complex makes her see Ah-jung as a rival, and I was beyond amused when he flashed a black card at Ah-jung in the Business Proposal style. Ji-han even has a mild rain-related trauma from his parents’ accident like many dramaland male leads. Unfortunately, this male lead’s seductive moves have no effect on his female lead. If anything, Ji-han is the one getting seduced after immersing himself in Ah-jung’s entire filmography while studying how to become her perfect male lead. But for what it’s worth, he’s the only person apart from her family who has watched everything she has been in, and Ah-jung seems a bit touched by his attention to her career highlights.

Since his seduction efforts aren’t yielding results, Ji-han arranges a blind date for Ah-jung — who shows up thinking she’s meeting Ji-han — but the blind date is an ass, and he makes unflattering comments about Ah-jung and Ji-han. Blind Date also drags Ji-han’s late mom into the conversation, and Ji-han overhears this when he shows up to fetch Ah-jung after learning that her date is a douche. Following their exit, Ah-jung is pissed at Ji-han — but not because he sent her on the date. She’s upset because he didn’t refute Blind Date’s comments about his mom. “Why do you keep getting hurt in front of me?” Ah-jung asks Ji-han, and she’s also referring to the other day at the family dinner where she witnessed his half-sister slap him in the process of bringing up their mom. Ah-jung may not feel butterflies around Ji-han, but she sure as hell feels sorry for him.

As for Ji-han, he’s angry that Blind Date insulted Ah-jung, and this comes as a surprise to her because she thinks he hates her. “I guess I like you, then,” Ji-han replies. “I like you enough to get angry if someone insults you.” How sweet! But I know better than to swoon over a confession that comes in at the second week of a drama. It’s way too soon.

The fun thing about this seduction game plan is that it’s going to backfire spectacularly in our leads’ faces. Without realizing it, they’re slowly beginning to open their hearts to each other, and soon, they won’t be able to tell the difference between acting and genuine feelings. Cue: their agonizing angst and my popcorn party.

Like every normal family, Ah-jung’s folks are happy that she’s getting hitched. But while they welcome their soon-to-be son-in-law with open arms, they’re a bit concerned about the messy family he comes from. And who can blame them? According to the gossip, the accident that killed LJ’s former CEO, HYUN SOO-HYUN’s (mom to the Chois and the Lees) was instigated by either her late lover (the Lee brothers’ dad), or her husband (the former mayor of Seoul and dad to the Chois). Chaebols and conspiracy are peas in a pod, so I won’t be surprised if there is truth to the rumor. Anyway, the case was officially closed as an accidental death, and Grandpa hasn’t raised any flags since then — or responded to a pesky reporter who has been looking into the accident for years.

Soo-hyun’s death remains a sore spot for her children — with Ji-han blaming himself for her death (it seems he was also in the car during the accident), and the Chois holding the Lees responsible for taking their mom away from them. The Chois refuse to allow the Lees take the company away from them, too, and the half-sibling rivalry is further fueled by Daddy Choi.

It’s interesting to see a similar dynamic in the Lee brothers’ relationship play out with the Chois. But unlike Ji-han who doesn’t need coercion to fight for Do-han’s right to the LJ throne, the Choi sister is not backing her brother entirely out of her free will. If possible, she’d rather take charge of the company herself, but no thanks to her dad and her unappreciative brother, she’s stuck in the supporting role.

Another interesting relationship in the show is Ji-han and Chae-won’s friendship. It looks like they’re each other’s first love, but self-sacrificing Ji-han has spent the last few years pushing her to become Do-han’s wife instead. It makes me wonder if Ji-han has ever sat down to consider that Do-han and Chae-won are actual people with their own agency and plans for their own lives. Because right now, it feels like they’re merely puzzle pieces to be fit together to make up Ji-han’s big picture.

So far, Chae-won seems like a cool person, and for once, it’s nice to see a second female lead that is not antagonistic. But I guess I should wait for her reaction to Ji-han and Ah-jung’s inevitable romance before celebrating her non-antagonism. In other news, I was excited about the K-pop references last week, and this week, we had a Jung Kyung-ho cameo as Chae-won’s sleazy blind date. Now I’m looking forward to what next week will bring, and it better be just as good!

Source: Dramabean