‘Whisper’ sets tone for dark, vengeful romance

REPLACING SBS series ‘Defendant’, which ended its run last week, new revenge drama sets the tone for a dark tale of ambition and vindication.

Airing its first episode on Monday on SBS, the drama leads in ratings with 13.9 per cent, according to Neilsen Korea.

Actress Lee Bo-young (above, right) returns to the small screen after her role as a feisty prosecutor in the 2013 show ‘ I Can Hear Your Voice’, this time as policewoman Shin Young-joo, who looks into a murder case in which her father is a suspect.

Shin’s father receives a phone call from a colleague and rushes over, only to discover he has been killed. The police, however, arrest him at the scene. Shin, meanwhile, points to Choi Il-hwan ( Kim Kap- soo), the ruthless head of the law firm Taebaek, as the chief suspect.

The judge presiding over the trial is actor Lee Dong-joon, played by Lee Sang-yoon, who led the romantic drama ‘On the Way to the Airport’ last year. Lee Dong-joon is reputed to be a judge with conviction, but ultimately caves in to blackmail from the law firm. He sentences Shin’s father to 15 years in prison, and Shin vows revenge.

The episode ends with Shin seducing a drunk Dong-joon and threatening him with sexual abuse charges.

Penned by Park Kyung- soo and directed by Lee Myungwoo, the show airs Mondays and Tuesdays on SBS.