Partners for Justice () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Jung Jae-young and Jeong Yu-mi. The first series aired on MBC in May 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at the 22:00 (KST). In October 2018, MBC announced that it was renewed for a second season, which premiered in 2019. Kang Seung-hyun and No Min-woo were announced as second series leads. It aired on MBC from June 3 to July 29, 2019.
Series overview
Synopsis About a forensic doctor, Baek Beom, who is skillful at his work but has an eccentric personality, and prosecutor, Eun Sol, who is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and comes from a wealthy family background. They come to work together to solve cases.
Cast Character appearances Character Portrayed by Season 1 2 Main Baek Beom Jung Jae-young rowspan="2" colspan="2" Eun Sol Jeong Yu-mi Kang Hyun Park Eun-seok Do Ji-han Oh Man-seok rowspan="2" Jang Chul / Dr. K No Min-woo Supporting Cha Soo-ho Lee Yi-kyung rowspan="2" Stella Hwang Stephanie Lee Sally Kang Seung-hyun Jung Sung-joo Ko Kyu-pil rowspan="8" colspan="2" Han Soo-yeon Park Joong-Ho Joo Jin-mo Ma Do-Nam Song Young-gyu Kang Dong-Sik Park Jun-gyu Cheon Mi-Ho Park Hee-jin Yang Soo-Dong No Han-Shin Ahn Suk-hwan Kal Dae-Cheol Detective Park rowspan="2" colspan="2" Detective Kang Lee Hye-sang Yoon Ji-min rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Pyo Yoo-sung Park Ji-il Oh Man-sang
Main
Jung Jae-young as Baek Beom A forensic doctor with ten years of experience at the National Forensic Service. Although his skills are recognized, he is eccentric and has a picky personality. Jeong Yu-mi as Eun Sol A rookie prosecutor working in the 8th Eastern District. She was born into a wealthy family and possesses photographic memory. She is bright and warm-hearted, albeit a little clumsy. Park Eun-seok as Kang Hyun An elite prosecutor who is Eun Sol's senior. Oh Man-seok as Do Ji-han A chief prosecutor who newly transfers to the 8th Eastern District replacing Kang Hyun. He is experienced and clever. No Min-woo as Jang Chul / Dr. K (season 2) He is a warm but quiet doctor who works at Hanju Hospital. He has Dissociative identity disorder (DID). His other identity is called Dr. K.
Supporting People of National Forensic Service (NIS) Stephanie Lee as Stella Hwang (season 1) A researcher and toxicologist at the National Forensic Service. Kang Seung-hyun as Sally (season 2) A new toxicologist at the National Forensic Service who replaced Stella. Ko Kyu-pil as Jung Sung-joo Forensic Investigator as Han Soo-yeon Forensic Investigator Joo Jin-mo as Park Joong-ho Director of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences Song Young-kyu as Ma No-dam Director of the Forensic Investigation Division
People of Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office Park Jun-gyu as Kang Dong-sik A sixth-grade civil servant. He used to be a violent crime detective for 15 years. Park Hee-jin as Cheon Mi-ho An administrative assistant of Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office. as Yang Soo-dong An Investigator who works with Do Ji-han. Ahn Suk-hwan as No Han-shin Chief Prosecutor of the criminal department of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office. Kim Ho-jung as Oh Hwa-soo Chief Judge of the Seoul Eastern District Court. Kim Min-ha as Park Mi-young A prosecutor at Kang Hyun's office as Seo Jung-min An Investigator who works with Kang Hyun.
People around Eun Sol as Eun Ki-sang Eun Sol's father as Han Mi-mo Eun Sol's mother Kang Sun-sook as Byeolgyo woman () Eun Sol's housekeeper Heo Woong as Eun Ji-sung Eun Sol's older brother
People around Baek Beom as Baek Ho-cheol Baek Beom's father
Police Lee Yi-kyung as Cha Soo-ho He is a chief detective, a police lieutenant, from Gangdong police station's violent crimes unit. as Detective Park as Detective Kang
Others as Oh Man-sang A criminals who committed multiple crimes as Yoon Tae-joon Oh Man-sang's lawyer Yoon Sa-bong as Jang Hoo-nam Jang Deuk-nam's older sister Yoo Yeon as Jo Hee-jin Dong-woo's aunt, Han-soo's younger brother, Gil-ja's daughter Go Geon-han as Kim Joon-tae Yeon Mi-rae's boyfriend Yoon Ji-min as Lee Hye-sung Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Seon Hospital, Jang Deuk-nam's doctor and the criminal who killed Seo Jeong-min Ok Ye-rin as Han Seo-hyun - Su-yeon's daughter, a victim of child abuse in kindergarten
Production First script reading took place late March 2018 at MBC Dream Center in Ilsan, South Korea.
Original soundtrack Series 1 Part 1
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Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Series 2 Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Ratings In the tables below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. TNmS stop publishing their report from June 2018.
Series 1 Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmSAGB NielsenNationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul 1May 14, 2018 2 4.7% 4.8% 4.9% 5.1% 3May 15, 2018 5.0% 5.2% 4.7% 5.3% 4 5.9% 6.3% 6.5% 7.8% 5May 21, 2018 4.5% 4.7% 4.9% 6 5.1% 5.3% 5.2% 5.4% 7May 22, 2018 5.3% 5.5% 5.6% 5.8% 8 6.5% 6.7% 6.3% 6.5% 9May 28, 2018 5.8% 6.6% 5.8% 6.5% 10 6.8% 7.0% 6.7% 6.9% 11May 29, 2018 5.0% 5.8% 5.6% 6.4% 12 5.6% 6.3% 6.4% 7.1% 13June 4, 2018 6.0% 6.8% 7.0% 7.7% 14 7.0% 7.9% 7.7% 8.5% 15June 5, 2018 6.2% 6.5% 6.7% 7.2% 16 7.4% 7.6% 8.2% 8.4% 17June 11, 2018 6.7% 7.0% 6.9% 7.1% 18 7.8% 7.9% 7.7% 19June 25, 2018 6.2% 6.8% 6.5% 7.3% 20 7.1% 7.6% 8.1% 8.5% 21July 3, 2018 6.6% 7.1% 6.8% 7.3% 22 7.7% 7.9% 8.0% 8.3% 23 6.2% 6.3%6.6% 24 7.1% 7.4% 7.5% 7.8% 25July 9, 2018 7.5% 8.1% 7.4% 8.0% 26 8.3% 8.5% 9.0% 9.0% 27July 10, 2018 7.1% 7.8% 7.1% 7.9% 28 8.7% 9.3% 9.0% 9.6% 29July 16, 2018 6.5% 6.6% 6.7% 6.9% 30 8.4% 8.7% 8.4% 8.5% 31July 17, 2018 7.5% 8.0% 7.7% 8.2% 32 Average
Series 2 Original broadcast dateAGB NielsenTNmSNationwideSeoul Capital AreaNationwide12019/06/03 N/A25.7%6.0%5.7%32019/06/044.1%4.8%N/A46.6%7.8%7.2%52019/06/104.3%N/AN/A66.0%6.5%6.4%72019/06/114.1%4.9%4.8%86.2%6.7%6.7%92019/06/175.9%6.5%6.0%107.5%8.4%7.1%112019/06/186.1%7.0%6.0%127.7%8.6%7.6%132019/06/246.8%7.7%5.9%148.7%9.8%7.2%152019/06/256.1%6.5%6.1%168.3%9.1%8.0%172019/07/015.9%6.4%6.4%188.5%9.3%8.6%192019/07/026.1%6.7%7.2%208.6%9.4%8.9%212019/07/086.1%6.6%7.0%228.3%8.8%8.5%232019/07/097.1%8.0%7.4%249.0%9.8%9.2%252019/07/156.1%6.7%6.9%268.2%8.8%8.7%272019/07/166.7%7.4%7.5%289.3%9.4%9.1%292019/07/237.1%7.6%7.8%309.5%10.1%312019/07/296.7%7.2%N/A32Average
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work ResultRef.2018MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Jung Jae-young Drama of the Year Partners for Justice Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Jung Jae-young Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Jeong Yu-mi Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Park Eun-seok Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Park Jun-gyu
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.2019 32nd Grimae Awards Best Actress Jeong Yu-mi MBC Drama Awards Drama of the Year Partners for Justice (season 2) Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Jung Jae-young Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Jeong Yu-mi Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Oh Man-seok Scene Stealer Award No Min-woo Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries Ko Kyu-pil Best New Actress Kang Seung-hyun
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Season 2