''Pride and Prejudice'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring

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, Baek Jin-hee,

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and

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. It aired on MBC from October 27, 2014 to January 13, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 for 21 episodes.

Plot

Gu Dong-chi passed the

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right after high school (bypassing college altogether) and became a prosecutor at age 21. With his brilliant legal mind and over ten years of experience since, Dong-chi has sharpened his skills of figuring out what other people are really thinking, even as he keeps his own private thoughts inscrutable and enjoys the perks of the bureaucratic system. Han Yeol-mu is a prosecutor-in-training who gets assigned under Dong-chi. Yeol-mu was once a detective, and she decided to become a public prosecutor because of her dogged pursuit of truth and justice. Dong-chi finds himself working with Yeol-mu, and along with cool-headed veteran prosecutor Moon Hee-man, investigator and former

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athlete Kang Soo, and loose-tongued unemployed gambler Jung Chang-gi, they form a team of "loser prosecutors" who fight for innocent, poor, and powerless citizens and battle against crime, prideful authorities and a prejudiced system.

Cast

Main characters

as Goo Dong-chi **Noh Tae-yeop as young Goo Dong-chi * Baek Jin-hee as Han Yeol-moo ** Park Si-eun as young Han Yeol-moo *

as Moon Hee-man *

as Kang Soo / Seo Tae-won *

as Jung Chang-gi

Supporting characters

* Choi Woo-shik as Lee Jang-won *

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as Yoo Dae-gi *

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as Yoo Kwang-mi *

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as Lee Jong-gon *

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as Oh Do-jung *Baek Soo-ryun as Baek Geum-ok *

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as Kim Myung-sook *

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as Kim Chan *

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as Choi Gwang-gook *Han Gap-soo as Goo Young-bae *Song Sam-dong as Kwon Dae-yong *Lee Hyun-gul as Baek Sang-dae *Jung Ji-hoon as Han Byul *Kim Hae-na as Cha Yoon-hee *

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as Kang Han-na (Ep. 15)

Cameos

*Jung Sung-mo as Han Byul's mother *

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as Song Ah-reum *

as Choi Kwang-gook *Im Seung-dae as Kang Moo-sung *Choi Joon-yong as Oh Tae-gyun *

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as Park Soon-bae

Ratings

As reported by Nielsen Korea, the evening drama premiered on October 27, 2014 with an 11.2% rating, recording the highest rating in its time slot, significantly ahead of its competition, ''

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'' (

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) and ''

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'' ( SBS).

Awards and nominations

References

External links

''Pride and Prejudice'' official MBC website

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