So Ji-seob's "Department Manager Kim" surpasses 20% viewership... Namgung Min's "The Completion of Marriage" debuts at 4.6% [Comprehensive]

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In "The Completion of Marriage," Namgung Min transforms into a desperate husband who sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife.

The first episode of KBS 2TV's new Saturday-Sunday mini-series "The Completion of Marriage" (directed by Kim Jung-hyun and Kim Min-tae / scripted by Jeong Jae-ha / produced by Red Nine Pictures and KBS Media), which premiered on the 4th, opens with neurosurgeon Kang Tae-ju (played by Namgung Min), a successful specialist, who, after informing his wife Ko Se-yoon (played by Lee Seol) of their divorce, finds himself in a bizarre situation: the next day, his wife is kidnapped by an unidentified abductor, and Kang Tae-ju becomes the person who requests her elimination.

First, Kang Tae-ju, the chief physician and director of Our Together Hospital, clashes head-on with his wife Ko Se-yoon and the hospital's founder and father-in-law, Ko Dong-chan (played by Jang Kwang), over VIP patient surgeries. Kang Tae-ju, who prioritizes his medical conviction to save critically ill emergency patients first, comes into conflict with the two individuals who place hospital operational principles above all else. Ko Se-yoon remains consistently cold throughout, while Kang Tae-ju attempts to repair their relationship by preparing dinner and initiating conversation, but ultimately fails to reconcile them. In the end, Kang Tae-ju announces, "Let's break up and get divorced," but Ko Se-yoon refuses to divorce him, leaving a chilling warning: "Go ahead if you can. It might only be possible if one of us dies." This leads to a catastrophic breakdown.

Even at the "Celebration Banquet for Successful Clinical Trials of Artificial Spinal Cord Implantation," when Ko Se-yoon publicly highlights their marital crisis, Kang Tae-ju seeks out his mother and brother, drinking heavily while venting his frustration about Ko Se-yoon. Completely intoxicated, Kang Tae-ju calls a designated driver to take him home. While dozing off in the car, he wakes up upon the driver's arrival and gratefully says, "You arrived so quickly today. I must be having an incredibly lucky day."

However, when Kang Tae-ju opens his eyes the next day, he receives a call from a restricted number. A mysterious man who introduces himself as the designated driver sends him a video showing Ko Se-yoon bound and unconscious, alongside footage of the drunk Kang Tae-ju saying, "Please get rid of my wife. I'll give you 300 million won? No, even 500 million won." This leaves Kang Tae-ju in shock. The kidnapper threatens him with a chilling condition: "Killing her costs 500 million won; saving her costs 1 billion won," and demands that the ransom be prepared within just three hours. Even worse, angered by Kang Tae-ju's attempt to contact the police, the kidnapper shortens the time limit to one hour. Ultimately, Kang Tae-ju rushes to a bank to secure the 1 billion won ransom needed to save his wife.

At the bank, even for VIP customers, withdrawing 1 billion won quickly proves difficult, but Kang Tae-ju manages to gather the ransom and heads to the remote location specified by the kidnapper. However, just before arriving at the site, a collision occurs between Kang Tae-ju's car and a motorcycle. As a startled Kang Tae-ju approaches the motorcyclist lying on the ground, the driver suddenly demands, "Did you bring my 1 billion won?" while pointing an electric shock device at him, culminating in a shocking "electric shock device attack ending" that leaves viewers eagerly anticipating the next episode.

The first episode of "The Completion of Marriage," aired today, recorded a national viewership rating of 4.6% (based on all national households) according to Nielsen Korea.

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