Come and Hug Me

A police detective and a young actress are forever linked by their first love and a devastating tragedy from their past.

Come and Hug Me (2018) is a South Korean crime mystery and melodrama series created by Lee Ah Ram for MBC. Detective Chae Do-Jin (Jang Ki-yong) is a police investigator whose work pulls him back toward Han Jae-Yi (Jin Ki-joo), a young actress tied to him by a first love and a devastating tragedy from their childhood. The engine of the series is a murder investigation that keeps circling back to what happened in their past, with each episode layering new evidence, suspects and recovered memories onto a case that touches both their lives. Across a single season of thirty-two episodes, the story alternates between police work, quiet romance and flashbacks, building a dense web of family secrets and buried guilt. Yoon Hee-Jae (Huh Joon-ho) and Yoon Hyun-Moo (Kim Kyung-nam) add pressure from the wider cast. The tone is melancholic and tense, with an intimate, emotionally heavy atmosphere that shifts between dread and longing. Set in contemporary South Korea, it is a self-contained limited run with a one-season arc. Fans of Mindhunter, Signal and Stranger will find resonance in its blend of serial killer investigation, childhood trauma and Korean melodrama.

• Bones and Allshared tone of childhood trauma driving a detective investigation with romance threaded through a serial murder case
• Mindhuntershared serial killer investigation with a detective haunted by personal trauma and a dark psychological thriller tone
• Signalshared Korean crime thriller register with a detective pursuing a serial killer and a melodramatic romance woven through
• Strangershared Korean melodrama mixing first love, childhood bond and a long-buried tragedy with a crime investigation

Created by

Lee Ah Ram

Release Date

2018-05-16

Episode runtime

35 min

Rating

7.7 / 10 (37)

What is Come and Hug Me about?

A detective and a young actress, bound by first love and a childhood tragedy, are pulled back together by a murder investigation that reopens their shared past.

What is Come and Hug Me like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Come and Hug Me as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Come and Hug Me violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Come and Hug Me as moderate.

Which shows are like Come and Hug Me?

Shows with a similar feel include Bones and All, Mindhunter, Signal, and Stranger.

How long is Come and Hug Me?

Come and Hug Me: 1 season, 32 episodes.

Is Come and Hug Me still running?

No, Come and Hug Me has ended.

Where can I watch Come and Hug Me?

In United States, Come and Hug Me streams on Rakuten Viki, OnDemandKorea, Kocowa Amazon Channel, Kocowa.