Connection TV Series Details:
Hangul | 커넥션 |
Revised Romanization | Keoneksyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | K’ŏneksyŏn |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Psychological, Mystery, Crime, Thriller |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 14 |
Release date | May 24, 2024 |
Airs On | Friday, Saturday |
Running time | 60min |
Starring | Ji Sung Jeon Mi-do |
Directed by | Kim Mun-kyo |
Written by | Lee Hyun |
Produced by | Lee Kwang-sun |
Developed by | Studio S |
Production Companies | Studio S Good Harvest Soul Pictures |
Distributor | SBS TV |
Connection TV Series Cast & Character:
Main
- Ji Sung as Jang Jae-kyung: a detective of the Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station, who is respected by his juniors and trusted by his seniors within the police force.
- Cho Han-gyeol as young Jang Jae-kyung
- Jeon Mi-do as Oh Yun-jin: a social affairs reporter of the Anhyeon Economic Daily, who is assertive and outspoken.
- Kim Min-ju as young Oh Yun-jin
- Kwon Yul as Park Tae-jin: a prosecutor at Ahn Hyun District Office who was known as a child prodigy with a brilliant mind and gets entangled in a case involving his high school classmates Jae-kyung and Yun-jin.
- Kim Kyung-nam as Won Jong-soo: a second generation chaebol who holds some sort of power through a friendship that has continued since his school days. He is Geumhyeong Group’s successor and has tense confrontation with high school classmate Jae-kyung.
Supporting
- Jung Yoo-min as Choi Ji-yeon: a mysterious person who not only finds herself alone due to the sudden death of her family, but also discovers that she is not the beneficiary of 5 billion won in insurance money.
- Jung Jae-kwang as Kim Chang-soo: a detective of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station and Jae-kyung trusted right-hand man.
- Cha Yup as Oh Chi-hyun: a fighter from Anhyeon City High School and values loyalty more than life. He is Jong-soo’s chief secretary.
- Jeong Soon-won as Heo Joo-song: CEO of Two Star Holdings, an insurance company, who is talkative and weak-hearted and is in love to Yun-jin.
- Seo Yi-ra as Oh Soo-hyun: the youngest detective of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station under Jae-kyung.
- Yoo Hee-je as Gong Jin-wook: a mystery person who is related to Jae-kyung’s drug addition.
- Moon Sung-keun as Won Chang-ho: the chairman of the Geumhyeong Group and father of Jong-soo.
- Lee Gang-wook as Jeong Yun-ho: a taxi driver who is one of the ‘Inner Circle’ friends and married to Si-jung.
- Lee Sang-jun as Kim Woo-sung: a junior reporter at Anhyeon Economic Daily who is Yun-jin’s friend.
- Ryu Hye-rin as Kang Si-jung: Yun-ho’s wife and Anhyeon City High School alumni.
- Park Geun-rok as Jung Sang-ui: a researcher at Geumhyeong Pharmaceutical.
- Yoon Na-moo as Park Jun-seo: President of Pil O Real Estate.
- Yoon Sa-bong as Jung Yeon-joo: the team leader of Narcotics Team at Anhyeon Police Station.
- Han Hyeon-jun as Min Hyun-woo: a high school student.
- Park Jung-pyo as Yoo Kyung-hwan: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station and has an antagonistic relationship with Yeon-joo.
- Kim Min-sik as Park In-soo: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station.
- Byun Hyo-joon as Min Jung-guk: a detective of Violent Crimes Team at Anhyeon Police Station.
Storyline:
It is about the story of an ace detective from the narcotics team who, after being forcibly addicted to drugs by someone, uses the death of his friend as a clue to uncover the story of their 20-year-old altered friendship and the connection between them.
About Connection TV Series:
Connection (Korean: 커넥션) is a South Korean psychological mystery crime thriller television series written by Lee Hyun, directed by Kim Moon-gyo, and starring Ji Sung, and Jeon Mi-do. Ji Sung and Jeon Mi-do will star together for the first time in this series.
A special teaser of the series was released on December 29, 2023.
It premiered on SBS TV on May 24, 2024, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Wavve and Coupang Play in South Korea and on Kocowa in the Americas.
Connection TV Series Episodes List:
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.
Ep. | Original Broadcast Date | Nationwide | Seoul |
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1 | May 24, 2024 | 5.7% (7th) | 6.1% (3rd) |
2 | May 25, 2024 | 6.1% (2nd) | 7.0% (2nd) |
3 | May 31, 2024 | 7.0% (4th) | 6.7% (3rd) |
4 | June 1, 2024 | 7.9% (2nd) | 8.2% (2nd) |
5 | June 7, 2024 | 8.5% (2nd) | 8.5% (1st) |
6 | June 8, 2024 | 9.4% (2nd) | 10.0% (2nd) |
7 | June 14, 2024 | 9.4% (2nd) | 9.8% (1st) |
8 | June 15, 2024 | 9.1% (2nd) | 9.5% (2nd) |
9 | June 21, 2024 | 9.1% (2nd) | 8.9% (2nd) |
10 | June 22, 2024 | 11.1% (2nd) | 11.4% (2nd) |
11 | June 28, 2024 | 9.7% (2nd) | 10.4% (1st) |
12 | June 29, 2024 | 10.6% (2nd) | 11.2% (2nd) |
13 | July 5, 2024 | 11.0% (2nd) | 11.7% (1st) |
14 | July 6, 2024 | 14.2% (2nd) | 14.8% (2nd) |