Partners for Justice

Partners for Justice (Korean: 검법남녀; RR: Geombeomnamnyeo) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Jung Jae-young and Jeong Yu-mi.^[2] The first series aired on MBC in May 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at the 22:00 (KST).^[3][4] In October 2018, MBC announced that it was renewed for a second season, which premiered in 2019.^[5][6][7] Kang Seung-hyun and No Min-woo were announced as second series leads.^[8] It aired on MBC from June 3 to July 29, 2019.

Partners for Justice
Promotional poster for season 2
Also known as	Investigation Couple
Hangul	검법남녀
Hanja	檢法男女
Revised Romanization	Geombeomnamnyeo
Genre	Crime Mystery Medical
Screenplay by	Min Ji-eun [ko] (season 1–2) Won Young-sil (season 1) Jo Won-ki (season 2)
Directed by	No Do-cheol [ko] (season 1–2) Hyun Ra-wae (season 1) Han Jin-sun (season 2)
Starring	Jung Jae-young Jeong Yu-mi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32 (season 1–2)[a]
Production
Producer	Moon Bo-mi
Running time	70 minutes (35 minutes per episode)
Production company	HB Entertainment [ko]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) – July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Time slot
			First released	Last released	Network
1	16		May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)	July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	MBC TV	Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST)
2	16		June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)	July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)		Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:00 (KST)

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	Main
Eun Sol	Jeong Yu-mi
Kang Hyun	Park Eun-seok	Main	Guest
Do Ji-han	Oh Man-seok	Recurring	Main
Jang Chul / Dr. K	No Min-woo
Supporting
Cha Soo-ho	Lee Yi-kyung	Recurring	Guest
Stella Hwang	Stephanie Lee
Sally	Kang Seung-hyun		Recurring
Jung Sung-joo	Ko Kyu-pil	Recurring
Han Soo-yeon	Noh Susanna [ko]
Park Joong-Ho	Joo Jin-mo
Ma Do-Nam	Song Young-gyu [ko]
Kang Dong-Sik	Park Jun-gyu
Cheon Mi-Ho	Park Hee-jin
Yang Soo-Dong	Kim Young-woong [ko]
No Han-Shin	Ahn Suk-hwan
Kal Dae-Cheol	Lee Do-Guk [ko]		Recurring
Detective Park	Kim Ki-moo [ko]	Recurring
Detective Kang	Min Pil-joon [ko]
Lee Hye-sang	Yoon Ji-min	Recurring
Pyo Yoo-sung	Park Ji-il
Oh Man-sang	Kim Do-hyun (actor) [ko]	Recurring	Guest

Main

Main cast of series 2

• 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.^[9]

• 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.^[10]

• 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

• Noh Susanna [ko] as Han Soo-yeon

Forensic Investigator

• Joo Jin-mo as Park Joong-ho

Director of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences

• Song Young-kyu [ko] as Ma No-dam^[11]

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.

• Kim Young-woong [ko] 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

• Baek Seung-hoon [ko] as Seo Jung-min

An Investigator who works with Kang Hyun.

People around Eun Sol

• Ko In-beom [ko] as Eun Ki-sang

Eun Sol's father

• Kim Seo-ra [ko] as Han Mi-mo

Eun Sol's mother

• Kang Sun-sook as Byeolgyo woman (벌교댁)

Eun Sol's housekeeper

• Heo Woong as Eun Ji-sung

Eun Sol's older brother

People around Baek Beom

• Choi Jong-ryul [ko] 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.^[12]

• Kim Ki-moo [ko] as Detective Park
• Min Pil-joon [ko] as Detective Kang

Others

• Kim Do-hyun [ko] as Oh Man-sang

A criminals who committed multiple crimes

• Hong Seo-jun [ko] 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^[13]

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.^[14]

Original soundtrack

Series 1

Part 1

Released on May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Can't Breathe"	Earattack, Jooheon	Earattack	Monsta X (Kihyun, Jooheon)	03:25
2.	"Can't Breathe (Inst.)"		Earattack		03:25
Total length:					06:50

Part 2

Released on May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Truth"	Min Yeon-jae	1601	JK Kim Dong-wook	03:50
2.	"Truth (Eng. Ver.)"	Min Yeon-jae	1601	JK Kim Dong-wook	03:50
3.	"Truth (Inst.)"		1601		03:50
Total length:					11:30

Part 3

Released on June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Walking" (걸어가)	Taeyunmi	Gaemi, Kim Se-jin	Minzy	03:31
2.	"Walking (Inst.)" (걸어가 (Inst.))		Gaemi, Kim Se-jin		03:31
Total length:					07:02

Part 4

Released on June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"It's Alright" (괜찮아)	Hana	Gaemi	Lee Seok-hoon	03:45
2.	"It's Alright (Inst.)" (괜찮아 (Inst.))		Gaemi		03:45
Total length:					07:30

Part 5

Released on June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Sun Like A Star"	Gaemi, Heo Sung-jin, yuNdAk	Heo Sung-jin, Ha Hyung-joo	G.Urban, yuNdAk (OBROJECT)	03:20
2.	"Sun Like A Star (Inst.)"		Heo Sung-jin, Ha Hyung-joo		03:20
Total length:					06:40

Part 6

Released on July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"White Rain" (하얀비)	Gaemi, Hangzoo	Gaemi	Hangzoo, Stella Jang	03:35
2.	"White Rain (Inst.)" (하얀비 (Inst.))		Gaemi		03:35
Total length:					07:10

Series 2

Part 1

Released on June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)^[15]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Back on me"	Seol Gi-tae (설기태)	TEAM SNOW, Gaemi (개미)	Kim Yong-jin[16]	03:03
2.	"Back on me (Inst.)"

Part 2

Released on July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)^[17]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Dr. K (닥터K)"	Jeong Bom (정봄), KT Snow	Park Jeong-hwan (박정환), TEAM SNOW, Gaemi (개미)	No Min-woo	02:33
2.	"Dr. K (닥터K) (Inst.)"

Part 3

Released on July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)^[18]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Poison"	MINUE	MINUE	I'll	03:28
2.	"Poison (Inst.)"

Part 4

Released on July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)^[19]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Geu Iyu (그 이유)"	Seol Gi-tae (설기태), Hyeon Jeong (현정)	Gaemi (개미)	Lee Seok-hun (이석훈)	04:15
2.	"그 이유 (Inst.)"

Part 5

Released on July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)^[20]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Neobakke moreugetta (너밖에 모르겠다)"	Park Gyeong-don (박경돈)	Park Gyeong-don	Lee Dong-wook (이동욱)	03:59
2.	"너밖에 모르겠다 (Inst.)"

Ratings

• In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers 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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[21]		AGB Nielsen[22]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 14, 2018	4.3% (NR)	4.4%	4.5% (NR)	4.7% (NR)
2		4.7% (NR)	4.8%	4.9% (NR)	5.1% (NR)
3	May 15, 2018	5.0% (NR)	5.2%	4.7% (NR)	5.3% (NR)
4		5.9% (NR)	6.3%	6.5% (13th)	7.8% (10th)
5	May 21, 2018	4.3% (NR)	4.5%	4.7% (NR)	4.9% (NR)
6		5.1% (NR)	5.3%	5.2% (NR)	5.4% (NR)
7	May 22, 2018	5.3% (NR)	5.5%	5.6% (NR)	5.8% (NR)
8		6.5% (17th)	6.7%	6.3% (17th)	6.5% (18th)
9	May 28, 2018	5.8% (NR)	6.6%	5.8% (20th)	6.5% (17th)
10		6.8% (20th)	7.0%	6.7% (16th)	6.9% (14th)
11	May 29, 2018	5.0% (NR)	5.8%	5.6% (18th)	6.4% (17th)
12		5.6% (NR)	6.3%	6.4% (15th)	7.1% (10th)
13	June 4, 2018	6.0%	6.8%	7.0% (13th)	7.7% (10th)
14		7.0%	7.9%	7.7% (8th)	8.5% (6th)
15	June 5, 2018	6.2%	6.5%	6.7% (10th)	7.2% (10th)
16		7.4%	7.6%	8.2% (5th)	8.4% (5th)
17	June 11, 2018	6.7%	7.0%	6.9% (16th)	7.1% (15th)
18		7.8%	7.9%	7.7% (7th)
19	June 25, 2018[b]	6.2%	6.8%	6.5% (19th)	7.3% (10th)
20		7.1%	7.6%	8.1% (7th)	8.5% (6th)
21	July 3, 2018[c]	6.6%	7.1%	6.8% (17th)	7.3% (14th)
22		7.7%	7.9%	8.0% (10th)	8.3% (9th)
23		6.2%	6.3%	6.6% (20th)
24		7.1%	7.4%	7.5% (13th)	7.8% (12th)
25	July 9, 2018	7.5%	8.1%	7.4% (15th)	8.0% (10th)
26		8.3%	8.5%	9.0% (6th)	9.0% (8th)
27	July 10, 2018	7.1%	7.8%	7.1% (13th)	7.9% (9th)
28		8.7%	9.3%	9.0% (5th)	9.6% (5th)
29	July 16, 2018	6.5%	6.6%	6.7% (15th)	6.9% (15th)
30		8.4%	8.7%	8.4% (6th)	8.5% (7th)
31	July 17, 2018	7.5%	8.0%	7.7% (8th)	8.2% (6th)
32		9.5%	10.2%	9.6% (5th)	10.3% (4th)
Average		6.6%	7.0%	6.7%	7.3%

Series 2

Ep.	Original broadcast date	AGB Nielsen[23]		TNmS[24]
		Nationwide	Seoul Capital Area	Nationwide
1	2019/06/03	3.7%	N/A	4.0%
2		5.7%	6.0%	5.7%
3	2019/06/04	4.1%	4.8%	N/A
4		6.6%	7.8%	7.2%
5	2019/06/10	4.3%	N/A	N/A
6		6.0%	6.5%	6.4%
7	2019/06/11	4.1%	4.9%	4.8%
8		6.2%	6.7%	6.7%
9	2019/06/17	5.9%	6.5%	6.0%
10		7.5%	8.4%	7.1%
11	2019/06/18	6.1%	7.0%	6.0%
12		7.7%	8.6%	7.6%
13	2019/06/24	6.8%	7.7%	5.9%
14		8.7%	9.8%	7.2%
15	2019/06/25	6.1%	6.5%	6.1%
16		8.3%	9.1%	8.0%
17	2019/07/01	5.9%	6.4%	6.4%
18		8.5%	9.3%	8.6%
19	2019/07/02	6.1%	6.7%	7.2%
20		8.6%	9.4%	8.9%
21	2019/07/08	6.1%	6.6%	7.0%
22		8.3%	8.8%	8.5%
23	2019/07/09	7.1%	8.0%	7.4%
24		9.0%	9.8%	9.2%
25	2019/07/15	6.1%	6.7%	6.9%
26		8.2%	8.8%	8.7%
27	2019/07/16	6.7%	7.4%	7.5%
28		9.3%	9.4%	9.1%
29	2019/07/23	7.1%	7.6%	7.8%
30		9.5%	10.1%	10.1%
31	2019/07/29	6.7%	7.2%	N/A
32		9.9%	10.4%
Average		6.90%	－	－

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Jung Jae-young	Nominated	[25]
		Drama of the Year	Partners for Justice	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Jung Jae-young	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Jeong Yu-mi	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Park Eun-seok	Nominated
		Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Park Jun-gyu	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2019	32nd Grimae Awards	Best Actress	Jeong Yu-mi	Won	[26]
	MBC Drama Awards	Drama of the Year	Partners for Justice (season 2)	Nominated	[27]
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Jung Jae-young	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Jeong Yu-mi	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Oh Man-seok	Won
		Scene Stealer Award	No Min-woo	Won
		Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Ko Kyu-pil	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Kang Seung-hyun	Nominated

Notes

1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[1]
2. No episodes were aired on June 12 due to news coverage on the 2018 DPRK-US Singapore Summit, on June 18 due to live coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F match between South Korea and Sweden, and on June 19 due to live coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H match between Columbia and Japan.
3. No episodes were aired on June 26 due to live coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C match between Denmark and France, and on July 2 due to coverage of FIFA World Cup 2018 Round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico. In return, four episodes were aired back-to-back on July 3.