Queen of Divorce

Queen of Divorce (Korean: 끝내주는 해결사) is a 2024 South Korean television series written by Jeong Hee-seon, directed by Park Jin-seok, and starring Lee Ji-ah and Kang Ki-young. It aired on JTBC from January 31, to March 7, 2024, every Wednesday and Thursday at 20:50 (KST).^[3][4] It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, on Kocowa in the Americas, and on Viu and Viki in selected regions.^[5]

Queen of Divorce
Promotional poster
Hangul	끝내주는 해결사
Hanja	끝내주는 解決士
Lit.	Great Problem Solver
RR	Kkeunnaejuneun haegyeolsa
MR	Kkŭnnaejunŭn haegyŏlsa
Genre	Legal drama
Written by	Jeong Hee-seon[1]
Directed by	Park Jin-seok[1]
Starring	Lee Ji-ah Kang Ki-young
Music by	Park Seung-jin[2]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Jo Seong-hoon[2] Sin Seon-ju[2] Yoon Chae-eun[2]
Producers	Song Dam-ah[2] Park Jin-hyung[2] Son Jae-seong[2] Jo Jun-hyung[2] Park Sang-eok[2] Kim Do-yeon[2]
Editor	Yoon Song-hwa[2]
Production companies	How Pictures[1] Drama House Studio[1] SLL[1]
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	January 31 (2024-01-31) – March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)

Synopsis

The series is about a 'bad spouse' punishment solution provided by Korea's best divorce solver to put an end to the client's problematic marriage.^[6]

Cast and characters

Main

• Lee Ji-ah as Kim Sa-ra^[7]

Team leader of the divorce resolution company 'Solution' who is a former lawyer at Chayul Law Firm.

• Kang Ki-young as Dong Ki-joon^[7]

A lawyer who is Sa-ra's business partner and advisor to 'Solution'.

• Oh Min-suk as Noh Yul-seong^[8]

Sa-ra's ex-husband who is a CEO of Chayul Law Firm.

Supporting

People at Solution

• Kim Sun-young as Son Jang-mi^[9]

CEO of the divorce resolution company 'Solution'.

• Lee Tae-gu as Kwon Dae-gi^[10]

Member of Solution who is a former data security expert.

• Seo Hye-won as Kang Bom^[11]

Member of Solution who is a former detective.

• Kim Si-hyeon as Jang Hee-jin^[12]

Manager of the Solutions Law Office.

People around Sa-ra

• Na Young-hee as Cha Hee-won^[13]

Sa-ra's former mother-in-law and Yul-seong's mother.

• Kang Ae-sim as Park Jeong-sook^[14]

Sa-ra's mother who is an owner of a tteokbokki restaurant.

• Jeong Min-jun as Noh Seo-yoon^[14]

Sa-ra and Yul-seong's only son.

• Lee Seo-an as Han Ji-in^[14]

Yul-seong's current wife.

Other

• Shim Yi-young as Lee Joo-won^[15]

A best-selling author and mother of one child.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on February 7, 2024

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Destiny"	Shim Hyun-bo Park Sung-jin	Park Sung-jin Choi Min-chang	Lena Park	4:14
2.	"Destiny" (Inst.)		Park Sung-jin Choi Min-chang		4:14
Total length:					8:28

Part 2

Released in February, 2024

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Don't Go Back"	Jeon Seung-woo Park Sung-jin	Choi Min-chang	Siyeon (Dreamcatcher)	3:27
2.	Untitled (Inst.)		Choi Min-chang		3:27
Total length:					6:54

Viewership

Queen of Divorce : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	732	1036	1217	1253	1071	1277	1166	1215	949	1044	874	1190	1085

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[16]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[16]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	January 31, 2024	3.311% (5th)	3.363% (4th)
2	February 1, 2024	4.897% (5th)	5.195% (4th)
3	February 7, 2024	5.750% (1st)	5.642% (1st)
4	February 8, 2024	5.680% (4th)	5.513% (4th)
5	February 14, 2024	4.641% (2nd)	4.386% (1st)
6	February 15, 2024	5.585% (4th)	5.801% (4th)
7	February 21, 2024	5.529% (1st)	5.743% (1st)
8	February 22, 2024	5.229% (5th)	4.972% (4th)
9	February 28, 2024	4.590% (1st)	4.410% (1st)
10	February 29, 2024	4.958% (5th)	5.056% (4th)
11	March 6, 2024	4.187% (4th)	3.852% (5th)
12	March 7, 2024	5.775% (4th)	5.931% (4th)
Average		5.011%	4.989%
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).