Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit

Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Unit

Promotional poster for Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit
Also known as Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Unit
Flower Grandpa Investigative Team
Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Team
Flower Grandpa Investigators
Genre Comedy
Written by Moon Sun-hee
Yoo Nam-kyung
Directed by Kim Jin-young
Starring Lee Soon-jae
Byun Hee-bong
Jang Gwang
Kim Heechul
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 12
Production
Location(s) Korea
Running time Fridays at 21:50 (KST)
Production company(s) SSD
Release
Original network tvN
Original release May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09) – July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25)
Chronology
Preceded by Grandpas Over Flowers
External links
Website

Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit (Hangul: 꽃할배 수사대; RR: Kkothalbae Susadae) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Soon-jae, Byun Hee-bong, Jang Gwang and Kim Heechul.[1] It aired on tvN from May 9 to July 25, 2014 on Fridays at 21:50 for 12 episodes.[2][3][4]

Plot

The lives of four detectives in their twenties are changed forever when after an experiment gone awry, three of them rapidly age overnight and find themselves in the bodies of old men in their seventies (only one, Park Jung-woo, emerges unscathed and stays young). As his suddenly much older colleagues comically struggle to deal with their new and unusual predicament, Jung-woo shares in their hardships, joining them in their mission to find a way to reclaim their lost youth. Meanwhile, the team also continues to solve crimes, while the "grandpas" work at a delivery service as their cover.[5][6]

Cast

Main characters

The brains of the operation. He has a photographic memory and never forgets a detail, and is widely known in the precinct for being cold-hearted and selfish, who probably wouldn't even bleed if you pricked his finger. But one day he works a strange case, and wakes up having aged fifty years overnight. Suddenly he can't remember even the simplest details because he's battling senility. And he has to watch helplessly as his fiancée questions why her boyfriend just vanished into thin air three months before their wedding.
The precinct's golden boy, the only son of the chief of police who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He's the only one who escapes the aging spell.
The Casanova of the group, who pretty much skates by in life on his looks and charm. But when he wakes up as an old man, he finds his face covered in wrinkles and doesn't know how to function when he can't get anyone — even ajummas — to look his way.
The youngest of the group at 28, he's a former national boxer. Of course in an elderly body, he finds that he can't kick anything without throwing out his back.

Supporting characters

Guest appearances

Ratings

Episode Original airdate AGB Nielsen[7][8]
Average rating
1 May 9, 2014 2.74%
2 May 16, 2014 1.71%
3 May 23, 2014 1.47%
4 May 30, 2014 1.45%
5 June 6, 2014 1.19%
6 June 13, 2014 1.11%
7 June 20, 2014 1.08%
8 June 27, 2014 1.29%
9 July 4, 2014 1.33%
10 July 11, 2014 0.84%
11 July 18, 2014 0.78%
12 July 25, 2014 1.04%
Average 1.34%

International broadcast

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Ji-soo (7 May 2014). "Flower Grandpa Investigators to air Friday". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Park, Ji-ryun (3 March 2014). "SUJU's Heechul Cast in Flower Grandpa Investigative Team". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  3. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (5 March 2014). "Hee-chul morphs into old man for new drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  4. ↑ Jin, Eun-soo (7 May 2014). "Grandpas turned into sitcom". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  5. ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (2 May 2014). "Flower Grandpa Investigative Team to Feature Chemistry Between Lee Soon Jae and Heechul". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  6. ↑ Oh, Jean (8 May 2014). "Kim Hee-chul out for laughs in detective comedy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  7. ↑ AGB 닐슨 미디어리서치 홈페이지
  8. ↑ This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters (SBS, KBS, MBC).

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