# Suspicious Partner (2017)

> A disgraced prosecutor turned private attorney and his ex-girlfriend, now a murder suspect, must team up while a killer targets them both.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/62309

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 40
- Episode runtime: 35 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, crime, drama
- Network: SBS
- Cast: Ji Chang-wook, Nam Ji-hyun, Choi Tae-joon, Kwon Na-ra, Dong Ha, Kim Ye-won, Lee Duck-hwa, Jang Hyuk-jin
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6720154/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: breezy, tense, wistful, playful

## What critics say

Viewers broadly praised the single season for its romantic chemistry and legal-thriller hooks.

## Synopsis

Suspicious Partner is a South Korean legal romantic comedy series that unfolds as a single, contained story of rekindled love under criminal pressure. Its leads are a disgraced prosecutor turned private attorney, who carries a painful past tied to his family and his first love, and a former athlete turned prosecutor trainee who becomes a murder suspect. The two ex-lovers are thrown together and must cooperate as a killer seems to target them both. The engine of the show is their uneasy alliance: she needs to clear her name, he needs to face the past he has avoided, and each episode turns a new courtroom or investigative knot. Set in contemporary Seoul, the series moves through prosecution offices, law firms, and the city's busy streets. Its tone blends sharp banter and warm chemistry with tense suspense and quiet melancholy. Viewers who enjoy Korean legal dramas with romantic friction will find the mix of procedure, banter and emotional history appealing. The pacing is steady and character-focused, rewarding those who want romance with a crime engine beneath it, and the show leaves its central relationship open to a hopeful but bittersweet resolution.

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