Alice (South Korean TV series)

Did You Know?

• This is the first acting role of actor Joo Won since he was discharged from his mandatory military service on February 5, 2019.
• On July 31, 2020, SBS released photos from the first script reading of the series attended by the cast and crew.

Synopsis

In 2050, the temporal agency Alice sends clients back in time to see deceased loved ones and polices time incursions. Agents Yoon Tae-yi and Yoo Min-hyuk travel to 1992 Seoul to find the Book of Prophecy, which predicts fates and the end of time travel. Lee Se-hoon, an agent of the rogue group the Teacher, murders young Tae-yi's father for the book. Before dying, the father gives the final page to little Tae-yi. Tae-yi and Min-hyuk acquire the book and have Se-hoon arrested. After learning she is pregnant by Min-hyuk, he advises abortion due to radiation risks from time travel. Tae-yi disappears with the book and raises her son alone as Park Sun-young. Her son Park Jin-gyeom is born with Alexithymia, unable to recognize emotions, and unknowingly can manipulate time in life-or-death situations. In 2010, he finds his mother murdered and vows to find her killer. Detective Go Hyeon-seok and classmate Kim Do-yeon care for him. By 2020, Jin-gyeom becomes a detective and learns about time travelers, Alice, the Teacher, and the truth behind his mother's death.

Cast

Kim Hee-sun plays two roles: Yoon Tae-yi, a brilliant physicist who looks exactly like Park Sun-young, and Park Sun-young herself, a woman whose mysterious death leaves her son with a strange final request. Kim Ji-yu portrays a younger version of Tae-yi. Joo Won is Park Jin-gyeom, a detective who cannot feel or show emotions and was raised only by his mother. Moon Joo-won and Moon Woo-jin appear as Jin-gyeom at different ages. Kwak Si-yang plays Yoo Min-hyuk, a skilled time traveler and agent for Alice who sacrificed someone he loved for the organization. Lee Da-in plays Kim Do-yeon, a reporter and Jin-gyeom’s only friend, who has liked him since high school. Kim Sang-ho is Go Hyeon-seok, the senior detective who worked on Park Sun-young’s murder case and later raised Jin-gyeom with his wife. Choi Won-young plays Seok Oh-won, who runs the Kuiper Institute of Advanced Science. The cast also includes Lee Jae-yoon, Jung Wook, Jihyuk, Choi Hong-il, Kim Kyung-nam, Hwang Seung-eon, Yang Ji-il, Nam Kyung, Choi Jung-woo, Oh Young-sil, Yeonwoo, Bae Hae-sun, Min Jun-ho, Oh Se-young, Lee Su-woong, Yoon Joo-man, Jang Hyun-sung, Park In-soo, Oh Yeon-ah, Seo Yi-soo, and Lee Seung-hyung.