MBC new drama "Woman with a Suitcase" shows a new perspective of the life of a former disgraced lawyer.
The drama starred Choi Ji-Woo, Joo Jin-Mo, Jeon Hye-Bin and Lee Joon. It follows the story of a former manager and paralegal Cha Geum-Joo (Chi), who was sentenced to prison for 12 months because of violation of the attorneys-at-law act. She was always carrying a suitcase containing documents about the case that her law firm is working on, hence the name of the drama.
After her sentence is finished, she met again with CEO of K-Fact Ham Bok-Guh (Joo) whom she encountered in the courtroom before she went to jail.
They entangled in a mystery surrounding a man name Tony Kim and a comatose girl in hospital named Min-Ah. Moreover, there is also an investigation surrounding the mystery of an idol Yoo-Ri involving Bok-Guh, which Geum-Joo nicknamed him as 'Hamburger.'
For this week's episode, Korean news portal Naver disclosed that MBC issued a still image when Geum-Joo meets young lawyer Ma Seok-Woo (LeeJoon). This will begin a new chapter of investigation of the trial case Seok-Woo is working. Geum-Joo will also continue to take the bar exam as a lawyer and the drama offer a thriller and mystery with a high speed story telling.
Premiered on Sept. 26 and 27 last week, the drama has already overtaken "Scarlet Heart Ryeo", which recently has gained huge viewers outside Korea. While in Korea, the SBS drama suffers a serious loss of popularity. "Woman with a Suitcase", a new contender, makes things worse for "Scarlet Heart Ryeo."
On the Nielsen Korea rating, as reported by KPop Herald, the second episode of "Woman with a Suitcase" aired Sept. 27 scored 8.4 percent viewership rating, outperforming "Scarlet Heart Ryeo's" 7.5 percent.
Watch the trailer of the new MBC drama "Woman With A Suitcase" from Viki Global TV channel below
