But thats just a minor detail (admittedly one of many) that I can easily overlook as I'm loving this show so far! 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. Till then, am gonna sit back, relax and just go along with the spectacle ! In fact, theres more of all that than romance. This was one of the first kdramas I ever watched and completed. Although they did get back together Miss Korea was pretty realistic about how the main couple weren't and couldn't be the same people they'd been in high school. Maybe in the second half? Required fields are marked *. Im sure even the police would have been called and searches would have been done. Its a shame because the other 3 leads performances are quite splendid. He became a genius cardiothoracic surgeon after attending medical school in North Korea. 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~! Honestly, by the time the backstory and reasons were revealed, I still didnt care. Only a few times did I see hersmileand look sad but that also didnt look genuine, somehow. And when I said cute, I was referring to the PH/JH scenes. 2. Whenever things went wrong in his head, he started over until he was sure that he can perform the surgery successfully. I pretty much hated Han Seung-Hee and did not care about her at all. I love how Jae-joon instantly tries to play it cool by smoothing out Hoons clothes, all, Sorry, I went overboard, while Hoon is just happy to leave the two of them to sort things out. As of now Doctor Stranger is pretty much about Hoon's unyielding love for her. Okay, I'm way out of topic here. He tears through the house looking for her, and ends up opening the door to the bathroom. Doctor Stranger S1: E1 Park Cheol Saves the Leader of En.. 2014 HD TagDub. 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. Jae-Hee Is Dragged Away By The Guards ("Doctor Stranger"/Episode shes so cute with her dimples and cheeks and more endearing. Is it just me, or is the plot of this drama basically a giant plot hole? 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. Other than the romance, the drama is about political corruption, revenge, secret assassinations and medical drama. the subs in the video i watched seemed to not have that line. Only to see that Seung-hee does have two kidneys. We reached episode 7 now, it is about time for the main actress to show some acting. Years later, Hoon, a budding genius surgeon, and his girlfriend Song Jae-h=Hee try to escape to South Korea. And if I go further, the same can also be said of Hoon's current state in SK--he's a stranger both literally and metaphorically, as he lives in a world that he's long since forgotten, and his quest to finding Jae Hee is what anchors him back to his reality. Meanwhile, he found a girl that looks exactly like Jae-hee, Doctor Han Seung-hee, who claims not to know Park Hoon. I don't think this was explained in the first half I watched. Hoon slams his glass down. I kept trying to like her, or at least be meh about her because she was Hoons love (assuming shes Jae-Hee) and I liked Hoon. The thing is, we're just thrown a lot of facts about them and we're supposed to just take it that they're madly in love with each other, without really feeling it. Theyre so obvious! Soo-hyun stays behind while Doctor Moon takes him, looking disappointed to see him go. If she's Jae Hee, why would she needs to copy her own gestures? Taking your example of PH's parents having a bad relationship, it wasn't like the rest of the story was built on that. (But the preview of episode 7 looks promising with the premises moving back to the hospital and doctors and surgeries, so all is good for now). The reason she says she'll live as Jae-hee after the surgery is so that N. Korea can keep have an eye on Park Hoon and "threaten" him using fake Jae-hee whenever they need anything. to be fair to YFAS, Master's Sun and I Hear Your Voice, especially the latter, the characters are written way more complex than just 'bad' or 'good'. Kailangan tumulong si Hoon dahil sa kakulangan sa doktor. Jin Se Yeon has put in a lot of effort and preparation to play these two different characters that have their own charms. But I do think it's probably about time for them to ease on the mystery a little. 7.9 (18) 0. A hot,sexy, badass spygirl~ahem, she is neither hot nor sexy actually the other anesthesiologist in the drama actress Han Eun-Sun i think, she is the real hoty, infact she is the sexiest of them all :D, The one who keep tease that glasses surgeon? Naturally Dr Park will insist that the kidneys get scanned too. The two characters Jin Se Yeon plays have direct opposite atmospheres about them in the revealed pictures. In the book, Park Hoon will end up with Soo Hyun. I just wish . Nor is she a particularly strong or experienced actress. (: Doctor Stranger Episode 17 The Shattering of Jae Hees Pretense. If she had amnesia (it has to be right after the bridge, isn't it? It was tragic, poignant, but in the spirit of the show. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { Why's he in Myungwoo, you ask? It's a good thing there were Dr. Quack & Hoon cute scenes to give my little brain a break, and just when I started feeling torn between Jaejoon and Hoon (for Sohyun), he showed his greedy side and that stopped me from liking him too for Sohyun. 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. Genre: drama, medical, romance, thriller. she's not a cat with nine lives, scriptwriter. However, Soo-hyuns not so sure: Do you think hes thinking of me all the time? Hoon thinks for a moment before replying that hed be surprised if Jae-joon did, considering his prickly personalitynot to mention hers. the fan war in that drama was quiet sthing too, but *warning: spoiler* despite all the misleading from the drama aka many scenes with the secretary that make people ship them. i dont know what to say i dont really like it how it progresses. i can see the soft side of jae-joon and it's going to be an interesting character arc for him to choose the love of his life as opposed to his career/ambitions. Are they going to kill him off after that or? also. All rights reserved. i just wish they would stick to the plot of the love triangle between Hoon-Soohyun-Jae-joon. However, he only gets Hoons attention when he shows him a picture of Jae-hee and that sympathetic Hungarian doctor. 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 . Chang-yi all but pouts when she hears this, wishing more than anything that Hoon would just forget about Jae-hee. So Hoon pulls Seung-hee aside again, trying everything he can go get her to acknowledge him. i hope she doesnt lose that by becoming a biotch. Hoon remembers her kidney transplant (that he performed), which would leave the real Jae-hee with only one kidney. The big conspiracy has reached the point of being ridiculous, so I'm just going to tune it out as I do with the lack of realistic possibilities in the drama. I also like the fact that both Hoon and Seung Hee (if JH is indeed SH that is) are not pure hero or heroines, that they do have shadows beneath their seemingly brighter facades. I just watched this for LJS but this really sucked. K1ngkang v2. She adamantly refuses that shes Jae-Hee but Hoon doesn't accept that, believing that she is Jae-hee. Oh Soo-Hyun, on the other hand, was a really good lead. Doctor Stranger depicts a medical-intelligence melodrama about a massive conspiracy surrounding a genius doctor born in South Korea but raised in North Korea by the name of Park Hoon (Lee Jong Suk) and South Koreas top elite doctor Han Jae Joon (Park Hae Jin.) Actress Jin Se Yeon will attempt to play two roles in Doctor Stranger.. He tells her how much he misses her as he reaches out to hold her hand. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Welcome! Hoons eyes grow wide the second Seung-hee unmasks in front of him, but he manages to contain himself this time. It just seems so over the top and borderline ridiculous at times. BUT, it's very strange how i didn't feel as inclined for the Angel Eyes pairing of first loves as much as Doctor Stranger. As a child, Park Hoon (Lee Jong-suk) and his father Park Cheol (Kim Sang-joong) were tricked and sent to North Korea. Agent Cha loads his gun and, unable to control himself, mutters Long live the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea before he shoots Hoon twice. I did take me a while to get into it. In the book, Park Hoon will end up with Soo Hyun. I just wish that theyll incorporate a time jump, and later on well see Hoon and Soo Hyun happy together as a couple and are successful in their career as thoracic surgeons. When the realization hits, his eyes open wide. I never understood the other ship because the male lead was always a "mentor" to the 2nd female lead in my eyes. (S01E03) is the third episode of season one of "Doctor Stranger" released on Mon May 12, 2014. I hope shell take more acting lessons after this series. On one hand, hes furious about his parents, but on the other, hes now in love with Soo-Hyun. On the other hand, this shows forte is not in dropping helpful hints, which means we got to be just as bewildered as Hoon was, too. Searches were done to search his body pretty soon. I know that its supposed to show Hoon as the only good doctor who cared about the patients and Jae-Joon as someone willing to do anything to climb ranks and destroy the hospital, but still. He leaves after telling Hoon that theres something he has to give him before he leaves for the DPRK, which leaves just enough time for something bad to happen to him first. it's okay, I am not invested in her character at all either. How did the writers or anyone else in the making of the show not notice?? Thats when Director Choi cuts in to say that it isnt trueJae-hee is alive, and he knows so from a reliable source. i mean when they say in this drama everyone has a different heartbeat and when they test it and get it wrong in the end how dull would that be???? Somehow. Its a rarity and definitely a fortunate turn of role casting for KSR. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. In South Korea, Park Hoon begins to work as doctor in a top hospital Myungwoo University Hospital. On the plus side, I'm now more encouraged to finish watching Man to Man with Park Hae Jin (even though I probably shouldn't as the FL has no chemistry with him). 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. Prime Minister Jang runs into some issues in creating a committee without strict presidential oversight, with a fair number of assemblymen on his side. YFAS. I kept cooking up theories. First loves seems to be a cure-all for all romantic inclinations. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; I understand people shipping Hoon/Soo Hyun she's easy to like and the actors have some nice chemistry (I don't see it as romantic chemistry myself Hoon's way too wrapped up in JH to even notice other women) but as this was Seung Hee's introduction week I'm not quite ready to abandon the Show's OTP. Oops. He's desperate to save the woman he left behind in North Korea. After a successful surgery, Jae-joon updates Hoon and Chang-yi on her mothers status only to be met with skepticism from Hoon, since he didnt think her condition was serious enough to warrant a sudden heart surgery. In my eyes, she is, Hoon replies. i think part of it is because Hoon was very much loyal to Jae-hee (while Jae-hee is still a question mark). I do not approve of it. I think one big problem with the Hoon-Jae-Hee/ Seung-hee relationship is that we have not really see them interact. Just because I enjoy Soohyun's character more doesn't make me pro-Sora or anti-JSY. Its clear as blue sky now that Jae Hee has no intention in staying with Hoon after her mission. She said that she will be going back to Japan. Her coldness to Hoon in this episode mirrors her reactions in that flash back scene in episode 5 (Hoon chasing her inside the hospital while she intentionally avoided him). Her facial expressions in that scene showed contempt and disgust towards Park Hoon. Soo-Hyun and Chang-Yi ran over and saw them fall. Doctor Stranger S1: E3 Is Jae Hee Still Alive? 2014 HD TagDub Just to clarify, I'm not pro-Sora. The man grows up to become a genius surgeon. After watching three shows of his and loving all of them, I decided Im bingeing the shows in which hes a lead. Messing it up! It was to decide who would be performing surgery on the vice president. Your email address will not be published. What else more nefarious reasoning can topple an already over the top avert nuclear havoc through heart surgery plot? I did like the hug though, his hand was actually in her hair! I'm knocking on wood on your behalf, Heads! I still do hope to see Jae Joon make a turn around and be the proper lover to win back Soo Hyuns heart which will inevitably only be broken by pining too much to our Dr Stranger. For once, I would really like to see a realistic kdrama where people actually move on from their first loves and form realistic relationships with people they have just met who they find they are compatible with. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { we dont know what exacatly and why. I hope you never forget that, Seung-hee replies. He's not the only one with crazy schedule either. Soo-hyun is just so much more likeable than Seung-hee/Jae-hee. 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. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); That would be the most welcome surprise. The potential of this series was so good but the execution was so poor, I couldnt bear to be even more disappointed so I just stopped. She probably woke up with amnesia, got brainwashed into the CAUSE (whatever that is), and her evil henchmen probably just told her there was a girl who looked like her that she should use as a study guide so she can manipulate this doctor with the perm for the CAUSE. (My attachment to these fictional characters are getting weirder and weirder.). He further confuses Doctor Moon when he tells him that Jae-hee isnt in the Northshes here. I suspect a certain segment of audience would appreciate being told what is going on rather than sit back and enjoy the mystery plot. He explains that his only way of apologizing for what he did to Hoon was to make him a doctor at the hospital, and that he plans to help him find Jae-hee. Its obviously not bad acting because the same actress played Jae-Hee, whom I liked in one minute. The man grows up to become a genius surgeon. I have not watched Doctor Romantic actually, and haven't tried D-Day nor Hospital Ship. He took Park Hoon along because Hoons mother refused to care for him. LOL! She was also really entertaining to watch while simultaneously being someone I related to. way beyond what can happen to a normal person. Practicing? It was the same expression throughout her screen time in the show. The stylist must have been horrified. Sure I do. I was very confused on the shipping side of things. Reply to May too since the reply button is missing from her post. That almost never ends well. We start off with Park Hoons dadPark Cheola brilliant heart surgeon, being called to North Korea. Rumors are spreading that Jin Se Yeon herself suggested the hairstyle for Han Seung Hee during her character study, making this the first time since her debut that Jin Se Yeon has bobbed hair, thus she is showing a different passion towards acting. While Seung-hee sneaks something Kevorkian into Chang-yis moms IV, Agent Cha reports to Nightshade that Seung-hee was successful in the surgery. This drama was a mess. In China, the online streaming rights for drama were sold for $80,000 per episode and the drama was made available for online streaming on both Youku and Tudou where it received 330 million and 50 million views, respectively. Once I decided on something, another clue or fact would pop up and I was thrown into a loop again. To be fair for JSY and her character(s), Jae Hee is more of a plot device than a fully realized character, and Seung Hee gets held back a lot for the sake of being mysterious. Actually, I just discovered that you can really hate a drama and still continue to watch it because you are quite interested on how all the craziness will end. The mood and tone at that shot is not meant to be that. THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE TAGALOG DUBBED. One side would have had to reach out or Jae-Joon would have saved them and I dont see how? xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page She was clumsy in feelings and had funny expressions, and she was a determined doctor. So he asks for a favor, but doesnt tell her what it is ahead of time. let her die together with Agent Cha, thank you! Only show I can recall with a bad 2nd male and good 2nd female is King of Baking, Kim Takgu. As of July 7, 2014 it has been streamed close to 400 million times. Just like how no two people have the same face. He thinks back to when he held Jae-hee to his heart and said that their heartbeats were the same. I couldnt decide if I wanted to give this -1 or -2 so I just went with -1.5. And although Hoon's undying love for Jaehee is killing me, I still want him with Dr. Quack. And in that way shell get him back to Myungwoo Hospital, because if she goes, hell want to follow. Honestly every trope has its cliche, I'm in for it as long as the characters make me feel for them.
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