While You Were Sleeping Review (2017): Is It Worth Watching?

Is While You Were Sleeping worth watching?

Yes — While You Were Sleeping is worth watching, holding a 84% Critic Score and 90% Audience Score on Celluloid. Its 83% Celluloid Score averages five independent sources: critic percentage, audience percentage, Metascore (72), IMDb (8.3/10) and aggregated fan rating (87%).

Created by Park Hye-ryun, While You Were Sleeping ran 1 season, 32 episodes on Viki in Korean, from South Korea. While You Were Sleeping has ended, so you can watch the complete story without waiting on a renewal.

What is While You Were Sleeping about?

Nam Hong-joo wakes from dreams that show her disasters before they happen, and quickly learns that knowing the future is a burden rather than a gift. When a rookie prosecutor moves in across the street and starts dreaming the same warnings, and a young patrol officer joins the pattern, the three begin racing to rewrite outcomes they were only meant to witness — with a predatory lawyer always one step ahead of them.

Critics consensus: Park Hye-ryun’s precognition premise could easily have collapsed into gimmick, but the show keeps its stakes human — Lee Jong-suk and Bae Suzy make the moral weight of foreknowledge land, and the courtroom cases give the fantasy real teeth. The cast is led by Lee Jong-suk, Bae Suzy, Lee Sang-yeob, Jung Hae-in, Ko Sung-hee.

How many seasons of While You Were Sleeping are there, and where do I start?

While You Were Sleeping has 1 season, 32 episodes, and there is no reason to start anywhere but the first episode. At 1 season, 32 episodes, it is a single-season commitment you can finish in a week. The series page breaks the 83% Celluloid Score into its five sources so you can see exactly where critics and audiences disagree before committing.

Where can I watch While You Were Sleeping?

While You Were Sleeping is carried by Viki, though rights are licensed by territory and change often. Check the Viki hub for everything else on the same service, and the series page for the regions where Celluloid has confirmed availability.

What should I watch after While You Were Sleeping?

If it lands, try When Life Gives You Tangerines (93%), Crash Landing on You (91%), Queen of Tears (90%) next — same shelf, comparable scores. You can also browse all fantasy series, everything from South Korea, or the year it premiered.