TV series
The Heavenly Idol
Overview
Rembrary, a priest from a supernatural world, is about to defeat the Evil One, but suddenly finds himself incarnated in the body of a K-pop idol.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-02-15
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- tvN
- Production
- Studio Dragon, CJ ENM, HIGROUND, 피타팻스튜디오
- Country
- KR
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Kim Min-gue as Lembrary / Woo Yeon-woo
- Go Bo-gyeol as Kim Dal
- Lee Jang-woo as Shin Jo-woon
- Oh Jin-seok as Oh Jung-shin
- Ye Ji-won as Lim Sun-ja
- Shin Myung-sung as Hwang Tae-in
- Tak Jae-hoon as Sunwoo Sil
- Park Sang-nam as Sa Gam-jae
- Jeong Soo-hyun as Raken
- Kim Seo-ha as Maeng Woo-shin
- Hong Seung-bum as Choi Jung-seo
- Choi Jae-hyun as Kasy
Creators and crew
- Park So-yeon - Creator
- Lee So-yoon - Creator
- Kwon Byung-wook - Executive Producer
- Park So-yeon - Director
- Lee So-yoon - Director
- Lee Chun-geum - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: Pontifex Rembrary on Earth
Pontifex Lembrary, with his highest authority as a chief, manages all things under Lord Redrin's influence. One day, in the midst of a divine ceremony, Lembrary loses consciousness when The Evil One threatens his and his people's very existence. He then wakes up to find himself in a different world where everyone calls him "Woo Yeon-woo," one of the members of Wild Animal. Everything he does is going to cause major problems.
Episode 2: A Slave Contract
Lembrary learns that he needs to become a successful idol in order to get endless access to "tributes." He realizes that he needs those tributes to gain energy for prayer. He has a hard time adjusting to the life of an idol, but he manages to get his name known. Meanwhile, Dal gets a job at LLL Entertainment as Wild Animal's road manager. One day, she takes Lembrary to a psychiatrist.
Episode 3: Rembrary Becomes Woo Yeon Woo
Rembrary has no choice but to embrace the reality of living as Woo Yeon Woo. He participates in "Sing Survival" and surprises everyone with a remarkable performance. However, the judges' decision doesn't match the audience's opinion. Adding to his troubles, he has to team up with an unlikely competitor for an upcoming performance. Despite his efforts, Rembrary struggles to make things work in his favor.
Episode 4: The Evil One’s Emergence
Woo Sil’s voice suddenly doesn’t come out when he’s up on the stage. Rembrary realizes that it was The Evil One’s doing. Later, Rembrary finds out that Yeon Woo was involved with a religious group called Hongwoodaedae, and he tries to figure out what the group does. Meanwhile, dating rumours about a member of Wild Animal break out.
Episode 5: Those with Woo Yeon Woo Shall Be Healed
After Rembrary's performance on Sing Survival, people started complimenting him, and it went viral. But with fame comes a price, and a rumor begins to spread. To protect Rembrary's true identity, Dal takes measures to keep it hidden. Meanwhile, Rembrary decides to audition for a project with Maeng Woo Sin as the lead, but he falls into Jo Woon's trap.
Episode 6: If We Were Born in the Same World
Yeon Woo gets involved with Ms. Ma who embezzled the company’s funds, and his public image worsens. However, Dal manages to change the public opinion by revealing the text Yeon Woo exchanged with Ms. Ma. Meanwhile, Dal talks about Liz Ri to Yeon Woo.
Episode 7: How to Reject a Girl Nicely
Despite Lembrary's attempt to maintain a distance from Dal, navigating their relationship proves to be difficult. Meanwhile, Dal discovers a distressing truth about Woo Yeon-woo, and Lembrary's words of comfort fail to console her. Upon encountering Oh Jung-sin once more, Lembrary becomes entangled in a predicament stemming from a minor contract between the two.
Episode 8: Five Putrid Goblins
Lembrary learns something shocking in the Afterlife about Hongwoodaedae. Lembrary goes on a dating variety show after he gets offered a chance to meet Lord Redrin if he captures five goblins. Meanwhile, Dal causes an unexpected situation while under the black magic spell of the Evil One.
Episode 9: Dal's Blessing
Unlike ever before, Lembrary gets touched by Dal's confession. However, he makes up his mind. Meanwhile, the picture of Lembrary and Dal together comes to light and becomes a huge love scandal that hits Wild Animal hard. Dal makes a big decision to protect Lembrary.
Episode 10: The Well of Oblivion
Lembrary becomes a criminal overnight. As the people ruthlessly criticize and condemn him, Lembrary becomes frustrated. Dal searches for the CEO of Hong-rin to resolve the Hong-rin crisis, but he is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Lembrary visits Dal to convince her to run away and be safe.
Episode 11: Won't You Regret It?
Wild Animal gets invited to the awards, but they have to do a collaboration performance with the Evil Boys. While Rembrary tries to stop the Evil Boys from getting an award, he suddenly learns of the truth. Meanwhile, Jeong-seo gets invited to join Hongwoodaedae.
Episode 12: One Drawback
Lembrary returns to the world after hearing from Her Majesty how to stop Lord Redrin. However, for Lembrary to stop Lord Redrin, he must make an immense sacrifice which he reconsiders. Meanwhile, Lembrary exposes Woo Yeon-woo's imposter and learns more of Lord Redrin's evil doings.
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