After a two-year hiatus since his last thriller Adamas (2022), Ji Sung is back with another cop-inspired drama Connection! After its premiere this weekend, there was a huge jump in viewership ratings! We give you three reasons why Connection is jumping to the top of our spring/summer K-drama playlist!
*Spoilers!
Jang Jae Kyeong (Ji Sung Adamas 2022) is a narcotics detective for the Anhyeon Police Department. After getting his revenge on a subordinate injured by capturing a drug king, the leader of the Five Spider Gang in Jang Chul Gu, is mysteriously captured after following a lead. He is instantly addicted to a new street drug! Lead by his moral conviction, he is split between living life as a "clean" detective or submitting to the drug to "stay sane" and find out who has drugged him.
Meanwhile, Oh Yoon Jin (Jeon Mi Do Thirty-nine 2022) is a hard-nosed Anhyeon Economic Daily Newspaper reporter. Due to her personality, she was wrongly fired from her previous job, she decided to focus her efforts on uncovering the crime and corruption in Anhyeon City. She gets entangled with Detective Jang Jae Kyeong.
Are you loving the story yet? We are! After just the first episode, we were on the edge of our seats! The story of a narcotics detective falling victim to a street drug is not a new concept, but we give you three reasons why Connection is still worth watching and should be at the top of your spring/summer K-drama playlist!
1. Ji Sung shows outward toughness but inside, he is deeply hurt and betrayed
Jang Jae Kyeong (Ji Sung) shows that is tough and nothing can hurt him including his co-workers and others around him, but deep down, he has lost his mother and is deeply hurt and betrayed by his high school classmate and ex-friend, Park Joon Seo (Yoon Na Moo Dr. Romantic 3 2023).
We love to see a damaged hero persona that needs help! Ji Sung shows great poise and character development as he tries to juggle his professional life with his personal life. To add more of a challenge, his character, Jang Jae Kyeong, must navigate his police life safely (because of his new drug addiction) in order to catch the bad guys!
2. The mystery and suspense is killing us!
After being captured and drugged, we still don't know who is behind it or the reason why Jang Jae Kyeong is being targeted! With the introduction of CEO Yoon (Baek Ji Won Chicken Nugget 2024) in episode 2, we think she might be behind it, but we never know! There could be someone higher up in the "food chain"!
The "connection" between Jang Jae Kyeong, his deceased ex-best friend Park Joon Seo, Oh Yoon Jin, and prosecutor Park Tae Jin has us wondering what really happened during their high school days.
3. Park Joon Seo gives his life insurance money to Jang Jae Kyeong!
What really had our mouths open in disbelief is that Park Joon So, Jang Jae Kyeong's ex-best friend from high school whom he hadn't seen in 20 years, left his life insurance policy, a total of 5 million dollars to Jang Jae Kyeong after his "suicide"! Things are getting interesting as Jang Jae Kyeong's past high school relationships have him as the primary target since he hasn't kept a good relationship with his old high school classmates.
We want to know how all of this is connected! Park Joon Seo's death and the new street drug called "Lemon Mulberry" are connected!
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