The first episode of the drama series "LOVED ONE" (Fuji TV, Wednesdays at 10 PM), starring actor Dean Fujioka, aired on April 8th, and it has been revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region) was 3.7% for households and 1.9% for individuals.
The drama is a "forensic human mystery" in which the members of the newly formed forensic medicine team "MEJ (Medical Examiner Japan)" take on numerous difficult cases while tracing the silent last traces left behind by people who were once family, lovers, or friends of others. Dean Fujioka plays Mizusawa Masumi, an eccentric genius forensic pathologist, and Kumi Takiuchi plays Kiryu Maho, an elite bureaucrat on the brink who partners with Masumi.
The first episode was titled "A Body Drowned in 40-Centimeter-Deep Water."
