# The Husband (결혼의 완성) (TV series)
**The Husband** (결혼의 완성, *Gyeolhonui Wanseong*, literal title "The Completion of Marriage") is a 2026 South Korean crime thriller television series broadcast on KBS2. It stars [Namkoong Min](https://www.edgepedia.org/namkoong-min) as a neurosurgeon whose wife is kidnapped the day after he asks her for a divorce, leaving him both the prime suspect and the only person trying to save her.[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Titles | English: The Husband; literal: The Completion of Marriage; Hangul: 결혼의 완성; romanization: Gyeolhonui Wanseong[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) |
| Broadcast | KBS2, 12 episodes, July 4 – August 9, 2026, Saturdays and Sundays at 21:20[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) |
| Production | Written by Jung Jae-ha; directed by Kim Jung-hyun and Kim Min-tae; produced by KBS Media and Red Nine Pictures[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) • [2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=26373) • [3](https://www.feyno.com/en/series/the-husband-2026) |
| Main cast | Namkoong Min (Kang Tae-ju), Lee Seol (Ko Se-yun), Kim Dae-myung (Noh Man-hee), Lee Sang-hee (Kim Kyung-ae), Park Byung-eun (Lee Su-hyeong)[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) |
| Streaming | Disney+ (listed studio: Hulu), with subtitle tracks in more than a dozen languages[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j) • [3](https://www.feyno.com/en/series/the-husband-2026) |
| Finale ratings | 8.5% nationwide and 7.6% in Seoul (AGB Nielsen); episode 9 reached a per-minute peak of 8.9%[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) • [5](https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/513411) |
| Rating | Rated 15 in South Korea[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j) |
## Premise
Kang Tae-ju (Namkoong Min) is a neurosurgeon and the director of Woorihamkke Hospital, married to Ko Se-yun (Lee Seol), the hospital's chairwoman. After four years of marriage the couple is on the verge of divorce; Tae-ju declares he wants one, and the next day Se-yun is kidnapped. He becomes both a fugitive, suspected of arranging the abduction of his own wife in what is framed as a murder-for-hire plot, and a pursuer racing to save her before she is killed.[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) • [6](https://welcon.kocca.kr/en/directory/content/the-husband--10165)
The kidnapper is Noh Man-hee (Kim Dae-myung), described in Korean press coverage as a criminal who commits kidnapping and murder without feeling guilt; his confrontation with Tae-ju escalates through the middle episodes, and the ransom demand rises from 300 million won to 3 billion won over the course of the negotiation.[7](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/TV/article/view/bnt202607200105) • [8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzCBzmEmj4E) Lee Sang-hee plays Kim Kyung-ae, a kidnapper who later tells detectives that she and her husband were used by someone else, and Park Byung-eun plays Lee Su-hyeong.[5](https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/513411) • [1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29)
## Broadcast and production
The series aired as a KBS2 Saturday and Sunday miniseries at 21:20, taking over the time slot previously occupied by *[To My Beloved Thief](https://www.edgepedia.org/to-my-beloved-thief)* and followed by *[A Love Other Than Yours](https://www.edgepedia.org/a-love-other-than-yours)* on September 12, 2026.[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) Each episode runs about 61 minutes, and the production companies are KBS Media, the distribution arm founded by the broadcaster in 1991, and Red Nine Pictures.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j) • [3](https://www.feyno.com/en/series/the-husband-2026) • [6](https://welcon.kocca.kr/en/directory/content/the-husband--10165)
**Adaptation.** Korean coverage of the series describes it as developed from a foreign thriller novel titled *The Husband*. In the novel the protagonist is an ordinary landscaper who fights a kidnapping organization through instinctive survival and action, ending in a clean rescue; the drama version reworks the lead into an intellectual, obsessive neurosurgeon, expands the wife into a central mystery axis, and adds Korean social background and conspiracy elements around the abduction.[9](https://curivue.com/ko/%EB%94%94%EC%A6%88%EB%8B%88%ED%94%8C%EB%9F%AC%EC%8A%A4-%EA%B2%B0%ED%98%BC%EC%9D%98-%EC%99%84%EC%84%B1-%EA%B0%95%ED%83%9C%EC%A3%BC-%EC%95%84%EB%82%B4-%EB%82%A9%EC%B9%98-%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0/)
## Reception
Ratings rose steadily across the run. The premiere drew 4.4% nationwide, and the series set successive personal bests in its final weeks: episode 9 recorded a per-minute peak of 8.9% and 7.6% nationwide, and the finale on August 9 reached 8.5% nationwide and 7.6% in Seoul, the highest episode average of the run.[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29) • [5](https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/513411)
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | 1 | 4.4% | 4.0% |
| 2026-07-12 | 4 | 7.2% | 6.7% |
| 2026-08-01 | 9 | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| 2026-08-09 | 12 | 8.5% | 7.6% |
Source: AGB Nielsen, as compiled by AsianWiki.[1](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29)
On Disney+ the series was made available internationally with subtitle tracks in Korean, German, Malay, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese, and French, among others.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j)
## Story development
The plot moves from marital breakdown into a kidnapping thriller within the first episode: Tae-ju clashes with Se-yun over a surgical problem, declares divorce, and receives a mysterious call with a blocked number when she disappears.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j) In episode 3 the kidnapper offers Tae-ju a dangerous deal with his wife's life at stake, and he escapes from a police station; in episode 4 he allies with a detective who has suffered a tragedy, and the two pursue the real culprit.[4](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j)
The investigation widens beyond a single kidnapper. Detective team leader Jang Do-sik establishes that Ha Jung-su, who died of cardiac arrest from a potassium chloride injection, had passed Tae-ju's movements to the kidnapper Kim Kyung-ae on the day of the abduction, while evidence suggesting a figure behind Ha accumulates in ways that look staged.[5](https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/513411) In the penultimate episode the drama reveals Choi Chi-ung (Woo Ji-hyun) as the true instigator, a man nursing guilt over his daughter Ha-yun's death and resentment toward Tae-ju over a failed hospital project, who manipulates Noh Man-hee using a surgery as bait.[10](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202608082259003)
## References
1. [The Husband (Korean Drama), AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/The_Husband_%28Korean_Drama%29)
2. [결혼의 완성, Cine21 TV database](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=26373)
3. [The Husband (Series 2026), Feyno](https://www.feyno.com/en/series/the-husband-2026)
4. [결혼의 완성, Apple TV (Korea)](https://tv.apple.com/kr/show/%E1%84%80%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AF%E1%84%92%E1%85%A9%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4-%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A5%E1%86%BC/umc.cmc.6q91s75dt6hh7t4rlqbrt379j)
5. ['결혼의 완성' 김대명, 이설 앞 재등장 "오랜만이에요", iMBC 연예뉴스](https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/513411)
6. [The Husband, KOCCA WelCon directory](https://welcon.kocca.kr/en/directory/content/the-husband--10165)
7. ['결혼의 완성' 김대명 열연, bnt뉴스](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/TV/article/view/bnt202607200105)
8. [결혼의 완성 1~2화 리뷰, KIMSISEON (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzCBzmEmj4E)
9. [디즈니플러스 결혼의 완성 원작 소설 비교, Curivue](https://curivue.com/ko/%EB%94%94%EC%A6%88%EB%8B%88%ED%94%8C%EB%9F%AC%EC%8A%A4-%EA%B2%B0%ED%98%BC%EC%9D%98-%EC%99%84%EC%84%B1-%EA%B0%95%ED%83%9C%EC%A3%BC-%EC%95%84%EB%82%B4-%EB%82%A9%EC%B9%98-%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0/)
10. ["남궁민 없애" 우지현, 수술 미끼로 김대명 조종, 스포츠경향](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202608082259003)
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