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I agree, but is this something we didn't know before? When you work on a movie, you should take out the scenes that even though are good, do not add anything to the plot/don't show us something more about the character. I guess it is different with a series (one that has such long episodes at that), but it disrupted the pacing for me, and they felt boring and unnecessary. I'd say the same about the beginning of the episode, when dr Cheon, Ik Jun, Jun Wan and Andrea see their outpatients - it's nothing we haven't seen before. We know that dr Cheon is cold to his patients, and the others care a lot more. And I get that it's a slice of life, but if the scenes don't add anything new, they should at least be funny or moving, and all of those just weren't (maybe for the kid visiting Andrea, she was freaking adorable, I did enjoy that one the most).

I liked their conversation (Lee Kyu Hyung is such a charismatic actor! shame he doesn't get a bigger role), but honestly, it was so blunt XD Like she just accidentaly met somebody that's in the exact same situations as her. I don't know, I found it rather awkward and a bit too straightforward to my liking...

I honestly hope that he will be able to talk to somebody about his relationship and share his concerns. I think it can be hard for him to open up, especially that he's been secretive about it for so long, but he will really need support.

Ok... So I watched the latest episode, and though I seriously love this show, but I have some thoughts.

1. I already noteced it in S1, but Ik Jun is a near-perfect human being. And it kinda worked in S1. But I don't feel like any of his plots right now are interesting at all. He is getting a lot of time each episode, and I'm sorry, but it's pretty tiring to watch him operate on yet another patient, and even though the surgery is near impossible to do, he manages to do it. I get it, he's one of the best in his field, he's kind, he's thoughtful, he loves helping people, but I'm honestly getting bored. And the patient's story in ep 3 did not make it any more interesting to me. In ep 2, when Ik Jun refused to treat a drinking man after a liver transplant, that was something interesting - I want to see more of that, explore all kinds of stories. I want him talking with U-Ju more. Honestly, give me something...
2. I feel that the patient's stories are very uneven. I loved the story of the mother from ep 1 visiting Gyeul, it was really touching, and the pregnant woman's story in ep 2 was engaging as well. But this episode, I enjoyed the girl visiting Andrea at the beginning of the episode, I also really liked the one who was 'smiling with eyes', and that's pretty much it. As I said, the liver transplant did not move me, somehow the two mothers of kids with heart diseases were also pretty bland... It was supposed to be touching, but it was a bit boring to me, I'm sorry...
3. Due to the patient's stories being disappointing, they drag for me and I feel like they take too much time in an episode. Like, the episodes are 1,5h long. Why do we get a Winter Garden moment every other episode, and when it comes, it's just once in an episode? Like - there you have it a kiss/hug, now moving on to another character. I want more simple interactions, them treating a patient together, talking about life, just like in ep 1. And where did Min Ha go, do they still want to develop her relationship with Suk Hyung? Because it hasn't really changed for the last 3 episodes, and at this rate I feel like they should just give up on it, him having a sudden change of heart after 15 episodes of no doubts about wanting to be single just won't be believable. And not even the romance, I lack more interactions between the characters (Andrea and his mother was gold, but I want more!). Maybe I'm wrong but last season I felt that there's a better balance between medical and personal stuff.
4. This is minor, but I am pretty disappointed with the music. I thought that we will get a lot more new songs, but right now it's pretty repetetive and using mainly S1 music. I guess that we will get more along the way, but I expected more.

Overall, I still enjoy it, don't get me wrong. But S1 felt way fresher, and S2 seems to have lost just a bit of its spark. Sorry for the rant, I hope nobody feels like I'm attacking anybody, I'm still a fan, it's just that for the first time, today I felt like I want to skip some parts of Hospital Playlist, and I've never felt like that before. Maybe I'm overreacting, it's possible, we still have a lot of episodes left.

I wanted to recommend watching "Into the Ring", but I see that you have already watched it, a true man of culture!

I don't think we know a lot. From what I remember, we were told that the marriage lasted only 1 month, and Suk Hyung feels sorry for his ex-wife. I also think that it was an arranged marriage, but I'm not sure, and it was his decision to end it (but I'm not 100% sure, someone can correct me if I'm wrong).

I feel the same... Don't get the hype at all. When I stop watching in the middle of the episode and then pick it up some other day, I had no idea what point of time it was. The characters are not my cup of tea at all. I tried for 5 episodes, I think it's time for me to drop it.

Nah, they always give us tense trailers, and then it turns out that it's nothing really important XD

I feel you... This could have been one of my favourite dramas, if not for the ending. After almost half a year I still wasn't able to give it a score...

I'm kinda surprised at myself, because I hate watching airing shows (I still remember that I watched Mr Queen while it aired because I thought it would be 16 eps not 20, oh how I suffered between the episodes...) but with this one it's more of a nice feeling of anticipation instead of losing sleep. But I guess that's because I already got my Winter Garden in episode 1 and I couldn't be happier haha

Yeah, I found ep 13 pretty strange as well... Like why make them go back together 2 times in span of like 10 mins (first time in the hospital, second when he run after the truck) when nothing really changed to give FL a reason to break up with ML once again? Also the scene when ML cought the criminal from the photo was so weird, why did he try to make FL feel bad by shouting about beating people up, was that supposed to be a joke? What if the criminal didn't show up, wouldn't this scene end so painfully? The more I think about it the more problems I find with this episode, these are only the most frustrating from the top of my mind... I love that they stayed together, as I enjoyed the romance part enormously, but overall, the characters actions in ep 13 were totally inconsistent with other parts of the show...

I agree completely. There was a similar situation with Winter Garden in S1, but I feel that it was handled way better - when Andrea refused to go on a date with Gyeoul and it was a clear rejection - but the difference was that she was actually considering to give up on her feelings. It's just that at that point, she started to get encouragement from Andrea's mother and Andrea himself started warming up to her, and that way it made sense for her to continue fighting for this relationship and confess.
With Ik Jun and Songhwa I also feel that the development will be way more natural - Ikjun might step out for a bit, and Songhwa will have time to decide on her feelings, based on their relationship.
But on the other hand, Minha confessed and nothing happened - she just kept getting rejected. I think she and Suk Hyung are more suitable to be friends not lovers, seeing their development. Would love to see a new love interest for her.

No problem, happy to help!

Wasn't it "Introduce me to a good person" sang by Joy? I can't access Netflix now to make sure, but I remember that it played in the beginning of the episode

Yes, I agree completely... I would love to see somebody go after her, I don't actually think that Suk Hyung warmed up to her all that much...

I dropped Healer after the first episode. Back then, I thought that it was real bad, the action scenes were really meh, the plot didn't convince me at all... Few months later I found out that it's on Netflix, and I had nothing better to watch, so I put the 2nd episode on and was instantly hooked. But I never went back to that first episode, even though I remembered what happened in it very vaguely.

I was so cracked when at the beginning of the episode Andrea was laughing at Jun Wan about his sweet words to Ik Sun, and then he proceeded to be an absolute sweetheart around Geoul XD I never expected him to be so caring towards her, especially at the very start of their relationship, you can see at one glance how much he cares for her... Also, he was already calling her by her first name during the date if I caught that correctly! I got so much more than I expected in this episode- big thanks to the crew that there was no time skip- and my fangirl heart is full right now. Also, if we already got a winter garden date in the first episode, I wish we see so much more as 11 episodes remain!

I KNOW RIGHT

Okay, so I wasn't able to keep myself from looking at spoilers on twitter, and seeing Winter Garden screenshots made me happy to tears. I'm honestly so fulfilled right now, I'm gonna die as a happy fan.

I can watch it in 2-3 hours after I get from work so I have to wait anyway, but my heart is actually fluttering at the moment :D