Walking on Thin Ice: Lee Kyung’s Final Gambit — And How He Pulls It Off
As Walking on Thin Ice barrels toward its endgame, Kim Young Kwang’s Lee Kyung readies a decade-in-the-making masterstroke. The latest KBS 2TV preview teases a final card poised to topple enemies, fracture loyalties, and settle every score.
We are finally at the point where Walking on Thin Ice stops teasing and starts dealing cards. The big question going into the next hour is simple: what exactly is Lee Kyung's final card, and how is he going to play it?
The endgame: Lee Kyung vs. the Kang Hwi Rim family
The new preview sets up Kim Young Kwang's Lee Kyung putting the finishing touches on a revenge plan he has nursed for a decade, aimed squarely at the powerful Kang Hwi Rim family. On paper, it is the ultimate move. In practice, it starts wobbling the second Lee Young Ae's Kang Eun Soo figures out what he has really been up to.
If you have been watching, this tracks with what the show has been doing since the start: emotional knots, psychological pressure, and people making terrible choices for reasons that make awful sense. At its core, this is a story about a woman who will do anything to protect her family and a teacher living a double life because vengeance ate the rest of him.
The partnership that was never equal
The heart of the series has been the uneasy alliance between Eun Soo and Lee Kyung. She is an ordinary housewife who got pulled into a dangerous conspiracy while trying to keep her family safe. He presented himself as an unlikely ally. Together, they moved the plot forward, one uneasy favor at a time.
But the preview makes it plain: Lee Kyung has been steering from the beginning. He kept Eun Soo in the dark and used her to advance his long game. Once she learns the truth, the tone shifts. Eun Soo storms straight to Hwi Rim herself, which blows a hole in Lee Kyung's scheme and forces his cover to start peeling away.
Her reaction is exactly what you would expect when you realize the person you trusted has been treating you like a chess piece. She is furious. She cuts him off. And she chooses to deal with the fallout on her own terms. Whether she sticks to that, and whether Lee Kyung's secret motives still get him what he wants, is the tension the episode is selling.
Episode 10: the collision course
The next chapter is set up as Lee Kyung's plan smashing into Eun Soo's defiance. Either his final card lands, or it backfires hard. Given how this show likes to twist the knife, do not expect clean edges.
When and where to watch
Episode 10 airs Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 9:20 p.m. KST on KBS 2TV. International viewers can watch with English subtitles on Viki. The episode runs about 1 hour and 10 minutes. It is Season 1, and new episodes typically show up on streaming shortly after the Korean broadcast. Depending on your region, you can find it on KBS 2TV (broadcast), Kocowa, Wavve, Viki, and Prime Video.
- South Korea (KST): 9:20 PM
- United States (EDT): 11:00 AM
- United States (PDT): 8:00 AM
- United Kingdom (BST): 3:00 PM
- Europe (CEST): 4:00 PM
- India (IST): 8:30 PM
- Australia (AEST): 1:00 AM (October 20)
As always, exact availability can vary by platform and region, so give your app a quick check around airtime.
Bottom line: Lee Kyung says he has a final card. We are about to find out if it is checkmate or self-destruct.