When faced with the actual face of his first and only love, poor Hoon seems to be no exception to the adage that love makes fools of us all, since hes only capable of stitching up just about everything but his own broken heart. xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page Then of course his magical lurve will unlock the amnesia part of her noggin, then there will be tears, and noble idiocy and angst and possible more "death". He tears through the house looking for her, and ends up opening the door to the bathroom. I was very confused on the shipping side of things. JSY is too young, barely gets out of teenage, to have the experience needed for the complex character. I mean, his girlfriend's mother just died and he's going to walk away from her just because some other guy was closer by virtue of actually having been involved? Thus while I can see this drama worming itself happily in all sort of plot holes, but I don't think it will give us what we want in term of Hoon and Soo-Hyun kisses. ok, but there's still this: how did Hoon even get from Budapest to South Korea, then, after the dropping-Jae-hee-off-the-bridge thing? All the things around Jae-hee are just impossibility. I'd pretty much want him to be left alone, to move on from his first love. Soo-hyun tells her father that shes staying at Moms house tonightwhich isnt untrue, since Seung-hees house is Moms house. She can't be just the love interest, there has to be more going on with her or the whole plot doesn't work. the reason why a lot of people feel more for soohyun/hoon is because we see them interacting; we see their characters changing because of each other. well, no i dont need that. Ha. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; JaeHee/SeungHee is especially a very difficult role to play - the character is equally complicated and goes through a lot as much as the titular Dr Hoon - definitely not a role suitable for a novice. I want to watch the tension between PH and JJ, not over Soohyun, but over what being a doctor means to both of them. They both really do fit together and Jae Joon really likes her. I already wish this show will defy convention and make Soo Hyun the lead lady. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [1] It aired on SBS from May 5 to July 8, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 KST (UTC+9) for 20 episodes. After that, Ill live as Song Jae-hee. Well damn, koala just made a clarion call over at koalasplayground (more than once actually) to leave all the worthwhile discussions within the drama recap thread rather than inundating it with actress bashing. And there Soo-hyun is, staring at the two of them like the crazy men they are. =/. Im betting Seung-hee is Jae-hee, since we know the stopped heart as death fakeout was already done so it's possible for a repeat. It is much more interesting. With supernatural power, no less. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm close. Doctor Moon wonders whether Seung-hee could be a North Korean spy, and asks Hoon if she had any other identifying markers. Of course, thats if the Seung-hee persona is a disguise. One, how did Hoon finally reach South Korea from Budapest? This video is currently unavailable. 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. With both SH and Hoon asking what Dr Moon is doing there. Why? to me, there's a difference between the two i'm not sure if it's the same for you). Image must be about this episode. Empress is a tech enthusiast who loves to read and write. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The head surgeon (currently the chairman) did not apologize at all. Why? No one gets a kidney transplant if they've got one good kidney left. Although, I have no idea what's north korea group plan for Hoon Gotta agree with everyone that KSR and LJS acting is tremendously top notch in every episode. Going back to Hoon and Jae Hee, I like for the fact that Hoon's love is more than just vanilla romance, that it has a dimension of dependency to it as well. I liked the is she Jae-Hee or is she Seung-Hee? debate I had throughout the show. Here, I am hoping for Soo Hyun & Hoon come true. Definitely would've drawn a tear or two from me. The show is forcing us to believe in the Hoon-Jaehee relationship but not showing us enough about WHY we should believe in it. (: Doctor Stranger Episode 17 The Shattering of Jae Hees Pretense. In terms of the two (2) kidneys, I believe they were referring to kidney transplant patient. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; 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. in fact, i didn't enjoy it because somehow it felt more unnatural. In order to ask Chairman Oh to give Hoon another chance, Prime Minister Jang manages to sneak away from the presidents spy during the aftermath of a breakfast hosted for family members separated by the 38th parallel. sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna, Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. And why in the preview did the how many kidneys thing come up yet again? Three, how did that North Korea military captain whatever guy survive? I guess we have a few more weeks of flat line deliveries to find this out. Chairman Oh reminisces about Soo-hyuns mother fondly, claiming that, despite everything, his feelings for her mother were genuine. Still, after Jin Soo shot Hoon and they fell I thought that easily the most moving moment of the show and genuinely felt it an apt place to leave their story in peace. Copyright TV Time. Hoon and Chang-yi ask Director Choi for some clarification, and we see in flashback how he was the contact in North Korea that made the deal to get Chang-yis mom out. Convince me. Our doctoring stranger is set adrift in a convoluted power play as the mystery aspect of this show starts taking precedent, which means an hour filled with spies, politicians, and surgeons (oh, my). 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. IHYV (2nd lead female turns good towards the end only). Lol! In my over a decade of watching Asian dramas, this is the very first bloody time that I love the 2nd female lead character (Oh Soo Hyun) and hate the first female lead (Jae Hee). I root for Soo Hyun like a lunatic that I want Jae Hee to disappear for good. Even if the writer/director's intention was to make it unclear whether Soohyun or Jae Hee is the real female lead, I felt like Jae Hee was never a viable heroine (not that I think Soohyun is either. I tried watchingI Can Hear Your Voicebecause I saw a blog post that said hes amazing in it. These days, people are so quick to jump the bandwagon of "first love trope is so overused, why can't he end up with the second lead? The plot holes were annoying as heck. She has no family so I don't see what possible hold that North Korea could have on her. That was what I thought too! Back to Soo Hyun, the pro camp kept repeating that the couple is very cute together. Interestingly, I initially thought that it was Soo Hyun who will end up being the outlier as she is stuck with the normal girl status (strange how being normal makes you the stranger in this show). I would definitely hate to see the OTPs romance being foiled by some arbitrary mission that may or may not be just another form of noble idiocy. I watched Doctor Stranger only because of Lee Jong-Suk. First loves seems to be a cure-all for all romantic inclinations. Nice to have some real expertise in that area. SeungHee was briefed about JH relationship with PH so she awares of that in orde to make her mission succeed, but since her mind is control, she can't remember anything about the past, so she just has the SeungHee's mind in JaeHee's body. That being said, if Director Choi turns out to be yet another bad guy in the next episode, just pretend like I never said anything. She was also really entertaining to watch while simultaneously being someone I related to. 9. . since this drama contains so many plot holes and impossible-things- could- happen in this drama, maybe,,, despite of a kiss with another man, Soo-hyun could end up with Hoon and Hoon and Soo-hyun can show more swoon worthy kisses. Practicing? Master's Sun. This is a place for discussions about your favorite Korean dramas (current and past), the actors and actresses, drama reviews, official soundtracks, news, award shows and more. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; Surely the people close to them would have been happy to know theyre alive and would have kept it a secret. FB.init({ That, or his superpower activated and he detected some sort of cardiac problem in SH necessitating a scan. I read similar opinions in the show's reviews. Doctor Stranger - Episode 1. I just watched this for LJS but this really sucked. In the thrilling conclusion to Doctor Stranger Park Hoon and Jae Hee make the . and even if she wasn't, i'll acknowledge the fact that she loves him, but i don't feel it. Many years later, Hoon makes it back home to Seoul and works with another doctor in their clinic. Cute. None of the doctors can figure out why Chang-yis mom keeps fading in and out of consciousness, and for once Hoon chooses to leave his Genius on the back burner so he can look just as confused as everyone else. the very least, Lee Jong Suk and Park Hae-jin were really good in this drama. But the plot is so frustrating I'm irritated. An excellent point! Rate. It was tragic, poignant, but in the spirit of the show. We never really got to know Jae-hee anyway, and Seung-hee is totally taking cold and calculating to another level, even playing with Chang-yi's mum's life just to do a mission for her country *sigh* Actors take breaks for a reason. But Prime Minister Jang is being closely watched by the presidents spies, and knows that arranging a covert meeting with Chairman Oh will be risky. Once I decided on something, another clue or fact would pop up and I was thrown into a loop again. Park Hae-jin as Han Jae-joon / Lee Sung-hoon Kim Ji-hoon as young Lee Sung-hoon You will receive a link to create a new password via email. A very simple but revealing clue: When Seung Hee was watching the video of Jae Hee, she was seen practicing pronouncing Hoon name with Jae Hee's tone of voice. I could feel their characters growing from those. The close contact unsettles her, and while Hoons eyes are closed she reaches out to brush her fingers against his cheek. My Girl. 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???? He also got shot and fell into the lake. Please Director-nim scold him Has anyone thought that maybe Jin Se Yeon's problem is burn out(extreme fatigue)? Taking your example of PH's parents having a bad relationship, it wasn't like the rest of the story was built on that. How on earth did he know to find Hoon here?! Arguably, she is one of the reasons that have kept Hoon in tact mentally and pushed him to keep going despite being imprisoned to NK's medical bootcamp from hell.