Namgoong Min as the 'Taken' husband.. Hanging from a building's drainpipe to save his wife [The Completion of Marriage]

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"The Completion of Marriage" previews Namgoong Min's desperate attempt to rescue his kidnapped wife.

KBS 2TV's weekend mini-series "The Completion of Marriage," directed by Kim Jeong-hyun and Kim Min-tae, with a script by Jung Jae-ha, is a high-stakes crime thriller about a man engaged in an extreme battle against a ruthless criminal to save his wife who was kidnapped just before their divorce. The second episode, aired on the 5th, achieved Nielsen Korea's highest viewership of 7.2% per minute and a national viewership rating of 6.4%, setting a new record for the series' own highest ratings.

Notably, "The Completion of Marriage" has demonstrated its powerful presence by dominating the buzz index from its first two episodes. The series immediately secured the top spot on Disney+'s global OTT "Top 10 Korean Series Today," while also ranking sixth in the TV-OTT Drama category and fourth in the TV Drama category according to Good Data Corporation's Fundex Report, a leading institutional investor in TV buzz analysis. These results confirm its immediate rise to the top of the buzz rankings.

In the previous episode, neurosurgeon Kang Tae-ju (played by Namgoong Min), the star doctor at Our Together Hospital, was shown being kidnapped the day after he notified his wife Ko Se-yoon (played by Lee Seol) of their divorce. Kang found himself in a life-or-death crisis when he was urgently arrested on suspicion of instigating his wife's kidnapping and murder due to words spoken while intoxicated. In the police station restroom, he met an unidentified individual named Lee Su-hyung (played by Park Byeong-eun), raising further curiosity.

Among these developments, still images released on the 8th captured Namgoong Min making a desperate escape attempt at the police station, drawing intense attention to his breathless moment of flight. This scene depicts Kang Tae-ju breaking through the pitch-black darkness after the police station lost power and fleeing from the building. While being interrogated in the interrogation room, Kang calmly walks down the hallway and makes his escape by quickly ascending the stairs. Most notably, as Kang clings precariously to a single drainpipe to evade the police's gaze, viewers are left on edge wondering whether the "police station escape" of Kang Tae-ju, the suspect in the kidnapping case, will succeed.

"The Completion of Marriage" production team stated: "Namgoong Min masterfully portrayed Kang Tae-ju's extreme psychological state as he transformed from a suspect accused of hiring someone to kidnap his wife into a fugitive. He expressed Kang's rapid transformation from an ordinary doctor facing divorce to a runaway through trembling eyes and unstable breathing, unleashing intense tension. Moreover, Namgoong Min vividly depicted Kang's desperation through the slightest facial movements, heightening the focus on set."

"The Completion of Marriage" is a program produced with support from the Broadcasting Communication Development Fund of the Korea Communications Commission. The third episode will air at 9:20 p.m. on the 11th.

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