# Drinking Solo

Drinking Solo (Korean: 혼술남녀; Hanja: 獨酒男女; RR: Honsulnamnyeo) is a South Korean drama starring Ha Seok-jin and Park Ha-sun. It aired on the cable network tvN for 16 episodes from September 5 to October 25, 2016.

## Plot

This drama is about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone after work for their own reasons. The story also depicts the romance between Jin Jung-suk and Park Ha-na. Jin Jung Suk (Ha Seok-jin) is a good looking and professional star lecturer. Meanwhile, Park Ha-na (Park Ha-sun) is a rookie lecturer who struggles to survive in the private institute world.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Ha Seok-jin as Jin Jung-suk (Jin-sang)
* Park Ha-sun as Park Ha-na

### Noryangjin Institute's teachers

* Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Hwang Jin-yi
* Min Jin-woong as Min Jin-woong
* Kim Won-hae as Kim Won-hae

### Noryangjin Institute's 9th grade civil service students

* Gong Myung as Jin Gong-myung
* Key as Kim Ki-bum
* Jung Chae-yeon as Jung Chae-yeon
* Kim Dong-young as Kim Dong-young

### Guest appearances

* Ha Yeon-soo as Hwang Joo-yeon (Kim Dong-young's girlfriend) (ep. 1, 2 & 16)
* Kim Hee-won as Jin Jung-suk's former school director (ep. 1)
* Choi Min-ho as Minho from Shinee (Kim Ki-bum's high school classmate) (ep. 5)
* Jeon So-min as Kim Won-hae's sister-in-law and Jin Jung-suk's blind date partner (ep.10)
* Jo Kwon as Kwon (fellow student at Noryangjin) (ep. 11)
* Jang Do-yeon as Seo Do yeon (Korean Professor) (ep. 12)
* Kim Ji-seok as guy at the club named Jin-sang (ep. 13)
* Jang Woo-hyuk a guy at the club (ep. 13)
* Lee Se-young as class alumni (ep. 14)
* DIA (ep. 15)
* Lee Myung-hoon as graduate from class #3 (ep. 14)
* Kim Hyun-mok as College student
* Lee Yong-yi Min Jin-woong's mother, Kim Mi-kyung

## Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | September 5, 2016 | 2.922% | 3.770% | 3.2% |
| 2 | September 6, 2016 | 3.187% | 4.114% | 3.6% |
| 3 | September 12, 2016 | 2.453% | 2.305% | 2.9% |
| 4 | September 13, 2016 | 3.309% | 3.607% | 3.7% |
| 5 | September 19, 2016 | 2.556% | 2.595% | 2.9% |
| 6 | September 20, 2016 | 2.199% | 2.308% | 3.0% |
| 7 | September 26, 2016 | 3.271% | 3.853% | 3.9% |
| 8 | September 27, 2016 | 3.979% | 4.797% | 4.8% |
| 9 | October 3, 2016 | 3.624% | 3.253% | 4.2% |
| 10 | October 4, 2016 | 4.427% | 5.199% | 5.1% |
| 11 | October 10, 2016 | 3.686% | 4.057% | 4.8% |
| 12 | October 11, 2016 | 4.211% | 5.323% | 4.9% |
| 13 | October 17, 2016 | 4.045% | 4.423% | 4.5% |
| 14 | October 18, 2016 | 4.400% | 4.932% | 4.0% |
| 15 | October 24, 2016 | 3.700% | 4.360% | 4.0% |
| 16 | October 25, 2016 | 5.020% | 6.348% | 5.0% |
| Average | Average | 3.562% | 4.078% | 4.0% |
* This drama airs 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).

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor | Gong Myung | Nominated |

## Production

First script reading took place June 28, 2016 at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.