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2018 South Korean TV series

Ms. Ma, Nemesis
Promotional poster

Hangul	미스 마: 복수의 여신
Literal meaning	Miss Ma: Goddess of Revenge
Revised Romanization	Miseu Ma: Boksuui Yeosin

Genre	Mystery Revenge
Based on	Miss Marple's adventures by Agatha Christie (under licence from Agatha Christie Ltd.)
Developed by	Hong Chang-wook
Written by	Park Jin-woo
Directed by	Min Yeon-hong Lee Jung-hoon
Starring	Yunjin Kim Jung Woong-in Ko Sung-hee CNU
Composer	Jin Myeongyong
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer	Jay Sun-hwan Yoon
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	Good Production Co.
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	October 6 (2018-10-06) – November 24, 2018 (2018-11-24)
Related
Agatha Christie's Marple (ITV, UK) Miss Marple (BBC, UK)

Ms. Ma, Nemesis (Korean: 미스 마: 복수의 여신) is a South Korean television series starring Yunjin Kim, Jung Woong-in, Ko Sung-hee and CNU. It is based on Agatha Christie's Nemesis. The series aired four consecutive episodes on Saturday on SBS TV from October 6 to November 24, 2018.

Aside from the title story Nemesis, the plot of the show also adapts other Christie stories, most notably The Moving Finger, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, A Murder is Announced, and The Body in the Library.

Synopsis

Ms. Ma is sent to jail after being accused of killing her daughter. She escapes in order to find the real murderer and starts solving other cases.

Cast

Main

Yunjin Kim as Ma Ji-won

A mystery writer.

Jung Woong-in as Han Tae-kyu

A detective in charge of Ms. Ma's case.

Ko Sung-hee as Seo Eun-ji

A woman who introduces herself as Ms. Ma's niece and then lives at her house.

Choi Kwang-je as Ko Mal-koo

A retired gangster who works as a loan creditor.

Recurring

CNU as Bae Do-hwan

A young police officer stationed at the village where Ms. Ma and Eun-ji are currently staying.

Myung Gye-nam as Jang Il-koo
Song Young-kyu as Jang Cheol-min
Kim Young-a as Yang Mi-hee
Sung Ji-ru as Jo Chang-gil
Moon Hee-kyung as Madame Park
Hwang Suk-jung as CEO Oh
Yoon Hae-young as Lee Jung-hee
Lee Ye-won as Jang Min-seo

Ms. Ma's deceased daughter.

Choi Seung-hoon as Choi Woo-joon
Lee Myung-hoon as Heo Joo Yeong

Original soundtrack

Ms. Ma, Nemesis OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Vlending Co., Ltd. SBS Contents Hub

Part 1

Released on October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Alone"	D'Day	KZ Gom Dol-goon JeA (Brown Eyed Girls)	JeA (Brown Eyed Girls)	3:37
2.	"Alone" (Inst.)		KZ Gom Dol-goon JeA (Brown Eyed Girls)		3:37
Total length:					7:14

Part 2

Released on October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My Memory"	Jin Myung-yong	Jin Myung-yong	leeSA	3:15
2.	"Alone" (Inst.)		Jin Myung-yong		3:15
Total length:					6:30

Part 3

Released on October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Flower"	DarooStar Jay Hong (Jam Factory)	DarooStar Jay Hong (Jam Factory)	UP10TION (Wei, Sunyoul, Hwanhee)	3:35
2.	"Flower" (Inst.)		DarooStar Jay Hong (Jam Factory)		3:35
Total length:					7:10

Part 4

Released on November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Do You Know Back Then" (그댄 아나요)	KZ Taebongie	KZ Taebongie	SALTNPAPER	3:51
2.	"Do You Know Back Then" (Inst.)		KZ Taebongie		3:51
Total length:					7:42

Part 5

Released on November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Run Away"	Kim Ho-kyung	1601	Yi Sung-yol	4:06
2.	"Run Away" (Inst.)		1601		4:06
Total length:					8:12

Part 6

Released on November 17, 2018 (2018-11-17)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Hourglass"	YEIN	Master Class, YEIN	YEIN	3:47
2.	"Hourglass" (Inst.)		Master Class, YEIN		3:47
Total length:					7:34

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen
		Nationwide
1	October 6, 2018	5.8%
2		7.3%
3		8.3%
4		9.1%
5	October 13, 2018	5.3%
6		6.1%
7		6.3%
8		6.6%
9	October 20, 2018	2.1%
10		5.1%
11		5.5%
12		5.8%
13	October 27, 2018	5.4%
14		6.3%
15		6.4%
16		6.9%
17	November 3, 2018	4.7%
18		5.1%
19		5.5%
20		5.6%
21	November 10, 2018	4.5%
22		4.8%
23		5.2%
24		5.2%
25	November 17, 2018	3.9%
26		5.3%
27		5.9%
28		6.6%
29	November 24, 2018	5.4%
30		6.4%
31		7.4%
32		8.6%
Average		5.9%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2018	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama	Yunjin Kim	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama	Jung Woong-in	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Ko Sung-hee	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Moon Hee-kyung	Nominated

Notes

^ 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.

References

Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
"South Korean Miss Marple deal". Agatha Christie Ltd. May 22, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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"Yunjin Kim hopes 'Ms. Ma, Goddess of Revenge' becomes her best Korean TV series". Yonhap News. September 17, 2018.
"Kim Yun-jin's return to local TV: After roles on American dramas like 'Lost,' the actor is ready to play Ms. Ma". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 19, 2018.
"Casting: Yunjin Kim". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
"Casting: Jung Woong-in". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
"Casting: Ko Sung-hee". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
"Casting: CNU". SBS (in Korean). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
"AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
Lee, Jihyun (January 1, 2019). [SBS 연기대상] 감우성·김선아, 공동 대상..베스트 커플상까지(종합) [ Gam Woo-sung, Kim Sun-ah, co- grand prize.. Best Couple Award (Comprehensive)]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

External links

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple

Characters and places

Books

Novels	The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) The Body in the Library (1942) The Moving Finger (1942) A Murder Is Announced (1950) They Do It with Mirrors (1952) A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) 4.50 from Paddington (1957) The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962) A Caribbean Mystery (1964) At Bertram's Hotel (1965) Nemesis (1971) Sleeping Murder (1976)
Short story collections	The Thirteen Problems (1932) The Regatta Mystery (1939) Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) Double Sin and Other Stories (1961) Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979)

Film adaptations

Television adaptations

A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
Miss Marple (1984–1992)
- The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–2005)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004–2013) (Episodes)
Agathe kann's nicht lassen (2005–2007)
Ms. Ma, Nemesis (2018)