Enjoyable
Such a good cast who were a pleasure to watch.There were both witty and some very moving scenes, although I didn't often feel the tension that I think I should have.
It felt quite drawn out at times and became melodramatic, with some scenes being repeated (when used to reflect or for background on the story as it progressed), too often.
The plot was lacklustre and lacking somehow, although I can't quite put my finger on why.
I found myself losing concentration and interest during the overly long and repeated operating procedures and other scenes that didn't feel necessary to the plot. For a top hospital, too many of the surgeons and senior staff seemed incompetent and lacking in confidence.
I am not a fan of Uee, but this was one of her better characters, for sure.
Overall, this was not a bad watch, but neither was it memorable, or a drama I'd return to.
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Me surpreendeu tanto ?
Jamais imaginei que esse dorama iria mexer tanto comigo! A história é linda, mas quem diria que me ensinaria coisas importantes para a vida? Realmente me surpreendeu muito e, com certeza, vou indicar ele para minhas amigas dorameiras.A história se passa em um hospital, com dois médicos protagonistas ligados por algo, o mistério, a curiosidade de saber o que liga eles é grande, dá vontade de assistir sem parar para descobrir o motivo, além disso, as histórias de amizades verdadeiras e amor entre as personagens são do tipo que aquecem o coração
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Angels Among Us
What happens when a gifted heart surgeon is devoid of empathy and feeling? He becomes a robot; a man who builds walls around himself to avoid feeling much of anything. This is part of the premise of this series in which Dr. Cha Young Min has forgotten the important part of being a doctor: caring and being there for the patient. It doesn’t matter how amazing your skills are. A doctor without feelings is truly no doctor at all.Dr. Cha Young Min finds himself having to relearn this lesson when a car accident puts him into a coma. Before the incident, he’s cold and surly toward everyone, especially the new young intern, Dr. Ko Seung Tak as well as his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Jang Se Jin. He doesn’t approve of Dr. Ko’s lack of interest in his job. While Dr. Ko doesn’t seem interested in the least in learning about being a doctor, he does seem to care a great deal about the patients, especially those in the coma wing. And Dr. Cha still doesn’t understand why Dr. Jang returned from America after leaving him suddenly, nor does he care to find out.
We find out early on that Dr. Ko has a special gift as well. He’s able to see ghosts. Not only is he able to see them, but he can also communicate and interact with them. This is an ability he seems to have had since he was a child. Of course, he does his very best to hide it, but when Dr. Cha appears as a coma ghost, he realizes that his only link to the real world is Dr. Ko. Thus begins an unlikely friendship that begins tenuously at best. Why? Because we also find out that Dr. Cha is able to possess the body of Dr. Ko.
This sets up a fascinating premise as well as an often funny one, in which Dr. Cha utilizes Dr. Ko’s body in order to perform the most complex surgeries. This brings instant notoriety from the senior staff as well as the administration as to how he’s able to do this. After all, they only see Dr. Ko suddenly doing surgeries that even the most senior members are unable to do—except for Dr. Cha who is revered as the hospital’s best and most gifted surgeon.
Interestingly enough, Dr. Ko has no recollection of what happens once Dr. Cha takes over. Initially, he’s understandably upset and even forbids Dr. Cha from doing it again, but soon Dr. Ko finds himself realizing what can be done for the patients, not to mention his growing fame. Never mind that the hospital staff is left completely puzzled at how a mere intern is suddenly able to perform these surgeries. They chalk it up to Dr. Ko being like Dr. Cha: blessed with unprecedented skill. It’s here that partnership is formed between the two doctors.
Meanwhile, we find that there’s more to Dr. Cha’s accident than meets the eye, and there is also a conspiracy operating within the hospital as the Dr. Ko’s cousin, and hospital administrator, is looking to gain more power and money for himself, and Dr. Cha is in his way. Dr. Jang regrets leaving Dr. Cha the first time around, and she creates a private room where she can look after him 24 hours a day.
Dr. Cha is able to move around the hospital, but he’s limited due to the distance between himself and his body. If he finds himself too far away, he begins to fade away into oblivion which would also lead to the death of his body. He’s able to use his spirit form to find out just how indifferent and cold he’s been to nearly everyone, and he vows to be a different man should he ever regain consciousness. He’s heartbroken to see how much Dr. Jang has always loved him, and her leaving him for America those many years ago had nothing to do with him as she finds herself in the middle of her own power struggle with her mobster bully of a half-brother who’s trying to take their father’s fortune by whatever means necessary.
We quickly find that there are the ghosts of several other coma patients wandering around the hospital, as well as that of a long-since passed surgeon who simply goes by the name of “Tess.” He has a connection to one of the other doctors and finds himself unable to leave the hospital. Unlike Dr. Cha, he’s able to possess anyone at any moment, obviously learning how to master this feat in order to help others. He also has the wisdom that both Dr. Cha and Dr. Ko lack. Dr. Cha needs to remember how to be a caring surgeon again, and Dr. Ko has to learn how to be a proper surgeon by studying and taking the job seriously.
The series is very light in its overall tone. The true brilliance of the story lies in the chemistry and friendship that develops between Dr. Cha and Dr. Ko. Rain and Kim Bum give fantastic performances. You can tell that they had a lot of fun with their roles! Their light banter and bickering also provide a lot of fun and humorous interactions between them. However, as with so many great K-dramas, there are also plenty of heartfelt and touching moments between the two as well. Add Dr. Jang, beautifully played by Uee, and Dr. Oh Soo Jung, who has an obvious crush on Dr. Ko, and you have the perfect scenario for some fun and light romance.
Tess, however, is my favorite character of the series. He’s like a wise sage who wanders around the hospital with a glint in his eye, seeking small things to try and help or fix. He only interferes when he absolutely has to, as he also understands the importance of not imposing himself upon the human condition. He knows that, for some people, it’s simply their time to go. He also has a beautiful connection with Dr. Ko’s past as well. While compassionate, he also has no problem treating Dr. Cha and Dr. Ko like the two petulant children that they are sometimes.
There are no contrived plot elements or silly, immature romantic triangles in this series. The premise that we can all strive to be better people, and even skilled people like doctors, often need such a reminder. Take your job and your passion seriously, but never leave out the human element. Both are necessary, like two sides of the same coin. And most importantly, let people do what they want in life. Stop imposing your will upon someone else. When you do that, it’s selfishly only about you and not the other person.
It doesn’t matter if you believe in ghosts or not. It doesn’t matter if you believe in angels or not, but it certainly warms the heart to know that perhaps your friends and loved ones are in your corner and helping you out in ways you couldn’t possibly believe or fathom. And what’s wrong with that?
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Great Medical Drama!
This medical drama has an original approach with focus in bromance!There are many shows that suffer from having more than 12 episodes lately, since they would feel like the plot is either going nowhere, dragging or adding last minutes elements that make no sense. I am glad to share that it is not the case with this show; The show has a great pace with the plot and character development which never feels like dragging even after those infamous episode 12 to 16.
I enjoy romance, so I am disappointed with the lack of closure from the young main couple, but extremely happy with the happy ending for the older main couple. If left a feeling of an open ending when the last interaction between the young main leads was the male lead feeling jealous because the girl was getting close with another guy and nothing else after that. On the other hand, everything else had a proper closure.
The medical drama and bromance are the main thing here, and the slight romance, specially for the old main couple are the driver for a lot of actions within the plot and the cherry on top at the end.
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Was gonna be a flop....
A very strong contender for the worst medical drama. The equivalent of filming two patients' beds and calling it a "hospital". From the very beginning they did such a poor job in setting building that it's constantly sticking out in your face. To give a few examples: The hospital is completely dependent on a single skillful witch doctor that otherwise everyone would be dead without his witchcraft which eliminated any hierarchy in the hospital. The hospital had no rules, anyone can come and go as they please, anyone can get a patient into the operation room and perform a surgery and no one faces consequences to anything they do because writing such scenes would take more effort. The hospital management is non-existent, there's only one guy in charge (the bad guy Tae In Ho) with no one around him or beside him managing the hospital. Even worse, the actor is known for his side roles as a subordinate character so giving him a position in charge while lacking any intimidation and gravity to his character has ruined the role and killed the little tension the drama had. There are more examples to this lackluster hospital setting but these were the most obvious.However, if you managed to over glance the entire setting and just hyper focus on the main 2 leads then the drama is alright. The 2 main leads first encounter and the first episode had an abhorrent and despicable dynamic to watch on screen but, to my surprise, it got a lot better later on and turned out to be fun which was the only reason that saved the drama and made it watchable.
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Nice series with good message
While I was analyzing what I didn’t like about this series to write this review, I realized that there was really nothing that I didn’t like. Maybe, the only thing was that the personalities of all of the other doctors seemed too weak, which was unrealistic.I can’t say that it was the best series or that I couldn’t stop watching, but I enjoyed it very much. The best thing was the characters growth and the final message you get.
The casting was great and Kim Bum and Rain did an excellent job, as well as the other actors. Good production and visual effects.
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A masterpiece
Recommend me another one like this one . I feel so empty after finishing this Drama ?. I want another one like this one I liked how The male leads loved each other. their bromance chemistry wow ??????it's just one of the best . From episode 1 to the last episode was just everything . Am so happy I got to watch it ???????????? it's so Gooooooooooooooood veeyyyy Good highlyyyyyy Recommended. am so happy there was no much Romance it's just straight to the point . The writer is just the besttttttt . The acting is so good also .Was this review helpful to you?
Recomendo de olhos fechados!
Comecei o drama após terminar TOTNT, pois queria ver mais trabalhos do Kim Bum e não me arrependo nem um pouco! O drama me conquistou e me emocionou muito, me envolvi na história dos personagens, que por sinal são muito bem construídos! A relação do SeungTak e do dr. Cha é muito divertida de acompanhar, desde os momentos em que os dois estão brigando, até o momento que eles estão aproveitando a companhia um do outro.o Go Seungtak com certeza virou um dos meus personagens favoritos, toda hora eu pausava o episódio pra me recuperar dos surtos de paixão que dava, te amo Go Seungtak!
Sem sombra de dúvidas eu vou rever o drama de novo, recomendo muito!
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Nett
Nettes KDrama, nichts besonderes, aber hat mir gefallen.Die Bromance ist sehr nice und das Konzept ist auch ziemlich cool.
Das Casting auch super, die Ex vom Main Character ist hot.
Geguckt als ich mit Max und Tobi in China war. Also so gegen 27.03.2024 durchgeguckt.
Warum muss eine review 300 Characters haben? Ich will nicht so viel schreiben, weil es schon ein bisschen her ist >:(
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Fort potentiel (non tenu)
Attractif pour son super cast avec Rain, Kim Bum et Uee (entre autres).Le plot est original (chirurgien dans le coma, qui utilise/partage le corps d'un jeune interne maladroit pour continuer à opérer), mais l'histoire est loin d'être toujours cohérente et son traitement devient "barbant" au bout de quelques épisodes.
Fan des leads, j'ai tout de même continué à naviguer entre les interventions et les complots/malveillances au sein de l'hôpital, mais avec beaucoup de zapping.
La bromance entre les 2 ML est très sympa, mais elle ne suffit pas à tenir en haleine.
Les images sont belles (celles des champs opératoires sont réalistes) et la réalisation soignée. Les OST sont très actuelles, très KPop.
Conclusion : je suis un peu déçue, car avec un tel plot et un tel casting, ce drama avait un excellent potentiel...
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