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Flex X Cop 2 Set to Premiere as Yoo Seung‑ho's Villain Role Is Expanded

Bigger cases with a new supervisor for Jin Yi‑soo show the series has raised its scope and stakes.

Overview

  • Season 2 will premiere on August 7 at 9:50 p.m. KST on SBS.
  • At a press event on August 4, director Kim Jae‑hong said Yoo Seung‑ho’s billed 'special appearance' as chaebol Yoo Sung‑won grew into a substantial, layered antagonist who becomes central in the latter half of the series.
  • Jung Eun‑chae joins the cast as veteran detective Joo Hye‑ra, replacing Park Ji‑hyun and creating a new supervisor‑trainee dynamic with Ahn Bo‑hyun’s Jin Yi‑soo.
  • Promotional teasers and production notes promise larger, more varied and higher‑stakes cases, including a hotel murder, a magician’s death by fire, an arts‑school mystery, a haunted‑house serial‑killer plot, and a serial bomb threat aimed at the lead.
  • Season 1 peaked near 11 percent and built a loyal audience that led to an early renewal, and while outlets expect Season 2 to stream in India on JioHotstar the same day as the Korean premiere, that platform has not officially confirmed the arrangement.