[Drama 2020-2021] Hospital Playlist, 슬기로운 의사생활 - Season 1 & 2

[nhquan94]

Just now, Wook's Fan said:

Is it a still from HP or any pic from her previous works?

If it is from HP, then who's the lady besides her? Jun wan's mom

But her hairs are long here (looking beautiful anyway....)

Well if we notice, in HP except JGW no female lead or side-lead has got long hairs..... whyeo??

 

From the most recent work I think, just cameo role, Mystic Pop-up Bar, good choice to kill time waiting for Thursday

[Dramageek]

Just random thought. This is my appreciation post for Jung Moon Sung as Jae Hak. Damn I almost did not recognized him at all. Jae Hak is so different from his role in Prison Playbook as Yoo Daewi (Jung Hae In) older brother. His role is small in Prison Playbook, I am glad he got bigger and meatier role here like Kim Jung Han (Chi Hong). Hoping after this show, there will be more opportunity for him as an actor, like his "brother" Jung Hae In.

 

Just a few poster here talk about him, coz he was not in any ship. Oh wait he does has ship, with Jun Wan, LOL. For him I don't mind to eat my word, hoping for reply 1988 paralel, let Jae Hak win big at the lottery in season 2 like Kim Jung Bong did in reply 1988. Poor guy need a big break financially. I also hope that his wife will appear in season 2. Hoping for Lim Hwa Young as cameo (Jee Hee of Prison Playbook), coz having Jun Wan last "girlfriend" as Jae Hak wife is kinda fun.

[kiefshi1056]

 

 

Is this a flashblack scene? Is It posible that Jwon visited Gyeol when she got sick and fainted?

 

Aren't they perfect to be together for REEL and REAL

Edited May 26, 2020 by Jillia
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[Deltay]

43 minutes ago, kiefshi1056 said:

 

Aren't they perfect to be together for REEL and REAL

 WOW!!! What a visual attack this pair gives us

 

Specially in these 2 pics they look sooo compatible 

Edited May 26, 2020 by Jillia
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[dubuqueen]

 

Since it's a long wait until Thursday, I wanted to once again share my thoughts on the Winter Garden couple.

 

First of all, let's discuss Jeong-Won's usual behaviour around GW:
-during his colder days, he refused to acknowledge her presence until she greeted him first. His body language was mostly stiff
-he uses mostly formal language but there are two scenes where he spoke to her in banmal: episode 8 when she asked him out on a date and he refused and the famous anyeong in episode 10
-Gyeo-Wool does mean winter in Korean but also sounds similiar to the Korean word for mirror. During the elevator scene (I forgot which episode) I have the feeling that he peeked at her reflection on the elevator glass

 

What do those points mean?

1) I think the reason why he was so cold to her in the beginning was because she stirred up emotions inside him that he couldn't exactly pinpoint or had any words for. She is cold yet also stoic, a textbook resident yet unpredictable. When he first said "She doesn't exactly match with me" I thought that was an irony employed by the screenwriter because as I said in my previous post they actually complement eachother
2) When he uses banmal, it's an indicator that he is flustered or nervous. When GW asked him out I think he was questioning whether it's a date or simple dinner get-together she wanted to have with him. It took her to emphasize the "not scrubs, not with everyone else" part for him to finally understand what she truly wanted.
One more thing: when he greeted her with anyeong I thought it was interesting how he said that after the scene where her brother left her with the same words. Maybe he was thinking about this word over and over again until he subconsciously blurted it out in front of her.
3) Gyeo-Wool in my opinion will be the reason why he will give up on priesthood but not in the way you think. As a "mirror" she will force him to a confrontation as to why he always needed the priesthood as an escape plan and where his heart truly lies. She should not be used as a wild card as Rosa wants (hit or miss) and shouldn't rely too much on gambling (as advised by Ik-Joon) but follow the natural order of things. I honestly don't want her to give in to Rosa's request because it could jeopardize their relationship.
Also I noticed that with GW there are many scenes involving reflections and glasses. Some of those scenes might be included from JW's POV in the upcoming (and last 1!!!111 :/) episode.

 

Now let's discuss her name a bit further
-In Literature, you might have come across the phenomena "telling name". I thought Winter suited her name especially because we might associate the Winter times with coldness, the end of life (figuratively speaking) and so on but it's also the season where Christmas comes along and we feel an emotional warmth. 
Also you expect Garden to be a bit of an antonym (not exactly one) to Winter. There are flowers blooming and trees growing in a garden. It's a very lively place and you feel connected to nature when you are in one whereas during winter time everything is at a standstill. But some of the most beautiful flowers I know grow during the winter time, which you wouldn't expect. Winter time can also be a season of new beginnings if you think of it that way. 

 

The chocopie scene (this might overlap with what some of you said before):
-One poster here said that eating scenes are a display of affection and a test for future partner's compatibility with eachother. For some reason I felt like JW was secretly adoring the way she gulped down the choco pieces and held in the urge to give her the two pieces until he found the perfect moment to give them to her. Because he was so very conscious of what he did and her reaction to it (and also happy that he could finally do it) he had the slip of tongue in front of SH.

And one last thing:
-In the scenes where JW and GW meet eachother dressed in their everyday clothes, I always felt like they would feel a bit awkward or shy. For me those scenes also seemed like foreplay to their future dates. 
The moment they exit those hospital doors, they become regular people. They leave a familiar setting, their roles as doctors and therefore have a harder time assessing the situation and reacting to eachother when they are outside. 
In the second scene when she sprints out of her brother's car and hindered him from walking outside for a short moment, until he had to stop for a while and sheepishly smiled beside her, that to me seemed like a foreshadowing to his decision on whether he should be a priest or remain as a doctor.

But as always, I might read too much into certain things. Hopefully we'll find out by episode 12 (fingers crossed)

 

 

[superspace]

36 hours to the last episode of Season 1

 

30% of excitement (Getting closer to meet my dramaland squad!)

30% of anxiety (my ships will sail, my ships will sail, my ships ... will sail right?!)

 

40% of sadness (what should I do with my life until next year?!)

[40somethingahjumma]

21 hours ago, ck1Oz said:

 

And yet 5 well written characters are reduced to who they MUST end up with. If the characters are that obssessed to be in a relationship then they would be dating. Did you notice the ONLY person dating is working all week and only dates on the weekend. Thats how much importance they place on their love lives.

 

 

I'm not without some sympathy for your position.  I used to think along those lines but I've altered my position on this particularly after Episodes 10 and 11. I'm now of the opinion that the love lines are very important but they are not of equal importance for all the characters. They're not all equally developed even if the groundwork has been done for all of them. What I'm saying is that romance is only of paramount importance for 2 of the Flawed 5... Jun-wan and Jeong-won... because it is so intricately tied to their growth arc and trajectory. Once upon a time I thought that romance was of secondary importance in the show and for the most part, it has been underdeveloped. But in the case of the Virgin and the Bachelor... (their nicknames are telling) the development has been consistent all throughout.

 

I've said this before in other posts, the writer here cleverly uses romance here as a vehicle for character development and to complicate matters for the two guys. It's never romance for romance sake. Jun-wan falls for Ik-sun... who is a relative outsider to the group although there is a family connection. Jeong-won for Gyeo-ul, another outsider via work as a colleague or subordinate. At the very least they can be said to be on the fringes of the group. Love lines in these two instances act to shake up the status quo and to disrupt. Both guys are merrily going along with life when they are interrupted by love connections. They are both forced to question what it is that they believe to be important. For good IMO. 

 

This is why I don't think Songhwa as the harem trophy can even be possible in such a setup. She's already a fixture in their lives. She represents the familiar and the known quantity. The predictable. In order for disruption to occur, an anomaly is needed. Unpredictability is really the key. In fact, who's is who's first love is largely irrelevant in the Hospital Playlist set-up. I imagine that's why the triangle that seems to be developing among Chi-hong, Song-hwa and Ik-jun is so acutely uncomfortable because the predictable is becoming unpredictable to Songhwa. She really likes the predictable. We feel her discomfiture. Well, I definitely did.  

 

For Jun-wan the dating king, he has finally found the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. He was always someone who wanted to be married. Although he only sees Ik-sun on weekends, he does talk to her on the phone regularly and her impact on him is palpable. Golf is not even something he cares about much these days. Now that she's about to leave, he ekes out every single spare moment to spend time with her. Like you noted in your other post, he is changing. He's maturing, becoming more responsible and taking on more. He's a lot happier on some level and he's taking cues from Jae Hak on how to improve his bedside manner. Of course he is now faced with the dilemma that the woman he loves is taking off for a career opportunity. He really wants to marry her but he also doesn't want to pressure her into staying. The struggle is real as we saw in the drunk karaoke scene. At the back of his mind he was hoping to change her mind about marriage and I think if she hadn't taken up this overseas stint, he might have. What she needed was healing from a previous relationship.

 

For Jeong-won, the man who wants to be priest, he wasn't looking to date much less marry. And against all his own expectations, he has fallen in love with a subordinate. The struggle there was also real as seen in Episode 8 at the pickup zone. For the first time in his journey towards the priesthood, he is really questioning the rightness of his current trajectory. I have a theory or two about what this priesthood thing is really about. I won't dismiss the reasons offhandedly because they are important to Jeong-won. But I also believe from what I've seen that love can be a corrective or a balm to all the angst that he feels about his calling and his mission. Especially when he meets someone who complements him in the ways that he is lacking.

 

My thesis regarding Jeong-won is that he could end up running the hospital one day. It seems like others are gradually beginning to come round to that idea. A Korean fan has done analysis of the director's office when JW and the director are talking about the state of pediatrics in SK and she reckons that a book that's part of the director's collection is a clue that speaks to JW taking the helm in future because he has already demonstrated leadership skills by inviting his friends to join him at Yulje. Her argument is that JW has the qualities of a "multiplier". Although it doesn't look like he's there yet, I think love could become the mechanism by which he gets there.

 

In both cases, love is that unpredictable thing, the vehicle to create in the two characters an inner conflict which they might not have otherwise. This fits in with the overarching theme of life being unpredictable of which the hospital is a brilliant metaphor. But love is also IMO... transformative. It has a power over the four people in this situation to develop and to heal. Love healed Ik-sun so she could love again. Love can also heal Jeong-won from all the pain of practising pediatrics. Love changed Jun-wan from being a curt and abrupt doctor and love transformed Gyeo-ul into a doctor that's more patient-centred. 

 

I know that you and I are big fans of Chi-hong. It may be that his will turn out to be an unrequited love. But he too is a man in a lot of physical pain. He is a fighter by nature and so he healed himself by sheer force of will by starting his life again at age 29 or 30 in an entirely new profession. There's been a lot of talk about him crossing the line with Song-hwa and that may be. But I have a lot of respect for him because he had to pick himself... literally by the bootstraps to restart life. When you think too that he was on track to be a general. Fighting and fighting back is what he does as default. That's the military man in him. I hope people remember that before piling on him next time. Love could potentially be a healing agent for him also. Where he's going to find that, I can't say for certain.

 

This is a very important thing that the show is doing and we shouldn't dismiss it even if it isn't centrestage. On top of that we see week after week... other kinds of love on display. People who love somebody enough to give up their organs. Living donor transplants are a really big deal. They are huge sacrifices because it can affect quality of life. So I don't have any problem if Jeong-won does stay back in Korea because of love.

 

I also want to stress that this show repeatedly demonstrates that love is a gift freely given. It isn't just for the "deserving" or those who do the right thing (whatever that means).

 

Like Prison Playbook, the space is what matters most. Both shows are built from the same template even if the building blocks are different. People come and people go. The space being the hospital where people come and interact and even fall in love. That's why it's called Hospital Playlist. This a magical place where people come to because life is unpredictable. It is where they find healing, help... and even love.

 

 

[ChunSungIm]

 

from this 

 

to these

 

i hope she smile more in hospital playlist,she had cutest dimple

Spoiler

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by Jillia
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[Andrew -]

I used to be on the "I don't care who ends up with who, their friendships is so precious and endearing and I just want to enjoy the drama for what it is..."

 

Then Episode 6 happened (or specifically, the biopsy results scene happened). To be honest, up till the scene when Songhwa went to get her doctor results and realised someone was there (before cutting to Ikjun), I was expecting the whole gang to be there. Like I was literally EXPECTING the whole gang to greet her. The rest of Ep 6 is self explanatory. The whole revelation about Ikjun knowing about SH's confession, and then that IJ 'chose' friendship over love, suddenly spun the drama into a new direction. Lovelines. Suddenly Chihong has a potential contender. 

 

Like what the director said, ep 7 is the start of Act 2. It is almost as if their intentions was to steer the drama direction and introduce lovelines as bigger part of the focus at the end of Act 1. With IJ being the main main character of the show, we cannot help but to focus more on that, right?

 

Of course, lovelines are not everything to the show, but they are the main factor that drive conversation and hype between drama viewers, I'm sure the team already learnt that from their Reply series. 

 

Love do come in many forms (as shown already in the drama), and lovelines just happens to have a bigger focus right now because the producers want it to, and is the main driving force for everyone to look forward to the next episode 

 

One more day to go!! o/

 

[ryanallright]

 

Spoiler

 

Song Hwa and Jae Hak in Maybe Happy Ending Musical from end June to mid Sep

 

Probably after this, they will prepare for the filming of season 2

Edited May 27, 2020 by triplem
off topic in spoiler

[kiefshi1056]

They are the couple who i love to watch in this drama and looking forward to it everyweek  its just that they don't have much airtime together hope in season 2 will be different writernim more WINTERGARDEN

 

 

i just love it when someone do MV  now they are doing PARODY of them this only means a lot of viewers want the WINTERGARDEN to get real and happen They are well loved

[Ameera Ali]

Me realising  : It isn’t Thursday yet 

 

 

 

 

[stella_512]

3 hours ago, dubuqueen said:

 

Since it's a long wait until Thursday, I wanted to once again share my thoughts on the Winter Garden couple.

 

First of all, let's discuss Jeong-Won's usual behaviour around GW:
-during his colder days, he refused to acknowledge her presence until she greeted him first. His body language was mostly stiff
-he uses mostly formal language but there are two scenes where he spoke to her in banmal: episode 8 when she asked him out on a date and he refused and the famous anyeong in episode 10
-Gyeo-Wool does mean winter in Korean but also sounds similiar to the Korean word for mirror. During the elevator scene (I forgot which episode) I have the feeling that he peeked at her reflection on the elevator glass

 

What do those points mean?

1) I think the reason why he was so cold to her in the beginning was because she stirred up emotions inside him that he couldn't exactly pinpoint or had any words for. She is cold yet also stoic, a textbook resident yet unpredictable. When he first said "She doesn't exactly match with me" I thought that was an irony employed by the screenwriter because as I said in my previous post they actually complement eachother
2) When he uses banmal, it's an indicator that he is flustered or nervous. When GW asked him out I think he was questioning whether it's a date or simple dinner get-together she wanted to have with him. It took her to emphasize the "not scrubs, not with everyone else" part for him to finally understand what she truly wanted.
One more thing: when he greeted her with anyeong I thought it was interesting how he said that after the scene where her brother left her with the same words. Maybe he was thinking about this word over and over again until he subconsciously blurted it out in front of her.
3) Gyeo-Wool in my opinion will be the reason why he will give up on priesthood but not in the way you think. As a "mirror" she will force him to a confrontation as to why he always needed the priesthood as an escape plan and where his heart truly lies. She should not be used as a wild card as Rosa wants (hit or miss) and shouldn't rely too much on gambling (as advised by Ik-Joon) but follow the natural order of things. I honestly don't want her to give in to Rosa's request because it could jeopardize their relationship.
Also I noticed that with GW there are many scenes involving reflections and glasses. Some of those scenes might be included from JW's POV in the upcoming (and last 1!!!111 :/) episode.

 

Now let's discuss her name a bit further
-In Literature, you might have come across the phenomena "telling name". I thought Winter suited her name especially because we might associate the Winter times with coldness, the end of life (figuratively speaking) and so on but it's also the season where Christmas comes along and we feel an emotional warmth. 
Also you expect Garden to be a bit of an antonym (not exactly one) to Winter. There are flowers blooming and trees growing in a garden. It's a very lively place and you feel connected to nature when you are in one whereas during winter time everything is at a standstill. But some of the most beautiful flowers I know grow during the winter time, which you wouldn't expect. Winter time can also be a season of new beginnings if you think of it that way. 

 

The chocopie scene (this might overlap with what some of you said before):
-One poster here said that eating scenes are a display of affection and a test for future partner's compatibility with eachother. For some reason I felt like JW was secretly adoring the way she gulped down the choco pieces and held in the urge to give her the two pieces until he found the perfect moment to give them to her. Because he was so very conscious of what he did and her reaction to it (and also happy that he could finally do it) he had the slip of tongue in front of SH.

And one last thing:
-In the scenes where JW and GW meet eachother dressed in their everyday clothes, I always felt like they would feel a bit awkward or shy. For me those scenes also seemed like foreplay to their future dates. 
The moment they exit those hospital doors, they become regular people. They leave a familiar setting, their roles as doctors and therefore have a harder time assessing the situation and reacting to eachother when they are outside. 
In the second scene when she sprints out of her brother's car and hindered him from walking outside for a short moment, until he had to stop for a while and sheepishly smiled beside her, that to me seemed like a foreshadowing to his decision on whether he should be a priest or remain as a doctor.

But as always, I might read too much into certain things. Hopefully we'll find out by episode 12 (fingers crossed)

 

 

Loved your analysis 

Jeong Won peeking at her reflection in that elevator scene, I thought I was hallucinating  

As you said, Jeong Won is having these slip of tongue moments quite frequently after meeting Gyeoul. One he had in front of his mother was also after he was thinking so seriously over some matter. 

He is so aware of her presence, notices every little detail about her. He knows Min Ha is her best friend, because he SEES them together all the time. I still remember when they met outside ER and Gyeoul told him that she has plans. His question was if Min Ha was the one she was having plans with. He was so curious about her. I see you Jeong Won, is she not allowed to have plans with anyone else?? 

His behaviour has been like a child trying to deny the very obvious (he didn't say hello to her in banmal, of course he didn't, we didn't see anything like Ik Jun, if that helps him LOL).

That mirror thing is so apt in their case.

 

I'm still waiting for the confirmation that the coffee given to Gyeoul by a patient's mother outside PICU was actually Jeong Won's doing. And many more. I really hope this is not just a wishful thinking of ours. Their story has been developed so wonderfully over the episodes that I will be heartbroken if I don't get some sort of assurance from his side in the last episode. 

 

[maggiee]

CMIIW, I think in episode 12 there should be a scene when CSH get the next test for the benign? It will be six months after the previous test. She will go through a lot of things in next episode, moving to Sokcho, prepare for a new life, and get a test. Hopefully it will be a good result. But maybe they won’t show her getting a test if it is not significant for episode 12.

 

About KJW and Iksun, I feel sad for them. Carrier becomes something that separate couples happens so many times and LDR sure is a hard thing to do. If Iksun goes to UK for 3 years and season 2 takes setting in 2021, it means she will be in UK for that time, except when she is back to SK in semester break. If HP takes Prison Playbook model in casting, it means the HP casts didn’t know what will happen with their characters, when will their last scenes, or whether they will back again in another season. Even if they will not back in Season 2, there still a chance that they back in Season 3 or another season.

 

For AJW, somehow I hope he will be the next Yulje Director. He has the same quality as CSH, think about others more than themselves. That is why he trust CSH to do his Daddy Long Legs program, they are similar in many things. If he becomes a leader, he sure will be a great leader. I support him go to Italy for doing the priesthood, but if the calling and the need to be a Yulje director happen in the future, I hope he will take it.

 

YSH will have a new relationship and it is with Chu Minha. I love their interactions so much, even when their scene just 2 minutes hehehe.

 

For our LIJ, CSH needs a break and he need to take care of her like he always do. She is not going that far. Get together for a meal and/or coffee just like Jongsu and Rosa. Love will grow in so many ways. And Uju, he will become a bigger and nicer kid, just like his Appa and I will love to see him in Season 2.

 

Getting my heart ready for season 2. I’m sure there will be new residents, but I just hope that our OT5, Uju, Chu Minha, and Do Jaehak will still in or back to Yulje/Season 2.

[ck1Oz]

@40somethingahjumma lol i appreciated your analysis. My comments were NOT directed at the show. I have great admiration for the directing team. What I noticed is the timing of each scenes. They never linger overlong and the timing is so spot on.

 

I was commenting on the endliese discussions about the love line. The characters don't live their daily lives dependant on it. But I was getting a bit mired trying to glean any new insight when all I keep seeing- even though I skipped- multiple garden themed posts.

 

Wading into the Chi Hong post. I actually don't understand the " crossing the line " comments. If you look at what he said in the car all he did was tell her to drive carefully and see her tomorrow. I don't recall what the subs said because I was listening then a hand on her shoulder. Banmal doesn't only mean words its all the connotations and implications that comes with letting or giving permission for it. He managed to somehow in 2 sentence and 1 shoulder grasp convey all his devotion. Far out. Masterfully done.

 

Chi Hong is a male. He excelled at being a leader. He chose a surgical speciality and more so operating on the brain. The delicate delicate brain.  Korean dramas are full of full on males pursuing love. Nothing in that character description point to a passive beta male.

 

If anything I thought he was restrained all this while towards Song Hwa. After all he met her as an intern and he is in his final year training. I thought his self discipline was exemplary.

 

I don't usually mention this on soompi but I do have a preference- if one has a type- for the male in uniform. Since I also was once in uniform and am used to a lot more male posturing. I would say he is actually very gentlemanly. I usually tried not to get into conformational situations but let me just say that I sure met a lot of forthright- mild term here- trying to intimidate me behaviours. So Chi Hong... is a heck of a mild male to me. Army or hospital wise. He is definitely been written as super mild tempered for a senior surgical resident. And so polite.

 

So yes, he never stepped out of the line. And there is nothing wrong with a male who decided to confess once. Asked her out for a meal. Then asked permission to drop ranks once.

 

How is that overstepping in this context? Have you seen how many aggressive female doctors pursuing male doctors in other dramas? Or younger females doing it in other dramas towards the older male lead?

 

Just because the context is a younger male towards a senior female is distracting others from recalling that other dramas do it regularly. Crossing the line.

 

Am going back to real life again. You raised a lot of valid points which I agree with. Just that my post was not about the writing in the drama. I just wanted to point out that the writers did write a good balance of emotions and plot developments. And its a disservice that just because we are obsessed over who ends up with whom and why; that we won't appreciate the gem that is a well written character to remember this drama by.

 

I will do a quick mention about the different aspects of love in this drama. This is very true in this drama. The relationships between colleagues, friends, patient and parents are very strong in this drama.

 

[dairymilks]

If anyone's interested, a blog is catching up on translating Hospital Playlist articles! https://ddoboja.blogspot.com/search/label/Hospital Playlist

[40somethingahjumma]

36 minutes ago, ck1Oz said:

 

 

Am going back to real life again. You raised a lot of valid points which I agree with. Just that my post was not about the writing in the drama. I just wanted to point out that the writers did write a good balance of emotions and plot developments. And its a disservice that just because we are obsessed over who ends up with whom and why; that we won't appreciate the gem that is a well written character to remember this drama by.

 

 

 

I really wasn't implying that you were criticising the writing. I was just addressing the point you made that there was an overemphasis on this forum on romance. There are a lot of valid reasons for that. I just took advantage of the occasion to expand on why I thought romance was important and why commenters here and elsewhere focus on the "ships".  It's partially from the show itself and a lot of people do watch the show for romance. Moreover, tvN's marketing department know that the romance is a big drawcard so that's also partially driven by the producers with the use of teasers. And you have to admit that the last few episodes were quite romance heavy compared to the earlier episodes.

 

But I agree that the balance is generally pretty good. I'm always in awe of the writer's understanding of human dynamics of all kinds. I can't speak about the Reply series but she's doing a great job here.

 

 

 

 

[KDramaFan0828]

Oh myyy!!! D-1 of Hospital Playlist finale and HP stan twitter has become crazy. From hating on Gyeoul before to dissing Ikjun now. I swear my GS father-daugther team couldn’t catch a break. So I'll just hang out here in the meantime. 

 

 

Anyways, lovelines aside, answers we need in episode 12:
- What happened in Hawaii????
- Who is Kim Yeong-Ju (nurse) and why was she given emphasis?
- What’s in Chairman Yang’s will?
- Does Ikjun know about our Bidulgi couple?
- Will we ever see Mone?
- How’s Seokhyeong’s patient (the one who had a miscarriage)?

- How are Jeongwon's and Songhwa's healths?
- Will they integrate the COVID situation in the last ep since setting is December? How will this situation play-out in the next season? (The virus was first detected in late Dec 2019)

 

Maybe you'd have guesses? or other questions I've missed 

 

But to be fair, most fans are getting hooked with predicting the lovelines simply because these are the ones we could easily predict given the basis that we have (personality, dynamics, emotions, expressions) hence are easier points for discussion. Not necessarily because it's the only thing that matters. Unlike other genres with a clear plot (those that present a conflict right from the start), we cannot easily predict the development in a slice-of-life story. Developments to the character's stories could be anything under the sun. But specifically for lovelines, it's just confined to yes or no so there's the fun in guessing will it or won't it. For other plot developments, we could only rely on the writer handing it to us outright before we could then discuss. And most of them are still tied to their lovelines as well HAHA.

 

Well, that's life. A milestone in love is equally valid as any other milestone. Also, a lot of our actions are defined by our social relationships. We can't really separate one aspect of our life from another. The show itself has put a lot of emphasis on social dynamics that it has implied again and again that what makes a good doctor isn’t just their smarts and their technical skills, it’s their ability to connect to the patients. We get as much, if not more, scenes of the doctors being emotional pillars than actually doing their operations. Specifically why Myeong-tae is depicted as the "bad doctor", not because he is not capable, but because he lacks the emotional intelligence to perform his role well.

 

 As long as the stories bring character development, I don't really mind whether it's fostered through their work or relationships. So while I would also appreciate other discussions outside the lovelines, I think we shouldn't feel bothered about how people choose to consume this drama. In the end, that is under no one’s control, not even the writer's nor the director’s. We could just open other points for discussion outside romance and I guess other people will be more than willing to chime in. 

 

[ck1Oz]

@40somethingahjumma nah we are all good. I don't get upset over your posts. I know what you meant.

 

This show is good. i get a lot out of rewatching it. If you like HP you should watch Reply 1988. Forget about the love lines.  That drama was particularly good at focusing on the families. Really, really heartwarming to watch. I rewatch R1988 for the families and I don't know your age but the buildings there made me nostalgic for that time period. And the way they talked and dressed. 

 

@KDramaFan0828 yes I get what you mean. I like the patient and the families in each episode.  It was just that I was getting PTSD every time I see a certain season mentioned yet again. 

 

However I have been having a gala time listening to their band practice. I am a JJS fan and absolutely grab every chance I get to listen to him sing. My heart has never recovered from his character's ending in Kings2heart. Never. And the song he sang. And I still rewatch his wedding song in Jealousy Incarnated. I listen to Korean songs but not Kpop you see. I listen to the older songs, ballads and Indie songs.

[Andrew -]

In an alternate world...dammit Dr Do!

 

IkSong ㅠㅠㅠ

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Actual YT link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIh8cYB7muU

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by triplem
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