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W: Two Worlds Apart

TV·2016–2016·1 season, 16 episodes·MBC·Drama, Comedy·1h·8.5·Created by Song Jae-jung

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After being pulled into the webtoon world created by her father, a surgical resident gets entangled in a murder mystery involving the story's hero.

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  1. 01W: Two Worlds Apart S01E01Oh Sung-moo Has Disappeared!S01E01 · 7.7Yeon Joo’s professor urgently calls Yeon Joo and asks her to get a spoiler about a popular graphic novel series, W, from her father. He promises that he will give her the opportunity to perform a surgery if she does, so she visits her father.
  2. 02W: Two Worlds Apart S01E02Find Her, the Key to My LifeS01E02 · 7.7Sung Moo, who has disappeared for a while, is back. Yeon Joo tries to figure out what has happened to her last night, but Sung Moo doesn’t tell her anything. Meanwhile, Sung Moo starts drawing again to kill Kang Chul.
  3. 03W: Two Worlds Apart S01E03I Am Someone Who Will Do ThatS01E03 · 6.0Soo Bong starts to believe what Yeon Joo says about getting dragged into the world of W. Yeon joo gets dragged into the graphic novel once again, and Kang Chul takes her to his place. He starts to ask questions about her.

Castfull cast & details

Lee Jong-sukLee Jong-sukKang CheolHan Hyo-jooHan Hyo-jooOh Yeon-jooJung Yoo-jinJung Yoo-jinYoon So-heeLee Tae-hwanLee Tae-hwanSeo Do-yoonLee Si-eonLee Si-eonPark Soo-bongPark Won-sangPark Won-sangHan Cheol-hoKim Eui-sungKim Eui-sungOh Sung-mooKang Ki-youngKang Ki-youngKang Seok-beom

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode16Episodes2016Aired 5.5Season avg
  1. S01E01W: Two Worlds Apart S01E01Season's bestOh Sung-moo Has Disappeared!July 20, 2016 7.7Yeon Joo’s professor urgently calls Yeon Joo and asks her to get a spoiler about a popular graphic novel series, W, from her father. He prom
  2. S01E02W: Two Worlds Apart S01E02Find Her, the Key to My LifeJuly 21, 2016 7.7Sung Moo, who has disappeared for a while, is back. Yeon Joo tries to figure out what has happened to her last night, but Sung Moo doesn’t t
  3. S01E03W: Two Worlds Apart S01E03I Am Someone Who Will Do ThatJuly 27, 2016 6.0Soo Bong starts to believe what Yeon Joo says about getting dragged into the world of W. Yeon joo gets dragged into the graphic novel once a
  4. S01E04W: Two Worlds Apart S01E04What Is This World Where You Live In?July 28, 2016 5.3Kang Chul tells Hyun Seok that Yeon Joo is the only one who can reveal the secrets of his life. Meanwhile,Yeon Joo gets arrested because of
  5. S01E05W: Two Worlds Apart S01E05I've Come Here. To Your World.August 3, 2016 5.7In the real world, Kang Cheol reads up on W. He visits Yeon-joo at her hospital and kisses her. He then goes to Seong-moo's house, where he
  6. S01E06W: Two Worlds Apart S01E06The EndAugust 4, 2016 5.0Yeon Joo hurriedly heads to Sung Moo’s workroom, but Sung Moo has already been shot by Kang Chul. Kang Chul leaves his last letter to Yeon J
  7. S01E07W: Two Worlds Apart S01E07Chul and Yeon-joo Get MarriedAugust 10, 2016 5.3Kang Chul wakes up from sleep as if nothing has happened, and Yeon Joo gets arrested in Kang Chul’s world. Yeon Joo tells Kang Chul that the
  8. S01E08W: Two Worlds Apart S01E08The Killer Is After YouAugust 17, 2016 5.3Yeon Joo bleeds in Kang Chul’s world, and Chul is worried that she could die. The real culprit is out in the real world and finds Yeon Joo.
  9. S01E09W: Two Worlds Apart S01E09Make It a Happy EndingAugust 18, 2016 5.3Yeon Joo gets dragged into the story again, but Kang Chul doesn’t recognize her anymore. In order to make a logical happy ending, Sung Moo d
  10. S01E10W: Two Worlds Apart S01E10The World Controlled by the KillerAugust 24, 2016 5.3Yeon Joo is stuck in the world of W, and Kang Chul is bothered by the way Yeon Joo looks at him. Chul Ho gets in trouble with the appearance
  11. S01E11W: Two Worlds Apart S01E11What Happens Next?August 25, 2016 5.0Yeon Joo comes back to the real world and discovers that Sung Moo has lost his face. She finds out that the story was being drawn by the rea
  12. S01E12W: Two Worlds Apart S01E12Chul's Second AwakeningAugust 31, 2016 5.7As soon as Kang Chul realizes once again that he is the character in a graphic novel, a gate to the real world appears. Kang Chul talks with
  13. S01E13W: Two Worlds Apart S01E13For the Last Episode of WSeptember 1, 2016 3.2A funeral service for Kang Chul is held in the world of W. Kang Chul and Yeon Joo dream of having a happy and ordinary life of a couple in t
  14. S01E14W: Two Worlds Apart S01E14Secret of the TabletSeptember 7, 2016 5.3Sung Moo gets his face back. He remembers the real culprit’s memories and looks for Yeon Joo, but he soon finds out that Yeon Joo is dead. M
  15. S01E15W: Two Worlds Apart S01E15Which Kind of Ending Will It Be?September 8, 2016 5.0Yeon Joo is back in the world of W, and she meets Kang Chul at the courthouse. Meanwhile, Han Chul Ho kidnaps Doh Yoon in order to get ahold
  16. S01E16W: Two Worlds Apart S01E16After W EndsSeptember 14, 2016 5.0Yeon Joo and Kang Chul escape from their safe house after getting surrounded by the police. Kang Chul goes to Han Chul Ho in order to rescue

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