Sweet Spy

Television program

Romance
Comedy
Action

Written by

Kim Ki-ho
Lee Sun-mi

Directed byGo Dong-sunStarring

Nam Sang-mi
Dennis Oh
Lee Joo-hyun
Yoo Sun

Country of originSouth KoreaOriginal languageKoreanNo. of episodes20ProductionExecutive producerChoi Chang-wookOriginal releaseNetworkMunhwa Broadcasting CorporationReleaseNovember 7, 2005 (2005-11-07) –
January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)

Sweet Spy
Hangul	달콤한 스파이
Revised Romanization	Dalkom-han Seupai
McCune–Reischauer	Talk'om-han Sŭpai

Sweet Spy (Korean: 달콤한 스파이; RR: Dalkom-han 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.

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 Joon-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 private parts 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]

References

^ Shin, Hae-in (November 24, 2005). "'Brown-eyed Brad Pitt' attacks TV screen". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
^ Robinson, Jeffrey (July 20, 2008). "Sweet Spy (Korean TV Series)". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
^ "MBC in Second Male Nudity Shock" Archived January 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Chosun Ilbo. November 15, 2005. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
^ Bae, Keun-min (November 15, 2005). "Genitalia Exposed in TV Drama". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2013.