Jang Ki Yong and Ahn Eun Jin faced their biggest turning point yet on Dynamite Kiss.
According to Nielsen Korea, Episode 12 of SBS’s Wednesday-Thursday drama aired on the 18th and posted a peak rating of 6.2 percent and a nationwide average of 5.6 percent, securing the No. 1 spot among all weekday dramas for the sixth straight week as the series heads toward its finale.
In the episode, Go Da Rim (Ahn Eun Jin) is pushed into a corner when a family registry document threatens to expose her fraudulent employment. Although the revelation is temporarily delayed, Da Rim is overwhelmed by guilt and ultimately submits her resignation to Gong Ji Hyeok (Jang Ki Yong).
Ji Hyeok refuses to accept it, explaining that Da Rim never stole anyone’s opportunity and was the only one who believed in the Mother TF Team from the start. He later accepts a new product development project on the condition that the entire team be hired full-time. Determined to protect her coworkers, Da Rim decides to leave after the project is completed and comes clean to the team about both her deception and her relationship with Ji Hyeok. Moved by her honesty, they rally behind her.
One of the team members saw Darim and Jihyeok hugging, after that the whole team started ignoring Darim. But Darim didn’t waste time and explained everything to them and they understood everything she said.#DynamiteKissEp12#DynamiteKiss pic.twitter.com/ZFQLYyqKoi
— Sudakshina♡수닥시나 (@Sudakshinab3) December 18, 2025
i love how ALMOST all the side characters have nice personalities and don’t create unnecessary drama 🤍#DynamiteKiss #DynamiteKissEp12 pic.twitter.com/59A7sZrmo0
— 𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗮 ⋆ (@sara4815162342) December 18, 2025
Ji Hyeok embraces Da Rim and stops her apology short. “Don’t run away anymore,” he tells her. “I’m not letting you go.” The two confirm their love, share a kiss, and spend the night together before enjoying brief moments of happiness as a real couple.
pasta kiss, grinding coffee kiss, grape kiss, THE SERIES OF KISSES
and the way jihyeok just stare at that sleeping darim 🥺#dynamitekiss #dynamitekissep12 pic.twitter.com/Wn5mQjEVIP
— kiyongie | dynamite kiss (@into_jky) December 18, 2025
That calm shatters when the Mother TF Team discovers a rival company has released an identical product. Moments later, Ji Hyeok’s father Gong Chang Ho (Choi Kwang Il) storms in and slaps Da Rim in a fit of rage.
Sorry but a CEO hitting his female employee is NOT character development it’s violence, plain and simple. This scene was unnecessary and infuriating#DynamiteKiss #DynamiteKissEp12 pic.twitter.com/73PEfBIG7f
— ɐʎɹɐs🦥 (@Sarya12A) December 18, 2025
The episode ends on Ji Hyeok’s furious stare, setting up a tense final stretch.
The Episode 13 preview hints at heartbreak ahead, teasing Da Rim’s decision to leave Ji Hyeok for his own sake.
Dynamite Kiss airs Wednesdays at 9 PM and Thursdays at 9:50 PM KST.
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