Suspicious Partner

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Suspicious Partner
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Love in Trouble[1]
  • Destiny Lovers
  • Beware of This Woman
  • Be Careful of This Woman
  • Watch Out for This Woman
  • Suspicious Romance
Hangul
수상한 파트너
Genre
  • Single-camera
Running time30 mins[a]
Production companyThe Story Works
Original release
NetworkSBS
ReleaseMay 10 (2017-05-10) –
July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)

Suspicious Partner[4] (Korean: 수상한 파트너; RR: Susanghan Pateuneo) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun, with Choi Tae-joon and Kwon Nara. It aired on SBS from May 10 to July 13, 2017, at 22:00 (KST) on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 20 episodes.[5][6]

The show enjoyed modest viewership share, but it beat its

demographic, as well as streaming, popularity, and brand reputation charts for consecutive weeks.[7][8]

Synopsis

The series is about Noh Ji-wook (Ji Chang-wook), a prosecutor, and Eun Bong-hee (Nam Ji-hyun), a prosecutor trainee, and how they work together on a mysterious case involving a sly psychopath murderer. They find out how deeply connected they are by their past. A forgetful killer can be a dangerous thing. Noh Ji-wook is a prosecutor who changes jobs to become a private attorney due to circumstances. Eun Bong-hee is a prosecutor trainee under Ji-wook while he was a prosecutor. Attorney Ji Eun-hyuk (Choi Tae-joon) is a longtime family friend of Ji-wook who betrayed Ji-wook by cheating with Ji-wook's ex-girlfriend.

When a murderer strikes, Bong-hee suddenly finds herself as a suspect.[9]

Cast

Main

A prosecutor in the Sunho District Prosecutors' Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney in the aftermath of defending Eun Bong-hee, a defendant in which he was supposed to be her opponent. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and first love. Bong-hee falls for him though he does not initially return the feelings. He comes to realize his feelings for her eventually and tries to win her back. However, he started to be swayed again by the fact that Bong-hee's father could have been the arsonist who set the fire in which his parents died.
A prosecutor trainee at Ji-wook's office, later lawyer who was a Taekwondo athlete in her youth. One day, she becomes a murder suspect as her ex-boyfriend's dead body was found in her house in which she had no alibi, causing District Attorney Jang Moo-young to keep coming after her and blame her for his son's death. She eventually falls for Ji-wook after he defended her. He eventually pursues her as he realizes his feelings for her, but she is skeptical to accept his feelings as she was initially rejected by him.
A lawyer with complicated family relationships who had a particularly harsh adolescence. Once best friends with Ji-wook, he is now despised by him but tries his best to get back to being best friends with Ji-wook. He has a friendly platonic relationship with Bong-hee in which the two support each other with each other's romantic relationships.
Noh Ji-wook's ex-girlfriend who made an unforgivable mistake, sleeping with another man. A prosecutor who tries to win him back no matter what it takes. She harbours romantic feelings for Eun-hyuk which she confuses for friendship. She later becomes friends with Bong-hee and Na Ji-hae.

Supporting

People around Noh Ji-wook

Ji-wook's adoptive father. The representative of a big law firm who later joins Ji-wook's newly opened firm.
Ji-wook's adoptive mom. She is a good friend of Ji-wook's real mom and owns a pizza shop. She is also the archenemy of Bong-hee's mother.
  • Jo Seung-yeon as Noh Young-suk
Ji-wook's late father who was also a prosecutor.
Ji-wook's prosecutor-turned-lawyer's right-hand man. He considers himself to be the 'mother' of the group.

People around Eun Bong-hee

Bong-hee's mother who loves her daughter. She works at a massage parlor where she befriends Ji-wook's mom and later ends up working for Ji-wook's mom. The two are frequently indulge in semi-friendly banter.
Bong-hee's father who died while trying to save Ji-wook. He was earlier accused of murdering Ji-wook's parents until it was discovered that he was innocent.
Bong-hee's cheating ex-boyfriend. He died in Bong-hee's house which pointed her as the prime suspect.

People at the Training Center

Bong-hee's classmate and rival. She later becomes a prosecutor and eventually Bong-hee's friend.

Extended

A victim who was accused of murder which has similar vibe to Bong-hee's case, but has a mysterious identity that lies in him. He was in fact a serial killer who had earlier, out of revenge, murdered five of the six gang-rapists (including the victim of a murder he was accused of and first appeared in the show for) of his high school crush Park So-young, who committed suicide after this incident. He was also the real culprit who murdered Jang Hee-joon; in fact, his real target was Bong-hee, who unknowingly witnessed him killing two of the rapists but ended up killing Hee-joon, who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he tried to make amends with Bong-hee for cheating her. Hyun-soo was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders he committed.
  • Kim Hong-fa as Jang Moo-young
Jang Hee-joon's father and the
District Attorney
of Sunho District. He believes in upholding the might of the prosecution even if it meant defaming common people, as shown when he falsely incriminated Bong-hee's father as the arsonist who caused the fire that killed Ji-wook's parents and also himself, releasing the gang-rapists of Park So-young after dismissing their rape charges on the bribery of the parents and forcing Ji-wook to indict and convict Bong-hee (who was actually innocent) for murdering his son. Upon discovering Hyun-soo's guilt of his son's murder, he tried to kill him unsuccessfully and this led to his downfall as he was dismissed from his post and arrested for attempted murder (and possibly his pre-existing corruption prior to his arrest).
A forensic investigator who went missing after being falsely incriminated for murder. He was actually one of the gang-rapists who raped Park So-young and was shown to be plagued with remorse (possibly) for the crime. He disappeared before he could meet up with Ji-wook to reveal something related to Hyun-soo, and was confirmed to be murdered by Hyun-soo when his body was discovered nearing the finale of the series. Four of his five accomplices - Lee Jae-ho, Yang Jin-woo, Kim Min-goo and Sung Jae-hyun - were earlier murdered by Hyun-soo while the final accomplice Min Young-hoon eventually surrendered and went to jail for the crime around the same time Hyun-soo was indicted the second time and finally sentenced.
A girl from Jung Hyun-soo's past who committed suicide after a tragedy which traumatized her.
  • Park Ji-a as Park Seong-eun
  • Kim Kyung-jin as The guy who disturbed Bong-hee while drinking (Ep. 1)
  • Jung Yeon
  • Choi Hong-il as Vice-chief of Prosecutor (Ep. 1–4)
  • Kim Ki-nam as Prosecutor who works with Jung Moo-young (Ep. 8)
  • Seo Jin-wook as Forensic expert who testified in court (Ep. 4)
  • Jo Won-hee as Judge
  • Choi Ji-hoo
  • Lee Da-jin

Special appearances

  • Jang Won-young as Ji Ha-cheol, pervert (Ep. 1–2, 21)
  • Hong Seok-cheon as Monk (Ep. 3)
  • Park Sung-geun as Flasher (Ep. 4)
  • Jo Jung-sik as News Anchor
  • Lee Shi-ah as Lee Na-eun, stalking victim (Ep. 6)
  • Ji Il-joo as Jeon Sung-ho, stalker (Ep. 6)
  • Seo Dong-won as So Jung-ha (Ep. 21–22)
  • Jo Ah-ra as So Jung-ha's girlfriend (Ep. 22)
  • Kim Ye-jun as Kim Jae-hong (Ep. 32–33)

Production

The early working titles for the drama were Beware This Woman and Suspicious Romance.[16] The first script reading took place April 4, 2017 at SBS Ilsan Production Center in Tanhyun, South Korea.[17][18]

Both lead actors

Nam Ji-hyun starred in Warrior Baek Dong-soo
in 2011.

Original soundtrack

Suspicious Partner
OST Album
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released2017
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean, English
LabelSBS Contents Hub
Vlending Co., Ltd.

Part 1

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Why You?" (너는 왜)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
Seenroot03:36
2."Why You?" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
 03:36
Total length:07:02

Part 2

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."How Do I Say It?" (어떻게 말할까)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • MIYO
  • O.WHEN
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • MIYO
O.WHEN04:27
2."How Do I Say It?" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • MIYO
 04:27
Total length:08:54

Part 3

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."The Same Day" (똑같은 날)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
Ra.D04:01
2."The Same Day" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
 04:01
Total length:08:02

Part 4

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistsLength
1."How About You" (어떨까 넌)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
1601Cheeze04:47
2."How About You" (Inst.)    

Part 5

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Eye Contact" (눈맞춤 (Acoustic Ver.))
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
Kim E-Z (Ggot Jam Project)03:30
2."Eye Contact" (Full Ver.)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
Kim E-Z (Ggot Jam Project)03:46
3."Eye Contact" (Acoustic Ver. (Inst.)) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
 03:30
4."Eye Contact" (Full Ver. (Inst.)) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
 03:46
Total length:14:32

Part 6

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Breathing All Day" (숨쉬는 모든 날)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
Bumkey04:26
2."Breathing All Day" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
 04:26
Total length:08:52

Part 7

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I've Got a Feeling" (정이 들어버렸어)
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
Kihyun (Monsta X)04:52
2."I've Got a Feeling" (Inst.) 
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
 04:52
Total length:09:44

Part 8

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."The Memory Of That Day" (그날의 기억)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
Kim Jong-wan (Nell)03:36
2."The Memory Of That Day" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
 03:36
Total length:07:12

Part 9

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Silly Love"
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
  • Jello Ann
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
Yoo Ha-jung03:47
2."Silly Love" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Sang-hee
 03:47
Total length:07:34

Part 10

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."101 Reasons Why I Like You" (네가 좋은 백 한가지 이유)
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
Ji Chang-wook03:43
2."101 Reasons Why I Like You" (Inst.) 
  • Nam Hye-seung
  • Park Jin-ho
 03:43
Total length:07:26

Chart performance

Songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Remarks
Gaon
"How About You"
(Cheeze) 		2017 48 Part 4
"Breathing All Day"
(Bumkey) 		93 Part 6
"—" denotes that the song did not chart in that region.

Ratings

Ep. Original broadcast date Title Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[21] TNmS[22]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 May 10, 2017 Hope for the Future 6.3% (17th) 6.5% (14th) 6.1% (19th) 7.4% (14th)
2 6.8% (13th) 6.9% (12th) 6.8% (15th) 8.2% (8th)
3 May 11, 2017 Take It 6.1% (NR) 5.8% (NR) 6.3% (NR) 7.0% (NR)
4 7.2% (18th) 7.7% (14th) 7.0% (NR) 7.9% (18th)
5 May 17, 2017 Restraining Order 6.6% (NR) 6.8% (NR) 6.9% (NR) 8.5% (12th)
6 8.0% (13th) 8.5% (9th) 7.4% (18th) 8.2% (15th)
7 May 18, 2017 Reunion and Reunion 6.8% (19th) 6.9% (18th) 6.0% (NR) 6.6% (20th)
8 7.4% (14th) 7.8% (12th) 6.4% (NR)
9 May 24, 2017 Humanity Becomes Hostage 6.8% (20th) 7.2% (18th) 6.5% (NR) 6.9% (NR)
10 8.3% (11th) 8.7% (10th) 7.4% (17th) 8.2% (14th)
11 May 25, 2017 The Beginning That Hasn't Begun 7.1% (17th) 7.9% (13th) 6.1% (NR) 6.8% (NR)
12 7.8% (14th) 8.5% (11th) 6.5% (NR) 6.6% (20th)
13 May 31, 2017 Alibi 7.5% (16th) 8.2% (13th) 6.9% (18th) 7.7% (15th)
14 9.3% (8th) 10.0% (8th) 7.9% (15th) 9.0% (10th)
15 June 1, 2017 Untruthful Truth Game 8.4% (13th) 8.6% (11th) 7.2% (17th) 8.3% (14th)
16 9.3% (11th) 9.6% (8th) 7.8% (16th) 8.9% (12th)
17 June 7, 2017 Eun Bong-hee's Prime 8.4% (13th) 9.1% (10th) 7.3% (17th) 7.5% (13th)
18 9.8% (8th) 10.2% (7th) 7.7% (NR) 8.1% (NR)
19 June 8, 2017 Truth vs. Secret 8.0% (12th) 8.5% (10th) 7.3% (17th) 7.3% (16th)
20 9.6% (9th) 10.2% (8th) 8.3% (11th) 8.4% (10th)
21 June 14, 2017 In This Limited World 7.7% (14th) 8.3% (9th) 7.0% (NR) 8.2% (13th)
22 9.1% (7th) 9.8% (6th) 7.8% (16th) 8.7% (9th)
23 June 15, 2017 48 Hours Later 7.8% (14th) 8.2% (10th) 6.9% (19th) 7.6% (13th)
24 9.4% (7th) 9.8% (6th) 7.6% (16th) 8.1% (10th)
25 June 21, 2017 Attributable Reasons 9.0% (9th) 10.3% (8th) 6.6% (20th) 6.7% (16th)
26 10.5% (7th) 11.7% (5th) 7.8% (15th) 8.5% (9th)
27 June 22, 2017 The Memory of That Day 8.4% (11th) 8.8% (10th) 7.5% (16th) 7.9% (13th)
28 9.7% (8th) 10.4% (8th) 8.0% (15th) 8.1% (12th)
29 June 28, 2017 Postponement 6.7% (17th) 7.2% (13th) 6.1% (NR) 7.9% (13th)
30 8.6% (9th) 9.5% (7th) 6.7% (17th) 8.0% (10th)
31 June 29, 2017 The Discovery of a Memory 7.7% (14th) 8.4% (9th) 6.3% (NR) 7.3% (14th)
32 8.6% (10th) 9.1% (8th) 6.8% (17th) 7.8% (11th)
33 July 5, 2017 Testing the Waters 7.2% (17th) 7.8% (13th) 6.9% (NR) 7.5% (16th)
34 9.2% (7th) 9.8% (7th) 7.2% (20th) 7.4% (17th)
35 July 6, 2017 Return 8.0% (17th) 8.5% (9th) 7.3% (19th) 8.8% (13th)
36 9.2% (9th) 9.9% (7th) 7.9% (17th) 9.4% (10th)
37 July 12, 2017 In Court 7.2% (16th) 7.4% (15th) 6.9% (20th) 7.7% (19th)
38 9.2% (8th) 9.4% (7th) 8.0% (17th) 8.7% (13th)
39 July 13, 2017 Return to the Daily Life 8.5% (12th) 9.0% (9th) 8.6% (15th) 9.5% (10th)
40 9.5% (8th) 10.2% (6th) 8.7% (14th) 8.9% (13th)
Average 7.2% 7.9% 8.2% 8.7%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2017 Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress (Drama) Nam Ji-hyun Nominated
25th SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama Ji Chang-wook Nominated [23]
Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama Choi Tae-joon Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday–Thursday Drama Nam Ji-hyun Won
Best New Actress Kwon Nara Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim Ye-won Nominated
Best Couple Award Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ a b The series was originally packaged as twenty 60-minute episodes. In In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 60 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 30 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[2] This, following a fall in ratings and eventual 2-episode cut in the preceding drama serial Saimdang, Memoir of Colors.[3]

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  19. ^ Cumulative sales for "How About You":
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External links

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