Sweet Spy

Sweet Spy (Korean: 달콤한 스파이; RR: Dalkomhan seupai) is a South Korean television series starring Nam Sang-mi, Lee Joo-hyun, Yoo Sun, and Korean-American model-turned-actor Dennis Oh.^[1] It aired on MBC from November 7, 2005 to January 10, 2006 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Sweet Spy
Promotional poster
Hangul	달콤한 스파이
RR	Dalkomhan seupai
MR	Talk'omhan sŭp'ai
Genre	Romance Comedy Action
Written by	Kim Ki-ho Lee Sun-mi
Directed by	Go Dong-sun
Starring	Nam Sang-mi Dennis Oh Lee Joo-hyun Yoo Sun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Choi Chang-wook
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	November 7, 2005 (2005-11-07) – January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)

Plot

Lee Soon-ae is a recently widowed traffic cop who finds herself in over her head after she stops a man for committing a routine traffic violation. Han Yoo-il, the mysterious and charming stranger who was stopped by the ever-diligent Soon-ae, is in fact an international spy, who has come to Korea on a top-secret mission. When Soon-ae accidentally forgets to return Yoo-il's super high-tech spy pen to him, she sets in motion a chain of events that pulls her into the shady world of international espionage. Soon, the Special Operations Unit also becomes involved, including its new chief Kang Joon, who happens to be an old friend of Soon-ae's late husband. Kang Joon, who secretly harbors feelings for Soon-ae, opens an old case surrounding the death of her husband. They uncover secrets involving powerful political and economic figures, which leads to Han Yoo-il.^[2]

Cast

• Nam Sang-mi as Lee Soon-ae
• Dennis Oh as Han Yoo-il
• Lee Joo-hyun as Kang Joon
• Yoo Sun as Park Eun-joo
• Kim Bo-sung as Detective Shim
• Choi Bool-am as Choi Beom-gu
• Lee Ki-yeol as Wang Sa-bal ("Big Bowl")
• Kim Jun-ho as Kaori ("Stingray")
• Kim Ha-kyun as Jo Jung-hae
• Jung Jong-joon as senior policeman Hong
• Ahn Yeon-hong as Oh Na-ra
• Sung Eun as Choi Ji-soo
• Kim Il-woo as Song Hyun-chul
• Gi Ju-bong as Yoo-il's assistant
• Kim Yong-hee as Director Park
• Park Jung-woo as gangster boss
• Yoon Joo-sang as the commanding officer

Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2005-11-07	ep. 1	10.1% (14th)	10.6% (13th)
2005-11-08	Ep. 2	10.7% (14th)	11.4% (13th)
2005-11-14	Ep. 3	12.3% (10th)	12.4% (10th)
2005-11-15	Ep. 4	10.0% (18th)	10.0% (18th)
2005-11-21	Ep. 5	10.7% (14th)	10.9% (14th)
2005-11-22	Ep. 6	10.4% (15th)	10.7% (15th)
2005-11-28	Ep. 7	10.7% (16th)	10.7% (15th)
2005-11-29	Ep. 8	10.4% (15th)	10.1% (15th)
2005-12-05	Ep. 9	9.9%	9.5%
2005-12-06	Ep. 10	9.8%	9.6%
2005-12-12	Ep. 11	10.2% (17th)	9.9%
2005-12-13	Ep. 12	11.0% (17th)	10.6% (18th)
2005-12-19	Ep. 13	10.8% (17th)	10.2%
2005-12-20	Ep. 14	13.0% (13th)	13.2% (11th)
2005-12-26	Ep. 15	11.8% (13th)	11.8% (11th)
2005-12-27	Ep. 16	10.8% (16th)	10.9% (13th)
2006-01-02	Ep. 17	12.9% (10th)	13.1% (9th)
2006-01-03	Ep. 18	12.1% (15th)	12.3% (14th)
2006-01-09	Ep. 19	11.5% (13th)	11.7% (16th)
2006-01-10	Ep. 20	14.8% (8th)	14.7% (7th)
Average		11.1%	11.2%

Source: TNmS Media Korea

Accidental nudity

In the bathhouse scene in episode 3, three male actors – Choi Bool-am, Lee Ki-yeol and Kim Joon-ho—are seen rubbing each other's backs, their genitals decently out of frame. But the genitals of an extra was fully, if dimly, exposed in the background. Viewers protested on the drama's online message board, and the producers immediately posted an apology. MBC re-edited the scene for re-runs.^[3][4]