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The Guest (손: The Guest; Son: The Guest; Hand: The Guest) is a 2018 South Korean television series about exorcism and shamanism that stars Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, and Jung Eun Chae. It aired from September 12 to November 1, 2018 on OCN's first series on the newly-created Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST time slot.

Despite not airing in prime time, the series received a peak rating of 4% nationwide.

Synopsis[]

Yoon Hwa Pyung, a young psychic born into a shaman family, learns about the powerful demon called "Son" (Guest). The demon has the power to control other demons and allows them to possess weak people. The possessed people then go mad, kill their families, and stab themselves in the eye. Fatefully, Hwa Pyung, Choi Yoon; a young boy born in a religious Catholic family, and Kang Kil Yeong; the daughter of a detective, meet when their families are killed by a demon.

Twenty years later, the demon killings started again. Hwa Pyung is now a taxi driver who uses his power to seek out possessed people in order to help them, while Yoon is a Catholic priest who is talented in exorcism, and Kil Yeong is a detective who doesn't believe in ghosts. The trio meets again and tries to work together to defeat "Son".[1]

Cast[]

  • Kim Dong Wook as Yoon Hwa Pyung
    • Choi Seung Hoon as Young Yoon Hwa Pyung (Ep.1)
A shaman who was born with psychic powers.
  • Kim Jae Wook as Choi Yoon / Matthew
    • Jung Yoo Geun as Young Choi Yoon (Ep.1)
A cynical and cold priest who alienates people but is recognized by his abilities as an exorcist.
  • Jung Eun Chae as Kang Gil Young
    • Kim Ji Young as Young Kang Gil Young (Ep.1)
A passionate and tough but easygoing detective who does not believe in the supernatural.

  • Lee Won Jong as Yook Gwang, a shaman
  • Park Ho San as Go Bong Sang, Gil Young's partner
  • Ahn Nae Sang as Yang Yoon Mo, a priest
  • Jeon Moo Song as Yoon Moo Il, Hwa Pyung's grandfather
  • Yoon Jong Seok as Priest Choi Sang Hyun, Yoon's brother
  • Kim Hye Eun as Park Hong Joo, an assemblywoman
  • Kim Ji Won as Son Hyun Joo
  • Lee Hyun Kyun as Lee Cheol Yong
  • Lee Hae Young as Gil Young's senior detective
  • Yoo Seung Mok as Hwa Pyung's father
  • Kwon Ye Eun as Cho Hee's daughter
  • Shin Soo Ho as a detective

  • Gong Sang Ah as Hwa Pyung's mother (Ep.1)
  • Lee Young Ran as Hwa Pyung's grandmother (Ep.1)
  • Park Hyo Joo as Gil Young's mother (Ep.1)
  • Jeon Bae Soo as Kim Yeong Soo, a possessed man (Ep.1-3)
  • Lee Yong Nyeo as a shaman priestess (Ep.1+12)
  • Nam Moon Chul as Han Hyo Kwang, Yoon's instructor priest (Ep.2)
  • Hong Je Yi as the granddaughter of the noodle restaurant owner (Ep.3)
  • Baek Bum Soo as Choi Min Goo (Ep.3-4)
  • Lee Joong Ok as Choi Min Sang (Ep.3-4)
  • Kang Suk Won as a police officer (Ep.5)
  • Kim Shi Eun as Kim Ryun Hee (Ep.5-6)
  • Lee Yoo Joon as Jong Ryul's co-worker (Ep.5-6)
  • Kim Tae Hoon as Kang Jong Ryul, Ryoon Hee's boyfriend (Ep.6)
  • Ha Ji Eun as Han Mi Jin (Ep.7)
  • Song Yong Tae as Kim Noh Seok, the school's security guard (Ep.7)
  • Heo Yool as Jung Seo Yoon (Ep.8-9)
  • Lee Joo Shil as Seo Yoon's grandmother (Ep.8-9)
  • Kim Hyung Min as Jung Hyun Soo, Seo Yoon's father (Ep.8-9)
  • Shim Yi Young as Lee Hye Kyung, Seo Yoon's mother (Ep.8-9)
  • Lee Sang Hoon as Noh Kyu Tae
  • Oh Ja Hun as Young Elderly Man Kim
  • Yoon Jung Hoon as Park Il Do's son
  • Choi Hong Il as Sang Hyun and Yoon's father
  • Hong Suk Youn as a homeless person
  • Jun Eun Mi as the bus stop woman
  • Min Woo Gi as a driver
  • Eom Ji Man as a bodyguard
  • Heo Woong as a big man
  • Park Seung Tae
  • Han Kyu Won
  • Yoo Byung Hoon
  • Son Kyung Won
  • Shin Hyun Jong
  • Ryu Sung Rok
  • Kim Min Chae
  • Oh Cho Hee
  • Baek Seung Chul

  • Soundtrack[]

    Main Article: The Guest OST

    Episodes[]

    In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating was not published.

    Episode Aired Average audience share
    AGB Nielsen TNmS
    Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
    Episode 01 September 12, 2018 1.575% (5th) 1.846% (6th) 2.2% (4th) N/A
    Episode 02 September 13, 2018 2.902% (3rd) 3.488% (3rd) N/A N/A
    Episode 03 September 19, 2018 2.572% (3rd) 2.857% (3rd) 2.7% N/A
    Episode 04 September 20, 2018 3.207% (3rd) 3.917% (3rd) 3.0% N/A
    Episode 05 September 26, 2018 2.899% (7th) 3.390% (7th) 3.6% N/A
    Episode 06 September 27, 2018 2.960% (3rd) 3.176% (3rd) N/A 4.0%
    Episode 07 October 3, 2018 3.025% (4th) 2.974% (5th) 4.0% 4.3%
    Episode 08 October 4, 2018 3.151% (3rd) 3.339% (3rd) 3.9% 4.5%
    Episode 09 October 10, 2018 2.887% (3rd) 3.534% (1st) N/A N/A
    Episode 10 October 11, 2018 3.054% (2nd) 3.396% (3rd) 4.2% N/A
    Episode 11 October 17, 2018 2.616% (4th) 2.875% (4th) 4.4% N/A
    Episode 12 October 18, 2018 3.297% (2nd) 3.700% (2nd) 4.6% 5.0%
    Episode 13 October 24, 2018 3.328% (2nd) 3.618% (2nd) N/A N/A
    Episode 14 October 25, 2018 3.378% (2nd) 3.498% (2nd) 5.0% 5.5%
    Episode 15 October 31, 2018 3.399% (1st) 3.766% (1st) N/A N/A
    Episode 16 November 1, 2018 4.073% (2nd) 4.808% (2nd) 5.6% 6.3%
    Average 3.020% 3.386%
    [note 1]

    [note 2]

    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).
    TNmS stopped releasing viewership numbers on their website, the only source for them now are news articles.

    Trivia[]

    • This drama is the first to air in its timeslot and was followed by "Quiz from God: Reboot" on November 14, 2018.[2]

    Gallery[]

    Notes[]

    1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
    2. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

    References[]

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