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Life on Mars (라이프 온 마스; Raipeu on Maseu) is a South Korean television series based on the 2006/2007 UK series of the same name. It stars Jung Kyung Ho, Park Sung Woong, Go Ah sung, Oh Dae Hwan, and Noh Jong Hyun. The series aired on OCN from June 9 to August 5, 2018 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:20 KST.
Synopsis[]
As leader of a crime investigation team, Han Tae Joo has propelled his career and risen through the ranks by trusting data over all else. One day, while investigating a serial murder case, he has an accident. When he wakes up, he suddenly finds himself in the winter of 1988. He doesn't know why, but he's now a detective appointed to work at a police station in a small city. To get back to the present day, Han Tae Joo tries to solve the case. [1]
Cast[]
- Jung Kyung Ho as Han Tae Joo
- Kim Min Ho as Child Han Tae Joo (1988)
- A modern-day forensics scientist who travels back to the past and became a detective. He is a brilliant, principled individual who prefers to rely on scientific data and evidence rather than people.
- Park Sung Woong as Kang Dong Cheol, head of the Homicide team
- A detective who is uninterested in evidence and instead uses his keen instincts and intuition to solve his cases.
- Go Ah Sung as Yoon Na Yeong
- A passionate ace investigator who dreams of becoming a star detective.
- Oh Dae Hwan as Lee Yong Gi, a police sergeant in the homicide unit
- He is described as unhinged and with a nasty temper.
- Noh Jong Hyun as Jo Nam Shik, the youngest detective on the homicide team
- An elite head detective who cares more about his appearance than investigations.
- Choi Seung Yoon as Kim Min Seok, a serial killer (2018)
- Oh Han Kyul as Child Kim Min Seok (1988)
- Jun Suk Ho as Han Choong Ho, Tae Joo's father (1988)
- Yoo Ji Yeon as Kim Mi Yeon, Tae Joo's mother (1988)
- Kim Jae Kyung as Han Mal Sook, Tae Joo's aunt (1988)
- Kim Ki Cheon as Chief Park, a coroner at Inseong health center (1988)
- Go Gyu Pil as Mr. Yang, the owner of Inseong tavern (1988)
- Kwak Jung Wook as Officer Lee Soon Ho / Kim Hyun Seok, a serial killer (1988)
- Jeon Hye Bin as Jung Seo Hyun, a prosecutor (2018)
- Kang Shin Chul as Detective Jo (2018)
- Choi Jin Ho as Ahn Min Sik, an inspector (1988 / a surgeon (2018)
- Yoo Yeon as Lee Sun Ja
- Kang Ro Chae as Ko Young Sook
- Yoon Seul as Lee Jum Soon
Soundtrack[]
Episodes[]
| Episode | Aired | Title | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen | TNmS | |||||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||||||
| Episode 01 | June 9, 2018 | "Waking Up In 1988" | 2.081% | 1.911% | 2.2% | |||
| Tae Joo, a detective with principles, is asked for a favour by his ex-girlfriend, who is a prosecutor. While pursuing a man suspected to be a serial killer, he loses consciousness after getting hit by a car. When he wakes up, he finds himself in the year 1988. | ||||||||
| Episode 02 | June 10, 2018 | "Is This A Dream?" | 3.122% | 3.303% | N/A | |||
| Despite being confused of his current situation, Tae Joo works hard with the detectives in 1988 to solve a murder case. Upon looking at the case, he is certain that it is a serial murder. He has a hard time accepting the way that the 1988 detectives work and gets into an argument with Dong Cheol. Tae Joo is determined to find his way back to 2018. In order to do so, he makes a dangerous decision. | ||||||||
| Episode 03 | June 16, 2018 | "Finding the Purpose" | 3.268% | 3.432% | N/A | |||
| Tae Joo is confused as he can't tell if he is dreaming or not. He wonders why he's been sent to where he is now, but he can't figure out why. Meanwhile, the detectives pursue the suspect of a pickpocketing case. By sticking to his principles, however, Tae Joo puts his colleague at risk. | ||||||||
| Episode 04 | June 17, 2018 | "Recalling Lost Memories" | 3.762% | 3.968% | N/A | |||
| A dead body turns up in a field of reeds. They find the suspect of the murder, but Tae Joo doesn't think that their suspect is the killer. Dong Cheol disagrees and is certain that the person they caught is the murderer. Meanwhile, Tae Joo begins to remember parts of his past that he had forgotten about. | ||||||||
| Episode 05 | June 23, 2018 | "The Thief Who Doesn't Steal" | 3.098% | 3.001% | 3.5% | |||
| A woman reports a break-in, but as it turns out, nothing was stolen from her. Meanwhile, the gang at Seobu Police Station finds out about a similar case. They find out the one thing the two victims had in common and track down the victim. | ||||||||
| Episode 06 | June 24, 2018 | "The Pieces of Memories" | 3.969% | 3.983% | 4.9% | |||
| Tae Joo meets his father, who passed away when he was young. Before he can recall the warm memories with his father, another murder occurs. In the midst of solving this crime, he is reminded of how important a father is in a child's life. The closer they get to solving the case, the clearer his memories become. The missing puzzles of his lost memories come together. | ||||||||
| Episode 07 | June 30, 2017 | "The Rich Are Innocent, And The Poor Are Guilty" | 3.817% | 3.794% | N/A | |||
| Fugitives are on the run and have taken a family hostage in their home. Officers of the Seobu Police Department are the first to arrive including Han Tae Joo who makes it his mission to keep everyone alive. As the hostage situation worsens, the Seobu Police resort to desperate measures endangering their own lives to rescue the innocent. | ||||||||
| Episode 08 | July 1, 2018 | "Childhood Memories" | 4.681% | 4.933% | 5.1% | |||
| A woman is found murdered in a motel room. Han Choong Ho, who was first released by the Seobu Police Department, is the first suspect in the case. But for some reason, Han Tae Joo is the only one who doubts the possibility Han Choong Ho is the one they should be after. Han Tae Joe's reoccurring flashbacks of his childhood memories lead him to a place that might be where his father is but only confuses him more of the reality he now lives. | ||||||||
| Episode 09 | July 14, 2018 | "Catching A Tiger" | 3.980% | 4.525% | 4.2% | |||
| Han Tae Joo witnesses his father being shot at a reoccurring place in his memory and ends up rescuing his younger self hiding in the tunnel. Despite the warnings about the Seongho Gang, Han Tae Joo charges after Oh Jung Man, the boss and the man he suspects who had called the hit on his father and Go Yeong Suk, and brings him in for questioning. However, there is more to know for Han Tae Joo, as Oh Jung Man walks out smiling freely with a very influential man of Insung behind him. | ||||||||
| Episode 10 | July 15, 2018 | "A New Culprit" | 4.170% | 4.590% | 5.2% | |||
| Han Tae Joo's pursuit of his father's killer and the intangible Kim Min Seok gets more distant as the detectives of Insung are baffled once again when another murder case arises. Nothing seems to be certain. However, the body of the dead woman leads Han Tae Joo and the team to her house where they find traces of Kim Min Seok’s existence. Can all of these murders be connected, but how? | ||||||||
| Episode 11 | July 21, 2018 | "The Problem Is Inside" | 3.893% | 4.353% | 4.9% | |||
| With the prime suspect ending up dead during questioning, the detectives of Seobu are thrown into confusion, having doubts and suspicions of one another. However, they press on unsupported and get closer to catching the real culprit. As things start to turn for the worst, Han Tae Joo receives a phone call from someone who tells him a way to get back home. | ||||||||
| Episode 12 | July 22, 2018 | "Finally, the Truth Comes Out" | 4.834% | 5.544% | 5.7% | |||
| The serial killer kidnaps Na Young. Her life is in danger. All the clues in her kidnapping are the same as the incident that happened in 2018, but this time, Han Tae Joo won't let him get away. Na Young has been missing for over nine hours, and the detectives are put to the test to save her life. Will they find her in time? | ||||||||
| Episode 13 | July 28, 2018 | "Why Am I Still Here?" | 3.993% | 4.338% | N/A | |||
| Han Tae Joo still remains in the year 1988 even after the serial murder case of Kim Hyun Seok concludes. For their role and duty, the detectives of the Seobu Police Department are ironically faced with a transfer. Captain Kang Dong Cheol is outraged by this, and he seeks to find out answers only to find himself in trouble. Meanwhile, Han Tae Joo receives a call that might help him find his way back home. | ||||||||
| Episode 14 | July 29, 2018 | "Drinking with Friends Is Best" | 4.695% | 5.036% | N/A | |||
| Captain Kang Dong Cheol is a suspect in the death of Officer Shin and Chief Kim Gyeong Se. As a fugitive, he can only rely on Han Tae Joo to prove his innocence. Despite the evidence all pointing to Captain Kang, Han Tae Joo still tries to help him. Meanwhile, Chief Ahn Min Sik is determined to arrest Captain Kang Dong Cheol and won't let off one bit. | ||||||||
| Episode 15 | August 4, 2018 | "My Dreams Were True" | 4.657% | 4.787% | 4.7% | |||
| Han Tae Joo wakes up in a hospital bed confused but back in 2018. He finally makes it back home where the people he had heard throughout his dream welcome him back. Han Tae Joo pieces back the fragment memories of his dream and starts to pursue the killer, Kim Min Seok, again. Meanwhile, Kim Min Seok strikes again, only this time, his method leads him to his demise. | ||||||||
| Episode 16 | August 5, 2018 | "Where Do I Go Now?" | 5.851% | 6.377% | 6.0% | |||
| After putting an end to the serial killings and finding closure for his father's death, Han Tae Joo now understands the fate of his friends of the Insung Seobu Police Department that are back in 1988. He's told the apparitions he is seeing are just a side-effect of the brain surgery he'd undergone, but to him, they couldn't be more real. He is only left to yearn the familiar faces in his dream and to distinguish what is real and what is a figment of his imagination. What will Han Tae Joo do now? | ||||||||
| Average | 3.988% | 4.245% | 4.6% | |||||
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
International broadcast[]
The drama was broadcast on tvN Asia with subtitles in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka where it premiered in October 2019.
Production[]
First script reading took place on March 12, 2018 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong.
Im Chang Jung was offered a major supporting role but he declined the offer. Seo Ji Hoon was cast in the role of Jo Nam Sik but dropped out of the project.
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6th APAN Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Jung Kyung Ho | Nominated |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Go Ah Sung | Won | ||
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
Trivia[]
- This drama took over the timeslot previously occupied by "Mistress" and was followed by "Voice 2" on August 11, 2018.[3]
- Drama series is a remake of the UK television series "Life on Mars".[3]
- Episode 9 and 10 didn't air on July 7 and July 8, 2018, respectively, as originally planned. To allow more time for filming, they instead aired on July 14 and July 15, 2018.[3]
Gallery[]
Official Poster
Official Poster 2
Official Poster 3