The WORST episodes of The World Between Us
Every episode of The World Between Us ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The World Between Us!
A mass shooting changes the life of the killer, the victims, the victims' families, the media and the defence teams involved.
#1 - Yu-Ming | Disgust
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2025
Tzu-Chiang's mental condition worsens, trapping Yu-Ming between financial ruin and family crisis. Chia-Wei remains impatient with the grown-up Kuan-Jun, insisting discipline is the only answer.
#2 - Cheng-Kuang | Original Intent
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2025
Cheng-Kuang struggles to balance public opinion with his ideals, only to be isolated by his own party and targeted by online mobs. Yu-Ming's situation grows more desperate, and Kuan-Jun drifts further from society.
#3 - Hsing-Chu | The Front Line
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/28/2025
Under COVID-19 Level 3 restrictions, Hsing-Chu is overwhelmed working the front lines. Yu-Ming's family descends into chaos as quarantine collides with Tzu-Chiang's relapse. Cheng-Kuang faces accusations of corruption and a shooting case.
#4 - Yu-Min | Behind the Home
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/14/2025
Twenty years earlier, the tangled origins of Cheng-Ming and the Kao family's complicated past are revealed. Young Kuan-Jun clashes with his peer Chi-Huei, exposing deep differences in how their parents approach raising children.
#6 - Luo Yu | The Future
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/7/2025
Chen Yu-Ming buckles under life's crushing pressures and nears her breaking point. Her son Luo Yu takes desperate measures to pay off debts. Yi-Sen makes a momentous decision caught between his duty as a doctor and his own emotional wounds.
#7 - The Diagnosis
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2019
The news labels Ssu-Tsung as an unstable, debt-ridden director, and Ssu-Yueh blames Ta-Chih's news station. Wang She tells Ssu-Yueh that her brother may have a mental disorder and needs evaluation, but the family recoils in fear. Mei-Mei cannot forgive Wang She for helping the kindergarten attacker. Chiao-An asks her sister Chiao-Ping to talk to her rebellious daughter, while Ta-Chih comes home to find Ssu-Tsung completely out of control.
#8 - The Hostage
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2019
Ta-Chih decides to resign, but Chiao-An dismisses her. A suspected mentally ill person takes children hostage at a kindergarten. Chiao-An insists on waiting until the children are safe before going live, pressuring her brother-in-law I-Chun to appear on air. Wang She and his wife wait anxiously outside — their daughter is among the hostages. Ta-Chih recognizes a familiar face being led out by police.
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#9 - The Victims
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/2019
Two years after a mass shooting claimed nine lives, defense attorney Wang She fights for the killer's rights before his death sentence, drawing public fury. The shooter's family members change their names to escape the stigma. Sung Chiao-An, a news editor who lost her son in the attack, channels her grief into her work — but her family is falling apart.
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#10 - Chi-Huei | Change
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/5/2025
When Chien Kuang-Kuen falls ill, Chi-Huei begins to question her family's expectations and consider a different path. Everyone searches for the missing Yu-Ming, and a glimmer of hope emerges.
#11 - Hsing-Kuo | A Real Man
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/2025
Hsu Hsing-Kuo drowns his sorrows in drink after losing his job in middle age. A custody battle over the children turns violent. Kuan-Jun was on the verge of entering early intervention therapy, but his family refuses to understand.
#12 - The Copycat
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/14/2019
Ssu-Yueh and her fiance clash over Ssu-Tsung, while Ta-Chih helps her through the crisis. Ta-Chih returns to the station to resign and chooses to apologize to Chiao-An. A middle schooler imitates the shooter and stabs someone, sparking massive media coverage. The boy's mother goes missing with him, and Chiao-An rethinks what it means to be a journalist. Chen Chang receives a life sentence, triggering public backlash — and Wang She becomes a target of online harassment again.
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#13 - Schizophrenia
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/2019
Ssu-Tsung is involuntarily committed and diagnosed with schizophrenia, devastating the Ying family. The child-killer Chen Chang is deemed high-risk for reoffending, and Wang She struggles with his refusal to take medication. Mei-Mei takes the children and leaves, putting their marriage in jeopardy. Ta-Chih witnesses Ssu-Yueh's courage and decides to go home to convince her parents to investigate why her brother committed the shooting.
#14 - A Better Way
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/14/2019
Chiao-An partners with a colleague to try changing their newsroom's approach, but faces the pressure of ratings. Mei-Mei goes into premature labor, and the couple disagrees over the tiny baby's treatment. Chiao-Ping and I-Chun clash over work philosophy and their unexpected pregnancy. Ssu-Tsung starts a photography job but struggles with the side effects of medication. Ta-Chih reconnects with an old flame, while Ssu-Tsung's hallucinations begin to spiral.
#16 - The Aftermath
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2019
The news station gets an exclusive on the Li family collecting Hsiao-Ming's body, exposing their hiding place. Ta-Chih storms back to confront Chiao-An, accusing her of being the root of media's decay. Mei-Mei decides to return to Wang She and support his ideals. Chao-Kuo takes Chiao-An back to the theater where their son died, forcing her to face buried regret. Ssu-Yueh prepares for her wedding while their father suffers a heart attack.
#17 - The Sinking News
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2019
A celebrity's suicide and depression diagnosis flood the psychiatric wards. The Ying family argues over what to do about Ssu-Tsung. Chiao-An's erratic behavior is noticed by colleagues, and Chao-Kuo stays close as their relationship shifts. Wang She finally convinces the shooter Li Hsiao-Ming to see his family and pursues an extraordinary appeal — but news breaks that Hsiao-Ming's execution is imminent.
#18 - Chia-Wei | Standards
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/21/2025
After Tzu-Chiang's episode, Yu-Ming insists the family must stick together through his recovery. Chia-Wei tries to set Kuan-Jun straight, only to realize none of his usual rules apply.
#19 - The Distance Between Us
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/21/2019
In the aftermath of a devastating incident, each character confronts how close they stand to the line between good and evil. Wang She must decide what kind of world he wants to raise his children in. Chiao-An finally reckons with her grief. As Ta-Chih faces whether she can ever escape her brother's shadow, everyone is forced to ask: can society truly heal, or only learn to live with the wound?
#20 - Utopia
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/5/2025
Kuan-Jun's case goes to trial before a citizen jury, with prosecution and defense presenting their arguments as public opinion splits down the middle. Cheng-Kuang finally finds his way back to the person he set out to be.