Catch the Ghost

Catch the Ghost (Korean: 유령을 잡아라) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Moon Geun-young and Kim Seon-ho. It aired on tvN from October 21 to December 10, 2019.^[1][2]

Catch the Ghost
Promotional poster
Hangul	유령을 잡아라
Literal meaning	Catch Yoo Ryeong[lower-alpha 1]
Revised Romanization	Yuryeong-eul Jab-ara
Genre	Crime drama, Comedy
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	So Won Lee Young-joo
Directed by	Sin Yoon-seob
Starring	Moon Geun-young Kim Seon-ho
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producers	Lee Jang-soo Choi Tae-young
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Logos Film
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	October 21 (2019-10-21) – December 10, 2019 (2019-12-10)

Synopsis

Yoo Ryeong became a police investigator in order to find her missing twin sister. She was disappointed because the report of losing her sister was ignored by Ha Ma-ri, the police officer at that time. She thinks her sister was a victim of a serial murder by the Subway Ghost, and she does not always follow the rules as she strongly believes in justice. She partners with Go Ji-seok. On the night of her shift, with the help of Kim Woo-hyuk (a police officer at metro who is interested in her perseverance), she searches for her sister in a tunnel without her boss knowing. Meanwhile, Go Ji-seok became famous because of his looks, and for being the best police officer in his class. He gets a promotion to be a metro police officer with his then girlfriend Ha Ma-ri, but circumstances force him to be a police officer at the subway, and that leads to his breakup with her. Unlike Yoo Ryeong, he strictly follows the rules and doesn't like trouble. His partnership with her thus leads to many problems for him. However, due to Yoo Ryeong's sincerity for every case, he begins to think about his past. Later, Yoo Ryeong wants to separate from her partner because she doesn't want to always depend on him. Ji-seok is devastated, but he understands his partner's decision. Inspector Gong, Yoo Ryeong's new partner, is frustrated with her antics. Yoo Ryeong and Ji-seok work together to solve a kidnapping incident at the subway. After their collaboration, the two realize they miss each other. Knowing that Inspector Gong can no longer handle Yoo Ryeong, Ji-seok makes a deal to take back Yoo Ryeong as his partner without her knowing. They become partners again, to catch the Subway Ghost together with their team, and to search for Yoo Ryeong's sister.

Cast

Main

• Moon Geun-young as Yoo Ryeong^[3]
• Kim Seon-ho as Go Ji-seok^[4]

Supporting

Police officers

• Jo Jae-yoon as Lee Man-jin
• Ahn Seung-gyun as Kang Soo-ho
• Jung Yoo-jin as Ha Ma-ri^[5]
• Ki Do-hoon as Kim Woo-hyeok^[5]
• Lee Jun-hyeok as Chief Gong

Others

• Nam Gi-ae as Han Ae-sim^[5]
• Song Ok-sook as Kim Hyeong-ja
• Lee Jae-woo as Kim Hyung-soo
• Park Han-sol as Park Yoo-mi
• Song Sang-eun as Park Mi-hyun
• Oh Hee-joon as Serial pervert
• Park Ho-san as Choi Do-chul (eps. 3-4)
• Han Ji-sang
• Lee Se-hee as "Madonna"^[6]
• Lee Hong-nae as Goo Dong-man
• Kim Gun-woo as Kim Hee-Joon
• Baek Seo-yi as Ma Hye-jin (eps. 4-5)^[7]

Production

Catch the Ghost was supposed to premiere on August 26, 2019, but was pushed back to October. tvN decided to air The Great Show first as the series completed its production.^[8]

Original soundtrack

Catch the Ghost OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1

Released on October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Feel My Heart"	Y.nik, MADEBY	Y.nik, MADEBY	Woosung (The Rose)	3:13
2.	"Feel My Heart" (Inst.)		Y.nik, MADEBY		3:13
Total length:					6:26

Part 2

Released on October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Star" (그 별)	Athena, e.Na	Athena, e.Na	Juniel	4:16
2.	"The Star" (Inst.)		Athena, e.Na		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Part 3

Released on November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Highlight"	Y.nik, MADEBY	Y.nik, MADEBY	Roh Tae-hyun	3:22
2.	"Highlight" (Inst.)		Y.nik, MADEBY		3:22
Total length:					6:44

Part 4

Released on November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Wanted"	Park Geun-cheol, DANI	RUNY, Juno	ABRY	3:01
2.	"Wanted" (Inst.)		RUNY, Juno		3:01
Total length:					6:02

Part 5

Released on November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My Hero"	minGtion	Kim Yeon-seo, minGtion	Ahn Ji-yeon	3:40
2.	"My Hero" (Inst.)		Kim Yeon-seo, minGtion		3:40
Total length:					7:20

Part 6

Released on November 25, 2019 (2019-11-25)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I'm with You" (내가 있다는 걸)	Jayins, Lundi Blues	Jayins, Lundi Blues, Han Jae-wan	Park Ji-min	4:15
2.	"I'm with You" (Inst.)		Jayins, Lundi Blues, Han Jae-wan		4:15
Total length:					8:30

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	916	884	734	879	719	654	684	747	683	705	604	676	782	759	668	661	735

Catch the Ghost : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[9]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[10]
			Nationwide	Seoul
1	October 21, 2019	Subways Transporting Ghosts...	4.148%	4.801%
2	October 22, 2019	Knowing you have a family who will return if you wait...	3.694%	3.918%
3	October 28, 2019	Disciplinary Hearing	3.000%	3.077%
4	October 29, 2019	Tracking Down the Grasshoppers	3.362%	3.817%
5	November 4, 2019	Club Day	3.001%	3.225%
6	November 5, 2019	A Petty Thief?	2.438%	2.582%
7	November 11, 2019	Jealousy & Confusion	2.712%	3.161%
8	November 12, 2019	Facing the Harsh Truth	2.942%	3.109%
9	November 18, 2019	Getting Closer to the Subway Ghost	2.424%	2.617%
10	November 19, 2019	The Hideout	2.431%	2.388%
11	November 25, 2019	Going After the Grasshoppers	2.240%	2.610%
12	November 26, 2019	The One That Got Away	2.755%	3.279%
13	December 2, 2019	The Grasshoppers Are Behind Bars	2.790%	3.262%
14	December 3, 2019	The Subway Ghost Reveals Himself	2.935%	2.767%
15	December 9, 2019	The Subway Ghost's Method	2.598%	2.775%
16	December 10, 2019	Finally Catching The Subway Ghost	2.671%	2.893%
Average			2.884%	3.143%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes

1. The main character's name is written the same way as the word "ghost" in Korean, thus the literal translation of the title could be the same as the official English title or Catch Yoo Ryeong.

References

1. Kim, Joo-hee (July 19, 2019). "'유령을 잡아라' 첫 대본리딩 현장 공개..'깨알 웃음' 폭발". Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved July 23, 2019.
2. Yoo, Chung-hee (May 20, 2019). "문근영-김선호, tvN '유령을 잡아라' 주연 확정…지하철 경찰대 콤비 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
3. Kim, Joon-seok (April 9, 2019). "문근영, '유령을 잡아라' 캐스팅 확정…4년 만의 드라마 복귀[공식]". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
4. Kim, Jin-seok (April 2, 2019). "[단독]김선호, 문근영과 tvN '유령을 잡아라' 주인공". JTBC Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
5. Kim, Na-hee (May 23, 2019). "'유령을 잡아라' 정유진·기도훈·남기애 캐스팅.."임팩트甲 활약" [공식]". Osen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
6. "신예 이세희, '유령을 잡아라' 출연.. 채팅녀 역". 베리타스알파 (in Korean). 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
7. Lee Ji-sun (October 29, 2019). "'유령을 잡아라' 백서이, 청순 이미지 벗고 반전 연기력 뽐낸다" ['Catch the Ghost' Baek Seo-yi takes off her innocent image and shows off her acting skills] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Naver.
8. "tvN 측 "'위대한 쇼' 8월 26일 첫 방송, '유령을 잡아라' 10월로 편성 변경"[공식]". Naver (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
9. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
10. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved October 21, 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Catch the Ghost at HanCinema
• Catch the Ghost at IMDb