W-Two Worlds Apart

episode 15

After getting the all-powerful presto magic tablet stolen from him, Assemblyman Han licks his wounds back in the manhwa world. His secretary says that he was in the hospital one minute and not the next, and then reappeared passed out on the floor. The henchmen have lost Kang Chul as well, he reports, and they're claiming that he just vanished before their eyes.

Chul, meanwhile, is brought out to the curb by the factory workers who discovered him in the real world. He asks for a cab to get to Yeon-joo, but while they step away, he's suddenly transported back to the manhwa world. And of course that's when Assemblyman Han pulls up to the curb, returning to his kidnapping lair.

Kang Chul doesn't even notice him at first, because he's in for an even bigger shock: A chyron suddenly appears overhead, reading, "Final Episode." And then Assemblyman Han steps up to him with a chuckle to reclaim his hostage.

In the real world, Dad spends all night refreshing his own webtoon, and finally sees the new episode uploaded. He confirms that Yeon-joo is alive, and runs out of the workshop immediately. He hails a cab to get to the hotel, but before he can get in, the cab disappears.

Then he sees it too: "Final Episode." Uh-oh, Dad's been sucked back into the manhwa with them? But... in this world he's the killer!

Yeon-joo sees the same chyron overhead outside the hotel and goes to the front desk to ask what day it is. She's told it's August 15, which she finds odd since it was September the last time she checked. Then it dawns on her that it's 2017, and a full year has passed in the manhwa world. Yikes.

She's at a loss for where to begin, but then she spots So-hee on her way out of the hotel, and decides to approach her. So-hee thinks Yeon-joo looks familiar, and then remembers her as the woman who went on the run with Kang Chul after he shot Ajusshi.

So-hee says that she quit her job a year ago, but offers to contact someone at Kang Chul's company for Yeon-joo. She says that Chul was captured by the police last September, and in flashback we see Assemblyman Han finally give up after torturing Chul to a bloody pulp. He dropped Chul off outside the hospital, knowing that they would call the police.

So-hee says that Chul has been in prison for the past year for murder, evading capture, and faking his own death, and was given the death penalty in March. She tells Yeon-joo to go to court tomorrow if she wants to see Chul, because his appeal trial is about to begin.

Yeon-joo wonders why So-hee isn't going herself, but So-hee seems to be living a whole new life now, and she says she's on her way to the airport for a business trip, but she'll be hoping that everything works out. Well at least someone found a happy ending in this world.

So Yeon-joo goes to the courthouse in the morning, and walks slowly down the aisle towards Chul, who's sitting with his back to her. She's so fixated on him that it seems she might just walk right up to him in the middle of the trial, but Do-yoon notices her first and calls out her name in surprise.

That brings the trial to a screeching halt and Chul turns around slowly to face her. She's on the verge of tears, but he just studies her face and then breaks into a smile.

She smiles back at him despite her tears. The judge resumes reading the charges, and Chul just takes a quiet moment to smile to himself in relief.

Do-yoon is shocked that Yeon-joo is really alive, half-convinced he hallucinated her resurrection. She's not even listening to him though, and just wipes at her tears without taking her eyes off of Chul, who ignores the judge and steals peeks at Yeon-joo, smiling at her in reassurance.

The happiness at their reunion is short-lived though, because the judge rejects the appeal. Yeon-joo is blocked from approaching Kang Chul by the bailiffs, but he asks for just a moment with her before being taken away, and asks why she came only now.