I dont know. Indeed, one of the many reasons to how Hoon became the person that he is now, is largely because of Jae Hee too. Had Soo Hyun & Jae Joon met up at the end and visited a memorial or raised a glass to the two of them it would've made for a much more powerful ending IMO. Right now, I don't want PH to end up with Soohyun, but neither do I want him to end up with Jaehee. Jae-joon was unaware that Chairman Oh changed his mind, and seems to switch gears from Jealous Boyfriend to Perfect Boyfriend as he asks Soo-hyun out for dinner. If Hoon is happy I'll be happy and if SH is happy and doesn't change ( by the stupid 2nd lead curse) I'll totally be enjoying this Kdrama !!! 3 Is Jae Hee Still Alive? But I do think it's probably about time for them to ease on the mystery a little. [ Download ]. Otherwise, just skip it. I did not see joy when she was supposedly happy and didnt see her upset when she was supposedly sad. They need PH in their big conspiracy, but for what? Three, how did that North Korea military captain whatever guy survive? :). In both characters that I mentioned above, you can definitely see them focused on whatever murderous intent that they are trying to convey. Reply to May too since the reply button is missing from her post. Since on the day they were leaving for N. Korea, both father and son left home at the same time. The actor also played it that he always had a playful and a bit tyrannical vibe with his much put upon secretary while his interaction with his female lead was a lot more layered. THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE TAGALOG DUBBED. Hoon wont listen when Soo-hyun says that Seung-hee is ignoring him because she doesnt know him, and asks Soo-hyun how she can believe that when she saw the video of Jae-hee. IHYV (2nd lead female turns good towards the end only). Rate. I want to argue that Kdramas have a problem moving on to second loves. JSY's issues start with the very basic like emoting. The two characters Jin Se Yeon plays have direct opposite atmospheres about them in the revealed pictures. She's just a doctor, not THE doctor stranger. i loved this episode every bit of it . the pace has slowed down way too much thats probably because i am more a movie person rather than series. i am not one of those who can take the anticipation thats probably the reason why i loved the first two episode where things happened quick and there were unexpected twist at every turn which only made it even more interesting for me and got me hooked on to the show permanently. from ep 5 on the show has ceratinly slowed down may be it is finally time to fit the zigsaw bit by bit. and while doing so the drama now has caught on to the romantic side of it by bring in jae hee completely into the picture which i am loving so so much.. i was afraid that we would barely get to see her but am grateful that it is doesn't happen to be so instead acc to the preview we will get to see more of hoon and jae hee which is super awesome dont' let me down show. But that is exactly the problem. Why's he in Myungwoo, you ask? Download the latest version. * jimmy smith walk on the wild side; January 27, 2022 To be fair for JSY and her character(s), Jae Hee is more of a plot device than a fully realized character, and Seung Hee gets held back a lot for the sake of being mysterious. The same way, I really do feel for PH/Dr. Take away the names and the different settings of each drama, I see the same person with the same limited expressions. I remember looking forward to each episode every week it came out. (S01E03) is the third episode of season one of "Doctor Stranger" released on Mon May 12, 2014. Chang-yi all but pouts when she hears this, wishing more than anything that Hoon would just forget about Jae-hee. Rate. - Didn't Choi advise Dr Moon (just after the committee had an uproar after finding out Hoon's from N Korea) that Hoon is valuable to the nasty Prime Minister? You deserve an extraordinary show to recap after putting up splendidly with all this crazy ones . I have a feeling that Jae-hee is truly dead and that they just transplanted her face into another north korean spy - aka Seung-hee. If Lee Jong-Suk wasnt the lead and someone else played Park Hoon, I dont think I would have liked the show as much. After that, Ill live as Song Jae-hee. Oh Soo-Hyun, on the other hand, was a really good lead. If she's Jae Hee, why would she needs to copy her own gestures? I don't really mind if Hoon ends up with either or neither. Lee Jong-Suk as Park Hoon was the highlight of the show. For once, I would really like to see a realistic kdrama where people actually move on from their first loves and form realistic relationships with people they have just met who they find they are compatible with. He took Park Hoon along because Hoons mother refused to care for him. Doctor Moon wonders whether Seung-hee could be a North Korean spy, and asks Hoon if she had any other identifying markers. Sometimes when leads don't have chemistry, it's fine because the storyline is engaging, but wow dr stranger had a frustrating storyline PLUS Park Hoon and Jae Hee had zero chem. Back to Soo Hyun, the pro camp kept repeating that the couple is very cute together. Taking your example of PH's parents having a bad relationship, it wasn't like the rest of the story was built on that. I will mention the details of the plot holes in a spoiler section below. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; Probably the most entertaining one of the bunch airing right now but I can't say I love it. Whether Hoon now has a definitive answer as to whether Seung-hee is Jae-hee is up for grabs, but for his sake and ours I hope that hes made a decision. Convince me. If shes Seung-Hee, how come she looksexactlylike Jae-Hee unless theyre longlost twins twins? And the thing is, I don't require details for everything. If she had amnesia (it has to be right after the bridge, isn't it? b). 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???? Doctor Stranger is a 65 minute mini-series-drama-action-romance starring Lee Jong-suk as Park Hoon, Kang So-ra as Oh Soo-Hyun and Park Hae-jin as Han Jae-Joon. And the former Secretary Kim continues to be adorable and funny and thankfully not-evil. Even I, a mere office worker go on auto pilot when I have worked for too long without a break and my job isn't as emotionally draining as theirs. Meanwhile, a stone-faced Seung-hee tells Agent Cha that the whole act was devised so that Hoon would believe that Jae-hee is alive. Usually dramas reserve the opposites attract, random fall-over skinship, and the walk-in-to-the-bathroom tropes for the lead couple. Song Jae Hee. Or does Lee Jong-seok count as excellent taste? what about her scene as Jae hee in Budabet at that bridge where she & park hoon were surrounded by men with guns wanted to kill them ? She tries very hard to be a good doctor even though she doesnt have the talent so that she can prove herself to her father, whos the chairman of the hospital. Song Jae-Hee, in the small amount of time we saw her, was shown as a vibrant girl and I liked her instantaneously. I did like the hug though, his hand was actually in her hair! definitely need more of it. . I think one big problem with the Hoon-Jae-Hee/ Seung-hee relationship is that we have not really see them interact. First 2 episodes basically focuses on the frantic pace of all that has happened. Soo-hyun claims shes jealous, and gets this faraway look in her eyes as she wonders how nice it must be for Jae-hee to have someone who cares about her so much. But then north korean superspy will become the radiographer and super swaps the resulting scan to leave Dr Park in the dark. i mean i get the amount of politics is very heavy in this drama which i also understand since it can be annoying. He is most likely the one who bring both Hoon & Jae Hee to Korea. The writers went through the effort of keeping Jin Soo alive for the final showdown with Hoon & Jae Hee only for it to essentially mean nothing. This woman says she does not know Park Hoon and acts quite cold towards him. 3. FB.init({ Hoon tries making her feel better by mentioning that she has Jae-joon (with a big nose, ha) to do the same for her. I'll look them over, thanks! I love how he calls Sohyun that and her just letting him do it. 2) Han Jae Joon and Oh Soo Hyun. Thanks for a lovely recap Head2no! Thats his aim. In terms of the two (2) kidneys, I believe they were referring to kidney transplant patient. This website is still under development. Definitely would've drawn a tear or two from me. Father and daughter share a moment as she sheds a few tears in his arms, and hes sweet enough to even wipe away her tears. Seo Ji Hee Song Jae Hee [Young] Guest Role Composer Kim Jang Woo Trending Articles Netflix shares their statement regarding the upcoming projects of Yoo Ah In in the platform News - Feb 24, 2023 Netflix finally gave a statement regarding the upcoming K-dramas and films of Yoo Ah In on their platform. Seung-hee better have a great reason, in my eyes she has loads of redemption to do. I'm not even bashing the actresses or anything. And when I said cute, I was referring to the PH/JH scenes. I know that its supposed to show Hoon as the only good doctor who cared about the patients and Jae-Joon as someone willing to do anything to climb ranks and destroy the hospital, but still. Therefore, JSY fails to deliver a complex role that can peak my interest. [4][5][6] According to the website DailyNK, which reports on North Korea-related issues, the drama was highly popular among North Korean youth who would obtain it illegally at the jangmadang (markets). Many Korean actors/actress do drama while having concerts and/or variety shows at the same time. With Hoon-Jae Hee, we see them going from being perfectly strangers to to sharing deeply hidden secrets/feelings. 1:20:30. Seung Hee is not like that, she's quiet, she's cold, she's non-chalant to the point that she's boring. i hope she doesnt lose that by becoming a biotch. Director Choi is confused by her condition, since he remembered her health to be fine when she came into the country. But she must have a reason to behave that way, did she turn her back to join force with the evil for revenge, is she trying desperately to protect Hoon in her way, either way I hope the writer will develop her story more in future eps. everyone is saying that JH taking the bullet for PH is enough evidence that she loves him, i'm having doubts about that though - if she was a spy right from the start? She has no family so I don't see what possible hold that North Korea could have on her. i know very few dramas where they move on from first loves (Twelve Men in a Year, I Need a Romance)and they weren't executed in the best way. When he is finally able to return to South Korea, he begins working at a hospital. And since theres a convenient shortage of anesthesiologists, Seung-hee steps up to the plate to help(?) (Ofc, Tae-oh is more of an exception since he plays as the primary villain as opposed to TOP's or SJR's side-character parts, therefore we get to see him grow and display more emotions too, which Seung Hee should be given the chance as well). 4. The close contact unsettles her, and while Hoons eyes are closed she reaches out to brush her fingers against his cheek. Seung-hee acts surprised to hear it, and expresses her desire to learn more about Hoons old flame while he continues to sleep it off. and yeah, all these people after hoon like wtfcalm the eff down. Practicing? I dropped it as soon as I reached the part where Park Hoon meets his old flame at the hospital like.. why? Have you seen it? Outside of her, Hoon have virtually nobody left to care for. I understand people shipping Hoon/Soo Hyun she's easy to like and the actors have some nice chemistry (I don't see it as romantic chemistry myself Hoon's way too wrapped up in JH to even notice other women) but as this was Seung Hee's introduction week I'm not quite ready to abandon the Show's OTP. This is the one drama I tell people NOT to watch if they're just starting out. He seems to also be orchestrating Hoon into the hospital for some other purpose. PM Jang might be an important person, but I dont think he has the same clout nor is he even remotely comparable to that of NKs great leader, that his death will ignite yet another upheaval of nuclear proportions. Hoon is sure that Seung-hee is Jae-hee, and seems lost in his own mind as he compliments her new hairstyle. Which in this case, from the horseshoe kidney imaging (or what we medically call it as Axial CT Scan since the picture has refreshing properties unlike X-Ray which is static), I can clearly see that there are two (2) kidneys on the right side from our angular view. When the show first started, I was going to be ambitious and keep a list, but after ep3 I simply gave up. And 'were just thrown a lot of facts about them and were supposed to just take it that theyre madly in love with each other, without really feeling it'. Park Hoon was able to flee to South Korea alone. It's not like the rest of the main cast have been stellar. to see him improve with each roll he takes on is so impressive). I couldnt decide if I wanted to give this -1 or -2 so I just went with -1.5. I think it was during that scene where Park Hoon gives cpr to a baby when I realized that the show was not going to improve. When Agent Cha asks why she didnt just kill Chang-yis mom, Seung-hee says its because her death wasnt what Prime Minister Jang wanted. When he comes to, Doctor Moon is there to take him to meet Chairman Oh. It ignited a passion for clinical medicine inside me and that's how I chose my major in college lol. That would be the most welcome surprise. I wonder if the PD likes to twist things around justfor the sake of it. Shes alive, damn it! He stumbles to his feet, and Soo-hyun has to grab him before he falls. Drunk hoon calls for jae hee because he's a bery love sick boi she's not a cat with nine lives, scriptwriter. Home> Doctor Stranger S1: E2 Park Hoon and Jae Hee Part Ways 2014 HD TagDub > Comments . It's a good thing there were Dr. Quack & Hoon cute scenes to give my little brain a break, and just when I started feeling torn between Jaejoon and Hoon (for Sohyun), he showed his greedy side and that stopped me from liking him too for Sohyun. It feels like a missing building block right now. 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. By doing that, the writer tries to build the suspension but instead, it goes backfire. Have fun, ya lucky Beanies. Agreed. Thats when Director Choi cuts in to say that it isnt trueJae-hee is alive, and he knows so from a reliable source. Hoon is definitely no angel, as he himself have done countless immoral practices of medicine, which arguably fast-tracked his growth and in part made him the genius doctor that he is now. // Load the SDK asynchronously Using Myung Woo University Hospital as the background, the drama portrays a story of love and competition with the characters standing in the center of a North Korean conspiracy to select the team members of the surgery team that will operate on the South Korean Prime Minister Jang Seok Joo (Cheon Ho Jin.). it's okay, I am not invested in her character at all either. i believe they're in a relationship, i just don't believe in their relationship. He tells her how much he misses her as he reaches out to hold her hand. For JH/PH, we were just told that they're in a relationship and that hoon is madly in love with JH. That, or his superpower activated and he detected some sort of cardiac problem in SH necessitating a scan. Say if a couple is married right from the beginning of the drama, are they supposed to convince you that the couple is indeed in love before moving on to other parts of the story? No one gets a kidney transplant if they've got one good kidney left. Searches were done to search his body pretty soon. We start off with Park Hoons dadPark Cheola brilliant heart surgeon, being called to North Korea. Not even a little bit. Jae Hees pretense has now been shattered. Oh, YEAH! Which episode would you say was the turning point for you? Actually, I just discovered that you can really hate a drama and still continue to watch it because you are quite interested on how all the craziness will end. Forget about lead roles in major dramas, she needs to take it slow and develop her skills. and even if she wasn't, i'll acknowledge the fact that she loves him, but i don't feel it. 3. PHJ's role is rather bland and he hasn't been exactly lighting up the screen like he did in Stars, but he not getting criticized much here in the comments. Jae-joon in surgery. Thats like drama speak of youre never getting with the male lead, girl! =/. Either way, Hoon just has to be himself and start taking decisive action about Seung-hee/Jae-hee/Whos-she one way or the other. also. He got his first break as a lead actor in Kim Ki Duk's movie 3-Iron which won awards both locally and internationally and as an effect opened more opportunities for Jae Hee in the entertainment industry. Nice to have some real expertise in that area. Because her character isn't expressive by design and it takes special talent to give the proper nuances to break that monotony. Required fields are marked *. ZaaZaaSierra. that scene when park hoon is beggin her her to remember him and how he is sorry that that he couldn't find her sooner how he goes on to explain that he did so much to look for her that scene is so heart breaking imagine you wait for some one you love so much and when you finally see them that person refuses to have ever known you let alone love you,,how much it would hurt and angry one would be. My take is Seung Hee is not Jae Hee. While Seung-hee sneaks something Kevorkian into Chang-yis moms IV, Agent Cha reports to Nightshade that Seung-hee was successful in the surgery. Soohyun is about my favourite character in this series. 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. For now she's probably the only one who really empathizes with PH, and I love that. Seduce her Hoon and open her skirt =). Its clear as blue sky now that Jae Hee has no intention in staying with Hoon after her mission. She said that she will be going back to Japan. Her coldness to Hoon in this episode mirrors her reactions in that flash back scene in episode 5 (Hoon chasing her inside the hospital while she intentionally avoided him). Her facial expressions in that scene showed contempt and disgust towards Park Hoon. I want SH and Hoon together so bad!!! Connect with Facebook additionally, soo-hyun better fits jae-joon. In reality, how many of us have looked back to past boyfriends or old flames and asked ourselves (What did I see in him/her at the time?).