The World Between Us (Taiwanese TV series)

Season 1 Wang She (Wu Kang Ren) is a defense attorney whose desire to serve society's marginalized, including defending the shooter, has strained his young growing family. Li Ta-Chih (Chen Yuu) is a young woman working at a TV news station and the sister of theatre shooter, Li Hsiao Ming (Wang Ko Yuan). She has changed her name to escape the stigma of her brother's crime. Ta-Chih's boss, an ambitious woman named Sung Chiao An (Alyssa Chia), lost her son in the theatre shooting. Laden with guilt over her son’s death, Chiao An lashes out at both her employees and her husband, Liu Chao Kuo (James Wen), a newspaper journalist. Wang She enlists Chao Kuo to investigate Hsiao Ming's true motive for the shooting. Season 2 == Cast ==

Season 1 • Alyssa Chia as Sung Chiao An • Wu Kang Ren as Wang She • James Wen as Liu Chao Kuo • Tracy Chou as Ting Mei Mei • Pets Tseng as Ying Ssu Yueh • Chen Yu as Li Ta-Chih (Li Hsiao Wen) • Monica Tsai as young Hsiao Wen • JC Lin as Ying Ssu Tsung • Shih Ming-shuai as Lin Yi Chun • Allison Lin as Sung Chiao Ping • Honduras as Liao Niu Shih • Hsieh Chiung Hsuan as Mrs. Li • Chang Chien as Mr. Li • Amanda Fan as Ah Ling • Ho Yu Tien as Ah She • Chien Chi Feng as Side Judge • Yao Hsiao as Mrs. Ting • Hsia Teng-hung as Sie • Hsu Hao Hsiang as Chief of Society Division • Lin Chen Hsi as Wang Fei (Hsiao Fei) • Liu Hsiu-fu as Ying Si De • Crystal Lin as Hsiao Ching • Lin Hsin Hui as Clerk • Lin You Lun as Liu Tien Yen • Lu Shih Yuan as Judge • Ba Ge as Mr. Ting • Sheng Chu Ju as Tzeng Ching Chuan • Tsai Pei Li as Hsiao A • Tsai Yi Cheng as Interpreter • Ryan Tu as Presiding Judge • Wang Ko Yuan as Li Hsiao Ming • Tsai Jui Tse as young Hsiao Ming • Rose Yu as Liu Tien Ching Season 2 • Vic Chou as Ma Yi-sen • Hsueh Shih-ling as Kao Cheng-kuang • Yang Kuei-mei as Kao-Chang Yu-min • Hsieh Hsin-ying as Kao Cheng-ming / Chen Yu-ming • Yu Tzu-yu as Hsu Hsing-chu • Troy Liu as Hu Guan-jun • Bai Run-yin as Luo Yu • Brando Huang as Luo Tzu-chiang • Cheng Yu-fei as Luo Huei • Chang Han as Hsu Hsing-kuo • Chan Tzu-hsuan as Chian Chi-huei • Derek Chang Wang Yi-li • Chu Chung-heng as Yu Wen-cheng • Tsai Chen-nan as Chian Kuang-kuen • Justin Chien as Hu Chia-wei • Vivi Lee as Wang Li-yun • Yang Ching as Wang Ching-ching • Joseph Ma as Chian Chia-hsin • Chu Chi-ying as Chian Chia-ling • Lu Yi-ching as Luo Mei-chi • Huang Di-yang as Liu Shao-ieh • Chen Hsi-sheng as Wei Chu-mu • Summer Meng as Niu Yu-ho == Episodes ==

Season 1 After the Flames (Season 2) == Production ==

Season 1 Lu Shih Yuan (Dear Ex and ''Long Day's Journey into Night'') was hired as its screenwriter. In interviews with Taiwanese media, Lu described how she and the other creators of the series analyzed mountains of data from sources such as PTT, Taiwan's equivalent to Reddit, to understand themes of interest. After observing the public's reaction to the 2016 "Little Light Bulb Incident" in Taiwan (), in which a young girl nicknamed "Little Light Bulb" was beheaded publicly on the street by a troubled individual suffering from schizophrenia, she narrowed down the premise and spoke with numerous human rights lawyers, judges, and psychiatrists to form the plot. She lamented that Taiwan lagged behind other democracies like Japan and Norway in producing socially realistic dramas and wanted to help Taiwan in this regard. Season 2 == Themes ==

Mental health and the justice system Attorney Wang She repeatedly discusses how Taiwan’s legal system should have more empathy for the mentally ill and respect international human rights standards. This example and the topic of journalism ethics are unprecedented themes for mainstream Mandarin-language TV. Journalism ethics Taiwan’s National Communications Commission censures Sung Chiao An's news program, creating a discussion about ethics in journalism and how media outlets must balance increasing viewership with reporting integrity. Human nature The show’s Chinese title 我們與惡的距離, translating to “the distance between ourselves and evil,” captures the main source of angst in the series. Each character struggles with their proximity to "evil", either as victims, enablers, or individuals who, had they made slightly different choices, might have ended up as perpetrators themselves. The show reminds viewers that “evil” and “good” are shades of gray rather than black and white. This level of nuanced moral exploration is another novelty for Taiwanese dramas and Mandarin-language television at large. ==Reception==

On Chinese review website Douban, the series obtained a score of 9.5 out of 10. In April 2019 television series entered the top 50 popular topics of the multilingual Wikipedia. ==Awards and nominations==