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The Scarecrow · Season 1 · ENA

The Scarecrow Season 1

The Scarecrow Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.5/10. 12 episodes on ENA from 20 April 2026.

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BollyMeter8.5/10Became ENA's highest-rated Monday-Tuesday drama of all time, climbing from a 2.9% premiere to an 8.1% finale via word-of-mouth alone; MyDramaList audiences score 8.2 and reviewers called it disturbing yet brilliant.

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What BollyAI Thinks

The Scarecrow aired on ENA from April 20 to May 26, 2026, and turned into the network's all-time top-rated Monday-Tuesday drama through sustained word-of-mouth rather than an opening burst. Premiere ratings sat at 2.9 percent nationwide before climbing steadily to a finale peak of 8.1 percent. The show is built around collective guilt and institutional violence rather than the mechanics of whodunit: a demoted detective and a former school bully turned prosecutor are forced to investigate serial murders inspired by the real Hwaseong case, and the series keeps asking who the system destroyed before the killer. Park Hae-soo and Lee Hee-joon - reunited from Mouse - deliver performances that critics called emotionally shattering. K-waves and Beyond labelled it a crime thriller that keeps breaking the viewer's heart, and the MyDramaList audience consensus of 8.2 validated that assessment.

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The Room

8.2/10MyDramaList audience
  • “Disturbing yet brilliant crime thriller that keeps breaking your heart.”
    K-waves and Beyond

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Tae-ju's Comeback to Gangseong7.8

    The premiere establishes the atmosphere of institutional rot before the first murder scene: a detective demoted to his provincial hometown, a cold case that local powers want buried, and a prosecutorial adversary with a shared past. The show withholds easy genre comfort from the first episode.

    The moment: Tae-joo's first confrontation with Si-young reveals their shared history carries as much danger as any serial killer in the town.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E12Episode 129.0

    The finale landed to a peak nationwide minute-by-minute rating of 9.3 percent - confirming how completely the show had grown its audience over twelve episodes. The resolution refuses to let the institutions that enabled the murders escape without indictment, making the closing hour a statement about collective complicity rather than individual evil.

    The moment: The final confrontation between Tae-joo and the true forces behind the murders reframes every earlier scene of authority and compliance.

    Full review of E12 →