Drama review of Good Doctor Ep 3

The 3rd episode resumes where the chief doctor from another department accuses the Pediatric Department from taking his patient.  Park Shi On admits that he is the one who told the baby's parents that their child can be saved by the pediatric department's Dr Kim Do Han.

Yoon Seo asks Shi On why he thinks that they can save the premature baby.  Shi On gets scolded by Yoon Seo for causing trouble after Shi On replied that if the other department cannot perform the operation, then the Pediatric department can perform it.

The baby's parents come looking for Kim Do Han but the latter tells them that he believes that his judgement will not vary from the other doctor's judgement concerning the condition of the premature baby.  The baby's parents are devastated as their last hope is destroyed by Kim Do Han's words.

Yoon Seo notices that Shi On who has been staring at the premature baby for quite a while.  The other doctors tell him not to stir trouble again and to leave the baby's ward.

Parents also complain to the reception to reassign their kids to other doctors rather than Park Shi On.
Shi On feels depressed after hearing the parents complaining that he is not normal.

Seeing Shi On brooding all alone, the Director comes to console him.  However, Shi On tells him that everybody seems to hate him again but he is not sad because it has always been the case.  Later Shi On tears up while thinking back to his older brother again who was always there to play with him and encourage him when he was feeling down.  (Me: In fact, since episode 1 we have been seeing Shi On's brother during the flashbacks to his childhood.  I think Shi On's brother has an important role in shaping his will to be a good doctor)

On the other hand, Kim Do Han has gone for a drink with the Director and in his drunk condition he tells the Director not to give up his position and that he will do his utmost so that he doesn't lose his position.

Yoon Seo meets up with the Director and Kim Do Han who is completely drunk.  She takes the responsibility to take Kim Do Han back home.  After dragging Kim Do Han to his bed, Yoon Seo thinks back to the time when she nearly confessed that she likes him.  (Me: I wonder if she still likes him...??  I think Kim Do Han is starting to like her though... ^^)

Yoon Seo scolds Shi On for wanting to save the premature baby again and tells him that he is only acting like a robot without really caring for the patient.  Shi On replies back that he does have feelings for the patient, in fact he believes that the baby really wants to live.

The other doctors try to trick Kim Do Han to perform the surgery on the premature baby because they know that there are high chances that the surgery fails.  They create a false rumor that Kim Do Han refused to do the surgery because he does not have any confidence that he will succeed.  With his arrogance, Kim Do Han does not take it well and decides to examine the premature baby's condition.  Finally, Kim Do Han's pride cannot take it anymore and he decides to take charge of the premature baby as his patient.

Consequently, Kim Do Han gathers his team to prepare for the surgery.  However, he still remains realist and warns them that the success rate of this surgery is less than 20% (Me: Oh my gosh...this is critical...)
Shi On detects something strange on the sonography image of the baby's abdomen and points it out to his colleagues but the latter don't take him seriously and think that he is mistaken.

Kim Do Han still chooses to carry out the surgery despite the penalty placed on him of 3 months suspension and pay cut.

Kim Do Han's team get ready for the tiny baby's surgery.  However, the anesthesiologist and scrub team refuse to cooperate because it is a highly risky operation and they have not received approval from their head of department.  Fortunately, the Director comes in and convince the anesthesiologist and nurses to cooperate.

They proceed with the surgery very smoothly and are almost finished but Shi On interrupts them saying that he saw something in the liver area.  Yoon Seo doubts Shi On and wants to complete the surgery rapidly because the baby cannot hold on in this condition for too long.  However, Kim Do Han tells her to wait and checks the liver area.  Effectively, there is an issue with the baby's liver.  Yoon Seo immediately thinks about performing a certain surgical method to save the baby but Shi On tells her that they cannot perform this type of surgery.  Kim Do Han even agrees with Shi On on this point.  Yoon Seo then asks Kim Do Han if he has another alternative.  Kim Do Han merely reply that he has no other alternative.
The episode ends with this cliffhanger...
(Me: Will they be able to save the baby? Can Shi On come up with an alternative to save the baby?)

Drama review of Good Doctor Ep 2

The second episode of Good Doctor begins with Moon Chae Won waking up and screaming from seeing Shi On standing half naked in front of her.  While throwing things at Shi On, she grabs hold of the TV remote control and incidentally turns on the TV which was currently broadcasting news about rapists tricking their victims to enter their house.

Shi On tells her that she is in his house.  Moon Chae Won retorts back that it is her house, then she realizes that she has entered the wrong apartment.







She later apologizes to Shi On for the misunderstanding.  Shi On tells her that he is the new resident in the pediatrics section of Sung Won University hospital.  Finally, Moon Chae Won introduces herself as Cha Yoon Seo from the pediatric team as well.  

She is later told by her colleagues about Shi On's handicap.

The first day of work for Shi On, begins with visits to the patients along with his colleagues.  One of his colleagues ask him why he hasn't taken any notes.  Shi On replies that he has been taking notes in his head and even tells them about the diagnosis on all the patients they have visited so far.

While Shi On does not keep up with the team, his attention gets piqued by a young boy (Seung Ho) who starts vomiting.  Shi On examines the child and keeps repeating to his colleagues that the patient is in danger.  Shi On explains his diagnosis despite his stumbling words but the other doctors do not really believe him.

Kim Do Han tells Park Shi On not to say or do anything.
The team leave the patient to prepare for the surgery they have been assigned to for the day.
However, just before the surgery, Park Shi On is nowhere in sight.  He has gone to see Seung Ho again, anxious that he might be in danger.  Shi On cannot wait anymore after seeing the anxiety that the child's mother is going through.  With the help of nurse Jo, Shi On rushes the patient to the surgery room although permission wasn't granted yet.  Effectively, the apparatus show that Seung Ho's vitals are dropping precariously.  In this situation, Shi On is panicked too and moves with clumsiness, knocking down the equipment around him.
(Me: This is bad. Really bad.  If Shi On doesn't calm down, he will not be in a condition to conduct the surgery)

Kim Do Han comes in just then to scold Shi On and perform the surgery himself.  (Me: Right now, this is for the better that Kim Do Han performs the surgery.  Shi On is too nervous right now to do anything right)
Shi On wants to participate in the surgery as well, but Kim Do Han shouts at him to get out.

Shi On has no choice but to observe the surgery from upstairs.  (Me: I noticed that their surgeries are not shown in as much details as in 'Doctor Stranger')

Shi On tries to give his opinion concerning the surgery but Kim Do Han tells him to shut up.
During the surgery, the other doctor admit that if they hadn't done the surgery it would have been too late for the patient.  Still the surgery goes wrong as there is internal bleeding.  Kim Do Han doesn't understand the cause of the bleeding but Shi On has already detected the cause which is the drugs administered to the child that cause hemorrhage (Me: Lol I think Shi On would excel as a medical consultant instead of a medical practitioner)
Effectively thanks to Shi On's guidance, Kim Do Han find the source of the problem rapidly and completes the surgery successfully.

However, after the surgery, Kim Do Han punches Shi On angrily.  Yoon Seo rushes to protect Shi On from being beaten again by Kim Do Han.  Kim Do Han scolds Shi On for his irresponsible act which could have cost the lives of both children undergoing surgery.

(Me: Seriously in all three medical dramas that I've seen, there seems to be a scarcity of competent doctors.  There's always this issue of having only one doctor capable enough to head the surgery, or else the patient is doomed.)

Yoon Seo dresses Shi On's wound and tells him what he has done wrong and why he should apologize.  According to Yoon Seo, Shi On should have waited for the chief doctor before initiating the operation on Seung Ho because another doctor would not know the complete medical condition of a patient who was not assigned to him.  Secondly Shi On's inability to focus for the surgery proved to be a big failure for a doctor.

Kim Do Han scolds Yoon Seo for being more concerned about Shi On than the patients.
Still Yoon Seo decides to comfort Shi On and even proposes to cook dinner for him.  But before cooking Yoon Seo clears out the kitchen counter and accidentally throws away Shi On's toy scalpel that his older brother had given to him.  Fortunately Shi On was able to find in by searching in the thrash bin but he is still mad with Yoon Seo and does not want to speak to her.

The next day Shi On accompanies a colleague to the babies ward and comes across a doctor who was telling a couple that their newborn baby did not have much time to live and even surgery would not be able to save it.

Later the same doctor charges angrily at Kim Do Han for taking away his patient.  But Kim Do Han does not understand what he is talking about.
(Me: I wonder if Shi On said something to the baby's parents...)
The episode ends like that.

Drama review of Good Doctor Ep 1

This is bad...I have been watching medical drama after medical drama recently...
After finishing to watch 'Emergency Couple', I watched 'Doctor Stranger' and now even after telling myself 'not another medical drama...', I've started watching 'Good Doctor'.

Joo Won is the lead actor in Good Doctor.  I've seen him in the drama 'Baker King Kim Tak Goo' and I really disliked his character in that drama....he played a really despicable character there...

But it appears like he'll be acting as the nice character in Good Doctor...so I'll check it out.
The story line sounds interesting too.  It's about a boy who suffers from autism and has a difficult childhood because of his violent father and his illness which makes him difficult for others to understand.

Darn I can't believe that the actor who played the evil Prime Minister Jang Suk Joo in 'Doctor Stranger' is acting as a nice doctor in 'Good Doctor' ^^''
It'll take some time for me to adjust to seeing 'Jang Suk Joo' act as the nice doctor in this drama... ^^''
Good actors indeed, to be able to switch from good to evil roles and vice-versa from drama to drama.

There are several actors in this drama whom I've seen in other dramas...for instance there is the actress who plays Cheon Song Yi's mother in 'My love from another star', there's the actor who plays the second male lead in 'Paradise ranch' and there's Moon Chae Won from the drama 'Nice Guy' and 'Mackerel run'.

Looks like Korean dramas have a limited circle of actors since I keep seeing the same faces in various dramas ^^''

This medical drama is told in a different way compared to the other two medical dramas I've seen.  Starting from the first episode itself, the main character Shi On proceeds with explaining the medical procedures and examinations in a very detailed and descriptive way.  It's almost as if he is giving a lecture and demonstration of medical techniques.

In Emergency Couple, it was all about emergency treatments to save the patients.  While in Doctor stranger it was all about lengthy and complicated heart surgeries.  In Good Doctor, it'll be mostly about pediatric medicine.

The 1st episode begins with introducing the main character i.e. Shi On who suffers from autism.  We see him as a child who grew up differently compared to other children.  I think that as a child, Shi On and his older brother went into a mine and the latter lost his life there in the collapsed mine.

Shi On who doesn't express any emotions somehow learnt medicine through medical books since a very young age (7 years old) to become a doctor.

Although as an adult, Shi On can be very childish, he is very skilled as a pediatric doctor.  We see him in action as he applies all his medical know how to save a child who has been pierced by glass shards.  The mother of the child later asks Park Shi On to accompany them to the hospital.  He realizes that he is actually heading towards Sung Won University hospital where he originally planned to go.  

At the hospital, the doctors are holding a meeting whereby a doctor is explaining why they should hire Park Shi On.  He tells the congregation that although Park Shi On suffers from autism, he has the savant syndrome which makes him excel in specific areas which in his case are memory and spatial intelligence.  His intellgence made him develop prodigious skills in understanding the functions and locations of the organs in the human body.

However, as Shi On reaches the hospital, the child's pulse rate is suddenly falling drastically.  Shi On tells the doctor in charge to perform a certain test, but the latter ignores him and takes the child away.

Kim Do Han is the doctor who will head the child's surgery.  Park Shi On interrupts the surgeons before they begin the surgery to tell them that an echo test has to be performed, but his words get muffled by the guards who drag him away.  

While Park Shi On is thinking of a way to prevent something bad from happening to the child; the meeting with the doctors is ongoing as they keep on debating as to whether Park Shi On is a good candidate or not despite his autism which causes him to lack social and communication skills.

Just like Park Shi On had predicted, the surgeons encounter a problem during the surgery as the child's pulse rate drops alarmingly again.  Park Do Han then realises that the child might have heart problems and asks whether an echo was done.   The other surgeons inform Park Do Han that an echo didn't seem necessary since the child did not appear to have heart issues. But they were wrong as Park Do Han remembers that Shi On was trying to tell them to perform an echocardiography.

Outside the surgery room, Park Shi On is visualizing the surgery scene as if he was the one operating the patient (reminds me of 'Doctor stranger' when Park Hoon and his image training before undertaking complex surgeries)

Meanwhile at the conference, the majority of the doctors vote for not hiring Park Shi On even as a temporary doctor.

Inside the operation room, the child's heart beat has stopped, and the doctors are using the defibrillator to try to reanimate the patient.  Fortunately the child's heart is reanimated as it starts beating again. (I've seen a lot of these open heart surgery scenes in 'Doctor Stranger' already ^^ the heart looks different in this drama though; it looks darker as compared to the heart in Doctor Stranger.)
The surgeons finally find the internal wound and sew it up.  Looks like Park Do Han is a really skilled doctor as well but not a genius like Park Shi On. (those two remind me of the rivalry between Han Jae Joon and Park Hoon in Doctor Stranger)

Relieved to hear that the child was saved, Shi On leaves to go to the conference room where only his mentor is left.  His mentor is disappointed that Shi On was not hired.

Later, a group of journalist are at Sung Won university hospital looking for the doctor who performed 1st aid to save the child.

The video of Shi On performing first aid to save the child was even posted on the internet and broadcasted on the TV news.  After learning how skilled of a doctor Shi On is, the chairwoman of the hospital decides to call back the decision made previously by the board of doctors.  Shi On's mentor who is in fact the hospital's director requests that they hire Shi On for 6 months to see how he performs.  The Director even proposes to step down from his position as Director if there is any trouble during Shi On's probation (The Director must really care for Shi On, just like a father would)
Just then Shi On comes into the conference room and makes a bow to salute the audience.
The chairwoman asks Shi On why he wants to become a doctor.  Shi On replies that it is because of the bunny and his older brother who both went to the sky without having the chance to become adults.
Shi On continues with his reasons and naively adds that he wants to become a doctor because he wants to earn a lot of money so he can buy a 3D TV for the kids at the orphanage... (that would be a typical answer from an young child ^^'')

Looks like Shi On's speech has touched some doctors and made others feel doubtful.  However, the chairwoman was touched and has decided to hire Shi On temporarily as a resident doctor.

The chairwoman later tells the Director in private that what he said is risky because many of them are looking forward to kicking him out of the Director position.  However the Director simply replies that he would still be a doctor even if he is no longer the Director.

Effectively, just like the chairwoman predicted, the other doctors are already betting that Shi On won't last long at Sung Won university hospital and that the director will eventually resign.

Shi On is later introduced to the team of resident doctors to which he has been assigned.  As soon as the director leaves Shi On with them, the team leader starts scolding him harshly because Shi On speaks like a child.  Kim Do Han even goes to complain to the Director that the issue is not that Shi On has the savant syndrome but that he has the character of a child.  But the director tells Kim Do Han that he is sure that Shi On will succeed.  He also requests Kim Do Han to help Shi On.

Kim Do Han interviews Shi On privately and tells him that he has to find the reasons why he can't be a surgeon and shouts at Shi On for not paying attention  (Me:  I think that's a pretty harsh judgement...Kim Do Han should at least give Shi On a chance since it is Shi On who gave him the hints to save the child previously.  I'm also getting the impression that the other doctors are all treating Shi On like a child by scolding him constantly when he has done nothing wrong)

Kim Do Han asks Shi On whether he has ever performed a surgery before apart from first aid care.  Shi On tells him that he has never done a surgery.  Kim Do Han then asks him how he knew what that child was suffering from.  Kim Do Han looks a little in disbelief after hearing Shi On's explanation.    

Shi On returns home and thinks back to his childhood days when his older brother encouraged him to be a doctor.  (Me: Shi On's older brother reminds me of Kim Tak Goo ^^ their characters appear quite similar)

Just then, Moon Chae Won (that's what I'll call her for now since I don't know her name in this drama) comes into the apartment and starts stripping without noticing Shi On standing behind her.
Shi On tries to tell her that he is there but she is too drunk to notice his presence and just goes to sleep.
The next morning Moon Chae Won wakes up in shock to find Shi On standing half naked in front of her.

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep 20 (Last Episode)

This episode resumes where the President wakes up and tells Jang Suk Joo that he heard everything that he said.
Park Hoon tells Jang Suk Joo that his conspiracy is over now.
Even Mr Kiim tells Jang Suk Joo to stop now.
However, the President tells Jang Suk Joo that he will not hold him responsible for what he was planning to do if he stops here.  The President even tells Jang Suk Joo that he will forgive him and allow him to remain as the Premier if he stops here and obeys him from now on.  Park Hoon and Jae Hee are in disbelief after hearing the President's words.  
Park Hoon reminds the President that Jang Suk Joo is the person who attempted to kill him.  However, the President tells Park Hoon not to get involved in this matter.

Jang Suk Joo accepts the terms proposed by the President on the conditions that Mr Kim continues to serve him and Park Hoon along with Jae Hee are handed over to him.  The President accepts the conditions.
(Me: Is that President out of his mind after that surgery?? Or is he as corrupted as Jang Suk Joo??)

Park Hoon is dragged away by the bodyguards as he shouts at the President that he can't do this because he made the promise to save them.

Cha Jin Soo the tyrant, looks at the scene from afar as the bodyguards take the President away in his car.

Jang Suk Joo orders Park Hoon and Jae Hee to follow him or else he might get rid of Hoon's mother first.
However as Jang Suk Joo gets in the car, Cha Jin Soo who was in the driver's seat shoots him and leaves before the bodyguards reach the car.

Park Hoon examines Jang Suk Joo and realises that he is still alive.  Even more unbelievable, Park Hoon tells the bodyguards to get a stretcher because they can still save Jang Suk Joo (Me: I know Park Hoon is a nice guy, but he is acting exactly like the President by saving the person who had just threatened to kill his mother a few minutes ago...)

However, Jae Hee tells Hoon not to let Jang Suk Joo die because he will kill them if he is alive.  But Park Hoon refuses because his father told him to be doctor only to save lives and even Jang Suk Joo is just a patient in his eyes right now.

Mr Kim interrupts Park Hoon just before he starts the surgery to tell him that nobody would blame him if he does not save Jang Suk Joo.
However, Park Hoon persists in proceeding with the surgery although he has no assistant.
Effectively, Park Hoon succeeds in removing all three bullets from Jang Suk Joo's chest and saves his life.
Mr Kim tells the other bodyguard that everyone is on Park Hoon's side now.

After the surgery is completed and Jang Suk Joo is moved to the intensive care unit, Mr Kim gives Park Hoon a car key and tells him to leave in it until he completes the preparation so that Hoon and Jae Hee can leave the country safely.  Mr Kim also promises to help Hoon's mother escape the country safely.

While Park Hoon and Jae Hee escape behind the hospital, Park Hoon gets shot in his waist area by Cha Jin Soo who has caught up to them.  Once again Cha Jin Soo is pointing his gun at Park Hoon.  
Jae Hee shields Park Hoon from the incoming bullet and again we get to the scene where Jae Hee has toppled over the bridge and Park Hoon is holding her arm so that she doesn't fall into the water...(Me: How the heck did she end up like that again...??)
Soo Hyun and Chang Yi also arrive at the scene and call the police immediately.

Park Hoon to jump into the water together with Jae Hee.
Then Cha Jin Soo commits suicide by shooting himself...
Oh Soo Hyun and Chang Yi keep looking for Park Hoon and Jae Hee but the two of them do not resurface from the water.

Then 1 year later, we learn that the Premier Jang Suk Joo has been arrested and imprisoned for transferring illegal funds during the elections.
Oh Soo Hyun has become a head surgeon and Chang Yi is planning to become the manager of a coffee shop.  Surprisingly Dr Moon has been chosen as the new hospital director.
Later Dr Moon tells Soo Hyun that Park Hoon must feel proud of him from where is now (Me: They think that Park Hoon is dead...I wonder if he really is...)

Han Jae Joon has just returned to Myung Woo hospital to apologize to Soo Hyun's father for hurting her feelings.  Oh Joon Kyu tells Han Jae Joon that he apologizes only to Soo Hyun's Han Jae Joon (Me: Lol it looks like the Director still likes Han Jae Joon as his daughter's partner...)

Han Jae Joon asks Soo Hyun to go out with him tomorrow because there are still many things they have yet to learn about Park Hoon and Jae Hee.  Han Jae Joon takes Soo Hyun to the country side.
Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun that he was really surprised to learn about the dark past of Park Hoon who always looked cheerful and bright.  Soo Hyun feels sad for confessing her feelings to Park Hoon while Han Jae Joo regrets having formed prejudices against Park Hoon thinking that he was just young and skilled without knowing what Park Hoon went through to develop those skills.

Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun to get out of the car because there is that person she has to meet.
My guess was right, effectively Park Hoon is alive and has been living in the countryside.
As soon as Park Hoon sees Soo Hyun, he calls her Quack (Toolpali).
Soo Hyun approaches him rapidly and tells him that she saw him fall into the water and thought that he was dead.  Soo Hyun scolds him for not telling her that he was still alive and starts beating him up.

Park Hoon gives Han Jae Joon a pair of stethoscope and tells him that it suits him best to be a doctor.
Soo Hyun asks about Jae Hee and Han Jae Joon tells her that she registered as a refugee in China.  
Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun that today is the day that Jae Hee can return back to South Korea after obtaining political refuge in China.

Jae Hee reunites happily with Park Hoon while Soo Hyun and Han Jae Joon are back together.

The story ends like this...

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep 19

This episode starts with Han Jae Joon revealing to the Director that he is Lee Sung Hoon the boy who promised to get revenge from him 20 years ago.  Hearing that the director collapses to the ground due to the shock which led to a heart failure.  Soo Hyun finally gets the spare key to open the door to her father's office to see him lying flat on the ground motionless.  Soo Hyun shouts to the secretary to prepare an operation room for her father.  Just before leaving the room, Soo Hyun tells Han Jae Joon that she will never forgive him.

Park Hoon is the one operating on Soo Hyun's father's heart.  He tells her that her father will be fine and that she can leave the room if she is feeling too nervous.

Soo Hyun goes to see Han Jae Joon to scold him for almost causing her father's death.
Han Jae Joon tells her that how she is feeling right now is exactly how he felt 20 years ago when his parents died due to Oh Joon Kyu.  However, Soo Hyun does not want to hear anything and tells Han Jae Joon to leave the hospital immediately.

Han Jae Joon leaves the hospital with a heavy heart as a realizes that he still loves Soo Hyun despite his hate towards what her father had done to his parents.

Han Jae Joon goes to see Park Hoon before leaving but the latter asks him why he chose to take revenge.
Han Jae Joon replies back that he had been dying to do it for 20 years but his revenge failed in the end. Park Hoon tells him that he did not fail, rather he chose to give up because he loves Soo Hyun.
Park Hoon asks him to tell the truth to Soo Hyun about trying to do CPR on the Director to save him so that she doesn't misunderstand and hate him all her life.

Han Jae Joon tells Park Hoon to take care of Soo Hyun because he is leaving the hospital.  Park Hoon refuses by saying that he found Jae Hee and can't have another woman on his mind.  Han Jae Joon then asks him to take care of Soo Hyun as a friend.

Soo Hyun'a father finally wakes up and asks where Han Jae Joon is.  Soo Hyun tells her father to forget about him because Han Jae Joon just stood there without doing anything to help him when he had collapsed.  However, the Director tells her that Han Jae Joon saved his life by performing CPR on him.
Soo Hyun goes chasing after Han Jae Joon but the latter had already left.

On Mr Kim's side, he is informed that the body of Cha Jin Soo hasn't been found... (Me: Cha Jin Soo is probably still alive.  That scoundrel can't have died that easily.  I am sure that he will make his comeback soon)

Effectively, Cha Jin Soo is alive and is searching around Jae Hee's apartment but there is no one there.

The next day, Soo Hyun is elected as the new Director of Myung Woo hospital.  She chooses Dr Moon to be the new head of the thoracic surgery department which delights him.

Soo Hyun calls Park Hoon and tells him about her conversation with Jae Hee.  She tells him that Jae Hee knew about the kidney transplant that Park Hoon made on her a long time ago and that Jae Hee is trying to push Park Hoon towards Soo Hyun.

Park Hoon goes to see Jae Hee to ask her why she lied to him.  But Jae Hee tells him that it doesn't matter whether she lied or not because she still feels guilt and misery every time she thinks that she is holding her father's kidney which caused his death in her body.  (Me: This is part of the plot is running too much in circles...I think that it's becoming too repetitive...come on how many times is Park Hoon going to see Jae Hee and each time Jae Hee is going to make him feel guilty and awful for saving her life in exchange of her father's life.)

Park Hoon then turns on the recorded message that Jae Hee had sent to him previously.  In the recording, Jae Hee was telling Park Hoon how much she cherishes the time she has spent with him and how much she felt happy that he had hugged her...
Park Hoon asks Jae Hee again to tell him if she loves him or not while looking into his eyes...
Finally Jae Hee admints that she loves him and that she thought about leaving happily together with him...
(Me: I don't like this part at all.... >< I just don't want them to end up together...All this time, I feel like I've been misled and tricked by the scriptwriter to believe that Park Hoon might have feelings for Soo Hyun )

Then we get to see a flashback of Jae Hee while she was imprisoned in a cell in North Korea.  Cha Jin Soo was the one who held his hand out to help her get out of the cell.  Jae Hee tells Park Hoon that she regrets making this choice because she only thought about seeing Park Hoon again without realizing that she was putting him at risk.

Park Hoon decides to convince Mr Kim to side with them; but Mr Kim tells him that he is just a soldier who values loyalty to his master.

Jae Hee tries to bargain with Premier Jang Suk Joo to release Park Hoon's mother in exchange of doing the President's surgery.  Jae Hee succeeds in convincing Jang Suk Joo and Park Hoon is reunited with his mother again.  (Me: I feel like I'm losing interest in this drama starting from this episode...I'm a bit bored by the turn of events...but since there are only two episodes left before the drama ends...I'll just be patient and finish watching and reviewing it ^^'')

But Park Hoon and his mother are reunited only for a short while as Mr Kim takes Hoon's mother away after she had dinner with her son.

Park Hoon plans to meet the President and tell him about Jang Suk Joo's evil plans.  However, Hoon suggests that they get Oh Soo Hyun's help to approach the President.

The next day, the President arrives at Myung Woo hospital with his escort of bodyguards to visit Jang Suk Joo.  The President tells Jang Suk Joo that he would like to meet Park Hoon since he is the surgeon who will operate his heart.  Jang Suk Joo tricks the President by telling him that Park Hoon does not know that he will be operating on the President and to avoid that the words spread, it is better not to meet Park Hoon.  

The President still decides to tour the hospital.  However, Jang Suk Joo asks Mr Kim to keep an eye on Park Hoon and Han Seung Hee, fearing that they might say something unfavorable to him to the President.

During the tour, Park Hoon passes by the President rapidly and just after that Mr Kim loses sight of Park Hoon.  In fact, prior to the arrival of the President, Jae Hee has asked Soo Hyun to help Park Hoon meet the President because he has something important to tell him.

Soo Hyun takes the President to meet Park Hoon in an office but just as Park Hoon was going to tell about Jang Suk Joo, the latter rushes in to interrupt the conversation.  Park Hoon doesn't get the chance to talk privately to the President but while shaking hands with him, he steals the chance to listen to the President's heart.

Jang Suk Joo is furious at Mr Kim for letting Park Hoon meet the President and putting his plan at risk.
The President calls Jang Suk Joo on the phone to inform him that he would like to change hospital because Myung Woo hospital doesn't seem right since its Director is ill and his son is in jail.

On the other hand, Mr Kim is having second thoughts on what he has been doing for Jang Suk Joo all this time.

Jae Hee is nervous that Park Hoon wasn't able to talk to the President and that the latter has decided to switch hospital.  However, Park Hoon calmly replies that the President cannot go anywhere else for his surgery because he is the only one who can do it.
Park Hoon calmly tells Jang Suk Joo that the President can't change hospital because he has only 1 week left to live and he cannot get a heart transplant because imuno suppressants would be fatal to him.
Park Hoon knows that the only method to save the President is the SAVER technique (reconstruction of the left heart chamber) which is a highly risky procedure.

The President is finally aware that there is only one person who has successfully achieved the SAVER surgery and this person is Park Hoon.  Eventually just like Park Hoon has guessed, the President calls Jang Suk Joo to tell him that finally he will have his surgery at Myung Woo hospital.

The President decides to have his surgery tomorrow but he suddenly feels a pain in his chest and needs to lie down.  Park Hoon decides to begin the surgery immediately because the President's condition is alarming.

As soon as the President faints, Jang Suk Joo doesn't lose any time to seize this opportunity to apply the clause 71 which allows him to take the role of the President as long as the latter is unconscious.
 
Park Hoon's team is ready to start the surgery.  Except for Jae Hee and Park Hoon, none of the other team members are aware that the one on whom they are operating is the President.

Meanwhile, Jang Suk Joo is holding a meeting with the other members of the parliament to decide what they should do in case the President cannot make it back.  They decide to apply the law which is to allow the Premier Jang Suk Joo to take the President's role if the latter cannot return.

Later Park Hoon announces to Jang Suk Joo that the he has completes the surgery successfully.  Mr Kim informs the Jang Suk Joo that the President is being kept in a coma by the anesthetics.   Jang Suk Joo repeats all his evil plans to Mr Kim while the President is unconscious on the hospital bed.
However, the President wakes up suddenly as soon as Jang Suk Joo has finished his speech.  Jang Suk Joo stares in disbelief at the awakened President, while Jae Hee and Park Hoon enter the room with bodyguards by their side.

Me: Hum looks like the story is already over for Jang Suk Joo...
One last episode and the story will end.

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep18

This episode continues where we left with Park Hoon rushing to Han Jae Joon to stop him from making the incision on the patient.  Han Jae Joon asks him what he is doing.  Park Hoon replies you know.  Then after a long pause Park Hoon tells him: ''I lost''

Me: Park Hoon might have accepted defeat here, but I think he has won as a true doctor.  The epic song is playing again ^^ I found the song, it is called 'Strange Road' by Yoo Jin; the epic part that plays in the drama starts at 0:59 seconds in the song.  Click on the following link to listen :)

Yoo Jin - Strange Road (Doctor Stranger OST)

The patient Ah Young is taken away from the operation room without undergoing the surgery.
Dr Moon is furious with Park Hoon but he still exclaims that he will not give up.
Dr Yang on the other hand has finally understood the value of being a doctor from Park Hoon's decision.

Later Park Hoon tells Jae Hee that he is sorry (for not keeping his promise to win the match).  However, Jae Hee tells him that he is a big hypocrite for what he has done to her father i.e. transplanting her father's kidney into her and causing her father's death.

Park Hoon tells her that he had no other choice.  In fact, we can see a flashback of Park Hoon's conversation with Jae Hee's father who was asking him to save his daughter.
Coming back to the present, Jae Hee is furious against Park Hoon for sacrificing her father's life to spare hers.  She tells him that it is not true love but just his greed to save a woman he liked...

(Me: Jae Hee has a point here..I have to agree a little with her...but on the other hand, love can also make you do some selfish things...lets say at that time Park Hoon was blinded by his love for Jae Hee and did not act like a real doctor should have)

Jae Hee tells him that all this time it was only guilt that he felt and not true love.  She leaves him after saying that she will never forgive him and that she does not want to see him ever again.
(Me: Jae Hee is just acting again...I think that she has forgiven Park Hoon partly since she has known about it for quite a while already...it's just that she wants him to forget about her and move on with Soo Hyun...Lets say that her way of loving Park Hoon is different...but it is also true that Park has been feeling guilty about it all those years since he never brought it up even once...)

At the Blue House, the President tells the Premier Jang Suk Joo to schedule the surgery for next week with Han Jae Joon as his surgeon since he won the competition.

Park Hoon goes to see his mother to seek some comfort after being rejected by Jae Hee.
Park Hoon tells his mom that he only wanted to save Jae Hee and that he would have told her when the time was right... but then (Me: Just like I thought) Hoon admits that he couldn't tell her what he did and that if Jae Hee hadn't found out about it, he would have kept it a secret.


On Han Jae Joon's side, the Director convokes him to keep the promise he made to him which is to nominate him as the new Director of Myung Woo Hospital.  Han Jae Joon asks the Director what he will do about Park Hoon.  The Director tells him that he will get Park Hoon's doctor license revoked or something to get rid of him.  Han Jae Joon asks the Director why he hates Park Hoon so much.  The Director finally reveals to him that it is because Park Hoon is the son of Park Cheol who nearly ruined Myung Woo hospital by trying to hold a lawsuit against it.  However, the Director admits that he got rid of Park Cheol on time back then to protect Myung Woo.

Dr Yang gives his resignation letter to Han Jae Joon, telling him that he prefers to leave this hell of a place to go work at a public hospital.

Later, Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun that Park Hoon is a fine person for her to like and that he had misunderstood him at first.

Han Jae Joon plans to go ahead with the first stage of his plan for revenge against the Director during the banquet held to congratulate him for his nomination as the new director.  Before proceeding with his plan, Han Jae Joon apologizes to Park Hoon for misunderstanding him and tells him that Soo Hyun really likes him.  Park Hoon tells Han Jae Joon not to hurt Soo Hyun and to just tell her the truth about what he is planning to do.

However, Han Jae Joon tells Park Hoon that it is too late because his plan has already begun.  Effectively several policemen arrive at the banquet to arrest the Director's son Oh Sang Jin for illegal bribery and use of public funds.

Park Hoon realizes that Han Jae Joon is in fact Lee Sung Hoon.
Han Jae Joon tells Park Hoon that he has waited for 20 years to exact his revenge on Oh Joon Kyu; now is the perfect time.
However, Park Hoon reminds him that Oh Joon Kyu is the father of the woman he loves.

Soo Hyun confronts Han Jae Joon by asking him if he is really Lee Sung Hoon  Han Jae Joon tells her that it doesn't matter who he is; what matters is that he can get a sincere apology for what happened 20 years ago.

Soo Hyun asks her father to apologize to Lee Sung Hoon.  However, Oh Joon Kyu refuses by saying that he did the right thing at that time to save Myung Woo.

On Park Hoon's side, the Premier Jang Suk Joo has given him 2 flight tickets for him and his mother to go to Switzerland where they can live safely.  However, Park Hoon refuses and asks to see Jae Hee.
Hoon tells Jae Hee that he made the promise to her father to protect her.  Jae Hee replies that if it is because of his feeling of guilt that he feels obliged to do that, then he doesn't need to.  Park Hoon tells her that it is not because of guilt.

Park Hoon leaves with his mother in the car of one of Jang Suk Joo's man.  However, Jang Suk Joo's bodyguard takes Hoon and his mother in some deserted place to kill them.  But just as he was about to pull the trigger, he receives a phone call, after which he immediately pulls his gun away from Hoon and his mother.
Then we see the President telling Jang Suk Joo that Park Hoon is not foolish; he just thinks about the patient.
Jang Suk Joo persists that Han Jae Joon has won the competition but the President retorts back that a true doctor is one who thinks more about his patient than his victory.

Jang Suk Joo's man is holding Hoon's mom as hostage while Hoon is talking with Jang on the phone.  Jang Suk Joo blackmails Park Hoon to be the Head surgeon for the President's operation because that is what the latter wishes for.  Just as Hoon turns back to look for his mom, the latter had already disappeared with Jang's man.

The Premier announces the news to Han Jae Joon that Park Hoon has been chosen as the head surgeon for the President's surgery.  Jang also warns Han Jae Joon not to do anything to harm Oh Joon Kyu and the hospital until the President's surgery is completed.

Again Soo Hyun tries to convince her father to apologize to Lee Sung Hoon but her father persist on saying that he has done nothing wrong to apologize.

Han Jae Joon confronts the Director, asking him to apologize to Lee Sung Hoon.
(Me: I wonder if the Director has realized that Han Jae Joon is Lee Sung Hoon yet...)
The Director replies that he has nothing to admit to or to apologize for.
Han Jae Joon tells him that he won't be able to stop what is going to happen because Lee Sung Hoon has already revealed the fraudulent financing of the hospital to the reporters and the Bank of Korea which will stop financing.

The director is starting to suffocate in anger and collapses to the ground after Jae Joon tells him that he is Lee Sung Hoon.

The episode ends here as Han Jae Joon stands coldly next to the Director's motionless body while Soo Hyun is knocking on the door asking Jae Joon to open the door.

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep17

The episode resumes where Park Hoon came in the surgery room to save the patient.
With Park Hoon's skills, the patient's pulse regains its stability and the team is motivated to do their best to assist him to mend the patient's heart.

The director calls Dr Yang and tells him to mess up the surgery so that Park Hoon cannot win this round.
Dr Yang agrees but nurse Min must have realized his intentions as she looks at him with doubtful eyes.

(Me: Darn! I hope that scoundrel Dr Yang doesn't do anything wrong....he doesn't deserve the title of a doctor anymore if he tries anything to harm the surgery... ><)

Argh...That bastard Dr Yang is really getting on my nerves with his dumb tricks to disturb Park Hoon during the surgery...
Fortunately, Park Hoon realizes what Dr Yang is trying to do and tells him to leave because he cannot tolerate it anymore.  Dr Yang leaves to be replaced by Dr Moon.
They finish stitching up the heart but suddenly the patient's pulse rate falls because the anesthesiologist is not doing his job well.  Park Hoon shouts at the anesthesiologist but the later replies that he is not specialized in heart anesthesiology...
Park Hoon looks around and notices Jae Hee coming in the surgery room to help them.

The surgery was completed successfully thanks to Park Hoon and Han Seung Hee.
Lol at the end of the surgery, Dr Moon asks Park Hoon is he would like to become his adopted son ^^
Park Hoon laughs and says ''I don't think my mother would be happy about it'' :)

Later Jae Hee scolds Hoon for getting involved in the surgery again...
Hoon replies that he doesn't want her to perform the operation (of the President) without him.

(Me: I still don't like Jae Hee...this must be the first time I dislike a female lead in a drama...it's already the 17th episode but I still dislike her.  In my opinion she was definitely asking too much from Hoon when she asked him not to come for the surgery...She was practically putting a patient's life at risk here... -___- )

Park Hoon tells Jae Hee that they can form a team together to operate on the President, and later they can find an opportunity to speak to the latter.  This way Han Jae Joon won't get involved in that conspiracy. Again Park Hoon asks Jae Hee to let him meet his mother.
However, Jae Hee still doesn't want Park Hoon to get involved in the President's surgery as she tells Mr Kim that she will do the surgery with Han Jae Joon and not with Park Hoon.

Jae Hee must have told Park Hoon where she hid his mother as Park Hoon goes to Chang Yi's place looking for his mom.
Hoon's omma still calls the plush bear her son.  She doesn't realize that Park Hoon is her son although he just called her mom.
Park Hoon tells her that he is Hoon but his mom tells him that her son is only 8 years old.
Park Hoon hugs his mom after telling her that he is sorry that he blamed her all this time without knowing that she was in this condition.

Later, Jang Suk Joo finally reveals to the Director that the heart on which they will be performing surgery is not his but the President's heart.  The Director then decides to hold another match between Park Hoon and Han Jae Joon since the last match was a tie.

However, Dr Moon notices that the patient assigned to Han Jae Joon necessitates only a minor surgery whereas Park Hoon's surgery is more difficult.
The Director informs them that this match will be judged based on time.
Despite Dr Moon's complaints about the unfairness of the match, the Director still refuses to make the match more equal because he definitely favours Han Jae Joon and wants him to win.
Despite the inequality, Park Hoon accepts the match.

Park Hoon decides to ask Han Jae Joon to step down from the competition but the latter's answer is a definite 'No'.

In their discussion, Park Hoon finds it peculiar that Han Jae Joon knows that his father went to North Korea when he himself has never talked about it to him.  Han Jae Joon tells Park Hoon that Lee Sung Hoon (it's actually Han Jae Joon's real name) is a friend of his from university who was betrayed by Park Cheol to follow his ambitions in N.Korea.

Park Hoon tells him that is friend is completely wrong because his father was tricked to go to N.Korea too stop a war by the Director Oh Joon Kyu and the Premier Jang Suk Joo.
However, Han Jae Joon does not believe him and says that he is lying.

Later Oh Soo Hyun just passes by Park Hoon ignoring him; but Park Hoon follows her and catches up to her.  Park Hoon tells her that firstly he is extremely sorry, secondly to forget about the story between their fathers because it is not her fault and thirdly he teases her again about her hair loss issue that he made up.
Soo Hyun tries to move away from Hoon but he continues to tease her and follow her saying that he wants to remain friends with her.

Soo Hyun meets with Jae Hee afterwards to have a private conversation with her.  Jae Hee reveals to Soo Hyun that she hid her real identity at the beginning because she felt unsure about herself.  In fact Jae Hee tells Soo Hyun that she knew that the kidney transplanted in her is her father's kidney.  She is also aware that Hoon performed the transplant to save her, but he also caused her father's death by doing so.

(Me: Jae Hee was aware if that all along then...)

Jae Hee tells Soo Hyun that this is the reason why she wasn't sure if she could continue loving him like she did before.

Soo Hyun tells Jae Hee that she is sure that Park Hoon loves her.  But Jae Hee replies that the feelings Hoon has for her might just be the guilt and obligation.  Jae Hee tells Soo Hyun that she especially feels this way when she sees Hoon and her together. Jae Hee also feels that Park Hoon likes Soo Hyun.

 (Me: What Jae Hee just told Soo Hyun really took me by surprise O_O because Jae Hee is confirming what I have been waiting for to happen; but had to give up on believing after watching the last few episodes.This means that there is still hope for Park Hoon and Soo Hyun to be together ^^ Yes!!)

Jae Hee continues telling Soo Hyun that Park Hoon likes her...not out of guilt or obligation, but he just likes her. ^^
Soo Hyun does't believe Jae Hee's words and tells her that she is wrong.

(Me:  I wonder if she is right or wrong...personally I hope that Hoon likes Soo Hyun over Jae Hee...but Hoons feelings are unpredictable in this drama...I'll just hope that he ends up happily with Soo Hyun and that Jae Hee's intuition was right.  I don't like Jae Hee because I think she is too dark of a character compared to Soo Hyun)

Park Hoon goes to see his mother at Chang Yi's place.  Hoon's mother starts to realize that Hoon is her son and gives him side dishes to eat.  Park Hoon feels really touched as his mother is starting to recognize him.

The next day at the hospital, Park Hoon is in a really good mood as he greets Soo Hyun by calling her Quack like he usually does.
Soo Hyun feels annoyed and tells him to stop calling her Quack because her patients might really think she is a quack.

Park Hoon meets Han Jae Joon's patient who is Kim Chi Gyu's cheerful younger sister Kim Ah Young.  She is reluctant to have the surgery because it might be difficult for her to have children afterwards.  However after viewing the ultrasound image of Ah Young's heart, Park Hoon notices that the surgery is not an urgent one.  He goes to see Han Jae Joon to put the surgery on hold until she is married and has kids.

Han Jae Joon refuses to put the surgery on hold and tells Park Hoon to switch patients if he wants to put the surgery on hold himself.  But Han Jae Joon knows that Park Hoon cannot afford to accept the switch because he will lose automatically if they substitute their patients.

However, just before the surgery begins, Kim Chi Gyu pleads Park Hoon to switch with Han Jae Joon so that his sister can get married and have kids just like she wanted.
Park Hoon thinks back to his father's last words: ''Please don't ever forget that you're a doctor.'' and his words to Jae Hee which were ''I'll win the last round with all I have''.

Park Hoon rushes to Han Jae Joon and stops him just before he was going to start the surgery.
Everyone watching is really surprised by Park Hoon's decision.
(Me:  This moment is really epic because Park Hoon is making a significant decision which is to give up the competition for the patient's welfare :) This is the right choice Park Hoon. I support you in making this decision.  By watching your actions, I think the President has realized that you are a good and trustworthy doctor as well, something that the Premier would never realize.  I think that in the end Park Hoon will be the one chosen to do the President's surgery.  Anyway I like the theme song playing right at that part of the drama...I'll have to look for it later ^^)

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep 16

The episode resumes where Oh Soo Hyun had found out about Jae Hee and Park Hoon being together.  Park Hoon notices that Soo Hyun has seen the dvd showing Han Seung Hee's medical examination results which prove that she is Jae Hee.  Soo Hyun just tells Park Hoon that she came to apologize for what her father has done to his father.  Hoon tells her flatly that it is not her fault.

Just when Soo Hyun is preparing to leave, Hoon stops her to talk but Soo Hyun refuses and tells him she'll  talk with him later.  (Me: Poor Soo Hyun, she must be hurt and sad...)

Still Park Hoon drags Soo Hyun to talk in private.  Soo Hyun is annoyed that Park Hoon kept it a secret from her that Han Seung Hee is Jae Hee.  Park Hoon tells her why he should have told her.  (Me:  Of course you should have told her...idiot!  If you had told her earlier then she might have been able to stop having feelings for you...)  Soo Hyun leaves after calling Hoon a jerk.


Soo Hyun leaves precipitately as Jae Hee returns to the apartment.  The situation is really awkward for Soo Hyun now...
Soo Hyun goes to the hospital although she can't focus on her work...(Me: I think that she is probably just trying to forget about Park Hoon and Jae Hee...)
Park Hoon calls her phone, but she decides to turn it off.

Jae Hee tells Park Hoon that she is worried that they might have hurt Soo Hyun't feelings and that they should apologize to her.  (Me: I think apologizing would make Soo Hyun feel worse.  I think right now what she wants is just to forget Hoon and Jae Hee; so the lesser she sees them, the better and the faster her heart will mend itself)

Park Hoon feels irritated somehow while trying to contact Soo Hyun but to no avail...

At the hospital, Soo Hyun meets some gangsters who start ill-treating a doctor.  Like usual, Oh Soo Hyun comes to help by pushing the gangster's hand away from the doctor's collar.  The gangster becomes violent and slaps Soo Hyun.   Soo Hyun fights back by slapping the gangster back even harder and shouts at him.
But the gangster becomes even angrier and prepares to slap Soo Hyun again but Park Hoon comes just in time to punch the crook.

Later Soo Hyun cries telling Hoon wouldn't his feelings hurt too if he was in her shoes.  Hoon hugs her and tries to comfort her.   Jae Hee watches them from afar...(Me: I wonder if she is jealous or upset...)
Effectively Jae Hee is upset about seeing Hoon with Soo Hyun but it's like a different type of upset....like she is sad that she has to let go of Hoon as she starts deleting their photos together one by one with teary eyes.

Jae Hee meets with the Premier Jang Suk Joo and tells him that she told Park Hoon that they were going to perform the surgery on the President.  Jang Suk Joo looks really surprised as he asks Han Seung Hee if she is out of her mind to tell him that.
Jang Suk Joo tells her that the initial plan is ruined because of her.  The initial plan is revealed to consist in killing Park Hoon's mother so that he gets mad and kills the president thinking it is Jang Suk Joo during the surgery.  (Me: Isn't that plan too far-fetched and unpredictable?)  Effectively, Han Seung Hee tells Jang Suk Joo that no matter who the patient is, Park Hoon will treat him like a patient to save him.

Han Seung Hee does not deny that she is the one who hid Park Hoon''s mother.  She adds that Jang Suk Joo will need a powerful achievement to win the next elections.
She makes a request to Jang Suk Joo to choose Han Jae Joon instead of Park Hoon to do the surgery; in that case she will switch to Dr Han's team to finish things off with the President (i.e put him in a coma).  However Jae Hee requests this on the condition that Park Hoon and his mother remain safe.

Jang Suk Joo accepts the request.  However, now he thinks that he doesn't need Park Hoon anymore and wants to get rid of him.  Cha Jin Soo is assigned the task of killing Park Hoon.A moment that he enjoys as he points his gun at Park Hoon.  But just as Cha Jin Soo was going to pull the trigger, Mr Kim (Jang Suk Joo's bodyguard) shoots Cha Jin Soo in the back to kill him.


Mr Kim gives Park Hoon a lollipop to help him remember him from when he was still a child  (Me: by the way, Mr Kim reminds me of Mr Smith in the movie Matrix ^^'' )
Park Hoon tells Mr Kim if he is crazy for having done that.
Mr Kim replies that it is Jae Hee who asked him to do that.

Jae Hee later sends Park Hoon a recorded message.  She tells him that she doesn't want him to get involved in the surgery so that nothing wrong can happen to him and he can take care of his mother.

Mr Kim tells Park Hoon that Jae Hee is not as defenseless as he thinks she is and to just wait for her.

At Myung Woo hospital, suddenly there is an emergency whereby two patients have the same symptoms and need to be operated as soon as possible.  Han Jae Joon takes this opportunity to start the last round of the competition.

Dr Moon tries to contact Park Hoon to come and do the surgery but nobody can reach his phone.  In fact Park Hoon has been avoiding the calls because Jae Hee told him not to get involved in the competition anymore.  (Me: But still, what will happen to the patient if Hoon doesn't come? The patient is going to die...in exchange of Hoon and his mother's safety...Is that what Jae Hee is asking Hoon to do?  This is a bad decision...I hope Hoon realizes that and returns to the hospital for the surgery)

Dr Moon and Soo Hyun go looking for Park Hoon at his hospital (Garibong) but he is nowhere to be found.  Dr Yang calls Dr Moon to tell him that their anesthesiologist Han Seung Hee has moved to the opposite team (Dr Han's team)...
Soo Hyun asks Dr Moon to do the surgery himself if Park Hoon can't attend.
Dr Moon accepts and prepares to perform the surgery.  But as soon as the operation begins, Dr Moon's hand is trembling.  His team members look at him nervously...
The situation is critical in Dr Moon's operation room compared to Han Jae Joon's side.
(Me: Park Hoon where are you?? The situation is becoming worse and worse for Dr Moon and his team...he is even asking Dr Yang to do something when he is the one supposed to lead...)

As soon as Dr Han completes his surgery successfully, the Director asks him to go save the other patient that Dr Moon is operating on.  (Me: Ah now I understand why the the Director demoted Dr Moon in the early episodes.)
Even Dr Yang asks Dr Moon to call Dr Han to help them.  Dr Moon accepts in order to save the patient.
While Dr Moon is desperately asking why Dr Han hasn't arrived yet, we see someone coming into the surgery room.  (Me: hehehe I bet it's Park Hoon ^^)

As the image focuses on the person who just came in, we see Park Hoon ^^ (Me: YES!! Park Hoon finally came!!)
Lol As soon as he comes in Park Hoon says: ''Aigoo. What's all the mess here, master.'' (Note: He calls Dr Moon his master...a bit like the genie of the lamp calls Aladdin his master; in this case Park Hoon is the genie)


The episode ends with the Hero coming back and ready to switch with Dr Moon to perform the surgery.

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep 15

In this episode, Park Hoon and his team begin their highly difficult SAVER surgery on their patient.  

However, Dr Yang was bribed by the director to tamper with the bone drill instrument which causes the blade to come off and cut Park Hoon's hand.  Nurse Min suspects that Dr Yang is the culprit.  

Park Hoon has to dress his wound before he can continue with the surgery.

Nurse can't take it anymore and orders Dr Yang who is in fact her husband to leave the operation room.  

However, they need to find another first assistant now but all the doctors are taken for other surgeries.  Park Hoon has no other option but to ask help from Han Jae Joon but the latter is unwilling to help him and only offers to assign Kim Chi Gyu to assist Hoon's team.  Oh Soo Hyun knows that Kim Chi Gyu is not competent enough to be a first assistant.   

(Me: Damn this competition is going way overboard...As a real doctor, the patient should come in priority instead of the match.  That Myung Woo director and Han Jae Joon really suck.  I hope Myung Woo crumples to the ground.  What patient would want to put their life in the hand of such a hospital and irresponsible doctors.)

Finally Soo Hyun tells Han Jae Joon that she has to go to Park Hoon's team to help him because there is no way that Kim Chi Gyu can be of much help.  Han Jae Joon tells her not to go because she is only being attracted to new things (meaning Park Hoon) temporarily.  

(Me:  come on! is your jealousy that important right now! Darn you Han Jae Joon!! There's a life on the line here! Any decent doctor would want to help Park Hoon to save his patient.  You have a handful of doctors to assist you while Park Hoon has only 1 nurse and 1 anaesthesiologist on his team.  what!? You still can't allow Soo Hyun to go help Hoon!?  Even if you hate Park Hoon because you have a misunderstanding concerning Park Cheol, you shouldn't risk a patient's life by refusing to provide good assistance!)

Oh Soo Hyun doesn't care about Han Jae Joon's words and moves to Park Hoon's team.  (Me: Good choice Soo Hyun!!)

Because of his injury, Park Hoon asks Soo Hyun to switch places with him so that he can use his left hand to operate the patient.  

All the doctors watching the surgery are doubtful as to whether Park Hoon can complete the surgery with his left hand.  

On the other hand, Han Jae Joon's team complete their surgery first with a successful heart transplant (Me: It looks freaky how the heart they transplanted starts beating and pumping blood)

Returning back to Park Hoon, his surgery is also completed; all that is left to do is reanimate the heart with an electric shock.  But after several trials, the heart still does not beat...it is only after the fourth trial that the heart starts beating slowly.  (Me: Oh my gosh....sighs...the patient is saved)  Everyone watching Park Hoon's surgery heaves a sigh of relief.  Although it is a tie, I think Park Hoon deserves more merit than Han Jae Joon in this match especially with the difficulties inflicted on him.

Park Hoon goes around to hug his team members to thank them for their hard work (Me: I like the ost playing in the background here...I'll have to look for it later ^^) 

When it is finally Oh Soo Hyun's turn to be hugged, she can't help but hug Hoon tightly.  But Hoon has to move away rapidly because Jae Hee is watching.  

Park Hoon tells the patient's family that the latter will need to sleep for several days to recuperate from the surgery.  

Later the director plans something with his son to hurt Park Hoon.  The director's son tells the patient's relative that Park Hoon performed an outdated surgery instead of the surgery which he originally planned.  But he doesn't inform her that the patient had blood coagulation defect which rendered the initially planned surgery impossible.  

Soo Hyun's brother manipulates the truth so that the patient's wife has a bad opinion of Park Hoon and loses trust in him.   

The patient's wife immediately rushes to insult Park Hoon and force him to wake up her husband to prove that he is really cured.  But Park Hoon refuses because he knows that the patient needs time to recover and prefers to wait.   

Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun that she should forget about Park Hoon because his heart belongs to Jae Hee.  But Soo Hyun tells him that she can't because Park Hoon keeps on creeping in her mind and she even cries because she knows that she can't have Hoon's heart.  Soo Hyun tells Han Jae Joon to let her go and get over her soon.  

The patient's relative is still furious at Park Hoon and orders him to wake up her husband.  But still Park Hoon refuses because he knows it is too soon.  Park Hoon is thus sent in front of a disciplinary committee where he is interrogated by several doctors.  

The argument between Park Hoon and Han Jae Joon builds up.  

Han Jae Joon tells Park Hoon that if the patient does not wake up in two days then not only will he have lost the competition but he will also become a murderer.  (Me:  Lol I was thinking then in that case Park Hoon would need an excellent lawyer like lawyer Cha or lawyer Jang from the drama 'I hear your voice' in which Lee Jong Suk starred as Park Soo Ha ^^)

Park Hoon begs Han Jae Joon to give him two more days before waking the patient up.  But Han Jae Joon refuses.  

Suddenly there is a code blue alert.  Oh Soo Hyun tries to reanimate the patient after a few tries.  The reason is because Soo Hyun tried to wake up the patient and he went into cardiac arrest.  

The patient's wife gets angry at Park Hoon and scolds him.  But Soo Hyun tells the wife flatly that these problems are common after heart surgeries and that they are always up on their feet to face any issues.  Park Hoon tells Soo Hyun to stop arguing with the patient's wife and drags her away.  

Park Hoon scolds Soo Hyun for almost killing the patient by trying to wake him up.  But Soo Hyun tells him that she woke him up because she trusts that Park Hoon's surgery was successful.    

Park Hoon asks her again why she did it and who does she think she is for doing that.

Soo Hyun finally confesses that she likes him and tells him not to ask her to stop feeling that way because she  tried but she can't.

Soo Hyun asks him if it is because of Jae Hee that he can't like her.

But Park Hoon tells her that it is her father Oh Joon Kyu who had made a plan with Jang Suk Joo to send his father Park Cheol to North Korea.  

Soo Hyun doesn't understand so Park Hoon tells her that Oh Joon Kyu was the one who sent Park Cheol to North Korea because he wanted to get rid of him as a witness to the medical accident at Myung Woo.  

Park Hoon tells her that now she knows, she should get her thoughts straight.

Soo Hyun immediately rushes to her father to ask him if it is true.  Her father admits that it is true and that he did it to protect Myung Woo.  Soo Hyun falls to her knees crying after hearing the news because she doesn't know how to face Park Hoon anymore.

The next day, Jang Suk Joo decides that if the patient does not wake up then Park Hoon will have lost the competition but if the patient does wake up then it will be a draw.

They finally decide to attempt to wake the patient up after Jae Hee convinces Park Hoon that the patient's vitals are stable.  The patient wakes up and seems fine.  

This means that the competition between Hoon and Han Jae Joon has reached a tie.

Hearing that Soo Hyun has taken time off because she is unwell, Han Jae Joon rushes to see her.  

Han Jae Joon asks Soo Hyun why she is like this...

Soo Hyun tells him that she is feeling so hurt because after telling Hoon that she likes him, Hoon told her that they could never be together.

Soo Hyun cries in Han Jae Joon's arms.

Han Jae Joon later tells Kim Chi Gyu that after seeing his princess cry because she has been dumped by another knight, he feels sorrow for her instead of being upset.

Kim Chi Gyu tells Han Jae Joon that what he is feeling for the princess must be real love.

After calming down, Soo Hyun decides to visit Park Hoon's hospital.  There she stumbles upon pictures of Han Seung Hee and Park Hoon together.  

Soo Hyun finally realizes that Han Seung Hee is really Jae Hee.  The episode ends here as Soo Hyun finds both Seung Hee and Park Hoon standing in front of her.

Note:  I know that Park Hoon doesn't have anything precious in  his hospital but still he should lock the door before leaving ^^''

Anyway I still don't like the Jae Hee and Park Hoon pairing....Jae Hee just doesn't give off a good vibe...I don't like her character...it lacks depth...

Drama review of Doctor Stranger Ep 14

This episode starts with Park Hoon making the phone call to his mother.  A woman answers the phone, asking whether it is Hoon.  Hoon replies that it is him.  (I thought the woman speaking was really his mum until Hoon asked her 'where is my mom'.)

The woman then replies that his mother went back to South Korea to look for him 20 years ago.  Hoon then realizes that the woman holding the teddy bear at the hospital is really his mother.

Just then, Jang Suk Joo calls Park Hoon asking him whether he has met his mother.  Park Hoon realizes that Jang Suk Joo did something to his mom and rushes to the hospital.

At the hospital, Park Hoon's mother Lee Mi Sook has escaped the surveillance of her bodyguards.  It seems that Jae Hee is the one who has taken her away behind the backs of Jang Suk Joo's bodyguards.

Jae Hee takes Lee Mi Sook to Chang Yi's place, asking her to look after her for now and to keep it a secret from Hoon.  

Cha Jin Soo suspects that Jae Hee is behind the disappearance of Park Hoon's mother.

Jae Hee meets Park Hoon and tells him that his mother is fine.  Park Hoon gets angry knowing that Jae Hee knew his mother was in South Korea all along but did not tell him.  Jae Hee tells him that she didn't know where Jang Suk Joon kept his mother until recently; but now his mother is in a safe place.
Park Hoon doesn't trust her and tells her that he isn't even sure if she is Jae Hee anymore.
Park Hoon tells Jae Hee that he doesn't care about whatever plan she has and that he is going to see Jang Suk Joo to ask him where his mom is.  If he doesn't tell him, then Hoon is planning to go to the police station to get him investigated.

Moving on to the director, he is thinking back to his conversation with Jang Suk Joo about eliminating Jae Il hospital from the competition then Myung Woo will definitely be chosen.  Jang Suk Joo also advises the director to get Park Hoon back in Myung Woo.

The next day, Jae Il hospital is reported on the news for taking bribes.  Just like Jang Suk Joo planner, the President tells him to have his surgery at Myung Woo hospital.

Soo Hyun decides to visit Park Hoon with some leftover curry to apologize for getting mad at him the day before.  Thinking that Park Hoon might get sick of curry, Jae Hee prepares some sandwiches for Soo Hyun to give to Park Hoon.

Soo Hyun argues with Park Hoon saying that she only came because Han Seung Hee prepared sandwiches for him.  Park Hoon tells her to be nice to Han Jae Joon and stop coming to see him.  (Me:  This is hopeless...Park Hoon doesn't have any feelings for Soo Hyun...  She must have felt heartbroken from hearing his words)

Later a patient visits Park Hoon asking him to examine him.  Park Hoon tells the patient that he will need to undergo a surgery because medical prescriptions will not suffice.  However, the patient leaves in a rush as he refuses to have surgery since he doesn't have the money to afford a surgery.

Just then Dr Moon comes looking for Park Hoon to convince him to return to Myung Woo.  Since the patient needs to undergo a surgery immediately, Park Hoon accepts Dr Moon's offer and heads to Myung Woo with the patient's life in mind.
Park Hoon accepts to continue the match with Han Jae Joon as long as the hospital pays for the patient's fees.

Coincidentally, both Park Hoon and Han Jae Joon find two patients having similar heart problems.
They decide to compete with those patients.  But it seems that the director knows that the patient on whom Park Hoon is operating has very low survival rates as he tells Han Jae Joon that the patient will die even if a god operates on him.

On the other hand, Soo Hyun is happy that Park Hoon has returned to Myung Woo.  She even kept his doctor's coat neatly for him.

Later Park Hoon informs the patient that he will be saved after the surgery and that all the fees will be paid by the hospital.  The patient and his family feel happy and relieved after hearing the good news.  (Me:  I think Park Hoon is going to fail this time...he doesn't know that the odds are against him this time...)

Park Hoon asks Jae Hee to let him know about her plan.  But she refuses by telling him that it will put him in danger if he knows.  Park Hoon gets mad and threatens to injure his own hand (so that he cannot do the surgery) if she doesn't tell him her plan.
Jae Hee finally tells him the plan which is to perform the surgery on the President.  In fact it is the President who needs the surgery and not the Premier.  (The president just wanted to keep it a secret all along)
Park Hoon doesn't understand why Jang Suk Joo wants him to do the surgery so much.   Jae Hee reveals to Hoon that it is because Jang Suk Joo wants to kill the President and to do so he can use Hoon's mother and Jae Hee to blackmail him to kill the President.  (Me: Oh I didn't see this coming...so that's why...now the pieces of the puzzle are all falling into place...but still the way it was revealed was not very captivating...)

Park Hoon is stunned by the news.  Jae Hee continues saying that Jang Suk Joo doesn't want to kill the President right away, he wants to put him in a coma first then he will be able to reign as long as he wants.
Jae Hee's plan is to save the President in exchange he will have to spare Park Hoon and her.
Park Hoon finds the plan too risky and asks her why she has to get involved in this.  Jae Hee tells him that it is because she loves him.  She tells Hoon that he can lose the competition so that he can move on with his life.

Han Jae Joon tells Soo Hyun to think about Park Hoon as just something fresh and exciting which perked her interest once; then to forget about him.

The next day, the competition starts as both teams get ready for the surgeries.  The director tells Dr Moon that the criteria to win will be the success of the surgeries and not the time taken like last time.

Fortunately, the nurse Min has the wisdom to redo the main pre-surgery screening on Park Hoon's patient and they realize that the patient suffers from blood coagulation defect which can make the surgery a failure.

Park Hoon chooses to proceed with the surgery but with a different technique called the 'SAVER' method.  However, this method is an outdated method which is highly risky and has very low success rate.

Dr Yang tells Park Hoon that the patient's relatives will never accept such a procedure and that he'll never walk out if he chooses to perform the surgery without the relatives' consent.

However, Park Hoon chooses to proceed with the procedure because the patient is on the verge of dying anyway.
The episode ends here.
Me: Oh my gosh this is so scary...what will happen now...?? Will Park Hoo be able to save that patient...?