🏆 1 win & 2 nominations
The premise
While investigating a serial murder case, Detective Han Tae Joo gets into a catastrophic incident. When he wakes up, he finds himself transported back to 1988, appointed to work at a police station in a small city. Believing he is there for a reason, he tries to solve the case from the past in hopes of finding a way back to his life in 2018.
Horror Vault's take
A sharp Seoul detective working a grim serial murder case suffers a violent incident and wakes up three decades in the past, stranded in a provincial 1988 police station with no clear way home. Caught between two eras, he must decide whether the cold-case threads surrounding him are coincidence — or the very reason he was sent back. The series blends procedural tension with a creeping existential dread as the line between memory, coma, and reality refuses to stay fixed. Korean genre television at its most stylish, it keeps viewers perpetually off-balance about what is actually real.
Content: Violence, Depictions Of Serial Murder, Psychological Distress
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Waking Up In 1988Premiere8.7Jun 9, 2018
Tae Joo, a detective with principles, is asked for a favour by his ex-girlfriend, who is a prosecutor. While pursuing a man suspected to be a serial killer, he loses consciousness after getting hit by a car. When he wakes up, he finds himse
S1.E2 · Is This A Dream?9.0Jun 10, 2018
Despite being confused of his current situation, Tae Joo works hard with the detectives in 1988 to solve a murder case. Upon looking at the case, he is certain that it is a serial murder. He has a hard time accepting the way that the 1988 d
S1.E3 · Finding The Purpose8.0Jun 16, 2018
Tae Joo is confused as he can’t tell if he is dreaming or not. He wonders why he’s been sent to where he is now, but he can’t figure out why. Meanwhile, the detectives pursue the suspect of a pickpocketing case. By sticking to his principle
S1.E4 · Recalling Lost Memories8.0Jun 17, 2018
A dead body turns up in a field of reeds. They find the suspect of the murder, but Tae Joo doesn’t think that their suspect is the killer. Dong Cheol disagrees and is certain that the person they caught is the murderer. Meanwhile, Tae Joo b
S1.E5 · The Thief Who Doesn’t Steal8.3Jun 23, 2018
A woman reports a break-in, but as it turns out, nothing was stolen from her. Meanwhile, the gang at Seobu Police Station finds out about a similar case. They find out the one thing the two victims had in common and track down the victim. (
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