# 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. The first series aired on MBC in May 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at the 22:00 (KST). In October 2018, MBC announced that it was renewed for a second season, which premiered in 2019. Kang Seung-hyun and No Min-woo were announced as second series leads. It aired on MBC from June 3 to July 29, 2019.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired | Originally aired | Time slot |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Network | Time slot |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | MBC TV | Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST) |
| 2 | 16 | 16 | June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03) | July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29) | MBC TV | 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 | Season |
| Character | Portrayed by | 1 | 2 |
| Main ||||
| Baek Beom | Jung Jae-young | Main | Main |
| Eun Sol | Jeong Yu-mi | Main | Main |
| Kang Hyun | Park Eun-seok | Main | Guest |
| Do Ji-han | Oh Man-seok | Recurring | Main |
| Jang Chul / Dr. K | No Min-woo | | Main |
| Supporting ||||
| Cha Soo-ho | Lee Yi-kyung | Recurring | Guest |
| Stella Hwang | Stephanie Lee | Recurring | |
| Sally | Kang Seung-hyun | | Recurring |
| Jung Sung-joo | Ko Kyu-pil | Recurring | Recurring |
| Han Soo-yeon | Noh Susanna [ko] | Recurring | Recurring |
| Park Joong-Ho | Joo Jin-mo | Recurring | Recurring |
| Ma Do-Nam | Song Young-gyu [ko] | Recurring | Recurring |
| Kang Dong-Sik | Park Jun-gyu | Recurring | Recurring |
| Cheon Mi-Ho | Park Hee-jin | Recurring | Recurring |
| Yang Soo-Dong | Kim Young-woong [ko] | Recurring | Recurring |
| No Han-Shin | Ahn Suk-hwan | Recurring | Recurring |
| Kal Dae-Cheol | Lee Do-Guk [ko] | | Recurring |
| Detective Park | Kim Ki-moo [ko] | Recurring | Recurring |
| Detective Kang | Min Pil-joon [ko] | Recurring | Recurring |
| Lee Hye-sang | Yoon Ji-min | Recurring | |
| Pyo Yoo-sung | Park Ji-il | Recurring | |
| Oh Man-sang | Kim Do-hyun (actor) [ko] | Recurring | Guest |

### Main

* 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.
* 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.
* 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
    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.
* 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
    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.

## 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 | 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 14, 2018 | 4.3% (NR) | 4.4% | 4.5% (NR) | 4.7% (NR) |
| 2 | May 14, 2018 | 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 | May 15, 2018 | 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 | May 21, 2018 | 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 | May 22, 2018 | 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 | May 28, 2018 | 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 | May 29, 2018 | 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 | June 4, 2018 | 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 | June 5, 2018 | 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 | June 11, 2018 | 7.8% | 7.9% | 7.7% (7th) | 7.7% (7th) |
| 19 | June 25, 2018 | 6.2% | 6.8% | 6.5% (19th) | 7.3% (10th) |
| 20 | June 25, 2018 | 7.1% | 7.6% | 8.1% (7th) | 8.5% (6th) |
| 21 | July 3, 2018 | 6.6% | 7.1% | 6.8% (17th) | 7.3% (14th) |
| 22 | July 3, 2018 | 7.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% (10th) | 8.3% (9th) |
| 23 | July 3, 2018 | 6.2% | 6.3% | 6.6% (20th) | 6.6% (20th) |
| 24 | July 3, 2018 | 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 | July 9, 2018 | 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 | July 10, 2018 | 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 | July 16, 2018 | 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 | July 17, 2018 | 9.5% | 10.2% | 9.6% (5th) | 10.3% (4th) |
| Average | Average | 6.6% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 7.3% |

### Series 2

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

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Jung Jae-young | Nominated |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year | Partners for Justice | Nominated |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Jung Jae-young | Won |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Jeong Yu-mi | Won |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Park Eun-seok | Nominated |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Park Jun-gyu | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2019 | 32nd Grimae Awards | Best Actress | Jeong Yu-mi | Won |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year | Partners for Justice (season 2) | Nominated |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Jung Jae-young | Nominated |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Jeong Yu-mi | Nominated |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Oh Man-seok | Won |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Scene Stealer Award | No Min-woo | Won |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Ko Kyu-pil | Nominated |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Kang Seung-hyun | Nominated |