Jisung, will you go straight to the acting award?'Connection'Reveals Highest Ratings in the Last Episode
Jul 07, 2024
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The 14th episode of SBS's Friday-Saturday drama 'Connection' (written by Lee Hyun, directed by Kim Moon-kyo) aired on the 6th achieved a new record of 14.8% in the Seoul metropolitan area, 14.2% in the country, and 17.1% in the same time period, while also topping all channel miniseries for 14 consecutive times from the 1st to the final episode. 2049 viewership was 4.8 percent, topping all channels and programs that aired for a week.
First, Jang Jae-kyung (Jisung), who was arrested for violating the Narcotics Control Act, was summoned by the chief for investigation, but Kim Chang-soo (Jeong Jae-kwang), who was also summoned, avoided arrest by stating that he fed Jang Jae-kyung lemonade. In addition, Taejin Park (Kwon Yul), who arrested Won Jong-soo (Kim Kyung-nam), successfully made a deal to Won Chang-ho (Moon Sung-geun) to have 6% of the total housing project in Philo-dong and the mold group's capital, and urged Won to forget the past and stay a business partner.
Taejin Park, who asked Oh Chi-hyun (Cha Yeop), the leader of the action, to join hands and predicted the activities of the housing site project, suggested meeting at the Philo-dong hideout, where there is no CCTV and no recording when Jung Sang-ui (Park Geun-rok) asked for a meeting, saying he had evidence of his bare face. However, Oh Chi-hyun, who went to the funeral of Jung Yun-ho (Lee Kang-wook), was arrested on charges of murder due to the statement of a witness to the body of Jung Yun-ho.
On the other hand, Oh Yoon-jin decided to publish an article on the corruption and drug connection of the housing site in Philo-dong, a mold group, and later told Jang Jae-kyung after finding out that the construction site where Park Joon-seo (Yoon Tree) died was Chae Kyung-tae (Lee Soo-chan)'s house before the new city was built. Jang Jae-kyung received a phone call from the summit and arrived at the hideout in Philo-dong to meet the Taejin Park, and pressed the Taejin Park for the truth, mentioning the shoes worn by Park Joon-seo.
The Taejin Park confided that Park Jun-seo's death was his plan when he was not recorded, but did not reveal the person who caused the murder, but rather mocked Park Jun-seo and encouraged the anger of the leader. In response, Jeong Sang-ui killed the Taejin Park with his handgun of Jang Jae-kyung.
On the other hand, a mold group corruption article that Oh Yoon-jin made headlines turned the world upside down, and Jang Jae-kyung confirmed that Won Chang-ho's accompanying secretary DNA was found under Park Joon-seo's fingernails. However, Jang Jae-kyung, who found it strange that the secretary confessed, met Won Chang-ho, planned to kill Park Joon-seo by making a Taejin Park, and scratched his heart by revealing Won Chang-ho's atrocities that ordered the secretary to kill him. In the end, Won Chang-ho admitted everything because he thought Jang Jae-kyung would have completed the body search, but Jang Jae-kyung, who was not searched because he did not have an accompanying secretary, recorded all of Won Chang-ho's words and arrested him.
Finally, insurance money was deposited into the accounts of Jang Jae-kyung and Oh Yoon-jin when it was confirmed that Park Joon-seo's death was a murder while Jang Jae-kyung was immersed in cutting off drugs. After giving some of the insurance money to Park Joon-seo's wife, Choi Ji-yeon (Jeong Yoo-min), the two helped move with Heo Joo-song (Jeong Soon-won), and found a video taken in the summer of 2005 when they went to Park Jun-seo's mother's house.
The three rushed to the beach of the past, leaving the words that the degenerated friendship was 'Connection' and promising to keep the pure friendship that Park Jun-seo re-established. And the three accessed the coin virtual account containing the drug transaction amount of Taejin Park and Park Jun-seo, and left a significant ending with cheers at the same time after hitting '0617 of Taejin Park and '0724', the date set as Friend's Day in the past with Park Jun-seo.
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◆ 'Connection'Leaves 1. Tight narrative, the power of well-made drama
'Connection' is a work that properly announced the return of the well-made drama, proving that solid productivity is powerful. Writer Lee Hyun-hyun told the story of drug connection and redevelopment projects as a device to enhance degenerated friendships, the theme of Connection, which simply left a heavy message that went one step further from the investigative drama of solving the case and threw various topics to viewers. 'Connection' has raised questions that can only be seen continuously in a tight story, such as the colorful emotional lines from intertwined relationships and the arrangement of events that add a twist to the reversal.
◆ What 'Connection' left behind 2. Directing the immersive feeling with bold attempts
'immersive directing' is also one of the things left by 'Connection'. Director Kim Moon-kyo made delicate directing efforts to make good use of the characteristics of the main character 'Connection', in which 'Drug-addicted Ace Detective' is the main character. In particular, the scenes of Jang Jae-kyung suffering from drug addiction were made with close-ups and precarious scenes to highlight Jang Jae-kyung's difficult pathological behavior, and in scenes where villains are active, they used CCTV scenes to create strange feelings and dynamic camera walking that can show fistfights. In the final drone ending, Jang Jae-kyung, Oh Yoon-jin, and Heo Joo-song's feelings were portrayed, giving them a fresh finish.
◆ What 'Connection' left behind 3. A feast of life characters, a passionate performance of the brilliant actors
'Connection' One of the top contributors to the upward curve of ratings is the passionate performance of actors who shine their spirit of murder no matter what anyone says. Ji Sung captivated viewers with her role as `Drugged Ace Detective' Jang Jae-kyung, especially with creepy expressions of the ambivalence of determined police and drug addicts. Jeon Mi-do was energized by the growth of Oh Yoon-jin, who was reborn as a righteous reporter, by digesting the process of change as Ahn Hyun Economic Daily reporter Oh Yoon-jin with acting.
Kwon Yul played the role of Ahn Hyun-ji, an Inner Circle brain and a prosecutor Taejin Park blinded by desire, and Kim Kyung-nam played Won Jong-soo, the leader of the Inner Circle and the only son of the mold group, at the same time, revealing the charisma and anxiety behind his friends, proving a wider acting spectrum.
In addition, the life performances of all the actors, including Jang Jae-kyung, Jung Soon-won, who expressed his human charm in the tense atmosphere of Oh Yoon-jin's best friend Heo Joo-song, Jung Yu-min, who led the empathy with her unconventional affair performance, Cha Ye-yeop, who showed his loyal to cool-headed appearance as Oh Chi-hyun, Jung Yun-ho, who committed unpredictable behavior under the name of friendship, and Park Geun-rok, who played the role of the nuclear doctor of reversal who completely deceived everyone, thrilled viewers.
The production team would like to express their sincere gratitude to the viewers who showed a lot of love and interest until the last episode of \'Connection', leaving the last words 'I hope it will be remembered as a drama that makes you feel again how precious your friend is when you are with your friends without any conditions, and a drama that you can remember once in a while."
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