‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches Its Highest Rating Ever + Latest Episode Short Recap

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‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap (Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap (Photo : SBS official Instagram)

The ongoing hit drama "The Penthouse 2" continues to rise in viewership ratings with each episode!

"The Penthouse 2" Viewership Ratings Score

On March 5, season 2 of revenge thriller drama "The Penthouse" achieved its highest viewership ratings ever recorded. Based on the survey of Nielsen Korea (a rating survey company), the drama's fifth episode garnered an average nationwide rating of 20.9 percent and 24.4 percent for its two parts; this marks a new record for the show!

The drama topped the rankings in its time slot across all channels, and it also gained the highest viewership ratings of any program that broadcasted on any network that day. This drama makes the viewers hooked to their over-the-top revenge story as it also broke its personal viewership record among the key demographic of viewers ages 20 to 49, to which it garnered the score of an average rating of 11.6 percent.

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"The Penthouse 2" Recent Episode Recap

Warning! Spoilers will be Mentioned Below!

The long-awaited Cheong-A Arts Festival has finally come and the first contestant to perform on stage was Bae Ro Na (Kim Hyun Soo). She was shocked when her pianist played a different song. At first, Bae Ro Na felt embarrassed, but when she started to sing the song, everyone was amazed by her performance, and she even pulled off the highest pitch of the song. Bae Ro Na successfully finished the song and drew a standing ovation from the audience.

‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap
(Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap

However, in the backstage, Bae Ro Na was surprised to discover that Ha Yoon Cheol (Yun Jong Hoon) was the person who sabotages her performance by paying her pianist to change the song so that Ha Eun Byeol (Choi Ye Bin) would have her chance at winning the grand prize.

‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap
(Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap

When the contestants were done with their performance on stage, Ha Eun Byeol felt blamed Bae Ro Na for her failed performance and she was filled with jealousy and anger when she saw the affectionate encounter between Bae Ro Na and Joong Hoon (Kim Young Dae).

‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap
(Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap

Ha Eun Byeol approached Bae Ro Na confronted her and they began discussing about their mother's past conflict. Then suddenly, Ha Eun Byul started to have weird hallucinations of her mother, Cheon Seo jin (Kim So Yeon) pressuring her to win the Grand Prize and Bae Ro Na smiling at her holding the trophy. This hallucination was caused by the heart medicine she had taken too much to calm herself before her performance.

‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap
(Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap

As Cheon Seo jin stepped on stage to announce the winner of the Grand Prize, Ha Eun Byul is chasing Bae Ro Na as she wants to hit her and get rid of her. She ended up hitting Bae Ro Na with a trophy cause for her to fall on the stairs. The episode ended with Cheon Seo jin announcing Bae Ro Na as the winner of the contest.

‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap
(Photo : SBS official Instagram)
‘The Penthouse 2’ Reaches to its Highest Rating Ever Recorded+ Latest Episode Short Recap

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Written By Liza Parker

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