The songs we featured during the recap:
“With My Tears” by Whee In
“Sorrowful, Piano Version” by Kim Jin Hak
The heartbreaking case of the baby whose failing heart valves cannot be repaired.
The patient with liver cancer, the importance of determining whether his cancer has metastasized, and how moving him into a shared hospital room gives him.
Chu Min Ha’s terrifying discovery that her difficult pregnant patient is suffering from placental abruption, and how she has to act on her own to save the mother and her premature baby.
How Jang Gyeo Ul and Do Jae Hak both get into trouble after interactions with patients, including the challenges of managing postoperative pain in patients with opioid use disorder.
Kim Jun Wan’s quiet support of Do Jae Hak: he accepts the job of Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and then rejects the proposed three-month pay cut that would have devastated his struggling resident.
Chu Min Ha’s exhaustion and frustration after Myung Eun Won stops showing up for work.
Why Ahn Jeong Won’s mother and close family friends call him Andrea.
The Korean family registry system and the joke behind Lee Ik Jun asking the wealthy Yang Seok Hyeong to add him and U-ju to his family register.
The dramatic cliffhanger involving Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother, who is rushed to the emergency room in cardiac arrest while her terrified son watches doctors perform CPR.
How the five lead actors really learned and practiced their instruments for Hospital Playlist..
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I'm still listening, but....Imagine is from a solo album by John Lennon. Co-written by Yoko Ono.
ReplyDeleteThanks for another great podcast!
Oh, and remember the scene in Attorney Woo at the temple? 'Spring Sunshine' doesn't want to bow and pretended to be Catholic like Minwoo. He asks for her baptismal name and she says 'Jennie'.
DeleteMinwoo says 'Right, Saint Jennie of Blackpink', LOL.
Catholics everwhere choose a saint's name at confirmation, yes?
Doremi, thank you for this! Did I say Imagine was a Beatles song? My bad! Thank you!
DeleteAnd yes, thank you for the reference from Attorney Woo! Hilarious scene! Like we said in the podcast, if you're Catholic, you get a saint name. Saint Jenny! I just read that Byron Woo Seok is Catholic and his Catholic name is Francisco.
My confirmation name is Cecelia
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely name.
DeleteI like sad songs, so I decided to check Gather My Tears, and I actually recognised it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because I pay very little attention to songs in Kdramas, and only very few really capture my attention, I tend to remember them.
I am 90% sure that this song featured in "A Time Called You" (Really liked that series).
It is nice songs with nice lyrics.
Interesting choice for S16. I have mixed feelings. I won't be hypocrite, I am not very enthusiastic about that choice. I certainly would have not voted for it. But, I am not very disappointed either. Maybe it turns out well.
I read just one line teaser of the series and I instantly recognised the source material, because if you know it, it is clear.
I won't give it away, but this work has been adapted/re-imagined/re-set many many times. I have seen two movie adaptations of it.
I will refrain from saying, or implying anything else.
But, luckily it is only 8 episodes, so I will watch along.
Yes, the Scandal kdrama synopsis has a very familiar ring. :)
DeleteI liked A Time Called You, too, but didn't remember Gather My Tears or its singer.
My heart breaks for the kids whose mental health is destroyed by the Kpop industry machine. It's too much too young, and they need to be able to get off the merry-go-round when it's making them unwell.
I loved that Resident Playbook, the HP spinoff, featured a character who was happily building a second career after his Kpop ride was over.
Doremi, so agree with you on the ex boy-bander on Resident Playbook. There is life after a young showbiz or athletic success, and the wiser kids plan for it. It’s harder in life to let go of an early and limited success if you have no plan or ambition beyond it.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, HP has several supporting characters who are starting over career-wise. Dr Do was previously aiming for law, Ik-sun's friend (another Dr Ahn?) was a career soldier, and I think Dr Chu said she was a nurse?
DeleteI'm sure it is hard to let go of one path and take up at the beginning at another, but the people who do show an enormous amount of fortitude and courage.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how much courage it showed (I see it more as happenstance!), Sung-Hee, but I had a complete career change at a late point in my life (and it's been extremely satisfying and challenging).
DeleteIt's interesting to look at your own history as a series of possible paths life throws your way (there's an old saying, I believe originally in Yiddish, which translates to "man plans, God laughs") -- forks in the road: which path shall you take? In one sense, life can seem incredibly random, and in another, you're the one constantly making these impactful decisions.
Finished "Until The T-Shirt Dries" about 30mins ago, and wanted to give instant quick reaction.
ReplyDeleteThis series should have been a book.
It was decent, but it took me forever to finish it without gaining much satisfaction from it.
Its first half was better than its second. Last 3 episodes were progressively worse.
That said, I loved its themes and the polemics it was presenting (they were really worthy of nice discussion), and that is the only reason I kept watching despite not having much fun.
I will not recommend against it, but I certainly would not recommend it.
Seven Seas, I found the twists of the last few episodes intriguing and the conclusion very moving. Differences in taste aside, I think this one was better watched week-by-week. It's definitely not a binge-style drama.
DeleteObviously, I still recommend it though. :)
Seven Seas, Until the T=Shirt Dries is on my list but the number of episodes really scares me. If it's amazing, then a large number of episodes will feel like a gift. But if it's less than amazing, it will feel like a trial. Thanks for the review.
DeleteJoanna, 'amazing' is the wrong word for this show. It's slow and understated with a thread of tension and mystery, and a couple of surprise twists.
DeleteLike Seven Seas says, the themes are really good (romantic vs platonic love, the psychological basis for choosing marriage, trust/secrets, grief/closure).
I loved spending a long time with these characters while they worked through this stuff and was invested in the outcomes for all.of them.
But it's not a neatly boxed story, and there's no 'wow' factor IMO.
In a year of watching high budget productions with big stars, underdeveloped plots and characters, it was just the antidote I needed, but, given your schedule, it sounds like it might not be the show for you.
The scene from this episode I keep thinking about is the one near the end, with the four friends in the car talking about the patient families, how close the family members seemed, how much they loved and clearly relied upon each other. While they weren't pitying or bemoaning their own circumstances, as a viewer you could feel a slight sense of wistfulness.
ReplyDeleteThe doctors made their own life choices, and there was a clear contrast with those patient families and couples. I loved how the show pointed this out, without being too heavy-handed or maudlin about it. They are fortunate to have such a tight friend group.
Jeff, you are right. There was a tinge of regret and loneliness in their voices. Thank you for pointing it out. But as you said, they have each other!
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