'Rookie 4' Episode 11 Ratings at 3.9%, Down 0.9%p...Promotion to Major and Love Story Revealed

ENA Monday-Tuesday drama ’Rookie 4: Sabotage’ ranked first among Monday-Tuesday dramas in the same time slot with a 3.9% viewership rating (based on Nielsen Korea paid platform nationwide households) in its 11th episode broadcast. This is a 0.9 percentage point drop from the previous 10th episode’s 4.8% rating. ’Even Lotto First Prize Winners Go to Work,’ which aired at the same time, recorded a 3.5% viewership rating. In this episode, news of Second Platoon’s Jo Baek-ho’s (played by Oh Dae-hwan) promotion to major was delivered, and the unit members celebrated by changing nameplates, pens, and tumblers to ″Major (Promoted) Jo Baek-ho.″ After completing the national defense training, the postponed unit maintenance week began, and the members struggled as they were assigned to wash blankets. During the laundry process, there was an incident where a blanket fell onto the dirt ground. Moon Bit-na-ri (played by KIM YO HAN) received an offer to join as a cook but initially refused despite the temptation of various menus. However, when carbonara pho and oxtail soup appeared, she eventually changed her mind, and this was discovered by Choi Il-gu (played by Nam Tae-woo), putting her in a crisis. The past of Quartermaster Park Jae-soo (played by Oh Yong) and the ″Vending Machine Lady″ (played by Jung I-rang) was also revealed. It was disclosed that Park Jae-soo confessed to the Vending Machine Lady in the past but was rejected, and currently, a strange atmosphere is forming between the Vending Machine Lady and ″Jjam Ajusshi″ (played by Kim Jun-bae). Outside the unit, Im Sung-min (played by Nam Min-woo), Sergeant Park Min-joo (played by Lee Soo-ji), and Nurse Officer Kim Hye-seon (played by Kim Hye-seon) went camping together. When Park Min-joo injured her leg, Im Sung-min carried her down the mountain, but after descending, Park Min-joo walked perfectly fine and gave a meaningful smile. The Second Platoon had a gathering after a long time, where Jo Baek-ho sincerely expressed, ″Thank you for filling in the gaps where I was lacking.″ The unit members responded with songs and toasts. Meanwhile, former battalion commander Nam Joong-beom (played by Jo Seung-yeon) left a meaningful remark to Jo Baek-ho, and tension escalated as someone hung up a mysterious call to the battalion commander’s office. At the end of the broadcast, Major Kim Ha-na (played by Gong Min-jung) appeared unexpectedly at the Shinwha Unit, announcing, ″I came for a nationwide asset investigation,″ foreshadowing new conflicts ahead of the final episode. ’Rookie 4: Sabotage’ will air its 12th and final episode on the 29th.