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SEOUL, August 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean drama airing every Friday and Saturday “Big Mouth” by broadcasting provider MBC exceeded over 10 percent on viewing rate by featuring intense battle of intelligence.
According to the data provided by Nielson Korea, a television audience measurement company on August 14, episode 6 of “Big Mouth” which aired on August 13 recorded 10.8 percent of viewing rate.
The first episode of “Big Mouth” scored 6.2 percent of the viewing rate where as the third episode scored 7.6 percent, fourth episode scored 8.6 percent, fifth episode scored 9.8 percent, the drama is gradually continuing with the increase in viewing rates throughout the series.
Throughout episode six, husband figure Park Chang-ho acted by Lee Jong-suk gets suspected of actually being the notorious swindler “Big Mouth” by Go Mi-ho acted by Im Yoon-ah who then visits the prison to meet the legendary swindler.
Throughout the episode, Park Chang-ho mentioned that the real “Big Mouth” is helping him out from the distance and that restored Go Mi-ho’s trust in Park Chang-ho. After their small conversation Go Mi-ho showed her strong will to find Professor Su Jae-yong’s missing unpublished paper which holds the key to everything.
Protagonist Park Chang-ho who continues to walk on the thin line through his prison sentence by acting as the real big mouth gets betrayed by his followers and the warden of the prison which left the audience with many questions and curiosity
Drama “Big Mouth” is about a lawyer who gets thrown into jail under the suspicion of being the “Big Mouth” after getting assigned to a murder case. The drama reflects, protagonists struggle to not only clear his name but at the same time survive throughout his time in jail by acting as a real “Big Mouth.”
Protagonist Park Chang-ho survives through every day of his prison sentence under a strict surveillance by the warden who is suspicious of Park Chang-ho and from those who lost a lot of money from the real Big Mouth. Park Chang-ho’s way of surviving brings pleasure to the viewers.
Expedition to find the missing paper of Professor, Go Mi-ho starts to work at the Gucheon University Hospital shows confrontational stance against the wife of Gucheon University Hospital’s director Hyun Joo Hee, formulates another tension throughout the drama.
Adding on the tension Im Yoon-ah and Lee Jong-suk’s romance and humors added to the series adds another layer of fun to the drama.
South Korean broadcasting provider SBS’s drama airing every Friday and Saturday “Today’s Webtoon” scored 2.8 percent of viewing rate, JTBC’s weekend drama “The Good Detective 2” scored 4.3 percent viewing rate, TV Chosun’s drama airing every Saturday “Becoming Witch” scored 1.6 viewing rate, however TVn’s weekend drama “Alchemy of Souls” was canceled.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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