D-Day: Episode 9
by dramallama
More hospital politics and saving lives brought to you by Mirae Hospital. It’s more about resilience this time, as our ragtag Mirae crew goes to great extents to save a critical patient. The situation at the hospital gets worse, and survivors become more desperate to find a way out of the disaster’s merciless destruction. But saving lives comes with inherent benefits — when people remember the devotion and care that allowed for their survival, it comes back around. It’s an optimistic message, one that’s deeply appreciated in these dismal conditions.
EPISODE 9 RECAP
In the operation room, Hye-sung insists that Woo-jin finish the surgery even without any electricity. After a word of warning to Hye-sung about his recklessness, Woo-jin agrees to finish what he started and continues suturing.
Chief Kang orders Mr. Kang and Na-ri’s father to help with the Ambu bags for the ER patients. They’ll be putting their training to work. She then visits Minister Suk, where the nurse gives her surprising news that he’s woken up.
After the last suture tie is cut, Woo-jin takes off his gloves and stops when his vision begins to blur again. He attempts to walk out of the OR, but he walks into the table, knocking down some equipment. Assuming Woo-jin’s suffering from sleep deprivation, Hye-sung suggests that he get some rest.
As the OR team wheel Min-chul out, Woo-jin’s vision blurs in and out of focus again. He blinks and tries to focus while Ji-na looks at him worriedly. In his office, Woo-jin takes out his diagnosis of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. He’s inherited the genes from his mother, and he’ll slowly lose his vision, though it’s unsure when he will completely lose his sight.
Twins Mama frantically calls for help after noticing her twins feeling a little cold. Sister and So-yul check up on the twins, and thankfully, they’re fine. To give them more warmth, Sister wraps a twin by her bosom, and So-yul does the same. The twins’ mother is touched by their support and offers to help in the ER.
When the women arrive at the ER, the nurses are lined up performing CPR on nearly every patient. Ji-na asks them for help, and they disperse with their respective duties, the twins wrapped securely on them.
Sister notifies Hye-sung about the ER situation, so he leaves the ICU in the hands of Ddol-mi and Dae-gil. He immediately begins performing CPR, despite his injured arm. Looking over Min-chul, Dae-gil wonders what will happen to the hospital, and Ddol-mi tells him to remain hopeful. Suddenly, she notices Min-chul’s swollen hand, and Dae-gil finds his urine bag empty. Something’s not right.
In the ER, Chief Kang announces the time of death. The patient’s wife begins to wail and blames her for letting her husband die. Chief Kang can’t do anything but endure the incrimination. She then walks over to Hye-sung’s patient to announce another time of death. Sweating from his incessant CPR, he argues that he’ll announce it, but Chief Kang insists that she announce it since everything is her fault. He tries to justify her decision to keep the hospital open, but her guilt still weighs her down.
In the ICU, Ddol-mi and Dae-gil speculate the source of Min-chul’s instability. Ddol-mi checks his heart rate, which turns out to be abnormally fast. She orders Dae-gil to retrieve the heart monitor. Meanwhile, Ji-na checks on Hye-sung’s mother. She’s breathing at an abnormal rate, and Ji-na requests amiodarone at the same time Ddol-mi does. They both need amiodarone to treat abnormal heart rate, but they only have one.
Twins Papa and his crew arrive with enough gas to take their ship just outside of Seoul. His wife embraces him upon his return, but their happiness is cut short by Chief Kang’s hesitant request. She asks him to lend his fuel for the hospital, which desperately needs energy to save their critical patients. His crew begins to argue about the ethics and fairness of this request, and Twins Papa decides that he can’t give away the fuel. He’s a husband and father — his loyalties are not with the hospital.
He looks to his wife to ask about the twins, and she points at the two women with the babies wrapped to their chest, working to save a patient. She tells him how thankful she is for the hospital staff, who check up on the twins and her despite their exhaustion. She can’t leave these people behind after all they’ve done for her, and she asks her husband to lend the hospital the gas.
The hospital begins to get rowdy over the gas, and Ddol-mi pushes through the crowd to find Hye-sung. She tells him the quandary over the amiodarone, and he struggles to make the call. Chief Kang judges that they should give the amiodarone to Hye-sung’s mother, since she can survive without electricity. Holding back his tears, Hye-sung tells Ddol-mi to give it to Min-chul — he believes that his mother will pull through.
Ddol-mi returns to the ICU with the two orders and make the call herself. She decides to give the amiodarone to Hye-sung’s mother. Although Min-chul situation is equally dire, Ji-na agrees that this is the most effective use of their last amiodarone dose.
Director Park receives updates from his secretary about the men who retrieved fuel for their escape ship. He nods neutrally at this fact, but when he’s told that the fuel may be used for the hospital’s electricity, he erupts in anger. He does not want this to happen.
Unfortunately for Director Park, the electricity comes back on. The babies are returned to their parents, and Hye-sung watches this exchange with a smile. Then he remembers his mother and rushes to her room, where he finds Ddol-mi attending to her. She updates him about her stabilized state and tells him that used the amiodarone for her. It was her judgment call.
In a scolding tone, she reminds him not to be a doctor who can’t even save his own family. Hye-sung falls silent, but Ddol-mi tries to encourage him by giving him hope about Min-chul. They can make it up to him by saving him. After she leaves, Hye-sung thanks Ddol-mi, by his mother’s side.
Sister uses hot water packs heat up the twins’ makeshift incubator, and Hye-sung stops by to thank the twins’ father for his generosity. Twin Papa apologizes for his lapse of judgment, but Hye-sung understands his priorities. They all had no idea that electricity would be so vital. Hye-sung reminds them about the twins’ names, but they’ve just decided: Him-chan and Dang-chan, thanks to inspiration from So-yul. Sister tells her story about how she got her name, giving everyone a good laugh.
Hye-sung looks over Min-chul’s charts, and his frustration causes Ddol-mi and Dae-gil to tense up. Min-chul’s creatinine levels are excessively high, and his body may have fallen into acidosis due to poor kidney function. It’s not looking too good, but Hye-sung needs to find a way. He’s indebted to Min-chul now.
Hye-sung updates Chief Kang on Min-chul’s critical condition, but she has no immediate answers. They’ll just need to find a way to keep him alive.
Director Park gives Woo-jin a firm warning in his office. He’s unimpressed with Woo-jin’s involvement in Min-chul’s surgery, and he’s given one last chance to redeem himself by finding a way to relocate Minister Suk. According to Director Park, all lives aren’t equal. As Woo-jin walks out of the office, he sees the news updates of a possible typhoon headed their way.
The walkie-talkie wakes Chief Kang from her nap, and it’s a message bearing good news. They can get a helicopter to Mirae Hospital. Chief Kang immediately orders Ddol-mi to prepare Min-chul for the helicopter transport, and Woo-jin overhears the news from outside. He reports to Director Park, and they scheme Minister Suk’s escape.
Team Min-chul wonders how they’ll be able to transport Min-chul to the roof without an elevator. Ruffling Ddol-mi’s hair, Hye-sung simply states that they’ll use their brains to figure something out.
Director Park uses the elevator to transport a recovered Minister Suk while the rest of our crew carries Min-chul up the stairs with the Ambu bag. At the roof, Director Park cosplays as a benevolent human, wishing the Minister well and asking for nothing in return. The helicopter has almost arrived, and the sound of the helicopter lifts the hopes of Min-chul’s crew.
When they get to the roof, they’re met with Director Park, Woo-jin, and an empty bed. The helicopter already left with Minister Suk. Hye-sung glares at Director Park accusingly and presumes that this patient must be a high authority figure. What makes a recovering patient direr than a dying patient?
Director Park chastises him with a reminder that he’s the head of this hospital and makes the decision. He walks away, leaving Woo-jin to deal with Hye-sung’s wrath. Hye-sung asks highly rational Woo-jin to justify this situation, and Woo-jin explains that doctors rationalize from different angles. Difference in perspective… is that what this is?
Enraged by Woo-jin’s response, Hye-sung calls him a murderer for giving up Min-chul’s last chance for survival. That tips Woo-jin over the edge, and he retaliates with the same accusation: Hye-sung is a murderer because he engaged in a high-risk surgery that put the patient in a critical state. If he doesn’t want to be responsible for Min-chul’s death, he better find another option to save him.
The crew looks exhausted and defeated in the break room, unable to do anything for their dying patient. Na-ri’s father tries to stay optimistic, but the doctors know they’re out of options. Ji-na retrieves the walkie-talkie, and she responds excitedly to the message offering a spot in the last flight out of Gimpo Airport.
She turns around to head back with the news, but Woo-jin stands in her way. He scoffs at her excitement and asks her to join his side. She refuses, knowing too well what he’s becoming — just like her father. He argues that she doesn’t know his full situation, but she knows what decision he’s made. By choosing to preserve what he held in his hands, he lost what was most precious to him.
Woo-jin tries to turn the conversation around by asking Ji-na why she hasn’t revealed that it was his fault. He uses this fact to convince Ji-na that she still loves him, but she’s too smart to let him. She knows why she doesn’t reveal who’s at fault, and it’s definitely not for Woo-jin.
Ji-na runs back to the break room to mobilize everyone with the good news. They load Min-chul into the ambulance with Dae-gil and Ddol-mi while Hye-sung and Ji-na navigate to Gimpo Airport. Chief Kang wishes them luck and reminds Hye-sung to be cautious.
Chief Kang bursts into Director Park’s office with her grievances about sending Minister Suk in the helicopter. She’s heading the disaster efforts, and they should have followed her call. Director Park wonders if she’s just bitter about not making her appearance for Minister Suk’s farewell and tells her that Minister Suk is an important figure in helping people in this earthquake. Min-chul could just become one of the many victims from this disaster.
He shrugs it off, but Chief Kang pinpoints his rational flaw. He’s claiming that there are rankings in how important a life is. Director clearly takes offense to this, as he silently walks over to his ships and abruptly begins to destroy one. After letting out his anger, he turns back to Chief Kang and reminds her of what position she’s holding. Does she not know what her position entails? She needs to look at the forest, not just a tree.
On the road, Ddol-mi yells at Dae-gil to switch with the Ambu shifts, but the road is too bumpy for them to move. The car’s wheel gets stuck in a mud pit, and they stop moving. Hye-sung gets out of the car to check on the situation, and he uses the walkie-talkie to call Dae-gil out to help him. But Ddol-mi appears from around the corner, saying she switched Ambu shifts with Dae-gil. So Ddol-mi and Hye-sung push the car, with Ji-na at the wheel.
After a few good tries and a whole lot of splashed mud, they push the car out of the pit. Hye-sung falls right into the mud, and they laugh about their filth. Hye-sung jokingly bemoans Ddol-mi’s trip to Seoul, and she vows to never come back. He wipes the mud off of face, and his sudden proximity seems to make Ddol-mi a little nervous.
Then taking her face into his hands, Hye-sung leans in for a kiss. Ddol-mi tiptoes to get to his level, but her eyes remain open, clearly aghast. After the quick peck, they can’t seem to look at each other, tensely dwelling in the moment.
Thankfully, their silence is interrupted by Ji-na calling for them to reload into the ambulance. With an impish smile, Hye-sung orders Ddol-mi to get back into the car. She stands in the back touching her lips until Dae-gil opens the door and summons her in. She takes the offered piece of cloth and continues to cover her mouth, not explaining anything to a confused Dae-gil.
52 hours after the earthquake. Min-chul and the crew arrive at the airport, where Ji-na checks the seat availability while Dae-gil and Ddol-mi bicker about their Busan knowledge. There are not seats left, so they’ll have to rely on the kindness of people to give up their seat. Ji-na asks for a backup plan, but Hye-sung doesn’t have one. “The gods don’t give us more than we can handle, and we’ve been through enough.” This is their last resort.
In the elevator, it becomes apparent that our doctors stink. Ddol-mi sneakily runs her hands through her hair and makes a repulsive face. It’s been a while since self-care.
Hye-sung announces their situation to the people and pleads that one person give up their seat for the sake for their patient. But as expected, people are selfish and find his request ridiculous. Suddenly, one man panics that they won’t be able to board the plane, causing the mob of anxious travelers to flee towards the stairs.
They have no regard for the patient, and Ddol-mi gets pulled onto the escalator while trying to stop the crowd. She falls back, and her hair gets stuck. Hye-sung rushes down to help her and yells at someone to stop the escalator. No one helps, so he’s left with the last option of cutting Ddol-mi’s hair with her waistband scissors.
Dae-gil and Ji-na check to see that they’re okay, but they’re faced with another issue on their floor. A man convulses on the ground, and Ji-na checks his irregular breathing. She orders Dae-gil to do something, but his stethoscope broke in the chaos. He starts to panic, but he has to do something — he’s a doctor.
After a moment to breathe, Ddol-mi and Hye-sung notice a new flood of patients, injured from this mass panic. Hye-sung assesses a patient while Ddol-mi finds the airport hospital to get supplies. He praises her resourcefulness, and Ddol-mi happily takes the compliment.
From above, Dae-gil yells for Hye-sung’s help, so Hye-sung tells Ddol-mi to help the intern out while he finishes treating his patient. She reluctantly climbs the stairs to check on this patient, and she, too, calls for Hye-sung’s help. But he scolds the two for always looking for him. A nurse pierced a patient’s chest with a needle to treat pneumothorax. They’re doctors, and they better start acting like doctors.
Ddol-mi seems provoked by this comment, but it gets her head in the game. They need to get an X-ray right away, but the airport hospital’s machine broke because of the earthquake. Brainstorming other options, an idea occurs to Dae-gil. They bring the patient to the baggage scanner to check his lungs. It’s not the best quality, but they see what they need to know.
In the airport’s hospital facility, Ddol-mi prepares the pneumothorax treatment. She makes it clear that she’s not doing this to prove herself, and Ji-na acknowledges Ddol-mi’s genuine intention to treat this patient. She sticks the needle into the patient’s chest, and he begins to breathe normally again. Next, she prepares to treat the hemothorax. Dae-gil begins to rattle off the textbook procedure, but Ddol-mi’s experience has taught her a safer method in emergency cases. She follows her gut, and the treatment works like a charm.
Dae-gil looks thoroughly impressed and happily acquiesces to finish suturing the patient’s side. As Ddol-mi walks out of the hospital center, the crowd applauds for her. She looks proud and happy, covering her mouth to hide her smile.
Ja-hyuk calls Director Park with an update on Minister Suk. They’ve brought him to a safe hospital in Suwon, and the Minister sends his immense gratitude for Director Park’s efforts. That enough to make Director Park happy and cooperative with Ja-hyuk’s ongoing disaster relief efforts.
Back at the airport, Hye-sung asks the crowd for four volunteers to give up their seats, now that they have two patients. The man who vehemently protested giving up his seat asks about his injury. Will he die if he doesn’t get his broken arm treated? Hye-sung replies that it’s not urgent, so the man offers to give up his seat.
But from behind, an old man with his grandchildren offers to give up his seats. He’s not injured, and the airport facilities are nice. He can wait a few more days while these people receive proper treatment. Plus, he’d like to do something good in his life before it’s over. Aww, grandpa.
The crowd makes room for the patients to pass through, and Hye-sung bows to the grandpa in gratitude. The patients are buckled into the plane, and Dae-gil tells Min-chul that he needs to survive.
Ddol-mi takes over for Dae-gil on the Ambu bag, and Hye-sung makes fun of her uneven hair. Pouting, she says that they’re even now — she messed up his suture, he messed up her hair. Hye-sung frowns that it’s an unfair exchange, but Ddol-mi claims that a woman’s hair is life. Ha.
Ji-na thanks her for the help and wishes her a safe flight. Dae-gil bids her farewell, promising to never see her again. Hye-sung turns to her and asks if this makes up for her transportation fee back to Busan. She realizes that she’s going on this flight alone, and Hye-sung confirms. “Seoul is my home. Busan is Ddol-mi’s home. Take care of the patients.” He leaves with Ddol-mi calling for him but unable to chase him out because of the Ambu bag.
He turns around to respond to her constant yelling, but he catches the eye of the man with the broken arm, who gives him a thumbs up. He bows and exits the plane as it shuts its door. Ddol-mi scrambles to look out the window, and Hye-sung takes a long look, keeping his eyes on the plane as he walks away.
COMMENTS
Nooo what about Ddol-mi?! I loved seeing her growing confidence as a doctor, especially in the latter half of this episode, and I want her to find a place with our Mirae Hospital crew. Of course, it’s only fair that she gets to return home. Even if Mirae Hospital needed more doctors, it’s unfair that she was stuck in Seoul because she somehow kept ending up entangled in Hye-sung’s reckless life-saving ways. She doesn’t belong in Seoul, and Hye-sung knows her stay was prolonged mostly because of him. He definitely owes it to her. But that doesn’t change my demands: I want her back immediately. Asap, pronto, before any other disaster further separates her from our ragtag Mirae crew.
I’m starting to think that Director Park has some major anger issues, which seems like a direct result of his inability to be a decent human being. He bets on people to be corrupt and selfish like him, and when things don’t go his way, he explodes with anger because the whole world seems to be against him. It seems like a simple solution, no? Just take a step closer to the decent side of the human spectrum. Maybe you’ll gain a few more allies and be less angry about the world being so kind.
Though I’m finding Director Park’s anger mildly terrifying, I enjoyed the satisfaction of proving him wrong and seeing him so upset. Twins Papa almost made the worst decision of his life — almost making Director Park happy — but I’m glad he was able to come around to support the people who helped his new family survive the disaster. There’s a beauty in the sacrifice he made. He made the hard decision despite the retaliation he could easily face from more selfish individuals.
Okay, someone please explain Woo-jin to me. Yes, your gradual loss of vision is tragic, and it seems like you’ve made some major mistakes, but your instincts seem to instruct you in the opposite direction to what you’re actually doing. I can’t decide who’s worse: Director Park, who openly embraces his power-hungry corruption, or Woo-jin, who kisses the corrupt man’s ass because of his complex situation. Option two definitely sounds less pleasing. I wonder what’s stopping him from just explaining his vision loss to Ji-na, since he seems to care so much for her understanding. Will revealing your genetic disease make you less of a doctor? I think it’s more of a pride issue than anything, since admitting to his vision loss would also be acknowledging his eventual end as a doctor. With that in mind, I’m intrigued by Ji-na’s comment about losing what’s most precious to him. I wonder if they have the same idea of what’s most precious to him, but if I had any input in their conversation, I’d say he’s completely lost his integrity. What use is pride and power if you don’t have a conscience and soul to keep you human?
Alright, let’s get to it. How cute are Hye-sung and Ddol-mi? I’ve got to admit that the kiss scene was a total curveball for me. I burst out laughing because it was so random. But you know, why not? I can’t think of a well-timed kiss scene in this drama, where disaster strikes with more to come. If there’s no real place for it, why not just slip it in at a convenient moment. I literally cannot think of a good moment for this, so I’m not going to complain much about getting a pleasant surprise out of this episode. It’s a nice break from the stresses of earthquake and hospital politics.
Frankly, I found the airport scenes a bit comical. I know the chaos and tone of the drama made it more serious, but Ddol-mi’s hair getting stuck in the escalator and using the baggage scanner as an X-ray made me chuckle a little. Even if they weren’t meant to be funny, I quite enjoyed the lighter moments outside of the hospital. So far the count for outside to inside is 1-0. These people need to get out more.
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Tags: D-Day, featured, Ha Suk-jin, Jung So-min, Kim Young-kwang
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1 sumee
October 19, 2015 at 8:14 PM
Jung dol mi is like a ball of fire ..love her
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pastmidnite ?
October 20, 2015 at 1:44 AM
And whaddayaknow! We got the kiss we (ok, I) wanted @Sumee! LOL Well, not lying down, apparently..hahaha *winkwink*
Never imagined someone would tiptoe to receive a kiss LOL usually it's the one initiating the kiss who tiptoes, right?
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patinalee
October 20, 2015 at 2:30 AM
Tiptoeing to receive a kiss just goes to show that Ddol-Mi WANTS to be kissed. :-D
That kiss brightened up the episode! :-D
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Chanelboy loves Jang Ki Young Argh
October 20, 2015 at 7:46 PM
Sorry riding your comment, but is this show good?
I haven't watch even ep.1
And i love jung so min, I hope I can like her here as much as before
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Hmyzome55
October 22, 2015 at 11:41 AM
@chanelboy Yes! I would totally recommend it. It should win drama of the year, the plot, the writing, the directing, the acting is so well planned out and intriguing. It's a new idea so you'll never be bored with it. Trust me on this one...
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Hmyzome55
October 22, 2015 at 11:42 AM
@chanelboy Yes! I would totally recommend it. It should win drama of the year, the plot, the writing, the directing, the acting is so well planned out and intriguing. It’s a new idea so you’ll never be bored with it. Trust me on this one…
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:51 AM
Frankly speaking, I actually like the 2nd lead gal more at first (lead guy's friend and competent nurse/also villain director's daughter). She is more mature, confident and she is logical in her own ways. But I think lead gal was portrayed in a lighter mode since she is younger/slightly immature and more cheerful but at first she is like a compulsive little gal to me. Haha. Remember how she argued back to lead guy that "she can't do that becos she has never do it before" yet that nurse just did it for her just to save the patient's life and the nurse is NOT supposed to do that medical stuff for the doctor. Gal, who haven't got his/her first time? If every doctor would say that , wouldn't the patient die while the doctor hestitate to save just becos she "has never done it before" ??
But to be fair, I think lead gal has 'grown up' and mature over these episodes of crisis trying to save many victims of the earthquake and now I love her too.
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2 pigsnout
October 19, 2015 at 8:21 PM
Lol Jung So Min/Kim Young Kwang have good chemistry but that kiss scene was so random. It's also weird-looking, she keeps eyes open but goes on tiptoe.
I like the airport part but they need to get her back, how many episodes are left?
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Miranda
October 19, 2015 at 8:58 PM
I really liked the randomness! They've barely slept, they both smell, they're mostly fueled on coffee and candy and at this point they're well into Day 3 of being completely insane. Try staying up even two days in a row and you go all loopy, it made me crack up that he kissed her but it also seemed like it worked - everything else is completely crazy, so why not?
Also I think he already knew he was sending her off in the plane alone. It never, ever made sense that he would leave Seoul in this crisis, so directly after laughing at her and telling her never came back, it worked for me that he'd think "...but I don't really mean that, because I like her and want to kiss her. Hey, no time like the borderline-insane present!" and then he just goes for it.
I also love that neither of them really stress out about it either, even though it's pretty clear they like each other by now. They both get a fit of the giggles and then promptly zoom off to cut more people up. Yay for sleep-deprived emotional breakthroughs!
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alua
October 20, 2015 at 12:48 AM
That's sort of what I thought.
It was a spur of the moment kiss after a few super-intense days. It totally happens.
To be honest, that kiss was more real than any of the stumble-and-accidental-kiss or plenty of other kdrama kisses that occur after the OTP circle around each other sometimes for years of not-admitting-feelings. But this one: no fake angst around it, no grand meaning attached, just a moment of laughter (being covered in mud) and Hye-sung just suddenly feeling he wanted to kiss her.
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fantasy
October 20, 2015 at 4:18 AM
What I noticed Hye Sung's face!! He did not seem tensed or nervous, lack of breath or faster heart beat problem that made the moment so light unlike other dramas' First Time Kisses. He kissed Ddol Mi like a long time boyfriend who met her after a long time :) it was sweet and a bit different :)
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skelly
October 20, 2015 at 5:35 AM
Totally agree! I thought the kiss made absolutely perfect sense. They are finally alone, outside of that crazy hospital, and with her departure imminent. When else is he going to kiss her? He had to know the airport was going to be cray. And in the midst of disaster, where thousands are dying and they are tired and stinky and emotionally drained - of course they are not going to go all "first kiss" over it, there is no time or emotional energy left for Victorian fits of vapors.
Miranda
October 20, 2015 at 7:47 PM
Yes, excellent observation - I generally like what this actor is doing with the role. On paper this guy could be a total moron (and in the moment when he stopped his bike and put down a box of blood to try to move concrete with his hands earned a loud "what the hell is wrong with you?!" in my house), but the actor is doing a really good job of blending the two sides of him: the side that is utterly devoted to patients, and the side that is carefree.
Seriously, I think this could have been done horribly badly if he'd tried to play this as being constantly tormented by his mother's condition, and he's adopted a savior complex as a result. But he's got this incredibly charming goofiness on top of it that doesn't feel like a mask or forced, just... This is what he's naturally like. He is a genuinely cheerful and very likeable guy.
Which is what makes his angst-free kiss so delightful, that it just feels like something he would do anyway. Once he makes a decision he seems to stick to it without second-guessing, and that's exactly what he does when kissing Ddol Mi.
Between Yeol on Sassy Go Go and Hye Sung, I am a big fan of confident-but-not-jerky guys just taking their chances and going in for the kill.
CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:11 AM
When he passed by the colapsed hospital, he put down the bag of blood and start to dig and search for the two older guys who were now under the rubble cos he was suffering from PTSD. So we can't blame him for doing that. He was guilty over their deaths for being unable to save them when the hospital collapsed.
CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:12 AM
I want to comment that this first kiss of the show is far nicer than any other in kdrama. Lol. It was like a surprise sweet dessert after a meal.
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3 crazyahjummafan
October 19, 2015 at 8:22 PM
I really don't understand why the hospital is so afraid of law suits and incriminations from the dead patients' relatives. There is a major crisis! An earthquake. Even if the next of kin sues the hospital, how can they win? Would they rather that their loved ones die on the streets without any chance of survival? At least, if the hospital takes them in, they stand some chance of survival.
In fact, I would think that the hospital would stand a higher chance of being criticised and brought to disciplinary action by the medical board by those whom turned away.
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Miranda
October 19, 2015 at 9:09 PM
It sounds like there's no national emergency setup in Korea, so there's just no legal precedent for malpractice in an emergency (which is what I assume a lawsuit would be).
But I'm with you, I'm starting to wonder if there's something cultural that resonates with Koreans particularly in that line of reasoning. I live in a country with an emergency protocol (and have participated in it to some extent) so while this is all very weird-looking, I guess I can see how it would be nerve-racking without the protection of an emergency declaration.
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alua
October 20, 2015 at 12:58 AM
<there’s no national emergency setup in Korea
I wonder if that's only in the dramaverse or in real life Korea. It's just strange – given that they have the persistent threat of an "emergency" situation with North Korea.
It must be the alternate, imagined reality in dramaverse, as that's also the only way the absence of the military can be explained.
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Miranda
October 20, 2015 at 7:51 PM
Maybe that's the catch? That there's a set routine for martial law, but no equivalent state of emergency for something that's not on a war footing?
Though of course, a natural disaster of this scale probably also merits martial law being imposed. Hm.
Ah, whatever! If I could watch King 2 Hearts without my head exploding, I can certainly roll with the inconsistencies here.
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4 crazyahjummafan
October 19, 2015 at 8:32 PM
"Enraged by Woo-jin’s response, Hye-sung calls him a murderer for giving up Min-chul’s last chance for survival. That tips Woo-jin over the edge, and he retaliates with the same accusation: Hye-sung is a murderer because he engaged in a high-risk surgery that put the patient in a critical state. If he doesn’t want to be responsible for Min-chul’s death, he better find another option to save him."
This is so illogical! How is Hye-sung a murderer? If he had not operated on Min-chul, he would have suffered quite a bit before dying on the streets. At least, Hye-sung gave him a chance to survive.
And who is Woo-jin to accuse to Hye-sung about being a murderer? He was the one who refused to operate on Minister Suk as well!
I really hope that at the end, Hye-sung will be rewarded and Director Park and Woo-jin get their come-uppance.
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5 Hipployta
October 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM
Jung Ddol Mi needs to come back ASAP. Gotta say her and Hyesung have been slowly built up and though that kiss was out of nowhere I was still like...HEYYYY~~~
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aurora
October 20, 2015 at 3:25 AM
She will, but unfortunately, next week. Ugh, that kiss made me dumbfounded in front my screen for some moments-- then followed by random screams and jealousy lol
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aurora
October 20, 2015 at 3:26 AM
lol I mean this week
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6 Adal
October 19, 2015 at 8:50 PM
I may be completely shallow but I am glad that the show has some moments of levity amongst the grimness of survival and death. I liked the kiss, totally random and unexpected, but appreciated by me.
So, Jung Ddol Min was a hero at the airport, when in reality the fellow who was on the ground gasping for breath would probably have died in the response time taken to treat and diagnose him. Whatever happened to basic first aid that every health practioner should know? I expected either the nurse or Dr. An to turn the patient to his side to aid his breathing. What do I know? Still, it makes for suspenseful tv.
I am getting tired of the repetitive arguments between Lee Hae Sung, Dr. Han, Director Park and Chief Kim. There can only be enough times when the different philosophies governing their actions are hashed out before it becomes boring. Surely, there are more things to interest the viewer regarding the disaster recovery than good doctor vs. bad doctor, hospital politics, and a coniving, unscrupulous, unethical, heartless bastard of a hospital director in Mirae Hospital. I hope they move past it.
On a lighter note, I loved the airport scenes. Poor Ddol Min had to lose some of her hair, on top of not sleeping or eating properly or even showering for days. Still she took it in good sport. She's definitely a trooper, that one!
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7 PeepsLeAwesomePotato
October 19, 2015 at 8:54 PM
I don't get what stick Director Park has up his arse. It's been so long since the earthquake and he still hasn't gotten round to the conclusion that closed hospital = negligence = bad reputation and law suits when the emergency is over? Like really, I don't understand him at all. Even if saving lives is not in the equation... I still don't get him.
Bye bye DdolMi. Come back soon (after some personal care)!!! Because you're the best thing in this drama.
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KompaktneHaare
October 20, 2015 at 9:20 AM
I've been fast-forwarding his rambles for a couple of episodes now. It just doesn't make any sense and I don't want to make myself angry for no reason..
Every other (khm maybe not Woojin) character at least makes sense in what they say and do..
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8 Miranda
October 19, 2015 at 9:05 PM
I'm completely confused by a lot of stuff going on in this drama. I'm glad they threw something in there about Korea not having a national setup that deals with this kind of emergency, but... The lawsuit fears are getting a little mental, especially when you already made everyone sign a no-suing form. You're a hospital. You give shelter and first aid, and if at all possible stop people from dying. No one's asking you to perform elective surgery here.
I also don't get the line of reasoning that it's somehow dangerous to perform surgery on a patient who might die, when the patient is already dying? They're dying - you can only go up from "corpse". And when the lights came back on I kept yelling at people to turn off the overhead lights in the nonessential wards.
I do really like this drama, it just feels like I'm missing something cultural when all of the doctors are too worried about lawsuits to perform basic medicine and the hospital director is relentlessly suggesting that people go to "other hospitals"... What other hospitals?! And supplies? Even the most basic medical training teaches people how to do stuff like make soft splints with towels for broken bones. You may not have exactly the needed supplies, but you have doctors with medical knowledge.
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skelly
October 20, 2015 at 5:42 AM
Totally agree! As much as I love this ensemble cast, the logic and plot holes are as big as those car-eating sinkholes in the first episodes. Even if there is no emergency plan, where is the army? And the only way I can explain Director Park and his minion is that they are both paranoid delusionals and borderline psychopaths, because no logic can explain their behavior given the premise (total collapse of major structures, possibly millions dead) posited by the show.
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9 Mel
October 19, 2015 at 9:29 PM
Ddol Mi & Hye Sung's kiss--sweet!!! In all the chaos, a smile came out with that scene... 'Hope there's more in the horizon! If you guys view the BTS of this drama including the drama presentation, So Min & Young Kwang have an easy rapport. They easily speak, smile, hold hands.... lots of skin ship... 'Can't wait for more of them in all the intensity of this disaster filled drama! Well, we know spunky Ddol Mi will be back, no doubt about that.. As for Woo Jin and that monster of a director, I guess being human has left them. I wonder how the director will treat his in-laws after they finally get rescued from under that pile of concrete--I mean, where else are they headed except Mirae Hospital, right under the hands of evil medical director... Thanks for the recap.
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10 pulsar
October 19, 2015 at 10:04 PM
OMG HyeSung and DdolMi kissed?? Okay. I guess there is really a loveline in this drama. LOL I can't wait to watch this episode but I'm totally not looking forward to get all frustrated with Director Park's way of running the hospital.
I need to say this now: I REALLY LOVE DDOLMI!!
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11 Ek Ladhki Thi
October 19, 2015 at 11:19 PM
Woo-jin's eyeballs may soon fall out from all that dilating.
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12 Lizzie
October 19, 2015 at 11:42 PM
Is Woojin HotBarkeep from Can't Lose??
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13 Itenoria
October 20, 2015 at 12:36 AM
Lol. I actually think Woo-jin's eyeballs might really pop out soon. All that stressing out is not good for his eyes. I sincerely wonder if Director Park really thought things out though. He's flown the minister that he's trying to curtail favor out from his hospital to another hospital where he cannot control the information the man would be given. Who wants to bet that the minister would see the interview that Hye-Sung gave about Mirae turning him away? Who wants to bet that there wouldn't be rumors about the fact that Chief Kang is actually the one managing the crises which would mean that Director Park hasn't done Jack and that although there were more critical patients, it was the minister, who is doing much better, mind you, that was flown to another hospital? Who wants to bet that the minister wouldn't be aware that the person who saved his life and performed his surgery is actually Hye-Sung, not Woo-jin? And the thing about situations like this is when the doubt starts to creep in, Director Park would be too far away from our minister to put things in his own twisted way.
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14 alua
October 20, 2015 at 12:55 AM
<Director Park has some major anger issues
I think he's got more than anger issues. He's mentally deranged in some way. Unfortunately, he's an insanely boring (totally flat) character and I'm starting to fast forward all his scenes as they are all the same.
Woo-jin isn't much better... and his going blind... seriously, did we really really need that? Lazy writer throwing in another overly dramatic cliché. This writer really has no imagination at all.
I'm also starting to think that Dr. Kang is a pretty incompetent emergency measures leader. Sometimes she does the right thing, but she sure goes to pieces a lot. There's the issue of her son, so it's understandable, but unfortunately it also shows sometimes that she's not the right person to be in charge of emergency measures. She's trying & But I guess there's no one else to do it but I'm still shaking my head at times.
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15 miroufleur
October 20, 2015 at 1:32 AM
Hae-Sung completely took Ddolmi by surprise with that sweet kiss. The forming bond the two shares during Seoul disaster continues to grow i'm looking forward to see more.
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16 plumwine
October 20, 2015 at 3:37 AM
'Director Park cosplays as a benevolent human' - Ha -what an accurate description!
Also to everyone (myself included) who ranted about Ddol Mi's blood covered jacket -Yeah, she changed it - for amid covered one. I watched that scene thinking of everyone here. ;)
Oh yes-more kisses please, but with less shock to Ddol Mi next time.
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:01 AM
I just binged watch this drama becos of our lead actor KYK and it is addictive !! I love this kiss scene. It is unique n different from other typical ones. Who would think of kissing someone who haven't bathe for days n both were splashed on by the dirty muddy water (on the faces too) ??! I know our heroine would be back in Seoul soon since she is the lead.... haha.
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17 Adal
October 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM
Ok. So one of the reasons why Hye Sung loves Ddol Min despite the fact she's just this amazing ball of fire, is that she helps him keep it real when his reckless life-saving instincts as a doctor puts him in trouble :case in point when he wanted to jump into the rubble of the collapsed hospital to save those two ajusshis which would have put his life at risk, needless to say wouldn't have saved those grandpas; and the second time when he would have given the heart medication to the dying patient, instead of his mother. He needs someone to rein him in from his excesses, sometimes. And Ddol Min is perfect at doing that. She seems to know exactly when to step in and save him from himself, and when to follow him implicitly. Not that others haven't tried, but because they often seem to have other agendas rather than just helping him, i.e. Woo Jin, Chief Kim and Director Park, he doesn't listen to them at all.
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18 katshirou
October 20, 2015 at 3:52 AM
Uhm how many episodes will this be? Please and thank you :)
Also, heol, random kiss much hahahahaha XD Here I was hoping for a kiss in SGG, but did not get it...but here, where I did not really expect a kiss until the end, just BOOM. Hahahahaha XD Nice one, PDnim and Writer-nim. Thumbs up! ^w^
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19 Itenoria
October 20, 2015 at 4:16 AM
Apparently it's 20 episodes. So we're just entering the halfway mark. More opportunities for even more disasters to strike it would seem.
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20 AJK
October 20, 2015 at 5:08 AM
10 minutes into the first episode, which just seemed so dumb, I gave up. It sounds like it might not be as bad as it looked -- should I just skip the first episode or two and try again, or if I was frustrated by the first episode, will I likely hate it all the way through?
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skelly
October 20, 2015 at 5:50 AM
Well, you have to park all logic at the door with this show. The ensemble cast is really cute, and the rag-tag team really grows on you, but there are so many plot holes and logic fails and even though they tried hard, it doesn't feel real: no army presence, too few extras, too few bodies, what extras they have are all amazingly clean and tidy. And it is such a quiet show sometimes! And the villain is over-the-top. But here I am, watching the thing.
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AJK
October 20, 2015 at 6:00 AM
Thanks! You know -- there is crazy I can do (Secret and City Hunter) and Crazy I just can't (Yong Pal). I think this show is not going hit my crazy sweet spot.
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alua
October 20, 2015 at 6:28 AM
Yeah, I could with the crazy of City Hunter but not with Yong Pal. I would say this one falls in between, not in terms of the crazy, but because of the likeability of Hyseung & esp. Ddolmi. In fact, I like them better than the City Hunter pairing. It's just the stuff around them is more infuriating than City Hunter.
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:34 AM
I like this pairing more than the ones in City Hunter and Yong Pal too. The latter is worse in my opinion.
alua
October 20, 2015 at 6:24 AM
Skip to the kiss, which is like in the last 10 minutes. You can watch the last bit for entertainment, but indeed park logic at the door.
And you can skip all of episode 10, Ddolmi is completely absent and our hospital director continues in his usual ways.
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Donggg
October 20, 2015 at 6:25 AM
It's a really nice drama don't skip the first and second episodes my advice for you : if you want to enjoy this good drama you need to ignore some unrealistic stuff the rest is worth watching.
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21 katshirou
October 20, 2015 at 5:59 AM
Wait. What. 20. Episodes. SERIOUSLY!? Uhm, but we're halfway...and...SERIOUSLY!? O.O
Isn't that way too long? At this rate with that length, are we supposed to prepare ourselves for dragging and stretching and pulling and fillers and all?
I wasn't planning to following this at all, but I've grown to like it...but hearing that it's 20 episodes makes my heart...have bad feels :(
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22 Evw09
October 20, 2015 at 7:07 AM
Director Park feels poorly written. Thus far, the audience has received very little insight into the character. We don't why he behaves the way he does or his end goal. This character is very one dimensional. I've seen articles using Dir. Park as justification for maintaining live shooting & I'd disagree. Pre-filming to me still feels like a better alternative to crazy dangerous filming that typically happens. Besides, logistically, there's no way to film a show like D-Day that has a huge scale live action.
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alua
October 20, 2015 at 8:04 AM
That's what is so disappointing. Give us a villain, but a three-dimensional one (think "I Can Hear Your Voice").
The fact that it's all pre-shot makes him even worse – they had time to flesh things out! Ten episodes in, I'm convinced that the writer just isn't very good and lacks imagination as well as skill. Some pretty significant characters that are flat and way too many tropes.
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
October 20, 2015 at 9:57 AM
yeah, he's just been going on like a broken record about how to find ways to close down the hospital.
But like alua said, that's not the result of pre-shooting, that's the result of a bad writer. This drama is still watchable, but that is entirely down to the cast. And I think I'll sit out episode 10 now that you guys alerted me to the absence of the character I liked most.
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:30 AM
Yes I hate that hospital director too. I don't know how many times he has repeated his "the hospital will be closed down from now on"?? He is a villain who has no conscience nor any medical ethics. He is not into saving lives but only think about his own personal interests n the hospital reputation, even at the resort of harming/killing off his own family members !!! ??
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23 clafel
October 20, 2015 at 7:14 PM
man this drama is somehow manage to make me waiting for them despite all the flaws...
and btw...
what about that friggin' Typhoon news...
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:07 AM
Yeah I was like oh no not another disaster after an earthquake?!
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24 Drama Maniac
October 23, 2015 at 12:30 PM
can you please write recap for episode 10!!!!!i am in love with ddol mi and hye sung.they have so many cute moments in all the episodes and its so cute!!!!(squealing!!!!!!!!)
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25 Michelle
October 24, 2015 at 12:59 AM
IM CRAAAZY about this drama, but I just hope al main leads stay alive, if the writers kill on of them ill just be really dissapointed
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:18 AM
The villains should get their well deserved bad karma.
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26 CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:25 AM
I just binged watched this drama up to epi 14 for the last two days. It is that good !! ???
I tend to compare it with another medical disaster romance drama "Defendants of the Sun". I like both but I realised DOTS has overly too much loveey doveey moments that made the disaster secondary. In D-day every medical staff are lack of sleep, bath, food etc. They are so busy over saving lives that there isn't much time for romantic moments so I was surprised when lead guy just slipped in a quick kiss in this unexpected scene. There is a lot of hospital politics (who to save and who not to save!!) and the villains have totally no medical ethics that I feel like giving them a few good slaps.
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redfox
June 18, 2017 at 1:32 AM
I liked it, too.
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CrimeFighter
June 18, 2017 at 1:37 AM
I don't know why the rating for this show in DB is average only. How about the viewership rating??
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