Hes impressed by Seung-hee. I do not approve of it. yes, that trope has been overused but i REFUSE to believe that Seung-hee is someone else who looks exactly like her (or fixed her face to look like JH) or is committed to being a NK spy knowing everything that had happened to Hoon. The supporting characters were okay but not that impressive. Soo-hyun accompanies Hoon for a drink, and tries to get him to see that Seung-hee isnt the person he thinks she is by showing him her online profile. On the 26th, the production team released stills of Jin Se Yeon playing two characters in the upcoming SBS Monday-Tuesday drama Doctor Stranger that will air its first episode on May 5. A very simple but revealing clue: When Seung Hee was watching the video of Jae Hee, she was seen practicing pronouncing Hoon name with Jae Hee's tone of voice. Three, how did that North Korea military captain whatever guy survive? LJS might has a contract that he only plays roles with super abilities! May wrote, the show 'forces' one to accept their relationship. We got some action and mystery, which Im all for. Hoon, just by touching the patients chest, was able to picture the heart and immediately determine whats wrong. Definitely would've drawn a tear or two from me. I did not see joy when she was supposedly happy and didnt see her upset when she was supposedly sad. With Hoon-Jae Hee, we see them going from being perfectly strangers to to sharing deeply hidden secrets/feelings. For JH/PH, we were just told that they're in a relationship and that hoon is madly in love with JH. And since theres a convenient shortage of anesthesiologists, Seung-hee steps up to the plate to help(?) It is no wonder this is the worst hospital in Korea where people can just kill and steal patients at will, since about half the staff seems to be a NK spy or working with the North. Park Hoon became a genius thoracic surgeon. 2:00:03. http://gizmodo.com/5884650/your-heartbeat-could-be-your-password, This sentence in that article though is the killer "..You will never get the same exact timing of beats twice", I kept getting SLS -_- Because Myungwoo Hospitals just a thoroughfare for anyone wearing a white lab coat, Agent Cha sneaks in to deal with the loose end that is Chang-yis motheronly hes just there to start things, since Prime Minister Jang wants to see Seung-hees doctoring skills. And before I moved here I honestly thought Seoul was the size of maybe ten blocks or so because everybody's lurking behind bushes and watching everything. After watching three shows of his and loving all of them, I decided Im bingeing the shows in which hes a lead. Basically this drama is like a fanfiction to me right now. Season: 1. Jae Hees pretense has now been shattered. Oh, YEAH! How on earth did he know to find Hoon here?! i thought this drama was more how hoon get in a love traingle and how succeeds as doctor not about conspiracy about every old man that is in this drama.. and that thing with the heartbeat is also really how should i put it, dense?? He became a genius cardiothoracic surgeon after attending medical school in North Korea. shes so cute with her dimples and cheeks and more endearing. Our doctoring stranger is set adrift in a convoluted power play as the mystery aspect of this show starts taking precedent, which means an hour filled with spies, politicians, and surgeons (oh, my). and because Hoon appears so loyal to me that it's hard to imagine him to fall for someone else. i don't think SH/JH character isn't played as great as i hoped, but i can't NOT ship Hoon and Jae-hee knowing what kind of past they had. But at some points, the plot I spoke of above, did seem unnecessary and foolish. She founded Empress Content Writing & Digital Marketing Services to help small entrepreneurs grow their business. we dont know what exacatly and why. 7. ;). Right after the scene where Hoon gets knocked out by the flying basin at Soo Hyun's mom's house Dr Moon showed up. 1:38:06. They both really do fit together and Jae Joon really likes her. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Jae-joons calls to Soo-hyun go unanswered, as we find her and Hoon thoroughly trashed from one (or five) too many bottles of soju. If she's Jae Hee, why would she needs to copy her own gestures? (P.S. i only feel sad for the puppy fiancee. Many Korean actors/actress do drama while having concerts and/or variety shows at the same time. Im sure Hoon would have stayed there for a long time staring or would have tried to save her as well. I need more to feel more, but I doubt we'll get that since the show has obviously moved on from establishing that. Jae-joon in surgery. When he is finally able to return to South Korea, he begins working at a hospital. Shes the only doctor Ive seenstudyinghardin dramas (and shows and movies). Thats how he lost his finger, which explains why hes got a (missing) bone to pick with Hoon. And please stop assuming that all the people who like Soohyun are pro-Sora/anti-JSY. Loved the Soo-hyun and Hoon scenes in this, this is the first time I'm shipping the male lead with the 2nd female lead. My OTP, please don't break my heart like the last time with Chilbong team T_T I can just see So Hyeon and PH to be great buddies and THAT'S IT even though So Hyeon may be infatuated with PH. Doctor Stranger (Korean: ; RR:Dakteo Yibangin) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Jong-suk, Jin Se-yeon, Park Hae-jin and Kang So-Ra. :). My recommendation to her is to take a break and go on a long and nice holiday. And viewers don't really care to see if they're crying, angry, sad, or happy, because Cold is their M.O. But Seung-hees patience reaches its breaking point when Hoon tries to keep her with him at the expense of one of her patients, causing her to slap him back to realitynothing should be as important to a doctor as their patient, she barks, which is something he should understand if he claims to be a doctor. I'm stocking up Internet liquor just in case for you, Heads=P. Even if the writer/director's intention was to make it unclear whether Soohyun or Jae Hee is the real female lead, I felt like Jae Hee was never a viable heroine (not that I think Soohyun is either. but yeah honestly 16 eps is enough for me since im slow watching kdramas. Whenever things went wrong in his head, he started over until he was sure that he can perform the surgery successfully. Copyright 2022 VTM StudiosVTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders and forms part of a network of channe. That whole heartbeat thing was total BS. Of course don't get me wrong, shipping is totally fine, and I ship many drama couples too. He's a skilled surgeon who graduated as a top medical student from Harvard. 9. . One heartbeat A love that even Fate cannot separate! I hope thats metaphorical, because if he can recognize her by her heartbeat, I might have to laugh out loud. ^Ditto. Has anyone watched Coffee House? Thanks for the recap HeadsNo2. But thats just a minor detail (admittedly one of many) that I can easily overlook as I'm loving this show so far! Its fate, Hoon thinks to himself. I want more of these scenes. Chang-yi all but pouts when she hears this, wishing more than anything that Hoon would just forget about Jae-hee. - The whole "I don't want to admit I helped to find Chang Yi's mom until I find Seung Hee" explanation sounds dodgy. And considering the pace of the kdrama live shoot system, it's no wonder she's flat and emotionless when the role calls for more than the basics and requires a little extra in terms of nuances. Surprise me, Show, pls surprise me. But they were tricked and the father-son duo wasnt allowed to return to South Korea. On one hand, hes furious about his parents, but on the other, hes now in love with Soo-Hyun. }); Chairman Oh reminisces about Soo-hyuns mother fondly, claiming that, despite everything, his feelings for her mother were genuine. 2. The show is forcing us to believe in the Hoon-Jaehee relationship but not showing us enough about WHY we should believe in it. I think a better ending would be if Park Hoon just didn't get with anyone ya know. But Nightshade wants to see her other skills. But what they lack for emotions, they make it up with Intensity. If she had amnesia (it has to be right after the bridge, isn't it? what about her scene as Jae hee in Budabet at that bridge where she & park hoon were surrounded by men with guns wanted to kill them ? And honestly, I do feel some pity for PHJ's character, but they sure are piling on the second lead tropes. with so much Soo Hyun and Hoon moments, I keep thinking that she's the main girl lead. The whole SeungHee/JaeHee reminds me the Chinese movie Black Cat (similar to the well-known French's Nikita or American's Point of No Return) In Black Cat, the female lead was dead then was revived and a chip was inserted in her brain to make her a killer. I want to argue that Kdramas have a problem moving on to second loves. I want to watch how PH is going to survive the conspiracy - whatever the conspiracy is. Then he looks over Jae-joons shoulder: What do you think, Quack?. I need some context to know who or what I should care about. It's nice to see the "good" 2nd lead in a K drama being the female one too--often if there's a "bad" and a "good" (rather than both bad or both good), it's the man that's good. 170 Views. We watched three episodes with my friend and then kist gave up: the plot was all over the place and straight down ridiculous, and also we didn't feel anything between the two leads . So, did anyone else feel like the feel-good ending was a little bit forced? I love that she's a competent professional even if Hoon calls her a quack, and a concerned friend to him. YASSSSS! And to that end, Im equally worried that this entire circus of connivance would end up falling flat on its face, that it makes the entire reason for Jae Hee to join the fold of both Koreas villains and their conspiracy just factitious. But before she can even turn her head, she focuses instead on Director Choi as he enters, recognizing him as the man who got her out of the prison camp. PNG or JPG. She can't be just the love interest, there has to be more going on with her or the whole plot doesn't work. I am shockingly one of those thousands of delusional fans who are shipping Park Hoon and Oh Soo Hyun to end up together. So weird because in my over a decade of watching Kdramas I never shipped a 2nd female lead but DS breaks this record. This is a history in the making! In this episode, Jae Hee also told Soo Hyun that Hoon is the reason why her father died. That Hoon killed her father to save her and shes not sure anymore if she can still continue loving him despite all the things that happened between them. I doesn't sound like a case of "I think the Prime Minister wants to protect him since he owes Hoon a debt". Though I enjoyed the medical suspense part, the utterly obvious plot holes, illogical character development, and ridiculous storyline are just too much. I recommended this show to a close friend of mine who didn't watch kdramas back then and she said it was way too dramatic and dropped it after the first episode. Thats where Chairman Oh finds her to tell her that hes given Hoon another chance, even though he claims it was her who changed his mind and not the prime minister. Agent Cha hands Nightshade records of Chang-yis mom going in and out of a coma as proof of Seung-hees skills.. Drunk hoon calls for jae hee because he's a bery love sick boi Instead he sees (imagines?) For him to give up on her, is like giving up a part of what makes Hoon, Hoon. - Albert. Meanwhile, a stone-faced Seung-hee tells Agent Cha that the whole act was devised so that Hoon would believe that Jae-hee is alive. The story seemed very incomplete. I can name three dramas where the heroine (most definitely the heroine in that case) kissed someone who was not the other half of her OTP, but eventually got the boy anyway, and one of those dramas is sorta linked to both Kang Sora and Lee Jong-seok - she starred in the sequel, and the writer of that drama went on to write a drama he starred in that I think we all know ;). 7.9 (18) 0. LOL, yes, Kang So-ra is playing her very well, i admit. Not even a little bit. The plan goes awry and Hoon crosses alone. Can you tell me what it is and what brand? Her father still had one functioning kidney. (My attachment to these fictional characters are getting weirder and weirder.). The series premiered on Tue May 06, 2014 on SBS (KR) and A Happy Ending (S01E20) last aired on Tue Jul 08, 2014. . As a child, Park Hoon (Lee Jong-suk) and his father Park Cheol (Kim Sang-joong) were tricked and sent to North Korea. But whatever the results may be for Dr. Hoons supernatural heart-reading test, its bound to shake up and surely add more flavor to the already potent romantic concoction. Jin Se Yeon will be playing Song Jae Hee, the first love of Park Hoon whom he met in North Korea, and also play the role of Han Seung Hee, an anesthesiologist that possesses the same face as Song Jae Hee, but holds a mysterious identity. She could quite easily defect and bring the whole weird nest of plotters down, so what is holding her back? And if they're just going to keep hiding everything under wraps, sorry but I don't have the patience like Hoon does, and I'll just lose interest with this conspiracy thing really soon (and I really don't want that to happen because there is so much potential for it to become something good). Co-screenwriter Park Jin-woo previously wrote Conspiracy in the Court (2007) and The Kingdom of the Winds (2008). Im 100% with you on the chemistry from the imaginary surgery scene. I have serious doubts that even the writer knows what the plot is, so how do you expect us to? But she must have a reason to behave that way, did she turn her back to join force with the evil for revenge, is she trying desperately to protect Hoon in her way, either way I hope the writer will develop her story more in future eps. ). The actor also played it that he always had a playful and a bit tyrannical vibe with his much put upon secretary while his interaction with his female lead was a lot more layered. She was very annoying and Lee Jong-Suks character still pined over her. Well, it turns out that when he was a teenager, his father passed away during surgery due to medical malpractice. Alessandra Jungco. (function(d, s, id) { I was actually rooting for her and Hoon even though I kinda wanted Hoon to get his one true love back? Especially since Seung-hee overhears the entire exchange. Han Seung-Hee (shown in the picture above), on the other hand, was just BLANK. I really liked her. And 'were just thrown a lot of facts about them and were supposed to just take it that theyre madly in love with each other, without really feeling it'. I am trying really hard to stay on board with A New Leaf but its slowly losing its touch. Soo-hyun is just so much more likeable than Seung-hee/Jae-hee. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; The first few episodes were good but the rest left such a bad taste in my mouth. Jin Se Yeon has put in a lot of effort and preparation to play these two different characters that have their own charms. But you forgot that Soo-hyun kissed another guy! For that I take the Park Hoon-Jae Hee/Seung Hee couple as the more worthwhile couple over the cute and sassy Hoon-Soo Hyun. I've watched her in 3 very different dramas: Gaksital, Age of Feeling, Doctor Stranger. Two people cannot have the same heartbeat. makibao111. Practicing? Doctor Stranger is 2014 K-drama series starring Lee Jong-suk, one of the most popular K-drama actors right now. I don't know how this writer can create a show based on nothing but plot holes and unbelievable stuff..and yet here I am, happily taking it all in. Director Choi is confused by her condition, since he remembered her health to be fine when she came into the country. Jae-joon was unaware that Chairman Oh changed his mind, and seems to switch gears from Jealous Boyfriend to Perfect Boyfriend as he asks Soo-hyun out for dinner. Three cheers for Hoon being proactive! Only, when he nods off again, we see that Seung-hee really was sitting there, having been called by Soo-hyun. K-dramas: anything can happen. Hahahaha! I'll keep watching because I am a glutton for punishment and I have hope that it will make sense soon. I think I made it through 4 episodes before I couldnt anymore. And Soo-hyun is awesome. Jae-hee is Park Hoon's soul mate who was separated from him while they were escaping from North Korea; Seung-hee is a North Korean woman and is a specialist in oriental medicine anesthesia. Doctor Stranger. That would be the most welcome surprise. 3. It's acceptable if she's only playing a straight-up villain part, but she's not, the viewers need to be able to sympathize with her and we're unable to do so. ), she hold her fist like she can't let her feeling own/rule her, and she did the same thing in this very current episode, ep 6. On the run, Jae Hee tries to save Hoon's life and falls into a river. Father and daughter share a moment as she sheds a few tears in his arms, and hes sweet enough to even wipe away her tears. Dream High, That Winter The Wind Blows, and Biscuit Teacher Star Candy, if anyone's interested in knowing. After being sent to North Korea, Park Hoon and his father were denied access to go back to South Korea. Aired: May 27, 2014. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Shes Jae-hee! he says, tears welling in his eyes. One, how did Hoon finally reach South Korea from Budapest? If shes Seung-Hee, how come she looksexactlylike Jae-Hee unless theyre longlost twins twins? Hoon was the one who did the transplant, so he should know how many kidneys (out of the two) he had to remove and how many he inserted. A lot of her facial expressions are inscrutable; I don't think it's because of the actress or anything, but she's probably given the same amount of information we are so she's not really able to express a hell of a lot, just in case the writer goes a different way~! The OST "Stranger" by Bobby Kim is italian chef kiss though. Other than the romance, the drama is about political corruption, revenge, secret assassinations and medical drama. I think PM&I started off with that concept, but it was poorly executed in the end. It makes me see the plotholes getting bigger, see many ridiculous explanations and see many forced logics. Maybe because of Jin Se-Yeon's overlapping filming schedules with "Age of Youth", the outline of serveral episodes was affected and to be written into the plot in a logical way. While Soo-hyun tries and fails to stop Hoon, Seung-hee tells Agent Cha that he made the right choice in letting her show herself. How did they escape and why didnt they tell anyone??? He didnt, which brings us to another flashback of Agent Cha undergoing brutal torture in the DPRK as a result of Hoons escape. Doctor Stranger broke my heart because it had a really cool premise and I thought the first episode was great. He's not the only one with crazy schedule either. 1. He deeply fell in love with Jae Hee (Jin Se-yeon) in his high school. poor hoon just wants a simple life where he can be with his love, sheesh. This gives Jae-joon another chance to butt heads with Hoon as he claims that anything could happen when a patient is as old as Chang-yis mother, though he credits the surgical success to the anesthesiologists excellent preparation. Foolishly, I was too happy to notice and just typed this along the way. They knew each other since young. Its cute how Soo-hyun tries to cheer him up by asking him about his life, only Hoons memories of his parents are unhappy oneslike his father getting shot, and his mother never caring. Download the latest version. SeungHee is JaeHee. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Song Jae-hee? Especially a person who has accepted her fate. Plot holes are when something did not make sense (not the same as the audience not understanding) or did not gel up with an earlier scene. There is a huge range of audience maturity which could also be influenced by age, culture and exposure just to list some factors. I really liked watching his character development and all the obstacles he had to go through in terms of his heart. 5. It's the writing/directing/show I'm talking about. Ha. Seriously I thought this heart beat thing is something I did not learn from my boring biology class!! And with that regard, I cannot help but rack my brain of any but one good reason why a North Korean doctor must be involved in anything politically related at all. Reply to May too since the reply button is missing from her post. Jae-hee sitting across from, and muses that this must be why people drink: so they can see the people they miss. Soo-hyun agrees, but then makes the misstep of trying to toast to Jae-hee, whos in heaven.. Hoon doesnt realize, and keeps murmuring Jae-hees name. At this point I have little interest in what happens to Jae Hee. And although Hoon's undying love for Jaehee is killing me, I still want him with Dr. Quack. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { and yes Seung Hee must be Jae Hee, otherwise there'd be no drama/angst. But while pursuing that and using Soo-Hyun for his goals since shes the chairmans daughter, he ends up falling in love with her and tries to suppress it. Oof what foolish plot holes. Which episode would you say was the turning point for you? The Han Seung-hee that I created!, Seung-hee didnt argue that point, and instead reminded Agent Cha of their mission: Ill remain Han Seung-hee until the prime ministers surgery team is created. she's not a cat with nine lives, scriptwriter. With supernatural power, no less. Those scenes in NK, they've been replaying so many times over it is though those were the /only/ memories they had together. Either way, Hoon just has to be himself and start taking decisive action about Seung-hee/Jae-hee/Whos-she one way or the other. I was very confused on the shipping side of things. They have chemistry, and in a rom-com format, I might have shipped them together too. xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page But I just couldnotlike her how much ever I tried. Reviews: 1 user. This is where the . Instead he walks right up to her, wraps his arms around her, and listens. Somehow. Since on the day they were leaving for N. Korea, both father and son left home at the same time. But if the story is going to be centered around PH loving JH, shouldn't they at least try to convince us that he does? Jin Se Yeon will undergo an acting transformation as the heroine of this turbulent romance that frequents between North and South Korea. Learn how your comment data is processed. I like both Hoon and Soo Hyun as characters and they are the easiest to root for in the show, by far. Hoon brushes him off with his usual cavalier attitude, and asks if Jae-joon means he has to steer clear of the quack., Thats when Jae-joon grabs him by the lapels, all but growling into his face that he cant call Soo-hyun a quack. Of course, Id be eating my own words to just dismiss this one as mere contrived conflict when the shows initial premise hinged upon the fact that stopping a nuclear annihilation rests upon a successful surgery. Lol! In my over a decade of watching Asian dramas, this is the very first bloody time that I love the 2nd female lead character (Oh Soo Hyun) and hate the first female lead (Jae Hee). I root for Soo Hyun like a lunatic that I want Jae Hee to disappear for good. It was a never ending one -upmanship in the hospital and as said by others, the ML and FL (who I was surprised was the FL and not Kang Sora) had zero chemistry. In North Korea, Park Hoon was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a famous doctor. There is that sense of mutuality not only in feelings but also identity to both that I like, and would want to be explored some more. But yeah, the fact that I can name only three probably means our Soo-hyun is to be consigned to the same fate as Chilbongie. She legit sat with medical books and tried to understand the problem and all of the theory when any new case came up. He comes across . Outside of her, Hoon have virtually nobody left to care for. I like for the fact that you try to go for the possible root of the problem and not just spout catch-phrases as if it's going to change anything. But Hoon isnt interested in getting his job back and only wants to see Seung-hee, who started working at the main hospital as of today. It beats the alternative of the audience knowing all the secrets way ahead of timebecause spending episode after episode waiting for the hero to figure out what we already know is a formula that undoubtedly works, but one thats also a lot like knowing who the winner is before the race even starts. In not many words, she is a spy. forgive my denseness but some what confused, Ill remain Han Seung-hee until the prime ministers surgery team is created. It'd have been nice if we had more of that, because the memories PH has of JH, from what we see, it's so limited. Her task probably to keep Park Hoon check on her watch.Remember when Park Hoon hug her in that hall(? Laughing awkwardly, Soo-hyun denies the claim, and explains that Hoon acted so strangely around Seung-hee because the dead woman he truly loves does look uncannily like her. I would definitely hate to see the OTPs romance being foiled by some arbitrary mission that may or may not be just another form of noble idiocy. There is a solemnity in that scene. The stylist must have been horrified. Urgh. On a side note, I love soohyun. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. in fact, i didn't enjoy it because somehow it felt more unnatural. I feel the same. Seung Hee is not like that, she's quiet, she's cold, she's non-chalant to the point that she's boring. Arguably, she is one of the reasons that have kept Hoon in tact mentally and pushed him to keep going despite being imprisoned to NK's medical bootcamp from hell. i just wish they would stick to the plot of the love triangle between Hoon-Soohyun-Jae-joon. I liked the PH/Soohyun scenes because those felt real. . As Song Jae Hee, Jin Se Yeon shows off a bright and pure image of a female student with her long hair, clean school uniform and her fair smile, making people think of the first love image. Give Seung Hee more dimensions and have her display more emotions OTHER than trying to be Cold and Reserved.