SBS ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ reaches 8.6% peak rating with ending where Ahn Bo-hyun is found next to a corpse

SBS Friday-Saturday Drama ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:50 PM!

“I recognized you because you are a person similar to me”

‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ Ahn Bo-hyun,

Found covered in blood alongside a corpse! Jung Eun-chae is 'appalled'

Immersion reaches its peak with an unpredictable 'shocking ending'!

Peak viewership reaches 8.6%!

Yoo Seung-ho finally reveals the cruel true colors of the killer!

“How do you want to die?” Tension explodes with eerie madness!

Ahn Bo-hyun X Jung Eun-chae successfully achieve perfect retribution by exposing the true culprit Jeon Hye Bin, who drove her students to death out of greed!

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As Yoo Seung-ho in SBS ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ begins to fully reveal his eerie and bizarre psychopathic true colors, the shock was doubled when Ahn Bo-hyun was found covered in blood on both hands alongside his friend's corpse.

In the SBS Friday-Saturday Drama ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ (produced by Studio S, Big Ocean E&M, BA Entertainment) broadcast on the 5th (Sat), it was depicted that Jin I-su (played by Ahn Bo-hyun) and Joo Hye-ra (played by Jung Eun-chae) uncovered that the true culprit who drove the students to death was Principal Jung Ju-hee (played by Jeon Hye Bin) and successfully punished her. Following this, as they moved one step closer to the reality of the serial disappearance cases surrounding Yu Sŏngwŏn (played by Yoo Seung-ho), a shocking ending unfolded where the Violent Crimes Team 1 witnessed Jin I-su covered in blood at home alongside the corpse of his friend Kim Young-hwan (played by Choi Dong-gu), raising curiosity about the next story to its peak. Along with this, the viewership rating for episode 10 of ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ recorded 7.8% nationwide and 7.6% in the metropolitan area, with the peak rating soaring to 8.6%. The 2049 viewership rating, a measure of channel competitiveness and topicality and a major indicator for advertisers, also recorded a peak of 2.8%, capturing the target audience firmly and continuing its popularity with a stable upward trend with each episode.

The broadcast of the day opened with an urgent scene where Jin I-su and Joo Hye-ra subdued Song Ga-eun (played by Shin Seo-hyeong), who was swinging a long sword while showing hallucinations due to drugs during the Arts Festival practice. Violent Crimes Team 1 tracked the source of the contact drug 'Ruby' found in the victims' curse pouches. Through the Witch Shop CCTV, they learned that Kim Ha-yun (played by Han Ga-eul) purchased a curse pouch, but Kim Ha-yun testified that it was just a simple prank and she was unaware of the existence of the drug, adding that Principal Jung Ju-hee (played by Jeon Hye Bin) also knew that curse pouches were popular among students.

The moment seeds of suspicion toward Jung Ju-hee were sown, Jin I-su's sharp intuition shone. While closely examining the bloodstains of the dying message 'I curse you' left by the deceased Baek Yu-na (played by Bang Ye-in), Jin I-su perceived that the letters she originally intended to write were not 'curse' but the name of the principal, 'Jung Ju-hee'. Afterwards, Jin I-su and Joo Hye-ra revisited the home of another victim, Moon Se-yeon (played by No Ju-eun), and succeeded in securing decisive evidence video from the old mobile phone of Moon Se-yeon held by her grandmother (played by Byeon Jung-hee).

On the day of the Arts Festival, Violent Crimes Team 1 shocked the scene by publicly screening the video of Baek Yu-na's murder containing Jung Ju-hee's misdeeds. Jung Ju-hee, attempting to flee, was blocked by the control of Violent Crimes Team 1 and was pushed onto the stage, where she was arrested after falling off the stage in terror upon seeing the apparitions of the deceased Baek Yu-na and Moon Se-yeon.

The details of the case were shocking. Jung Ju-hee received a bribe from Baek Yu-na's mother and set her as the lead for the Arts Festival. When the disappointed Baek Yu-na demanded she turn herself in, Jung Ju-hee slit her wrist with a knife, disguising the murder as a suicide. Moon Se-yeon, who happened to film the murder scene with her phone, blackmailed Jung Ju-hee using the Arts Festival lead role and university admission as leverage. Consequently, Jung Ju-hee used 'Ruby', a drug fatal to asthma patients, to cause the death of Moon Se-yeon, who suffered from asthma. Jin I-su delivered a sharp rebuke to Jung Ju-hee, who justified her crimes until the end, saying, “From now on, people will remember you not as a legend of Korean dance, but as a murderer.”

Meanwhile, the investigation into the serial disappearance cases surrounding Yu Sŏngwŏn (played by Yoo Seung-ho) also gained momentum. Upon learning that Yu Sŏngwŏn took the new model Song A-reum (played by Lee Sae-rom) to his studio, Joo Hye-ra informed Jin I-su. At the moment Yu Sŏngwŏn offered champagne containing an unknown drug to Song A-reum, Jin I-su made a surprise visit to the studio and safely helped Song A-reum escape. Joo Hye-ra, along with Jung Min-jae (played by Im Jin-seop), went to find Song A-reum and informed her of the fact that Yu Sŏngwŏn's models had disappeared. Accordingly, Song A-reum confessed that Yu Sŏngwŏn asked the chilling question, “How do you want to die?”, and Joo Hye-ra urged her, “Never respond even if he contacts you again.”

Furthermore, the first meeting between Jin I-su and Yu Sŏngwŏn was revealed. Yu Sŏngwŏn brought up the memory of meeting Jin I-su at a psychiatric clinic during childhood, reminiscing that Jin I-su was the only one who understood his drawings, which everyone else at the time thought were strange. Yu Sŏngwŏn expressed a distorted sense of bond and obsession toward Jin I-su, saying, “I recognized you because you are a person similar to me,” and delivered a shock by asking an inhuman question: “I heard you were there when your mother died? How did it feel? Did you see the moment she died? That moment when the soul leaves the eyes?” Jin I-su also created suffocating tension as he became certain that Yu Sŏngwŏn was a killer.

Afterward, as Yu Sŏngwŏn neutralized all of Jung Min-jae's surveillance cameras installed throughout his studio, Jin I-su carried out an unprecedented high-end investigation by mobilizing Han-su Group's 'high-altitude unmanned aircraft drone' to monitor the studio with ultra-high-definition overhead footage. Watching this, Joo Hye-ra and Jung Min-jae could not hide their admiration for Jin I-su's overwhelming wealth, and the three people gathered to drink together, resolving to definitely catch Yu Sŏngwŏn.

However, at the end of the broadcast, a shocking situation unfolded. Jin I-su, who woke up at his home with blood on his clothes and hands, was appalled to find his friend Kim Young-hwan lying dead and covered in blood on the living room sofa. The scene where Violent Crimes Team 1, who came to find Jin I-su, simultaneously witnessed the blood-soaked Jin I-su and the corpse served as the ending, delivering an intense shock. In particular, the subsequent cookie video showed Jin I-su, appearing to be in a hallucination, stabbing Kim Young-hwan without hesitation, raising curiosity and tension for the next episode to its peak.

As such, episode 10 of ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ raised viewers' immersion to its peak with a development that moved without pause, from the refreshing investigation of Violent Crimes Team 1 uncovering Jung Ju-hee's ugly crimes to the eerie atmosphere hovering between Yu Sŏngwŏn and Song A-reum, and the shocking incident that befell I-su. After the broadcast, hot reactions continued on various online communities and SNS, such as “Chaebol X Detective does Occult well too. It was so creepy I was fully focused,” “Dopamine exploded when the drone was launched. The scale is crazy. As expected, it's most thrilling when Jin I-su flexes,” “It's cute how Jin I-su puffs up after being praised by Joo Hye-ra,” “Yu Sŏngwŏn is a smart and wealthy psychopath. A difficult opponent has appeared,” “Yoo Seung-ho's acting is chilling. I got goosebumps the whole time I watched,” “What is Jin I-su's ending scene? How can I wait until next week,” etc.

SBS Friday-Saturday Drama ‘Chaebol X Detective 2’ is a refreshing and exhilarating cooperative investigation drama about the chaebol detective Jin I-su, who flips the situation with his wealth when an investigation is stuck, and the new team leader Joo Hye-ra. It airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:50 PM.

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· Publishing Institution : SBS

· Category : Chaebol X Detective 2

· Distribution : September 7, 17:57

Source : SBS Press Release

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