Time Renegades

During a New Year’s Eve celebration, Ji-hwan asks Yoon-Jung to marry him. She notices her purse has been slashed and the couple gives chase after the thief. The pursuit ends in violence as Ji-hwan is fatally stabbed, cutting short their hopeful future.

On New Year’s Eve 2015, rookie detective Gun-woo and his team close in on a suspect amid a crowded celebration. In the heat of the chase, he debates whether to shoot and is fatally shot himself. His death shatters time as those who survive begin to experience something impossible.

Ji-hwan and Gun-woo end up in the same hospital on the same day after their near-death experiences. They survive and unexpectedly begin to see through each other’s eyes in dreams. The visions hint at a shared mystery that binds their fates.

Gun-woo reviews surveillance footage and spots a woman resembling Yoon-Jung. He pursues the woman, who turns out to be So-Eun, though she’s initially mistaken for a flasher. So-Eun is brought to the station, where Gun-woo’s status as a detective becomes clear to others.

The Chief assigns Gun-woo to file cold-case reports, leading him to an unsolved murder from the 1980s in which Yoon-Jung is the victim. The connection between past and present broadens the investigation. The case threads tie the lovers’ fate to a long-ago crime.

Guided by dream-derived knowledge, Ji-hwan vows to protect Yoon-Jung on the day she plans to try on her wedding dress. A city-wide air strike disrupts their plan, forcing a frantic detour. Ji-hwan’s desperate search draws him toward a gambling house and the danger that follows.

During the chase, a man who seems to be a suspect knocks Yoon-Jung to the floor, and Ji-hwan discovers her dead body in a public restroom. The moment confirms a brutal truth at the heart of the case. It also deepens the mystery around who is truly responsible.

As the investigation unfolds, the suspected killer is revealed to be the father of one of Ji-hwan’s students. Yet a string of subsequent deaths with similar methods quickly shows this figure is not the real culprit. The case widens to reveal a legacy that spans decades.

So-Eun, working at the same school as Ji-hwan and Yoon-Jung, becomes an essential ally to Gun-woo. She helps piece together clues that connect decades of events, bridging the personal and investigative threads of the case. Their collaboration strengthens as danger intensifies.

So-Eun seems to be killed in the same method as Yoon-Jung and other victims, suggesting the serial killer may still be alive. The threat to the investigators increases as the killer remains at large. The surviving pair vow to press on despite the personal risk.

Driven by the strange connection between their lives, Gun-woo and Ji-hwan decide to collaborate fully to unravel the mystery. They pool their resources and dreams to gather clues that only their unusual link could reveal. Time pressure adds urgency to their partnership.

As visions deepen, the two men uncover real clues that bridge their experiences across decades. The parallel journeys converge, guiding them toward stopping the killer and bringing closure to the lives touched by the case. The timeline of 1980s to 2010s finally begins to resolve itself.