finished! haha.

i skipped parts and fast forwarded from second half onwards to see how they'll end up because i got impatient, LOL. will rewatch definitely. and i am pleased at multiple comments i am reading about people coming back to rewatch this drama for the 3rd or 4th time. what a hidden gem!

first of all, this drama truly exceeded my expectations in many ways. i usually don't watch medical genres but i do look them up if my fave actors are on it, like Doctor Stranger that i watched for LJS and PHJ. to add to that i also usually avoid rom-com. i generally want more depths in my dramas but rom-coms are usually too lighthearted and cheesy for my liking.

and i am so pleased at how well written this drama is because of the way these two genres are combined together, which makes it so warm and wholesome!

i feel like the love triangle is so fckin brilliantly written. at the end of it, Chief Gook still confessed to Jin Hee about his real feeling coolly, and that took the burden off his chest. and also when Jin Hee made his heart flutter, it made him realise that he was capable of dreaming of going to the next stages with someone (a person who is previously incapable or afraid of commitment). in a way, the writer is telling us that there could be a different version of love triangle trope where the FL is very much there as a stepping stone for the SML to heal from his childhood wounds and accept love from another person, in this case Prof. Shim when she one day returns from the US again.

ouh i remember this love triangle trope in Boys Over Flowers. the SML liked the FL so much but he can only suppress his feelings, and then finally the FL helped him heal his ailing heart by meddling and fixing his broken relationship with his grandpa. goshh, it's so beautiful.

please tell me other kdramas that end their SML love triangle story like this, i'd really love to see it. this is how you mend viewer's heart after making them invest on the SML characters, writer-nim!

one thing i didn't like though was around ep. 15-ish when i was still confused about Jin Hee's real feelings, and it seemed like she was leaving the two men who were showing interest in her, hanging on a thread. like the episode when she visited Chief Gook on her own at his place (after he was put on a probation for punching the jerkass professor), and then she spent the whole day there until night as if they were on a date. but at that time she already told Chang Min earlier that she wanted to start again, LOL. i just feel like that scene wasn't timed correctly in the show, and it made me look at her unfavourably until now.

also, the elaborate episodes leading to Chang Min father's death and therefore two important things that happened:

1. Jin Hee finally realising and acting on her real feelings towards Chang Min
2. reconciliation of his mother's character

i find it so beautifully done. and the way he was hurting from his loss, but at the same time when Jin Hee returns his kindness and wanted to care for him, and then he refused because he didn't want her pity, wow. i can respect that male pride LOL. i find that so sexc and hot, LMAO.

other than that, i wished that they have given us more in-depth flashbacks of what happened during their short marriage. how they fought, and what really led to the ultimate breakdown of their marriage because some things seemed to have been left unexplained. also a bigger flashback about how she struggled so much to rebuild her life after the divorce and pass medical school would have been so impressive and made more impact in relating to her story.

also, i am kinda disappointed to say this but i thought this drama supposedly has some hot kiss scenes LOL. b*tch, where?! they were all pretty average to me, LMAO.

this drama definitely had the richness to have had it kept going for around 3-4 more episodes, like BoF, i really wished it did, and gave more room for the FL character to shine more. then we could see fast forward of Chief Gook and Prof. Shim several years into the future, also Chang Min and Jin Hee finishing their internship into residency and then remarrying after dating for several years (since they were gonna take it slow this time and focus on their career first).

THAT, really would have been the perfect drama for me!