Face Me

Face Me (Korean: 페이스 미) is a 2024 South Korean medical drama television series starring Lee Min-ki, Han Ji-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung, and Jeon Bae-soo. It aired on KBS2 from November 6, to December 12, 2024, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 (KST).^[4] It is also available for streaming on Viki in selected regions.^[5]

Face Me
Promotional poster
Hangul	페이스 미
Revised Romanization	Peiseu mi
McCune–Reischauer	P'eisŭ mi
Genre	Medical drama[1] Melodrama[2] Mystery[2] Thriller[2]
Written by	Hwang Ye-jin[1]
Directed by	Jo Rok-hwan[1]
Starring	Lee Min-ki Han Ji-hyun Lee Yi-kyung Jeon Bae-soo
Music by	Won Ho-kyung[3]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	65 minutes
Production company	Westworld Story[2]
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	November 6 (2024-11-06) – December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12)

Cast and characters

• Lee Min-ki as Cha Jung-woo^[6]

• Han Ji-hyun as Lee Min-hyung^[6]

• Lee Yi-kyung as Han Woo-jin^[6]

Jung-woo's childhood friend.

• Jeon Bae-soo as Kim Seok-hoon^[6]

Jung-woo's warm mentor.

• Ha Young as Yoon Hye-jin^[7]

A dancer, Jeong-woo's ex-girlfriend.

• Kang Da-hyun as Park Chae-gyeong^[8]

A lawyer.

Production

Development

Director Jo Rok-hwan, who directed Voice 2 (2018), and writer Hwang Ye-jin, who wrote Secret Mother (2018), are teaming up.^[2]

Casting

According to Star News on February 3, 2023, Han Ji-hyun had been confirmed to appear in the series.^[9]

On September 26, 2024, it was reported that Lee Min-ki, Han, Lee Yi-kyung, and Jeon Bae-soo are teaming up for the series.^[2]

Filming

Principal photography begin in March 2023.^[10] It was originally set to began filming in February 2023.^[11]

Viewership

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	587	563	416	529	N/A	561	N/A	522	N/A	N/A	454	N/A

Face Me : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[12]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)
		Nationwide[12][13]	Seoul[14]
1	November 6, 2024	3.3% (16th)	3.2% (16th)
2	November 7, 2024	3.1% (18th)	N/A
3	November 13, 2024	2.3% (25th)
4	November 14, 2024	3.1% (19th)	2.9% (19th)
5	November 20, 2024	2.0% (26th)	N/A
6	November 21, 2024	3.2% (17th)	3.0% (18th)
7	November 27, 2024	2.5% (23rd)	N/A
8	November 28, 2024	3.2% (19th)	3.3% (18th)
9	December 4, 2024	2.8% (23rd)	N/A
10	December 5, 2024	2.9% (22nd)
11	December 11, 2024	2.6% (20th)
12	December 12, 2024	2.9% (22nd)	2.8% (20th)
Average		2.8%	—[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes ratings that were not published.

Notes

1. Due to multiple unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.