KevinToronto

You are very welcome. I am also enjoying people's comments and analyses. I miss things and here is a good place to find out what they are.

The general consensus is that
(1) Kim Ma Ri (Hyun Sung's "step"mother) is Woo Ri's biological mother. I am not certain that this has been explored very much.
(2) Oh Seon Young (Court Yard Restaurant family) is Soo Ji's biological mother. This was pretty much confirmed when both went to the same house in the demolition zone.

What we do not know is how Woo Ri ended up with the Court Yard Restaurant family. Although it does seem to be a family that has just come together, apparently with only Kang Woo Chang and Kang Jung Soon being related by blood.

You might be right, but I suspect that they will start getting closer in the not too distant future (as doctor/patient first, and then friends). However, the complicated "parentage" issues will cause problems. Neither of the leads are living with their biological mothers. When it is revealed who is whose mother, there are going to be "fireworks".

For me, the important step will be Soo Ji accepting the help of others, specifically Woo Ri. At the same time, she will realise that Hyun Sung is not actually helping; he is merely being an insensitive, entitled man, who does not have the empathy necessary to put Soo Ji ahead of himself.

Right now, I am waiting for the drama/scandal within the Han family to be revealed. We have three families and two (Jang family and Court Yard Restaurant family) have had their scandals. This is probably an unlikely scenario but I cannot help but wonder if there was something in Hyun Sung's 10 years overseas that was the real reason for him coming back, rather than the "Soo Ji is at the hospital" excuse.

Regardless, there are probably more than enough twists and turns ahead to delay the inevitable coming together of the leads.

I succumbed and caught up. I think that the preview is slightly misleading. I could be wrong, but I think that we will see that (preview) scene before we see what happened in the hospital room. Will it be another situation where Hyun Sung presents his "ownership" of Soo Ji as a fact that does not require her input, acceptance, or agreement.

What struck me was Soo Ji saying that she just wanted people to forget her name. Is the next series of episodes going to show us what she does to do that?

I am not certain that it will take 30 more episodes for the inevitable split with Hyun Sung, although I suspect that will be a "one-sided" split for quite a while. With no evidence whatsoever, I suspect that there will be some sort of drama* involving the Han family, and perhaps the hospital. This will result in Soo Ji seeing Hyun Sung in a more realistic light, growing a backbone, and telling him to stop, in no uncertain terms. And, yes, I think that Woo Ri will be in the background helping her recover and giving her the strength to say stop.

*I wonder if the tangled bloodlines will be part of this drama.

I completely agree that Soo Ji is not setting any boundaries. Although, I do not think that he would have just walked away if she had said "sorry, but I no longer fee that way towards you", or something similar. His professed reason for returning to Korea was because Soo Ji was at the hospital, I cannot believe that he would shrug his shoulders and accept rejection.

I would go a step further. He is a bad person. How can someone just waltz into a hospital room and tell the family members to take a hike? Useless though he is, the brother wanted to stay, but is told to go home. Plus, I do not think that self-professed boyfriend trumps family when it comes to being a patient's guardian.

I would slightly disagree with the trust issues. He would have to respect Soo Ji in order to have trust (or lack it) in her. I have written before that I believe he views her as his personal property:
He was in another country for 10 years, but comes back because she is at his parent's hospital.
She has clearly been at the hospital for many years.
He publicly announces he is her fiance.
He is in the process of alienating her from colleagues, friends, and family.
He is trying to control her life.

I am waiting for him to tell her that the best way to stop all of the problems is for her to give up being a doctor, become his (trophy) wife, stay at home and have children.

(2) and (3) are purely guesses, based on the usual drama story lines. :-)

So far, the Han family has been the typical "rich" family, but given Hyun Sung's lead role, I foresee a situation where the family will be front and centre in the story. Will Woo Ri be the reason for that? I do not know. But I agree with @EMaGr.

Good analysis. My only additional comments are
(1) Aside from Jung Soon and Woo Chang, I do not think that there are any blood-relationships amongst the Court Yard Restaurant "Family". I could be wrong, but I think the three children (Woo Ri; Doo Ri; and A Ra) are all adoptees/foundlings.
(2) I suspect that Woo Ri has a connection to the Han family.
(3) There is a major (shameful) secret within the Han family.

This has become my "car crash" programme. I know I should look away but cannot. However, I am going to try to watch in batches rather than daily.

Sadly, I think that Na Young will go even lower. I suspect that the confrontation (complete with egg throwing) with patients, shown in the preview, will be the result of something even more "outrageous".

I agree that Hyun Sung should stop focusing on Woo Ri. However, as I have written before, he believes that (1) Soo Ji is his property and (2) he is entitled to everything that he believes is his. It is clear that his subconscious attitude is "Why tell him to stay away when she is mine and I am his superior; he should just walk away?"

While I do not disagree with the sentiment, I think it would be just too cruel to make lightning do that. 😐

I would agree had he not spent most of the earlier episodes acting like Soo Ji was his personal object. A confident boyfriend would have thanked the concerned co-worker and then asked for help in making sure that Soo Ji was okay. To me, the statement came across as another "she is mine" statement.

"lets see how their attitude is when they realize they don't have a golden cow to milk dry anymore." The normal response would be to recognise their selfishness and stupidity. However, I suspect that they will veer towards a Na Young like attitude, and blame Soo Ji for their problems.

Thanks for the clarification, both of you. I obviously missed that point amongst all the other times Na Young went off the deep end because of her obsessive jealousy of Soo Ji.

I agree that Woo Ri was very lucky to have his sister set the record straight. The fact that Na Young can so readily lie clearly worried him. Is it an a hint of a major psychological issue that will cause problems for Woo Ri and Soo Ji in future episodes?

With regard to the video, I am not certain that it is an issue of belief. I think he still believes in Soo Ji. Rather I am wondering if his trust in her (and his judgment) was rocked a bit. Until that point, he had only seen the violence in one direction. Now, it would appear to go both ways. As he does not know the family dynamic involved, he is making a judgment based on Soo Ji being a psychiatrist. Slapping the face of someone (who he still believes is unrelated to Soo Ji) would not be something he would have expected of Soo Ji given her profession.

While I want to root for Soo Ji, I am getting fed up with the continuous "I will deal with it myself". If her patients took that attitude, she would have no practice.

What is with the inability of Soo Ji to acknowledge her relationship with Na Young? I understand Na Young because she is so insecure. While it might explain the dynamic to Woo Ri, he would be able to understand it better.

Hopefully the rest of the week will sort out some of this.

While it would be nice to have a good bromance between the ML an2ML, I do not think it will happen in the long run. Hyun Sung has already asked why Woo Ri is so concerned about Soo Ji. Plus, he was away from Korea and apparently only came back because Soo Ji was at his parent's hospital. [Unless I am mistaken, she was a doctor there for a while, so that seems rather weak.] Upon his return, he immediately "claims" her, even publicly stating he is her fiance. There appears to be no acknowledgement or acceptance that Soo Ji is a successful doctor.

All of the above suggests to me that Hyun Sung is not going accept losing someone considers to be his possession, and he will not be quiet or pleasant when he realises that she no longer loves him.

I think the next scandal will be created by Na Young, but I suspect that Woo Ri and Hyun Sung will try to help in very different ways, and this will sow the seeds of doubt in Soo Ji's mind.

I suspect she lashes out because she has had experience where the "helping hand" has been anything but. Apologies for being pedantic, but both Soo Ji and Woo Ri are psychiatrists, not therapists, and they are both doctors (MDs). Psychologists and therapists are not.

While the common drama trope is to have the second leads (male and female) as major negative aspects of the story (often being obsessively trying to "catch" one of the lead characters), there are some stories where there is a separate couple development between the second leads. Dramas that come to mind include Run On; You are my Spring; A Business Proposal; Love to Hate You; and The Master's Sun.

This is mere speculation, but is it because she feels guilty as result of receiving the parent's praise for being so clever and successful despite not being their child? Is Soo Ji trying to help Na Young to compensate? Will this guilt be part of the reason for her disappearance?