Doctors (2016)

Set in the past

I sincerely think the drama should have been set more in the past and her journey to being a doctor. The jump made from her teenage years and her being a doctor was a big gap to fill. It created a disconnection on my part. Plus their love story was really empty, not much to hold on to.

I do have to mention the number of empty in between plots. Especially that of the love triangle. What I find repulsive in dramas are love triangle but this wasn't worthy of one as it shouldn't have existed in the first place.

Most importantly, somehow, the ending was very unsatisfying.

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A great medical drama

I like doctor and hospital shows, so this one was perfect for me. It also had romance, which made it even better. As a bonus, Park Shin Hye was the female lead. She was excellent as usual. I watched this because I searched for dramas with strong female leads. This one had a strong female lead from start to finish. I’m glad I took the time to watch, and it kept me entertained for the entire series. The operating scenes were realistic, and there was enough drama and suspense to satisfy everybody.

If I were to find a fault, it would be the flow of the story. The focus was on the medical drama, sometimes leaving the romance and character development aside. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the medical stories. Some were suspenseful, and some were heart-wrenching. I think they followed Yoo Hye Jung’s life very well, which was the main focus of the entire drama. Again, Park Shin Hye played this part beautifully. She captures the screen with every move she makes.

The four residents were more like first-year med students. With a drama focused on brain surgery, you would think the residents would have a little more professionalism. I think this was supposed to be funny, but it didn’t come across very well. Punching, smacking on the head, and kicking the shins, isn’t funny. It was a weak attempt at humor.

Now let’s talk about romance. The storyline tried to force a love triangle with Yoo Hye Jung as the focal point. Unfortunately, they overplayed it so much I expected massive changes in the love interests. Jung Yoon Do knew her for just a short time. Hong Ji Hong had a history with her. It might have worked if it was an ex-boyfriend or something, but it just didn’t fit in this case. Yoon Kyun Sang didn’t seem to be the right fit in this drama for romance. As a doctor, he was great. Why push the love stuff on him? It was not romantic or funny, and it was awkward to the end. Do all writers think it’s required to have a love triangle?

Almost every episode interjected Yoon Do’s feelings about Hye Jung. As a result, it diminished the romantic relationship that was growing between Ji Hong and Hye Jung. I kept wondering why they kept focusing on Yoon Do’s feelings. After she rejected him several times, why didn’t they just let it go? On the other hand, it was nice to watch the relationship between Hye Jung and Ji Hong grow from start to finish. I didn’t see great chemistry between the two, but I did see love blossom into a sweet and romantic ending. There were four kisses which helped with the lack of chemistry.

This series gave me precisely what I was looking for, a strong female lead. Park Shin Hye was so good at displaying martial arts and the toughness of spirit. I would highly recommend this drama to everybody.

Subtitles: 7.5
There were numerous missing lines and some strange translations. Never using contractions in the entire drama was also cumbersome, but I’m getting used to seeing that in subtitles. Also, I’m getting used to common differences. Using “why?” in places that “what?” should be used or “get off the car” instead of “get out of the car.”

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The Story
I always like stories of underdogs who turned their life around. But Doctors is the story after our heroine turned her life around which made it less interesting than how I thought it would be. If I am to choose which part I liked the most, I'll divide Doctors into: the hospital politics, the romance, Hye-jung's past, and the other characters. Out of these, I'll select 'the other characters' as my favorite. I really don't care much about the hospital politics and I found Hye-jung's past frustrating. I like the romance, don't get me wrong, cause they really are cute at times, I like how they are supposed to be together to grow and enjoy life together. It's just that after a few episodes of getting together, I think it was way too much.

The Cast
This drama have its fair share of good actors and actresses. I love our heroine badass so when she started softening around the edges, I find myself liking her less or less (or is it just the story?). I like Lee Sung-kyung's character until everything got frustrating on her storyline. Lee Sung-kyung's character always end up being sympathetic but frustrating (I do hope to find her in something better). Kim Min-suk and Yoon Kyu-sang keeps me watching and the other side characters. It also helped that this drama invested in cameos. I could have stopped watching this until Nam Goong-min cameod.

Rewatch Value
I can't watch the last episodes without skipping on a LOT of scenes so...

Overall
I did enjoy Doctors for most of the beginning run. I just found it too long with not enough plot to cover. Funny how everything goes around like karma here. But, the last episodes are thoughtful and somehow lifted what I felt about this drama (though there really are a lot of rolling eyes that happened while I'm watching).

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Doctors starts out great with a somewhat interesting premise. Somewhere halfway through, the story pretty much stalls. You don't get a clear idea where it's going and revolves around. The drama would definitely have benefitted from better writing as they could get more out of the actors and their characters. If you are a Park Shin Hye or Kim Rae Won fan you will probably find it easier to endure. The drama has lots of heart fluttering moments between Hye Jung & Ji Hong that will leave you smiling from ear to ear. Not a fan of one of the main characters? Perhaps it's better to drop the serie. The lighthearted feel isn't enough to keep you watching. There are better ones out there as the drama doesn't have the plot to carry its characters.

The cast is great. With a line-up containing the likes of Park Shin Hye, Kim Rae Won, Yoon Gyun Sang, Lee Sung Kyung as main roles it's disappointing to see that the story clearly doesn't do anything for them. The supporter roles were filled in quite good as well, with Kim Min Suk, Moon Ji In & Yoon Da In just to name some. It's the first time I liked Park Shin Hye's character as she has been playing a lot of weak female lead roles. Nice to see her change it up for once. She acts out the more serious, responsible side of Hyejung in a good way. Combining her new bad ass image + her usual emotional acting, it makes a great mix. Kim Rae Won's character, Ji Hong is almost a full 360 degrees from his last role in 'Punch' where he played a cold prosecutor. This role suited him as he gives off that nice & caring personality. Great acting from Kim Rae Won. Yoon Gyun Sang's part could have been bigger. Stated as a main role, he wasn't that influential but he wasn't a support character either. Somewhere in between. Contrary to his character Moo Hyul in Six Flying Dragons, who has a clear identity, Yoon Do fades away as the story goes on. He captured his character (personality) very well which only makes it sad that he became a victim of bad writing. Good to see that Lee Sung Kyung is expanding her horizon by trying out different roles. This girl is making her way into drama's. Steady performance, just not really fond of her character. A nice addition with cameo appearances from Han Hye Jin, Namgoong Min, Lee Sang Yeob etc.

The background music is beautiful and fits in nicely with the drama. Urban Zakapa, Younha and more complete the OST with great songs.

Doctors has a good beginning but after that the story seems dragged as it doesn't seem to progress. It's very shallow but you might want to keep watching if you love the actors. The story isn't written well enough to know what it's about but it's bearable to some extent. The development of the "relation" between Hye Jung & Ji Hong, the lighthearted moments and the music are one of the few reasons which makes the drama worth watching.

On a side note: The styling of Hye Jung (Park Shin Hye) & Seo Woo (Lee Sung Kyung) was on point. Loved their outfits. They looked great.

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When I saw the trailer where Park Shin Hye plays a gangster doctor, I was ecstatic because it seemed like Park Shin Hye was finally breaking out of her "one personality" acting. However, that didn't last for long and she went back to her usual ways. It's not a bad thing, but being an avid drama watcher it gets pretty boring seeing the same "character". I really enjoyed the supporting cast and the side stories the most. It's probably the main reason why I didn't bail out. The development of the plot was extremely slow so that it can span out to 20 episodes, when the typical 16 would have suffice. Hence, there was a lot of filler episodes towards the middle of the drama. When dramas have so much potential and then it spirals down the drain. sigh. On the other hand, I am falling in love with Mr. "Husky" (Jung Yoon Do)! He is so cute.

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I think I am being too generous by giving it a 10 but I loved this so much. I feel like this is not for anyone and I go into that when i talk about those certain turn offs for some people when I get into this. One final thing before I get into the review this is the first time that a k drama has had a OST where i wanted the English translation.

Story: The story of doctors is central around lives of doctors and the heartaches of of being being a doctor. Though the story felt it didn't really progressed at all which if that a big turn off then this is not going to enjoy this. I will say you mainly watch this for the romance which is like I feel that was the main reason you watch this drama.

Acting/Cast: When I was looking at preview and looking at the comments on the page of this drama I saw that this was a different role for Park Shin Hye with her always playing the innocent type of girl. Hye jung is nothing like that which I think she did well this was my first drama of hers I watched and i love to see more. Kim Rae Woon was great, this was not my first drama of his I sawed him in Punch and he was great in it.

Music: the Music was so perfect No way by Park Yong In & Kwon Soon il is the first song of a k drama I have ever wanted to look up the translated in English (which I never do but it was awesome). The second song It love was OK it was not anything special to me but i liked listening to it.

Overall/ Re Watch value: I definitely re watch this drama in a couple years once I feel it the right time.

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I like how realistic this drama is. Very heartwarming drama about real situation in life, how to cope with sadness, anger, love, forgiveness. It contains life lesson. Beautiful story, love it so much! I can learn a lot while watching this drama. Sometimes people also have this kind of problems in life too and the pain is real. Life might not always be fair and we need to cope and face the situation ourselves. However, present and future are more important than our past, especially our loved ones who always support us, let's just focus on that :) coz we don't even have enough time in our life to hate, it's better to spend our time to love.

However, for some people they might find it boring hahaha. it does not have suspense at all that makes u super curious. For me, i don't really wait for the next episode nor i need to binge watch it, coz yes, it has slow plot, coz it's a drama that is about everyday life. So i just enjoy it every now and then until i finish it. but it's a wonderful ride.

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Started out really great then a couple episodes in the middle got slow then they picked up. I wasn't realky a fan of Psh coz shes always annoying but the last couple dramas starting with heirs then pinocchio she did great and shes maturing in her acting too. The fight scenes in the beginning were awsome and there was no more. The show is mature meaning no crazy kids yelling and screaming it was serious too coz its medical.Dr hong is a hottie and he did great in his acting too. I think they should date. Yoon doo was great too i will miss him both in this and descendants of the sun.

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Ultimate drama...the story is not only love story like others.This is the first medical drama I've watched & I'm really satisfied with it. Plot is great and the way they balanced personal & professional life of character is awesome. From starting to end story was progressed. Park shin hye's character is literally awesome . She is the main character and I just love her character. Kim Rae won was a mindblowing teacher & doctor of course. His character is also strong. I Love the lead couple. And supporting cast is amazing.
They will make you cry and laugh and you will fall in love with each character. Music is totally mesmerizing. Background score is suitable in every situation. The song No-way is so good. This k-drama was not all lovey dovey. But with a strong plot and good characters. It would be great if the length was short. If you want to watch a medical kdrama i 100% recommend it. ????????❤️

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