The School Nurse Files (2020)

Quirky short 6 episode drama

Likes: Original story with quirky characters. The weirdness was refreshing. The acting was on point from the entire cast.

Dislikes: It may be a little "too" out there. I honestly don't really know what to make of this.

Strange, weird, quirky - definitely words that will come to mind when you watch this. I can't tell you how many times I'm like "What the...."? And yet I couldn't stop watching. The tone, acting, and editing were all done very well and in a way that captures your interest. I never had to skip anything. It was a nice break from the formulaic romcoms I usually watch.

Jung Yumi is fantastically weird as the high school nurse who can see monsters in the form of jellies and uses her trusty toy sword to go about protecting the students from harm. She really nailed this role. I've seen her previous works and I personally think she is one of the top actresses of Korea. I always believe whatever role she takes on.

Nam Joo Hyuk plays her counterpart, the crippled teacher with a special force field protecting him from the jellies. He also did a really great job acting because I only saw his character and not the celebrity NJH. He keeps getting better with more experience.

The students also did a great job acting. Why only 7 stars then? While the execution was done well, I couldn't help feeling like there was something missing....like maybe a point? I felt like there were too many questions left unanswered which I think is why so many people are like "what did i just watch?"

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This was wonderfully weird and eccentric. If this was ever adapted into a US series, I think David Lynch would be perfect for this. That's the kind of strange this was. I can't fully explain what these Jellies were, what was happening and who the characters truly are and yet I was enthralled. Perhaps some of the episodes were better than others but this was a well rounded series overall. Each episode showed up some new interesting character and side-story with the one connective tissue being Nurse Ahn Eun Young. Jung Yu Mi was excellent as this school nurse who sees ghosts and other creatures. Her eerie smile and quirky style was instantly endearing was allowed for a living embodiment of what the show is about. Her and Nam Joo Hyuk, who plays the straight forward Hong In Pyo, were great leads to take us through the six episodes. The side characters and little plots were fun as well. I can't speak more love for this show. Watch it.

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what happened ???

obviously this needed more than 6 episodes. the story was so amazing that even with the many question left unanswered and dropped plots I considered this 10/10 when we found out who her female friend really is. Like, I'm sorry but that was too good. its so upsetting it only got 6 eps it needed 10 or 12 to get everything right. everything felt rushed and not given time to settle properly.
With the rushed and mysterious ending it feels like they were fishing for a season 2. Maybe they didn't have enough money for more than 6 eps so they tried to make the ending mysterious in hopes it would be a hit and the fans would beg for more. unfortunately for us taste havers, the kdrama audience lacks taste so were never getting that second season. I mean the Nam Joo Hyuk stans are in the reviews complaining that this is "weird" ... like duh you dummy.

anyway this was great and now I'm buying the novel to get all the answer I need.

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Disappointing .... But still good.

-Only my opinion!
-Spoiler quite possible!




I’m damn unsure if i should like this show or not...
It had so much potential! The thing is why i didn’t like that show is the feeling the show brings with it self.

I didn’t liked the style of this show. It was toooo strange, and i still don’t get it what the show wanted us to tell.

I’m disappointed because i thought it would be like all these others kdramas... because i like them in their way. But this had such an creepy different style. I’m not a big fan of something like this if I’m in the mood i watch this kind of genre but i didn’t saw this coming, that’s why I’m disappointed.

BUT! I don’t wanna say that it wasn’t good! It was totally good! Outstanding and something different! The quality of the whole show is on top! i recommend it to all who likes extraordinary, bizarre stories!

I’m just not a fan of the style/mood/feeling of this show. :)
Still! Everyone did a great job and created such a creative show!

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Well, it’s one kooky drama, that’s for sure. I loved the CGI - most of the jellies were really precious - the cinematography and the music, too. I liked the idea of it and the actors. And when it was good then it was truly marvelous, mainly when the story focused on the leads. But...

But. When the storytelling shifted to the students, it became very very boring and I literally almost fell asleep watching it. There were so many loose ends and so many dropped plots and the whole drama ended with a pitiful whimper instead of a bang.

Also, when Eun Young broke her promise to In Pyo... She has always been an oddball but in that moment, I actually hoped the school would fall on her head and squash her. After her big speech, when she warned the baddies off In Pyo, in the end it was she who hurt him the most. Yeah. No.

I wonder if there will be S2, especially considering the whole “Hong In Pyo... Hong In Pyo...” at the end. If there is S2, then I will watch it - but for Hong In Pyo, Eun Young can choke on her jellies!

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