# Face Me (페이스 미)
**Face Me** (페이스 미) is a South Korean medical crime thriller television series that aired on KBS2 from November 6 to December 12, 2024, in 12 episodes. It stars Lee Min Ki as a cold plastic surgeon and Han Ji Hyun as a violent-crimes detective who team up to solve crimes through reconstructive surgery on victims.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) • [2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1708261wpp/face-me-continues-lone-ratings-race)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | KBS2, 12 episodes, November 6 to December 12, 2024, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:50[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) |
| Genre | Medical crime thriller; a plastic surgeon and a detective solve crimes using reconstructive surgery on victims[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1708261wpp/face-me-continues-lone-ratings-race) |
| Main cast | Lee Min Ki as Cha Jung-Woo; Han Ji Hyun as Lee Min-Hyung; Lee Yi-Kyung and Jeon Bae-Su in supporting roles[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) |
| Production | Directed by Jo Rok-Hwan, written by Hwang Ye-Jin[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) |
| Ratings | Premiere 3.3% nationwide (Nielsen Korea), the series high; episode 5 fell to 2.2%; finale 2.9%[3](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me) |
| Award | Han Ji Hyun won Excellent Actress (miniseries) at the 2024 KBS Drama Awards on December 31, 2024[3](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me) |
## Premise and characters
Cha Jung-Woo (Lee Min Ki) is a top plastic surgeon with elite skills and experience in both plastic surgery and emergency medicine. When he sees a patient's injury, he can quickly visualize the circumstances of the accident and the treatment needed, but he is cold with patients and does not usually connect with them emotionally.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) The Apple TV synopsis describes him as a renowned "golden hands" doctor who can determine not only the treatment for a trauma but also how the accident happened.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%91%E1%85%A6%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B5%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3-%E1%84%86%E1%85%B5/umc.cmc.5tnw0zobgmcudqpzd8pc2dij0)
Detective Lee Min-Hyung (Han Ji Hyun) works in the violent crimes department. She is fearless, confident, and empathetic to victims, and passionate about catching criminals. She meets Cha Jung-Woo when he volunteers to support crime victims, and gradually comes to understand a wound in his past that he has never revealed to anyone.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) Around them are plastic surgeon Han Woo-Jin (Lee Yi-Kyung), Cha's friend, and Kim Seok-Hoon (Jeon Bae-Su), his mentor.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me)
The early episodes establish the partnership. In episode 2, the millennial-generation detective Min-Hyung finds a name in a victim's suicide note that puts Jung-Woo in a difficult position, and the hospital director's publicized medical support leads Jung-Woo to take on reconstructive surgery for crime victims.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%91%E1%85%A6%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B5%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3-%E1%84%86%E1%85%B5/umc.cmc.5tnw0zobgmcudqpzd8pc2dij0) Episode 4 centers on an acid-attack victim, Jung Hee-Young, whom Jung-Woo saves from a rooftop and later encourages toward skin graft surgery, telling her that disappearing through death would mean nothing.[5](https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=338648)
## Broadcast and ratings
The series took over KBS2's Wednesday and Thursday 21:50 time slot previously occupied by *Dog Knows Everything*, and was followed by *[Who Is She](https://www.edgepedia.org/who-is-she)* on December 18, 2024. Its early working title was "Look at Me".[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me) KBS described the show as a cooperative tracking drama pairing a plastic surgeon with an MZ-generation (Korean label for millennials plus Gen Z) detective.[6](https://padmin.static.kbs.co.kr/nbroad/2024/11/15/1731628014441_nbroad.pdf)
**Ratings trajectory.** According to Nielsen Korea nationwide figures, the premiere scored 3.3%, which remained the series' highest rating. Episode 3 fell to 2.3%, episode 4 recovered to 3.1%, and episode 5 dropped to a series low of 2.2%, the lowest figure among terrestrial programs in the same 10 p.m. time slot that night.[3](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me) • [7](https://www.mt.co.kr/amp/entertainment/2024/11/22/2024112209387264783) Episode 6 rebounded to 3.2%, a one-point rise that Money Today attributed to a plot turn in which Cha Jung-Woo learns the identity of Lee Min-Hyung's older brother, straining their previously friendly relationship.[7](https://www.mt.co.kr/amp/entertainment/2024/11/22/2024112209387264783) The remaining episodes stayed in the 2% range, and the finale on December 12, 2024 scored 2.9%, an increase over episode 11's 2.6%.[3](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me) • [8](https://www.soompi.com/article/1710047wpp/face-me-ends-on-ratings-boost-sorry-not-sorry-rises-for-2nd-episode)
By December 2024, *Face Me* was the only drama airing on Wednesdays in its slot, and episode 9's 2.8% marked a 0.4-point decrease from episode 8's 3.2%.[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1708261wpp/face-me-continues-lone-ratings-race) Among dramas airing that month, it ranked 8th with its 2.9% final rating, behind *The Fiery Priest 2* (11.9%) on SBS and *[The Tale of Lady Ok](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-tale-of-lady-ok)* (9.5%) on JTBC.[9](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Popular_Korean_Dramas)
## Reception and recognition
At the 2024 KBS Drama Awards, held December 31, 2024, Han Ji Hyun received the Excellent Actress award for a miniseries.[3](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me) On the viewer-rating site MyShows, the series holds an average episode rating of about 4.4 out of 5, with episode 2 the highest rated at 4.58.[10](https://en.myshows.me/view/91922/rating/) AsianWiki's user rating stood at 89 out of 100 from 227 votes.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me)
A K-contents listing catalogs the series as a 2024 investigation and medical drama directed by Jo Rok-Hwan and written by Hwang Ye-Jin.[11](https://www.archivecenter.net/kaitArchive/attach/130000/137092/20250806130428475.pdf) The series is available for streaming on Apple TV, which lists it as a 2024 crime and mystery program of about 55 minutes per episode, rated 15, produced in South Korea.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%91%E1%85%A6%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B5%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3-%E1%84%86%E1%85%B5/umc.cmc.5tnw0zobgmcudqpzd8pc2dij0)
## References
1. [Face Me, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Face_Me)
2. ["Face Me" Continues Lone Ratings Race, Soompi (December 5, 2024)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1708261wpp/face-me-continues-lone-ratings-race)
3. [Face Me episode ratings and awards, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Face_Me)
4. [페이스 미, Apple TV (KR)](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%91%E1%85%A6%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B5%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3-%E1%84%86%E1%85%B5/umc.cmc.5tnw0zobgmcudqpzd8pc2dij0)
5. [이민기X한지현, 맵고도 달콤한 케미 ('페이스미' 4회), KBS연예](https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=338648)
6. [KBS 사보, 2024년 11월 15일 (Vol. 768)](https://padmin.static.kbs.co.kr/nbroad/2024/11/15/1731628014441_nbroad.pdf)
7. ['페이스미', 이민기X한지현 관계 균열에 시청률은 기사회생, Money Today (November 22, 2024)](https://www.mt.co.kr/amp/entertainment/2024/11/22/2024112209387264783)
8. ["Face Me" Ends On Ratings Boost + "Sorry Not Sorry" Rises For 2nd Episode, Soompi (December 12, 2024)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1710047wpp/face-me-ends-on-ratings-boost-sorry-not-sorry-rises-for-2nd-episode)
9. [Popular Korean Dramas, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Popular_Korean_Dramas)
10. [Rating of seasons and episodes of Face Me (2024), MyShows.me](https://en.myshows.me/view/91922/rating/)
11. [1월 Top 50 내 K-콘텐츠, KAIT Archive](https://www.archivecenter.net/kaitArchive/attach/130000/137092/20250806130428475.pdf)
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