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The awkwardness was so refreshing!

I agree with you, he obviously should have listened to her and it was hella shady, but we should remember that the ML remembers too well all the moments when other people were wrongfully accused by FL (including him, not once). I know that's not a good enough excuse, but it can become hard to tell right from wrong in such a case...
Also let's not kid ourserves, it was a crazy coincidence for plot purposes, maybe he should have thought that it was shady, but I can't blame him for not connecting it to Yang case haha

I hate to say it, but I actually am the second one who thinks the same thing - I wasn't really all that into IkSong last season. I love them as friends but I feel that other couples had better chemistry and development. For me, Winter Garden wins by a long shot! (but of course everyone can have their own personal favourites <3)

As much as I love enemies-to-lovers storylines, I am so over 'handsome rich powerful & awfully mean' male lead trope... Haven't read the webtoon, so I hope I'm wrong. I am fine with cold personality of ML as long as he's not too cranky.

I would agree - I don't think there will be a time skip. I believe the first season already took around 1 year (in Hospital Playlist world, not ours of course), so I think it won't be anything out of ordinary for the second season to be based around a 1-2 years period so that Song Hwa can come to Yulje. But I am not sure anymore, my opinion on that changes basically with each new trailer haha (I also want my winter garden to be back soo bad, with every awkward detail of their relationship...)

Totally agree with Into the Ring! I have no idea why is there no buzz around it. I was surprised when I saw that it was released last year, not a few years ago, because no one was talking about it. One of the best rom coms I've ever watched.

I'm on ep 12 right now, and this is honestly such a fantastic drama. I've been on a drama slump the past few weeks, everything I started just didn't meet my expectations, I was skipping scenes left and right and by the time I got to the ending I wasn't interested in the plot anymore.
This, on the other hand, has me enjoying every-single-moment (maybe the first episodes were a bit draggy, but it wasn't that big of a problem). The relationship is awesome (I felt that it developed in just the right amount of time, with hardly any cliffhangers of WILL THEY KISS OR NOT and it's just a pleasure to watch the incredible chemistry between leads), the FL's approach to work is very fresh (the FL isn't the most knowledgeable person in the room, she is open that it's not her dream job, there are times when she makes mistakes - and that's fine, that's how people are), and these are just few of the things I love about this one. It is rare that I am sad that there are only 5 more episodes to watch, and that's one of those. Such a hidden gem!

Haha, we're almost there, but it does feel like forever...

With the new trailer, we finally get some more scenes! What are your theories for this season?
These are mine (based on rough trailer translation from YT):

- I was surprised that Song Hwa is getting pissed that something will take one year (her break from Yulje I suppose? Why was she so pissed, if it was her own choice to move?) My guess would be that she's even more overworked there or... maybe she misses a certain someone?
- Based on that and Jun Wan's "congratulations on your comeback" line, I actually believe that the first few (4-6) episodes will be from her year away (as they still haven't finished the filming process), and then she'll be back. Or is Jun Wan talking about Ik Sun? But I doubt that 3 years would go by in 1 season!
- Also the 4 boys were hyping Song Hwa in the front of the hospital - maybe cause they see her after a long time?
- It certainly does not seem that there's any awkwardness between Song Hwa and Ik Jun, when they ask each other to eat together. If they do get together at the beginning of the season, that would be surprising to me though (I thought they would keep us in the dark for at least a few episodes)
- Jung Won & Gyeul seem to be professional around each other... But what was that mellow look from Jung Won in the middle of the trailer? You can't convince me that it was towards someone other than her... I hope that they keep their relationship a secret for a few episodes and then there's a grand reveal!

Sorry for such a long post, but I'm super hyped! What are your predictions for the 2nd season?

Haha, I feel you, I prefer to binge as well. I managed to wait till the end of first season to start it, but I don't think I'll manage to wait as long with 2nd season (already looking for good VPN cause Netfix in my country doesn't put out episodes as they air, they share the whole season after it completely airs...)

Yeah, I remember that too, I think it was the director who said that they want to do a multiple season drama, with even 3 seasons. But I don't think that it was mentioned ever since - not sure if the station/Netflix don't want to do more, is it the director or maybe the actors. Or maybe they are waiting for the reception of season two (I hope that's the case, I would be thrilled for S3).

I don't think that such information has been released yet, but in the trailer there were shots of Song Hwa in her room in the main hospital, so I personally believe that there will be a time skip. What's more, doctor Ahn is not in the main cast anymore, suggesting that he might have finished his residency and maybe left the main hospital after it (cause Song Hwa told him that it wouldn't be good to change hospitals before his exams). Just my opinion though, and I think there will be some flashbacks along the way. I would really like to watch begginings of Winter Garden relationship, I hope we won't be left with nothing...

Well, the long distance relationship may relate to Ik Soon and Jun Wan, so I wouldn't look at that. But yeah, I agree that it's most likely to happen.

It honestly makes me sick to see that nothing can remain private in celebrities lifes. I know they are public figures, they can't meet up in public not to be photographed by a paparazzi, but they can't even exchange messages that will remain private?
I feel this situation is so wrong on so many levels. Of course, acting cold to somebody is bad. Manipulation is bad. Unprofessionalism in work is bad. But can we say that we never did such things? We just have the comfort on not having the public attention on us, and such issues just stay in the past, not brought up ever again. Let's not judge people over a one-time situation, and let them grow, LIKE WE ALL DO.
I don't even know how we can judge this situation. Maybe I would feel different if this was brought up by any of the sides of conflict, but it wasn't, it was Dispatch, and probably JH's agency. This is just sick. I feel so sorry for all involved in this.

Now I can start a proper re-watch of season 1! I'm so happy to know when they're coming back, even though it's a bit later than we expected, I literally shed a tear when I heard the news and watched the announcement video. Missed them so much.

I came across an article which says "Recently, a Korean newspaper site confirmed that the second season of the TV blockbuster Hospital Playlist has officially set a broadcast date in the first week of June." (Google Translation). I don't know how believable it is, and I didn't see info on their source. Other than that I didn't find any other info online.

I'm actually getting a bit mad that we're not getting any credible info, only speculation. They could at least tell us which part of the year this is going to be released. And to people who throw around dates in the comments - please provide source, don't spread confusion. Thanks!

Source:
https://kenh14.vn/hospital-playlist-2-an-dinh-ngay-chieu-doi-dau-truc-tiep-voi-penthouse-3-20210411152959164.chn

(Very slight spoiler for plots in first episodes of Dr Romantic; It's Okay That's Love and Life ahead)

I also wanted to mention that the fact that Jin Woo's seeing his "healthy brother" in his mind, while he's a doctor, didn't sit quite well with me. I'm not an expert in mental illnesses, but shouldn't he be treated for that, and be taking medication? I get that he was seeing a psychiatrist when he was younger, but in the present it wasn't mentioned? I mean, like I said, I have no real experience with such situations, but in other dramas, like Dr Romantic or It's Okay That's Love, such plots were handled way more seriously. (If anyone is more experienced in the field and could teach me about it if I'm wrong, I'd be really glad!

It was... Fine I guess? There were things I enjoyed and things that were really meh. I liked how there's no truly good or bad character, everybody has flaws. But on the other hand, I somehow didn't really like the ML (Jin Woo), and mr Goo's storyline was way more interesting for me. There were a lot of moments when I felt that the show dragged way too much. I also felt like the ending could have been better too, more decisive and less draggy... I know that a lot of people watch it after Stranger, but I think it's better not to watch those two one after another - in my opinion it just shows that Stranger is way better. Maybe it's just that I fancy more dynamic shows, if it's not a slice of life genre.

Pushing all of that aside, mrs Kang is one of the best characters I ever had the pleasure to watch! She really put some life to this show.

I didn't think I'd miss this show so much! Honestly, I got so attached to the characters. Would love to see one more season.

I had something similar when I watched US tv shows with multiple seasons - even if I really enjoyed season 1, I never got to watching the next season, too much time passed and I wasn't interested anymore