Genie Make A Wish- Episodes 3-4
Wishes, Truths, and an Unexpected Kiss
Episode 3 jumps right back into the nighttime adventure as Iblis and Ka-young scout the village to find the five people whose deepest wishes will decide their bet. Iblis is practically buzzing with excitement, filling the night air with stories about why he was cast down from heaven. Meanwhile, Ka-young listens with the same calmness she uses to inspect an engine...completely unfazed.
Their five targets turn out to be a very random lineup: the exhausted store clerk Im-seon, Ka-young’s old schoolmate Bu-gyeong, a barking dog who clearly dislikes Ka-young, the sketchy guest house owner Sang-tae, and finally the influencer Yeong-hyeon. With the list complete, Iblis warns her again that he’s not just any genie...he’s a bad one. Ka-young brushes it off as if he’s complaining about a sore muscle.
That night, Ka-young dreams of an eerily happy version of herself piled in gold, but morning comes quickly, and real life is waiting. Iblis, suddenly afraid Ka-young might actually win this bet, sends Sade to work at her mechanic shop and tries to avoid her entirely. The plan lasts all of five minutes. Ka-young figures it out immediately, and Iblis’s terrible hiding skills seal his defeat.
Running out of ideas, Iblis time-travels through her past lives for answers. Each attempt ends in disaster; he’s shot, decapitated, and thoroughly humiliated. When he finally returns, Ka-young is only interested in getting started with the first wish.
Iblis reveals how the wishes really work: the lamp will appear to the chosen human at the peak of their desire. He also introduces her to the magical quill that writes only the truth. To obtain it, he tosses her off Ejllael’s skyscraper, assuming his angelic brother will catch her. She survives, snatches the feather, and runs away, leaving both brothers seething for different reasons. Ejllael, who already loathes Iblis, isn’t impressed.
Back at home, Ka-young tests the quill and is deeply relieved when it corrects her harsh belief that she’s a burden, revealing instead that she has always been Pan-geum’s strength. This small truth comforts her more than she expected.
Meanwhile, Im-seon has reached her breaking point at the store. Right on cue, the lamp appears. Her wish? To become the supervisor over the very boss who torments her. A heartbeat later, she’s wearing the badge and giving orders. Iblis proudly reports the first wish to Ka-young.
Elsewhere, the drama expands. Ejllael keeps watching Iblis from the shadows. Sade and Irem reunite in their animal forms, reminding us that even mythical beings need friends. The villagers, confused by Sade’s beast transformation, run around the woods searching for a nonexistent jaguar.
As Sade digs deeper into Ka-young’s life, he uncovers something troubling, Ka-young has been planning her death in meticulous detail, making sure it will look accidental. She’s even been crafting her own coffin. When Iblis learns this, a streak of panic hits him. Pan-geum must survive if his revenge is ever going to happen. Suddenly, the all-powerful genie is volunteering to do house chores like a desperate intern.
Pan-geum, meanwhile, grows suspicious of Iblis. His explanations sound impossible, and she quietly wonders if he’s not just strange but unwell.
While running errands, Ka-young overhears Iblis talking to Sade and learns the truth she never knew: she died in her past life after making three righteous wishes. Instead of focusing on that, she keeps to her routine, doctor visit, shopping, dinner.
The night ends with a surprising twist. Iblis senses Ka-young wants to visit the city’s tallest building, so they fly there together. She casually admits she likes having a genie. He’s stable, useful, and even comforting in his own chaotic way. Iblis, eager to impress her, shuts down half the city to give them a private stargazing moment.
Ka-young, remembering Min-ji’s advice that men only talk about stars before kissing someone, misreads the mood and kisses him first. Completely stunned, Iblis responds with a kiss of his own; slow, deliberate, and meant to prove a point.
The episode closes on the two of them locked in a passionate kiss as the lights of the city flick back on, turning the rooftop into their own accidental fairytale.
“Rain Rules, Rivalries, and a Wish That Changes Everything”
Episode 4 picks up right where the tension left off, and it’s honestly hilarious how differently Iblis and Ka-young are dealing with that kiss. Iblis is spiraling with regret, acting like it never should have happened, while Ka-young is floating around wanting a round two. She spends the whole day trying to find him, and when she finally corners him, he blurts out that kissing has rules. According to Iblis, you need rain, alcohol, and a calm mood. Ka-young is devastated, because apparently they’re not kissing again until the weather cooperates.
Meanwhile, Bu-gyeong is back at the bank obsessing over Ka-young’s account. Her boss treats Ka-young like royalty, which drives her crazy. On the other side of town, Ka-young is trying to summon rain through rituals, and Iblis is panicking because it won’t rain for a week. Ka-young, of course, has moved on to admiring her “post-kiss glow.”
Iblis vents to Sade, who casually suggests he go see a dentist. This is how he ends up at Min-ji’s clinic, failing to pay and getting identified immediately. Min-ji calls Ka-young, gives her the rundown on this suspicious genie, and tells her to kick him out of her life. Ka-young responds by beating Iblis up a little and having him arrested for drinking in her car. Sade has to bail him out at the police station.
Later at the festival, Iblis decides to switch tactics and seduce Ka-young to corrupt her. Things quickly go sideways when someone steals Ka-young’s gifted hairpin, leading him into an all-out turf war between pickpockets. He eventually recovers it, but the fireworks he requested end up displaying curse words.
Back at home, Ka-young gets a visit from Ejllael. He reveals he’s an angel, specifically, the angel of death, and that he’s supposed to kill Iblis once he bows to humans. He wants Ka-young to defeat Iblis in their bet. Ka-young kicks him out in anger, but Ejllael is furious enough to lash out at Irem afterward.
After the festival, Min-ji tries warning Iblis again over drinks, telling him to leave Ka-young alone. Her fierce loyalty to Ka-young makes him laugh, and when Ka-young sees them, she gets jealous. She drops Min-ji home and leaves Iblis with a bill he can’t pay. He ends up turning himself in to the police to avoid the debt, and Ka-young begrudgingly bails him out again.
When she brings up Ejllael, Iblis finally explains their history and the war between angels and genies. He mentions one brother controls rain, which immediately sparks Ka-young’s interest, prompting Iblis to flee before she can ask more questions.
The next day, Ka-young deals with a rude customer until Sade steps in to help. Meanwhile, Im-seon has completely let her promotion inflate her ego. She summons Iblis and makes her second wish, she wants to go twenty years back to secure her job earlier. Iblis takes her back in time and even visits young Ka-young, altering her memories.
Then there’s the sudden arrival of a mysterious family in town. The father, Jun-u, reconnects with Ka-young, who knew him from college.
That night, rain finally falls, and Ka-young races to find Iblis to get her kiss conditions fulfilled. But by the time she finds him, the rain has stopped. A dog barks at her nonstop, leading Iblis to ask about the dog’s wish. The dog asks to become a handsome human, someone like Daniel Henney. The next morning, an unbelievably charming man appears, only his dog-like behavior ruins the effect.
Elsewhere, Ejllael guides an old man into the afterlife. Meanwhile, Pan-geum finds Ka-young’s notebook and worries her granddaughter is losing touch with reality. Ka-young decides to hide it in Iblis’s lamp, and he invites her in. He opens up about how lonely he was inside it, but Ka-young can’t fully grasp what he means. She promises she won’t let Ejllael win and even offers to help Iblis win after Pan-geum passes. They spend the day redecorating the lamp together.
Ka-young wonders why Im-seon’s dreams are all so small, and Iblis teases her about human ambition. Just then, Pan-geum finds the lamp, shakes it, and Iblis ends up falling right on top of Ka-young. They nearly kiss again before they notice it’s raining. They rush out to buy alcohol so they can meet all the kiss requirements.
But before they get far, they discover Pan-geum crying, she just learned that Mr. Kim has passed away. They all attend the funeral, and while there, Ka-young overhears Pan-geum worrying about becoming a burden if she ever got sick.
Overwhelmed, Ka-young summons Iblis and makes her second wish: she wants Pan-geum to be young again, the same age as her. And that’s where the episode leaves us, on the brink of a massive change neither of them can undo.
DramaZen's Opinion
If Episodes 1 and 2 pulled us into Ka-young and Iblis’s chaotic world, Episodes 3 and 4 officially cement the show as one of the most delightfully unpredictable dramas airing right now. These two episodes give us everything; mythology, comedy, accidental romance, emotional tension, and a whole lot of magic gone wrong in the best way.
Episode 3 throws us straight into the growing tug-of-war between Ka-young’s grounded, often hilarious logic and Iblis’s ancient, melodramatic tendencies. We get a tour of the townspeople who will eventually make their wishes, and watching Iblis judge them like a mischievous talent scout is half the fun.
The episode shines brightest when it dives into Iblis’s desperation. His visit through Ka-young’s past lives is ridiculous in the funniest way; getting shot, decapitated, and rejected across centuries. It’s the first real glimpse that Ka-young has always been his downfall, and he still has no idea why.
The truth quill scene is one of the sweetest moments so far. Ka-young writing that she’s her grandmother’s burden, only for the quill to correct her and call her Pan-geum’s strength, lands beautifully. It balances the fantasy with gentle emotional grounding, which this show does surprisingly well.
And then comes the kiss. Ka-young misreads Iblis’s star talk as flirting, and the next thing you know, she just goes for it. Watching Iblis freeze, reboot, and then kiss her back purely out of pride is the exact kind of chaotic romance energy that makes this drama so addictive. Episode 3 ends on a note that is funny, unexpected, and just a little swoony.
Episode 4 runs with that new romantic tension and turns it into pure comedy. Iblis regrets the kiss like it ruined his eternal reputation, while Ka-young is simply trying to schedule the next one. His “three rules for kissing” speech is one of the funniest moments of the series, with Ka-young immediately Googling rain-making rituals afterward.
Their relationship gains a nice push-and-pull dynamic here. We see jealousy creeping in when Ka-young finds Iblis laughing with Min-ji, and we see Iblis panicking when Ka-young wants rain badly enough to track down the brother who controls weather. It’s messy, but charmingly so.
This episode also deepens the worldbuilding. Ejllael finally reveals he’s the angel of death, and his rivalry with Iblis adds a sharper edge to the otherwise comedic tone. The dog turning into a handsome Daniel-Henney-type human is peak fantasy comedy, and the pickpocket turf war is the kind of random chaos that only this drama could make enjoyable.
But the heart of the episode comes from Pan-geum. Ka-young overhearing her grandmother fear becoming a burden hits hard, and the moment Ka-young makes her second wish, that Pan-geum be young again, feels genuinely emotional. It’s impulsive, loving, and completely in character for her.
Episodes 3 and 4 remind us why “Genie, Make a Wish” is so addictive. The show mixes fantasy lore with small-town charm, blends comedy with surprising warmth, and lets its central duo bicker, misunderstand, flirt, and accidentally fall for each other at the most inconvenient moments.
It’s fun, fast-paced, and filled with heart. And if this is how chaotic things are already, the upcoming episodes are guaranteed to get even wilder.
