Pied Piper () is a 2016 South Korean police procedural-crime drama television series. It replaced Cheese in the Trap and aired on cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes from March 7 to April 26, 2016.
Synopsis Pied Piper focuses on a police negotiation task force that specializes in tense, worst-case scenarios that require highly trained communication. They handle all sorts of cases, from suicide to hostage situations to terrorist attacks, and even war. They do their work with words, not weapons, to neutralize volatile situations before they erupt into full-blown catastrophes.
Joo Sung-chan (Shin Ha-kyun) is a genius lead negotiator of the crisis negotiation police unit. Meanwhile, Yoon Hee-sung (Yoo Jun-sang) is the anchor of TNN Night News channel. Yeo Myung-ha (Jo Yoon-hee) is an inspector of the Crisis Negotiation Team.
Cast Main Shin Ha-kyun as Joo Sung-chan – A genius negotiator in the past, currently an outside advisor of the police Crisis Negotiation Team Choi Won-hong as young Joo Sung-chan Jo Yoon-hee as Yeo Myung-ha – An inspector, Crisis Negotiation Team member Jeon Min-seo as young Yeo Myung-ha Yoo Jun-sang as Yoon Hee-sung – The real Pied Piper, an anchor of TNN Night News channel as Jung Soo-kyung – A Pied Piper
People around Joo Sung-chan as Seo Geon-il – K-Group chairman Choi Won-hong as Seo Joon – Seo Geon-il's son as Kang Hong-seok – K-Group management director, chairman's brother-in-law as Jung Tae-soo – a member of Assembly
People around Yeo Myung-ha Jo Jae-yoon as Han Ji-hoon – SWAT team leader Lee Jung-eun as Oh Ha-na – police officer of general switchboard 112 Yoo Seung-mok as Gong Ji-man – Crisis Negotiation Team leader Oh Eui-shik as Choi Sung-beom – Sergeant, digital forensic expert Jang Seong-beom as Jo Jae-hee – Sergeant, profiler Kim Jong-soo as Yang Dong-woo – Seoul district police chief
People around Yoon Hee-sung as Yoon Bo-ram – TNN channel social affairs reporter, Yoon Hee-sung's junior
Extended Go Yoon as Jung Hyun-ho – brother of the victim who died during the hostage kidnapping in the Philippines Kim Ji-eun as Part-timer at the PC room as director Lee Joon-kyung Park Ji-hwan as Heo Tae-woong – the bank robber Kwon Hyuk-joon – attempts suicide on the Han river bridge as Kim Jae-gon Kwak Dong-yeon as Gong Jung-in – Gong Ji-man's son as Noh Kyung-seok – former TNN syndicate president Lee Kan-hee as Moon Ji-hye – a doctor, Oh Jung-hak's friend as judge Park Hyo-seon as Yeon Joon-hee as Goo Dong-man Park Shi-in as Jung Chan-gyu Shin Cheol-jin as Shin Won-chang Ham Sung-min as PC cafe customer as factory magamement director
Kim Jung-seok as factory's CEO Yang Fan Cao Fei Fei as Shanshan Lee Won-jong as detective Lee Cheol-yong
Heo Min-young as airplane hacker
Special appearances Sung Dong-il as Oh Jung-hak – former Crisis Negotiation Team leader Kim Min-seo as Lee Joo-eun – Joo Sung-chan's lover Lee Moo-saeng as Prosecutor (Ep.6)
Ratings In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
Original broadcast date Average audience share AGB Nielsen TNmS Nationwide Nationwide 1 March 7, 2016 3.307% 3.0% 2 March 8, 2016 3 March 14, 2016 2.347% 2.2% 4 March 15, 2016 2.516% 2.3% 5 March 21, 2016 2.066% 2.0% 6 March 22, 2016 1.6% 7 March 28, 2016 1.869% 1.5% 8 March 29, 2016 2.036% 2.0% 9 April 4, 2016 2.170% 2.0% 10 April 5, 2016 2.421% 1.7% 11 April 11, 2016 1.452% 12 April 12, 2016 1.900% 1.8% 13 April 18, 2016 1.464% 1.5% 14 April 19, 2016 1.744% 1.8% 15 April 25, 2016 1.891% 1.5% 16 April 26, 2016 1.932% 1.7% Average
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