Korean Drama Recommendation: 《Through the Darkness》

Starring: Kim Nam-gil, Jin Sun-kyu, Kim So-jin Episodes: 12 Based on the non-fiction novel "The Chaser of the Monster" by Kwon Il-yong, South Korea's first criminal profiler, and Go Na-mu. The story is set in an era when concepts like "criminal profiling" and "psychopathy" were still unfamiliar in Korea, and the nation was gripped by panic due to a series of motive-less serial murders. Plot Summary: The protagonist, Song Ha-yeong (played by Kim Nam-gil), is meticulous and filled with curiosity and compassion for the human psyche. Appreciated and invited by the Head of the Forensics Department, Guk Young-soo (played by Jin Sun-kyu), he becomes one of South Korea's first criminal profilers. Facing a brutal serial killer with no discernible pattern, Ha-yeong and his colleagues in the Criminal Behavior Analysis Unit must cast aside their fear. They delve into prisons to converse with the most heinous criminals, listening to and dissecting their twisted inner worlds to uncover motives and behavioral patterns amidst the fog, and to hunt down the murderers who can hardly be called human.