8.4/1012 votes#1 - Cooperation As Yet Unheard Of
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2023
Dr. Shin Ha-ru is fired after illegally acquiring a criminal’s brain. He volunteers to help Detective Geum Myeong-se's bureau — and to make him pay.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.3/1011 votes#2 - The Most Brilliant Moment
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2023
Ha-ru and Myeong-se's first case involves a famous guitarist and his wife, who turned herself in for his murder. But Ha-ru turns the case on its head.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.5/1010 votes#3 - I Don't Know My Wife's Face
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2023
A Vietnamese woman is found dead with her face and hands burnt. Her husband suffers prosopagnosia; her best friend has disappeared. Both are suspects.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.4/1010 votes#4 - Things That Are Visible When You Close Your Eyes
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2023
New evidence and test results drastically change the face of the case. A killer approaches Ha-ru, saying he wants to donate his brain to neuroscience.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.1/109 votes#5 - The Girl With The Wicked Spirit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/2023
A 6-year-old with aphasia gets turned in by her mother. She believes a demon has possessed her daughter to kill — and her husband has paid the price.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.0/109 votes#6 - How To Be Saved Forever
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/17/2023
Ha-ru exposes the truth before the child’s exorcism can take place. And a tablet reveals some dirt on the detective, much to the doctor's delight.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.2/108 votes#7 - A Man Cheating With His Wife
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/30/2023
Ha-ru’s attempt to sully Myeong-se embarrassingly backfires. A man reports his wife missing to the police, claiming a "virtual human" attacked her.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.3/108 votes#8 - Love, The Basic Instinct
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2023
After a husband's confession, his wife shows symptoms of conversion disorder. Who killed who? Ha-ru gives up his revenge and leaves the department.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.2/108 votes#9 - Reset Man
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2023
A suspect whose memory resets every 30 minutes claims he has killed his mother. Ha-ru returns, intrigued by a patient with anterograde amnesia.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.2/108 votes#10 - Though Memories Fade, feat. How to Forget Bad Memories
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/2023
The stepbrother becomes a prime suspect as the siblings’ harrowing tale comes to light. On his date with So-jeong, Myeong-se gets a call about a body.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.0/108 votes#11 - A Brain on Trial
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/2023
The perpetrator who left a mysterious note at the murder scene demands a reduced sentence. Unaware of Dong-u’s plan, Ha-ru appears as a witness.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
7.5/108 votes#12 - The Effects Love and Breakups Have on the Brain
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2023
Ha-ru's statement in court stirs up the media. When he unravels the cause of Kim Mo-ran’s hypersexuality, Myeong-se and So-jeong get tangled up in it.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.0/108 votes#13 - A Teenage Brain Versus A Psychopath Brain
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2023
A bleeding boy is found unconscious in I-na's bedroom. All of her friends claim she's the one responsible, and unfortunately, the evidence agrees.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.0/108 votes#14 - The Best Revenge
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2023
Ha-ru helps prove I-na's innocence. As he and Myeong-se's family bond, Ha-ru finally discovers Myeong-se’s flaw, leading to his untimely resignation.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.0/108 votes#15 - Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2023
Ha-ru learns that his parents weren't killed in a car accident but murdered. To find their killer, Ha-ru must accept a psychopath's dangerous offer.
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
8.1/1010 votes#16 - Episode 16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/2023
Myeong-se and Ha-ru must play the sympathy game, or else. The hostages will be released if their brain waves sync. Can two heads work better than one?
Director: Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun
Writer: Park Kyung-seon
The Best Episodes of Brain Works Season 1
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Two ill-fated men become a comic duo to investigate criminal cases involving a rare brain disease together.
Genres:DramaMysteryComedy
Network:KBS2
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Cooperation As Yet Unheard Of" is the best rated episode of "Brain Works" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Lee Jin-seo, Gu Seong-jun and written by Park Kyung-seon, it aired on 1/2/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Most Brilliant Moment".