Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestDrama series follows a police crisis negotiation team as they try to solve cases without using force. The police crisis negotiation team works on such cases like attempted suicides, hostage situations and terror situations.
Acting
Shin Ha-kyun's micro-expressions do more than most action sequences.
Writing
Negotiation scenes that feel like heist films with words as currency.
Direction
Kim Hong-sun makes stale rooms feel like pressure cookers.
Creators
Ryu Yong-jae, Kim Hong-sun
Shin Ha-kyun
Joo Sung-Chan
Jo Yoon-hee
Yeo Myung-Ha
Yu Jun-sang
Son Hee-Sung
Sung Dong-il
Oh Jung-Hak
Kim Hong-pa
Jung Tae-Soo
Choi Won-hong
Seo Joon
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Seo Gun-Il
Jo Jae-yun
Han Ji-Hoon
Jang Seong-beom
Jo Jae-Hee
Jung Hae-na
Yoon Bo Ram
Oh Eui-sik
Choi Sung-Bum
Kim Jong-soo
Yang Chung Jang
Yoo Seung-mok
Kong Ji Man
Kwak Dong-yeon
Gong Jung In
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references both the folktale and Korea's real 'Pied Piper' slang for negotiators who lure targets with false promises. The show aired during a period of intense scrutiny on Korean police response to mental health crises.
Shin Ha-kyun and Sung Dong-il previously starred together in 'Brain' (2011), another medical-procedural where their power dynamic was inverted — their reunion here was deliberately cast.
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