You're All Surrounded

You’re All Surrounded wins some points for consistency and heart, and for some truly endearing characters

It was really entertaining and fresh

A great balance between comedy, romance and thriller

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Drama: You're All Surrounded (literal title)
Revised romanization: Neoheedeuleun Powidwaetda
Hangul: 너희들은 포위됐다
Director: Yu In-Sik
Writer: Lee Jung-Sun
Network: SBS
Episodes: 20
Release Date: May 7 - July 17, 2014
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea


Plot

"You're All Surrounded" follows 4 twenty-something-year-old rookie detectives at a police station in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea.
The 4 rookie detectives are Eun Dae-Koo (Lee Seung-Gi), Eo Soo-Sun (Go Ara), Park Tae-Il (Ahn Jae-Hyeon) and Ji Kook (Park Jung-Min) arrive at the Gangnam Police Station for their first day of work. None of the rookie detectives dreamed of becoming a detective. They then meet Seo Pan-Seok (Cha Seung-Won) for the first time. Seo Pan-Seok is the Chief Investigator for the #3 team.
Meanwhile, Eun Dae-Koo recognizes Seo Pan-Seok. He hasn't forgotten him in 11 years.



Cast

Lee Seung-gi as Eun Dae-gu / Kim Ji-yong
Ahn Do-gyu as young Ji-yong
He is brusque, intelligent (with an IQ of 150), and has a photographic memory. His problem with authority stems from his painful past; as a young boy named Kim Ji-yong living in Masan, his mother was murdered in front of his eyes when she attempted to testify as a witness to a crime. To avoid getting killed himself, he changed his name to Eun Dae-gu and grew up in an orphanage. He eventually becomes a detective to bring his mother's killer to justice, while spying on his boss Seo Pan-seok, whom he believes conspired with his mother's killer.

Cha Seung-won as Seo Pan-seok
The short-tempered captain of the Violent Crimes Unit. A legend at the precinct, Pan-seok is known for closing the toughest cases and catching the most notorious criminals. But he has never forgotten a long-ago unsolved case involving the murder of a witness and the subsequent disappearance of her son, Kim Ji-yong, a case which is inextricably linked to his own family tragedy: the accidental death of his young son.

Go Ara as Eo Soo-sun
Ji Woo as young Soo-sun
Bold and persistent, Soo-sun applied seven times before being accepted into the police academy. She is the only female in the new class of officers. Soo-sun and Ji-yong went to the same middle school in Masan, but she initially doesn't recognize him in his present incarnation as Dae-gu.

Ahn Jae-hyun as Park Tae-il
Tae-il is secretive and laidback, but has a way with the ladies. He was in his first year of residency before deciding to leave medicine and become a detective, a decision his family disapproves of which led to his estrangement from them.

Park Jung-min as Ji Gook
A geeky and talkative guy whose sole reason for applying to the force was because he wanted to live in Gangnam. He unexpectedly becomes best friends with Tae-il, and develops a crush on Soo-sun.

Oh Yoon-ah as Kim Sa-kyung
Sa-kyung is a tenacious detective with strong convictions, whose personal goal is to pave the way for female cops to work in her precinct without being discriminated against. She is also Pan-seok's ex-wife, and the divorced couple are forced to work together when she is transferred to his police station as the new head detective of the Missing Persons Unit. She divorced him due to the grief and anger she felt over their son's death, but upon meeting again at the precinct, Sa-kyung and Pan-seok's love for each other resurfaces and they begin dating again.

Sung Ji-roo as Lee Eung-do
Pan-seok's older colleague who looks upon the new recruits affectionately.

Seo Yi-sook as Kang Seok-soon
The chief of police. She secretly sponsored and encouraged Dae-gu for eleven years up until police academy, but may have suspicious ties to Assemblyman Yoo, a crooked politician.