‘Treasure Island’ Park Hyung-sik really hit Heo Joon-ho and Lee Hae-young.

According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership ratings research company, on the 22nd, the 9th episode of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Treasure Island’ (written by Lee Myung-hee/directed by Jin Chang-gyu) that aired on March 21st recorded a viewership rating of 12.2% nationwide and 12.2% in the metropolitan area, taking first place across all channels in the same time slot and first place among miniseries aired for a week. The peak viewership rating soared to 13.2%, and the 2049 viewership rating also reached 2.8%, taking first place among all programs aired on Friday (including dramas, entertainment, and news).

In the broadcast that day, Seo Dong-joo (played by Park Hyung-sik), who once again overcame a near-death crisis, pressured Yeom Jang-seon (played by Heo Joon-ho) and Heo Il-do (played by Lee Hae-young) one after another, laying the groundwork for revenge. For viewers who watched all of Seo Dong-ju‘s hardships, it was a thrilling 60 minutes that made them anticipate the next stage of revenge.

Earlier, Yeo Eun-nam (Hong Hwa-yeon) was shocked when she learned that Yeom Jang-seon and Heo Il-do were the ones who pushed Seo Dong-ju, whom she loved, to the brink of death. Yeo Eun-nam revealed that she knew everything and tried to escape from Yeom Jang-seon’s grasp. However, Yeom Jang-seon planned to kill everyone, including Seo Dong-ju and Yeo Eun-nam.

Seo Dong-ju made eye contact with Heo Il-do during a fight with the manager (Seong No-jin) who attacked him. Heo Il-do also came to kill Seo Dong-ju after hearing Yeom Jang-seon‘s words, but he hesitated when he saw his son Heo Tae-yoon (Yoon Sang-hyun) who realized his mistake and came to find Seo Dong-ju. He gathered his courage again and came back, only to find Seo Dong-ju in a standoff with the manager. Heo Il-do injected the injection he brought into the manager instead of Seo Dong-ju.

The situation was resolved and Seo Dong-ju asked Heo Il-do, “Why did you save me today?” and pressured him, saying, “I saved Heo Il-do twice. When he fell into the sea, and right here now. I saved you and didn’t kill you.” It was a situation that was no different from great humiliation for Heo Il-do. Then, Seo Dong-ju heard from the manager that Yeom Jang-sun would kill Yeo Eun-nam, so he snatched the cell phone from Heo Il-do and ran to Yeo Eun-nam.

Yeo Eun-nam was saved thanks to Seo Dong-ju. Seo Dong-ju pressured Yeom Jang-sun with Heo Il-do‘s cell phone and the cell phone that Yeom Jang-sun took from the hitman that Yeom Jang-sun attached to Yeo Eun-nam at the same time. Seo Dong-ju then called Yeom Jang-sun and strongly provoked her, saying, “Wait. I’ll give you everything back.” He even stormed into Wayoungjae, where Yeom Jang-seon was.

Yeom Jang-seon was extremely angry at Seo Dong-joo‘s reckless provocation and took out his gun again. However, Seo Dong-joo had already met with the old man (played by Choi Kwang-il) whom Yeom Jang-seon served and completed the preliminary work. In the end, Yeom Jang-seon had no choice but to put down his gun due to the old man’s pressure. The old man did not stop there and pressured him to hand over the management of the 2 trillion won in political slush funds tied up in a Swiss account to Seo Dong-joo. Yeom Jang-seon was completely defeated again.

Seo Dong-joo warned Yeom Jang-seon, “I will kill you when your life is worth sacrificing for my revenge.” He also returned to Daesan House and declared war on Heo Il-do, saying, “Mr. Heo is an attempted murderer who tried to kill me, Seo Dong-joo, but failed. I will make good use of that weakness from now on.” The 9th episode of ‘Treasure Island’ ended with the appearance of Seo Dong-joo who is in high spirits and Heo Il-do who is gripped by a sense of pressure.

The 9th episode of ‘Treasure Island’ presented extreme tension and thrill to the viewers with a whirlwind development of Seo Dong-joo hitting Yeom Jang-seon and Heo Il-do one by one. In addition, the change of Daesan Group Chairman Cha Kang-cheon (played by Woo Hyun), the meeting between Cha Kang-cheon and his illegitimate child Ji Sun-woo (played by Cha Woo-min), the anxiety of the Daesan family due to this, and clues about the child named ‘Sung-hyun’ were thrown one by one, piquing the interest of the viewers.

The 10th episode of SBS‘s Friday-Saturday drama ‘Treasure Island’ will air tonight, Saturday, March 22nd at 9:50 PM.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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