One very empathetic main characters - surrounded by a cast of shallow, cardboard bores
This is a show that was ruined by what it thought it ought to do rather than just being what it should have - which was a story of two very different women who compete against each other, come from radically different lives, yet are shaped and scarred by the misfortunes of their family upbringing.Instead this show gave us romantic plots that weren't necessary or interesting. Characters were shallow and never fleshed out beyond Hye-Jeong's character - who was a figure you could easily empathise with, portrayed very well by Park Shin-hye. She was a typical character of rough, hardened exterior barely concealing a broken and lonely soul too afraid of hope and happiness. Where the scenes centred on her and her trauma, the show was good. The problem was when it gave her a love triangle that was shallow and forced. At no point did I enjoy this. I despised Kim Rae-won's character, for how unethically he behaved as a teacher when he couldn't see the problems of his closeness to Hye-Jeong. I didn't like how he pursued her and I wasn't at all interested in his backstory.
The most interesting character besides Hye-Jeong was Jin Seo-Woo, portrayed by Lee Sung-Kyung. Her story arc of rich girl tormented by the burden of expectation and fear of failure was interesting and the show would have benefitted from dedicating more scenes to showing that there was more to her than just this resentful energy - the problem was that in not doing this, in making her jealousy towards Hye-Jeong seem so petty, vindictive and cruel, it made her fundamentally a very unlikeable character who you couldn't sympathise for even during her more distressed, human moments.
The show did not deliver, something i could tell would be the case just halfway into it. That says everything.
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This drama makes me laugh, cry and learn more about life. The villains here are not so evil (in my point of view). The politics are not too much, the romance is also a good pace for me (not so cheesy and cringey) and there's comedy from time to time. I also like the side characters especially those intern doctors. They are so adorable.
Overall, this is a good drama for me and I might watch again if I miss it. Maybe I'm biased because I already liked the lead characters from their previous dramas.
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i hate the side trope
i love the cast (but not all of them) but the story was alright past hoodlum turns magnificent neurosurgeon, naturally smart without even trying attractive and all that.. What i hate is that her "Teacher" fell inlove with her when she was still 18 what the actual fuck??? it really doesn't sit right with me even if they didn't have a relationship when she was 18 but when they met again he hit her up saying He liked him all along WHAT??? pedophile character i hate it so much its not cute i actually liked the second lead better since they're close in age and He didn't "wait" for him to mature ugh! But i like the medical part and the way they operate i just hate the student-teacher trope yuckWas this review helpful to you?
I also liked the life stories of their patients. The only thing that I hated in this drama is that there is a lack of kissing scenes :/
If there’s one thing that Doctors have taught me, it’s that medical dramas are really my thing. Sometimes I wanted to be Hye Jung because she is a strong, interesting heroine...
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Anyways, I loved the medical side of the show being in a hospital and I liked the overall execution of the plot. Only thing that was kinda weird - everyone had tumors, which made for a clean ending, but not very realistic to the proportions and ratios of real-life tumors (coming from someone whose worked in a hospital). Though, this aspect didn't take away from the show at all, so I didn't mind, it was just something I noticed.
Please give Doctors and chance and don't let negative bashers deter you from a great drama about romance, medicine, and true love!
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Wholesome and Heartwarming Romance
I'm actually quite surprised this drama doesn't have an overall higher rating on MDL. I think it should average at about 8.2 AT LEAST.What really turned me away from kdramas for a while was how I just was not coming across true love stories that were just pure and actually full of love. This is probably the only one I've watched, that I can think of, with such a beautiful and strong bond between the main leads. This is the kind of love that does not leave you questioning at the end. There is no doubt in my mind how much they actually love each other.
The two leads were MADE for each other. MADE, I'm telling you. None of that misunderstanding nonsense that drags on for episodes. These characters get to the point and actually communicate and it is so gosh darn refreshing to watch! The acting is superb as well, and I'm genuinely so impressed by the leads. Kim Rae Won played the gentle and charismatic male lead so freaking well, as did Park Shin Hye. They were so convincing on screen and the chemistry was so incredibly cute! There are many touching moments between the two, and cheesy ones, but everything just makes sense. I can't even nitpick anything about their relationship. I really can't!
This really is a drama that's slice-of-life, like Hospital Playlist. Honestly, if I'd watched this earlier when it'd first aired, I'd probably be thinking that Doctors walked so HP could run lol. The script for this drama actually impressed me in a couple of episodes (like I had to PAUSE the video and sit and think about how great the script was) and I had to admit that it was genuinely good writing. Being a medical drama, there are also many heartwarming scenes of patients and interactions with their doctors. I guess the only thing I can nitpick about this is how choppy some of the appearances of these patients are. What happened to the Congressman? I wish they could've stuck to the traditional, let's wrap up minor patient stories within the episode, or two episodes. Sometimes they introduce patients at the end of an episode and don't bring them up again for a while and then you're just left wondering what the hell happened in the middle. Or some longer term patients just pop up randomly for a few minutes an episode, or even not appear at all, so it's a game of Guess Who sometimes.
Patients are so important to this story though, and the integration of these real people with mundane lives (like those of us who are watching the drama), brought a smile to my face. This drama doesn't shy away from hard hitting topics like orphans, abandonment, trust issues, suicide, depression, etc. There's a lot in the 20 episodes. And it's all painfully realistic. We don't even have a clear cut villain. We really just have a more-or-less regular guy who seems to be evil because he fucks up something related to our main leads. It's just like real life.
If you're gonna watch this though, watch it for the love story. It's so fucking beautiful because it's so REAL. There's something fairytale about it, but a lot of it is what adults actually go through with the person they love. It's about sacrifice, communication, and commitment. Beautifully done. Excellently cast. I wish I had watched this one sooner. (Kim Rae Won really has a chokehold on me!)
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Just don't really like this drama
LIKEFrom start till when Ji Hong and Hye Jung met again
That scene Hye Jung was with Boss
DISLIKE
Somewhere something went wrong probably I don't have frequency and I got bored
There was no chemistry between both main leads
MUSIC
Not to my liking
REWATCH VALUE
Nope
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A solid story-telling by a strong cast...
Unlike most K-dramas Doctors isn't melodramatic which is a plus. Instead the story-telling is solid with few surprises and twists and the medical stories in each episode helps to drive the story.The cast - lead and support - is generally good. Having said this, on a number of occasions Kim Rae Won seemed a bit self-aware as Professor Hong Ji Hong with too many dramatic pauses as if he's waiting for an applause - perhaps he was following the director's direction. The casting of Park Shin Hye as Dr Yoo Hye Jung was good although she wasn't totally convincing as an eighteen year-old even though she was only twenty-five at the time of filming; Moon Ji In (Soon Hee), Lee Sung Kyung (Seo Woo) and Kim Ji Soo (Kim Soo Chul) did better jobs.
I liked the character played by Yoon Kyun Sang (Dr Jung Yoon Do) and rooted for him even though it was clear from the start that he wasn't going to get the girl. I also liked the residents especially Dr Choi Kang Soo (Kim Min Seok) but found Kim Kang Hyun's character Dr Kang Kyung Joon and all the shouting and hitting a bit annoying after a while; luckily he eventually redeemed himself.
The surgery scenes were very impressive and OST didn't intrude. One thing that puzzles me is why K-dramas insist on having the young MLs, in this case Yoon Kyun Sang, made up as pale as the FLs when this is totally unnecessary. I'm not sure there's enough story for a high score on rewatch value.
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