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W (Korean: 더블유; RR: Deo-beul-yoo) is a 2016 South Korean television series, starring Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo.[1][2] Consisting of 16 episodes, it aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) on MBC from July 20 to September 14, 2016.[3] W centers on the clash between "two worlds": the real world and an alternate universe inside a webtoon, from which the title of the television series was taken.[4][5]

W
Promotional poster
Also known as	W: Two Worlds W: Two Worlds Apart
Genre	Fantasy Romance Comedy Thriller Action
Written by	Song Jae-jung
Directed by	Jung Dae-yoon
Creative directors	Kim Seul-ah Kang Hee-ju Jung Yoo-jin Jung Jin-chul
Starring	Lee Jong-suk Han Hyo-joo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Son Hyung-suk
Producers	Oh Min-su Kim Sang-hun
Cinematography	Jun Byung-mun Min Sung-wook
Editor	Oh Serena
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Chorokbaem Media
Distributor	MBC
Release
Original network	MBC TV
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	July 20 (2016-07-20) – September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)

The series received praise for its unique premise and ranked first in Content Power Index in its premiere week.[6] It achieved modest ratings of 11.63%, topping viewership ratings in its time slot for its entire run.[7]

Plot

The series focuses on the eponymous fictional webtoon entitled W, written and illustrated by its legendary author and illustrator Oh Seong-moo (Kim Eui-sung) which begins to take a life of its own, like a distinct reality. W became so famous in South Korea that even its printed versions became best-sellers there.

The storyline of the webtoon W starts with the younger years of its main character Kang Cheol (Lee Jong-suk), a handsome and intelligent boy who is also skilled in shooting. He becomes famous in South Korea for winning the 50-metre pistol shoot at the 2004 Athens Olympics. But this fame is interrupted when the unknown Murderer massacres his family, and he is erroneously accused of the crime. Another villain, Han Cheol-ho (Park Won-sang), handles the case to gain political popularity, urging the court to impose the death penalty upon Kang Cheol. Despite Han Cheol-ho's efforts, Kang Cheol is deemed innocent of the crime. Depressed over losing his family, he attempts suicide over the Han River but stops himself. Instead, Kang Cheol chooses to search for the real killer instead and devotes his life to crime-fighting.

Ten years later, Kang Cheol has become a multimillionaire. He starts "Project W" in an effort to catch the real culprit behind his family's death; part of the project is his television broadcasting company dubbed "W," after the initials of the interrogatives "who" and "why" (hence, the title of the webtoon). One night, he receives a suspicious phone call and is severely injured by the same mysterious murderer on the rooftop of his penthouse. Then even stranger things happen when the illustrator's daughter Oh Yeon-joo (Han Hyo-joo) accidentally enters the webtoon world. The story turns on the question whether he will be able to have a happy ending.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Korean air date	Prod. code
1	"Oh Seong Moo has Disappeared!"	Unknown	Unknown	20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	TBA
Oh Yeon-joo learns from her friend and father's assistant, Park Soo-bong (Lee Si-eon) that her father has disappeared while drawing the last issue of W, in which the webtoon's protagonist, Kang Cheol, is supposed to die. The last drawing on his graphics tablet shows Cheol bloodied and unconscious on a roof. As Yeon-joo investigates, she is pulled through the tablet and into the webtoon world. She manages to save Cheol, before noticing the Korean words for "To Be Continued" appear in the air, sending her back. A new episode of W is mysteriously uploaded, which depicts all of Yeon-joo's actions, including a full-page spread of her as a character. She theorizes that the webtoon contains an actual alternate universe. Later, Kang Cheol considers Yeon-joo to be the key to his life.
2	"Find Her, the Key to My Life"	Unknown	Unknown	21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)	TBA
Seong-moo turns up again and insists the new issue was his creation. Later, Soo-bong tells Yeon-joo that her father plans to kill Cheol, who is in the hospital. She calls her father, realizing that he too knows the webtoon is alive. She is sucked back into the webtoon, successfully preventing a nurse from administering potassium to Cheol. Two months pass in an instant, and Cheol is now healthy. To get back to the real world, Yeon-joo surprises him with a kiss. Seong-moo, angered that his daughter's adventures had uploaded themselves, dismisses his team to end W in secret. He draws a truck to kill Kang Cheol, but the webtoon rejects this ending, with Cheol surviving.
3	"I Am Someone Who Will Do That"	Unknown	Unknown	27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	TBA
Yeon-joo investigates her father's files and discovers that W started drawing on its own during her father's miserable times. Depressed, he tries to end the webtoon by having Cheol commit suicide, but the drawing changes to Cheol hanging on. Seong-moo is inspired to continue the webtoon until he is famous, but repeated rewrites caused him to think Cheol is a monster. Yeon-joo is dragged back to the webtoon world, where Kang Cheol interrogates her at gunpoint. When she stalls telling the truth, he shoots her, but she doesn't receive a wound, confirming her special nature.
4	"What Is This World Where You Live in?"	Unknown	Unknown	28 July 2016 (2016-07-28)	TBA
Yoon So-hee (Jung Yoo-jin), Cheol's personal assistant, sets up an elaborate trap to have Yeon-joo arrested. Cheol demotes So-hee for her actions and visits Yeon-joo in prison. There, she finally reveals to Cheol that he is the main character of a cartoon, returning to the real world afterwards. Now knowing the truth, time in the webtoon stops, and Cheol steps through a portal into the real world.
5	"I've Come Here. To Your World."	Unknown	Unknown	3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)	TBA
In 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 learns about his creator's bitter past, which provided the inspiration for his character. Cheol confronts his creator in the flesh, asking the latter to draw his family's killer so he can have a happy ending. When Seong-moo refuses, claiming the murders were just a plot device to make him stronger, Cheol shoots him.
6	"The End"	Unknown	Unknown	4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)	TBA
As Seong-moo recovers, Kang Cheol commits suicide, leaving a suicide note with Yeon-joo. His actions get uploaded as the last issue of W, since Seong-moo decides to retire to New Zealand. Soon after, the "the end" mark on the webtoon replaces itself with "To Be Continued." At Yeon-joo's insistence, Soo-bong continues the story, restarting the webtoon world and sending Yeon-joo back to the prison.
7	"Cheol and Yeon-joo Get Married"	Unknown	Unknown	10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)	TBA
Kang Cheol meets Yeon-joo and learns his revival was her idea. Distraught over being just a character, he rebukes Yeon-joo for saving him, but changes his mind when she says that she loves him. He kisses Yeon-joo then legally marries her to get her out of prison. Later, his family's murderer calls him and threatens Yeon-joo.
8	"The Killer Is After You"	Unknown	Unknown	17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)	TBA
While in Cheol's kitchen, Yeon-joo gets into an accident and bleeds, confirming she is now a character as well. She goes back to the real world, where the murderer, who had also stepped through the portal and learned about the webtoon, pursues her and Soo-bong. She is almost shot but is sent back to Cheol's car. While the murderer teleports to Seong-moo, still en route to New Zealand, Cheol notices So-hee fading away, which he realizes is due to her significance as a character fading. In order to set things right, Cheol sends Yeon-joo back to her world, where she redraws all the previous events as a dream Cheol had.
9	"Make It a Happy Ending"	Unknown	Unknown	18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)	TBA
Seong-moo returns to Korea and decides to write a happy ending for W. He gives the murder his face and names him Han Sang-hoon. After the latter is caught, Prosecutor Han Cheol-ho (Park Won-sang) - who wished to gain political power by presiding over Cheol's case, believing him to be the one who killed his family - was to kill Sang-hoon. However, Sang-hoon causes a shooting at a TV station, so Yeon-joo is sent back to the webtoon world to treat the victims. She meets Kang Cheol, who no longer recognizes her. Back in the real world, Seong-moo's face has been removed.
10	"The World Controlled By The Killer"	Unknown	Unknown	24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)	TBA
Sang-hoon uses Seong-moo as his robotic alter ego, using the latter to manipulate the webtoon world to his liking. He conspires with Cheol-ho to frame Kang Cheol for the murder of his producer, Son Hyun-suk. (Cha Kwang-soo) He escapes, but he is shot by the police. Yeon-joo takes him to a hotel so he can recover, then kisses him so she can return to her world.
11	"What Happens Next?"	Unknown	Unknown	25 August 2016 (2016-08-25)	TBA
Yeon-joo discovers her faceless father and uses his tablet to help Kang Cheol treat himself and evade the police. She is suddenly summoned to Cheol-ho's office, arousing his suspicion, then goes to Cheol's penthouse. Everyone thinks Cheol is dead, except for his bodyguard Seo Do-yoon (Lee Tae-hwan), who knows the former's location. Kang Cheol starts imitating his past self, which, as Yeon-joo discovers, is due to him having read a copy of W that was accidentally brought to his world. He finally makes the connection between the webtoon's character and himself.
12	"Cheol's Second Awakening"	Unknown	Unknown	31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	TBA
Cheol and Yeon-joo step back into the real world, where they restart their relationship. Cheol breaks Seong-moo's tablet to prevent Sang-hoon from interfering with the real world, but later repairs it so that Sang-hoon will be captured and Cheol-ho investigated for his crimes, as he originally planned. He also learns he can travel between the webtoon world and the real world at will.
13	"For the Last Episode of W"	Unknown	Unknown	1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)	TBA
Cheol learns he can summon characters from W into the real world. He accidentally summons Sang-hoon, who orders Seong-moo to destroy his tablet and brings Yeon-joo to the webtoon world to trap Cheol. He successfully locates Sang-hoon's hideout and kills him, but Yeon-joo has been shot. She and Cheol return to the real world, the former as a lifeless body.
14	"Secret of the Tablet"	Unknown	Unknown	7 September 2016 (2016-09-07)	TBA
Han Cheol-ho finds a copy of Seong-moo's graphics tablet in Sang-hoon's car. Kang Cheol brings Yeon-joo to the webtoon world to recover but she dies. Seong-moo grieves over the fact that he cannot draw his daughter back to life, so Cheol goes to the webtoon world to retrieve the copy. He is caught by Cheol-ho, who had discovered that the tablet can bring any drawing to life when the Enter key is pressed on a connected computer, and can erase things by pressing Delete (as in the Mac equivalent to Backspace). Despite being tortured, Cheol lures Cheol-ho to Seong-moo's location to deliver the tablet to him. After Yeon-joo is brought back to life, she is brought back to the webtoon world, where the words "Final Chapter" appear in front of her.
15	"Which Kind of Ending Will It Be?"	Unknown	Unknown	8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)	TBA
In the webtoon's last issue, a year has passed since it left off; Kang Cheol is sentenced to death but he escapes, thanks to Seong-moo who was also dragged inside. Cheol learns that Seong-moo has been a mental patient due to his adopting Sang-hoon's villainous personality and will cease to exist if he does not do evil. With the police about to arrest Seong-moo and Do-yoon kidnapped, Cheol and Yeon-joo realize that Yeon-joo will lose either Cheol or her father. To end the webtoon in the safest way possible, Yeon-joo draws security footage of Cheol-ho's torture.
16	"After W Ends"	Unknown	Unknown	14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)	TBA
Kang Cheol saves Do-yoon but is shot by Cheol-ho. He manages to reach a bus stop where he calls Yeon-joo to save him, but he collapses. Yeon-joo is sent back to the real world. Seong-moo, now staying at a motel, forces Cheol-ho to commit suicide and exposes him to the authorities. He arrives just in time to see Yeon-joo at a bus stop before disappearing forever. Cheol spends two years in prison before somehow sending himself back to the real world, where he meets Yeon-joo in a hospital. They then continue their romance away from the dangers of the webtoon.

Cast

Main

• Lee Jong-suk as Kang Cheol

The lead character of the popular comic series W. He is the co-CEO of the e-commerce company JN Global, owner of broadcasting channel W, and an Olympic gold medalist in shooting in his youth. His family was murdered by an elusive murderer, yet Kang Cheol was immediately suspected to be the killer due to his shooting background. After being proven innocent, Kang Cheol seeks vengeance on the murderer through his broadcasting channel W. When he is stabbed on the rooftop of his penthouse by the murderer, he meets Oh Yeon-joo who saves his life and with whom he falls in love.

• Han Hyo-joo as Oh Yeon-joo
  • Hyun Seung-min as teenage Yeon-joo
  • Park Min-ha as child Yeon-joo

A second-year resident cardiothoracic surgeon in Myung-sei Hospital. She is the daughter of the Oh Seong-moo, author and illustrator of the famous webtoon W. A fan of her father's work, she goes to his studio to investigate his sudden disappearance. There, she is pulled into W's alternate universe and meets its protagonist Kang Cheol, with whom she eventually falls in love.

Supporting

Characters from the webtoon W

• Kim Eui-sung as Han Sang-hoon

The real killer of Kang Cheol's family. His identity is not revealed until much later, and his face resembles the comic series's author Oh Seong-moo. Before Seong-moo gives him a name and face, he mostly appears as a shadowy, faceless human form.

• Jung Yoo-jin as Yoon So-hee[8]

Kang Cheol's long-time secretary and his friend since they were in high school. Her romantic feelings for Kang Cheol are subtly alluded to throughout the series through her actions and behavior around him, which lead to readers’ general expectations of their marriage. Originally intended to be the main female character who would later become Kang Cheol's love interest, she is replaced by Yeon-joo when Kang Cheol falls in love with her.

• Lee Tae-hwan as Seo Do-yoon[8]

Kang Cheol's loyal bodyguard and close friend. Using his knowledge of martial arts, he trained Kang Cheol to fight and is always alongside him in beating bad guys.

• Park Won-sang as Han Cheol-ho

A secondary antagonist of the webtoon. He is a power-hungry prosecutor and a member of Congress who is also the presidential prospect of a new democratic party. To gain political popularity, he becomes the prosecutor in charge of Kang Cheol's case when the latter was accused of his family's murder.

• Cha Kwang-soo [ko] as Son Hyun-seok

The director of Project W, a program specializing in criminal investigation, and the general manager of the broadcasting channel W.

People around Oh Yeon-joo

• Kim Eui-sung as Oh Seong-moo

Yeon-joo's father and a famous artist who created the webtoon W. Once a failed webtoon artist, alcoholic and divorcé, he gains popularity from W. However, he notices that his webtoon and its characters have taken on a reality of their own. As a result, he perceives Kang Cheol as a monster and seeks to eliminate him.

• Lee Si-eon as Park Soo-bong[9]

An apprentice of Seong-moo and confidante of Yeon-joo

• Nam Gi-ae as Gil Soo-sun

Yeon-joo's mother and Seong-moo's ex-wife.

• Heo Jung-do [ko] as Park Min-soo

Cardiothoracic surgeon and Professor at Myung-sei Hospital. He is a passionate fan of W

• Kang Ki-young as Kang Suk-beom[8]

Second-year resident cardiothoracic surgeon at Myung-sei Hospital and Yeon-joo's friend

• Lee Se-rang [ko] as Gil Soo-young

Yeon-joo's aunt

• Ryu Hye-rin as Sun-mi

Seung-moo's apprentice

• Yang Hye-ji as Yoon-hee

Seung-moo's apprentice

Extended

Special appearances

• Park Choong-seon [ko] as Kang Yoon – Cheol's father
• Kim Na-woon as Yoon Mi-ho – Cheol's mother (episode 1)
• Seo Shin-ae as Kang Soo-yeon – Cheol's sister (episode 1)
• Choi Min-young as Kang Joon-seok – Cheol's brother (episode 1)
• Hwang Seok-jeong as Webtoon Writer (episode 6)
• Ahn Se-ha as Kim Poong-ho – Yeon-joo's blind date (episode 6)
• Kim Jung-geun [ko] as Anchorman (episodes 1, 4)
• Heo Il-hoo

Production

The series is helmed by director Jung Dae-yoon, who directed She Was Pretty, and writer Song Jae-jung, whose previous works include Nine: Nine Time Travels and Queen In-hyun's Man.[3]

The first script reading of the drama was held in May 2016.[10]

The drama is Han Hyo-joo's small screen comeback after six years.[11]

Original soundtrack

W : Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2016
Genre	Pop, K-pop, soundtrack
Label	Sebunguri/Star&Tree/LOEN L200001314
Producer	Son Nak-hee, Kim Young-ho (both executive)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Charted songs

Album charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)[13]	16
Taiwan (FIVE-MUSIC Album Chart)[14]	17

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[15]		AGB Nielsen[16]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 20, 2016	9.9% (10th)	11.3% (7th)	8.6% (17th)	10.4% (10th)
2	July 21, 2016	10.1% (9th)	11.5% (5th)	9.5% (12th)	10.7% (10th)
3	July 27, 2016	11.6% (7th)	13.7% (4th)	12.9% (4th)	15.0% (4th)
4	July 28, 2016	13.4% (5th)	14.7% (4th)	12.9% (4th)	14.3% (4th)
5	August 3, 2016	15.1% (3rd)	17.8% (1st)	13.5% (3rd)	14.3% (3rd)
6	August 4, 2016	14.2% (5th)	15.9% (2nd)	12.2% (4th)	12.2% (4th)
7	August 10, 2016	15.2% (4th)	17.3% (2nd)	13.8% (4th)	14.7% (3rd)
8	August 17, 2016	13.5% (5th)	15.0% (4th)	12.2% (5th)	13.3% (4th)
9	August 18, 2016	12.7% (4th)	14.7% (3rd)	11.3% (7th)	12.5% (5th)
10	August 24, 2016	13.9% (5th)	15.3% (3rd)	12.3% (6th)	13.7% (4th)
11	August 25, 2016	14.6% (6th)	15.8% (5th)	12.2% (6th)	12.8% (5th)
12	August 31, 2016	13.3% (6th)	15.1% (5th)	11.1% (7th)	12.0% (5th)
13	September 1, 2016	12.9% (6th)	15.0% (3rd)	11.9% (5th)	13.2% (5th)
14	September 7, 2016	13.1% (5th)	15.3% (3rd)	10.9% (5th)	11.8% (4th)
15	September 8, 2016	11.8% (6th)	14.1% (4th)	11.4% (6th)	12.3% (4th)
16	September 14, 2016	10.6% (4th)	10.9% (4th)	9.3% (7th)	9.8% (6th)
Average		12.87%	14.59%	11.63%	12.69%

*Episode 8 was not aired on Thursday August 11 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Wednesday August 17, 2016.[17]

Other adaptations

A Thai remake of the drama, Switch On was aired on Channel 3 on November 19, 2021.[18]

An American adaptation, titled Angel City was in development at The CW. The project will be produced by CBS Studios with Craig Plestis as executive producer.[19][20]

W: Two Worlds, a webtoon based on the drama was created in 2021.[21]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2016	5th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Lee Jong-suk	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Han Hyo-joo	Won	[22]
		Best Supporting Actor	Kim Eui-sung	Won
		Best Couple Award	Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo	Nominated
	1st Asia Artist Awards	Best Artist Award, actor	Lee Jong-suk	Nominated
		Best Artist Award, actress	Han Hyo-joo	Nominated
	36th MBC Drama Awards	Drama of the Year	W	Won
		Grand Prize / Daesang (Determined through fan votes)[23]	Lee Jong-suk	Won	[24]
			Han Hyo-joo	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Lee Jong-suk	Won	[24]
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Han Hyo-joo	Won
		Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Kim Eui-sung	Won
		Writer of the Year	Song Jae-jung	Won
		Best New Actor	Lee Si-eon	Nominated
			Lee Tae-hwan	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Jung Yoo-jin	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo	Won	[24]
			Kim Eui-sung and Lee Si-eon	Nominated
	Korea Content Awards	Prime Minister Commendation	Song Jae-jung	Won	[25]
2017	Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards	Korean Wave Program Excellence Prize	W	Won	[26]
	50th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival	Special Jury Award		Won	[27]
	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Drama		Nominated	[28]
		Best Director	Jung Dae-yoon	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Song Jae-jung	Nominated	[29]
	Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Drama	W	Won	[30]

References

External links

• W at HanCinema
• W at IMDb
• W at Daum (in Korean)
• W at Naver Movies (in Korean)

На других языках

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- [en] W (TV series)

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[ru] W (телесериал)

«W» (хангыль: 더블유; RR: Deobeuryu) — южнокорейский телесериал 2016 года, также известен под названием «W — между двух миров». В главных ролях: Ли Джон Сок и Хан Хё Джу.

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