Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 6 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong-won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa. We discuss: Two songs from this episode: “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station” by Kwak Jin-eon, a remake of the 1990 song by Zoo “Beyond the Rainbow Forest” by DANI How “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station,” a melancholy song about unexpectedly encountering an old love years later, beautifully mirrors this episode’s themes of old relationships, roads not taken, and looking back at the person you were 20 years ago. The medical cases in this episode, including a baby in liver failure who desperately needs a transplant, a pregnant woman with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who has suffered two miscarriages, and Jang Gyeo-ul’s dangerous anaphylactic reaction to pain medication. Kim Jun-wan’s complete transformation after Lee Ik-sun says yes to dating...
Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 5 of Hospital Playlist , starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: Two songs from the episode: “Oh? What a Shiny Night” by Mido and Falasol “Beautiful My Love” by Urban Zakapa The meaning behind the name Mido and Falasol, the group credited with the Hospital Playlist OST songs, and why so many of their songs became huge hits in Korea. How this episode shows that medicine can’t be separated from people and emotions—the patients, their families, and the doctors and nurses caring for them. The heartbreaking child abuse case, how Ahn Jeong Won recognizes the warning signs, and why doctors are responsible for reporting suspected abuse rather than proving it. The congressman’s elaborate scheme to disguise the identity of his liver donor, and why modern hospital identification and transplant procedures would mak...