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| Creator: | Hong Chang-wook | ||
| Director: | Park Yong-soon | ||
| Composer: | Jae Min-An | ||
| Country: | South Korea | ||
| Language: | Korean | ||
| Num Episodes: | 32 | ||
| Executive Producer: | Jo Eun-jung | ||
| Producer: | Park Hyeong-Ki | ||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||
| Company: | The Story Works | ||
| Network: | SBS TV |
Secret Mother is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Song Yoon-ah and Kim So-yeon with Kim Tae-woo and Song Jae-rim. The series aired four consecutive episodes on Saturday on SBS TV from 8:55 to 11:15 p.m. (KST) starting from May 12, 2018.[1] [2] [3]
Story of a mysterious surrogate mother who enters the home of a woman holding the secret behind her child's death.
An ex-psychiatrist who forgoes her job to become a full-time housewife after the death of her daughter. She was not only a successful doctor, but she became the head of the board of directors to her father's medical foundation. She is extremely dedicated to her son's education, and hires Kim Lisa to ensure her son's admission to a prestigious university.
A mysterious "surrogate mother" who oversees students' academic endeavors, and help them to achieve the path of an elite. In reality, she takes on the alias of "Kim Lisa" to find someone who was like a sister to her when they grew up in an orphanage.
Kim Yoon-jin's husband. An elite police chief who graduated from the police academy with honors.
A homicide detective who is blunt and rash. He is the only person who believes in Kim Yoon-jin's doubts about her daughter's death and helps her find the truth behind it.
Yoon-jin's mother-in-law. Director of a hospital.
A "Gangnam Mom" who is in constant pursuit of culture and perfection.
A "Devil Mom" who only made it to Gangnam after hitting the jackpot with stocks, and whose goal is putting her child in an international school.
A "Desire Mom" who outshines her own child, and wants to raise them to become the best in the world.
A senior executive at a large company. Hye-kyung's husband.
An officer at Ministry of Land Transportation, who quit his job to become a private investigator. Hwa-sook's ex-husband.
A renter who owns several buildings. Ji-ae's husband.
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS[14] | AGB Nielsen[15] | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | May 12, 2018 | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.0% | |
| 2 | 5.7% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 7.1% | ||
| 3 | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 7.0% | ||
| 4 | 6.9% | 7.7% | 7.8% | 8.6% | ||
| 5 | May 19, 2018 | 4.3% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.4% | |
| 6 | 5.7% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 6.5% | ||
| 7 | 5.5% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 7.2% | ||
| 8 | 6.1% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 7.3% | ||
| 9 | May 26, 2018 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 4.5% | |
| 10 | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 5.4% | ||
| 11 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.9% | 6.2% | ||
| 12 | 7.0% | 7.6% | 6.9% | 7.4% | ||
| 13 | June 2, 2018 | 5.3% | 5.9% | 5.0% | 5.6% | |
| 14 | 6.0% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 6.9% | ||
| 15 | 6.2% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 7.0% | ||
| 16 | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 7.5% | ||
| 17 | June 9, 2018 | 5.8% | 6.4% | 5.6% | 6.2% | |
| 18 | 6.0% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 7.9% | ||
| 19 | 6.3% | 7.4% | 7.7% | |||
| 20 | 6.9% | 7.6% | ||||
| 21 | June 23, 2018 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.2% | |
| 22 | 4.5% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.3% | ||
| 23 | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 6.0% | ||
| 24 | 5.6% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 6.1% | ||
| 25 | June 30, 2018 | 4.8% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.4% | |
| 26 | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 6.0% | ||
| 27 | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 6.9% | ||
| 28 | 7.0% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 8.0% | ||
| 29 | July 7, 2018 | |||||
| 30 | 5.2% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.1% | ||
| 31 | 6.5% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 7.7% | ||
| 32 | 7.8% | 8.3% | ||||
| Average | ||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Song Jae-rim | [16] | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Song Yoon-ah | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Kim Tae-woo | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama | Kim So-yeon | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Jae-hwa |