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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.

I hope not.
Hospital Playlist S1- 2 never had strong romance going. Hope it stays the same for this drama.

There's no romance tag attached to this.

I think he was in one of them. Or both. Can't remember.

I am on episode2 now.

The formula is new residents to doctors who love ObGyn. I get it I really do. However have to say I have never met such a bad group. How did such a prestigious hospital hire such duds? They must have interviewed well but can't work. They are such whiners.

I agree with you. Just to point out the Korean medical system is great. I enjoyed experienced it myself.

However no first year resident in the 3 countries I've worked in is that clueless about aseptic techniques or where to throw anything. Like really.

So that was written by the writers. Don't they have medical advisors? I remembered watching the YouTube videos of the HP medical advisors talking. Or the actors talking about what they were taught. I definitely watched something like that.

Because we love HP because it had a certain formula. This has the physical location and everything else is not the same.

She sounds like it but whether the writer would label it with a diagnosis is another thing. Its not as if Korean writers label their doctors with being on the spectrum that often.

She does have the trait already based on her interactions. Obs and Gynae is probably not the best speciality to pick.

I was thinking Infectious diseases, immunology, lab work or medical scientist.

No. That's normal for a clever person. You can tell who is sharp even amongst medical professionals. Some would shine. Others passed but you wonder how the hell they passed.

😂😂😂😂 my god. I know right?


I was watching and I swear it was because it was set in Yulje hospital that I am continuing.

The attitude. That attitude will make me bring that 4th year demoted to 1st year to my office for a sit down. Can people EVEN become a 1st year? I mean your training can be discounted but you cannot demote someone who practised for 3 years to a 1st year. You just don't get into a training programme.

Which planet was the writer living on?

The male resident is literally the only one who is actually believable. We have all had that over- enthusiastic puppy at work.

No one gets to top medical school and have zero insight of what or how to take consent. Medical school is not all disease processes.

God. I must be more cheesed off than I thought. I was looking forward to this drama for so long.

Ah. Never watched that drama.

Er I am 45 minutes in and I've had to stop a few times and wondering what was wrong. I went back to check on the director and writer.

The writer was one of the Hospital Playlist writers. I've watched both seasons several times. I've watched all the Reply series and the Prison Playbook.

There is nothing wrong with the drama itself. The directing is fine. As characters the characters are ok? Generic.

The issue is that the old PD and writers did it differently. The vibe is totally different. The characters are richer with the old team.

Now after this... this feels like any 'ol medical drama. You know.... jaded main lead, cocky smart doctor, bitching from her old schoolmate, the pretentious resident. The jaded cynical seniors. The overbearing senior doctors.

These are stock standard medical drama tropes. I am a medical drama expert. I don't watch half of them because of it.

I will watch Resident or intended to watch Resident Playbook based on the old director and writers.

EVEN if I know that the female lead will reform and all medical dramas MAKE everyone seem compassionate or competent in the end; that is not the point.

The point is the reason why I love the Hospital Playlist or Reply series were that the characters were fleshed out. The actors were those characters.

Currently the characters currently on now feels like caricatures of yet another medical drama in S Korea or China. I can take enthusiasm in a new doctor. Arrogance is sort of a given. But I am currently so repulsed that the 3 1st year resident got to the point that they are so imcompetent. How did their professors pass them as internsses in a prestigious hospital? I am going to finish ep 1. Then maybe episode 2.

Then think whether I am interested in continuing. Good god. How did they ruin it? We all know the standard medical dramas. The reason why I could rewatch it was because the HP and Reply series all had heart. This currently is full of cliches. Can ANY resident be that dense in theatre? Only medical students on their first day in theatre can be that dumb. Who the hell takes consent like that?

What was the writer thinking?

Way to ruin my memories. I have even rewatched 3 meals a day: doctor several times because of the Hospital Playlist cast. And even watch the YT series from the doctors and listened in Korean discussing the episodes.

I am quite upset actually. Yes I know its a spin- off. I don't have to like it just because it is based at the same hospital.

Then oh dear. Yes you better drop it.

I am off to watch Doctor playlist or whatever that new drama is called.

I am watching Demon Hunter's romance. That doesn't have any " strange " and wrong vibes even though it has death and demons

It is scary true that humans are scarier than having a story about demons.

Any male or anyone who goes around semi- strangling someone they like is wrong. Caging someone and physical threats are wrong and illegal back then and now.

Its a drama. Disguising it with attractive actors doesn't make it less right. I know viewers give a lot of artistic license excuses for dramas. Its up to the individual viewers if they will accept something wrong. There are people who will.

I am saying this in a psychological sense. There are tests out there about this sort of behaviour or mindset from people. Its used for testing honesty, ethics etc for certain positions. I had to answer about freaking 1600 questions. I forgot the name of the 3 tests I did.

This drama is all sorts of wrong. I have seen cheaper productions on Youtube about this sort of drama. This drama has a bigger budget. The premise is still the same thought. A sadistic male. Some narcissistic behaviour. Psychopathic leanings. I'd give murders a pass for this since this is set in ancient times and authoritarian figures do dole out deaths. However the writing showing the lack of ethics are exactly what kilers say. In modern society. Given the manipulative female here who thinks lying and violence is also ok is all sorts of weird.

At the end of the day this is what this drama boils down to for me.

For others it may be a good looking main couple and kissing. If they are ok with it their choice.

I am dropping it because I don't want to become immune to this behaviour and think its normal. Then I won't recognise it then in real life and call people out for it. Part of my job requires me to know what is normal behaviour and report these sort of violent behaviour or move people away from situations like these. Yes. It happens in modern times.

Yes you can call me dramatic. Different people have different reasons for watching dramas. I am aware of my moral compass even when I am watching stories. I depend on my internal moral compass when I am listening to people. And if I keep watching such idiotic crap disguised as web dramas I am wasting my time. That's how people develop apathy towards violence, toxic behaviours in real life. I sometimes do and end up not making enough effort to help then in my job. Or underestimate the PTSD that people get from repeated abuse. This is this type of drama by the way. So I think this is a very valid reason for dropping it. I really must not watch web dramas. I think I am going to avoid it for several months. Or forever.

Ok this drama has firmly caught my interest.

I really like it that the props and set us is pretty well done. Then you add in some unconventional ghost and demon stories. I have gotten bored with the standard demons.

So good acting plus a fresh story is nice. I don't actually know what is happening. I mean its boring right when you can predict storylines.

Here because of the various little plots I don't know if there is a bigger picture.

The actor that plays the brother. Didn't he play a young brother character recently in another drama? Something brocade or another. He keeps getting cast in those fairly big dramas. Anyway I can't work out if he has a major role here. Initially I thought his story was just the dead wife but he keeps popping up. The creepy inn story? The whole location just shrieks of murder and mystery. So now I have to wait to see where its going. I really thought his role has ended in the earlier episodes.

Even the random Wen Jian story made me laugh. I thought he was just a side character. He gets a story too.

The one thing that surprises me is why Banxia is ok walking all those dark alleys and even volunteering for the Mirror Demon.

I literally don't know what this drama is doing and I love it. Once in a while you actually want to watch an entertaining drama and go along for the ride.