Trap (TV series)

For other television series, see The Trap (disambiguation).

Trap (Korean: 트랩) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Seo-jin, Sung Dong-il and Lim Hwa-young. It is OCN's first series for their new project called "Dramatic Cinema" that combines film and drama formats. It aired from February 9 to March 3, 2019.^[4][5][6]

Trap
Promotional poster
Hangul	트랩
RR	Teuraep
MR	T'ŭraep
Genre	Thriller Drama[1]
Created by	OCN
Written by	Nam Sang-wook [ko]
Directed by	Park Shin-woo
Starring	Lee Seo-jin Sung Dong-il Lim Hwa-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Lee Jae-kyoo[2] Park Chul-soo
Running time	60 minutes[3]
Production company	Film Monster[2]
Original release
Network	OCN
Release	February 9 (2019-02-09) – March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)

Synopsis

Kang Woo-hyun (Lee Seo-jin) is a highly successful news anchor for a broadcasting station. He is beloved by all of South Korea and is rumored to be making a run in politics. Outside of his job, he seems to have the perfect life, alongside his wife, fellow anchor Shin Yeon-soo (Seo Young-hee). One day, Woo-hyun, Yeon-soo, and their children decide to take a trip for their wedding anniversary. What started as a peaceful and celebratory few days of fun turns into tragedy as Woo-hyun's wife and son mysteriously vanish. His apparent case is taken up by grizzled veteran detective Go Dong-kook (Sung Dong-il) and highly respected criminal profiler Yoon Seo-young (Lim Hwa-young), and together, the three unlikely allies slowly piece together the truth about what really happened on that fateful trip.^[4]

Cast

Main

• Lee Seo-jin as Kang Woo-hyun, a successful anchorman who is beloved by the nation and seems to have a perfect life. He suddenly experiences a tragedy while vacationing with his family.^[7]
• Sung Dong-il as Go Dong-kook, a veteran detective with uncanny instincts who is assigned to Woo-hyun's case.^[4]
• Lim Hwa-young as Yoon Seo-young, a well-known and intelligent profiler who analyzes cases and provides the criminal's profile. She cooperates with Dong-kook on his investigation.^[2]

Supporting

People around Kang Woo-hyun

• Seo Young-hee as Shin Yeon-soo, Woo-hyun's wife.^[8]
• Oh Ryung as Representative Hong
• Lee Joo-bin as Kim Si-hyun
• Oh Han-kyul as Kang Si-woo

People around Go Dong-kook

• Kim Kwang-kyu as Squad Chief Jang
• Jo Dal-hwan as Bae Nam-soo
• Jang Sung-bum as Park Seong-bum
• Lee Eun-woo as Park Sun-mi
• Choi Myung-bin as Go Min-joo
  • Seo Eun-sol as young Go Min-joo

Others

• Yoon Kyung-ho as Master Yun
• Sung Hyuk as Hunter
• Byun Hee-bong as Kim Shin-woo
• Kwak Min-ho as Gwang Su-dae
• Jang Won-hyung as Ho-gae
• Lee Hong-nae
• Dong Hyun-bae as Reporter Seo
• Baek Ji-won as Ms. Jo
• Kwon Hyuk-beom as Ms. Jo's staff
• Oh Chang-kyung as Yang Deok-cheol
• Lee Si-hun as Lee Si-hun
• Choi Jae-seop as Reporter Ko

Viewership

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	1	626	922	703	964	N/A	1008	1093

Trap : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

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

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			Nielsen Korea[10]		TNmS
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	February 9, 2019	Hunters (사냥꾼들)	2.360%	2.864%	2.7%
2	February 10, 2019	Two Faces (두 얼굴)	3.624%	4.593%	3.7%
3	February 16, 2019	1mm	2.800%	3.439%	2.9%
4	February 17, 2019	Secrets and Lies (비밀과 거짓말)	3.692%	4.269%	4.1%
5	February 23, 2019	Blind Spot (블라인드 스팟)	2.700%	N/A	2.8%
6	February 24, 2019	Hunting Ground (헌팅 그라운드)	3.893%	5.027%	4.5%
7	March 3, 2019	Caught in the Devil's Trap (악마의 덫에 걸리다)	3.992%	5.208%	4.7%
Average			3.294%	—[a]	3.6%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This series 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. Due to an unpublished rating, the exact average rating is unknown.