'The Game' First Episode Ratings Secure 3.3% in Home Viewership

MBC drama 'The Game: Towards 0 o'clock' leads Ok Taek-yeon and Lee Yeon-hee / Photo by MBC drama 'The Game: Towards 0 o'clock' broadcast screen capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Sung-yeol] The drama "The Game: Towards 0 o'clock" (The Game) settled into the home theater with a first broadcast rating of 3.3%.

MBC Wednesday-Thursday drama "The Game" (written by Lee Ji-hyo, directed by Jang Jun-ho and Noh Young-seop, produced by Mongjakso) premiered on the evening of the 22nd.

"The Game" recorded nationwide ratings of 2.7% for episode 1, 3.8% for episode 2, with an average rating of 3.3% (provided by Nielsen Korea), which is higher compared to the last episode of its predecessor "People with Flaws" (2.6%). The highest minute rating during the ending scene of episode 2 rose to 6.2%.

In the broadcast, the story depicted the meeting between Kim Tae-pyeong (played by Ok Taec-yeon), who sees the moment right before a person's death when looking into their eyes, and Detective Seo Jun-young (played by Lee Yeon-hee), who is the only one who cannot see Tae-pyeong's death.

Gu Do-gyeong (played by Lim Ju-hwan), who appears in Tae-pyeong's nightmare with a burned face, appeared in the drama's opening saying, "Lose the person you cherish the most, then you will understand."

Following this, Baek Seonsaeng (played by Jung Dong-hwan), who has the same ability as Tae-pyeong, Mrs. Jung (played by Ye Soo-jung), who tried to find out about her son's death, and her son Oh Seong-min (played by Yang Hyun-min) appeared, unfolding the early story of the drama.

Tae-pyeong became involved in the death of Seong-min, who was a gangster, and as the sole survivor, met with Detective Jun-young from the violent crimes unit.

Unlike other detectives he met at the police station, Tae-pyeong was curious because he could not see Jun-young's death. Jun-young also learned about Tae-pyeong's ability through Mrs. Jung, drawing viewers' attention to the connection between the two.