Save Me 2

Save Me 2 (Korean: 구해줘 2; RR: Guhaejweo 2) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Uhm Tae-goo, Chun Ho-jin, Esom and Kim Young-min. It is the sequel to the 2017 series Save Me and is based on the 2013 animation movie The Fake. The series aired on OCN's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST from May 8 to June 27, 2019.^[2]

Save Me 2
Promotional poster
Also known as	Save Me II[1]
Hangul	구해줘 2
Genre	Thriller Mystery
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Seo Joo-yeon
Directed by	Lee Kwon
Starring	Uhm Tae-goo Chun Ho-jin Esom Kim Young-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Lee Jae-moon
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Hidden Sequence
Original release
Network	OCN
Release	May 8 (2019-05-08) – June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)
Related
The Fake (2013)

Synopsis

A pseudo-religious group sows discord in the village of Wolchoori.

Cast

Main

• Uhm Tae-goo as Kim Min-chul^[3]
• Chun Ho-jin as Choi Kyung-suk^[3]
• Esom as Kim Young-sun^[3]
• Kim Young-min as Sung Chul-woo^[3]

Supporting

• Im Ha-ryong as Park Duk-ho
• Sung Hyuk as Jung Byung-ryul
• Han Sun-hwa as Go Eun-ah^[4]
• Jo Jae-yoon as Shin Pil-goo
• Woo Hyun as Boongeo
• Oh Yeon-ah as Jin-sook
• Jang Won-young as Chil-sung
• Kim Soo-jin as Chil-sung's wife
• Jeon Ji-hoo as Choi Ji Woong
• Seo Woo-jin as Seo-joon

Production

The first script reading took place in February 2019 in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.^[5]

Ratings

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	374	402	338	474	405	381	433	446	458	469	502	570	639	691	695	803	505

Save Me 2 : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[6]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[7]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 8, 2019	1.414%	1.924%
2	May 9, 2019	1.395%	1.804%
3	May 15, 2019	1.332%	1.763%
4	May 16, 2019	1.932%	2.274%
5	May 22, 2019	1.672%	2.023%
6	May 23, 2019	1.647%	2.009%
7	May 29, 2019	1.738%	2.122%
8	May 30, 2019	1.934%	2.330%
9	June 5, 2019	2.243%	2.621%
10	June 6, 2019	1.967%	2.306%
11	June 12, 2019	2.234%	2.718%
12	June 13, 2019	2.586%	2.916%
13	June 19, 2019	2.704%	3.274%
14	June 20, 2019	2.881%	3.238%
15	June 26, 2019	2.978%	3.370%
16	June 27, 2019	3.560%	4.043%
Average		2.139%	2.546%
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).