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Doctor John korean drama review
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Doctor John
3 people found this review helpful
by Sirenas
Dec 4, 2021
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
Unfortunately even with Ji Sung's usual on-screen charm, the series itself was just okay. The underlying focus revolves around a complex and heavily debated topic that impacts all of us and that aspect is appreciated. However, I wish they either focused more on cases within the prison, at the hospital, or just in general.

The initial few episodes started off great but unfortunately it didn't keep the same pace due to it leaning much too heavy towards romance. It didn't help that the two mains had zero chemistry with one another and her character felt more like an obsessed fan, rather than an effective partner. The supporting cast had much more character development than the female lead. She was consistently clingy and didn't seem to be a very competent doctor despite the excess praises she received. Overall, I managed to finish the series by skipping through large chunks of the scenes where the two leads were alone and being awkwardly sappy. This one had potential, but for an hour long episode with 16 episodes, they could have used that time to dive much more into the lives of the rest of the team or included more cases to add more substance. Even excluding the romance aspect, it felt like the plot was put together with pieces that don't quite fit together.

Really surprised this series had such high ratings and I wonder if it's due to the fact that there are some pretty great cast members in it.
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