Welcome 2 Life

Welcome 2 Life (Korean: 웰컴2라이프) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jung Ji-hoon, Lim Ji-yeon and Kwak Si-yang. It aired on MBC TV from August 5 to September 24, 2019.

Welcome 2 Life
Promotional poster
Also known as	You Only Live Twice
Hangul	웰컴2라이프
RR	Welkeom2raipeu
MR	Welk'ŏm2raip'ŭ
Genre	Fantasy[1] Romantic comedy[2]
Written by	Yoo Hee-kyung
Directed by	Kim Geun-hong Shim Soo-yeon
Starring	Jung Ji-hoon Lim Ji-yeon Kwak Si-yang
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	32[a]
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes[a]
Production company	Kim Jong-hak Production[4]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	August 5 (2019-08-05) – September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)

Synopsis

The series is about a skilled lawyer who enters a parallel world due to an unfortunate accident.^[5]

Cast

Main

• Jung Ji-hoon as Lee Jae-sang, an ace but selfish lawyer from JK Law Firm, one of the nation's top five law firms.^[1]
• Lim Ji-yeon as Ra Si-on, Jae-sang's ex-girlfriend who is an impulsive detective and has a tough personality.^[1]
• Kwak Si-yang as Goo Dong-tae, a police officer who is Si-on's partner.^[1]

Supporting

Yulgaek Law Firm

• Han Sang-jin as Kang yoon-gi
• Hong Jin-gi as Moon Ji-ho

Sekyung Police Department

• Park Shin-ah as Ha Min-hee
• Im Sung-jae as Yang Go-woon

Sekyung Prosecution

• Choi Phillip as Min Sung-jin
• Jang So-yeon as Bang Young-suk

Others

• Han Da-sol as In Na-rae
• Seo Ji-hye as Noh Young-mi, Noh Soo-chan's daughter.
• Shin Jae-ha as Yoon Pil-woo, the CEO of Babel Research Center.
• Seo Hye-won as Ring
• Son Byong-ho as Jang Doo-sik
• Kim Joong-ki as Park Gi-beom
• Seol Jung-hwan as Jeong Min-soo, an actor.
• Song Yoo-hyun as Yoo Jin-hee

Release

The series was initially scheduled to premiere on July 29, 2019, but was pushed back for a week due to live coverage of the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.^[6][7]

Ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[8]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	August 5, 2019	4.5% (N/A)	5.1% (16th)	5.3%
2		6.3% (8th)	7.0% (6th)	6.9%
3	August 6, 2019	5.3% (17th)	5.8% (14th)	5.7%
4		6.8% (10th)	7.1% (6th)	7.4%
5	August 12, 2019	4.4% (N/A)	N/A
6		5.6% (16th)	6.4% (15th)	7.1%
7	August 13, 2019	4.2% (N/A)	4.9% (N/A)	N/A
8		5.0% (15th)	5.6% (16th)	6.0%
9	August 19, 2019	3.9% (N/A)	N/A	N/A
10		5.0% (19th)	5.8% (12th)
11	August 20, 2019	4.3% (N/A)	4.6% (20th)
12		4.5% (20th)	4.7% (18th)	6.1%
13	August 26, 2019	4.1% (N/A)	4.8% (20th)	N/A
14		5.5% (14th)	5.9% (12th)	5.2%
15	August 27, 2019	3.5% (N/A)	N/A	N/A
16		4.4% (N/A)		5.9%
17	September 2, 2019	3.8% (N/A)		5.0%
18		4.8% (16th)	4.8% (17th)	6.3%
19	September 3, 2019	4.0% (N/A)	N/A	4.8%
20		4.9% (17th)	4.6% (19th)	5.8%
21	September 9, 2019	3.8% (N/A)	N/A	5.0%
22		5.1% (16th)	4.9% (17th)	6.2%
23	September 10, 2019	4.2% (N/A)	N/A	4.9%
24		5.2% (17th)	5.3% (17th)	6.2%
25	September 16, 2019	3.9% (N/A)	N/A	N/A
26		4.7% (19th)	4.9% (19th)	6.2%
27	September 17, 2019	4.4% (N/A)	N/A	5.3%
28		5.9% (14th)	6.2% (12th)	6.6%
29	September 23, 2019	N/A	4.6% (19th)	5.5%
30		6.1% (13th)	6.3% (11th)	7.2%
31	September 24, 2019	4.2% (19th)	4.2% (19th)	6.5%
32		6.0% (12th)	6.2% (8th)	8.4%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating/ranking is not known.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2019	MBC Drama Awards[9]	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Lim Ji-yeon	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Jung Ji-hoon	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Lim Ji-yeon	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Kwak Si-yang	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Jang So-yeon	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Park Shin-ah	Nominated
		Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Son Byong-ho	Nominated
		Best Young Actor/Actress	Lee Soo-ah	Won
		Best One-minute Couple Award	Lim Ji-yeon and Jung Ji-hoon	Nominated

Notes

1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[3]