| Genre: | Time travel Thriller |
| Director: | Lee Dong-hoon |
| Starring: | Lee Bo-young Cho Seung-woo Kim Tae-woo Jung Gyu-woon Kim Yoo-bin |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Executive Producer: | Han Jung-hwan |
| Producer: | Lee Hee-soo |
| Location: | Korea |
| Runtime: | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Company: | Content K |
| Channel: | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Related: | Somewhere Between |
God's Gift – 14 Days is a 2014 South Korean television series written by Choi Ran (the writer of Iljimae), starring Lee Bo-young, Cho Seung-woo, Kim Tae-woo, Jung Gyu-woon and Kim Yoo-bin. It aired on SBS from March 3 to April 22, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Kim Soo-hyun is a mother whose young daughter Han Saet-byul gets kidnapped and murdered. Discovering a miraculous ability to go back in time exactly two weeks before the event, Soo-hyun is determined to expose the kidnapping plot and save her daughter before she dies all over again. Helping her is Ki Dong-chan, a former cop turned private investigator out to prove the innocence of his mentally challenged brother, who is falsely accused of murdering Dong-chan's ex-girlfriend. As Soo-hyun and Dong-chan race against the clock in the allotted 14 days, new light is shed on the crimes, and they uncover secrets far more treacherous than Soo-hyun could have ever imagined.[1]
A successful TV writer for a current affairs program. She travels back in time to bring her dead child back to life.
He was once an outstanding police officer, who left the force after a certain incident. Now a private investigator, Dong-chan has a personal connection to the case and helps Soo-hyun when she goes back in time.
He is a human rights lawyer who is passionate about his work and is a loving husband to Soo-hyun and devoted father to Saet-byul. But he is also harboring a secret.
A detective in the violent crimes division, he graduated the police academy at the top of his class and is already known as future police commissioner material. He is Soo-hyun's first love, and she suddenly comes to him out of nowhere and begs him to find the suspect who will kill her daughter in two weeks' time. Initially disbelieving, he gets sucked into the case and puts his career on the line to help her.
Soo-hyun and Ji-hoon's daughter. Saet-byul is quirky and cute, though a bit of an outsider at school. She doesn't get good grades, but is warm and kind despite the fact that the other kids leave her out and call her the weird kid. Her one friend is Young-gyu.
A developmentally disabled teenage boy with the mental age of a six-year-old. He is Saet-byul's friend, and tries to save her from the kidnapper.[6] [7] [8]
She started out as a con artist who'd already been to jail five times, until Dong-chan hired her as a fraud detection expert.
Soo-hyun's mother.
Soo-hyun's junior colleague who had an affair with Ji-hoon. She became pregnant with his child, but miscarried when she fell down the stairs while Ji-hoon was forcing her to go to an abortion clinic.
Mother of Dong-chan and Dong-ho. She takes care of her grandson Young-gyu.
Dong-chan's older brother, and Young-gyu's father. Falsely accused and imprisoned for the murder of Dong-chan's girlfriend, Soo-jung.
A businessman disguised as a homeless bum.
Dong-chan's junior colleague when he was in the police force.
Expert hacker who works at Dong-chan's private investigator office.
Presidential chief of staff.
The First Lady.
After witnessing his beloved older brother's suicide, he went into a long period of depression. He decides to fulfill his brother's lifelong dream of becoming a musician in his place, and successfully becomes the front man of the rock band Snake. He is Saet-byul's favorite idol singer. However, unforeseen events threaten to quash his dreams altogether when the shoe of a missing child is discovered in his van. Although he isn't prosecuted as a criminal, he is still considered as a possible suspect in the case.
Owner of stationery shop.
The President's son.
Serial killer who murdered three women, including Young-gyu's mother and Dong-ho's friend Mimi.
Dong-chan's girlfriend who was murdered.
In the table below,
the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[12] | AGB Nielsen[13] | ||||||
| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area | width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | March 3, 2014 | 6.7% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 7.2% | ||
| 2 | March 4, 2014 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 8.2% | ||
| 3 | March 10, 2014 | 8.8% | 11.0% | 8.9% | 8.9% | ||
| 4 | March 11, 2014 | 8.9% | 11.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% | ||
| 5 | March 17, 2014 | 9.3% | 11.0% | 9.7% | 10.4% | ||
| 6 | March 18, 2014 | 10.2% | 12.4% | 9.4% | 9.8% | ||
| 7 | March 24, 2014 | 10.0% | 12.4% | 8.8% | 9.5% | ||
| 8 | March 25, 2014 | 10.7% | 12.8% | 10.6% | 12.0% | ||
| 9 | March 31, 2014 | 9.5% | 11.8% | 8.8% | 9.6% | ||
| 10 | April 1, 2014 | 9.4% | 10.9% | 9.4% | 10.5% | ||
| 11 | April 7, 2014 | 9.5% | 11.7% | 9.2% | 9.7% | ||
| 12 | April 8, 2014 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 8.9% | 9.8% | ||
| 13 | April 14, 2014 | 9.5% | 11.8% | 8.5% | 8.5% | ||
| 14 | April 15, 2014 | 10.0% | 12.1% | 8.7% | 9.2% | ||
| 15 | April 21, 2014 | 8.2% | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.9% | ||
| 16 | April 22, 2014 | 9.5% | 11.6% | 8.4% | 9.0% | ||
| Average | 9.3% | 11.2% | 8.8% | 9.5% | |||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor (TV) | ||
| 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival | Best New Actor | |||
| Best OST by a Male Artist | Because It Hurts | [14] | ||
| 7th Korea Drama Awards | Best Young Actor/Actress | Kim Yoo-bin | ||
| 3rd APAN Star Awards | Best New Actor | Baro | ||
| 22nd SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Cho Seung-woo | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Lee Bo-young | |||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Kim Tae-woo | |||
| Jung Gyu-woon | ||||
| Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Shin Goo | |||
| Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Jung Hye-sun | |||
| New Star Award | Han Sun-hwa | |||
It aired in Thailand on PPTV beginning October 7, 2014, dubbed as Sibsee Wan Sawan Kamnod . ("14 วัน สวรรค์กำหนด").[15]
On December 16, 2016, ABC announced a 10 episode straight-to-series order for an American remake of the series which is titled Somewhere Between, and was shot in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2017, and started airing in June 2017. It was written by Stephen Tolkin (Legend of the Seeker, Brothers & Sisters). Paula Patton, Devon Sawa and JR Bourne star as the main characters. The show was cancelled after one season.[16] [17]