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The Perfect Lie’s Leads Face Polygraph Test in Episode 2
MBC’s thriller The Perfect Lie premiered on October 30, starring Yoo Yeon Seok and Seo Hyun Jin.
It follows heart surgeon Min Joon Ho and school librarian Kang Ji Sun, who meet and go on a first date.
The next day, Ji Sun reports Joon Ho over an alleged sexual assault, while he says the encounter was not forced.
Their opposing accounts of the same event drive the show’s search for the truth.
Both characters take a polygraph test in the second episode, which aired on October 31.
A polygraph test has limits as evidence, but the pressure of the test may affect how the characters behave.
The premiere drew a 1.9% rating, well below competing SBS drama Doctor X at 16.5%; the story’s next development is how the test results shape the conflict.
MBC drama The Perfect Lie opened with a nationwide household rating of 1.9%.
The psychological thriller stars Yoo Yeon Seok and Seo Hyun Jin as two people who give opposing accounts of the same memory.
Its first episode showed the pair’s promising first date before their accounts of an incident diverged.
Kang Ji Sun reported Min Joon Ho to police, while he said the encounter was not forced.
The show began amid competition from established weekend dramas, including SBS’s Doctor X.
- Who
- MBC’s The Perfect Lie, starring Yoo Yeon Seok and Seo Hyun Jin.
- What
- The drama’s first episode recorded a 1.9% nationwide household rating.
- When
- October 30, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea; the rating was measured among nationwide households.
- Why
- Not stated.
Kang Ji Sun
Min Joon Ho
Account of the incident
Kang Ji Sun
Kang Ji Sun reported Min Joon Ho, alleging that the encounter was forced.
Min Joon Ho
Min Joon Ho denied that it was forced and said he was wronged.
The Perfect Lie premiered, showing Min Joon Ho and Kang Ji Sun’s first date and the beginning of their conflicting accounts.
A report cited Nielsen Korea data saying the premiere recorded a 1.9% nationwide household rating.
The drama’s second episode was scheduled to air at 9:50 p.m. KST.
- Premiere rating
- 1.9% nationwide household rating
- Network
- MBC
- Lead actors
- Yoo Yeon Seok and Seo Hyun Jin
- Premiere date
- October 30, 2026
- Scheduled second episode
- October 31 at 9:50 p.m. KST
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What people are saying
The first episode will show Min Joon Ho and Kang Ji Sun’s ‘perfect first date,’ which becomes the starting point of everything to come.
The lie detector scene will give viewers a strong sense of tension.