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Secret Mother

{{Short description|2018 South Korean television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Secret Mother-poster.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name =

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=시크릿 마더}}

| genre = {{ubl|Mystery|Thriller}}

| creator = Hong Chang-wook

| writer = Hwang Ye-jin

| director = Park Yong-soon

| creative_director =

| starring = {{ubl|Song Yoon-ah|Kim So-yeon|Kim Tae-woo|Song Jae-rim}}

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer = Jae Min-An

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 32{{efn|name=epcount|In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Jin-hai|url=https://www.pressreader.com/korea-republic/the-korea-times/20170516/282041917057345|title=Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks|work=The Korea Times|via=PressReader|date=May 16, 2017|accessdate=April 17, 2020}}}}

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Jo Eun-jung

| producer = Park Hyeong-Ki

| news_editor =

| location =

| cinematography =

| editor =

| camera =

| runtime = 35 minutes{{efn|name=epcount}}

| company = The Story Works

| budget =

| network = SBS TV

| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|5|12}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2018|7|7}}

| related =

}}

Secret Mother ({{ko-hhrm|시크릿 마더||Sikeurit Madeo}}) 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.{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201804091329549862028_2|title='Secret Mother' looks at Korea's intense education scene|date=April 9, 2018|website=Kpop Herald}}{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/kwave/2018/05/11/3001000000AEN20180511013800315.html|title='Secret Mother' makes thriller out of Korea's unique education system|date=May 11, 2018|website=Yonhap News Agency}}{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2018/05/688_249777.html|title='Secret Mother' vs 'Desperate Housewives'|date=May 29, 2018|website=The Korea Times}}

Synopsis

Story of a mysterious surrogate mother who enters the home of a woman holding the secret behind her child's death.

Cast

=Main=

: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 Tae-woo as Han Jae-yeol{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003239723|title=[공식] 김태우, SBS '시크릿 마더' 남주 확정…송윤아와 특급 호흡|date=April 10, 2018|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko}}

:Kim Yoon-jin's husband. An elite police chief who graduated from the police academy with honors.

  • Song Jae-rim as Ha Jung-wan{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0000839409|title=[공식입장] 송재림, '시크릿 마더' 출연 확정…송윤아와 호흡|date=April 2, 2018|website=Xports News|language=ko}}

: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.

=Supporting=

  • Cha Hwa-yeon as Park Sun-ja{{cite web|url=http://hankookilbo.com/v/62fd1179fae3ff8162fd1179fae3ff81|title=차화연 SBS '시크릿 마더' 출연 확정, 송윤아 시어머니 役|date=April 24, 2018|website=Hankook Ilbo|language=ko}}

:Yoon-jin's mother-in-law. Director of a hospital.

  • Seo Young-hee as Kang Hye-kyung.{{cite web|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3294484|title=[공식입장] "송윤아→김소연" 워맨스 스릴러 '시크릿 마더', 라인업 완성|date=April 19, 2018|website=News1|language=ko}}

: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.

  • Min Sung-wook as Jung Suk-hwan{{cite web|url=http://news.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A201804170118|title=민성욱, SBS '시크릿 마더' 출연 확정|date=April 17, 2018|website=WowTV|language=ko}}

:A senior executive at a large company. Hye-kyung's husband.

  • Ahn Sang-woo as Yoon Seung-soo{{cite web|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=22616527&cloc=rss%7Cisplus%7Ctotal_list|title=송윤아X김소연 '시크릿마더' 첫방 '워맨스스릴러' 도전 통할까|date=May 12, 2018|website=Ilgan Sports|language=ko}}

: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.

=Extended=

  • Yum Ji-yoon as Han Joo-hee
  • Kim Ye-jun as Han Min-joon, Yoon-jin's son{{cite web|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1495958|title='시크릿마더' 김소연X김예준, 미소 유발하는 '다정한 투샷' 공개|date=May 19, 2018|website=TenAsia|language=ko}}
  • Choi Yoo-ri as Jung Soo-min, Hye-kyung and Suk-hwan's daughter
  • Song Ji-woo as Yoon Ji-ho, Hwa-sook and Seung-soo's son
  • Lee Go-eun as Lee Chae-rin, Ji-ae and Byung-hak's daughter{{cite web|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/1484309|title=이고은, '시크릿마더' 출연…콧대 높은 강남 초등학생 役|date=May 3, 2018|website=TenAsia|language=ko}}
  • Son Seung-woo as Shin Se-yeon{{cite web|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3299636|title=[공식입장] 손승우, '시크릿 마더' 출연 확정… 송윤아와 대립|date=April 25, 2018|website=News1|language=ko}}
  • Kwon Do-kyun as Min Tae-hwan{{cite web|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110900757|title='시크릿마더' 권도균, 첫 방송 앞두고 '본방사수' 독려샷 공개|date=May 12, 2018|website=Osen|language=ko}}
  • Kang Sang-won as Lee Chi-yeol
  • Yeon Min-ji

Original soundtrack

=Part 1=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|5|12}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Nothing

| note1 =

| lyrics1 = Yoo Ji-hoon, Park Se-joon

| music1 = Yoo Ji-hoon, Park Se-joon

| extra1 = Car, the garden {{small|{{lang|ko|(카더가든)}}}}

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Nothing

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 4:25

| total_length = 8:50

|}}

=Part 2=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|5|19}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = {{lang|ko|완벽한 사랑}}

| note1 = Perfect Love

| extra1 = Kim Sa-wol {{small|{{lang|ko|(김사월)}}}}

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = {{lang|ko|완벽한 사랑}}

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 2:25

| total_length = 4:50

|}}

=Part 3=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|5|26}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = {{lang|ko|보여}}

| note1 = See

| extra1 = Ri-won {{small|{{lang|ko|(리원)}}}}

| length1 = 3:40

| title2 = {{lang|ko|보여}}

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 3:40

| total_length = 7:20

|}}

=Part 4=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|6|02}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = {{lang|ko|낮과 밤}}

| note1 = Day and Night

| extra1 = Kim Sa-wol {{small|{{lang|ko|(김사월)}}}}

| length1 = 3:20

| title2 = {{lang|ko|낮과 밤}}

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 3:20

| total_length = 6:40

|}}

=Part 5=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|6|09}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = {{lang|ko|기억속의 너}}

| note1 = You In My Memory

| extra1 = Goo Yoon-hoe {{small|{{lang|ko|(구윤회)}}}}

| length1 = 4:16

| title2 = {{lang|ko|기억속의 너}}

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 4:16

| total_length = 8:32

|}}

=Part 6=

{{tracklist

| headline = Released on {{start date|2018|6|23}}

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Beside You

| note1 =

| extra1 = Lee Hyuk {{small|{{lang|ko|(이혁)}}}}

| length1 = 4:45

| title2 = Beside You

| note2 = Inst.

| extra2 =

| length2 = 4:45

| total_length = 9:30

|}}

Ratings

  • In the table below, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|the red numbers}} represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
  • TNmS stop publishing their report from June 2018.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="3" |{{abbr|Ep.|Episode}}

! rowspan="3" |Original broadcast date

! colspan="4" |Average audience share

colspan="2" |TNmS{{cite web|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_hty.top&where=nexearch&query=02%EC%9B%949%EC%9D%BC+%EC%A7%80%EC%83%81%ED%8C%8C+%EC%8B%9C%EC%B2%AD%EB%A5%A0&oquery=01%EC%9B%9413%EC%9D%BC+%EC%A7%80%EC%83%81%ED%8C%8C+%EC%8B%9C%EC%B2%AD%EB%A5%A0&tqi=TF22EspySENsssk4d9Cssssstnl-439781|title=TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver|language=Korean|work=TNMS Ratings|accessdate=February 9, 2018}}

! colspan="2" |AGB Nielsen{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|title=AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu|language=ko|work=AGB Nielsen Media Research|accessdate=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}

width="90" |Nationwide

! width="90" |Seoul

! width="90" |Nationwide

! width="90" |Seoul

1

| rowspan="4" | May 12, 2018

| 4.4% {{small|(NR)}}

| 4.6%

| 4.8% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.0% {{small|(NR)}}

2

| 5.7% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.3%

| 6.5% {{small|(17th)}}

| 7.1% {{small|(14th)}}

3

| 5.6% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.1%

| 6.5% {{small|(17th)}}

| 7.0% {{small|(16th)}}

4

| 6.9% {{small|(17th)}}

| 7.7%

| 7.8% {{small|(10th)}}

| 8.6% {{small|(7th)}}

5

| rowspan="4" | May 19, 2018

| 4.3% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.1%

| 4.6% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.4% {{small|(18th)}}

6

| 5.7% {{small|(16th)}}

| 6.6%

| 5.7% {{small|(16th)}}

| 6.5% {{small|(13th)}}

7

| 5.5% {{small|(19th)}}

| 6.4%

| 6.2% {{small|(15th)}}

| 7.2% {{small|(9th)}}

8

| 6.1% {{small|(14th)}}

| 6.8%

| 6.6% {{small|(13th)}}

| 7.3% {{small|(8th)}}

9

| rowspan="4" | May 26, 2018

| 4.9% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.1%

| 4.3% {{small|(NR)}}

| 4.5% {{small|(NR)}}

10

| 5.3% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.6%

| 5.1% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.4% {{small|(NR)}}

11

| 6.2% {{small|(17th)}}

| 6.5%

| 5.9% {{small|(18th)}}

| 6.2% {{small|(16th)}}

12

| 7.0% {{small|(11th)}}

| 7.6%

| 6.9% {{small|(10th)}}

| 7.4% {{small|(6th)}}

13

| rowspan="4" | June 2, 2018

| 5.3% {{small|(20th)}}

| 5.9%

| 5.0% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.6% {{small|(20th)}}

14

| 6.0% {{small|(19th)}}

| 6.4%

| 6.5% {{small|(17th)}}

| 6.9% {{small|(14th)}}

15

| 6.2% {{small|(18th)}}

| 6.6%

| 6.6% {{small|(15th)}}

| 7.0% {{small|(12th)}}

16

| 6.4% {{small|(17th)}}

| 6.8%

| 7.4% {{small|(8th)}}

| 7.5% {{small|(8th)}}

17

| rowspan="4" | June 9, 2018

| 5.8% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.4%

| 5.6% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.2% {{small|(20th)}}

18

| 6.0% {{small|20th)}}

| 7.1%

| 6.8% {{small|(15th)}}

| 7.9% {{small|(10th)}}

19

| 6.3% {{small|(19th)}}

| 7.4%

| 7.7% {{small|(10th)}}

| rowspan="2"|{{color|red|8.8%}} {{small|(7th)}}

20

| 6.9% {{small|(13th)}}

| 7.6%

| {{color|red|8.1%}} {{small|(9th)}}

21

| rowspan="4" | June 23, 2018

| 3.5%

| 3.7%

| 4.0% {{small|(NR)}}

| 4.2% {{small|(NR)}}

22

| 4.5%

| 4.7%

| 5.0% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.3% {{small|(NR)}}

23

| 5.3%

| 5.5%

| 5.8% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.0% {{small|(NR)}}

24

| 5.6%

| 5.8%

| 6.1% {{small|(20th)}}

| 6.1% {{small|(19th)}}

25

| rowspan="4" | June 30, 2018

| 4.8% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.0%

| 5.2% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.4% {{small|(NR)}}

26

| 5.4% {{small|(NR)}}

| 5.6%

| 5.8% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.0% {{small|(NR)}}

27

| 5.9% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.1%

| 6.3% {{small|(19th)}}

| 6.9% {{small|(17th)}}

28

| 7.0% {{small|(19th)}}

| 7.6%

| 7.4% {{small|(15th)}}

| 8.0% {{small|(12th)}}

29

| rowspan="4" | July 7, 2018

| {{color|blue|1.5%}}

| {{color|blue|1.7%}}

| {{color|blue|1.9%}} {{small|(NR)}}

| {{color|blue|2.2%}} {{small|(NR)}}

30

| 5.2%

| 5.8%

| 5.6% {{small|(NR)}}

| 6.1% {{small|(19th)}}

31

| 6.5%

| 7.2%

| 7.0% {{small|(14th)}}

| 7.7% {{small|(10th)}}

32

| {{color|red|7.4%}}

| {{color|red|8.1%}}

| 7.8% {{small|(8th)}}

| 8.3% {{small|(7th)}}

colspan="2" |Average

!{{color|green|5.6%}}

!{{color|green|%}}

!{{color|green|6.0%}}

!{{color|green|6.5%}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominee

! Result

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan=5|2018

|rowspan=5|SBS Drama Awards

|Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama

|Song Jae-rim

|{{nom}}

|rowspan=5|{{cite web|url=http://news1.kr/articles/?3513821|script-title=ko: [SBS 연기대상] 감우성·김선아, 공동 대상..베스트 커플상까지(종합)|trans-title=[SBS Drama Awards] Gam Woo-sung, Kim Sun-ah, co- grand prize.. Best Couple Award (Comprehensive)|last=Lee|first=Jihyun|date=January 1, 2019|work=News1|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231205743/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3513821|archive-date=December 31, 2018| url-status=live|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}

Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama

|Song Yoon-ah

|{{won}}

Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama

|Kim Tae-woo

|{{nom}}

Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama

|Kim So-yeon

|{{won}}

Best Supporting Actress

|Kim Jae-hwa

|{{nom}}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/secretmother}}
  • {{Hancinema drama|Secret_Mother}}

{{Studio S (South Korean company)}}

Category:Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas

Category:2018 South Korean television series debuts

Category:Korean-language television shows

Category:South Korean mystery television series

Category:South Korean thriller television series

Category:Television shows about human pregnancy

Category:2018 South Korean television series endings

Category:Examinations and testing in fiction

Category:Television series by Studio S