Secrets and Lies (South Korean TV series)

Secrets and Lies (Korean: 비밀과 거짓말; RR: Bimilgwa geojinmal) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Oh Seung-ah, Seo Hae-won [ko], Kim Kyung-nam [ko], and Lee Joong-moon [ko]. The series aired daily on MBC TV from 7:15 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. (KST) from June 25, 2018 to January 11, 2019.

Secrets and Lies
Promotional poster
Hangul	비밀과 거짓말
RR	Bimilgwa geojinmal
MR	Pimilgwa kŏjinmal
Genre	Family Melodrama
Created by	Jang Jae-hoon[1]
Written by	Lee Do-hyun[1]
Directed by	Kim Jung-Ho[1] Kim Yong-min[1]
Starring	Oh Seung-ah Seo Hae-won [ko] Kim Kyung-nam [ko] Lee Joong-moon [ko]
Composer	Jang Eun-jin[1]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	122[a]
Production
Executive producer	Lee Min-soo[1]
Producer	Kim Seo-gon[1]
Cinematography	Gong Hyung-seok[1] Kim Yeon-joong[1]
Editor	Jo Tae-hyun[1]
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	MBC C&I
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) – January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)

Cast

Main

• Oh Seung-ah as Shin Hwa-kyung (Park Seon-joo)^[2] - The lead character of the series. Hwa-kyung is evil and her ambition will cause her own downfall. In the end, she was imprisoned for attempted murder.
• Seo Hae-won [ko] as Han Woo-jung, an aspiring announcer^[3]
• Kim Kyung-nam [ko] as Yoon Do-bin, MBS PD^[4]
• Lee Joong-moon [ko] as Yoon Jae-bin, Do-bin's younger brother^[5]

Supporting cast

People around Hwa Kyung

• Jeon No-min as Shin Myung-joon
• Lee Il-hwa as Oh Yun-hee
• Suh In-suk as Oh Sang-pil
• ??? as Oh Yun-suk

People around Woo Jung

• Kim Hye-sun as Han Joo-won
• Lee Joon-young as Han Woo-chul

People around Do Bin

• Park Chul-min as Yoon Chang-soo
• Kim Hee-jung as Heo Yong-shim
• Kim Ye-rin as Yoon Sae-hee

Extended Cast

• Jun Jung-ro as Secretary Min

Ratings

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS	AGB Nielsen[6]
		Nationwide	Nationwide	Seoul
1	June 25, 2018	5.3%	4.9% (NR)	2.7% (NR)
2	June 26, 2018	5.6%	5.2% (NR)	3.0% (NR)
3	June 27, 2018	4.9%	4.5% (NR)	2.3% (NR)
4	June 28, 2018	5.2%	4.8% (NR)	2.5% (NR)
5	June 29, 2018	4.7%	4.3% (NR)	2.1% (NR)
6	July 2, 2018	5.8%	5.4% (NR)	3.2% (NR)
7	July 3, 2018	6.2%	5.8% (NR)	3.6% (NR)
8	July 4, 2018	6.5%	5.7% (18th)	5.8% (16th)
9	July 5, 2018	6.3%	5.9% (15th)	5.2% (14th)
10	July 6, 2018	6.4%	5.4% (15th)	4.7% (19th)
11	July 9, 2018	7.9%	5.9% (NR)	3.7% (NR)
12	July 10, 2018	6.0%	5.6% (NR)	3.4% (NR)
13	July 11, 2018	6.9%	5.8% (17th)	5.6% (18th)
14	July 12, 2018	6.5%	4.8% (19th)	2.5% (NR)
15	July 13, 2018	5.6%	5.3% (17th)	3.1% (NR)
16	July 16, 2018	6.7%	5.0% (NR)	2.9% (NR)
17	July 17, 2018	6.3%	4.8% (NR)	2.4% (NR)
18	July 18, 2018	6.4%	5.0% (18th)	4.9% (19th)
19	July 19, 2018	6.0%	5.2% (15th)	4.8% (18th)
20	July 20, 2018	6.5%	4.7% (20th)	4.5% (NR)
21	July 23, 2018	4.7%	4.3% (NR)	3.9% (NR)
22	July 24, 2018	6.3%	5.0% (NR)	4.7% (NR)
23	July 25, 2018	7.2%	5.9% (17th)	5.3% (NR)
24	July 26, 2018	6.1%	5.7% (14th)	5.8% (13th)
25	July 27, 2018	6.6%	5.1% (19th)	5.3% (20th)
26	July 30, 2018	6.6%	5.6% (19th)	5.2% (20th)
27	July 31, 2018	6.9%	5.6% (18th)	—
28	August 1, 2018	5.9%	5.1% (20th)
29	August 2, 2018	5.7%	5.4% (16th)	4.9% (18th)
30	August 3, 2018		5.8% (17th)	5.7% (19th)
31	August 6, 2018	8.2%	6.4% (18th)	6.2% (16th)
32	August 7, 2018	7.1%	5.5% (20th)	—
33	August 8, 2018	6.8%	6.1% (16th)	5.8% (18th)
34	August 9, 2018	7.8%	6.2% (15th)	6.0% (15th)
35	August 10, 2018	7.1%		5.7% (19th)
36	August 13, 2018	6.9%	6.1% (17th)	6.0% (18th)
37	August 14, 2018	7.2%	6.4% (12th)	6.2% (12th)
38	August 15, 2018	7.5%	6.8% (14th)	7.3% (12th)
39	August 16, 2018		5.9% (13th)	5.0% (16th)
40	August 17, 2018	8.0%	6.7% (15th)	6.1% (17th)
41	August 21, 2018[b]	7.1%	5.4% (NR)	5.3% (NR)
42	August 24, 2018[b]	6.8%	5.1% (NR)	4.9% (NR)
43	September 3, 2018[b]	8.5%	6.5% (18th)	—
44	September 4, 2018	8.8%	6.9% (13th)	6.4% (12th)
45	September 5, 2018	8.3%	7.7% (8th)	6.8% (11th)
46	September 6, 2018	9.0%	6.7% (13th)	5.5% (16th)
47	September 7, 2018	8.4%	6.7% (17th)	5.8% (17th)
48	September 10, 2018	8.3%	7.4% (14th)	6.9% (16th)
49	September 11, 2018	8.7%	6.6% (12th)	6.2% (10th)
50	September 12, 2018	—	7.2% (10th)	6.4% (15th)
51	September 13, 2018	8.3%	7.0% (11th)	5.9% (14th)
52	September 14, 2018	—	6.8% (16th)	6.0% (16th)
53	September 17, 2018	6.2%	5.5% (19th)	5.7% (18th)
54	September 21, 2018[c]	9.5%	7.0% (11th)	6.4% (16th)
55	September 27, 2018[d]	9.1%	8.0% (12th)	7.6% (13th)
56	September 28, 2018	9.6%	8.0% (7th)	7.1% (10th)
57	October 2, 2018[e]	—	8.2% (10th)	6.8% (14th)
58	October 3, 2018		8.3% (10th)	7.7% (11th)
59	October 4, 2018		9.0% (12th)	8.0% (11th)
60	October 5, 2018	9.8%	8.6% (9th)	8.1% (9th)
61	October 6, 2018	11.3%	9.1% (4th)	8.1% (7th)
62	October 9, 2018	10.3%	8.8% (7th)	8.0% (7th)
63	October 10, 2018	10.8%	9.2% (6th)	8.2% (9th)
64	October 11, 2018	10.7%		8.4% (7th)
65	October 15, 2018[f]	11.4%	9.5% (5th)	8.8% (5th)
66	October 17, 2018[g]	11.3%	9.7% (5th)	9.1% (7th)
67	October 18, 2018		9.5% (6th)	8.2% (6th)
68	October 22, 2018[g]	12.0%	9.4% (7th)	8.6% (7th)
69	October 24, 2018[g]	12.4%	10.2% (5th)	9.6% (7th)
70	October 25, 2018	12.7%	10.2% (9th)	9.5% (10th)
71	October 26, 2018	11.7%	9.9% (6th)	9.0% (6th)
72	October 29, 2018	12.8%	10.1% (4th)	8.9% (6th)
73	October 31, 2018[g]	—	10.3% (6th)	10.0% (5th)
74	November 1, 2018		9.7% (7th)	8.9% (8th)
75	November 2, 2018
76	November 6, 2018[g]
77	November 7, 2018
78	November 8, 2018
79	November 9, 2018
80	November 12, 2018
81	November 13, 2018
82	November 14, 2018
83	November 15, 2018
84	November 16, 2018
85	November 19, 2018
86	November 20, 2018
87	November 21, 2018
88	November 22, 2018
89	November 23, 2018
90	November 26, 2018
91	November 27, 2018
92	November 28, 2018
93	November 29, 2018
94	November 30, 2018
95	December 3, 2018
96	December 4, 2018
97	December 5, 2018
98	December 6, 2018
99	December 7, 2018
100	December 10, 2018
101	December 11, 2018
102	December 12, 2018
103	December 13, 2018
104	December 14, 2018
105	December 17, 2018
106	December 18, 2018
107	December 19, 2018
108	December 20, 2018
109	December 21, 2018
110	December 24, 2018
111	December 25, 2018
112	December 26, 2018
113	December 27, 2018
114	December 28, 2018
115	January 2, 2019[h]
116	January 3, 2019
117	January 4, 2019
118	January 7, 2019
119	January 8, 2019
120	January 9, 2019
121	January 10, 2019
122	January 11, 2019
Average		—[i]	—[i]	—[i]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	2018 MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera	Lee Il-hwa	Nominated	[7]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera	Kim Hye-sun	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor/Actress in a Serial Drama	Jeon No-min	Won
			Kim Hee-jung	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Oh Seung-ah	Won

Original soundtrack

Doctors OST
Soundtrack album
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean

Track listings

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Hanging Around"	Byun Jin-sub	4:18

Notes

1. Originally scheduled to air for 120 episodes, the series was extended by two episodes in lieu of 23 pre-empts.
2. No episodes were aired on August 20, 22, 23 and 27 to 31 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games.
3. No episodes were aired from September 18 to 20 due to coverage of the September 2018 inter-Korean summit.
4. No episodes were aired from September 24 to 26 due to the Chuseok 2018 Idol Star Athletics Championships.
5. No episode was aired on October 1 due to the Armed Forces Day holiday.
6. No episode was aired on October 12 due to the broadcast of a soccer friendly match between South Korea and Uruguay.
7. No episodes were aired on October 16, 19, 23, 30 and November 5 due to the broadcast of KBO playoff baseball games.
8. No episodes were shown on December 31, 2018 and January 1, 2019 due to New Year specials.
9. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.