Dr. Romantic Season 2 (2020)

Not quite my cup of tea

There’s nothing inherently bad with this drama that I can point out to be quite honest, I think somewhere along the way it just stopped being my cup of tea. I never enjoyed office/corporate politics and it was rare that I ever got into them, and Dr. Romantic 2 was full of office politics. Naturally, I ended up watching this drama at 2 times speed for the second half and I have to say the season finale was quite heartwarming and I do love all the characters. I think there’s just something about the pacing or directing or the office politics storyline that didn’t quite click with me and that is a-o-kay. I can absolutely see how this can be someone’s favorite, it’s just not mine!

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My lifetime drama

You don't know how many times I've rewatched this drama. I LOOOOVE IT SO MUCH!

Looking at the reviews from others are quite diverse. Some are loving the first season, the others love the second season. These kinds of different opinions indicate that this series did it right. I think it depends on each preference and that's totally okay. I loved the second season more.

The reasons why I loved the second season sooo much, even declaring it as my lifetime drama are because of these reasons:
1. It's really beautifully written. The story flows really well. Every episode leaves you on the edge of your seat. Nobody is perfect (except Kim Sabu ofc). They have their own struggles like everyone else in real life and the character development makes us rooted for them. I bawled my eyes out for some episodes and I'm someone who rarely cries while watching a drama. It's very inspiring and makes me look back on how I am as a person. I want my own Kim Sabu too...
2. It focuses more on the hospital and medical aspects than the romance part. Many medical dramas are just romance drama with a hospital as a background or doctor as an occupation. I found the first season focus on romance more too. Here, they prioritize their job as a doctor first, to save life first. But they also showcased how doctors are human too. The cases are very very interesting. I even rewatched the surgery scenes only just because I admire them sooo much.
3. The acting. Gosh. At first, I found Cha Eunjae character annoying and started to doubt Lee Sungkyung acting. But as the episode goes, she got better. I understand her better. I sympathized with her character. I think it's a success for Lee Sungkyung. No words are needed for Han Suk-kyu, he deserves all daesangs in the world. Ahn Hyoseop, God... How come he's very good at acting yet SO HANDSOME?!?! In fact, I became his fan and watched almost all his filmography after watching this drama. And other casts too. I really could believe that they are real people, not an actor. They did such a fantastic job.
4. THE CHEMISTRY! I loveee all the Doldam Squad. They are really like a family. I also love how the mentor relationship between Kim Sabu-Woojin and Kim Sabu-Eunjae unfolds. I think their chemistry is better than S1. Well again, Kim Sabu became much softer in S2. And for Woojin-Eunjae, wow. How come they have such overflowing chemistry by only exchanging gaze??? They speak with their eyes... They have a very minimal romance scene, but it's very beautiful. The best slow-burn romance story for me. It's frustrating but understandable? Like I totally understand why Woojin hesitates a lot and Eunjae needs time. Anyway, it's really rare even in real life to fall in love quickly with someone right?
5. The cinematography and the OST are gorgeous. I could feel that the director, writer, and production team really love and have pride in their works. I applaud them soo much for making such a difficult work beautifully. Excellently executed.
6. I am obsessed with their epilogue with the college story of Woojin-Eunjae. I really wished they made a prequel or special episode for their college days only :((

I dislike any slander for my lifetime drama. But again, everyone has their own opinion. Hope you give it a try, and I hope you like it as much as I do.

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Round 2

Edit: April 19, 2023

Rewatching Dr. Romantic Kim 2 again just after hearing the release of season 3 makes me so happy.

Anyhow, this show is still my favourite medical drama of all time!!!

May 4, 2020

I LOVE DOCTOR ROMANTIC KIM 2, I love the slow burn development of Eun Jae and Woo Jin. It literally took them 16 episodes to be official again. As much, I love them I also love Nurse Park and Dr Yun. These two are such a good second lead couple. Dr. Yun has such a sweet sunshine character and Nurse Park, I want to know more about his past since I didn’t watch season 1. So this makes me want to watch season 1 now. As for Master Kim, I hope that he finds his love and Dr. Bae too. Moreover, I really love this series. I wish Dr. Shim had more screen time since her character development is great.

FURTHERMORE, I FEEL LIKE THERE WILL A SEASON 3 SINCE THERES THE ODD BALL PROJECT THAT MASTER KIM IS PLANNING. I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT HELLO!!! PLEASE GIVE US A SEASON 3. I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO WATCH IT. GIVR IT TO US PLEASE!!!

Also, CAN PEOPLE STOP COMPARING SEASON 1 TO SEASON 2. THEY BOTH ARE GREAT AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT COMPARED SINCE THEY HAVE THEIR OW STORYLINE WITH GREAT CHARACTERS!

Lastly, I LOVE THIS SERIES, one of my favourite kdrama for this year!!

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DR. ROMANTIC 2, EQUALLY AS GOOD AS SEASON 1, DR. ROMANTIC! DO NOT MISS THIS!

I watched Dr. Romantic 2 almost immediately after the first season and found it as entertaining and as captivating. Teacher Kim (Han Seok Kyu) continues with his mentoring of a new set of doctors whom he hires from a top medical hospital in Seoul. His first set of mentees Dr. Yoon went to continue her studies in USA, Dr. Kang volunteered to work on an Island hospital and Dr. Do returned to Geosan Hospital in Seoul.

As the countryside Doldam Hospital is not exactly on the top of first year medical doctors list to apply, Teacher Kim managed to scout three doctors, one eager to learn from him and two who have personal issues to deal with. Not only does Teacher Kim have to deal with these doctors, but he also continue to face the Dr. Do Yoon Wan (Geosan Hospital Director) who is determined to destroy him and his career. Every episode is so fast paced and good to watch. The new couple of Dr. Seo (Ahn Hyo Seop) and Dr. Cha (Lee Sung Kyung) subtle love story is also well placed in this season. Dr. Do Im Bum's (Yang Se Jong) guest appearances on Episodes 10, 14 and 15 added a lot of fondness, respect and nostalgia between his relationship with Teacher Kim which is settling to watch. It truly connected the first and second season beautifully.

I must say that the Dr. Romantic series has gone way beyond my expectation of a medical drama. Not only was it a good watch for me in Season 1, but to also enjoy Season 2 is truly a first for me.

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Better than the first season..

When I managed to finish season 1, despite all faults, I got attached with Doldam Hospital and it's medical staff.

Then I was curious with the young female doctor who faints or fall asleep everytime she had to go to the O.R. I thought it was absurd really, a surgeon who had panic attacks at the surgery room..

I still think, Doctor John is way better than this one. But I think this is better than the first season. It's just that its too tiresome to have the same antagonist all throughout these two seasons.

I think this is more emotionally charged than the first season. Would I rewatch it? Maybe not. But I don't regret watching it either.

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A breath of fresh air

wow, I can't believe that 16 one-hour episodes are gone like this. Why could we not have 20 more? I currently feel empty (maybe it's because of the number of times I've cried).
I have to say I was very reluctant going into this show. I've never been one to enjoy medical drama and frankly am usually disgusted when operation scenes show up on my screen. I think this show cured me. It is also bizarre that I went into the second season before the first one but I wanted to watch this one because of the main lead. And then I stayed for basically the whole cast. I don't think there was someone misplaced in this show. Every crew member worked to give us this beautiful show.
I understand that this might not be better than the first season (from what I've seen in the comments) but I've laughed, cried, smiled, was sad and got also angry. I think for me this is what makes a good show. If you can evoke those emotions from your listeners, then you've done your job.
Story: There's quite a lot of show that uses the "ML from big city moves to small city", so I don't think it was anything new but I'm also not someone stops watching a show if a plot point has been used before. If the writers and directors are able to use this storyline well, then I'm happy to watch. We get to see a lot of real people dealing with real struggles. I also really like seeing the character's arc throughout the show. Some of them were redeemable and some I just wanted to through in the trash (I'm looking at you Dr. Yang Ho Joon). I usually like to have a strong female representation, but I think showing how the FL got from being week and unable to do her job and getting to where she was at the end was much more realistic in this situation.
Cast: I don't have anything to say on this part. I think everyone did an amazing job. I seriously felt like I was a fly on the wall and was experiencing their lives with them. I do hope that if there's a season 3, that I get to see them again.
Music: I don't know if it's just me but I usually don't pay too much attention to the music when I'm watching a show. Usually, if I'm noticing the music it could either mean that the song choice was so poorly chosen or that I really like the song. I think for this show there was one time that I noticed the song and I like it, so I would say that's a good job on their part.
Rewatch Value: ABSOLUTELY!
Overall: I'm not good at reviews. But if someone stumbles on this one and is looking for their next drama to watch, please pick it up. I'm actually going to pick the first season soon as I want to get the full context.

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Its good in my opinion

I'd like to start by mentioning that I haven't seen the first season of this show. I decided to watch this season primarily because of Lee Sung Kyung, whom I'm a big fan of. However, I ended up enjoying the performances of other actors as well, particularly Dr. Kim. I plan to watch the first season to gain a better understanding of his character.

Initially, I expected the show to be focused on romance (I'm a hopeless romantic), but it turned out to be filled with a lot of drama. Perhaps I'm not used to this type of drama, either way I found the story to be good. Since I haven't watched the first season, I can't compare it to anything.

I was really impressed with Ahn Hyo Seop's acting. It felt like he fully embraced and enjoyed playing his character. Previously, I didn't consider him a strong actor, but he proved me wrong. Everyone's acting was amazing – they embodied their characters really well.

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Same as Dr. Romantic

Two three things were different from first season . Firstly to make mother happy ,to make her satisfy Lee Sung Kyung's character suffers a lot . She even told her mother that she was doing too much ,she never asked her that what she like or what she doesn't like . What things make her happy . So I am happy with her decision that she started listening her inner voice.
My favourite character is So Ju Yeon's character . Happy face . I enjoyed watching her acting and her pairing with Kim Min Jae .
About story same as Dr. Romantic same type of hurdles with new characters and their mini story .
Acting were good.
Not a boring one.

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Finding your own answer as a doctor

This is a sequel of Dr. Romantic. One doesn't have to watch Dr. Romantic to follow and like this series, though it would certainly help. Teacher Kim and most of the supporting cast came back to reprise their roles. The newly added ones are our newly identified mentees of Teacher Kim in this season, Dr. Seo (portrayed by Ahn Hyo Seop) and Dr. Cha (portrayed by Lee Sung Kyung) as well as a hospital director Dr. Park.

Perhaps because of my bias towards both main actor and actress, I am more invested in this season's story than Dr. Romantic 1. Dr. Seo is a talented general surgeon who is strapped for money. Dr. Cha is a hardworking cardiothoracic surgery whose only, but vital, struggle is getting pass her panic disorder at the operating theatre. Both of them are transferred from the HQ to Doldam Hospital due to respective circumstances (as well as the influence of Teacher Kim), and thus began the journey of these 2 doctors on understanding what "Romantic" at Doldam means.

What I like better than its first counterpart is the chemistry and romance development of the main couple doctors, Dr. Seo and Dr. Cha. Both of them have been rivals since school days - Dr. Seo has always liked Dr. Cha all this while, but respectful and patient with the boundary set by Dr. Cha. He takes care of her in his own subtle way, while she stands up for him when no one will. I like this kind of comradery couple.

Another character introduced in the story is Dr. Park, who became the director of Doldam Hospital. He had a slightly obsessed, one-sided rivalry with Teacher Kim that I could not completely relate to, but his character arc and development is still enjoyable to watch. It depicts the story of someone who is held prison by his own mind, and the moment of seeing him freeing himself from it makes me cheer for Dr. Park.

The one key thing that will always be the highlight and strength of this show is the patient's stories. As the complex backstory of Teacher Kim was mostly fleshed out in Dr. Romantic 1, I feel that this sequel is able to focus more on the patient's case and narrative arc.

With these, I really enjoyed Dr. Romantic 2 and hope that if they do another sequel, Dr. Seo and Dr. Cha would both be back, pretty please?

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