# The Lies Within (2019)

> A politician's daughter and a small-town detective uncover a conspiracy after her father's car crash and her husband's disappearance on the same day.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/79792

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 16
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: mystery, drama, crime
- Network: OCN, Netflix
- Cast: Lee You-young, Lee Min-ki, On Ju-wan, Lee Jun-hyeok, Kim Si-eun, Yun Jong-seok, Kim Jong-soo, Cho Hyun-chul
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919902/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, suspenseful, paranoid, melancholic, gripping

## Synopsis

The Lies Within (2019) is a South Korean political mystery series created for OCN and distributed on Netflix, a Studio Dragon production. On the same day her politician father dies in a car crash and her husband vanishes, Kim Seo-hee (Lee You-young) is pulled into a world of party power and backroom deals. She teams up with small-town detective Jo Tae-sik (Lee Min-ki) to test whether the crash was really an accident. The engine of the series is a steady investigation: Seo-hee must navigate political rivals and loyalties while Tae-sik works the physical evidence and local leads, and each episode peels back another layer of a cover-up that reaches into the highest circles. The sixteen-episode run is a single continuous story rather than a case of the week, building suspense through paranoia, shifting alliances and the cost of trust. Its tone is tense and grounded, with a sober, melancholic undercurrent that foregrounds grief, ambition and moral compromise. Fans of Stranger and House of Cards will find resonance in its layered Korean conspiracy plotting and its focus on power behind closed doors.

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