Ambear

Season 1 is better, but Season 2 has the better ending. (Contains Spoilers)

Season 1 is better, but Season 2 has the better ending. Don't be fooled as the core of this show is ROMANCE but it's forgivable.

The majority of the plot revolves around who is into who, playing cupid, and we even learn about the preferences of the main friend group through their love interests wanting secret intel on them. Almost all the songs they sing are romance songs related to the romantic plot point of the given episode. Yes, there is a core friendship within the show, but it isn't really being explored into any kind of depth just something to enjoyably observe and get a laugh out of in the midst of the real plot of romance and hospital work life.

However, the romance is highly mature and tasteful. The Romance genre in TV is full of badly written and immature couples and romance arc. It was nice to finally witness a majority of decent and realistic relationships. We do also get pretty consistent characters and personalities, so the friendship dynamics are written and feel very authentic.

**SPOILERS**
As for the romance between the leads Song-hwa and Ik-Jun. I don't hate that they end up together. I hate how the ship was introduced and presented throughout the show. PURELY a deduction on technicality. It relied WAY to heavily on screentime and flashbacks (which use to be fun and about the entire friend group until it became solely for them) and the introduction to the potential ship felt unnatural like it was a last-minute decision in the late middle of S1.

I would've enjoyed a slow burn between the Song-hwa and the 1st member of the group she rejected, Seok-hyeog, as the 1st scene of the ENTIRE series is of these two and it is naturally brought up that he asked her out in the past and she rejected him. If they went down a slow burn route for them, I'd buy it, and I might've loved it. I just don't buy Ik-jun and Song-hwa romantic lore as it felt like a forced plot point that I'm only okay with because I really LOVE their characters and the actors play them so well. It really is the directing and writing that I don't like for this couple. I will say the way Song-hwa confessed felt so real and authentic and i'm so thankful they didn't go the dramatic "you almost died so we have to date now" route. The cowardness with these two doesn't sit well with me. They'd realistically talk after Ik-jun confessed he liked her to her NS team 2 years ago and not drag it out. In their defense I love that Song-hwa had a moment with Seok-hyeong as the first person to fully acknowledge she was dating Ik-jun. It warmed my heart that I had to love it too.

The Yang Seok-hyeong and his resident, Chu Min-Ha, was a little iffy for me as I think once the student-teacher admiration wears off it feels like they're settling as there isn't much to them beyond that. I don't think they'd fall in love outside of work but if they did it might have been more lovely.

Jeong-won and Dr. Jang are honestly the couple that makes the most sense and feels natural and healthy as a couple but why they fell in love is nonexistent to me. I don't hate it, I'm confused but happy. For a good minute I wanted Dr. Jang to fall in love with Ik-jun but in the end I'm glad that didn't happen. There is a bit of student-teacher dynamic but I feel like Dr. Jang's personality makes up for that aspect of things. She doesn't live and die by his teaching and guidence. She straight up said "I can't promise you I won't do that again" at one point. I still wish Jeong-won didn't give up on going deeper into his faith and I disliked how they framed the situation but he's Catholic and not Otrhodox Christian (Orthodox Priest can be married with children and work another job). I think I like this couple the best because they actually know each other very well and relying on the other goes both ways. It doesn't for the other couples.

(Ik-jun never told Song-hwa about Ik-sun's condition, Seok-hyeong never went to Min-ha about his family troubles, Ik-sun lied to Jun-wan and Jun-wan didn't talk about what stressed him out to her.)

Jun-wan and Ik-sun is the only relationship I liked as they had a valid reason to be a secret, but man was it out of left field yet I'm thankful they didn't use flashbacks to justify them getting together... I did enjoy Junwan working through his breakup and his frienship with Jeong-won & Dr. Do Jae-hak being put to the test and found innocent and adorable. Him and Ik-jun are adorable too. I truly feel through him I got to see the parts of the friend group I wanted to see more of. I love the piggies. For a hot minute I thought the piggies were going to be a thing and I'm forever grateful it was not.

I hate how the daddy long leg and the children's hospital and the guardian guest house plot points dropped off. Also, the sibling twins were everything for me and I wish they got a nice solid arc but they kind of got mixed in with every other resident & fellow characters. They did love the piggies though so that warmed me up. They are the future piggies. NC and CS.

Personally, I'd like this series more if it kept the friend group 100% platonic and everyone dated outside of the group. Nonetheless I enjoyed it enough. Might watch the 1st season again on a rainy day but not season 2.

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