'100 Days of Deception' Episode 2 reaches 7.6%, up 2.3%P from Episode 1... Ranks 1st in its time slot among cable and general programming channels

[News & Book = Song Yeong-du reporter] The tvN 20th Anniversary Special Weekend Drama '100 Days of Deception' boosted its viewership ratings in its second broadcast. Episode 2, which featured a series of shocking twists, ranked first in its time slot across all cable and general programming channels.

According to Nielsen Korea on the 12th, Episode 2 of '100 Days of Deception' broadcast on the 11th recorded a nationwide household viewership rating of 7.6%. This is a 2.3 percentage point increase from Episode 1 (5.3%). The peak viewership rating was 8.5%. In the Seoul metropolitan area, it averaged 8.3%, reaching a peak of 9.4%.

This drama depicts a 100-day espionage romance that unfolds when Keijō's best pickpocket, who becomes a spy, encounters an elite interpreter from the Government-General of Korea in the heart of enemy territory. Writer Ryu Bo-ri wrote the script, while directors Yoo In-sik and Kim Yoon-jin handled the direction. Director Yoo directed the SBS 'Dr. Romantic' series and ENA 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo', and writer Ryu wrote SBS 'Do You Like Brahms?'.

In Episode 2, Yoo So-ran (played by Kim Hyun-joo) is shown failing in her assassination plot against Sato Shinichi (played by Jin Seon-kyu). This is because unexpected figures Lee Ga-gyeong (played by Kim You-jung) and another person who planned the assassination of Sato Shinichi, Geum Seok-jung (played by Kam Woo-sung), appear. The shock was heightened as Geum Seok-jung's identity was revealed to be Yoo So-ran's husband. The reunion between Sato Shinichi's adopted son Sato Hideo (played by J.Y. Park) and Lee Ga-gyeong was also a point of interest.

Previously, at a production presentation held on September 29, Director Yoo In-sik introduced the work, saying, "It is an espionage romance drama that begins when a pickpocket girl, who only dreamed of leaving Joseon in Keijō during the Japanese colonial period in 1932, becomes an independence army spy and infiltrates the middle of the Government-General of Korea, the enemy's stronghold." He added, "It contains very tense espionage, a heart-wrenching love story, and the passionate stories of independence fighters who sacrificed themselves for the independence of their country."

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