Suspicious Partner TV Series Details:
| Hangul | 수상한 파트너 |
| Also known as | Love in Trouble Destiny Lovers Beware of This Woman Be Careful of This Woman Watch Out for This Woman Suspicious Romance |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Genre | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 20 |
| Release date | May 10 – July 13, 2017 |
| Aired on | 22:00 (KST) on Wednesdays and Thursday |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Starring | Ji Chang-wook Nam Ji-hyun Choi Tae-joon Kwon Nara |
| Directed by | Park Sun-ho |
| Written by | Kwon Ki-young |
| Executive producer | Park Young-soo |
| Production Company | The Story Works |
| Distributor | SBS |
Suspicious Partner TV Series Cast & Character:
- Ji Chang-wook as Noh Ji Wook
- Nam Ji-hyun as Eun Bong Hee
- Choi Tae-Joon as Ji Eun Hyuk
- Nara as Cha Yoo Jung
- Jang Hyuk-jin as Prosecution Investigation Officer Bang
- Kim Ye-won as Na Ji-Hae
- Lee Deok-hwa as Byun Young-hee
- Jin Ju-hyeong as Ko Chan-Ho
- Dong Ha as Jung Hyun-Soo
- Kim Ye-jun as Kim Jae-Hong
- Park Gyuyoung as Park So-Young
- Hwang Chan-sung as Jang Hee-joon
- Lee Shi-Ah as Lee Na-Eun
- Oh Han-kyul as No Ji Wook (young)
- Kim Soo-oh as Eun Hyuk’s client’s son
- Kim Kyung-jin as Person in Bar
Storyline:
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.
About Suspicious Partner TV Series:
Suspicious Partner (Korean: 수상한 파트너; RR: Susanghan Pateuneo) is a 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.
The show enjoyed a modest viewership share, but it beat its competitor by topping the important 20-49 year old demographic, as well as streaming, popularity, and brand reputation charts for consecutive weeks.
The early working titles for the drama were Beware This Woman and Suspicious Romance. The first script reading took place April 4, 2017 at SBS Ilsan Production Center in Tanhyun, South Korea.
Both lead actors Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun starred in Warrior Baek Dong-soo in 2011.
Suspicious Partner TV Series Episodes List:
Nationwide (%) and Seoul (%) Average audience share Nielsen Korea.
| Ep. | Original Broadcast Date | Title | Nationwide (%) | Seoul (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 10, 2017 | Hope for the Future | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 2 | May 10, 2017 | Hope for the Future | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 3 | May 11, 2017 | Take It | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 4 | May 11, 2017 | Take It | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| 5 | May 17, 2017 | Restraining Order | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| 6 | May 17, 2017 | Restraining Order | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| 7 | May 18, 2017 | Reunion and Reunion | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 8 | May 18, 2017 | Reunion and Reunion | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| 9 | May 24, 2017 | Humanity Becomes Hostage | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 10 | May 24, 2017 | Humanity Becomes Hostage | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| 11 | May 25, 2017 | The Beginning That Hasn’t Begun | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 12 | May 25, 2017 | The Beginning That Hasn’t Begun | 7.8 | 8.5 |
| 13 | May 31, 2017 | Alibi | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 14 | May 31, 2017 | Alibi | 9.3 | 10.0 |
| 15 | June 1, 2017 | Untruthful Truth Game | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| 16 | June 1, 2017 | Untruthful Truth Game | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| 17 | June 7, 2017 | Eun Bong-hee’s Prime | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| 18 | June 7, 2017 | Eun Bong-hee’s Prime | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 19 | June 8, 2017 | Truth vs. Secret | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| 20 | June 8, 2017 | Truth vs. Secret | 9.6 | 10.2 |
| 21 | June 14, 2017 | In This Limited World | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 22 | June 14, 2017 | In This Limited World | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 23 | June 15, 2017 | 48 Hours Later | 7.8 | 8.2 |
| 24 | June 15, 2017 | 48 Hours Later | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 25 | June 21, 2017 | Attributable Reasons | 9.0 | 10.3 |
| 26 | June 21, 2017 | Attributable Reasons | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| 27 | June 22, 2017 | The Memory of That Day | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| 28 | June 22, 2017 | The Memory of That Day | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| 29 | June 28, 2017 | Postponement | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| 30 | June 28, 2017 | Postponement | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 31 | June 29, 2017 | The Discovery of a Memory | 7.7 | 8.4 |
| 32 | June 29, 2017 | The Discovery of a Memory | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| 33 | July 5, 2017 | Testing the Waters | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 34 | July 5, 2017 | Testing the Waters | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 35 | July 6, 2017 | Return | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| 36 | July 6, 2017 | Return | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| 37 | July 12, 2017 | In Court | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| 38 | July 12, 2017 | In Court | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| 39 | July 13, 2017 | Return to the Daily Life | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| 40 | July 13, 2017 | Return to the Daily Life | 9.5 | 10.2 |
