Secrets and Lies (South Korean TV series)

Secrets and Lies
Promotional poster
Hangul
비밀과 거짓말
Genre
Created byJang Jae-hoon[1]
Written byLee Do-hyun[1]
Directed by
Starring
ComposerJang Eun-jin[1]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes122[a]
Production
Executive producerLee Min-soo[1]
ProducerKim Seo-gon[1]
Cinematography
  • Gong Hyung-seok[1]
  • Kim Yeon-joong[1]
EditorJo Tae-hyun[1]
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes
Production companyMBC C&I
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseJune 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) –
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)

Secrets and Lies (Korean: 비밀과 거짓말; RR: Bimilgwa Geojitmal) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Oh Seung-ah, Seo Hae-won [ko], Kim Kyung-nam [ko], and Lee Joong-moon [ko]. The series aired daily on MBC TV from 7:15 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. (KST) from June 25, 2018 to January 11, 2019.

Cast

Main

  • Oh Seung-ah as Shin Hwa-kyung (Park Seon-joo)[2] - The lead character of the series. Hwa-kyung is evil and her ambition will cause her own downfall. In the end, she was imprisoned for attempted murder.
  • Seo Hae-won [ko] as Han Woo-jung, an aspiring announcer[3]
  • Kim Kyung-nam [ko] as Yoon Do-bin, MBS PD[4]
  • Lee Joong-moon [ko] as Yoon Jae-bin, Do-bin's younger brother[5]

Supporting cast

People around Hwa Kyung

People around Woo Jung

  • Kim Hye-sun as Han Joo-won
  • Lee Joon-young as Han Woo-chul

People around Do Bin

Extended Cast

  • Jun Jung-ro as Secretary Min

Ratings

  • In this table, 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.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide Nationwide Seoul
1 June 25, 2018 5.3% 4.9% (NR) 2.7% (NR)
2 June 26, 2018 5.6% 5.2% (NR) 3.0% (NR)
3 June 27, 2018 4.9% 4.5% (NR) 2.3% (NR)
4 June 28, 2018 5.2% 4.8% (NR) 2.5% (NR)
5 June 29, 2018 4.7% 4.3% (NR) 2.1% (NR)
6 July 2, 2018 5.8% 5.4% (NR) 3.2% (NR)
7 July 3, 2018 6.2% 5.8% (NR) 3.6% (NR)
8 July 4, 2018 6.5% 5.7% (18th) 5.8% (16th)
9 July 5, 2018 6.3% 5.9% (15th) 5.2% (14th)
10 July 6, 2018 6.4% 5.4% (15th) 4.7% (19th)
11 July 9, 2018 7.9% 5.9% (NR) 3.7% (NR)
12 July 10, 2018 6.0% 5.6% (NR) 3.4% (NR)
13 July 11, 2018 6.9% 5.8% (17th) 5.6% (18th)
14 July 12, 2018 6.5% 4.8% (19th) 2.5% (NR)
15 July 13, 2018 5.6% 5.3% (17th) 3.1% (NR)
16 July 16, 2018 6.7% 5.0% (NR) 2.9% (NR)
17 July 17, 2018 6.3% 4.8% (NR) 2.4% (NR)
18 July 18, 2018 6.4% 5.0% (18th) 4.9% (19th)
19 July 19, 2018 6.0% 5.2% (15th) 4.8% (18th)
20 July 20, 2018 6.5% 4.7% (20th) 4.5% (NR)
21 July 23, 2018 4.7% 4.3% (NR) 3.9% (NR)
22 July 24, 2018 6.3% 5.0% (NR) 4.7% (NR)
23 July 25, 2018 7.2% 5.9% (17th) 5.3% (NR)
24 July 26, 2018 6.1% 5.7% (14th) 5.8% (13th)
25 July 27, 2018 6.6% 5.1% (19th) 5.3% (20th)
26 July 30, 2018 6.6% 5.6% (19th) 5.2% (20th)
27 July 31, 2018 6.9% 5.6% (18th) —
28 August 1, 2018 5.9% 5.1% (20th)
29 August 2, 2018 5.7% 5.4% (16th) 4.9% (18th)
30 August 3, 2018 5.8% (17th) 5.7% (19th)
31 August 6, 2018 8.2% 6.4% (18th) 6.2% (16th)
32 August 7, 2018 7.1% 5.5% (20th) —
33 August 8, 2018 6.8% 6.1% (16th) 5.8% (18th)
34 August 9, 2018 7.8% 6.2% (15th) 6.0% (15th)
35 August 10, 2018 7.1% 5.7% (19th)
36 August 13, 2018 6.9% 6.1% (17th) 6.0% (18th)
37 August 14, 2018 7.2% 6.4% (12th) 6.2% (12th)
38 August 15, 2018 7.5% 6.8% (14th) 7.3% (12th)
39 August 16, 2018 5.9% (13th) 5.0% (16th)
40 August 17, 2018 8.0% 6.7% (15th) 6.1% (17th)
41 August 21, 2018[b] 7.1% 5.4% (NR) 5.3% (NR)
42 August 24, 2018[b] 6.8% 5.1% (NR) 4.9% (NR)
43 September 3, 2018[b] 8.5% 6.5% (18th) —
44 September 4, 2018 8.8% 6.9% (13th) 6.4% (12th)
45 September 5, 2018 8.3% 7.7% (8th) 6.8% (11th)
46 September 6, 2018 9.0% 6.7% (13th) 5.5% (16th)
47 September 7, 2018 8.4% 6.7% (17th) 5.8% (17th)
48 September 10, 2018 8.3% 7.4% (14th) 6.9% (16th)
49 September 11, 2018 8.7% 6.6% (12th) 6.2% (10th)
50 September 12, 2018 — 7.2% (10th) 6.4% (15th)
51 September 13, 2018 8.3% 7.0% (11th) 5.9% (14th)
52 September 14, 2018 — 6.8% (16th) 6.0% (16th)
53 September 17, 2018 6.2% 5.5% (19th) 5.7% (18th)
54 September 21, 2018[c] 9.5% 7.0% (11th) 6.4% (16th)
55 September 27, 2018[d] 9.1% 8.0% (12th) 7.6% (13th)
56 September 28, 2018 9.6% 8.0% (7th) 7.1% (10th)
57 October 2, 2018[e] — 8.2% (10th) 6.8% (14th)
58 October 3, 2018 8.3% (10th) 7.7% (11th)
59 October 4, 2018 9.0% (12th) 8.0% (11th)
60 October 5, 2018 9.8% 8.6% (9th) 8.1% (9th)
61 October 6, 2018 11.3% 9.1% (4th) 8.1% (7th)
62 October 9, 2018 10.3% 8.8% (7th) 8.0% (7th)
63 October 10, 2018 10.8% 9.2% (6th) 8.2% (9th)
64 October 11, 2018 10.7% 8.4% (7th)
65 October 15, 2018[f] 11.4% 9.5% (5th) 8.8% (5th)
66 October 17, 2018[g] 11.3% 9.7% (5th) 9.1% (7th)
67 October 18, 2018 9.5% (6th) 8.2% (6th)
68 October 22, 2018[g] 12.0% 9.4% (7th) 8.6% (7th)
69 October 24, 2018[g] 12.4% 10.2% (5th) 9.6% (7th)
70 October 25, 2018 12.7% 10.2% (9th) 9.5% (10th)
71 October 26, 2018 11.7% 9.9% (6th) 9.0% (6th)
72 October 29, 2018 12.8% 10.1% (4th) 8.9% (6th)
73 October 31, 2018[g] — 10.3% (6th) 10.0% (5th)
74 November 1, 2018 9.7% (7th) 8.9% (8th)
75 November 2, 2018
76 November 6, 2018[g]
77 November 7, 2018
78 November 8, 2018
79 November 9, 2018
80 November 12, 2018
81 November 13, 2018
82 November 14, 2018
83 November 15, 2018
84 November 16, 2018
85 November 19, 2018
86 November 20, 2018
87 November 21, 2018
88 November 22, 2018
89 November 23, 2018
90 November 26, 2018
91 November 27, 2018
92 November 28, 2018
93 November 29, 2018
94 November 30, 2018
95 December 3, 2018
96 December 4, 2018
97 December 5, 2018
98 December 6, 2018
99 December 7, 2018
100 December 10, 2018
101 December 11, 2018
102 December 12, 2018
103 December 13, 2018
104 December 14, 2018
105 December 17, 2018
106 December 18, 2018
107 December 19, 2018
108 December 20, 2018
109 December 21, 2018
110 December 24, 2018
111 December 25, 2018
112 December 26, 2018
113 December 27, 2018
114 December 28, 2018
115 January 2, 2019[h]
116 January 3, 2019
117 January 4, 2019
118 January 7, 2019
119 January 8, 2019
120 January 9, 2019
121 January 10, 2019
122 January 11, 2019
Average —[i] —[i] —[i]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 2018 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera Lee Il-hwa Nominated [7]
Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera Kim Hye-sun Nominated
Best Supporting Actor/Actress in a Serial Drama Jeon No-min Won
Kim Hee-jung Nominated
Best New Actress Oh Seung-ah Won

Original soundtrack

Doctors OST
Soundtrack album
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean

Track listings

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Hanging Around"Byun Jin-sub4:18

Notes

  1. ^ Originally scheduled to air for 120 episodes, the series was extended by two episodes in lieu of 23 pre-empts.
  2. ^ a b c No episodes were aired on August 20, 22, 23 and 27 to 31 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games.
  3. ^ No episodes were aired from September 18 to 20 due to coverage of the September 2018 inter-Korean summit.
  4. ^ No episodes were aired from September 24 to 26 due to the Chuseok 2018 Idol Star Athletics Championships.
  5. ^ No episode was aired on October 1 due to the Armed Forces Day holiday.
  6. ^ No episode was aired on October 12 due to the broadcast of a soccer friendly match between South Korea and Uruguay.
  7. ^ a b c d e No episodes were aired on October 16, 19, 23, 30 and November 5 due to the broadcast of KBO playoff baseball games.
  8. ^ No episodes were shown on December 31, 2018 and January 1, 2019 due to New Year specials.
  9. ^ a b c Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Secrets and Lies Staff". MBC. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Kim, Jung-rok (June 21, 2018). ‘비밀과 거짓말’ 오승아 "서혜원과 따로 만나 대본도 맞춰볼 만큼 친해". Kookje (in Korean). Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "MBC '비밀과 거짓말' 오승아·서해원 첫 주연 소감 "10년만에 주연…하늘이 주신 기회"". News Pim (in Korean). June 22, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Yoo, Chung-hee (June 18, 2018). "'비밀과 거짓말' 오승아X서해원X이중문X김경남, '철망' 뒤 비밀스런 4인…'주목'". 10 Asia (in Korean). Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Han, Hyuk-seung (June 21, 2018). "[MD포토] 오승아 서해원 이중문 김경남 '드라마 이끄는 주연 배우들'". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  7. ^ Jung, Yu-jin (December 31, 2018). 소지섭 ‘데뷔 23년 만에 첫 대상’(mbc연기대상)[포토엔HD] [So Ji-sub Soo'First Debut in 23 Years' (mbc Drama Awards)[Photo and HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Naver.