Return
Title: 리턴 / Return
Genre: Legal
Episodes: 34 (35 minutes/episode)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2018-Jan-17 to 2018-March-22
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
Choi Jae Hye (Go Hyun Jung) is a lawyer and Dok Go Young (Lee Jin Wook) is a detective with a hot temper. They work together on a murder case where the suspects are children from the elite class.
Cast
Main Cast
Go Hyun Jung as Choi Jae Hye (ep.1-14)
Park Jin Hee as Choi Jae Hye (ep.15-32)
Lee Jin Wook as Dok Go Young
Shin Sung Rok as Oh Tae Suk
Bong Tae Kyu as Kim Hak Bum
Park Ki Woong as Kang In Ho
– Lee Jae Baek (이재백) as In Ho (young)
Jung Eun Chae as Geum Na Ra
Yoon Jong Hoon as Seo Joon Hee
– Ji Min Hyuk as Seo Joon Hee (young)
Supporting Cast
Oh Dae Hwan as Kim Jeong Soo
Kim Hee Jung as Kang Young Eun
Kim Dong Young as Kim Dong Bae
Seo Hye Rin as Go Suk Soon
Son Jong Hak as Ahn Hak Soo
Jo Dal Hwan as Tae Min Young
– Kim Sang Woo as Min Young (young)
Shin Rin Ah as Kang Dal Rae
Han Eun Jung as Yeom Mi Jung
Jang Som Yi as Kyung Ran
Hong Ji Yoon as Bang Soon Young
Kim Jung Young as Dong Bae’s mother
Kim Jin Geun as Kang Jung Ok
Yoon Joo Hee as Park Jin Joo
Kim Myung Soo as Im Woo Jae
Kim Hyung Mook as Kim Byung Ki
Kang Nam Kil as Judge
Park Joon Gyu as Lawyer Park
Jo Seung Yun as prosecutor
Jang Hyuk Jin as police
Lee Shi Hoon as Detective
Han Eun Seo as Kim Soo Hyun
Jung Ji Yoon
Production Credits
Production Company: iHQ
Producers: Jung Hoon Tak, Hwang Ki Yong
Director: Joo Dong Min
Screenwriter: Choi Kyung Mi
Note
On 2018-Feb-07, it was reported that there was a large dispute on set of the series on the 5th, between lead actress (Go Hyun Jung) and the producing director. The following day, Go’s agency officially announced that the actress would be leaving the team due to irreconcilable differences with the directing team concerning the production process. The agency also denied the initial reports that her sudden departure was due to her physically assaulting director Joo Dong min; stating that “there was indeed a verbal conflict but reports of physical assault was nonsensical”. (Source)
Awards
2018 SBS Drama Awards – Best Character Awards: Shin Sung Rok, Bong Tae Gyu, Park Ki Woong, Yoon Jong Hoon (Return)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2018-01-17 | 1 | 6.6 (19th) | 7.4 | 6.7 (19th) | 7.5 (11th) |
| 2018-01-17 | 2 | 7.8 (15th) | 9.3 | 8.5 (9th) | 9.0 (6th) |
| 2018-01-18 | 3 | 7.0 (20th) | 7.7 | 7.8 (14th) | 8.5 (9th) |
| 2018-01-18 | 4 | 7.9 (15th) | 8.6 | 9.0 (8th) | 9.7 (5th) |
| 2018-01-24 | 5 | 9.1 (14th) | 10.2 | 11.0 (8th) | 12.0 (5th) |
| 2018-01-24 | 6 | 10.5 (9th) | 12.4 | 14.1 (4th) | 16.0 (3rd) |
| 2018-01-25 | 7 | 9.8 (11th) | 10.9 | 12.7 (6th) | 13.6 (5th) |
| 2018-01-25 | 8 | 11.5 (8th) | 12.7 | 15.2 (3rd) | 16.4 (3rd) |
| 2018-01-31 | 9 | 9.6 (11th) | 10.9 | 12.7 (5th) | 14.0 (4th) |
| 2018-01-31 | 10 | 11.2 (8th) | 12.8 | 15.1 (3rd) | 16.7 (3rd) |
| 2018-02-01 | 11 | 11.2 (10th) | 12.8 | 14.2 (4th) | 15.8 (4th) |
| 2018-02-01 | 12 | 12.7 (8th) | 14.4 | 16.0 (3rd) | 17.7 (2nd) |
| 2018-02-07 | 13 | 10.4 (11th) | 12.2 | 14.4 (5th) | 16.2 (3rd) |
| 2018-02-07 | 14 | 12.6 (8th) | 14.8 | 17.4 (2nd) | 19.6 (1st) |
| 2018-02-14 | 15 | 11.5 (5th) | 12.7 | 12.8 (4th) | 14.0 (4th) |
| 2018-02-14 | 16 | 15.7 (2nd) | 16.9 | 17.0 (2nd) | 18.2 (1st) |
| 2018-02-22 | 17 | 11.3 (9th) | 12.5 | 12.2 (5th) | 13.6 (4th) |
| 2018-02-22 | 18 | 13.8 (3rd) | 15.4 | 16.5 (1st) | 18.2 (1st) |
| 2018-02-28 | 19 | 10.7 (9th) | 11.2 | 11.5 (5th) | 12.0 (5th) |
| 2018-02-28 | 20 | 13.5 (4th) | 14.3 | 15.2 (3rd) | 16.0 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-01 | 21 | 11.8 (8th) | 13.0 | 13.6 (5th) | 14.8 (3rd) |
| 2018-03-01 | 22 | 14.1 (4th) | 15.5 | 16.3 (2nd) | 17.7 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-07 | 23 | 11.6 (7th) | 12.8 | 13.7 (5th) | 14.9 (4th) |
| 2018-03-07 | 24 | 14.0 (4th) | 15.7 | 16.2 (3rd) | 17.9 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-08 | 25 | 11.8 (8th) | 13.5 | 13.4 (5th) | 15.1 (3rd) |
| 2018-03-08 | 26 | 13.7 (6th) | 14.9 | 16.2 (2nd) | 17.4 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-14 | 27 | 10.4 (5th) | 12.0 | 12.1 (5th) | 13.7 (4th) |
| 2018-03-14 | 28 | 12.2 (4th) | 14.3 | 14.7 (3rd) | 16.7 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-15 | 29 | 11.2 (8th) | 12.8 | 13.0 (5th) | 14.6 (3rd) |
| 2018-03-15 | 30 | 12.6 (6th) | 14.5 | 15.2 (2nd) | 17.1 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-21 | 31 | 10.0 (14th) | 11.6 | 13.3 (5th) | 14.9 (3rd) |
| 2018-03-21 | 32 | 11.8 (6th) | 13.5 | 16.1 (2nd) | 17.8 (2nd) |
| 2018-03-22 | 33 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 14.6 (4th) | 16.4 (3rd) |
| 2018-03-22 | 34 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 (2nd) | 18.4 (1st) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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January 3rd, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Legal drama again????? But I will watch this because Shin Sung Rok is a talented antagonist, and he will make viewers mad.
January 4th, 2018 at 2:28 am
ohhh interesting LJW… last drama was goodbye, mr black
January 5th, 2018 at 5:14 am
Will watch this one.
January 6th, 2018 at 11:05 pm
Can’t wait 😁
January 20th, 2018 at 8:37 am
The story similiar with the good wife at the begining,i hope will be much better.
January 20th, 2018 at 5:54 pm
Up to episode#2, the drama portrays—unwittingly perhaps–excesses eroding morality and the ensuing reduction in humanity can be seen in each of the lives that it touches. It is the train-wreck of depravity spiralling towards an even more hellish existence by the minute. The drama captures it all too well. The cast is good—very good.
January 24th, 2018 at 1:33 am
cool drama. waiting for 5 episode but I hope none of the guys killed Yeom Mi Jung… maybe her death happened because of some accident… feel sorry for her anyway
January 29th, 2018 at 9:25 pm
Return drama is nice. so far i am enjoying this mysterious crime solving….. 😛
February 9th, 2018 at 5:50 pm
I really enjoy this drama. It is too bad has to ended like this. Remind me of criminal minds series where the main cast got fight with the director, and being terminate by the team. But the worse is, this drama is still afar from finale, what would happened to the rest of the story?? This is the first time ever happen to korean drama industry. Usually they use pre production drama.
February 11th, 2018 at 11:17 am
OMG i watch this kdrama because go hyun jung.. so sad when i hear the news that GHJ leaving… i’m like (T_T)
February 16th, 2018 at 6:08 am
Enjoying the drama. Will continue watching even if I will miss Go Hyun Jung who is a great actress. Hope the plot does not take a strange turn to accommodate her departure. Glad to see Lee Jin Wook again. Am a big fan.
February 16th, 2018 at 12:53 pm
So good, just watch ep 16, really unpredictable….make us keep guessing who’s the real killer, changing the lead isn’t big deal because the story is the strongest point in a drama
February 17th, 2018 at 10:47 pm
I am chasing this drama – so exciting 😛
February 24th, 2018 at 8:57 pm
GHJ is a sorry loss acting wise. The actress who replaced her isn’t really suitable for the role. She looks nice and stern and doesn’t deliver the icy sarcasm GHJ does. So far she looks to be copying GHJ’s acting than creating her own. Hope she will warm up to the role because I do like this drama. And hope they maintain the high ratings because the ensemble cast is good and the story material is quite solid.
March 1st, 2018 at 3:27 am
I miss Go Hyun Jung, the drama is not the same
March 3rd, 2018 at 7:28 pm
So disappointed that lead actress Go Hyun Jung changed. Her acting is great.
Though I also I The new actress acted in other dramas, I still find it so weird n loss the excitement to watch RETURN bc both actress acting, feeling n expressions are different. So sad. 🙁
March 3rd, 2018 at 11:00 pm
After an unfortunate fiasco .. the story line is drastically change . Looks like an American 80’s thriller drama with a cheap budget.
March 4th, 2018 at 9:31 pm
With the change of actress, the story line took a dramatic turn which is confusing to me. The female lead was initially investigating the crime so as to get Kang In Ho off the hook. She was an outsider trying to understand what happened. However, after the new actress took over, it became her story and she is the mastermind behind the killings. Really puzzled how the story developed to this stage now with many people involved who were not initially. Frankly I didn’t find the acting of the original female lead good as she was always smiling and not threatening enough. However, the replacement is a complete opposite for she is so dark and menacing. It’s just so odd.
March 13th, 2018 at 10:58 pm
feels like watching 2 different dramas here. first is mystery, then the lead actress decided to go down the dark side, became a maniac with an excuse to kill
March 23rd, 2018 at 4:02 pm
I miss ghj. Changing d lead is rely affecting my likeness towards Tis drama… m contemplatin if I shud stop chasin. The lead actress now is good but not as good as ghj. Ghj acting is much stronger with impact in this role. She’s just natural in Tis. But luckily d plot writer did a great job.
March 24th, 2018 at 11:58 pm
such a good drama, so captivating. even changing lead wouldn’t stop me watching till the end.
April 24th, 2018 at 10:48 pm
Ended very poorly. Like writer/director just chop it off in the end. Didn’t give viewers satisfaction of how the remaining 3 evils were dealt with. Especially the most evil Oh Tae Suk.
October 17th, 2019 at 12:12 am
Fantastic drama! Lots of thrills, angst, and tension. All of the actors were amazing, and the story was so interesting. The mystery was executed well with great cliffhangers. I was glued to my screen all the way through. Excellent!