# Nine Puzzles (2025)

> A woman who once found her murdered uncle joins a detective to hunt a serial killer whose crimes carry strange puzzle pieces.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/145544

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, mystery
- Created by: Yoon Jong-bin
- Network: Disney+
- Cast: Kim Da-mi, Son Suk-ku, Kim Sung-kyun, Hyun Bong-sik, Kwak Ja-hyung, Jang Kyug-su, Jeong Man-sik, Ahn So-yo
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29927351/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, cerebral, unsettling, melancholic, brooding

## What critics say

Viewers praise the intricate, twisting mystery and the lead performances while finding the dense puzzle structure sometimes hard to follow.

## Synopsis

Nine Puzzles (2025) is a South Korean crime mystery series created by Yoon Jong-bin for Disney+. Ena, played by Kim Da-mi, is haunted by the discovery of her murdered uncle a decade earlier, and her memory of that day becomes the key to a fresh string of killings in Seoul. Detective Kim Hansaem (Son Suk-ku) reluctantly works with her, while Yang Jeong-ho (Kim Sung-kyun) and other officers complicate the hunt. Each crime leaves a strange puzzle piece behind, and the investigation keeps pulling the two leads into a tangle of suspects, half-remembered details and shifting alliances. The series unfolds as a single continuing story across eleven episodes, with each hour adding a layer to the puzzle rather than closing a case. Its tone is tense, cerebral and unsettling, with a melancholic undercurrent of grief and unreliable recollection. Viewers who enjoy the dense procedural puzzle of The Killing, the moody Korean crime tradition of Memories of Murder, or the investigative psychology of Mindhunter will find resonance here. The series is a Korean crime drama in the tradition of k-drama thrillers, rewarding close attention and patient viewing across its single season.

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