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

[ktcjdrama]

4 hours ago, mkmk said:

This is random but I really don't like how poor Dr. Jang keeps getting referred to by commenters as Dr. Maggot. No one else gets an unpleasant nickname, can't we call her Dr. Winter?

For some people, it is actually a term of endearment. It is because we're so awed that she is not afraid of maggots at all, thus she earned the name. I guess it depends on how people used it, to degrade or the other way round.

[sakura22]

8 hours ago, flailingfangirl said:

I’m not a fan of Dr Maggot - sure she’s frank, but I don’t like her bedside manner as a resident. I don’t see much character growth unfortunately in this episode as a doctor. Too bad she’s being written more as having this unrequited love over Jeong Won. That being said, it’s a 3-season drama and we have a really unpredictable PD and writer so God knows what will they do!

 

I agree that professionally there is little shown about her growth. I like the fact that she is written to not be perfect and as someone who still has a lot to learn, although most of the senior doctors speak and look highly of her. Personally, I am beginning to see a lot more with her interacting more with others, opening up and sharing about her feelings to Minha and socialising more with people including as well going on a blind date set up by her friend. I like seeing this growth as she slowly opens up. I also am very excited to see her more in action as the assistant in the operating theatre and showed more of her developments there. I hope I'll see more of this in the next episodes or season. I am more drawn to her authenticity of her character to be honest. 

Dr Bae in comparison seems more senior, more vocal and more experienced compared to her and from a different section, so I doubt I would see GW like this but I am hopeful to see more of GW becoming better.

I know its unfair to compare her with Dr Bae and Minha, because they all are different people with different personalities, thoughts and style. My thought of her is that she may be naive and had not thought about the consequences of her words. I guess this side of her is relatable and she will experience more things that would shift her thoughts to find more balance. 

 

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@winnerrrrrrrr444 I had similar thoughts but decided to not mention it. I do see the similarities with GW and Jun Wan's style, which in my opinion, GW was as my above points and JunWan was as below - felt more like his style after learning from his experience dealing with past patients. If JunWan is GW's supervisor, I do not think he has any major issue with the way she does it. In fact with the drug addict, both Jeong Won and IJ didn't seem to have any issues with it. It's just from the corporate management angle that it was raised as an issue. 

I like in this drama that both directors so far have been good and not power hungry. 

 

3 hours ago, RenRen said:

I don't think I have seen anyone disrespect any character and I think people have every right to express their likes and dislikes regarding this characters because this is all FICTION.

 

 

I am slowly realising similar posts to the ones you are refering to to in this thread and twitter. Like you, I also think some people were only expressing their thoughts and feelings without needing to think about the weight of their words or of other fans.

I try to avoid taking it seriously so I don't get worked up over other people's opinions of my favourite characters and how I analyse them. I got caught in a bad shipping before over a confusing drama and in hindsight, it was really not worth it. I have seen people analysing and posting their theories of many things that seems to be a stretched in my opinion about the winter garden, but I let them be - I don't need to agree or disagree.  

I feel some dramas are written and produced in a way that it is open to interpretation so to get people to creatively think and have own opinion about it - so we could all enjoy it in our own way. 

Honestly, based on previous learning, shippers would only analyse and look at things from their own angle instead of neutrally. So I am only patiently waiting for the day when it is revealed that JeongWon indeed had began to have feelings for GyeoWool all this while. 

 

 

I have been rewatching a few episodes and starting to notice some hints that I overlooked before. 

 

When they started forming the bank, when IJ was playing the guitar, Song Hwa was looking at him admiringly - I am not sure if this is a hint about her first love. I initially thought it was Jun Wan because of his involvement with her break up with her ex. 

I am interested to find out how and when did Jun Wan started having feelings for IS because they are going really fast. 

 

Before IS said yes, IJ was about to tell Jun Wan about IS but her text distracted JunWan. I had a feeling IJ was about to tell Jun Wan about the history of IS's love life which may be critical to the success of his love story. 

 

Edited May 2, 2020 by sakura22

[Guest]

2 hours ago, nrllee said:

Jang has low EQ

Gal , let’s not go here . Someone  who is frank & straightforward is not necessarily Low on EQ.  Also I doubt Min Ha would set her friend up with someone who’s got a questionable character. 

[KDramaFan0828]

Yeah I also think that there won’t be very messy interconnecting lovelines or love triangles whatsoever within the group. They’re already in their 40s and almost half of their lives they were friends. I don’t think PDnim and writernim would create too much drama between the friends. The creators implied it themselves. This is not 1988; the same tricks won’t necessarily apply. We’re also  so far into the season I think it’s a waste of the emphasis they put on the apparent pairings if they would just suddenly change the love lines.

 

I saw this tweet (the one below) and I also think this makes a lot of sense. The song lyrics+ the characters they showed were on point if we think about the 4 apparent pairings.

 

Anyway, let’s not be too hard on the characters, yeah? They were written that way haha. The story would be plain boring if all characters were perfect. The burden of showing a growth arc for the characters in on PDnim and Writernim.   That’s why instead let’s wish for them to create a good story for us and let’s continue supporting so we can have next seasons of this lovely drama.

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[nrllee]

16 minutes ago, winnerrrrrrrr444 said:

I get it, the way Gyeol Ul approached the first patient definitely warranted a scolding from Jeong Won and I don’t condone that at all but it seems that they both approach informing patients in a pretty similar way (very clinical and explaining all possibilities good or bad, from my perspective that is).Would love your responses on this though, just something I noticed in between discussions. I know close to nothing about medicine so I’d love to hear your takes on this. 

Let’s break down what Jang did.  I am not faulting her for explaining the process, her misdemeanor was when she asked the mother, “did you do CPR?”  She’s effectively put all the blame on the mother for NOT having done CPR.  She’s saying to the mother, “if you did do CPR, your child might have had a better chance of survival”.  JunWan hasn’t ever blamed the parents?  If he had said something like, “you know, if you had eaten better or eaten this vitamin whilst pregnant, your child would not have been born with this heart condition” - that would’ve been tactless.  Doctors should highlight how difficult the surgery was to the patients because it protects them in the long run from litigation.  If you paint a good outcome and no problems, if something happened down the track, you would be liable for not giving the “truth” to the parents.  Yes JunWan probably could’ve done it in reverse eg just given them the conclusion first (surgery went well, like Dr Do did) before explaining the problems he had.  But I don’t see him apportioning blame on the parents for having done something or not having done something which could’ve changed the outcome for the patient.  So whilst both seem to be “tactless”, JunWan hasn’t overstepped, Jang has.  That’s my take on it.

[ktcjdrama]

33 minutes ago, sakura22 said:

based on previous learning, shippers would only analyse and look at things from their own angle instead of neutrally.

My same thoughts exactly. 

 

Hi there! Long time no see  Can tell you’re still faithful to your ship  

[Ameera Ali]

I can’t see Ikjun & SH relationship as motherly / child relationship ( reading someone say it make me think am I watching different drama ) 

 

 

But saying that  I wouldn’t mind to be a baby for a day  

 

 

 

[zonk90]

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[ryanallright]

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a little background on Shin Hyun Bin aka Dr Jang

 

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[kiefshi1056]

MY WINTERGARDEN!

[Ameera Ali]

She find Ikjun good at his job 
She like Ikjun  jokes 

She see him reliable , she may ask him to give her a quick ride to hospital ( he could be practicing his husband duty in ep 9   ) 

 

 

[angelwingssf]

4 hours ago, Kaizen68 said:

 But for me, when I read here, someone said Ik Jun has a mental problem (e.g., bipolar and ostrich personality) when he is clearly not, I also couldn't stand the comments. But I kept quiet. I think most of us, too, when their favorite characters devalued excessively, would also felt hurt.

 

I did think he has that personality.  IT is not a bad thing, but his character is such that I felt he behaved that way.  He is bottling too much of his sadness without letting others know or how he feels, for eg. his divorce - he was unaware of the fact that his ex went to the restaurant with her new BF.  Only when the waiter said that the peanut must have been in the sauce for the salad that the gentleman got, he got a clue.  Long distance relationships are difficult, but living apart when a child needs to be raised, is much more.  Just like he shows a pleasing personality to others, he might have said the same to his ex -  don't know - just speculating and she did not want any burden with the new BF.  He did not confront her afterwards or have a screaming session with any bottle.  Do normal people react like IJ.  Not that I have seen.  MAy be there are, but it better get resolved for his own good.

 

Now seeing Episode 8, I realized how much  IJ loves family and so would Uju, it might be a good idea if IJ is set up with a caring woman - THE LIVER patient's older daughter.  I would love that.  See how verbose she was and how she took care of the family.  I think she would be a great match for IJ.  

 

2 hours ago, nhquan94 said:

Wash face, touch hand, caring, bickering, even saw the other changing cloth... this work like a marriage couple. Yah my be this is not your cup of tea and I respect your view.

  

Oh really!   I did not know that and I haven't seen that, but good to know.  You might have more life experience than I have.  

 

1 hour ago, ktcjdrama said:

For some people, it is actually a term of endearment. It is because we're so awed that she is not afraid of maggots at all, thus she earned the name. I guess it depends on how people used it, to degrade or the other way round.

 

definitely.  She was brave enough to pick the maggots from a human being - whether it was right or wrong is immaterial.  No one else did that and hence may be some refer to her as Dr. M.  

[Deltay]

Btw all of the things that happened are on one side but that thing with jeong won and his headache is really bothering me...it is some kind of terminal illness we are going towards and maybe he knows that's why he wants to leave everything and become a priest and not have a romantic relation with someone...also he always keeps donating his money and do not care about possessions. 

If it will be leading there then I will be so heartbroken I can't imagine their group without him. I even started this series coz I hv been doting on him

God please save our winter couple..

[Ameera Ali]

@kokodus oppa was in the band rehearsal 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[allforyoo]

35 minutes ago, Deltay said:

Btw all of the things that happened are on one side but that thing with jeong won and his headache is really bothering me...it is some kind of terminal illness we are going towards and maybe he knows that's why he wants to leave everything and become a priest and not have a romantic relation with someone...also he always keeps donating his money and do not care about possessions. 

If it will be leading there then I will be so heartbroken I can't imagine their group without him. I even started this series coz I hv been doting on him

God please save our winter couple..

it's "worrying" me too since it wouldn't have been included in the storyline for no reason so i guess we can only wait and see 

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i have been traumatised by mr sunshine so as long as there's no sad ending i will be alright :')

 

[Ameera Ali]

.. they still feeding us yummy winter garden shipping I am happy 

# lol , the car door wouldn’t open  

 

# what now , are we meant  to be with each other , What wrong with me  

 

# last tip: just pull me before I go to the sunset 

 

 

[kokodus]

5 hours ago, nrllee said:

 

As for why Andrea had this strange look on his face when he saw Jang and her blind date?  The blind date was MinHa’s ex colleague who wanted to be set up with a fellow doctor.  That brief interchange of looks - the man actually looked at Andrea and not at Jang when she got in the car.  I think they recognized each other.  Does he have a dodgy past that Andrea knows about?  (Speculation on my part) Jang has low EQ.  She’s not savvy with people like MinHa.  If that blind date is sleazy, Jang will not have the people skills or be street smart enough to pick that up.  She’s a sitting duck.  She won’t see it coming.  I think that’s why he seemed deep in thought.  He’s thinking through his options.  On the one hand he doesn’t want to lead her on (because he’s not that into her), on the other hand, he doesn’t want anything bad to happen to her either (because he is kind).  That’s how I interpreted his weird look.  Purely speculative of course.  Guess we will see how it plays out next week.  I hope nothing bad happens to Jang.  

I thought about this possibility too. He knew the guy and the guy must be shady and that's why he looked pensive. But that still means he cares for her. Plus there is no reason for the writer to keep bringing these two together like this. It could have been Ik Jun who stood there and saw her go or anyone else. Why does it have to be Jeong won?! If Wintergarden is not the endgame this would have been the perfect chance to close their arc. She proposed, he rejected, she accepted his rejection and moved on. If they want Flowergarden to be the endgame, again this would be the perfect time to start exploring their dynamic. Even in Reply series, Taek was introduced into the competition very early on, it's just that no one believed it would be him. LOL. Yes this has 3 seasons, but I don't think they will be like American tv shows and have different lovelines in each season and only in the final season they will be paired up with their one true love. Kdramas won't do that. Shin and Lee should start building their foundation for Flowergarden now, if they really want the viewers to get behind this couple. 

 

@Ameera Ali Yaaayyyy!!! Now I feel comforted. LOL. I need to go and search for this bts. 

[Ameera Ali]

I love seeing laughing 

 

 

 

 

[kiefshi1056]

33 minutes ago, Ameera Ali said:

.. they still feeding us yummy winter garden shipping I am happy 

# lol , the car door wouldn’t open  

# what now , are we meant  to be with each other , What wrong with me  

# last tip: just pull me before I go to the sunset

SEE those pictures saying something to us even the situation want her to stay they are meant to be WINTER GARDEN FIGHTING!

[Deltay]

28 minutes ago, allforyoo said:

it's "worrying" me too since it wouldn't have been included in the storyline for no reason so i guess we can only wait and see 

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i have been traumatised by mr sunshine so as long as there's no sad ending i will be alright :')

 

I have not yet seen the reply series and prison playbook but i wanna know if the writer or pd hv ever been inclined towards any characters having terminal illness or death ??? 

It most probably is going to be a terminal illness but I am gonna see it this way for now- he will be cured later and realise he wants to live normally with his family and his most potential love line( most probably dr. Winter) and this realisation will stop him from being priest..