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| Music: | Choi In-hee | ||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 16 | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 60 minutes | ||||||||||
| Channel: | KBS2 |
Beyond the Clouds[1] is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Yoon Kye-sang, Han Ji-hye and Cho Jin-woong.[2] It aired on KBS2 from February 17 to April 14, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[3]
Jung Se-ro (Yoon Kye-sang) is a hardworking young man who works multiple part-time jobs while studying for the foreign civil service exam. His father is a petty criminal and a con man, and their family lives a transient life because of his deals, currently staying in Thailand.[4]
Despite wanting an honest life for himself, Se-ro's dreams are shattered on the night of a glamorous jewel exhibition opening in Bangkok. His father dies in an incident involving stolen diamonds, and because Se-ro was at the scene when another man was shot, he is accused and arrested for murder. After spending five years in a Thai prison, upon his release he takes up a new identity and becomes a con man just like his father. He joins a ring of jewel smugglers led by Park Kang-jae (Cho Jin-woong), with whom he shares a brotherly bond. Kang-Jae was raised like a son by Se-ro's father, who taught him all the tricks of the trade. But Kang-Jae has harbored a lifelong jealousy towards the real son, which is stoked further when the woman he loves, smuggling accomplice Seo Jae-in (Kim Yoo-ri) also falls for Se-ro.
Then Se-ro meets Han Young-won (Han Ji-hye), the cold-hearted heiress to a jewelry brand. She was madly in love with her fiancé Gong Woo-jin (Song Jong-ho), and had closed herself off after his death. But Se-ro draws her out into the world, while Young-won gives him a reason to live when he had all but given up. They fall in love, not knowing that the man Se-ro was accused of killing had been Young-won's fiancé. His love for her becomes his punishment, but also his salvation.[5]
In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[6] | AGB Nielsen[7] | ||||||
| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area | width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 17 February 2014 | 4.0% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.8% | ||
| 2 | 17 February 2014 | 5.1% | 5.9% | ||||
| 3 | 24 February 2014 | 3.5% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.6% | ||
| 4 | 25 February 2014 | 4.5% | 4.6% | ||||
| 5 | 3 March 2014 | 3.7% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% | ||
| 6 | 4 March 2014 | 4.2% | 4.8% | 3.6% | 3.9% | ||
| 7 | 10 March 2014 | 3.0% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 2.7% | ||
| 8 | 11 March 2014 | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.3% | ||
| 9 | 17 March 2014 | 3.1% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.6% | ||
| 10 | 18 March 2014 | 3.6% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 4.1% | ||
| 11 | 24 March 2014 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% | ||
| 12 | 25 March 2014 | 2.6% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 3.1% | ||
| 13 | 31 March 2014 | 2.3% | 2.7% | ||||
| 14 | 1 April 2014 | 2.0% | 3.0% | ||||
| 15 | 7 April 2014 | 2.7% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.3% | ||
| 16 | 8 April 2014 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.6% | ||
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