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| ▲This photo, provided by ENA, shows scenes from last episode of "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by ENA, shows scenes from last episode of "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, August 19 (Yonhap) -- ENA Wed-Thurs Drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (“Attorney Woo”), which gained popularity almost to a syndrome, has ended with ratings of around 17% in viewership.
The last episode of “Attorney Woo,” which aired on Thursday 9 p.m., recorded audience ratings of 17.5%, according to the data by Nielson Korea.
It set a new record by easily passing its highest record, 15.8% on episode 9, starring special guest Koo Kyo-hwan.
“Attorney Woo” began with audience ratings of 0.9% on the first episode, but the rating quickly increased to around 13-14% with the word of mouth and maintained it. This is a surprising number compared to the recent dramas on major channels, such as terrestrial and general programming,as they struggle to pass over 5% range.
The last episode resolved secret behind birth of Woo Young Woo, who is a daughter of Tae Soo-mi, candidate for justice minister.
“Attorney Woo” revolved around the survival story of Woo Young-woo, who has autistic spectrum disorder and genius brain, at a law firm. The drama ended with more mature Woo Young-woo as she engage with people at law firm Hanbada.
“Attorney Woo” received favorable reviewers, picturing the main character with autistic spectrum disorder as a lovable character. The drama gained popularity as it pictured Socially disadvantage such as the disabled, elderly, women, children, North Korean defectors, and sexual minorities with warmth, and solving cases delightfully with Woo Young-woo's unique brilliant ideas.
Park Eun-bin, who played Woo Young Woo, led the drama with her delicate acting, and the Hanbada people who worked with Woo Young-woo such as Kang Ki-young, Ha Yun-kyung, and Joo Jong-hyuk, also contributed to the story by creating characters with their own colors.
But in the latter half of the drama, there were reactions that the settings such as a senior lawyer Jeong Myung-seok (Kang Ki-young) diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer and Tae Soo-mi's son appeared as a genius hacke were unreasonable.
Some criticized the scene where Woo Young-woo told Jeong Myung-seok that he can die by mentioning the survival rate of stomach cancer, using sadness of cancer sufferers as a joke.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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