# Tracer (TV series)

Tracer (Korean: 트레이서; RR: Teureiseo) is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Im Si-wan, Go Ah-sung, Son Hyun-joo and Park Yong-woo. The series revolves around the people working at the National Tax Service. It is an original drama of OTT media service Wavve and is available for streaming on its platform. It also aired on MBC TV from January 7 to March 25, 2022.

## Series overview
### Streaming

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07) | January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18) | February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18) |

### Television broadcast

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07) | January 29, 2022 (2022-01-29) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | February 26, 2022 (2022-02-26) | March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) |

## Cast
### Main

* Im Si-wan as Hwang Dong-joo, a former accountant who is now the head of the National Tax Service's Central Branch Tax Bureau.
** Park Min-soo as young Hwang Dong-joo
* Go Ah-sung as Seo Hye-young, a team member of the 5th Bureau of Taxation.
* Son Hyun-joo as In Tae-joon, the head of the Central Regional Tax Service.
* Park Yong-woo as Oh Young, the manager of the 5th Bureau of Taxation.

### Supporting

* Chu Sang-mi as Min So-jeong, deputy commissioner of the National Tax Service Headquarters.
* Park Ji-il as Baek Seung-ryong, commissioner of the National Tax Service Headquarters.
* Choi Jun-young as In Do-hoon, Tae-joon's son who is the director of Inspection Division of the Central Regional Tax Office.
* Kim Do-hyun as Cho Jin-gi
* Kim Gook-hee as Noh Sun-joo
* Yoo Dong-hun
* Jang Seong-yoon
* Moon Su-in as Kim Han-bin
* Lee Jung-shik as Kim Young-tae
* Yeon Je-wook as Park Seong-ho
* Moon Won-joo as Ko Dong-won
* Shin Hyun-jong
* Song Duk-ho as Lee Choong-ho
* Kang Seung-ho as Han Kyung-mo
* Jeon Bae-soo as Jang Jeong-il

### Special appearances

* Park Ho-san as Hwang Chul-min, Dong-joo's father.
* Woo Hyun as Yang Young-soon, a non-tax payer of one billion won in clone funds.
* Im Seon-woo as Shin Da-hye, the director of Oz Foods who is being investigated for tax evasion by the five tax bureaus.
* Kim Tae-baek as Batnam, a whistleblower who accuses the unjust and brutal act of loan sharks.
* Kim Young-seong as the chief of Gold Cash.
* Lee Chang-hoon as Ryu Yong-shin, the financial director of PQ Group.
* Kim Soo-hyung as Hye-young's older sister.
* Jo Jun-hyung

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Average |
| | 1 | 1.316 | 1.117 | 1.488 | 1.336 | 1.428 | 1.421 | 1.315 | 1.379 | 1.332 |
| | 2 | 0.896 | 1.085 | 0.786 | 1.067 | N/A | 1.307 | 1.007 | 1.520 | N/A |
Average TV viewership ratings :
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nielsen Korea | Nielsen Korea | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| Season 1 |||||
| 1 | January 7, 2022 | 7.4% (11th) | 8.0% (9th) | 5.9% (11th) |
| 2 | January 8, 2022 | 6.0% (13th) | 6.5% (10th) | 4.4% (18th) |
| 3 | January 14, 2022 | 8.6% (7th) | 9.0% | 6.5% (9th) |
| 4 | January 15, 2022 | 7.7% (6th) | 8.7% (3rd) | 5.5% (14th) |
| 5 | January 21, 2022 | 8.0% (8th) | 8.7% (8th) | 5.9% (10th) |
| 6 | January 22, 2022 | 7.8% (6th) | 8.6% (2nd) | 4.9% (18th) |
| 7 | January 28, 2022 | 7.8% (8th) | 8.1% (8th) | 5.6% (13th) |
| 8 | January 29, 2022 | 7.6% (6th) | 8.0% (2nd) | 5.1% (15th) |
| Average | Average | 7.6% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Season 2 |||||
| 9 | February 26, 2022 | 5.0% (19th) | 5.0% (18th) | N/A |
| 10 | February 26, 2022 | 6.2% (11th) | 6.4% (9th) | N/A |
| 11 | March 5, 2022 | 4.6% (18th) | 4.8% (15th) | 4.4% (18th) |
| 12 | March 11, 2022 | 6.5% (9th) | 6.9% (9th) | 4.8% (18th) |
| 13 | March 12, 2022 | 4.1% (21st) | 4.3% (20th) | N/A |
| 14 | March 18, 2022 | 8.1% (7th) | 8.5% (5th) | 4.8% (15th) |
| 15 | March 19, 2022 | 6.1% (13th) | 6.5% (10th) | 4.5% (19th) |
| 16 | March 25, 2022 | 9.0% (5th) | 9.8% (4th) | 6.0% (11th) |
| Average | Average | 6.2% | 6.5% | — |
| 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 released. |||||

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Asia Contents Awards | 2022 | Best Actor | Im Si-wan | Nominated |
| Asia Contents Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Park Yong-woo | Nominated |
| APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama | Im Si-wan | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2022 | Best Actor – Television | Im Si-wan | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Series Awards | 2022 | Best Actor | Im Si-wan | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Lee Chang-hoon | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Im Si-wan | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Go Ah-sung | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Best New Actor | Choi Jun-young | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Best Character Award | Chu Sang-mi | Nominated |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2022 | Best Character Award | Park Yong-woo | Nominated |