White Castle (2023)

The Four Musketeers of Emergency Medicine

Wang Yang Ming and Liu Fei are two newly graduated doctors who compete for one full time position at the prestigious An Kang Hospital. Liu Fei is taken under the wing of even-tempered and careful Dr. Zu while Wang Yang Ming is shoved at the curmudgeonly Dr. Lu, who is minutes away from quitting for a much better paying private hospital job. Under the tutelage of these mentors, Wang Yang Ming and Liu Fei grow their skills, learn to overcome hospital politics, and become top emergency room doctors.

My favorite character is Dr. Lu Yi (Louis). He's both an old grouch, extremely dedicated doctor, and the comedian of the group. His character growth really stems from empathy. He starts off as a brash, highly skilled but hard to get along with doctor with a massive chip on his shoulder for not getting promoted, to an understanding, confident man who is willing to sacrifice his career but not his morals for those he cares about. Wang Yang Ming and him make a dynamic duo, but Lu Yi always felt realistic while Wang Yang Ming felt a little too idealistic. All four main characters and the supporting characters were all solid, thought Dr. Guan (Big Boss Guan) is worth a particular shout-out. She was an teacher and manager to the four, giving life lessons and pushing at the right times to make these four better.

This drama could have cut down 10 episodes, as it started dragging around Ep 26. They inflated the story by adding three side romances and varying degrees of drama. My biggest criticism is that Meng Jiaoyang, Dr Bao, and Wang Huan didn't become their own strong characters - they just helped push the storyline forward and became enablers to the men in their lives. I would cut most of the romance because the medical drama and brotherhood between the four main characters really didn't need it to sustain interest in the story. The medical cases themselves also became less interesting in the second half of the drama.

Overall, one of the best medical dramas I've seen since With You (2020). Highly recommend for a pleasant mix of lighthearted comedy, drama, and brotherhood.

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Decent story resolve around residents and doctors in an ER department of a local hospital

The White Castle is a medical drama about the lives of residents and doctors as they work to heal people at a local hospital, starring Peng Guan Ying and Tu Song Yan.

The story and characters revolve around doctors with little romance.

Synopsis: On the eve of graduation, Wang Yang Ming, who took reversing heart failure as his mission, had a disagreement with his supervisor in medical experiments, and resolutely decided to switch from scientific research to clinical practice, and successfully joined the emergency department of Ruiren Hospital, which ranked first in the country. Wang Yang Ming's competitive instinct was aroused by his busy life in the emergency department, where he took risks to deal with ventricular fibrillation in the elderly, rescued heatstroke migrant workers, and treated stroke patients, constantly refining his medical skills. At the same time, on the ward, a group named "four masters of emergency medicine" formed, of which Yang Ming is a part, alongside Lu Qing Qi, Zu Wen Da, and Liu Fei. Now four of them, witness each other's growth and change, gain friendship and love, and experience dispersion and separation on their ward.

My Reviews:
1. Acting: 7
2. Script: 7.5
3. Music/OST: 6
4. Production Quality: 7
5. Cinematography: 7
6. Rewatchable: 6

Overall Rating: 7

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