Shockingly suspicious and insanely lovable Suspicious Partners
by tineybeanie
The promised “heart-pounding suspicious romance” of Suspicious Partner is only a week away! That’s what it says on the recently released poster for SBS’s new legal romantic comedy, which features our main couple sitting side by side, with Ji Chang-wook (The K2) making a slightly frustrated expression and Nam Ji-hyun (Shopping King Louis) looking pleased as punch.
Suspicious Partner is a romance between a sexy brainiac prosecutor, played by Ji Chang-wook, and a rookie justice department intern, played by Nam Ji-hyun, who’s a complete outsider to the entrenched legal system. She’s got an endlessly cheerful personality, while he’s more of a prickly cactus-type person. They have to work together on a mysterious case involving an amnesiac murderer, and of course between all the late-night work sessions, romantic hijinks ensue.
The second group poster actually reminds me a lot of the ones for Nam Ji-hyun’s most recent drama Shopping King Louis because of all its colors and the characters’ cute expressions. The copy reads: “Shockingly suspicious and insanely lovable,” and includes second leads Nara (of idol group Hello Venus) and Choi Tae-joon (Missing 9).
I’m cautiously hopeful because writer Kwon Ki-young wrote Protect the Boss, and PD Park Sun-ho worked on Legend of the Blue Sea. And so far, the released stills have looked promising: The ones below show some of Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun’s initial coincidental meeting in a subway, where misunderstandings occur because a pervert is supposed to be on the loose. If Suspicious Partner is anything like the fun, colorful posters and teasers we’ve seen so far, you can definitely count me in because I’ve been praying for a light cotton-candy romance.
The first broadcast of Wednesday-Thursday drama Suspicious Partner is coming up next week on May 10.
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1 fangirl98
May 1, 2017 at 2:08 PM
I'm sooooo looking forward to this. JCW is my K-crush so fingers crossed this will be as cute (and as heart pounding!) as promised!
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beanie1810
May 29, 2017 at 12:07 AM
JCW!!!!
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2 joongkicookie
May 1, 2017 at 2:11 PM
I really hope this drama delivers well! I usually don't read nor watch trailers to avoid overestimating a drama, but I just can't help myself when it comes to JCW! Like, hello Healer!
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javinne
May 5, 2017 at 2:07 PM
Ha ha.... same here.... also i am kind of new in the art of watching a drama while is being aired. Usually i watch dramas that are finished, so that i know by the critics that is good and i do my Marathons.... but.... well, since SWDBS i have been watching while on air and it is very cool and exciting!
So, to make it short.... now i am ecen checking the teasers! Oh my Gosh.... i am becoming a true K-fan! LOL ?
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3 Jig
May 1, 2017 at 2:18 PM
I find it funny that they emphasize that the prosecutor is "sexy." I mean it's JCW, so sexy can be safely assumed. :D
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fab
May 1, 2017 at 3:37 PM
That instead of "geeeeeenius" is what you call progress.
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UmbrellaMan
May 1, 2017 at 4:52 PM
It kinda goes without saying.
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4 kanzcech
May 1, 2017 at 2:23 PM
Is it even possible to find a sexy brainiac prosecutor who happens to look like Ji Chang Wook? *grins
3rd teaser featuring even cuter and heart-fluttering romance between the leads. May 10 can't come faster!
http://tv.naver.com/v/1648680
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5 violetsakura
May 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM
Love the colors of the first poster! Can't wait any longer!
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daydee
May 2, 2017 at 7:56 AM
The colour palette is pretty soothing and aesthetic
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6 diza13
May 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the dramas I'm looking forward... BUT given the number of dramas I found lacking in recent months, I'm also nervous...
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7 potatodrama
May 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM
I love this already and I think is gonna fill in the blank space left by Radiant Office when it ends.
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8 Dongsaeng
May 1, 2017 at 3:00 PM
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9 Esther Babalola
May 1, 2017 at 3:17 PM
I can't possibly be the only one earnestly waiting for Saimdang... to end just so this could start. It's like May 10th can't come any faster. Every week I see the show, I get so unreasonably upset that it's not on. I have nothing against the show - I watched the first and dropped it after five minutes - I just want suspicious partner to start. ???
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cutie
May 2, 2017 at 11:47 AM
After 5 minutes? That's cruel lol..
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javinne
May 5, 2017 at 2:09 PM
Which one is Saimdang????
And when will it end?
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10 Aliceindramaland
May 1, 2017 at 3:25 PM
He looks good in anything.. especially a suit :) can't wait! First Rom-Com... fighting oppa... :D
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11 Itenoria
May 1, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Can I just say that the image poster that's the 5th to the last is sizzling with so much chemistry! If this drama shall hold up and give us comedy and then ramp it up in the heat department, I shall be one very happy Beanie
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12 sfgirl
May 1, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Ji Chang-wook... why you so pretty! Love the suits. The one thing I love about legal dramas are the amazing suits they put the leads in !!
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Jenmole
May 1, 2017 at 4:49 PM
I'm scrolling down looking at JCW's pics and am practically drooling at work. LOL
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Sunflowerdiva
May 2, 2017 at 7:41 AM
I'm practically drooling right along with you. He looks SO GOOD in a suit, gaH!
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minathens
May 2, 2017 at 5:45 AM
Definitely. I think the clothes are gonna be really fun for this one.
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13 fab
May 1, 2017 at 3:35 PM
Hurry the hell up and air already! I'm ready with my whole body, would sell an organ if that helps. JI CHANG WOOK in a fitted suit and slick back hairdo(that forehead!) is more than what I dream of. Nam Ji-hyun is always lovable. Rooting very hard for these too.
Although writers' past doesn't mean much in most cases, Protect the Boss was great, may this Suspicious one become half as good.
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transient
May 1, 2017 at 7:56 PM
Amen to the slicked back hairdo.
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Sunflowerdiva
May 2, 2017 at 7:41 AM
Amen to that glorious forehead.
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mindy
May 2, 2017 at 12:16 AM
I Remember You was amazing, so I have a lot of faith in this writer. ?
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14 dooleygongshil
May 1, 2017 at 3:51 PM
MY HEART. They are so cute and lovely. This is how I'll survive while I wait for Fight My Way to air.
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15 Sera The Ms Temper
May 1, 2017 at 3:54 PM
Nam Ji Hyun ? I'll be watching this drama for her. Ji Chang Wooks looks handsome as always ?
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myjello
May 1, 2017 at 4:03 PM
Hahah I'm watching this for Nam Ji Hyun too. Ji Chang Wook is a bonus ? Cant wait for the drama to start!
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Sera The Ms Temper
May 2, 2017 at 12:26 AM
It is like but 1 free 1. Oh wait I get to see Choi Tae Joon too ?So it is buy 2 free 1 or buy 1 free 1+ special gift lol.
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16 kiara
May 1, 2017 at 3:56 PM
Much needed break from serious and heavy dramas.
One more week to go!
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17 Cazorlaesque
May 1, 2017 at 4:17 PM
This looks promising. Please, drama gods, make 2017 a little brighter with this one.
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18 miss h
May 1, 2017 at 4:17 PM
I so need this to be good. I'm in a serious drama slump, and I love both Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun.
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19 giocare
May 1, 2017 at 4:41 PM
Kudos to whoever is doing Nam Ji Hyun's makeup. She looks so beautiful and mature
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junsungmin
May 1, 2017 at 10:29 PM
i know right... i think the rid of the bangs did so much to bring out her maturity...
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20 Buhdoop
May 1, 2017 at 4:48 PM
Love these white-washed posters!!! Definitely giving me an 80s vibe.
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21 curly
May 1, 2017 at 4:59 PM
Same here @tineybeanie. I also felt the same seeing the second poster. Its just like the shoping king louie. Plus nam ji hyun is on that show too.. hahahaha
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22 tummy
May 1, 2017 at 5:20 PM
Was there anything else regarding the setup and premise of this rom com? Sounds like they didn't go very deep into the pile of rehashed story lines and characters on this one.
Are we going to be entertained (?) by office politics, hidden powerful people pressuring prosecutors to drop cases, and our hero has some chaebol connection while the intern comes from a poor background I.e. Cinderella type story?
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outofthisworld
May 1, 2017 at 6:32 PM
This can be hilarious if they use all the rehashed stories, characters and tropes and subvert them.
Often, there's nothing absolutely new in Kdramas. Rarely do we see something that's wholly different like 'W'. Although I didn't complete the show, I thought the writing was very interesting and creative in the beginning. It's a laudable effort even if it wasn't a complete success.
On the other hand, cliche story lines and characters can still be entertaining if the writer offers something new beneath the superficiality. Take for example 1% of Anything. It's hardly groundbreaking and looks not much different from the original. However, the show turned out unexpectedly good. Radiant Office is another example. It's mostly all about office politics, a power hungry corporate heir and a Candy girl. Sounds nothing new but the writer is doing a marvelous job in subverting tropes, bringing a slice of office life and solid character development all round.
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fab
May 2, 2017 at 10:43 AM
You should really read the previous articles for the story, this is just for the newly released stills and posters.
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23 weirdnshort
May 1, 2017 at 5:47 PM
I'll probably check this out. Looks cliche though
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24 chicann7
May 1, 2017 at 6:08 PM
I love these photos! I see traces of Healer's Bong Soo in some of them - hehe!
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25 talen
May 1, 2017 at 7:10 PM
Ji Chang-wook is so damn fine in every single shot. Please, Suspicious Partner, be a great show. The K2 just didn't appeal to me, and I miss him.
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26 chousaurus
May 1, 2017 at 7:13 PM
WHAT A FRESH PAIRING I AM SO EXCITED MAY 10 MY BODY IS READYYY
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27 chocoroon
May 1, 2017 at 7:20 PM
I am so ready for this, although I'm not a big fan of legal kdramas I will watch this for both JCW and NJH. Fingers crossed it's a rom com that hits all the right notes.
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28 kakakash
May 1, 2017 at 7:23 PM
HOMG SOO EXCITED! Pleeeease let this get me out of drama slump!
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29 Michiki
May 1, 2017 at 7:44 PM
The third teaser seems fun and promising. JCW is very good in rom-com . He is just comical naturally and he just doesn't realize that he can do it so well. I can't wait to watch this entertaining drama.
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30 nomad
May 1, 2017 at 8:39 PM
tineybeanie, I think you and I have been praying for the same thing :) Bring romance back, kdrama!
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31 Alma H
May 1, 2017 at 8:53 PM
Looks like these two has great chemistry! I can't wait to see this!
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32 azzo
May 1, 2017 at 9:23 PM
I like these posters, I wasn't planning to watch this when it airs but I think I'm going to give in to the temptation of SO PRETTY!
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33 john
May 1, 2017 at 9:56 PM
Those two look great together.
Please writer, no insane ex's or Hater Love Rivals or Hater Stepmoms, please don't.
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javinne
May 5, 2017 at 2:18 PM
LOL! These are the things i also hate in a K-drama. I am also not very fond of a second lead who doesnt read tje signs and stupid chaebol conspirations.
I believe that normal people with personalities also have the right to live their own stories!
Anyway! Let's wait and see! ☺
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34 Vittoria
May 1, 2017 at 10:21 PM
Squeeeee!!
JCW channelling his park bong soo persona!! Really, really love it!
Wookie, pls take it easy with ur cuteness, this noona's heart will explode!
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35 Ampalaya
May 1, 2017 at 10:26 PM
I thought park hae jin and ji Chang wook are equally handsome in my eyes..certainly got so obsessed in CITT and healer..
But seeing these two with slicked back hair I could honestly say JCW look infinitely better..more handsome, more dashing..while phj look old in his bodyguard hairstyle...
Just saying...
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36 nelly
May 1, 2017 at 11:49 PM
May 10th can´t come fast enough. These two just look great together. I need some cute romance in my life and so far it looks like they will deliver. Please dramagods let it be good. I will watch it either way for Wookie but I need me some cuteness.
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37 etrenelle
May 2, 2017 at 4:32 AM
this looks so promising but I will keep y hopes low so hopefully I will be shell shocked when it comes out by how amazing it is XD
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38 Mango Juice
May 2, 2017 at 4:47 AM
With all the parody-ing this show has done, my gut is telling me that the poster is supposed to be inspired off Shopping King Louis. They're both rom-coms and both have Nam Ji-hyun. Hahaha. I really like the color scheme they made!
I'm so ready for this :")
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39 tesshan
May 2, 2017 at 6:54 AM
Looking forward to this new rom com. Always missing JCW soooo happy he is back for this before military.
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40 jigsaw
May 2, 2017 at 7:12 AM
This drama will be the death of me. I'm not sure if I even care about its quality. I just want some 16 hours or so of seeing Ji Chang Wook, period. I can always tune out and choose not to read the subtitles if I am not liking the story, and I will just stare at that guy's beautiful face. ❤
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41 purrrkins
May 2, 2017 at 7:16 AM
Nam Ji Hyun looks so cute but mature
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42 mushmush
May 2, 2017 at 8:23 AM
A drama where I like and look forward to both leads! Please don't dissapoint :)
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43 sojuboy
May 2, 2017 at 1:29 PM
Nam Ji-hyun, little girl has all grown up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1lSTGaxiMI
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44 realiti
May 2, 2017 at 4:51 PM
I ship them already and it hasn't even started. They have good chemistry just from the stills! Okay, maybe I'm just bias. Love these two <3
P.S I was so distracted (and excited) from the pretty stills that I typed my comments in the subscribe box! Didn't realise until I went to click on 'send' and saw 'subscribe' instead. Whoops!
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45 javinne
May 5, 2017 at 1:53 PM
I am really waiting for this drama! ?
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