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Hi, everyone :heart1:New member here! I've been quitely lurking for quite some time now, but I only decided to make this account now because the wintergarden detective agency suddenly went private and I can't view it anymore lol. Someone please invite me lol *desperate*

 

Anyway, i hope i'll get to interact with everyone soon byeee~

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Hospital Playlist Throwback Ep 3

Hello Andrea~

 

 

Summary of the video:

- First meeting June 4 2019. YYS talked about his experience playing as residents in his first drama (he would eagerly watch and observe any medical scenes). He didn't able to use most of the skills he learned in that drama, but when he played in Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, the experienced help him a lot with his role. He did all the medical scenes in Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, without using double for the surgery scenes. 

- Shin PD and Writer Lee asks him about his experience playing in a band or musical instruments. YYS can play guitar a little bit when he played as Hedwig in his musical drama. He also can play drum a little (which shocked both Shin and Lee). He know about basic beats and rhythm. He bought the drum sticks and would practice the drum beats a little at home. Writer Lee then starts to explain that 99z members are forming a band during their university life and years later they regroup to play again during their free time after their hospital shifts ended. Shin PD told him they have casted 2 people before him (JJS and KDM) and KDM has been learning piano. (We are shown KDM practicing the song for Introduce me to a Good Person). JJS will play guitar and as the vocal. YYS then loudly say he wants to play as drummer (even before Shin and Lee said his roles).

- Shin and Lee then explained about his role (JWon) as pediatric surgeon, and YYS said he likes it. JWon is the youngest of chaebol (rich family) whose older brothers and sisters have become priests and nuns. Lee describes that JWon is like YYS. JWon's nickname is 'Buddha' and always kind, polite and speak formally to everyone, except with 99z. With his friends JWon is a sensitive person and likes to whine. JWon will have a love line and plays as drummer. JWon says he fits to play as pediatric surgeon. He wants to do it not because of drummer position, but he likes to act with children and he is a Catholic. He likes to take pictures and to see it from time to time. 

- July 24 2019. 3rd Meeting with YYS. They discuss in detail about JWon's character and about his scenes. JWon will play a big role in 1st episodes. YYS feels the pressure that if he did it wrong, he might ruin the drama flow and story. He keeps asking in detail about his character, sharing his worries, asking carefully about the characters and scenes.

 

'That''s how a passionate man who likes a robot that won't stop asking questions has become Jung Won.'

 

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2 hours ago, triplem said:

At the moment the clubs feature is not available and this means that the WG shippers thread where it is hosted is not available too. I will update once I have an idea what will take place going forward with regards to the clubs and our thread...

I will update here and on my twitter handle

 

As some of you may know , the forums went off the grid to all our surprise. At this point it is still unstable and dark mode is best. I will try to reach out to the community using my twitter handle should something like that recur

 

@triplem

Hi

 

This happened to me too! So soon after having created an account only so I could ship our Winter Garden couple. I was shocked until I found your twitter message - thank you. That was a big relief.

Waiting to get back together! The only thing that will keep me sane until Season 2 is the bonding we've experienced!

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At least I have access in the regular threads and that is good but i am missing going to WG thread :sad1:  .

I hope soon soompi will give me access there too.Also I miss my rewatch thread.

I watched several times the 3rd special episode with my one Hello Andrea and we all agree that YYS is AJW.

I love it.The role was created for him and I can not see anyone else playing AJW.

AJW hide things but YYS is good at keeping secrets also.

Did he just knew that he will have a love line or he knew from the beginning who will be his love line?

Because if he knew YYS proved us what a great actor he is.We all fell for his acting and spent many hours analyzing his looks, words,actions, breaths hahaha  trying to interpret everything and all depends our wishes when meanwhile actor YYS knew very well what's going on.

You deserve an outstanding applaud sir.

@triplem I dont have a twitter account can I still see your info for the WG club?

If yes can you pm your account there?

thank you friend

 

 

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17 hours ago, kiklaminHo said:

Did he just knew that he will have a love line or he knew from the beginning who will be his love line?

Writer Lee mentioned that AJW has love line in the ep 3 of the special YT series when they had a meeting for the first time, but I am not sure if he knew it from the start that Gyeoul would be his love interest. However, seeing how YYS was so meticulous discussing the script of the scene where he followed along Dr. Bong to ER, I think he knew it alr. He pointed out that AJW went to ER to check what would Gyeoul do bc actually he didn't even need to go there as well, right? Ugh YYS is indeed hiding the truth from the start! 

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*accidentally put spoiler tab, how to delete it??? :sweatingbullets:

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“Hospital Playlist” Cast Members Reunite To Show Support For Each Other

Jul 29, 2020
 
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The cast of tvN’s “Hospital Playlist” is still as close as ever!

On July 29, Yoo Yeon Seok uploaded photos of mini “Hospital Playlist” reunions that showed the actors supporting one another in their recent projects.

The first images reveal Jeon Mi Do, Kim Dae Myung, and Kim Jun Han present at the VIP premiere of Yoo Yeon Seok’s new film “Steel Rain 2: Summit.” The following photos show Yoo Yeon Seok, Jung Kyung Ho, Kim Dae Myung, and Jo Jung Suk at Jung Moon Sung and Jeon Mi Do’s musical “Perhaps a Happy Ending.”

On his post, Yoo Yeon Seok wrote, “Great seeing the ‘Hospital Playlist’ team. I was so happy to see such a lovable performance.” He then included “Perhaps a Happy Ending” and “Steel Rain 2: Summit” as hashtags.

 

more https://www.soompi.com/article/1415634wpp/hospital-playlist-cast-members-reunite-to-show-support-for-each-other

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HP Throwback Special Ep 4 'Director, I'd join the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department'. It's behind story of JKH casting!

 

 

 

Summary of the video 

- July 3rd 2019. First meeting with JKH. He shared his schedule with Shin and Lee. He will be free in Sept (had a filming schedule in Aug). Shin asked whether he didn't need rest and JKH said no and asked what he should do in his free time. Shin then start talking that he's in the middle of process casting the actors and actresses and there is one slot left. While JKH has been calling him, Shin is thinking that the character doesn't seem to match with JKH. Usually Shin will try to look for the actor/actress who has similar personality with the character when he casts someone in his project. According to Shin, JKH isn't a tsundere-man type but he's a sweet man.


- Lee asks if JKH know about her upcoming project. JKH answered that it's about doctor. JKH said he's never taken a role as a doctor. Wearing the doctor coat maybe but never played as a specialist doctor. Lee explained that there will be 5 main characters with different specialization. All 5 are college friends from the same class. Before Lee explained more about the drama, Shin wanted him to agree and hear about their drama condition first. JKH will play one of the 5 main characters and the drama is a seasonal drama. JKH flustered to hear about it but looked happy. Shin afraid that the actors might not be able to appear due to schedule conflicts, but JKH said he can clear his schedule and just do this drama without doing any other else. Lee told him to calm down and hear the rest of the condition. Shin shares his plan and vision to do a once a week drama for 12 episodes. The usual format is hard for both staffs and actors and if no one starts it, then who will? Maybe after this format is successful there will be change in the future. But, if the season 1 is not successful then there will be no season 2. He wants JKH to agree with the term first before they explained more. JKH say that it's great and he agreed with the term and condition. 


- Shin and Lee then shares about the other actors who have confirmed their appearance. JJS, KDM and YYS. JKH seems to know them but he never worked with them before. He had met with JJS once but didn't talk much. He never met with KDM and YYS before but knew about them and feels excited to work in the same project. Lee asked if he finds the actors uncomfortable and JKH clearly stated he's happy to work with them. JKH then suddenly stop to think and say that he won't be the youngest among the 5 actors (YYS is younger than him by one year). Lee explained than she wants to show about the chemistry between the 5 friends. Shin added that's why they ask whether the actors feels comfortable to act with each other or have met or known about the others before. JKH commented that they need to meet a lot to have the script reading. He reasoned that with meeting each other for few times for script reading will help him and others to understand more about each other and they can act well during the shooting. Shin says they do have scripts reading quite often. JKH cheekily added they need to do more than he did during the Prison Playbook. 


- Shin also explained about the band and how the 5 friends build their friendship during the band scenes. They can use a double for the shooting if there's only a solo player, but it's hard to do it when it is a band. JKH asks what his role and Shin says he will play guitar. JKH suddenly freezes (at that time he's currently appearing as guitarist in drama When the Devil Call Your Name). Lee said the confirmed casts have already started to practice by their own. (We got short updated from KDM, YYS, JMD and JJS practicing by their own with their respective instruments teacher). 

 

- Lee told him about his character, Kim Joon Wan. He's cardio thoracic surgeon. Shin admitted he has yet to remember about the characters and their department. Lee then said she made a baseball system to help categorize the characters for each department. For example, for NS dept they use KIA Tigers players name (but change the surname). For CS the characters are the players of NC Dinos (which also JKH favorite team and he's pleased to hear that). JKH commented that for baseball fans, they will surely know about the characters. They ended their meeting for that day and JKH already ask about their next meeting. The first reading (with the whole casts) will be held in Sept and JKH said it'll be alright for them to meet everyday for 2 months before the official first reading will be held. Shin and Lee sighed and told him to go and have a rest. 


- Aug 21 2019, third meeting with JKH. JKH consulted with Shin and Lee about his character. He shares what he got from the script. He talks in detail about what he found about KJW and about others character (like pediatrician). Then when his script reading start, he's changed to KJW completely. (He's already owned his character and perfectly portrayed as JWan)

 

'That's how a kind Jung Kyung Ho become mean Joon Wan'

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On 7/30/2020 at 5:00 PM, alleram95 said:

HP Throwback Special Ep 4 'Director, I'd join the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department'. It's behind story of JKH casting!

 

Summary of the video 

- July 3rd 2019. First meeting with JKH. He shared his schedule with Shin and Lee. He will be free in Sept (had a filming schedule in Aug). Shin asked whether he didn't need rest and JKH said no and asked what he should do in his free time. Shin then start talking that he's in the middle of process casting the actors and actresses and there is one slot left. While JKH has been calling him, Shin is thinking that the character doesn't seem to match with JKH. Usually Shin will try to look for the actor/actress who has similar personality with the character when he casts someone in his project. According to Shin, JKH isn't a tsundere-man type but he's a sweet man.


- Lee asks if JKH know about her upcoming project. JKH answered that it's about doctor. JKH said he's never taken a role as a doctor. Wearing the doctor coat maybe but never played as a specialist doctor. Lee explained that there will be 5 main characters with different specialization. All 5 are college friends from the same class. Before Lee explained more about the drama, Shin wanted him to agree and hear about their drama condition first. JKH will play one of the 5 main characters and the drama is a seasonal drama. JKH flustered to hear about it but looked happy. Shin afraid that the actors might not be able to appear due to schedule conflicts, but JKH said he can clear his schedule and just do this drama without doing any other else. Lee told him to calm down and hear the rest of the condition. Shin shares his plan and vision to do a once a week drama for 12 episodes. The usual format is hard for both staffs and actors and if no one starts it, then who will? Maybe after this format is successful there will be change in the future. But, if the season 1 is not successful then there will be no season 2. He wants JKH to agree with the term first before they explained more. JKH say that it's great and he agreed with the term and condition. 


- Shin and Lee then shares about the other actors who have confirmed their appearance. JJS, KDM and YYS. JKH seems to know them but he never worked with them before. He had met with JJS once but didn't talk much. He never met with KDM and YYS before but knew about them and feels excited to work in the same project. Lee asked if he finds the actors uncomfortable and JKH clearly stated he's happy to work with them. JKH then suddenly stop to think and say that he won't be the youngest among the 5 actors (YYS is younger than him by one year). Lee explained than she wants to show about the chemistry between the 5 friends. Shin added that's why they ask whether the actors feels comfortable to act with each other or have met or known about the others before. JKH commented that they need to meet a lot to have the script reading. He reasoned that with meeting each other for few times for script reading will help him and others to understand more about each other and they can act well during the shooting. Shin says they do have scripts reading quite often. JKH cheekily added they need to do more than he did during the Prison Playbook. 


- Shin also explained about the band and how the 5 friends build their friendship during the band scenes. They can use a double for the shooting if there's only a solo player, but it's hard to do it when it is a band. JKH asks what his role and Shin says he will play guitar. JKH suddenly freezes (at that time he's currently appearing as guitarist in drama When the Devil Call Your Name). Lee said the confirmed casts have already started to practice by their own. (We got short updated from KDM, YYS, JMD and JJS practicing by their own with their respective instruments teacher). 

 

- Lee told him about his character, Kim Joon Wan. He's cardio thoracic surgeon. Shin admitted he has yet to remember about the characters and their department. Lee then said she made a baseball system to help categorize the characters for each department. For example, for NS dept they use KIA Tigers players name (but change the surname). For CS the characters are the players of NC Dinos (which also JKH favorite team and he's pleased to hear that). JKH commented that for baseball fans, they will surely know about the characters. They ended their meeting for that day and JKH already ask about their next meeting. The first reading (with the whole casts) will be held in Sept and JKH said it'll be alright for them to meet everyday for 2 months before the official first reading will be held. Shin and Lee sighed and told him to go and have a rest. 


- Aug 21 2019, third meeting with JKH. JKH consulted with Shin and Lee about his character. He shares what he got from the script. He talks in detail about what he found about KJW and about others character (like pediatrician). Then when his script reading start, he's changed to KJW completely. (He's already owned his character and perfectly portrayed as JWan)

 

'That's how a kind Jung Kyung Ho become mean Joon Wan'

Thank you so much for your summary. Helped so much  while patiently waiting it out  for the subs.

While I am an avid Winter Garden shipper*, Kim Jun-wan is my favorite single character on the show.

Until this episode, had no idea that the actor who plays him is such a softie. What a revelation! His caliber as an actor has to be at another level to be able to pull that off.  And now he gets much more love from me!  He may have begged the producer-writer duo for this role, but after this, the audience is going to beg to see him in as many roles!

(*before anyone tells me to go into the dedicated shipping thread, am already there! proudly so :tounge_xd:)

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Hospital Playlist Throwback Special Ep 5

Kim Joon casting video ft cookie video of KDM practicing the piano for Lonely Night

 

 

 

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Shin PD auditioned several child actors and KJ is one of them. He's all shy and answer the questions with nod of shake head. Because he can't read yet, they do the script audition with rehearsing the lines before doing it for real. On their second meeting, KJ got a little bit braver than before and I think he got his role of WJ. His facial expression, gaze and tone of sound is already quite stable!

And we got a short video of KDM practicing his piano x)

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Hospital Playlist Throwback Special Ep 6 Winter(Gyeo Wool) has come~

 

 

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- July 25 2019 1st meeting with SHB. Shin Hyun Been birth name is Kwak Hyun Been and she's born in 1986. She often gets misunderstood for having Park as her family name. (There's a trot singer name Park Hyun Bin, that's why there's suddenly a song played in the background). Shin PD asked about when she debuted (10 years ago in 2010). She debuted as an actress right after she finished her graduation. She majored in Art Theory which Shin commented that he haven't met with people who graduated from that major. SHB explained why she chose that major but realized that she's not talented enough to purse a different career. 

- We're shown the scene where GW is explaining to the patient's guardian with picture. We're also shown her actual notes before the filming start about that particular scene, drawn by SHB herself.

- SHB shares about her filmography. She debuted in film He's on Duty (2011) where she played as Vietnamese character. Shin saw her for the first time at drama Confession (tvn 2019). He thought that she's a newbie actress because he's never seen her before but actually she's already debuted for 10 years. 

- SHB is the only child. She's a little bit confused when asked about her personality. She says she's quite bright and rather than act cute, she's more playful and likes to joke. 

- Shin asked one of his team to give SHB the GW's script for her to read. Shin explained a little bit about GW's character. She is a blunt and a little bit cold but not a bad person. After she finished then they will rehearse that particular scene together. (Personally I think she really matched well with JGW's tone and flow of speech. But, maybe because I'm already familiar with JGW as hers too.) She also tried to play her part as Heo Sun Bin (the resident from NS).

- August 20 2019, third meeting with SHB. Shin and Lee together met with SHB before finalizing her character. She rehearse GW's part she had done again. Lee says she want SHB to play GW's role.

- Shin shares that he never thought that GW is a hard character until he auditioned for GW's role for some time. SHB too admitted that playing GW is quite hard, based on the script she read. Lee explained that at first GW might be look as a cold, blunt and straight person. She might look bad but gradually GW will grown to be a better doctor and character. At first Shin wanted the actress who would take GW role is a rookie actress who aren't well known yet to the public. Lee explained that in the first few episodes, she will only appear for a short time when the story focused on the main 5 and she doesn't want to make SHB to feel upset.

- Shin also explained that among the main 5, GW will interact a lot with 2 among the 5, IJ and JWon. GW and IJ will have quite a close relationship who can banter back and forth with each other. GW will have romantic relationship with Prof JWon. GW is also quite straightforward about her like and love but very innocent and can't hide what she likes and dislikes. Lee asked if SHB knew or ever met with YYS and SHB says she doesn't know him. Shin says the romantic part won't be the focused but it will be there and this drama is planned as a seasonal drama.

- Lee shares her concern about GW's appearance when SHB is a pretty woman. She wanted to make the character to look as real as possible (means almost no make up for the character). SHB shares that she did act with bare face or almost no make up when she starred in Confession.

- Shin also asked if she's afraid of bugs and SHB says no. Lee show her relief. SHB asked why and Lee only said there will be scene in the future about that. SHB said she could catch mosquitoes well. 

- The last thing, they made sure that she knew that there's a possibility for this drama as a seasonal drama. And with that they shake hands to finalize her casting as JGW.

 

'And that's how Shin Hyun Been become Jang Gyeo Wool'

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5 hours ago, alleram95 said:

 Shin also explained that among the main 5, GW will interact a lot with 2 among the 5, IJ and JWon. GW and IJ will have quite a close relationship who can banter back and forth with each other. GW will have romantic relationship with Prof JWon. GW is also quite straightforward about her like and love but very innocent and can't hide what she likes and dislikes. Lee asked if SHB knew or ever met with YYS and SHB says she doesn't know him. Shin says the romantic part won't be the focused but it will be there and this drama is planned as a seasonal drama.

 

While we were here anxious and arguing about the lovelines and endgame, it was already planned and they knew about it :sweat_smile:

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Everyone, I would like to share my thoughts after watching the special eps from ep 1-6. :happy2:

 

First, I believe all the love line shown in S1 is already fixed. :coolshades:

 

First, Writer Lee told SHB that she will have love line with Jeongwon, then Shin PD added that the romance actually won't be dramatic as it's daily life drama so the romance is seen as slow burn. 

 

So, the keywords about Hospital Playlist melo plot are 'not dramatic' and 'slow romance'. :approves:

 

Thinking of it now, Writer Lee told YYS that on S1, the focus is Jeongwon. So I think ShinLee wrapped the ending of Jeongwon by 'sailing' the Winter Garden is their way to later on focus on other story in S2. IMO in S2 Jeongwon & Gyeoul might not be seen as much as in S1 as they have sailed alrd and we don't need to worry anymore, well maybe a bit glance of their problems like Junwan & Iksun in S1 (again, it's daily life drama so it won't be too dramatic).

Then, the drama will focus more on Songhwa, Ikjun and Seokhyeong. That's why Shin PD said it's not important yet to reveal Songhwa's side as it would be the focus in S2 along side with the continuation of cliffhanger story such as Junwan & Iksun, and Seokhyeong. :cutekitty:

 

It's just my opinion tho, although many people probably have said the same thing but I just want to share here.... 

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From how Shin-Lee described Gyeo-ul's character brief, I'd say that SHB nailed the character perfectly. She transformed herself completely for the role and did an excellent job as I've said previously. I especially liked the fact that they wanted her to look ordinary which was the point of the character. Shin-Lee know their stuff because Gyeo-ul became a very popular, relatable character. People rooted for her and I have little doubt it's why the WG dynamic became so beloved in the HP fandom around the world because Jang Gyeo-ul is someone who feels real. She could be your next door neighbour or your colleague at work. She's new to the love thing and yet she's so gutsy in making her confession. She's not perfect but has admirable qualities. I want to see more of her. I want to see her succeed in everything. More importantly, she has more opportunities for growth.

 

It was clear to me by Episode 8 that everything was pretty much fixed from the start. They'd thought through everything including the love lines and put in all kinds of clues to guide us to certain conclusions. Plenty of things were foreshadowed very early on. I personally never believed we were being trolled by the showrunners. It's such a busy medical drama... trolling a romance would be an absolutely waste of time.

 

As @LovelyLady said, in hindsight the debates and angst weren't really necessary. It was afterall a pre-produced drama and had undergone at least 2 years of development. No amount of insistence on  one's theories was ever going to have any kind of impact on the story being told.

 

As I've always said, the reason why YYS fanserviced the WG madly was because he knew where it was all headed and that his arc was probably the most complete of all of the others.

 

@Ima Imo I doubt very much that the show will remove its focus on WG. I'm expecting bigger and better things ahead for them.

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50 minutes ago, 40somethingahjumma said:

 

@Ima Imo I doubt very much that the show will remove its focus on WG. I'm expecting bigger and better things ahead for them.

Lets be honest WG played and has its fair share in ratings, like me i get hooked to it bcoz of their love line. So in HP2 they should make Garden more sweeter to Gyeol :)

I thought the release is december , but they havent start shooting yet. Can't wait to see Mama Rosa always ask for Gyeol to come to their house  and stay overnight and  pushing WG to sleep together:hwaiting2:

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3 hours ago, 40somethingahjumma said:

 I doubt very much that the show will remove its focus on WG. I'm expecting bigger and better things ahead for them.

Oh yes, of course we will see much better things ahead of them, I have said before I am excited to see Jeongwon & Gyeoul dynamic as first timer in relationship in S2. It's a daily life drama, so I am sure we will see their development. :heart4:

 

So what I mean is Writer Lee told YYS in special behind the scenes Ep. 3, that in S1 the focus is Jeongwon and she emphasised to him that this character is important for S1. Therefore, as Jeongwon was alrd the focus in S1, he might not be the centre of the story again in S2. You know, since 5 of them are the main characters, I assume S2 focus would be the others' backstory who weren't revealed yet in S1; it could be Songhwa or Seokhyeong. Although still, of course I believe Writer Lee will distribute the scenes equally just like how we have seen in S1. 

 

Hope you can get what I mean.:sweatingbullets:

 

 

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@Ima Imo My real life friend and I also thought of the same thing. Despite the distribution, we still believe S1 is really Jeongwon’s story because the first and the last episode were pretty much dedicated to him. 

 

We will see more of Jeongwon’s development but in a distributed way. Looking forward who among the Lacking 5 is the main focus for S2!

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3 hours ago, Ima Imo said:

 

Hope you can get what I mean.:sweatingbullets:

 

Yes, of course. :D Absolutely.

 

 

There is no disagreement. ;) I myself have said that S1 is largely about JWon and to a lesser degree, Jun-wan in so far as it gives them both a problem that had to be solved within these first 12 episodes. It wasn't the case with the other three. That's why YYS was eagerly fanservicing at any given opportunity. He certainly knew that. His arc was vitally important to this season because the priesthood question. had to be decided within that time frame because the WG side of things complicated things for him unexpectedly. That had to be resolved one way or another.

 

That said, I don't think the show "reduced" the other three's presence in the drama. Seok-hyeong's family issues was pretty constant all throughout. We saw IJ's role in the hospital and his various relationships in and outside of work. The focus on Song-hwa was largely on her relationship with her subordinates. Romance weren't a priority for these people. It wasn't tied to some kind of problem that needed resolution urgently. I go back to the Canon in D analogy. It's not about air time... at least not from my perspective... it's about these overlapping arcs. Everyone's at a different places with different kinds of challenges. Song-hwa and Seok-hyeong weren't ready to think of romance. IJ was a little late to the game.

 

 

But as far as the WG couple is concerned, their story has only just begun. As a pair. This is why I said some weeks ago that S2 will be more difficult to do. Expectations are high. There's a lot to live up to. It's certainly true that they command the lion's share in the shipping community and that will have to be a consideration in how they approach their story. The juggling act will be (in my opinion) even more challenging. Of course I'm confident that Shin-Lee will pull it off and from what they said in SHB's audition video, I think they already have a long-term plan in mind for WG.

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