Dynamite Kiss Episode 3 Review: Da-rim Complicates Everything

Previously, Da-rim and Ji-hyeok get close and have their best time at Jeju until she decides to just bail out on him due to her personal struggles and other commitments. Just when Da-rim decides to forge a whole new personality to bag a job, she falls right into the trap she wanted to escape.

Dynamite Kiss episode 3 has a runtime of 68 minutes.

The series has 14 episodes and will air every Wednesday and Thursday from November 12, 2025, to December 29, 2025, on SBS. The series takes over this timeslot after 2019’s Secret Boutique!

Dynamite Kiss Episode 3 Recap

The episode opens with Da-rim wrestling with the decision of whether to attend her job interview. The moment she begins to waver, she is confronted by flashes of her harsh financial reality, which pushes her to go through with it. When she arrives, she discovers that Ji-hyeok has already abandoned the interview panel, leaving Ji-hye and Choong-gu to handle the process alone. Despite the unexpected start, Da-rim gives an excellent interview and secures the job. The next morning she visits her mother in hospital to share the good news before heading off for her first official day at work, full of hope and determination.

Her confidence does not last long. The TF team heads arrive together, and the instant Da-rim and Ji-hyeok lock eyes, the atmosphere shifts into chaotic awkwardness. During the introductory meeting, Ji-hyeok cannot control his disbelief. The woman he almost spent the night with is, according to her lie, a married mother. He takes the situation far too seriously and corners her on the terrace to threaten her into resigning. Da-rim refuses. She has too much at stake and cannot afford to lose this opportunity.

Their tension only escalates the following day when Ji-hyeok confronts her again. Da rim snaps back, warning that she will reveal everything that happened between them. She walks away feeling defeated by her own lies but cannot bring herself to confess. Instead she silently shoulders the mountain of tasks he piles onto her. Ji-hyeok even assigns her the ridiculous job of heating a baby product every thirty minutes for one hundred and eighty repetitions, clearly intending to break her. Da-rim grits her teeth and complies.

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Elsewhere, Ha-yeong faces pressure from her father, who mocks her dream of holding a photo exhibition and pushes her to marry. Although she shows interest in Ji-hyeok, the moment Seon-u enters the narrative it becomes obvious where her romantic journey is heading. During their meeting, Ha-yeong asks for permission to use one of his photographs, unknowingly choosing an image of his former girlfriend. Seon-u immediately shuts the conversation down once he realises and walks away in discomfort.

Trouble strikes later that night when a camp used for heating products catches fire. Ji-hyeok passes by and panics, convinced that Da-rim is trapped inside. He rushes forward to extinguish the flames, only for Da-rim to appear behind him with a fire extinguisher in hand. Their relief instantly turns into another heated argument, ending with Ji-hyeok threatening to quit if she refuses to leave. When his phone drops as he storms off, Da-rim picks it up and notices he still carries the dried flower she once gave him in Jeju, hinting at feelings he refuses to acknowledge.

The next day Da-rim works with renewed determination and completes her report. She also discovers that Ji-hyeok, who often skips work, is the chairman’s son. As if her situation were not complicated enough, she accidentally introduces Seon-u as her husband when a colleague spots them together outside the office. This decision sets the stage for chaos later when real feelings begin to develop.

One evening after work, Da-rim delivers her report to Ji-hyeok at the swimming pool. He immediately attacks her character, calling her manipulative and accusing her of using men. Da-rim fires back, criticising him for being an entitled rich brat who has no understanding of real struggle. Both accuse the other of speaking without truly knowing anything. In desperation, she even kneels, begging him to leave her alone because this job is the only way she can survive.

Without a hint of sympathy, Ji-hyeok throws her report into the pool, belittling her hard work. She dives in to save it, but she panics in the deeper water. Ji-hyeok leaps in after her, pulling her to safety. The episode closes with the two of them locked in a breathless, unexpected embrace, their eyes meeting in a moment neither of them can deny.

Dynamite Kiss Episode 3 Review

Da rim’s journey from desperate job seeker to fiercely determined employee is both hilarious and heartbreaking, especially when Ji hyeok keeps swinging between wanting to destroy her career and accidentally revealing how much he cares. Their constant bickering feels like a battlefield laced with chemistry, and every petty task he assigns her only makes their dynamic funnier. Add Ha yeong’s artistic dreams, Seon u’s reluctant charm and the increasingly tangled web of lies, and the episode rolls forward with a delightful messiness that never feels boring.

The fire incident and the swimming pool climax turn the comedy into genuine emotion, pushing Ji hyeok and Da rim into vulnerable territory neither of them is ready to face. The moment he dives in to save her is undeniably swoon worthy, especially after an hour of him pretending he wants nothing to do with her. The episode leaves viewers hooked, laughing one minute and clutching their hearts the next. With misplaced marriages, hidden crushes and a growing tangle of secrets, things are only going to get crazier from here.

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