# Come and Hug Me

Come and Hug Me (Korean: 이리와 안아줘; RR: Iriwa An-ajwo) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Jang Ki-yong, Jin Ki-joo and Huh Joon-ho. It aired on MBC from May 16 to July 19, 2018.

## Synopsis

A man and a woman who were each other's first loves during childhood reunite years later as adults.
In his childhood, Yoon Na-moo was a seemingly quiet and mysterious boy whose father was a psychopath serial killer. He meets his polar opposite in Gil Nak-won, a daughter of a popular actress. Through Nak-won's persistence and pure and loving nature towards Na-moo, Na-moo falls into a reciprocated love. But when Na-moo's father, Yoon Hee-jae — a man with a twisted affection for his son — murders Nak-won's parents, their short love comes to an end.
Years later, Gil Nak-won is now Han Jae-yi, an aspiring actress (like her mother) who always tries to have a good outlook on life, but who also has a panic disorder due to her traumatic past. Yoon Na-moo is now Chae Do-jin, a rookie detective who wishes to atone for his father's sins. These two would-be lovers have held on to the precious memories of when they were together, but, connected by a tragic fate, they must try to overcome the stigma and hardships they will later face.

## Cast
### Main

* Jang Ki-yong as Chae Do-jin
** Nam Da-reum as young Chae Do-jin / Yoon Na-moo
** Moon Woo-jin as child Chae Do-jin
    A rookie detective who graduated from police university at the top of his class. He has never forgotten his first and only love, Nak-won, for whom he felt guilty since his father killed her parents. He later becomes Jae-yi's boyfriend.
* Jin Ki-joo as Han Jae-yi
** Ryu Han-bi as young Han Jae-yi / Gil Nak-won
    A woman with a post-traumatic stress disorder who dreams of becoming an actress like her mother. Though she has suffered greatly, she overcomes it and vows to live well. She never blames Do-jin despite him being the son of her parents' killer. She eventually becomes Do-jin's girlfriend.
* Huh Joon-ho as Yoon Hee-jae
    Chae Do-jin's father. A psychopathic serial killer who displays a twisted affection for his son and shows no remorse. He murders Jae-yi's parents and countless other people. After Do-jin calls the police, he is arrested and sentenced to death after the court finds him guilty of twelve murders. He later escapes from prison and commits a few more crimes (including two murders), and tries to mould Do-jin into a killer by kidnapping and killing Jae-yi. However, he fails, and Do-jin arrests him.

### Recurring

* Yoon Jong-hoon as Gil Moo-won / Lim Tae-kyung
** Jung Yoo-ahn as young Gil Moo-won / Lim Tae-kyung
    A prosecutor and Han Jae-yi's adopted brother who cares for his sister. He is wary and distrusting of Chae Do-jin, since Do-jin is the son of his foster parents' killer. It is later revealed that he is the murderer of his parents' killer, but he is acquitted due to his extremely young age, and because it was a killing done out of self-defence. He eventually trusts Do-jin, and in the final episode, he approves of his sister's relationship with Do-jin.
* Kim Kyung-nam as Yoon Hyun-moo
** Kim Sang-woo as young Yoon Hyun-moo
    Chae Do-jin's elder brother. He has a violent personality and tries to follow his psychopathic father's footsteps. He feels jealous towards Do-jin for being his father's favourite child, which is compounded by the hatred he feels against Do-jin for reporting their father to the police.
* Kwon Hyuk-soo as Kim Jong-hyun
    Chae Do-jin's close friend, and fellow cadet at the police academy.
* Seo Jeong-yeon as Chae Ok-hee
    Chae Do-jin's stepmother. She is Hee-jae's wife from a fourth marriage, and she treats Do-jin as her own child. She repeatedly tries to open up to Hyun-moo and accept him, but Hyun-moo rejects her kindness, until much later in the series when Hyun-moo finally opens up to her.
* Choi Ri as Chae Seo-jin
** Lee Ye-won as young Chae So-jin
    Chae Do-jin's younger stepsister. She is the daughter of Ok-hee and another man (prior to her marriage to Hee-jae), but she still regards Do-jin and Hyun-moo as her brothers despite having no blood relations to them.
* Lee Da-in as Lee Yeon-ji
    The sole female police detective of Do-jin's unit, and Do-jin's former classmate in the police academy. She sympathises with Do-jin and befriends him despite knowing his father's identity.
* Joo Woo-jae as Kang Yoon-sung
    An actor who is the co-star of Jae-yi's drama.
* Jung In-gi as Go Yi-seok
    A police detective who investigates Hee-jae's case and a mentor of Do-jin in the police force. He treats Do-jin with care and kindness, and loves Ok-hee but never confesses to her. He is later killed by Hee-jae when the latter escapes from prison.
* Min Sung-wook as Kang Nam-gil
    A senior police detective of Do-jin's team.
* Kim Seo-hyung as Park Hee-young
    An unscrupulous reporter who often makes news reports about Hee-jae's case, and harasses both Do-jin and Jae-yi for the sake of getting more exclusive news reports related to Hee-jae as an advancement of her reporting career. She is murdered by Ji-hong, who is earlier released from prison.
* Yoon Ji-hye as Han Ji-ho
    A female reporter who is Hee-young's rival. She also tries to get a scoop regarding the Yoon Hee-jae serial murders by approaching Do-jin and Jae-yi. Unlike Hee-young, she is more morally equipped and realises to an extent the negative impact the reports about Hee-jae's case have on Do-jin and Jae-yi.
* Park Soo-young as Pyo-taek
    An obese yet jovial and kind man who is Jae-yi's manager, and who cares about Jae-yi's welfare.
* Jung Da-hye as Cheon Se-kyung
    A famous actress who is Hye-won's junior prior to Hye-won's murder. She may look unfriendly and cold, but she is actually warm-hearted and caring to people around her, especially to Jae-yi whom she sympathises for her trauma of losing her parents.
* Park Kyung-choo as Gil Sung-sik
    Han Jae-yi and Gil Moo-won's father. He is a lawyer who is murdered by Hee-jae.
* Park Joo-mi as Ji Hye-won
    Han Jae-yi and Gil Moo-won's mother. She is an actress who is murdered by Hee-jae for treating his son well.
* Hong Seung-bum as Lee Seung-woo / Yeom Ji-hong
    An ex-convict who idolizes Hee-jae after meeting him in prison, and seeks to become a serial killer like him. After his release from jail, Ji-hong kills Hee-young as revenge for Hee-jae, and even assaults several people in different secluded places.
* Bae Hae-sun as Jeon Yoo-ra
    Hee-jae's accomplice, who helps him commit the serial murders.
* Kim Hye-yoon as Yun-sil
* Kim Ji-eun as Moo-won's office investigator
* Chae Jong-hyeop as Jung Eui-ah

### Special appearances

* Song Young-kyu as Professor (ep 1)
* Jang Gwang (ep 1)

## Production

* Nam Joo-hyuk and Bae Suzy were offered to play the lead roles, but both declined.
* The first script reading was held between late March and early April at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.

## Ratings

* In the table 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.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | TNmS | TNmS | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | May 16, 2018 | 4.0% (NR) | 4.2% | 3.1% (NR) | 3.3% (NR) |
| 2 | May 16, 2018 | 4.9% (NR) | 5.0% | 3.9% (NR) | 4.1% (NR) |
| 3 | May 17, 2018 | 4.2% (NR) | 4.4% | 3.8% (NR) | 4.0% (NR) |
| 4 | May 17, 2018 | 5.0% (NR) | 5.2% | 4.4% (NR) | 4.6% (NR) |
| 5 | May 23, 2018 | 4.8% (NR) | 5.0% | 4.2% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) |
| 6 | May 23, 2018 | 5.2% (NR) | 5.4% | 4.7% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
| 7 | May 24, 2018 | 5.3% (NR) | 5.5% | 4.6% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) |
| 8 | May 24, 2018 | 6.3% (20th) | 6.8% | 5.4% (16th) | 5.9% (13th) |
| 9 | May 30, 2018 | 5.9% (NR) | 6.1% | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
| 10 | May 30, 2018 | 6.5% (17th) | 7.4% | 5.1% (20th) | 6.0% (12th) |
| 11 | May 31, 2018 | 5.7% (NR) | 6.8% | 5.3% (19th) | 6.3% (14th) |
| 12 | May 31, 2018 | 6.2% (19th) | 7.3% | 5.9% (15th) | 7.1% (10th) |
| 13 | June 6, 2018 | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
| 14 | June 6, 2018 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 4.5% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) |
| 15 | June 14, 2018 | 7.4% | 7.6% | 3.4% (NR) | 3.5% (NR) |
| 16 | June 14, 2018 | 7.9% | 8.2% | 7.9% (NR) | 8.0% (NR) |
| 17 | June 21, 2018 | 5.0% | 5.3% | 3.7% (NR) | 3.8% (NR) |
| 18 | June 21, 2018 | 5.8% | 6.0% | 4.9% (19th) | 4.9% (20th) |
| 19 | June 28, 2018 | 3.0% | 3.5% | 2.6% (NR) | 3.4% (NR) |
| 20 | June 28, 2018 | 4.9% | 5.7% | 5.2% (20th) | 5.6% (18th) |
| 21 | July 4, 2018 | 3.9% | 4.6% | 3.8% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
| 22 | July 4, 2018 | 5.6% | 6.4% | 5.2% (20th) | 5.6% (18th) |
| 23 | July 5, 2018 | 4.5% | 5.3% | 4.1% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) |
| 24 | July 5, 2018 | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.3% (16th) | 5.7% (12th) |
| 25 | July 11, 2018 | 4.1% | 5.0% | 3.7% (NR) | 4.4% (NR) |
| 26 | July 11, 2018 | 5.2% | 5.9% | 4.7% (NR) | 5.6% (NR) |
| 27 | July 12, 2018 | 5.9% | 6.8% | 4.3% (NR) | 5.0% (NR) |
| 28 | July 12, 2018 | 6.9% | 8.0% | 5.8% (14th) | 5.8% (13th) |
| 29 | July 18, 2018 | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.2% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
| 30 | July 18, 2018 | 6.0% | 6.3% | 5.4% (15th) | 5.8% (14th) |
| 31 | July 19, 2018 | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% (17th) | 5.6% (16th) |
| 32 | July 19, 2018 | 6.6% | 7.1% | 5.9% (14th) | 6.5% (9th) |
| Average | Average | 5.4% | 5.9% | 4.5% | 5.0% |
* Regular broadcast of the drama was pre-empted on June 7, 13, 20 and 27 due to the coverage of 2018 World Cup and local elections.
* Episodes 19 and 20 were aired at 9:30 and 10PM instead of regular programming time of 10 and 10:30PM due to coverage of the 2018 World Cup.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 6th APAN Star Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Huh Joon-ho | Nominated |
| 6th APAN Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Seo Jeong-yeon | Nominated |
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Huh Joon-ho | Nominated |
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Best New Actor | Jang Ki-yong | Nominated |
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Special Acting Award | Huh Joon-ho | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year | Come and Hug Me | Nominated |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Huh Joon-ho | Nominated |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Jang Ki-yong | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Jin Ki-joo | Nominated |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Kim Seo-hyung | Nominated |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries | Seo Jeong-yeon | Nominated |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | PD Award | Huh Joon-ho | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Golden Acting Award | Huh Joon-ho | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Kyung-nam | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Young Actress | Ryu Han-bi | Won |
| 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | Jang Ki-yong and Jin Ki-joo | Won |
| 23rd Asian Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Come and Hug Me | Nominated |
| 55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor | Jang Ki-yong | Won |