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The episode opens with Mr Shin walking to work. On the way, there is a guy on top of an apartment building dousing himself with fuel and threatening to set himself on fire. Mr Shin appears to be an average guy just minding his own business but he is far more than that. He smells a gas leak and breaks a window to vent and avoid an additional explosion. He talks the guy down with a hamper of laundry and chocolate milk, gets the ass of an owner away from the scene to quit stirring things up, and signals the police when safe to apprehend the young man and get him some help. He then rebukes a young police officer for being so dismissive about the little things that make people snap, offers him a coupon to his chicken shop and tells them to give him a call if any rewards are offered. They combine comedy with a serious situation and show Shin to be a great negotiator. This was well choreographed and the comedy not overdone. The next scene shows all the new judge aides graduating and excited to get their first assignments. Philip is joyful that the judge he admired most handpicked him. He questions his sanity when he finds himself being told to work in a fried chicken place.đShin and the judge have a heated discussion outside and it is clear they have history, but not so clear what that history is. The judge tells Shin he has a smart aide to assist him and to get working on a case file. There is a seafood place filing a complaint and he wants Shin to negotiate and get them to settle out of court. Philip finds himself the delivery boy who gets posted on a livestream. đ He makes his escape to find the shop empty but two adjacent shopkeepers wanting to see Mr Shin. It is clear they arenât getting along. Philip finds himself locked out and is let in by the delivery gal Si On who literally kicks him out of the way to let him in. Shin and aide are heading to meet with On Pursuit producer. Philip makes the mistake of critiquing Shinâs driving and listing the various traffic violations he committed. He then finds himself tossed out of the car and fired. The host of the show was introduced to Shin and they briefly discussed the topic of salted seafood cooperative that was filing a complaint against the show. Shin was not as successful as mediator with this case, but heâs just getting started. He has bad luck with the salt seafood co op because they know the maggots were a set up. The biggest one not complying is a granny who learned her grandson planted the maggots in the barrels. Shin and aide learn there is a realtor making a land grab from the business location and already has a buyer for all the properties not even sold yet. At the restaurant, Si On has a busy night of deliveries. Everybody is disappointed seeing her and she finally sees the blog that has Phillip on it. Apparently many hoped to meet him in person. đPhilip goes home and has difficulty responding to his parentâs questions about his new job. The granny gave up and tried pills to end it after grandsonâs betrayal. She told them to just settle and be done with it. Si On makes the guys wear the pink helmet.đ She and Philip tend to have painful encounters for him.. đ𤣠The realtor has sent some thugs after Shin and he and Si On have a chase with her bike and their van. Now both sides have pics and know who they are looking for. Si On calls in some friends to distract them enough to give up the chase for now. Shin has called in his hacker friend Kim to get info on the realtor. Here is where he learns the HI group has had a resort plan that started two years ago plotting how to get that location from salted seafood co op. đ While he was finding out all this information, his aide Philip had busted his ass to get an settlement agreement written up and signed by all the shop keepers. Shin arrives just as they were all signed , sealed and delivered to tear them up and said there needed to be a revised agreement that gave them what they initially wanted to include an on air apology from On Pursuit show. When they were leaving they were steered towards a specific road where they were sandwiched between two construction trucks over a railroad track. Philip got out and watched the car get hit and knocked off the tracks. Shin managed to hurl himself across the track on other side. The episode ends with him glad to be alive lying between the track rails. Philip is relieved they survived and wondering what Shin had discovered to change his mind. This was an exciting first episode to introduce the characters with interesting situations and some comedy to lighten things up. This is an enjoyable watch if you like this type of genre so donât let the rating discourage you.
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This is the last episode. Dr Shirakawa got accepted at Kodak hospital to start training as a pediatric cardiologist. Dr Arai has returned to NICU. Komatsu is planning her own maternity care center so she can be more hands on with womenâs care after the birth. The young couple had a beautiful baby girl. She shared this poem with their families after deciding to go through pregnancy with Down syndrome child. The poem is Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley. It is a beautiful description of the journey of parents with Down syndrome parents. Please look it up and read it. â¤ď¸ Komatsuâs friend had a beautiful baby and then an amniotic embolism. It was very serious surgery but mother and baby doing well. Dr Shamayo is becoming more confidant in emergency medicine and Dr Konotori says he will stay put and be the link to get everybody together. Dr Shinomiya decides to take over his dadâs practice as well as continue his research. The latest resident decided to follow him there and Dr Shinomiya is ever grateful to Dr Konotori for sending him. đ This is a lovely and thoughtful series that helps us appreciate life. I am very glad I watched both seasons and highly recommend.
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This episode covered non invasive prenatal testing. This can help point to any genetic issues the baby might have. There are mixed feelings about this test as some choose to terminate pregnancy one results received. This covered Down syndrome showing one mother that had a Down syndrome toddler who she considered as precious as brother and the lights of her life. One older couple decided to terminate and one young couple wavered, but the mom eventually opted to have the baby when she requested a sonogram and then chose to not go through with abortion. The issue of right to life and raising a disabled child is a very complex issue. These must be decided in a case by case basis with the family and then the best decision for their family should be respected. This episode has Dr Shinomiya struggling with his future career plans as his father is ill and is the single ob/gyn of his home area. Once again he is in surgery when his sister calls. He runs out the door not sure when heâll be back. He quickly states his father died and tells Dr Kinotori to take care of things. And the episode endsâŚ
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This episode deals with recurrent miscarriages. There is a test to help understand if thereâs a reason, but they said 85% of women could become pregnant whether they had tested or not. This episode tried to help the couple deal with the grief and honor the three children she had in her womb. The couple thought they had to forget which was adding to the stress. The husband found out the little things makes his wife feel appreciated. Like him trying to learn the Baby song for her. This last time, even Dr Konotori was nervous, but there is a blessed heartbeat.â¤ď¸Dr Shinomiya stepped in for his dad. He learned that his father was so passionate about his job because he loved where he was. I think that registered with him. I am not sure if he has found the place he wants to stay at yet. Dr Sharikawa has not found a hospital to train him yet. Dr Imahashi tells him he must make his own decision. I liked Imahashi looking out for Komatsu when she was stressing over the mom with multiple miscarriages. Her heart is so big and she internalizes it when she is bound by hospital protocol and canât do more. Dr Shimoya gets a chance to shine when a pregnant ER patient arrives. The ER doctors are used to pushing her aside and this was the first time where she handled the baby and they did the mom and both were doing well. It was a proud moment she needed. The team is flexing its wings and that means changes for them. This season is focusing on that a lot more than just patient cases. I am enjoying it, but itâs clear they are rounding out story rather than gearing up for a next season. That makes me a bit sad, but there are many episodes with high rewatch value whenever I want to revisit the team.
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Dr Shirakawa had to learn the hard way. His mentor needed to leave for awhile and Dr Shirakawa assumed he was ready to be in charge. He misdiagnosed a newborn and gave her the wrong treatment for three days til a colleague called Dr Imahashi to come in. They discovered a defect rather than condition and the baby was transferred to another hospital for the operation. He is told to accompany the parents and when sneaking out of the hospital he runs into the Iron Lady. (She was a staff member season 1). She chatted with him about her mistake and taking myths off to end up working part time in pediatrics at a different hospital. Imahashi yelled at him to own his mistake and be with the parents. The baby did well in surgery, and while the mom was more forgiving the dad was done with him. He did some soul searching and when he was crying at the hospital, Imahashi told him to remember the feeling. He ultimate decision was to go into pediatric cardiology so he could learn faster and better. The team is short handed but let him go. While all this is going on, Shinomiya had an offer to work with a university to find better treatment for placenta abruption. He would be gone for at least two years. His father is ill and wants his son to help him with his dream. Shinomiya isnât happy but accepts his dad;s stubbornness. When heâs in surgery his sister calls that their father is transferred to hospital. The episode ends.đ
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Komatsu is the heart of the unit. She is the one to make people smile and wants to be the worldâs greatest midwife. She is a loud extrovert compared to the rest of the more quiet and reclusive staff. After her collapse her friends literally carried her to exam room to get a much needed checkup. The learned that due to a combination of other conditions that she had a chocolate cyst. She is getting past childbearing years so they agree a hysterectomy is her best option. She takes a while to think about it. She goes to her reunion and one of her colleagues has learned she is pregnant. Komatsu is so happy for her and so sad for herself. After reflecting, she realizes she can adopt and that she has brought thousands of babies into the world over her 20 yr career. She gets the operation and returns to clinic where they pretend itâs just another day. Dr Shimoya runs in and gives her a heartfelt hug and the rest of the staff smile, glad they are together. The sr that has joined them resents more than appreciates the help they give her. She wants to prove herself as a doctor and that having a baby wonât make her lesser than anyone else on staff. She apologizes to Shinomiya and will do better about accepting help when needed. Dr Sihrkawa is coming into his own as a neonatologist. He gave a lecture at a convention and was noticed by a prominent pediatrician. After that he started getting more full of himself. He admonished a nurse rather sharply and when his mentor tried to advise him about something, he was cut off and informed not to worry because he was well aware of what his capabilities were. The mentor shakes his head sadly wondering what happened to the shy young man to turn him into this arrogant jerk.đ Di Sinomiya gets a job offer and drops by where Baby performs to have a chatâŚ.and the episode ends.
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This episode has Dr Shimoya filling in at another hospital. She becomes close to another patient that is also named Kae and is the same age. They develop a friendship and Dr Shimoya plans to go to her wedding. She also grinned at baby being named Sakura, because to her was a boyâs name. When she was getting ready to leave, she saw the patientâs hand shake and mentioned it to the attending doctor. She asked if any thyroid problems and was told no. The Dr did, however, say he would check her blood on Monday for thyroid issues. The next day the patient went into cardiac arrest. She suffered from what was called a thyroid storm. They saved baby Sakura, but were unable to save the mother. Dr Shimoya was devastated. In a meeting the head of emergency medicine wanted to know why no ob/gyn checked thyroid or noted the symptoms. Dr Shimoya stayed quiet and became more and more withdrawn. She over reacted initially by having every mom get thyroid tested. Not only did she get the clinic behind with appointments, she was making new moms to be more agitated and nervous. She was ordered to take leave. During her week off she was uncommunicative and gave no clue if coming back. Komatsu invited her to a concert and Babyâs playing helped her resolve to come back. She was unhappy with her lack of overall body knowledge and asked to train in emergency medicine. Her dept is proud of her but the ER staff not as impressed. The Dr she respected from ER told her point blank if she only came there to learn, she should leave now. The head of the dept doesnât think she will last a year. It will be a very big change for her but will make her a more confident and capable doctor. After she leaves dept, their sr who had just had a baby signed up as her replacement. Everybody is happy to get a new doc and sad Shimoya left. The episode ends with Komatsu having abdominal pain and falling to the floor.
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This was such an emotional journey this episode. Two mothers are on bed rest for duration of time remaining in pregnancy. One has two other children and the other is her first. Dr Konotori was hit with unexplained tragedy. The mother had done everything right and all prior checkups were normal. With no warning or reason little Akari died in utero. It was so sad to see her deliver a stillborn, but so beautiful how the staff embraced her and gave dignity to their family. It was heart wrenching and beautiful at the same time. She was their first child and will always hold a special place. The other mother was heartbroken for her roommate when she found out. She was also given a gift from her. There was such beauty and grace in how these families were presented. Another family had to have an emergency c-section. The boy had heart problems that needed surgery but the dad was not inclined. He openly stated that no surgery to save his life was needed. Dr Shaniya was shaken with this development because she later realized that by focusing on the babt]y, she had disregarded the parentsâ wishes. She wrote a letter to apologize and the mom came to NICU.she let the doctor know they did not blame her for her decision and were ready to discuss the needed surgery. I was bawling my eyes out this episode, but in spite of the tragedy, there is so much love and hope. The music as always lovingly embellished the story.
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This episode featured the mom that had a c-section and for second child wants to try natural. She is struggling as a new parent because she has mentally decided that the level of pain in childbirth equates to level of love for child. The child is stubborn and willful so she is unhappy with how she and daughter get along. Even the father noticed when he paid attention.đ Her disposition was much better just thinking about it. Ultimately, since they could not induce when she stalled progressing, she finally accepted that a c-section is ok. This was first episode they did not say which gender newborn was. đ The chief of NICU is struggling due to lack of staff. The new kid is getting ready to move from ob/gyn to there and hopefully will be more interested. The Iron Lady did not return, but the new one from last season is doing a good job picking up the slack. So the question is which is better, to lack staff but have dedicated personnel, or have the right number of personnel needed but they are lackluster in job performance?
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This episode had flashbacks to a young mother that committed suicide. Dr Konotori still has much guilt about her. The career mom was showing same symptoms. Dr Komatsu was frustrated because she wanted to get the woman help and didnât care about protocol. The husband and mother đthey could not have been more thoughtless. 𤏠Heâs getting pats on the back about what a wonderful dad he is but heâs never home. His wife is losing herself. Her career has been put on hold and they moved on with her project with new people. Her hair is falling out and she feels completely isolated. Her baby is growing well and the hole in her heart is healing. Things should be happy but they arenât. Dr Shinomiya talks her down from the ledge. He tells her she is suffering from depression, but she can heal with proper assistance. The staff embrace her cause and talk with her. She is encouraged to join a new moms group. Her husband gets a chat about his lack of help and he promises to be more hands on with the baby. I hope he comes through. There is another young couple where the wife has a heart condition. Special arrangements are made for the birth to be as calm and painless as possible. She comes in ever week with some silliness about how she should dress or eat based on silly myths and nonsense. She is finally talked down and has the baby. She also admits the myths were nonsense. These two are very young but hopefully will use brains better once baby is home. The episode ends with an emergency birth due to high blood pressure. The new staff member didnât bring it to the attention of the doctors and was flippant about it. Dr Shimoya slapped him across the face and we all were with her. He deserved it. đ
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This episode has a young couple expecting. The mother felt baby move for first time and they are very excited. She learned she had cervical cancer and had to decide how long to keep baby in womb or even if continue pregnancy. The treatment required a radical hysterectomy so this would be their only chance for a pregnancy. Dr Konotori knows his mother passed because she refused treatment for her cancer. His third orphanage mom reminded him that his mother really wanted to raise him with her own two hands. He decided 28 weeks would give mother and child best chance. Their daughter is very tiny in NICU, but the motherâs test came back negative after the surgery. Dr Shinomiya declares them both lucky. He always chooses to play devilâs advocate, and he brings up reasonable arguments. But he also smiled when they couldnât see him. The career mom from last season is answering fine to all questions but something is off. Dr Komatsu had her fill out a survey about difficulties as a new mom and encourages her to come to them for guidance and assistance. The end of the episode shows her severely depressed and on roof ledge at hospital. The episode pushed hpv vaccines. Vaccinations are important, but some must weigh the risks to the benefits.
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Season two shifts our view a bit. Dr Konotori is on a remote island helping his mentor for his âholidayâ. Baby has a new wig. And we now see how the new parents deal with baby at home. There is a new resident in NICU and we are introduced to a deaf couple having a baby. Nobody could really sign so here new resident helps a lot shuffling cards for her to read. They seemed a bit fearful their child could hear. The grandparents are not enthused with them having children when neither can hear. It was nice to see the effort the staff went to to try to make them as comfortable as possible. A career oriented couple wants their baby to fit into their busy schedules. She wants to have it all mapped out. Their plan is shot to hell when they learn their child has a hole in her heart. It is fixable, but has to wait til sheâs older. The baby cries a lot and the mom is freaking because she is doing an internet deep dive into her daughterâs condition. The dad says he will be supportive, but so far, it hasnât fit into his work schedule. The mom has added guilt because her pet project at work has been handed to a colleague to handle and neither is happy with that situation. On the island, Dr Konotori got to see first hand how to make do with limited medical facilities. His mentor wants to inspire him to help at their clinic. Dr Shinomiya is as charming and smiling as ever.đ He has already told âjrâ resident to stay out of his way. Dr Konotori is back, but it seems his thoughts have not completely left the island. They had a 2 yr checkup with Naoto, the trisomy 16 baby. And after seeing struggles of career moms, Dr Shamayo wonders if she can be both mom and doctor. She is most happy to be out of resident status and officially a doctor. Music is more orchestral than piano but still very enjoyable.
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This episode had a baby with trisomy 16. The baby had been in NICU for 3 months and while the mother faithfully showed up with breast milk every day, they were too fearful to visit. The hospital they had visited prior painted such a dark picture they couldnât face it. The mother finally got brave enough to peek and with a boot from Dr Shinomiya the father finally came. They decided to take their baby home and make every day memorable. Mei has reached first bday and her father is ready to send her to grandparents. His career plans are fleeing and he sees no way to fix things. He has a heart to heart conversation with Dr Konotori who shared some thoughts on what a child who lost a parent needed to know. He gave father and daughter concert tickets and the end result father chose a more realistic job that meshed with family living. A reporter came wanting to publish a story about their clinic. She was an older mom to be who had suffered through fertility assistance. Originally she was going to do a reveal piece on who âBabyâ really was but changed it to something more heartfelt, a picture book telling of all the families who had babies born their and their stories. Sakura learns more about his mom and how he got his name. I thought it was interesting that the administrator was his guardian growing up.dr Shimoya helped save a mother who collapsed and lot heartbeat. She is now feeling more part of the team as the young staff Dr in NICU has also matured and become more confident in his training. The Iron Lady has not returned yet. There is a Christmas concert in the hospital with Dr Konotori playing. For once the administrator doesnât care if they figure out he is âBabyâ. Everyone is enjoying Christmas celebrations at home or the hospital. This drama showcases many of the things encountered in the delivery room. Both good and bad. It does an excellent job balancing patients and doctorsâ experiences and impressions. The music is excellent and the actors did a fine job. Production took you right to their rooms experiencing whatever happened. This drama is very emotion packed. It covers heavy topics, but leaves you with love and hope in your heart for the future. Highly recommend.
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This episode was about preemies and the stresses of NICU staff. Also the death of Dr Shinmiyaâs unconscious patient. He is in the middle of a C-section when he gets the notification about his patient. He continues to finish the emergency surgery because his first priority is the welfare of the new mother he is working on. He rushes to her room but arrives too late to say goodbye. The father eventually shows up, does a single bow and leaves. 6 years ago he lost his wife when this child was delivered. It was Dr Shinomiya that faithfully visited her every day for all that time. The child never once woke up or heard her father say her name, or anything at all to her. This broke Shinomiya who wanted to cure her and couldnât and mourned that her father could not bear to deal with her. This was heartbreaking. One in NICU gave up her place to make room for emergency baby. This was so hard for the parents. The baby was so tiny with so many things that could happen. Here the âiron ladyâ pulls a Shinomiya. She is not rude, but she overwhelms the parents with too many things. The father is too scared to even name the little boy and the mother feels itâs her fault. The mom does visit and names her son and the dr is determined to singlehandedly guard over him. She has left so many dinners and even in the middle of a proposal runs out for an emergency. Little Yosuke did not make it, but was held by his parents and shown love on his way to heaven. This broke the Iron Lady and she has a break down and leaves hospital. She feels personally responsible for not being able to heal him and can only keep apologizing. It is not clear if she will have the heart to return to work after this patient. She is an excellent Dr so I hope she makes it to the other side with her grief and guilt.
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This episode is very bittersweet. Have Kleenex ready. It focuses on two mothers and the young staff Dr in NICU. One mother is very excited about her first pregnancy. She is 20 weeks along and learns her baby had anencephaly. This is a condition where the babyâs body continues to grow normally, but the brain and skull do not and the baby cannot live long outside the womb if reaches full term. This was a very sad experience for the couple as her first child, a son, was stillborn. She named him and mourned him. She is now expecting her second child and is not experiencing the same joy. In fact, she considered aborting and not having any more children at all. She makes it through and has a second child. She is determined to remember her first and to do all she can for her new one. The second mother is expecting a child with a cleft palate. It was discovered late in pregnancy and the mother is very upset. First, Dr Shinomiya was a shit in how callously he told her. She was so upset that she spent time on internet looking at pics and completely forgot the information she was told. Her husband talks her into returning to hospital and again, Shinomiya is curt about news. Dr Konotori takes over and has a calmer conversation and shows them reading material and provides a list of doctors that deals with cleft palates so they can find out what they will need to do after birth. She swapped to Dr Konotori and calms herself down to have that hard conversation with the grandparents. Her GMA was much more receptive, but her parents eventually resigned themselves and tried to be more positive. Dr Konotori talks to a plastic surgeon and the. Tells the couple Dr Shinomiya referred him. What is truly special this episode. The mother comes back and gives Dr Shino,Kay a 3 part review. It ends with he should be nicer to his patients. What is shocking is he laughs out loud at this. He seems to be softening up a bit. Giving birth is hard with no surprises added. To learn that your baby will be less than perfect to the world at large is a hard thing. To first get over your own biases and self pity to take on what the child needs and be a positive support, is a very special role. The young doc in NICU was ready to give up. He was all thumbs with some of the equipment and he just didnât feel up to the task. His colleague gave him a letter from a former patient that had a child with cleft palate. The mother spoke of her fears and the difficulties that came with the condition. But she showed before and after pics to say that the scar was her favorite trait of her baby now. This offered hope and encourage both the family expecting, and the young doctor wavering on his career choice. He was reminded that in NICU, it was the staff there most attuned to the silent cries of the babies. He could hear them and needed to be more confident to treat them. The end of the episode shows Dr Shinomiyaâs unconscious patient taking a turn for the worse while he is in surgery.
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