‘Dynamic Kiss’ is keeping viewers on the hook with a love story the leads can’t see―yet everyone else can.
According to Nielsen Korea, Episode 7 of SBS’s Wednesday-Thursday drama Dynamic Kiss scored a 5.5% rating in the Seoul metropolitan area, peaking at 6.9%. In the key 20-49 demo, it hit 2.0% with a momentary high of 2.77%, ranking No. 1 among all programs airing Wednesday. The series continues its unshakable run as the top weekday drama.
This week, Gong Ji-hyuk (Jang Ki-yong) finally clocks his feelings for Go Da-rim (Ahn Eun-jin)―and promptly spirals. Da-rim can’t stop thinking about Ji-hyuk either, but neither can take that final step, making for an episode that left viewers’ hearts aching in the best way.
After Da-rim collapsed, Ji-hyuk rushed her to the ER. When her phone rang―caller Kim Sun-woo (Kim Moo-jun), who mistakenly believes Ji-hyuk is her husband―Ji-hyuk silenced it and watched over her, admitting to himself, “I just want to be the one by your side. I think I’m losing it.” The agent who kept insisting “We’re just teammates” could no longer deny what he felt.
He moved Da-rim to a private room and stayed all night. Even when their waking moments didn’t align, each gazed at the other with tenderness, stopping short of closing the distance―a sequence that amped up the show’s soft, aching tension.
Later, during Natural Bebe’s tree-planting campaign, the Mother TF task force rolled out in full. Ji-hyuk and Da-rim worked side by side, quietly looking out for each other. When teammate Bae Nan-sook’s (Park Ji-a) son went missing in the rain, the search sent Da-rim tumbling down a mountainside, leaving her stranded.
The child returned safely, but when Ji-hyuk heard Da-rim was missing, he charged into the storm, found her, and took shelter with her in a nearby cave. He pulled her close to keep her warm―until he began to falter himself. “I’m sorry this is because of me,” Da-rim said, worried. Ji-hyuk grabbed her hand, and the air between them snapped taut.
“I’m not a good guy. I get shaken, too,” he confessed, leaning in as if to kiss her―only for Sun-woo’s distant shouts to cut through the moment. Ji-hyuk even pulled Da-rim closer in front of Sun-woo, but when more people arrived, he reluctantly let go.
The near-miss only twisted them up more. Having watched his mother suffer from his father’s affair, Ji-hyuk hates that he’s drawn to a married woman. When Da-rim later came to check on him, he pushed her away with ice-cold resolve: “Does your husband know you’re here? Don’t cross the line.” Da-rim swallowed her tears and walked off.
Then came Ji-hyuk’s drastic decision: he declared he would marry Yoo Ha-young (Woo Da-bi) as soon as possible. Believing (wrongly) that Ha-young and Sun-woo are having an affair, Ji-hyuk hopes the marriage will stop Da-rim from wavering―and spare her any more pain. Episode 7 closed on his self-sacrificing choice, a gut punch for viewers who know where his heart truly lies.
Their feelings are now undeniable―except to Ji-hyuk and Da-rim themselves. Everyone else, from Sun-woo and Ha-young to the audience, sees the truth. Fans are rooting for the misunderstandings to clear so these two can finally love out loud.
Jang Ki-yong and Ahn Eun-jin deepen the drama’s pulse with layered, finely calibrated performances, supercharging every private moment with electric, edge-of-a-kiss tension. Episode 8 of 'Dynamic Kiss' airs Thursday at 9 p.m. KST.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Sun-ae)