The Heirs Review (2013): Is It Worth Watching?

Is The Heirs worth watching?

Yes — The Heirs is worth watching, holding a 62% Critic Score and 82% Audience Score on Celluloid. Its 70% Celluloid Score averages five independent sources: critic percentage, audience percentage, Metascore (55), IMDb (7.5/10) and aggregated fan rating (76%).

Created by Kim Eun-sook, The Heirs ran 1 season, 20 episodes on Netflix in Korean, from South Korea. The Heirs has ended, so you can watch the complete story without waiting on a renewal.

What is The Heirs about?

Sent to California to keep him out of a succession fight, the second son of a Korean conglomerate meets a scholarship student working three jobs and follows her home. Back in Seoul, both end up at Jeguk High, where classmates are ranked by their parents’ holdings and a rival heir with an old grudge decides she is the perfect way to hurt him. Engagement contracts and boardroom leverage do the rest.

Critics consensus: Kim Eun-sook’s chaebol fairytale is glossy, overstuffed and entirely aware of what it is selling — the plotting sags in the middle stretch, but Kim Woo-bin’s wounded antagonist and the sheer star power keep it moving. The cast is led by Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Ji-won, Kang Min-hyuk, among others.

How many seasons of The Heirs are there, and where do I start?

The Heirs has 1 season, 20 episodes, and there is no reason to start anywhere but the first episode. At 1 season, 20 episodes, it is a single-season commitment you can finish in a week. The series page breaks the 70% Celluloid Score into its five sources so you can see exactly where critics and audiences disagree before committing.

Where can I watch The Heirs?

The Heirs is carried by Netflix, though rights are licensed by territory and change often. Check the Netflix hub for everything else on the same service, and the series page for the regions where Celluloid has confirmed availability.

What should I watch after The Heirs?

If it lands, try My Mister (93%), When Life Gives You Tangerines (93%), Reply 1988 (92%) next — same shelf, comparable scores. You can also browse all romance series, everything from South Korea, or the year it premiered.