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This is a navy special forces guy? I was just thinking of the Korean special forces training videos I've seen on YT over the years.

Then you pick a typical petite feminine Korean girl.

Sigh. I guess if you like the fantasy of being the delicate fenale and the super tall heroic male sort of cliche.

Surely she has some sort of personality? Has that actor who is a modal served his military service yet? He is so soft looking. Even if one is polite and mild outside the uniform in real life one would have needed aggression and determination to pass the training.

Navy lieutenant indeed. No need for him to man up when he is as mild as her.

Daughters. And in the ex-wife's custody. They also will not carry on the family name.

Are they living in the same country as the kids?

I don't want to sound callous but you didn't even mentioned if they are in love. You mean they married when they didn't love each other?

Why? Is his wife not working or capable of working after marriage? I presume she isn't a college student if he is old enough to have 2 kids. Child support will need to be calculated and also how often does he have custody of them for visits?

Some parente yunno love their kids more than their pride. You cannot generalise. I am East Asian myself.

Ep 22 looks rather exciting. I still can't work out the roles for the cast here.

Thanks. Never heard of it. Will check it out later. Its school holidays so kinda busy.

I finished that already as an airing drama. It was good. The FL's hair drove me nuts. I get it that an actress needs to have long hair to be more versatile but the hair needed to be more layered or something. It would drive me nuts to be in love with someone like that.

I see one sided.

What's with the romance, romance and more romance?

This drama is clearly not dealing with romance.

You guys are sure the male loves her? I don't see any indications of it.

I am actually more concened about the tiny kitten. Does the crew actually make sure the kitten and cat are looked post production as wekk.

This drama is all sort of trashy wrong and tacky.

Geez I started this because the comments are positive.

They used the correct words for a xianxia drama ie cultivation and inner core.

However it reads like a trashy novel because dual cultivation literally means sex. Geez. Yes its in a sealed blocked column but its still basically sex with an audience and in the open.

Far out.

I read a lot you see and I have to laugh as I write this. Its like reading a New York Times bestselling romance novel normally for a good book. Then I hit a trashy ebook disguised as a romance but its literally trashy.

Now this drama is what it is. The actual novel or book this is based on...

I learnt something new today. I am so used to the meditation, isolated in a cave, social isolation etc sort of drama I think my little brain just blew up to encounter this drama. Far out I cannot believed this is what dual cultivation means. I am sure somewhere in my drama memory it must have been used in another drama but this is the first time an ascension, cultivation and inner core episode actually mean a sexual assault scene in the open air. With a sect leader with at least 20 people. Even I struggle to recall another similar scenario in a romance novel.

Wow.

China. You surprised me today in Cdrama land. I think its time I take a break and go watch a normal romance drama


Wow.

Yeow. I am staying far, far,away from it.

I tell you what; episode 13 and 14 was awesome. Its got the creepy funny then creepy again mystery.

It is unpredictable. I literally don't how they will resolve it.

Man this drama is good.

You graduate. Then you are an intern. Then you're a resident.

She is 4th year out. So 3rd year resident. Something happened.

So maybe Yulje was hiring 1st years only? So if you want the job you take the job that is being advertised.

When does your residency not count? If you're in a training programme and you do a rotation that is not counted. It is then not counted under the traineeship programme.

She interviewed and came in as a 1st year resident even though its her 4th year out.

Well there are bullies around. They will be reported but it depends on management whether they will do something about it. Management being the senior consultants. I work on the reports and I have literally blown my top at some of them. However medical field staff are " valuable " and at most you get a talking to. I wanted to really tell off a bully recently but at most I could do was tell her how her approach was towards me as a senior and that it was unacceptable. I know reports have been done on her but nothing was done. There are also a lot of very sensitive personalities around. My specialty is pretty full on so people who are timid or incompetent soon quit since it requires training and not everyone can finish this trai

They always refer the free conselling sessions available for staff 24/7.

So realistically its very hard. Any employee has a yearly performance appraisal. My department alone has an equivalent of over 30 medical consultants. Or Professors as they call them on tv. And all of them haven't had their yearly reports done.

What colour is his hair please?

Gosh yeah he was way sexier then being manly compared to xyz standard handsome actor.

Vs the cowardly backstabbinh politicking hospital schemer and bully.

I am actually going to rewatch that scene for some take home points because I am that senior and have often been needed to act as a buffer. I will be like Sabi imitate his tone. We have a lot of " he said you said, no one passed on the message, your responsibility your patient my staff are not going to do your dept's work for you" situations at work. Freaking tedious.

Don't need to. Its to show we don't make general remarks. Some of us pay attention to details. The original writing DID pay attention to details. That's why they are so good.

I am reading a novel now so have moved on. Been unsuccessful trying to find a good currently airing drama.

By the way after all the criticism I have to say the actor Jung Joo Won is a scene stealer.

I know he's a more experienced movie actor but man he is so authentic and believable as the chief intern. That theatre scene where he was so steadfast yet totally 100% professional while protecting his staff? Totally made my heart flutter.

I work in a chaotic environment. I had to raise my voice twice this month to tell everyone to quieten done as I couldn't hear what another person was telling me. The person and I were doing our work.

So I now looking forward to seeing what my favourite neurosurgeon is going to do when he appears. Chil Hong from S1 HP. I had very bad 2ML symptoms that year.

The Chairman.

AJW is the actor. I like the actor that's why I am here watching.

Its not bullshit.

I watched a lot of medical dramas. This drama has a lot of things common in Korean medical dramas.

Namely dramas. Unnecessarily.
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Then the stereotypes personalities. The misunderstood genius. The underdog who improves. The arrogant then needy earnest puppy.

Then the senior bullies. That is the Fellow. Then the bad grumpy professors. Yelling. So much public yelling.

Hospital Playlist had heart. The patients were there but the doctors whether nurses or junior doctors were compassionate. Clueless sometimes but they learnt.

Even the new interns there were more clever and also had heart. There was the cardiothoracic rotation. The intern was making mistakes but he was still likeable.

Back to RP.

Collectively the 1st year residents are written as whining and unprofessional.

Sabi. Medical school is 6 years. Internship is 1 year. The writer does not need to be so dramatic as to devote one episode to showcase her lack of empathy or lack of bedside manner. She picked ObGyn. That is a very intensive people- centred specialty. You have a pregnant woman who is flooded with hormones. Emotionally labile. Lots of contact with significant others. Someone like that should have had her supervisors or professors pick up on her bedside manner. Certain personalities suit certain specialities. So the writer wrote a common medical trope and plonk it into RP.

Eun whatshername. She is seriously unprofessional. The basic thing you'll learn is not to talk so loudly at the main area. Also another medical drama trope.

The sabotaging senior. The Fellow. Leading to the confrontation in the theatre. Let me count. 2 ObGyn. 3 anaesthetic staff. 2 nursing staff. Public humiliation. That is rare I don't recall it in HP. However the public yelling- there were at least 3 occasions and the theatre scene? That is also standard in other medical dramas.

With HP and the Reply series they had these characters. Then the writer slowly peels back the layers. They gave the viewers time to see who they like, whom they want to support.

What distinguished the Reply series, Prison Playbook and both Hospital Playbook series is how deftly the PD juggled scene switches. Then the writing team wrote memorable and then have their actors fleshed them out.

The reason why Resident Playbook is jarring is that its giving a stock standard medical drama scene, characters and personalities SEEN in any other medical dramas. I don't like all medical dramas. I think some medical dramas are good.

The current RP 1st year residents are 2nd year out. Interns can be like that. Most residents are not that incompetent. Med school is tough. By the way medical students go into theatre. So do interns. They RP 1st year scenes. The sutures. The unprofessional behaviour. The lack of insight of how they work etc....that is usually picked up really early in med school or internship. The 1st year staying till 10pm to give a report before they are allowed home? That is obviously bullying. Its also stock standard Korean drama. Let alone Korean medical drama. Bullying from seniors. Backstabbing and politics is also standard. Did we see any of the HP bullying their juniors in the 2 seasons? I don't recall. Did you recall EVERY single Professor in RP telling all four residents off in 2 episodes? A resounding yes.


Now its not all bullshit from all of us. The heart, compassionate layered within the hospital is what characterised HP. The quirky characters, the humour, the way they interacted with their colleagues, patients and how they managed their lives was why the hour just flowed.

Except for the name Yulje and the sign Yulje seen..... there is nothing here that characterised the formula.

Now medical drama- wise, this is pretty good. Enough people- some medical drama have a small set, not enough actors. Big department. There are a lot of Professors. There is an ambulance ride, 4 stories going at once. 3 senior residents and 1 Fellow. So the directing is fine. The set is fine. The acting- they always cast some relatively unknown and the actors become more famous. Plus senior actors. I am pretty much in love with Gu Do-won already. His character as a chief resident is perfect. The patient roles are excellent. So as a medical drama itself its been a good 2 episodes.

What has been disappointing is that magic. The junior writer watched too many medical dramas and managed to maybe do 25% of the sparkle. I followed both Reply and HP because the PD/ writing duo somehow managed to elevate the stock standard drama character and made them human. Its a talent. Its the reason why I rewatch the series. There are a lot of good actors in Korean dramas. I don't need to watch dramas just because of the good acting. Some people just know how to pick the cast to get the chemistry.

So I am not blindly comparing. You go watch it if you like it. Thats fine. But don't say all of us who love HP are making general remarks. I have specific reasons why I said what I wrote. And in real life? Yi Young's attitude really sucks. Lack of knowledge is a given in a fresh graduate but that's how you learn. Attitude though? That is someting innate. After 7 years of medicine and for her10 completed years- she is a 4th year out or what we call PGY4. 10 years of medicine and like that? My god that's terrible. Yes its a massive turn off. Yes the cliched part will make her the best resident in ep 12. That's standard in a medical drama. Why I love HP? The person is already there in ep 1. We needed 12 episodes in HP to see their hospital year. Their personalities didn't need to change. Standard medical dramas makes the character change. And that's the basic difference between a senior PD and an experienced writer with a vision. And those 2 had chemistry and magic in their hands.

You give them a chance. In the meantime I don't recall that many dramatic licenses in HP.

A cardiac arrest. Seizure. Delivery in a corridor. These are the stories people like to tell about ObGyn.

And can they stop making those pregnant woman lie flat. The medical advisor should have picked these.

Gu Do-hwan is the best so far.