Namgoong Min celebrates the birth of a son and a double joy... "The Completion of Marriage" breaks its own record for highest viewership [Comprehensive]

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Drama 'The Completion of Marriage' has achieved its highest-ever viewership ratings.

The eighth episode of KBS 2TV's Saturday-Sunday mini-series 'The Completion of Marriage' (script by Jung Jae-ha, directed by Kim Jeong-hyun and Kim Min-tae), which aired on the 26th, recorded a peak per-minute viewership rating of 9.2% and a national viewership rating of 7.5% (based on all national households) according to Nielsen Korea, once again surpassing its own previous record. It also demonstrated its strength by maintaining the number one position in drama viewership for the same time slot across all channels, including terrestrial broadcasters.

In that day's broadcast, the story unfolded rapidly, revealing how Kang Tae-ju (played by Namgoong Min), who had previously discovered the illegal fetal stem cell project conducted by his father-in-law Ko Dong-chan (played by Jang Kwang), traced the connections between Kim Kyung-ae (played by Lee Sang-hee), who kidnapped his wife Ko Se-yoon (played by Lee Sol), Ko Dong-chan, and Ha Jeong-soo (played by Jeon Gwang-jin), who had attempted to kill Kim Kyung-ae.

First, Kang Tae-ju, imprisoned in a detention center, seriously pondered while recalling Ko Dong-chan, who had fiercely opposed Kim Kyung-ae's surgery, and the words Kim Kyung-ae had spoken just before the surgery: "It wasn't me who gave up on being human; it was your father-in-law." As soon as Kang Tae-ju was released without detention, he immediately headed to Kim Kyung-ae's hospital room and stopped Ha Jeong-soo from attempting to kill her. Moreover, when Kang Tae-ju asked Ha Jeong-soo, "Is the person behind you Dr. Ko Dong-chan?" Ha Jeong-soo replied, "I just did what I was told," then fled outside the room, deepening suspicions.

Later, after a moment where Ko Dong-chan and Ha Jeong-soo exchanged glances, Kang Tae-ju recalled the strange remarks Ko Dong-chan had made during Kim Kyung-ae's surgery and began to ponder why Ko Dong-chan wanted to kill Kim Kyung-ae. At that point, Kang Tae-ju remembered how he had previously caught Ko Dong-chan and Ha Jeong-soo swapping patients' stem cells with fetal stem cells. Ko Dong-chan explained the reason for using fetal stem cells by claiming that success rates increased after extracting them from aborted fetuses. Kang Tae-ju angrily retorted, "The patients agreed to the surgery believing they were their own stem cells. This is clearly illegal." However, Ko Dong-chan justified it by saying, "Thanks to this illegality, countless people have been able to move and stand up." In particular, when Kang Tae-ju declared he would withdraw from the illegal project, Ko Dong-chan said, "The father who committed the crime, the hospital that turned a blind eye despite knowing, and the husband standing at the center of it all—Se-yoon will have to bear it all," using Ko Se-yoon to torment Kang Tae-ju.

Returning to the present, Ko Se-yoon followed her father-in-law out after he shouted into his phone, "Did Kang Tae-ju go that far? Do you know how big this has gotten because of you?" Feeling uneasy, she went outside. Meanwhile, Kang Tae-ju had secretly visited his wife's family home to track down Ko Dong-chan and noticed Ko Se-yoon through the side mirror as he hesitated briefly before stepping out of the car. Reciting Ko Dong-chan's words, "Whether you operate or not, it's your choice. But the price for that choice won't be paid by you; it will be paid by Se-yoon," Kang Tae-ju left without getting out of the car.

At the same time, as police investigating Kim Kyung-ae's mobile phone uncovered evidence of contact with someone inside the hospital, it was revealed that Ha Jeong-soo was being blackmailed by loan sharks, heightening tension. Ko Dong-chan, who had left home, went to find Ha Jeong-soo and entered the hospital director's office, but in the darkness, Kang Tae-ju was waiting for him. With a chilling voice, Kang Tae-ju asked about the reason Ha Jeong-soo tried to kill Kim Kyung-ae, then sharply questioned, "You must have known all along. What is your relationship with Kim Kyung-ae? A woman who knows the secrets of the project kidnapped my wife. Is this just a coincidence?" Ko Dong-chan angrily retorted, "Are you saying I ordered her kidnapping?" and drew a line by saying, "Ask her when she wakes up," further fueling Kang Tae-ju's suspicions.

Towards the end of the broadcast, viewers were shocked to see Kang Tae-ju discovering Ha Jeong-soo lying dead on the floor in a cold state. As Ko Dong-chan descended to the underground parking lot, Kang Tae-ju called to find Ha Jeong-soo and, following a faint ringing sound from somewhere, opened an emergency stairwell door to find Ha Jeong-soo lying face down on the floor beside a bottle of potassium chloride and a syringe. The 'horrifying death discovery ending' left viewers eager for what would happen in the next episode.

Meanwhile, Noh Man-hee (played by Kim Dae-myung) escalated fear by committing brutal blackmail and murder, driving his madness to new heights. Noh Man-hee entered someone's home, changed clothes, and spoke to a wardrobe, saying, "Didn't I tell you so?" He then hinted at a murdered body by having a hand slowly descend through the wardrobe crack. Additionally, Noh Man-hee sent his granddaughter to visit a grandmother who runs a sundae-guk restaurant and is a nurse at Our Hospital, using the grandmother as a hostage to force her granddaughter to find his wife, Kim Kyung-ae. Eventually, the nurse secretly entered Kim Kyung-ae's hospital room, checked on her condition, and reported it to Noh Man-hee. Upon hearing from the nurse that "Kang Tae-ju had come to the hospital room," Noh Man-hee's eyes immediately turned murderous, heightening anxiety.

Meanwhile, 'The Completion of Marriage' airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20 p.m.

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