# Queen of Mystery 2

Queen of Mystery 2 (Korean: 추리의 여왕 2; RR: Churieui Yeowang 2) is a South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee and Kwon Sang-woo. It aired on KBS2 from February 28 to April 19, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.

## Synopsis

Housewife-turned-investigator Seol-ok and passionate detective Wan-seung collaborate to solve mysterious cases and cure the hearts of those who were wounded by crimes along the way. Queen of Mystery Season 2 is a drama that digs into the inside details of daily crimes realistically about a murder next door and sexual assault crime that happened in a blind alley last night instead of dealing with a psychopath or notorious serial killer, etc.

## Cast
### Main

* Choi Kang-hee as Yoo Seol-ok
* Kwon Sang-woo as Ha Wan-seung

### Supporting

* Park Byung-eun as Woo Sung-ha
* Kim Hyun-sook as Kim Kyung-mi
* Lee Da-hee as Jung Hee-yeon / Seo Hyun-soo
* Kim Tae-woo as Ha Ji-seung
* Park Ji-il as Kang Bo-guk

#### Jungjindong Station

* Kim Won-hae as Station Manager Jo In-ho
* Oh Min-suk as Gye Seong-woo, Violent Crimes Division Unit 1 Team Leader
* Hong Ki-joon as Sergeant Yook Seung-hwa
* Kim Jong-soo as Station Chief Shin Jang-gu
* Kwon Mina as Officer Shin Nara, Shin Jang-gu's daughter

#### Mystery Squad

* Kim Min-sang as Team Leader Hwang Jae-min
* Min Sung-uk as Corporal Gong Han-min
* DinDin as MC J Bang Jae-soon
* Jang Yoo-sang as Kim Mun-gi
* Kim Jong-hyeon as Officer Lee Seon-ho
* Jo Woo-ri as Yoon Mi-joo

#### Others

* Hwang Young-hee as Park Kyung-ja
* Lee Ji-hyun as Lee Young-sook
* Jang In-sub as Im Woo-cheol
* Kwon Hyuk-hyun as a police officer.
* Kim Jin-yeop as Lee In-ho

### Special appearance

* Lee Yong-nyeo as one of the Baebangdong women
* Park Joon-geum as Park Kyung-suk, Seol-ok's (former) mother-in-law
* Jung In-gi as Corporal Jang Woo-seob, Baebangdong-2 officer
* Ahn Gil-kang as Bae Kwang-tae, Seodong Station Violent Crimes Division Unit 2 Team Leader
* Jeon Soo-kyeong as Nam Bok-soon
* Lee Seon-hee as Seon-hui (from Season 1)
* Hwang In-seong
* Lee Ji-ae
* Jang Gwang as Ha Jae-ho, Wan-seung's father
* Hong Soo-hyun as Joo Hyun-ah
* Cha Myeong-uk
* Dong Ha as Park Ki-bum

## Production

* First script reading took place on December 22, 2017 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, 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.
| 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 | February 28, 2018 | 6.1% (NR) | 6.5% | 5.9% (NR) | 6.3% (NR) |
| 2 | March 1, 2018 | 7.6% (20th) | 7.7% | 6.5% (20th) | 6.4% (20th) |
| 3 | March 7, 2018 | 5.4% (NR) | 5.6% | 4.7% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
| 4 | March 8, 2018 | 6.2% (NR) | 7.3% | 4.8% (NR) | 5.8% (NR) |
| 5 | March 14, 2018 | 6.0% (20th) | 6.1% | 5.2% (19th) | 5.2% (20th) |
| 6 | March 15, 2018 | 5.8% (NR) | 5.9% | 5.6% (NR) | 5.7% (20th) |
| 7 | March 21, 2018 | 6.4% (NR) | 6.6% | 4.7% (NR) | 4.9% (NR) |
| 8 | March 22, 2018 | 6.2% (20th) | 6.3% | 4.7% (NR) | 4.8% (NR) |
| 9 | March 28, 2018 | 7.6% (13th) | 7.9% | 6.8% (14th) | 6.5% (15th) |
| 10 | March 29, 2018 | 6.6% (18th) | 6.8% | 6.7% (14th) | 6.5% (14th) |
| 11 | April 4, 2018 | 7.1% (15th) | 7.2% | 6.6% (16th) | 6.6% (15th) |
| 12 | April 5, 2018 | 6.7% (17th) | 7.0% | 6.6% (17th) | 5.9% (18th) |
| 13 | April 11, 2018 | 7.8% (12th) | 8.1% | 7.2% (10th) | 6.8% (11th) |
| 14 | April 12, 2018 | 7.5% (15th) | 8.9% | 7.3% (12th) | 7.2% (12th) |
| 15 | April 18, 2018 | 7.4% (15th) | 7.5% | 7.2% (11th) | 7.2% (9th) |
| 16 | April 19, 2018 | 8.1% (11th) | 8.4% | 7.8% (11th) | 7.5% (10th) |
| Average | Average | 6.8% | 7.1% | 6.1% | 6.1% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Choi Kang-hee | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Kwon Sang-woo | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Choi Kang-hee | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kim Hyun-sook | Won |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Jo Woo-ri | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Best Young Actor | Park Min-su | Nominated |