While You Were Sleeping
That future, that time, that fate, can it be changed?
TV-142017โข30mโข8.4/10
Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Ratings
๐ฌTMDb
8.4/10(143)
Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. On the other side of the street, Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother Seung Won become their new neighbors. An unusual dream involving Hong Ju, ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention leads Jae Chan to realize their destinies are intertwined, as they begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways.
Production
iHQ
Language
KO
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 27, 2017
Last Aired
November 16, 2017
Networks
SBS
Trailers & Videos
Where to Watch
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
While You Were Sleeping (1)
Air date: 2017-09-27
Hong Joo's dreams always come true. She dreams of hugging a man whom she has never met and is shocked at her actions. On the night of Valentine's Day, she is worried about her mom and hurries home to see her.
E2
While You Were Sleeping (2)
Air date: 2017-09-27
Jae Chan has a dream about Hong Joo. He feels that he must prevent the events of his dreams from actually happening and tries his best to make sure that the accident never happens.
E3
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (1)
Air date: 2017-09-28
Jae Chan finds out that Hong Joo has precognitive dreams on a regular basis and visits her after dreaming of his younger brother, Seung Won, becoming a murderer.
E4
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2)
Air date: 2017-09-28
So Yoon tries to kill her father to protect her mother, and Seung Won tries to stop her and help her out.
E5
Secretly, Greatly (1)
Air date: 2017-10-04
Jae Chan and Hong Joo meet before the situation becomes irreversible. Before things get ugly, Jae Chan gets to Seung Won, and Hong Joo improvises so that things turn out differently from her dream.
E6
Secretly, Greatly (2)
Air date: 2017-10-04
Jae Chan tells Seung Won to stay out of trouble, but they only drift apart more.
E7
A Few Good Men (1)
Air date: 2017-10-05
Woo Tak has a precognitive dream that shows Hong Joo getting injured. He brings Jae Chan along to where it actually happens, so Jae Chan is able to prevent the injury from happening.
E8
A Few Good Men (2)
Air date: 2017-10-05
Woo Tak and Hong Joo have similar dreams, but they end in different conclusions. They call Jae Chan in order to lead to the result they hope for.
E9
Don't Trust Her (1)
Air date: 2017-10-11
Hong Joo is torn between going back to work and helping her mother out at the restaurant.
E10
Don't Trust Her (2)
Air date: 2017-10-11
As Jae Chan, Woo Tak and Hong Joo begin to alter the future by preventing the events from happening, Hong Joo gains hope that perhaps her fate isn't sealed.
E11
A City of Blinds (1)
Air date: 2017-10-12
Jae Chan has a precognitive dream that shows Hong Joo announcing false insurance case in the news.
E12
A City of Blinds (2)
Air date: 2017-10-12
To prevent the case, Jae Chan asks Hong Joo to remember the details of incident if anything happens, so that he can find her after seeing in his precognitive dream.
E13
Secret That Can't Be Told (1)
Air date: 2017-10-18
Jae Chan arrives to the scene of the crime to find out Woo Tak has been stabbed. He goes after Dae Hee and manages to arrest him. Jae Chan works hard to make sure that Dae Hee is prosecuted for his crimes.
E14
Secret That Can't Be Told (2)
Air date: 2017-10-18
Meanwhile, Woo Tak stays at Hong Joo's house while he recovers and asks both Hong Joo and Jae Chan for favors while he's there.
E15
Pride and Prejudice (1)
Air date: 2017-10-19
A murder case of Yoo Su Kyung,a former professional archer, occurs andDo Hak Youngis pointed as the prime suspect.
E16
Pride and Prejudice (2)
Air date: 2017-10-19
Hak Young is a friend of Woo Tak, so Woo Tak convinces Hak Young to turn himself in. Jae Chan has to prosecute Hak Young, but thereโs not enough evidence to do so.
E17
The Usual Suspect (1)
Air date: 2017-10-25
Hak Young is released and set to be investigated without detention. Thanks to a comment left by a netizen, Hong Joo figures out the cause of the strange markings on the floor of Yoo Su Kyung's apartment.
E18
The Usual Suspect (2)
Air date: 2017-10-25
Meanwhile, Yu Beom uses the media to appeal to the public on Yoo Su Kyung's case.
E19
A Boy Meets a Girl (1)
Air date: 2017-10-26
Jae Chan gets shot by Yoo Su Kyungโs father, Yoo Man Ho, and gets transferred to a hospital.
E20
A Boy Meets a Girl (2)
Air date: 2017-10-26
Hong Joo receives a note that Jae Chan sent to her before the accident and realizes that theyโve known each other for over 13 years.
E21
To Die or to Be Bad (1)
Air date: 2017-11-01
Jae Chan is released from the hospital and stays with Hong Joo for two days. Woo Tak and Hong Joo both dream about Jae Chan. In their dream, Jae Chan is in charge of a case that results in his resignation from the prosecution.
E22
To Die or to Be Bad (2)
Air date: 2017-11-01
Upon his return to work, Jae Chan must decide whether or not he will authorize the autopsy for a man who is set to donate his organs.
E23
What Caused His Death? (1)
Air date: 2017-11-02
Jae Chan charges Moon Tae Min for murder despite everyoneโs disapproval. He has to prove that Lee Hwan didnโt die from the organ transplant, but Yu Beom has a strong argument that Jae Chan canโt win over.
E24
What Caused His Death? (2)
Air date: 2017-11-02
Meanwhile, Moon Sun wants to keep Jae Chan away from Hong Joo because she doesnโt want to see Hong Joo suffer.
E25
We're on Our Way to Meet You Now (1)
Air date: 2017-11-08
Woo Tak and Jae Chan share their theory behind why they can see each other's future in their dreams.
E26
We're on Our Way to Meet You Now (2)
Air date: 2017-11-08
Hong Joo goes to Criminal Division Three to follow a prosecutor for three days for an article, and Jae Chan is worried that he will embarrass himself in front of her. Meanwhile, a cellphone thief provides evidence for a past case.
E27
Catch Me If You Can (1)
Air date: 2017-11-09
After the arson, Criminal Division Three is swamped with work.
E28
Catch Me If You Can (2)
Air date: 2017-11-09
Woo Joo and Hee Min look into the arson case, and Ji Gwang and Jae Chan reinvestigate the IV drip serial murder case. Hong Joo also begins to look into the case. Meanwhile, Yu Beom receives a mysterious text message from the real killer.
E29
Stand by Me (1)
Air date: 2017-11-15
Hong Joo is injected with a lethal drug and loses consciousness.
E30
Stand by Me (2)
Air date: 2017-11-15
Fortunately, Jae Chan comes just in time to save her. The court hearing begins and Hong Joo is summoned to testify.
E31
This Will All Pass (1)
Air date: 2017-11-16
Yu Beom is on trial for manipulating the murder of Ha Ju Won. Before the trial, Dam Dong suspects that Yu Beom will try to leave the country. He tells Jae Chan, who tells Woo Joo that they must a travel ban preventing Yu Beom from leaving.
E32
This Will All Pass (2)
Air date: 2017-11-16
Meanwhile, Woo Tak decides to take a huge risk in order to help this trial be successful.
Cast
Suzy
Nam Hong-joo
Lee Jong-suk
Jeong Jae-chan
Jung Hae-in
Han Woo-tak
Lee Sang-yeob
Lee Yoo-beom
Hwang Young-hee
Yoon Moon-seon
Shin Jae-ha
Jeong Seung-won
Kim Won-hae
Choi Dam-dong
Park Jin-joo
Moon Hyang-mi
Lee Ki-young
Park Dae-young
Ko Sung-hee
Shin Hee-min
Bae Hae-seon
Son Woo-joo
Min Sung-wook
Lee Ji-gwang
Oh Eui-sik
Bong Doo-hyeon
Lee Yoo-jun
Oh Gyeong-han
Son San
Min Jeong-hee
Lee Bong-ryeon
Go Pil-sook
Pyo Ye-jin
Cha Yeo-jeong
Lee Do-gyeom
Myeong Dae-goo
Nam Da-reum
Young Jeong Jae-chan
Shin Yi-Joon
Young Nam Hong-joo
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