List of episodes of the series «Brain Works»

Cooperation As Yet Unheard Of

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 67 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

The Most Brilliant Moment

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 68 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

I Don't Know My Wife's Face

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 67 min.
• Episode description:
  A Vietnamese woman is found dead with her face and hands burnt. Her husband suffers prosopagnosia; her best friend has disappeared. Both are suspects.

Things That Are Visible When You Close Your Eyes

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 65 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

The Girl With The Wicked Spirit

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 63 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

How To Be Saved Forever

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 63 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

A Man Cheating With His Wife

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 61 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Love, The Basic Instinct

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 61 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Reset Man

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  A suspect whose memory resets every 30 minutes claims he has killed his mother. Ha-ru returns, intrigued by a patient with anterograde amnesia.

Though Memories Fade, feat. How to Forget Bad Memories

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

A Brain on Trial

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 60 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

The Effects Love and Breakups Have on the Brain

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 62 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

A Teenage Brain Versus A Psychopath Brain

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 61 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

The Best Revenge

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 62 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Episode 15

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 61 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Episode 16

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 62 min.
• Episode description:
  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?