Pegasus Market

Pegasus Market^[3] (Korean: 쌉니다 천리마마트) is a 2019 South Korean television series based on Kim Gyu-sam's webtoon of the same name, starring Kim Byung-chul and Lee Dong-hwi. It aired on tvN every Friday at 23:00 (KST) from September 20 to December 6, 2019.^[4][5]

Pegasus Market
Promotional poster
Hangul	쌉니다 천리마마트
Lit.	Cheap Cheollima Mart
RR	Ssamnida Cheollimamateu
MR	Ssamnida Ch'ŏllimamat'ŭ
Genre	Drama Comedy
Based on	Cheap Cheollima Mart by Kim Gyu-sam[1][2]
Developed by	Lee Myung-han
Written by	Kim Sol-ji
Directed by	Baek Seung-ryong
Starring	Kim Byung-chul Lee Dong-hwi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	Studio N CJ ENM
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	September 20 (2019-09-20) – December 6, 2019 (2019-12-06)

Synopsis

Pegasus Market, where Moon Seok-goo works as a manager, is in bad shape. Jeong Bok-dong is soon appointed as the new CEO after being demoted within Daema Group. Seok-goo becomes hopeful concerning the market's future, not knowing what Bok-dong's true intentions are: sinking the company in order to take revenge on Daema Group. His plan, however, takes an unexpected turn.

Cast

Main

• Kim Byung-chul as Jeong Bok-dong

A helpful, kind but cynical director of Daema Group. Looks like a cold person but in reality, he has a soft heart and also has a past that he doesn't want to talk much about: he used to do all the dirty work by executing the CEO's commands, but now he is haunted by his guilt. After messing up during a meeting by failing to capitalize on a new product, he was expelled to be the president of the seemingly abandoned Pegasus Mart. Bok-dong kept trying to install elaborate and destructive plans to push the main Daema Group into bankruptcy throughout the mart but his plans kept backfiring and instead caused the mart to get ever more popular and causing the sales volume to increase rather than decrease as he wanted.

• Lee Dong-hwi as Moon Seok-goo

A recently uni-grad who applied to Daema Group for a job and was sent to Pegasus Mart as a general manager. Always tries his best to keep the mart running wholeheartedly but often foiled by the plans of Bok-dong which often causes Seok-goo stress and despair.

Supporting

People at Pegasus Market

• Jung Hye-sung as Jo Mi-ran^[6]

Initially sent by Young-goo to spy on Bok-dong, she decided to abandon the mission from the start. Helps the mart in promotional campaigns. Has feelings for Seok-goo.

• Jung Min-sung as Choi Il-nam

An ex-retrenched banker, found the employment flyer for a full-time position in Pegasus Mart, passed the interview by begging for the position and employed on the spot

• Kang Hong-seok as Oh In-bae

A gangster, found the employment flyer for a full-time position in Pegasus Mart, passed the interview by begging for the position and employed on the spot. Became the chief of the "Customer Satisfaction Center"

• Kim Ho-young as Jo Min-dal

A failed rocker & singer, found the employment flyer for a full-time position in Pegasus Mart, passed the interview by begging for the position and employed on the spot

• Kim Gyu-ri as Go Mi-joo

A kid who initially tried to help her deceased father in finding a job as a promise he gave her, went to Pegasus Mart to try her luck with the employment flyer and both her and her deceased father were employed. Mi-joo mans the Bookstore section of the mart

Daema Group

• Lee Soon-jae as Kim Dae-ma

Chairman of Daema Group, grandfather of Kim Gap

• Park Ho-san as Kwon Young-goo^[7]

Chief Finance Officer of Daema Group. Rival of Bok-dong and often finding ways of ruining Bok-dong's chances to return to Daema Group. He was later revealed to have used the failing Pegasus Mart to commit money laundering and shady deals behind the chairman's back

• Lee Gyu-hyun as Kim Gap
  • Choi Ro-woon as young Kim Gap

The grandson of the chairman of Daema Group.

• Bae Jae-won as Park Il-woong

A section head in Daema Group. Reports directly to Young-goo and often does the dirty work for him. He nearly went insane after spying in Pegasus Mart and witnessing the quirkiness of everyone there.

Others

• Yeonwoo as Kwon Ji-na, as Kwon Young-goo's daughter and an Intern at Pegasus Market. She forms a rivaling relationship with Jo Mi-ran over Moon Seok-goo. (Ep.10, 12)^[8]
• Park Doo-shik as Gangster boss
• Cho Seung-hee
• Kim Jae-hwa as Bok-dong's wife.

Special appearances

• Woo Hyun as Kim Chi-ah (Ep. 1)
• Kim Yeon-ja as herself (Ep. 1)
• Lee Eung-kyung as Seok-goo's mother (Ep. 1)
• Lee Eugene as Sang-tae, Bok-dong's son (Ep. 1, 4)
• Lee Hyun-wook as DM Group psychiatrist (Ep. 10)

Original soundtrack

Pegasus Market OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Genie Music Stone Music Entertainment

Part 1

Released on September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Ppaya Cart" (빠야까라루뚜)	Uhm Ki-yeop Uhm Ki-hyun	Uhm Ki-yeop Uhm Ki-hyun	Ppaya	2:04
2.	"Ppaya Cart" (Inst.)		Uhm Ki-yeop Uhm Ki-hyun		2:04
Total length:					4:08

Part 2

Released on October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Reload" (다시)	Park Geun-chul DANI Jung Su-min	Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min	Song Yuvin	4:10
2.	"Reload" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min		4:10
Total length:					8:20

Viewership

Pegasus Market : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	808	822	908	732	777	723	613	748	572	606	587	543	703

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[9]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[10]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	September 20, 2019	3.207%	3.808%
2	September 27, 2019	3.378%	4.001%
3	October 4, 2019	3.299%	4.020%
4	October 11, 2019	2.806%	3.080%
5	October 18, 2019	2.941%	3.670%
6	October 25, 2019	2.951%	3.560%
7	November 1, 2019	2.481%	3.284%
8	November 8, 2019	2.940%	3.539%
9	November 15, 2019	2.355%	2.669%
10	November 22, 2019	2.125%	2.645%
11	November 29, 2019	2.203%	2.857%
12	December 6, 2019	2.208%	2.765%
Average		2.741%	3.325%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Spin-off web series

A spin-off web series entitled Vroom Vroom Pegasus Market (Korean: 부릉부릉 천리마마트; RR: Bureungbureung Cheollimamateu) premiered on December 13, 2019 on tvN D STORY YouTube channel. It tells the story of Moon Seok-goo (Lee Dong-hwi), Oh In-bae (Kang Hong-seok) and Pielleggu (Choi Kwang-je) who team up in order to steal secrets from their competitor.^[11]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2020	56th Baeksang Arts Awards	Technical Award	Kim Ji-soo (Art)	Nominated	[12]