Brain Works — Season 1
Putting aside their disdain for each other, a kindhearted detective and an arrogant neuroscientist team up to solve a series of mind-bending crimes.
About this season
Putting aside their disdain for each other, a kindhearted detective and an arrogant neuroscientist team up to solve a series of mind-bending crimes.
Episodes (16)
1. Cooperation As Yet Unheard Of
9.0Aired 2 January 2023 • 67 min
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.
2. The Most Brilliant Moment
8.0Aired 3 January 2023 • 68 min
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.
3. I Don't Know My Wife's Face
8.0Aired 9 January 2023 • 67 min
A Vietnamese woman is found dead with her face and hands burnt. Her husband suffers prosopagnosia; her best friend has disappeared. Both are suspects.
4. Things That Are Visible When You Close Your Eyes
8.0Aired 10 January 2023 • 65 min
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.
5. The Girl With The Wicked Spirit
8.0Aired 16 January 2023 • 63 min
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.
6. How To Be Saved Forever
8.0Aired 17 January 2023 • 63 min
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.
7. A Man Cheating With His Wife
8.0Aired 30 January 2023 • 61 min
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.
8. Love, The Basic Instinct
8.0Aired 31 January 2023 • 61 min
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.
9. Reset Man
Aired 6 February 2023 • 60 min
A suspect whose memory resets every 30 minutes claims he has killed his mother. Ha-ru returns, intrigued by a patient with anterograde amnesia.
10. Though Memories Fade, feat. How to Forget Bad Memories
Aired 7 February 2023 • 60 min
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.
11. A Brain on Trial
9.0Aired 13 February 2023 • 60 min
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.
12. The Effects Love and Breakups Have on the Brain
9.0Aired 14 February 2023 • 62 min
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.
13. A Teenage Brain Versus A Psychopath Brain
8.0Aired 20 February 2023 • 61 min
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.
14. The Best Revenge
8.0Aired 21 February 2023 • 62 min
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.
15. Episode 15
8.0Aired 27 February 2023 • 61 min
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.
16. Episode 16
8.0Aired 28 February 2023 • 62 min
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?