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Partners for Justice
Promotional poster for season 2
Also known as	Investigation Couple
Hangul	검법남녀
Hanja	檢法男女
Revised Romanization	Geombeomnamnyeo
Genre	Crime Mystery Medical
Screenplay by	Min Ji-eun [ko] (season 1–2) Won Young-sil (season 1) Jo Won-ki (season 2)
Directed by	No Do-cheol [ko] (season 1–2) Hyun Ra-wae (season 1) Han Jin-sun (season 2)
Starring	Jung Jae-young Jeong Yu-mi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32 (season 1–2)
Production
Producer	Moon Bo-mi
Running time	70 minutes (35 minutes per episode)
Production company	HB Entertainment [ko]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) – July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)

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※

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
		1	2
Main
Baek Beom	Jung Jae-young	Main
Eun Sol	Jeong Yu-mi
Kang Hyun	Park Eun-seok	Main	Guest
Do Ji-han	Oh Man-seok	Recurring	Main
Jang Chul / Dr. K	No Min-woo
Supporting
Cha Soo-ho	Lee Yi-kyung	Recurring	Guest
Stella Hwang	Stephanie Lee
Sally	Kang Seung-hyun		Recurring
Jung Sung-joo	Ko Kyu-pil	Recurring
Han Soo-yeon	Noh Susanna [ko]
Park Joong-Ho	Joo Jin-mo
Ma Do-Nam	Song Young-gyu [ko]
Kang Dong-Sik	Park Jun-gyu
Cheon Mi-Ho	Park Hee-jin
Yang Soo-Dong	Kim Young-woong [ko]
No Han-Shin	Ahn Suk-hwan
Kal Dae-Cheol	Lee Do-Guk [ko]		Recurring
Detective Park	Kim Ki-moo [ko]	Recurring
Detective Kang	Min Pil-joon [ko]
Lee Hye-sang	Yoon Ji-min	Recurring
Pyo Yoo-sung	Park Ji-il
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.

Original soundtrack※

Series 1※

Part 1※

Part 2※

Part 3※

Part 4※

Part 5※

Part 6※

Series 2※

Part 1※

Part 2※

Part 3※

Part 4※

Part 5※

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
		TNmS		AGB Nielsen
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 14, 2018	4.3% (NR)	4.4%	4.5% (NR)	4.7% (NR)
2		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		7.8%	7.9%	7.7% (7th)
19	June 25, 2018	6.2%	6.8%	6.5% (19th)	7.3% (10th)
20		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		7.7%	7.9%	8.0% (10th)	8.3% (9th)
23		6.2%	6.3%	6.6% (20th)
24		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		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		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		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		9.5%	10.2%	9.6% (5th)	10.3% (4th)
Average		6.6%	7.0%	6.7%	7.3%

Series 2※

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

Awards and nominations※

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Jung Jae-young	Nominated
		Drama of the Year	Partners for Justice	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Jung Jae-young	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama	Jeong Yu-mi	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Park Eun-seok	Nominated
		Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Park Jun-gyu	Nominated

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

Notes※

References※

External links※

• Official website
• Season 2 (in Korean)
• Partners for Justice at IMDb
• Partners for Justice at HanCinema
• Partners for Justice at HanCinema