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episode 13 was such a great episode, the introduction of new order in doldam a rather systemetic and much more risk free approach to doing things. Ofcourse it's going to meet up with resistance as everyone has been trying to be like Kim sabu and treat patients without any other considerations other than saving the patients. But we all know as KDJ said only Kim sabu can be like Kim sabu as he as practical experience more than the total age of KDJ, he has seen and done all kinds of procedures when it comes to medical practices so when he says I won't follow rules I need to save the patient than it's okay because he sure can as he is at a point where is perception is almost 100% towards medicine but it's not the same of any of the other character in all of doldam not even outside of it. Also it could only be KDJ who has the nature to bring this change as the only character who never yeilded to even Kim Sabu, In bum and yoon seo Jong would not be fit for this as YSJ is similar to Kim sabu in nature more than any character so far and In bum is more of a follower. We need to understand doldam is now not the unknown isolated hospital in the middle of nowhere where nobody knew a legend was working for 15 years but is now well known and famous while admist of fighting against very powerful antagonists who will tear this place apart if there is any weakness and we all know the problem is the lack of order, regulations and complete emotinal amd moral dependence on Kim sabu.

if we look at it this way we get the image of Kim sabu from S1 no explanations only order and execution. It takes a while for people like Kim sabu and KDJ to make people trust them completely. But they have the ability to ignite that trust by their skills.

It's such a bliss seeing the parallels between S1 and S3, in S1 KDJ didn't like kim Sabu nor did he agree with him, but when he saw him operating he was astonished by his perfection and speed. Then his stance changed to even though I can't agree with him I still can deny his skills. Similarly we have woojin and KDJ here woojin too disagreed with KDJ but watched him operating in God mode🤣 and was similarly astonished. Also, Kim Sabu was stubborn in S1 but he wasn't wrong which is also the situation with KDJ in S3.
I don't know why but I am getting a feeling that he will replace kim sabu in surgery part and kim Sabu may retire and take up a management or leadership kinda position like the director in S1 that's why they are showing parallels to place the character into those new roles. Just imagine Kim Sabu as the main director, KDJ as trauma center head, YSJ as doldam ER head, woojin as best doctor under the head and similary Eun jae under YSJ in ER where these 2 will also be the most probable candidates in line to succeed KDJ and YSJ. I think they are making this kind of picture from how I see S3 in the latest episode.

Also, he is one of the main characters so he will have a good amount of plot armor privilege too.😂

Don't worry the FL of S1 also had a hand injury which was also quite bad and that too on top of a trauma. She still made through even though it took 5 years, but now is kinda one of the overly powered characters in the show.

Those of us who have watched the S1 know that many a times we needed someone who would say things that were needed to be said and also with a more human like response not idealistic and this was where his character shined. KDJ was rough around the edges but was mostly justified given those specific situations, and he was good when situation permitted. Also he kinda made kim sabu become more considerate and expressive by retaliating against him whenever kim sabu did something which could be misunderstood or was rather stern to not accept other possibilities, he really questioned him where ever necessary.

From in POV his actions were more relatable as compared to other character in S1, he behaved similar to how most of the people would when put in those situation. The rest of the Doldam characters were rather angelic like they didn't care about themselves at all nor about there personal progress nor the problems they have to put up with, they were shown only to care about the patients and there well being and ignore rules when needed, so apart from few points they were less relatable and were rather idealistic. I hope they don't ruin his role for the sake of moving the plot rather execute it well to enhance what we already have.

Adding to the points mentioned already if you watch S1 you will see that donjo is polar opposite of kim sabu who is like the version of him who gave up to the system and went against his beliefs clouded by his revenge. He later was still opposite of kim sabu but became firm with his beliefs and grew from an amateur doctor who feel into the antagonists plan for kicking him out just after a while of passing his board certification to a full fledged doctor equipped with self taught version of skills of kim sabu obtained from practicing and observing kim sabu's operations and later he was able to compete against him in terms of speed, efficiency and precision which apart from kim sabu's vast medical knowledge were his main key skills. He also is a comical character with hell lot of embarrassing moments in S1 specially his ability of selective hearing where he can just upfront selectively ignore things in conversion and say what he wants too😂 which is like kim sabu in some respect.
I would recommend you to watch S1 if possible, even though the seasons are made in a way that the story line is independent of previous one yet it's a season filled with all kinds of things blending into one beautifully constructed drama.

I know many people are criticizing this series due to recent episodes but as you can see each season was focused on completely different things the S1 was where everything started there we need flawed but god-tier talent characters as there was no good equipment, understaffed with only 2 doctor (Kim Sabu and kang dongjo which later barely increased to 6-7 towards the end) so there we need character driven for growth who had their own purpose for being the best. But as they were written that way we know they were not going to stay as the doldam will soon become a bottleneck to their skills (like kim sabu's skills and yoon seo jong were the reason kang dongjo stayed in doldam).
In the second season, we now had the hospital with a good amount of staff, facilities, and equipments hard-earned by the characters from S1. So we no longer needed characters striving to be the best but rather doctors who will be the future of Doldam as students of kim sabu as we can see from how soft he became from his experiences in S1 he is now a much better teacher which can be backed by seeing the growth of the characters from S2. Here we needed expansion rather than survival.
In season 3 now as everything is in place the final plans of kim sabu are now taking shape and he is trying to complete them as soon as possible because he is also not completely healthy at this point and also needs other characters to carry on the things. The story may seem bland in the current season but it still corresponds to the intent of the story. Someone who has watched S1 and S2 will kinda understand what I am saying.
For the people who are complaining about how kim sabu handled lee seon wung's situation is actually not that contradicting he always had a much softer side for the people with traumas or problematic upbringings. For example, he was similar to In bum who was the son of the antagonist of S1, In bum made a lot of ethical mistakes but kim sabu more or less ignored them in the hope that he will one day understand things and grows as a better doctor and come out of the prison he has build in his mind.

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I really find it funny when people here say they don't like S1 or they don't like s2😑 like literally both season and it's characters are completely different and both are peak level dramas on their own. People need to understand if there was no popular S1 there would not be any S2 and if there was no popular S2 there wouldn't be a S3. I am from the original fan base of the show and when I first watched Dr. Romantic there was no S2 🤣😭 and I still remember my excitement when S2 came out. Also as for KDJ vs woojin, I don't think they should be compared at all although they both ended up liking the daughters of the antagonists of their respective season🤣🤣 there is no other similarities plus KDJ has I guess 8+ something years of experience over woojin so I don't think they should be seen as competitors rather he could be a mentor to woojin not just him all the big 3 from S1 can be mentors to S2 characters I would be so nice because only Kim sabu is the mentor and sole connector to all the staff which made him sacrifice so much even to fight with his injury recurring, etc. He can take a breather if there are more characters who can take up positions of leaders or mentors in doldam. I really like all the characters from S1 and S2, and hope they don't introduce unnecessary competition between the characters rather show how powerful doldam is now with all of them working together🔥.

yes KDJ wasn't at all a leader types 🤣 in S1 his character was the most powerful in terms of skills and the perfect leader type was Seo Jung. Maybe Seo Jung might come back for the reason or maybe they will need In beom for that as he can inherit the hospital.

In S1 more or less in every episode Kim sabu and Kang dong joo were seen fighting 🤣 it was more or less like a way how they communicated. And from what I have seen from S1 he wasn't thaught by Kim sabu but rather he took every skill he saw from everyone around him so he might be the only one who can replace Kim sabu and also he has worked with seojung(quite closely😆) who has a hand injury so maybe he might be of help for woojin. I really want all the characters back at the last episode and for them all to be in a single frame😭.

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Finally, Kang Dong Joo is back and still has the same feisty personality as ever😂😂 I don't know if woo jin will be jealous of him for being close to Dr. kim just like how he was back than in s2 with In bum because Kang Dong Joo wasn't really a student of Dr. Kim rather they only fought all the way from episode 1 to last😂😂 he was the only one who developed his skills on his own at a scary rate and got his ass kicked by Dr. Kim and Yoon Seo Jung😂. Maybe Kang Dong Joo will fight everyone again and we will have Yoon Seo Jung in the later episodes to get him under control.

This drama has such great actors but lacks story and concept, for example, there was no need for the gaming part in the story other than being a filler for 4-5 episodes. Don't know why but the writer just had to fit in any tragedy they can find into the past of ML and FL. The only things keeping me in this drama are the comedy and the ML and FL actors, like seriously There is no substance to the story. What I dislike the most is that the ML is subjected to all kinds of misunderstandings, and the FL just keeps everything to herself while judging the ML without asking him anything at all. She just gives him the cold shoulder here and there and the ML just keeps wondering what did he do wrong all the time. So it's like she has feeling for him but won't accept them upfront saying she doesn't want to get married so why start anything then goes on to flirt with him wherever and whenever possible, the ML thinks maybe things are working then FL start avoiding him, he still takes up the courage to confess she rejects him but then again starts flirting with him after an episode, later expects him to confess again and well I don't know why the ML still does confess again still she puts him on probation kind of and tells her grandpa on the call there is nothing that can happen between her and ML and she walks past ML without explaining anything at all but expects him to come clean about everything, and the ML again was judged even by her in episode 19 she says all kinds of things to him as if there isn't an ounce of trust between them. Then again the ML is the one who goes to her for the 3rd time wtf seriously it really ruined the kiss scene that I was looking forward to so much for the last 9 episodes and what now she just accepted him, she now doesn't have anything against relationship and just forgets how she told her grandpa in the morning that nothing is going to happed between them like does it even make sense it took her 19 freaking episodes but nothing happened but a 5 minute talk just solved everything that was keeping them away well it was mainly FL keeping ML away but still. Both ML and Gao Leng are kind of treated the same way and they both for their characters are written just like simps.
I was looking forwards to the confession and the relationship part of this series so I waited until episode 22 came out, but they just had ruined it. I just poured my raw opinions after watching until episode 20, the show is great for comedy and actors but the story I can't say much about it. I will still try to finish the show as I am a fan of both ML and FL, I just hope they don't make it worse as there are still 12 episodes left. I hope they can work together on a better project again.

It's a little bit strange to see how biased this drama is while introducing the plots when it comes to gender. The FL says to Gao Leng that women are more reproachable, people judge their work life on the basis of their private life, well I agree with it for sure but it is also the same for guys. Just like how just a comment from one girl made Li Chi a criminal without even any concrete evidence, there is no innocent until proven guilty for men. Even though that guy is annoying but still everyone just accepted the fact that he was a criminal and we all know that even though he was proven innocent in the end companies still fire them for one reason or the other. Another is the rumors about the ML isn't it also the same for him too, nobody cares about his problems they just think he is dating the higher-up who is helping him. Also, girls like Yin Yin and that director are also doing bad things but does anybody care well no, not at all. Also the relationship between Gao Leng and Chen shu, it isn't working for me at all, Chen shu just broke up with Gao Leng due to rumors that they were dating openly I don't think this was the first time this kind of rumor would have circulated about them. Plus Gao Leng punching Li Chi was more or less what any guy would have done, there was no other solution for that, like was he supposed to just ignore everything also the rumors could have been handled even though not completely solved by stating the obvious instead of leaving things to people's imagination. But here they just straight out antagonized Gao Leng's actions and Chen Shu didn't even bother considering his feelings or what he had to say, she just conveniently broke up with him. Back to the ML isn't his work also not being appreciated and people are judging him for being in his position just because he is dating a higher-up, even when FL was suspected of being rich all the employees started gossiping about how ML switched for the better deal and all.
It's a great show but still if something is not right, it's not right irrespective of gender.

I don't know why I feel that Go Mi Sook(GMS) will be way too obviously shown to be the killer but I don't think she is, and from her nature at least from what I have observed she may be spiteful but is not courageous rather she always makes others do things for her like when FL gets kidnapped, I think GMS knew that was going to happen but let it happen to get rid of her brother for a while and create trouble for him while also find more about FL. I think she is close to the killer thus she knows the story but is too scared of him but her narcissistic personality makes her want to flaunt those secrets in the open (I am not sure just a guess). And I think there are chances of 2 killers where one is a spy and the other one is just a killer, the cafe could be the spy's information exchange hideout or something.
All in all the story is just great till now as well as the acting plus the well-time-comical scenes are also layout well alongside a hint of romance. For the time-traveling part, I think it's a loop that's happening again and again, and thus the suspicious behavior of GMS and her brother in the year 2021 in the later episodes which suggested as if they knew something. Maybe the ML & FL fail every time and then ML or FL after one of them dies the other one goes and places the time machine at the place where the new loop's ML finds the time machine. But this time it will be different or we will see a re-run but the other person maybe the ML or FL (who isn't in the time machine) this time won't know what happened and thus the title is kind of similar to 365: repeat the year.

I suggest you should wait till next week episodes are out because the way previews show the progress, I think it's better to wait after episode 12 until episode 22 doesn't come out.