Well I have to say, this is a perfect example of drama that is so full of cliches but still you can't seem to hate. I think the only big cliche missing here is the "out-of-town trip" haha. I was surprised by how many cliches they were able to include in this drama considering that it was only a 15-min drama with 20 eps.

Not really a fan of their overall acting style here, it seemed very stiff it was like they were really following the "acting coach/coordinator" step by step it made me cringe (Yes, especially you Sung Hoon haha). However, don't get me wrong when I say I love the casting. Can't imagine any other actors as the main leads. Because even though the acting was off it still did not made me want to drop it.

I'm a big sucker for these types of cliches, I love Sung Hoon, I like Jaekyung so I'm not sure if I'm just being bias here but what the heck, I liked it still.

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In my personal opinion, Doctor Stranger is nothing but an overrated drama. Yes, it does have a great main story but anything else other than that was a "filler". It had lots of potential. It had great actors. But I think they wasted the opportunity.

The drama was off to a good start. It was strong enough to make me watch the next episodes. But when the scenes in South Korea came, the story was starting to slowly depreciate. They started a"competition" to know who will operate on the Prime Minister (later on it was revealed to be the President) but they never performed the heart operation in the end.

I think they the character of Park Hae Jin deserved more. The way he found out who Park Hun really was and the way he revealed his true identity was anti climactic. I think the writers and the director could've gotten more out of his character.

For Lee Jongsuk's character, His acting here wasn't superb but it was okay. I don;t know why but I just got a little annoyed to how careless his character was, he was just purely blinded by love. Yes, it was sweet at first but then it got annoying somewhere. Especially, when he just started shouting at everyone who doesn't agree with him.

However, I think the biggest blackhole of this drama was the female lead. Yes, Jin Seyeon. Throughout the drama, her eyes were literally dead. It was like she was just reading her script all the way. They could've replaced her with a robot and people wouldn't notice the difference. Her character was suppose to be the strongest out of them all, heck she was the one who was conceptualizing the plan and manipulating the people to help execute her plans but all of those were wasted. I wished her acting was more dynamic. I think is also the first time I have wished that the male lead end up with the second female lead. They have better chemistry and they were just more fun to watch.

Lastly, one character in which they could've used better was the chief body guard. Except for Park Hun giving him a lollipop when he was young we don't know anything else on why he's helping Park Hun. It can't merely be a "soft spot", what he did was too big for a mere soft spot for Hun. Wished they could've given him a better backstory.

One thing, I did enjoy here is that even though the head of the hospital doesn't like Park Hun, he never tried to kill any patient for his advantage. He was letting his doctors do their job and just hope for his preferred outcome to happen. He never did outright try to kill anyone just like in other medical dramas.

All in all, I really think this was overrated. Will I watch it again? No. Will I recommend it to anyone? Not really.

PS: We never really did figure out what happened to Mr. Lim? He just vanished with Cha Sujin.

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Meh

I actually expected a lot for this drama. Maybe because its main leads were so promising? IDK but I did and maybe it was my own fault why I was disappointed in it. I tried to give it a chance. A lot of it actually. But I just ended up fast forwarding so much.

The beginning and the end was actually bearable. It was kind of cute in its own special way. It was the middle part that made it feel so dragging. I found all the characters here weak, only one who really stood out was Saet Byul. I think she's the only strong character here with a really good foundation. Everyone else was meh.

The ML was so confused in what he wants that I actually prefer Saet Byul together with her puppy. They look so good together. (Really hoping they get cast in a romcom together). There were a lot of plot holes, the acting sometimes got a bit too much comical, things just got a bit too absurd at times.

Anyway, still good job to the team. Looking forward to everyone's next projects. I hope its a lot better than this one.

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After consecutively watching a lot of dramas with heavy emotions and complicated plots, I find this drama very refreshing.

The plot was interesting enough to get you hooked but was not too complicated to make your brain hurt from thinking. I also love how there's no really a "bad guy/villain" here just unfortunate incidents that can happen to anyone.

I really really love the casting of this drama. They all had perfect chemistry with each other, not just the leads. I also love the setting (Seori's House) it's really nice even their office is nice. Love the OST as well!

The only thing why I'm not giving this a perfect score is because of the Aunt of Seori. I just don't understand it completely why she kept the money from selling the house at the bank. Did she know that Seori will wake up again? Because if I were her, I would just use that money to pay for the hospital bills of Seori. She knew Seori didn't have anyone else besides her and her husband. Assuming nobody did pay for her bills throughout the years, do you think Seori would have lived? If she died, who will now use the money instead? I mean this is just me thinking out loud but that's the only think that really bothered me.

Overall, this drama was really interesting and fun to watch! Hope to see everybody in a new drama!

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