I just want to share this, the conversation of Yeojin and Taehyeon while he was piggybacking Yeojin up the hill in episode 9 on 33:30 - 34:20 mark, as it may add to what Taehyeon's motivations are.

Yeojin: That's why.. you become a doctor. Because you wanted to save So Hyeon?
Taehyeon: I wanted to be rich. In today's expression, I wanted to be the "Gab", the superior in any relationship. Due to poverty, So Hyeon could not get treated. The poverty which made my father a vicious drunk. Because I didn't like it. But ultimately, I became a criminal with a load of debt. Why is it that the more I try to be a Gab the more I become pitiful "Ul", the inferior? Perhaps I don't know my place?

I think Susan ?? is right in what she said that Taehyeon dissented being powerless. That was also the reason he gave in episode 2 on why his mom died at 40:35, "But what can I do? I realized too early that those things do not aid at all in saving a patient. The hospital is not a place where you do charitable work. My mother.. my mother died because I did not have power." It's interesting though why the writer left that our in his narration in episode 9 above (which can be another point for discussion).

And in having the 'savior complex', I think, as a doctor and a man in quest for power, it just innately developed within him. Since he may have felt powerful in doing so (saving lives). Like comic superheroes, they are perceived powerful because they save lives.

@Susan??

Episode 1: It was still there. Remember the scene at the Prison/Throne Room? When he was talking on the phone with Manshik and him telling the total so far of his debt minus all the earnings from being Yongpal? Where not-coma Yeo Jin was listening to it and eventually bribed him with her "should I give you the money? Should I save your sister?"

@Episode 2: The opportunity just presented itself to Chief Lee. He put two and two together and used it to bring Tae Hyun's peg down (have him bow down to him and lessened TH's arrogance with him) and at the same time blackmailed him to serve at the 12th floor. It of course eased his workload, and they now have an escapegoat. Remember how Chief Lee even suggested to let Tae Hyun handle killing Yeo Jin instead, so they wouldn't be involved in her murder.
Chief Lee is the primary attending physician. He calls up on other services for co-management. I think it was a selected pool of doctors from different services. Because of the sensitive situations and VVIP in the 12th floor, people who worked there must be handpicked. Whether they were bribed or not was not discussed or touched by the drama. But I don't think it needed to and it won't really affect the storyline anyway.

p.s. when you wrote TY you meant Tae Hyun (TH), right?

Episode 3: It was a transition for him being doctor to the gangsters to doctor to the VVIPs. He needed a transformation to fit his current position in the 12th floor. He had to look presentable for all the VVIPs so they would treat him a bit better than if he was to come to them in his previous types of clothes. I think Cynthia said that in Episode 3 (when she was showing him his room and the one with the pen she gave him). His house calls were just an added service thought up by Chief Lee (inspired by his Yongpal works) and not really his main work. They'd do that if there's a need for it. After Yeo Jin supposedly 'died' , remember that Tae Hyun was shot and was recovering from it. He wouldn't be assigned house calls that fast already? Then he filed a leave and escaped with Yeo Jin to the church and the hills. Went back to being Yongpal when trying to save the pregnant mom. and blurred the VIP lines in the 12th floor by bringing that pregnant mom/mom who just gave birth there. And then he learned that his colleagues were one by one killed or missing. And the rest is history. Storywise, wouldn't injecting a house call every now and then take away from the plot about Yeo Jin and corporate brouhaha?

Episode 4: He was at the General Surgery floor prior which means he gets to do surgeries often. Cases at the 12th floor are varied and may not always need surgery. He could still do them, just not as much as he was doing before. So, I guess it's the reason why he cannot give up being Yongpal and treating gangsters, immigrants, etc. He even said that it's the only thing he really wanted to do and Chief Lee was taking it away from him. Either...

... because of Chief Lee's pride (remember how he asked for TH help in Ep1) or just because of the demands of the 12th floor.

p.s. I, too, think that TH has this "must save all" mentality. Even when he's bleeding and almost passing out, he still promised to Nurse Oh that he'll operate on Kim Young Mi. It was a nice thought @Susan ?? that it all stemmed from his mom's death and his inability to do anything to help her. Yongpal-ing was a compensation for that experience.

Epi 3. Why the set up for house calls, makeover, Cynthia, etc...? First off, YP does start out as an attending physician to crooks in warehouses... which is another strand of house call. He uses his car for those trips and im even suspecting now, that the car might be an arrangement with him and Man Shik... whom I think is his ACTUAL loan shark, as in, he is not the go-between... Man Shik did lend YP some money he probably raised through his criminal activities, and that's how come he is so motivated with getting YP to pay back. Plus, even if he's just the lackey and there is a main boss man sending him to do all the dirty work, it would be usual in that line of work.

YP needed a blackmailable trait to get on the 12th floor because Chief Lee and the Director knew he was gonna come into contact with YJ and their underhanded deals which were very well going to end in them murdering her. If YP had nothing to lose, he would be less amenable to them. I think they only said he had to give up surgery department becos by bringing him to the 12th floor, they were effectively taking him out of the Surgery department where he had hoped to be a Fellow.

The makeover was needed becos he needed to look the part of a respectable doc on the 12th floor. Appearances would mean a lot to those calibre of people and Cynthia said something that pushed that idea later in the office with the magnificent view when she said "their clients pay loads of money and can't be standing in corridors to sign agreements with doctors in 'scrubs or slippers or something'" lol. Pardon me. I forget.

Cynthia was a face of the floor. Its a luxurious floor... it could do with luxurious face. It definitely added a certain je-sais-quoi to the calibre of the floor... but I don't think Cynthia was overly necessary for the continued development of the plot. She was President Go's minion and once she had done his bidding and Go got wanted he wanted indirectly, she felt free to leave. It think it was as simple as that.

Oh yeah, amd I think if YJ had died, we would have definitely had more house calls! What else would Yong Pal be doing? The story has become how it is simply because YJ didn't die and is now fighting for her throne back... so house calls can take a backseat for a bit. Thkuverymuch.

I hope you don't mind me dropping by here and there. I just wanted to express what I thought and understood of what the drama presented.

@Growingbeautifully

Episode 4 – For the medical aspects of this drama, you just have to suspend your disbelief. Technically, Yeo Jin should have more tubes on her (for food and for breathing) but it won't look pretty on screen and would be an obstacle in carrying out the plot. I am taking it as an artistic license. If show would stick to the reality as closely as possible, then there'd be no drama. Afterall, this is not a documentary.

Episode 7 – Cynthia was working for President Go so naturally Pres. Go, or his minion ,would know of the arrangement. Because of the alliance of Pres Go and Do Joon, Cynthia was able to live and roam at the hospital to say her goodbyes. Being the smart girl that she is, she decided to stay away from all this and go to the States to avoid being killed by Go/Do Joon.

Taking Yeo Jin to the roof is really dangerous, I admit. She needed that though after the near-death situation and all that happened. Tae Hyun promised her that he would get her out and that was the closest thing to "out" that he could give her then. He said it so himself in this episode.

It was not shown whether Yeo Jin was practicing moving her legs prior to the rooftop scene, but at the end of Episode 5 we were shown that TH and YJ were doing physical therapy. The show did not fully show him and YJ progressing with physical therapy but it was where it was heading. Some may not appreciate this show's style of read-between-the lines and would want it to show explicitly, but it is what I appreciate in this show.

Seeing the "outside world" for the first time in 3 years may have given her a surge of energy. Of course, in real life it may not be as swift as that. But they somehow compromised these two by having her legs give way in the next scene.

Tae Hyun actually looked nervous leaving Cynthia and Yeo Jin alone. But I think, because he thinks that Cynthia thinks that Yeo Jin is dead, that Cynthia would not consider the woman sitting there as Yeo Jin. But, Cynthia is quick to catch on to things and probably knows how Yeo Jin looks like and so she put two and two together (why Tae Hyun took the bullet for Yeo Jin, why Tae Hyun kept asking Cynthia about Yeo Jin) and played the 'love fairy' as you said.

Episode 8 – To make true of his promise to Yeo Jin that he will take her out of the hospital? And seeing the mood of Yeo Jin and her feeling of being a crocodile pushed out of the water by Tae Hyun, Tae Hyun wanted to give her this other option, of living life with him instead.

Episode 8-9 – Tae Hyun was still banking on Do Joon's bribe to send his sister abroad for treatment (discussed during the dinner scene in Ep 8). He still has no idea of the deaths and disappearances of the "workers of the pyramid" (Hospital Director, Nurse Hwang, Chief Lee). That is why he was...

Rock on ! @yong82. I agree with everything you're saying! Theyre a bitlong, lol...but they are my sentiments exactly. :D Also, we seem to be analyzing a couple of other characters plot holes at the same time of Tae Hyun's, lol.

Yeo Jin?

Cynthia?

Chief Lee?

lol, its fine tho. Just wanted to point out that we are covering a lot of bases!

...surprised to see his father in the hospital and at the 12th floor at that. Because he thought that So Hyun was at home, but then he learned that Do Joon already has her captive.

So Hyun goes to the hospital for dialysis and was not really admitted. Although it would have helped clear the confusion if show who have shown she was discharged after her last admission.

Episode 10-11 – The emergency service personnel received a call (probably Do Joon's underlings' work) to bring Chief Lee to Hanshin instead so Do Joon et al could kill him cleanly. Nobody has the gut to disobey orders from above on not to operate Chief Lee (mentioned by Nurse Oh) and that is why his colleagues were 'ignoring' him.

@Affie I realized we're posting the same things. haha! So I guess it's good that I am not the only one who understood these things from the drama. *high five*

reply to Susan at 6.2.2.1.8

First off, the rules. There are always parts in a drama where a viewer can make their own conclusion which is different from speculation. For example, a scene shows A leaving the office and next is A is at home. We can assume that A took some mode of transport or walk back, right? If A brings back some fried chicken back home, we can assume A bought them on the way back. Let’s go with this.

Ep 1 – Did you speculate that Man Shik had someone higher up? It wasn’t shown. But let’s say Man Shik had funds from a 'higher source', those higher ups won't bother to do Man Shik's work and chase after YP unless Man Shik cannot deliver his part. If I may borrow from My Beautiful Bride' story, these people will then go after the "bad debt" and make them pay. It's also not like Yong Pal disappeared for months. What's the timeline here? 3 weeks? Probably, the interest is piling up, that's all.

Ep 2 - How can you effectively blackmail someone when you don't even know if they can be blackmailed. Suppose, they let TH start to work on the 12th floor and be privy to things happening. Then they blackmail him to keep it a secret to which TH says "Just go and report me to the police! I am tired of running away." Is this a scenario which they are willing to risk?

How can you equate knowing hospital politics to being blackmailed. Anyone who works in an organization will face and know its politics, that does not mean all are blackmailed. Following hospital or superior's orders without question is just subordination. You can argue lack of morals but not call it being blackmailed.

Director and Chief Lee treated the discovery of TH as YP as being blackmailable because instead of the usual bribing doctors with promotions or threatening them with no real hold, they can blackmail TH to abide their orders otherwise they would report him to the police. They probably haven’t found any doctor in Hanshin who they know has committed a crime.

Ep 3 If they didn’t try to kill YJ, who is to say TH won't continue his house calls. So I don’t see any issue with him having the makeover. I enjoyed the exciting plot development from ep 3 running up to murder attempt on YJ in ep 6 and would rather watch that then seeing TH doing a couple more house calls.

Ep 4 Only Director wanted TH to give up surgery, not Chief Lee. Look at Chief Lee’s face when Director told TH that. The value of TH on the 12th floor is simply that they have a doctor who they think is completely under their control. Everything else is secondary. TH is like a doctor in charge there and probably when the situation arise or depending on client’s condition, he can call for the specialist from the relevant department to come in. This specialist just does when he’s told to do without having to know or told what exactly happens on the 12th floor.

For those points you raised, I don't see any would qualify as plot holes.

Although you @Susan ?? said that we should just focus on what was shown in the drama in analyzing the 'plotholes', I don't think we could leave the assumptions if it was confirmed in the next episodes (although not shown explicitly). I think that it is the style of this drama not to show everything and explain in detail how this happened or why this happened. And probably, that's where the confusion lies for some, and the excitement for others.

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.8
1. I think Manshik is the typical Kdrama loan shark who just remits whatever he collected to the boss, and as long as he collects a decent amount he's okay. Remember Yongpal's phone conversation with Manshik in episode 3 when Yongpal ask Manshik if he's reason being frustrated about the fact that Yongpal can't do house calls for gangsters anymore is because his collection would decrease? But Manshik could just collect some more from other borrowers and be a little lenient to Yongpal of awhile, while Yongpal waits for a crown to fall from the sky. I think this is too shallow of a plot hole to be concerned about. Besides, without doing house calls for gangsters Taehyun gets tips from 12F VIPs, maybe he's still paying off his loan as usual using that? We don't know, but can only use our imaginations. I don't think the director needs to show those tiny details anymore. Even Manshik's "boss", I think he's too insignificant to be shown.

2. I think not anyone being assigned to 12F but anyone who has/will have an access to the restricted area. In episode 2, in Chief Lee's his phone conversation with the Director, after Chief Lee confronted Taehyeon being Yongpal, it suggests that they we're looking for additional man power in the restricted are and Taehyeon is a perfect fit for the job. Since as they know his weakness and he can be bought by money, he's a guy that wont tattle about the restricted are being a crime scene and he would just do what he is told. And in episode 4, Cynthia explained to Taehyun how 12F operates with all doctors who are specialist from each field being on standby, I don't thing those doctors are being blackmailed in anyway.

3. I don't think they need to show each and every house calls Taehyun makes for the 12F VIPs, only those that are essential to the plot. Just like when Taehyun was caught by Nurse Hwang sleeping in Yeojin's room. He reasoned out the he just had a house call the previous night and he's tired. I don't think that was a lie, they just didn't show us that he indeed attend to a house call.

4. I think it's not totally giving-up surgery. In the restaurant conversation amount Chief Lee, Hospital Director, and Taehyeon. The Director said to Taehyeon, "it might be hard for you to use the scalpel in the operating room." The operative word was "might", just like Chief Lee, who was before a Chief Surgeon, being the chief of the 12F, performing surgeries for him became less frequent. I think one reason is because they are to manage Yeojin very well, almost 24/7. And just basically do rounds and client pleasing in the 12F, the surgeries are to be done by the specialists on each fields. And they (Chief Lee and Taehyeon) would just do surgeries when needed/directed by the Director. Just like in episode 6, Taehyeon did the house call for Kim Youngmi, but it was Chief Shin who operated on her.

For me, one plot hole, or I guess more of an inconsistency that I didn't...

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.8 cont...
...For me, one plot hole, or I guess more of an inconsistency that I didn't like was the kiss at the end of episode 8. For me the scene would have been more poignant if it had ended with the Taehyun just caressing Yeojin's hand tenderly. I think the director thought of having that kiss would gave the viewers a fan service, but for me it didn't. Yeojin just asked Taehyun to wait and Taehyun agreed. Even though with Yeojin's confession that at that moment Taehyun is the only person to whom she can make that one call, he need not to go all the way and kiss her. Not that I'm against the OTP's romance, I'm actually all for it, except for that kiss. And not that they can't do it, and it's a crime to do it, since they are both consenting adults. It's just that I find it inconsistent to the conversation they had a few minus prior the kiss. And if perhaps, if Teahyun showed a "holy restraint", I think the scene would have been grander. We and Yeojin could have witnessed that he's a person of true depth and intimacy who Yeojin can trust and who can assure her with his silence (not that he is not, but that he could have been perceived as more). Also, not to mention that I think it would have made the kiss scene in atop of the hill in episode 9 more poignant and extra special as well.

This is reply to @Growingbeautifully at 6.2.2.1.9

As far as I see, no plot holes in those you mentioned.

Ep 4 – How do you know that this is the first time Yeo Jin speaks? She has been coming into consciousness gradually and we can neither prove that was or was not the first time Yeo Jin regain consciousness. If I cannot assume she has spoken prior to TH entering the room, neither can you assume she has not. From my knowledge with patients on drip and get their water intravenously, the caretaker or in this case, the hardworking obsessed Nurse Hwang would have swab her lips, mouth and throat to keep their moist. So, they won’t be dry.

Ep 7 – Are you assuming that Cynthia is the only person who can make such arrangement? If Do Joon was desperate to get TH’s sister treatment out of the way so that TH can “disappear”, why can’t Do Joon have more resources at his command than Cynthia?

You can say TH took a risk in taking YJ up to the roof but this is not a plot hole. Many dramas have characters taking all sorts of risks and a lot crazier than this one. For one, TH appeared careful and it was in the night. Moreover, very likely the 12th floor is the highest in Hanshin so all the doctors would be in the floors below. All TH need to do is to go up one or two levels to the rooftop.
The gun didn’t belong to Cynthia and now that President Go and DJ are in the thick together, Cynthia is one of their own, so the security won’t stop her.

Wasn’t it obvious that TH didn’t know that Cynthia recognize YJ? TH introduced YJ as his patient. Instead of acting nervous and looking suspicious, TH just let the 2 women be because he didn’t know Cynthia recognized YJ.
Why do you think Cynthia knows YJ is alive? She could simply have looked for TH to bid farewell and knowing that he likes going up to the rooftop for fresh air, she went up to look for him. Then she sees YJ, recognizes her but doesn’t give it away to TH. She distracts him to go and buy coffee so that she can have a private word with YJ.

Cynthia concluded that TH was in love with YJ because Cynthia didn’t know that TH had struck a deal with YJ for USD2 million. So she can only conclude that TH threw away President Go’s offer to go to YJ’s side because he loves her.

Ep 8 Vacation? You really think TH took YJ out for a holiday? He knew that it was dangerous for YJ to stay on in the hospital. One day the bandages got to come off and you know what would happen next, right? Plus, he knew that they were planning to hold her funeral soon and the fact that she’s not dead will be out. Moreover, he just had a conversation with her which sounded to him like she would give up and go to President Go’s side. From his point of view, that’s suicidal. So, he took her out for 2 reasons. One, to remove her from immediate danger. Two, to get her to confront her past and make a decision for her future – go with President Go or with him.

Ep 8-9 Again, did you assume that he didn’t call his sister...

@yong82. Haha! *High-fives back!* IKR! It's like, Kdramas are a luxury obsession for me cos I really truly don't have all the time to watch them so it literally depresses me when I don't 'get' a drama I was hoping to like. So I guess the reason im giddy about Yong Pal is simply becos I freaking *get* it, ok. Lol. Phew! I get it... And u do too. We get it! :)

continue from above...

Ep 8-9 Again, did you assume that he didn’t call his sister to check on her? I do not know how long was he unconscious after his surgery but if you can assume he didn’t call his sister, I can assume that he did At the point when he took YJ out of the hospital, his sister was not taken as hostage yet. She was called to go to the hospital only the day before TH returned meaning the same day/night that TH brought the pregnant woman to Hanshin.
Ep 10 -11 – I think @Dama del Puente explained it best in 6.1.1.3

@Growingbeautifully 6.2.2.1.9
4. Yes, there's a bit of a plot hole here, but I could forgive it compared to what happened in Kill Me, Heal Me when Cha Dohyeon's dad who was in a 20-years coma was able to walk, kneel, and ask for forgiveness. Even that I dismissed, so why not this? I mean, this is a drama, where I would favor a better "story" over a better "logic". Though it would be best to have both, but I guess we can't have that at all times.

7. I agree that there's a few here as well. But I don't think Cynthia arranged something for Taehyeon. He simply asked her help if Seohyeon could possible have an immune system transformation and liver transplant treatment in US. Her, leaving in episode 8 and Hanshin Giving Foundation taking care of Seohyeon's treatment in episode 10. Nothing was jeopardized.

In taking Yeojin to the rooftop, nobody would recognize her aside from those who have met her before the accident. Even the chief of security didn't know who Yeojin was in episode 12. And again, just like my answer in #4, I didn't mind that Yeojin was able to get out of the wheelchair. I could even give them some praise for trying here.

About Cynthia being safe, I'm not sure as well, since she is supposed to be part of the "pyramid" building. But maybe because she was never involved in the dealings inside the restricted area (was never in the crime scene except the time when they rolled the dummy Yeojin to the secret elevator down to the basement) and technically haven't seen Yeojin's face (no association with the victim) that's why she was left off?

I did caught Taehyeon being apprehensive to leave Yeojin with Cynthia, that's why Cynthia needs to prod the fact that Taehyeon betrayed her to make him leave and get them coffee.

How did Cynthia know Yeojin is alive and she should play love fairy? Given her character, I don't think that needs explanation. And why that is even a plot hole?

8. Because Dojun just announced during the dinner that he's about to announce Yeojin's obituary and have a funeral for her soon and that means they would be caught that the body in the mortuary is not Yeojin's. Which means them being caught. Thus, as per Taehyeon's logic, they need to flee.

8-9. Yes, he seems too relaxed, but I guess since dad is with her, and Yeojin didn't have anyone, he chose to be with Yeojin for awhile. Maybe a call or two to Seohyeon whould have helped since in the previous episodes it was showed that he does call her from time to time. But he never did during the times when the OTP romance was in a hype.

10-11. I think this was answered in episode 11 when Taehyeon confronted Taeyong, that Taeyong should give chief Lee the surgery that he needs.

@Growingbeautifully 6.2.2.1.9
More on 8-9, "seems" is the operative word in my previous comment. It's not that because they didn't show Taehyeon checking on Seohyeon that he never did, since as per his character, he always check on his sister on his free time. But knowing Taehyeon, even if they didn't showed us, I would gave him the benefit of the doubt that he did call her from time to time. Well heck, I believe that he did. But it would have been nice if they continued to show as that since the viewers would have been curious, I was. I guess it was difficult to inject such scene because surely he needs to borrow a phone or look for a pay phone like Nurse Hwang because he can't call through his cell phone since he would have been tracked. And him being surprised that she's on the 12F the night he came to the hospital, it just shows the he knew her whereabouts a day/days before. And as per his conversation with Nurse Ahjumma about why did he come back, why was his phone off, and if he didn't turned it off she could have told him the situation and told him not to come back. He answered that he would have come back anyways because Seohyeon is being held as hostage. It means even though his phone was off, he could have known how Seohyeon was doing, and go back anyways.

@Susan... kudos to you for identifying all these 'plot holes'! I am astounded that they are all these extensions that could have been added to the story to make it richer. But I frankly dont think they would ve made the story anymore interesting or exciting. Just more complex. Well its just an opinion. Rock on!

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.27
I did agree that it was a plot hole.. as I have said somewhere in my comment and maybe you missed it, "I think this is too shallow of a plot hole to be concerned about." ..so I don't think I need an explanation from you on what a plot hole is for this comment of mine.

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.27
I did agree that it was a plot hole, just that it's to shallow (for me at least) to be concerned about .. as I have said somewhere in my comment and maybe you missed it so I'll quote it here, "I think this is too shallow of a plot hole to be concerned about." ..so I don't think I need an explanation from you on what a plot hole is (at least) for this comment (#1 of 6.2.2.1.18) of mine. :)

6.2.2.1.33 Susan ???
No worries. I just though I needed to point that out since I was wondering if you might have missed it. It was in the middle of all those explanations/assumptions and one could have missed it. ;)

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.36
I would just leave it as is. I wouldn't want Ducheol to be involved and payoff all Yongpal's debt because that would mean Yongpal will have no reason to do gangster house calls anymore. I also don't think Manshik would negotiate for Yongpal to his bosses, it he would just let the interest pile up and have poor Taehyeon deal with it later. It' would be out of character for him to help Taehyeon since he only care for his butt. Like when they were helping Ducheol to espcase, he bailed out. When Ducheol asked him where Yongpal is, he gave it right away. In the police interrogation, the reason he kept mum was because of Ducheol's warning. And he tattled Yongpal to the police on episode 12 in exchange for his freedom (though I'm glad that he changed his mind in the end).

@Susan ?? 6.2.2.1.38
We'll he's taking care more VIPs now so I'd rather him use the tips he get from them to payoff his debt rather than involving Ducheol. Not to mention that he also get tips from the Director. And doesn't need to pay for Sohyeon's treatments anymore. Basically, he has more money now. So he has more ability to pay now without doing gangster house calls. And I like how the show is making use of Ducheol's debt to Yongpal for saving his life in a way that does not involve money and I want them to stick to that. :)

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.2
Here's Chief Lee's words to the Director in their phone conversation: Yes, Director, it's me.. How's your time tonight?.. I wish you would interview that person I told you about earlier.. Yes, he's exactly the figure we were looking for.

So their looking for additional man power and man power in the restricted area is that is. The evidence of this is in episode 3 when Taehyeon asked the Director for access in the restricted area. Chief Lee tried to stop the Director in granting Taehyeon an access but the Director's answer to Cheif Lee was, "In any case, he knows everything about the 12F, what's the point in delaying? Also, it seems it's too difficult for you to manage it all alone. Wasn't that what your plan was originally?"

Why I don't think other doctors who serves in the 12F get blackmailed? Because they make it so that they don't need to. Few examples to make myself clear:
- In episode 2, Nurse Hwang didn't allow Taehyeon to help her with Yeojin (Taehyeon then was not yet part of the pyramid builders team).
- In episode 2-3, although it was an emergency since Yeojin attempted suicide, Nurse Hwang has no choice but to call Chief Lee instead of calling other available doctors.
- In episode 4, the sexual harassment victim, Chief Lee didn't want any assistance from the Psychiatric Department.
- In episode 6, Taehyeon lied to Chief Shin about the Kim Youngmi.
- In episode 10, Taehyeon lied about the identity of the illegal immigrant mother and named her as Hong Gilsoon.

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.2.3
Glad to know. :) I don't think there's a plot hole in Taehyeon's employment. For me, the story telling in that subject was solid.

But about the hospital's secrecy, I can think of some scenes where there can be some minor plot holes. But then again, for me they're too shallow to be concerned about. In any case, here are those scenes and what I think about them. You can be the better judge.

- Gossip on Hospital Director's death in episode 9.. According to Nurse Ahjumma on her conversation with Nurse X-ray that everyone was talking about it. And as per the gossip he died of heart attack. But what the drama showed us was there was someone sneaking in his room, and left us imagining what that guy did to the Director. Whatever he did, how did it lead to a heart attack gossip? Was the thing he did really brought the director to have an heart attack? Or was it didn't but they had someone declare his cause of death as heart attack? -- Whatever it is, it can't be done without bribing/blackmailing a person or two. Yes, the drama could have showed that for better story telling. But I didn't mind that they didn't, because with or without it, I get it. Dojun and the gang had the director killed, and that's what's important.

- Yeojin's medical history shown by Dojun at the end of episode 12.. How did the mental health specialists of Hanshin Hospital came up with the diagnosis that she's suicidal prone? We know that Dojun and the gang are manipulating Yeojin's medical records, as Yeojin herself asked to be re-examined not in Hanshin but at a hospital of her choosing. But how was Yeojin's medical records fabricated? -- Again, the drama didn't showed us and it can't be done without bribing/blackmailing a person or two. Yes, the drama could have showed that for better story telling. But I didn't mind that they didn't, because with or without it, I get it. Dojun had Yeojin's medical records fabricated, and that's what's important.

No matter how many people gossip about those information, there's no need put the staff "under control", since they've taken care of it by providing "facts" in the form of fabricated medical records.

Same thing they did with the sexual harassment case, even though the staff may gossip about the victim and the halyu star, they already manipulated facts in order to dispute any gossip and not prevent any need to put the staff "under control" (the whole South Korea even). And as I stated in my comment in 6.2.3.2.2, they avoided unnecessary contacts as well (Chief Lee didn’t want any assistance from the Psychiatric Department).

Another is the gossip about Yeojin's fake death, in the press conference hosted by President Go, a reporter asked if the gossip is true that the real cause of death was suicide. They didn't mind the gossips about it, no putting of the staff "under control" was done, they even allowed it to reach the press. Because they have the "facts" on...

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.2.3

cont of 6.2.3.2.4 Vgy7*uhb..
Another is the gossip about Yeojin's fake death, in the press conference hosted by President Go, a reporter asked if the gossip is true that the real cause of death was suicide. They didn't mind the gossips about it, no putting of the staff "under control" was done, they even allowed it to reach the press. Because they have the "facts" at hand in the form of fabricated medical records that she died of heart attack.

@Susan ??? 6.2.3.2.6
I beg to disagree, though it may not be as simple as the first, the drama shows that it's doing the second "they 'hire' TY and bribe/blackmail him and manage the secrecy of the rest of the staff through a multiplicity of other mechanisms and methods". So it's not a plot hole. It is a plot hole if the drama is not showing anything, but it does show something. And for reference I believe that you've already read all the scenes that I listed in my previous comments where they did "manage the secrecy of the rest of the staff through a multiplicity of other mechanisms and methods". You should even give the drama a credit since it's doing the more difficult route, why insists for the drama to do the easy way?

Also Taehyeon is different from the other permanent staff since Taehyeon has access to the restricted area (crime scene as described by Taehyeon himself), and the other staff does not. That's why they deal with Taehyeon differently (i.e. bribe/blackmail).

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.2.8
Really? Not all people have money. In order to protect themselves they lie. They manipulate. To dismiss gossips. To make people believe their truth. And that's what their doing here. Why would they waste money on bunch of staff that are dispensable (more dispensable than the Director, Chief Lee, Nurse Hwang, and Taehyun)?

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.2.8
Really? Not all people have money. In order to protect themselves they lie. They manipulate. They declare half truths. To cover-up. To dismiss gossips. To make their story believable.

And that's what their doing here as well. Why bribe/blackmail? Why would they waste money on bunch of staff that are dispensable (more dispensable than the Director, Chief Lee, Nurse Hwang, and Taehyeon at that)? When they can just lie, manipulate, and fabricate.

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.4
We'll wouldn't that be a given that they are well paid? And paid better than other floors of course as Taehyeon regards being in the 12F as promotion in his phone conversation with Seohyeon. Or should the drama really need to show each doctors paycheck? Gosh, that's common sense.

And as the drama showed, and argued by Taehyeon, the doctors even get tips from VIP. And by common sense, for some clients those tips are not just tips for their hard work, but also tips for their silence. And not to mention that by law, doctors really have to keep their patients record confidential.

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.4
Btw, I don't consider being paid well as bribe, because as specialist a hospital really need to pay them extra. Why would you pay manager with an executive rate? What I consider a bribe is something like Dojun offering Teahyeon to pay for his sister's treatment. That's a bribe.

* Why would you pay an executive with a manager's rate? ..was what I meant.

@Susan ?? 6.2.3.4
And about the death threat. Losing one's job and all those 12F perks (higher pay and VIP tips) is already a death threat in itself. Why would they dare speak against their bosses and bosses will (contract)?

And oh, I'm afraid for that physician now. Shouldn't he/she not speak of anything that happens on that floor?

Also, I work for a software company and part of my employment contract is a non-disclosure and conflict of interest clauses, and if I ever resign I would need to sign a termination of contract which again has a non-disclosure clause with a non-competition clause. And going against the bosses will (office policies and my contract) would mean penalties, whatever lawful consequences there is, and worse termination of contract. And I think same thing is true for any employee of a multinational company. Or maybe even a small private sector, but I'm not sure.

So should the drama really need to show us each of the doctors' contract signing and the content of their contracts? When it's a known fact that each an every employed person has to sign an employment contract before getting employed?