'Scandal' Kim Jae Won, Jo Jae Hyun and Park Sang Min 'New Record for Dramatic Storyline?'

Tags: MBC; scandal; Kim Jae Won; Park Sang Min

BY Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2013 04:32 PM EDT

"Scandal" Viewers were captivated by this new weekend drama right from the very beginning.

The first episode of "Scandal", the new MBC weekend drama, aired on June 29. This drama has been described to contain a story of revenge and its aftermath. Director Kim Jin Man and writer Bae Yoo Mi are the masterminds behind this storyline. It is their third time working together. On top of this extravagant combo, Kim Jae Won has been reported to have transformed his acting style completely and Park Sang Min's character has been described as a new level of evil.

The first episode began with Ha Eun Joong (Kim Jae Won) pointing his gun at his father Ha Myung Geun (Jo Jae Hyun). This occurs after Ha Eun Joong discovers that he used to be Jang Eun Joong before his 'father', Ha Myung Geun kidnapped him. The father he loved to death, turned out to be a kidnapper who changed his fate.

As soon as the gun fires, the setting of the drama changes to year 1988 when everything happened.

Ha Myung Geun was taking care of his son and his daughter without their mother. He was an officer who believed in peaceful solutions. However, when Jang Tae Ha (Park Sang Min) appears with a fork crane, a huge fight begins. Ha Myung Geun arrests Jang Tae Ha but he was released because of his political powers

Yoon Hwa Young (Shin Eun Kyung)'s father dies and considers getting a divorce from her husband Jang Tae Ha (Park Sang Min). However, Yoon Hwa Young is unable to do it because of the son she has been hiding for over 5 years. Go Joo Ran (Kim Hye Ri) is a top star actress who lives with Jung Tae Ha. They even have a daughter named Jang Joo Ha. Jang Joo Ra tries to provoke Yoon Hwa Young to make her divorce her legal husband. Yoon Hwa Young later learns that the person who caused the death of her father is Jung Tae Ha.

This drama will contain a lot of secrets about the birth and identity of many characters in this drama. Will "Scandal" set another record for its dramatic storyline?