The BEST episodes of Brain Works
Every episode of Brain Works ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Brain Works!
Two ill-fated men become a comic duo to investigate criminal cases involving a rare brain disease together.
#1 - The Most Brilliant Moment
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2023
A famous guitarist dies while performing live on a stage, and the case is assigned to Neuroscientific Investigation Team as its first assignment. Like it or not, Myung-se is stuck with Ha-ru, and they are to solve the case together. It is the guitarist’s wife who confesses that she’s the murderer. Ha-ru right away recognizes that she suffers from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and things take an unexpected turn.
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#2 - Things That Are Visible When You Close Your Eyes
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2023
With new evidence and a new suspect, Ha-ru and the members of Neuroscientific Investigation Team close in on the culprit with the help of a brainwave test. Meanwhile, after going through the accident, Captain Seul turns into a person with a totally different personality. To make matters worse, Hwang Dong-woo’s efforts to reach Ha-ru continue.
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#3 - I Don't Know My Wife's Face
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2023
A body of a female Vietnamese victim whose face and hands are burned is found, and the prime suspect is her husband, who suffers from prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness. On top of that, even the victim’s best friend has disappeared. Ha-ru and Myung-se look into the case, and while doing so, they get into a sticky situation.
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#4 - A Brain on Trial
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/2023
A note at the crime scene of the murder reads, "I did what my brain told me to." Later, the murderer turns himself in as he confesses his crime. The public is stunned by his identity and again by the fact that he’s requesting a reduced sentence. Without knowing whether it’s Hwang Dong-woo’s scheme to put Ha-ru on the witness stand, and with all eyes on him at the trial, Ha-ru begins answering questions.
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#5 - The Best Revenge
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2023
Ha-ru decides to put his knowledge to use to prove Yi-na’s innocence, and he does it so fluently. This brings Ha-ru and Myung-se’s family a bit closer, at least that’s what Myung-se believes. However, Ha-ru’s sole purpose of making Myung-se go through what he had to go through remains. At the same time, he stumbles upon crucial evidence that Myung-se has done something illegal.
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#6 - The Girl With the Wicked Spirit
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/2023
A six-year-old girl, Ji-yul, is in the interrogation room with Myung-se to be questioned for her father's murder case. Her mother claims that Ji-yul is the one who murdered her own father as she is possessed with a wicked spirit, and she must proceed with the salvation ritual to be saved by the Messenger.
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#7 - Reset Man
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2023
A kid, who is referred to as Reset Man, makes a call to the police and confesses that he has killed his mother. The Neuroscientific Investigation Team believes that he is suffering from anterograde amnesia and that his memories are reset every 30 minutes. Ha-ru rejoins the team when he hears about the name of the suspect’s disease. No clear evidence supports the theory that the suspect is guilty of the murder, and the investigation continues.
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#8 - Though Memories Fade, feat. How to Forget Bad Memories
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/2023
With help from the witness, Reset Man’s stepbrother is pointed out as the new suspect. A heart-rending, tragic story behind the two brothers is finally revealed, and the investigation progresses. Meanwhile, Myung-se and So-jeong are out on their first date. Right when the date is going so well, a desperate phone call from Mo-ran spoils the mood.
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#9 - Brain Cooperation
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/2023
Hwang Dong-woo invites Ha-ru and Myung-se to play in his little game. If Ha-ru and Myung-se lose, their close families will lose their lives. The game begins, but as Hwang Dong-woo expected, Ha-ru can’t seem to sympathize with Myung-se. Everything rests on Ha-ru's shoulders in a game where the odds are against him.
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#10 - A Teenage Brain Versus A Psychopath Brain
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2023
After a breakup with Captain Seul, Myung-se spends an evening drinking with Ha-ru, which ultimately leads to Ha-ru accompanying him to his home. As Yi-na steps out of her room, Myung-se and Ha-ru come across a male student lying on the floor with blood on his head. An investigation into Yi-na’s case shows that she could be the prime suspect. Seeing how Myung-se is not in a sound state of mind, Ha-ru steps in to help.
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#11 - Cooperation As Yet Unheard Of
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2023
Shin Ha-ru, a prominent neuroscientist, is in a pickle when the rumor of his forged brain donation consent form spreads. Things get out of hand when his current and previous unethical work practices garner attention and criticism from the media. Myung-se turns out to be the one who first spread the rumor, and it’s only a matter of time before Ha-ru finds out about it.
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#12 - How to Be Saved Forever
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/17/2023
Ha-ru manages to sneak out of the building with Ji-yul and Eun-jung. He promises Eun-jung to show her where the real wicked spirit that has been hurting Ji-yul is. Meanwhile, Ha-ru finds a suspicious video clip of Myung-se on his tablet PC, and he is thrilled that he finally has his weakness in his hands.
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#13 - Love, the Basic Instinct
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2023
The same man who is suffering from Capgras syndrome stands in front of Myung-se and Ha-ru, confessing that he has just committed murder. At the same time, his wife begins to show symptoms of conversion disorder. One of the two must be the murderer, but pinpointing the killer doesn’t seem so easy. Later, Ha-ru announces that he will be leaving the Neuroscientific Investigation Team.
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#14 - The Effects Love and Breakups Have on the Brain
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2023
While the public is focused on Ha-ru’s recent revelation regarding his brain, Ha-ru helps Mo-ran get to the bottom of her high libido. Surprisingly, Ha-ru’s assumptions are right, and Mo-ran turns out to be a victim of the wrong medication. Now that she knows it wasn't her fault that she and Myung-ae went their separate ways, she wishes she could turn back time and go back to how things used to be.
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#15 - A Man Cheating With His Wife
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/30/2023
Ha-ru is certain that he finally put Myung-se into a corner, but Myung-se finds a way out of the situation thanks to his past good deeds. Ha-ru is sick and tired of Myung-se’s good deeds and wants to prove that Myung-se is a person with a two-faced nature. Myung-se, in the meantime, is working on a case that involves a man suffering from Capgras syndrome.
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#16 - The Murderer Inside Me
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2023
Ha-ru found out that his parents were not victims of a car accident but of a murder. To get to the bottom of the truth behind the murder, Ha-ru decides to do as requested by Hwang Dong-woo. Ha-ru is well aware of what Dr. Hwang wants to accomplish through him, but he takes the risk anyway. One wrong step can turn Ha-ru into a murderer, and he knows it more than anyone else.
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