- 8.3/10136 votes
#1 - The Accident (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2017
Nam Hongjoo'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. Jeong Jaechan has a dream about Hongjoo. 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.
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- 8.7/1094 votes
#2 - The Accident (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2017
Nam Hongjoo'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. Jeong Jaechan has a dream about Hongjoo. 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.
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- 8.5/1081 votes
#3 - The Dream (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2017
Jaechan finds out that Hongjoo has precognitive dreams on a regular basis and visits her after dreaming of his younger brother, Jeong Seungwon, becoming a murderer. Meanwhile, Park Soyoon tries to kill her father to protect her mother, and Seungwon tries to stop her and help her out.
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- 8.4/1075 votes
#4 - The Dream (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2017
Jaechan finds out that Hongjoo has precognitive dreams on a regular basis and visits her after dreaming of his younger brother, Jeong Seungwon, becoming a murderer. Meanwhile, Park Soyoon tries to kill her father to protect her mother, and Seungwon tries to stop her and help her out.
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- 8.7/1075 votes
#5 - Secretly, Greatly (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2017
Jaechan and Hongjoo meet before the situation becomes irreversible. Before things get ugly, Jaechan gets to Seungwon, and Hongjoo improvises so that things turn out differently from her dream. Jaechan tells Seungwon to stay out of trouble, but they only drift apart more.
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- 8.6/1070 votes
#6 - Secretly, Greatly (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2017
Jaechan and Hongjoo meet before the situation becomes irreversible. Before things get ugly, Jaechan gets to Seungwon, and Hongjoo improvises so that things turn out differently from her dream. Jaechan tells Seungwon to stay out of trouble, but they only drift apart more.
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- 8.7/1072 votes
#7 - Two Different Dreams (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/2017
Han Wootak has a precognitive dream that shows Hongjoo getting injured. He brings Jaechan along to where it actually happens, so Jaechan is able to prevent the injury from happening. Wootak and Hongjoo have similar dreams, but they end in different conclusions. They call Jaechan in order to lead to the result they hope for.
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- 8.9/1081 votes
#8 - Two Different Dreams (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/2017
Han Wootak has a precognitive dream that shows Hongjoo getting injured. He brings Jaechan along to where it actually happens, so Jaechan is able to prevent the injury from happening. Wootak and Hongjoo have similar dreams, but they end in different conclusions. They call Jaechan in order to lead to the result they hope for.
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- 8.5/1067 votes
#9 - Don’t Trust Her (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/2017
Hongjoo is torn between going back to work and helping her mother out at the restaurant. As Jaechan, Wootak, and she begin to alter the future by preventing the events from happening, Hongjoo gains hope that perhaps her fate isn't sealed. As a result, she decides to return to SBC as a reporter.
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- 8.6/1069 votes
#10 - Don’t Trust Her (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/2017
Hongjoo is torn between going back to work and helping her mother out at the restaurant. As Jaechan, Wootak, and she begin to alter the future by preventing the events from happening, Hongjoo gains hope that perhaps her fate isn't sealed. As a result, she decides to return to SBC as a reporter.
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- 8.5/1067 votes
#11 - False Insurance Case (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/12/2017
Jaechan has a precognitive dream that shows Hongjoo announcing false insurance case in the news. To prevent the case, Jaechan asks Hongjoo to remember the details of incident if anything happens, so that he can find her after seeing in his precognitive dream.
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- 8.7/1067 votes
#12 - False Insurance Case (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2017
Jaechan has a precognitive dream that shows Hongjoo announcing false insurance case in the news. To prevent the case, Jaechan asks Hongjoo to remember the details of incident if anything happens, so that he can find her after seeing in his precognitive dream.
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- 8.5/1066 votes
#13 - The Secret That Can't Be Told (1)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/18/2017
Jaechan arrives to the scene of the crime to find out Wootak has been stabbed. He goes after Kang Daehee and manages to arrest him. Jaechan works hard to make sure that Daehee is prosecuted for his crimes. Meanwhile, Wootak stays at Hongjoo's house while he recovers and asks both Hongjoo and Jaechan for favors while he's there.
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- 8.7/1067 votes
#14 - The Secret That Can't Be Told (2)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/18/2017
Jaechan arrives to the scene of the crime to find out Wootak has been stabbed. He goes after Kang Daehee and manages to arrest him. Jaechan works hard to make sure that Daehee is prosecuted for his crimes. Meanwhile, Wootak stays at Hongjoo's house while he recovers and asks both Hongjoo and Jaechan for favors while he's there.
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- 8.6/1067 votes
#15 - Pride and Prejudice (1)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/19/2017
A murder case of Yu Sugyeong, a former professional archer, occurs and Do Hakyoung is pointed as the prime suspect. Hakyoung is a friend of Wootak, so Wootak convinces Hakyoung to turn himself in. Jaechan has to prosecute Hakyoung, but there’s not enough evidence to do so.
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- 8.6/1065 votes
#16 - Pride and Prejudice (2)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/2017
A murder case of Yu Sugyeong, a former professional archer, occurs and Do Hakyoung is pointed as the prime suspect. Hakyoung is a friend of Wootak, so Wootak convinces Hakyoung to turn himself in. Jaechan has to prosecute Hakyoung, but there’s not enough evidence to do so.
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- 8.9/1053 votes
#17 - The Usual Suspect (1)
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/25/2017
A murder case of Yu Sugyeong, a former professional archer, occurs and Do Hakyoung is pointed as the prime suspect. Hakyoung is a friend of Wootak, so Wootak convinces Hakyoung to turn himself in. Jaechan has to prosecute Hakyoung, but there’s not enough evidence to do so.
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- 8.9/1054 votes
#18 - The Usual Suspect (2)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/25/2017
A murder case of Yu Sugyeong, a former professional archer, occurs and Do Hakyoung is pointed as the prime suspect. Hakyoung is a friend of Wootak, so Wootak convinces Hakyoung to turn himself in. Jaechan has to prosecute Hakyoung, but there’s not enough evidence to do so.
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- 9.0/1053 votes
#19 - A Boy Meets a Girl (1)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/26/2017
Jaechan gets shot by Soogyeong’s father, Yoo Manho, and gets transferred to a hospital. Hongjoo receives a note that Jaechan sent to her before the accident and realizes that they’ve known each other for over 13 years.
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- 8.9/1054 votes
#20 - A Boy Meets a Girl (2)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/26/2017
Jaechan gets shot by Soogyeong’s father, Yoo Manho, and gets transferred to a hospital. Hongjoo receives a note that Jaechan sent to her before the accident and realizes that they’ve known each other for over 13 years.
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- 8.6/1051 votes
#21 - To Die or to Be Bad (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/1/2017
Jaechan is released from the hospital and stays with Hongjoo for two days. Wootak and Hongjoo both dream about Jaechan. In their dream, Jaechan is in charge of a case that results in his resignation from the prosecution. Upon his return to work, Jaechan must decide whether or not he will authorize the autopsy for a man who is set to donate his organs.
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- 8.7/1050 votes
#22 - To Die or to Be Bad (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/1/2017
Jaechan is released from the hospital and stays with Hongjoo for two days. Wootak and Hongjoo both dream about Jaechan. In their dream, Jaechan is in charge of a case that results in his resignation from the prosecution. Upon his return to work, Jaechan must decide whether or not he will authorize the autopsy for a man who is set to donate his organs.
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- 8.7/1049 votes
#23 - What Caused His Death? (1)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/2/2017
Jaechan charges Moon Taemin for murder despite everyone’s disapproval. He has to prove that Lee Hwan didn’t die from the organ transplant, but Lee Yoobeom has a strong argument that Jaechan can’t win over. Meanwhile, Yoon Moonseon wants to keep Jaechan away from Hongjoo because she doesn’t want to see Hongjoo suffer.
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- 8.8/1051 votes
#24 - What Caused His Death? (2)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/2/2017
Jaechan charges Moon Taemin for murder despite everyone’s disapproval. He has to prove that Lee Hwan didn’t die from the organ transplant, but Lee Yoobeom has a strong argument that Jaechan can’t win over. Meanwhile, Yoon Moonseon wants to keep Jaechan away from Hongjoo because she doesn’t want to see Hongjoo suffer.
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- 8.8/1047 votes
#25 - We're on Our Way to Meet You Now (1)
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 11/8/2017
Wootak and Jaechan share their theory behind why they can see each other's future in their dreams. Hongjoo goes to Criminal Division Three to follow a prosecutor for three days for an article, and Jaechan is worried that he will embarrass himself in front of her. Meanwhile, a cellphone thief provides evidence for a past case.
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Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent horrible events before they actually happen.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:SBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Accident (1)" is the best rated episode of "While You Were Sleeping" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 136 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/27/2017. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Accident (2)".