I kind of get it, because I had the same reaction - whoa, boy, slow down. But I find myself strangely very interested in this show partly because of that dynamic.

It seems like when they parted 13 years ago, they split onto very different trajectories. Hye Jung lost her teacher, lost her school, lost her mentor, lost her grandmother in a matter of days. She experienced a rigged justice system, rigged social system, diabolical parents and then a shady medical practice. Her mind honed in on a life with no social attachments, just achievement. She had a very rude awakening into the adult world and it involved a total break with her youth. In her mind, Ji Hong's already gone as part of that youth.

Ji Hong on the other hand was lining everything up to go to the States and might have been able to brush off Hye Jung as a particularly interesting high school student, but then SHE had this massive life-changing experience and suddenly jumped to the forefront of his mind. He saw her breaking off into this untethered, unknown life and I think it emotionally upended him and brought romantic feelings to light. But by then she'd vanished. And it is much, much harder to be left than to do the leaving, leaving emotions exposed in Ji Hong that clearly never went away.

So while Ji Hong is coming across as very strong, it's at least partly because Hye Jung has been a part of his mental life all of this time. He still views her as the girl he lived with, at least in part, and has spent a lot of time thinking about her and looking for her. He's romantically wanted her for over a decade, with varying levels of acceptableness. But now there are no barriers at all, this has all apparently happened by chance and he's delighted.

Hye Jung, though, has spent the last 13 years firmly reclassifying their relationship as student/teacher (which, it should be noted, was the reality). Ji Hong's been reassessing his feeling towards her through romantic channels, while she's been reassessing through youth/professionalism. And they're going to have to get back on similar pages about that whole thing, which won't be easy.

In short: I like it, it's interesting. I'm glad Ji Hong didn't really realize how he felt until she was gone, and that Hye Jung might have a conflicted response to realizing he's held onto an unresolved crush for 13 years. And I can only imagine that In Joo would blow her top if she realized that Ji Hong is pursuing his former student, even though the circumstances are all above-board.

KRW and BSH are great in this so far but I think GF might be referring to the wrestling scene, which I found a little disturbing. Otherwise, pretty fun so far. But, yeah, where in the world is the puppy?

Maybe Soon hee has it? *fingers-crossed*
And then Hye jung can visiter her with Kang soo in tow and there'll be a litter of puppies under one roof! Hee.

Ha you wish! Sorry Colleen but you'll have to share. ;)
Its caring ! And they're just begging to be cared for aren't they?
We can do it together! Whadya say?

Colleen, I'll let you ladies fight for the boys. I'll get the ladies, particularly MiJoo. I don't care that's she's a goldigger, she's cool. I even like Noh Bang Shil and daughter (imo, Song Ok Sook really looks like Ra Miran)

nuh uh girl... Dramabeans team might not want to watch 38 (their perogative really), but plenty of beanies are (go o open thread)~~ i'll fight u to death for sig. kkk. Ive fallen all over again for him in 38, and mds is cute and killing his role.
this drama is just my vibe, like leverage, white collar, ocean eleven, kurosagi.. but less procedural and more character-focused, which is just in my alley!

also, another drama i'm watching just recently is Iron Lady part of After the play ends, which just aired yesterday, and I like it. ^^ the love lines are silly, not taken too seriously, but still somewhat rings true enough for me to want to see it develop.

SIG, and MDS, all for your self? Take number first, please, lol.

I'm falling in love again with SIG in ep 5! They way he convincingly turn into another type of person while doing his job, read con people, is awesome.

I could watch him being fiery tempered all time. So hot!

The pace is better in latter eps. And the preview of ep 6 looks very promising with a slick car chasing scene, and a hot SIG running on the street scene.

NOOOOO! MIIINE! *brings out the man hungry daggers* You stay away form them both!

The second Mary dropped the info about Signal all I could think is she needs to join the conspiracy (read plan to kidnap execs/torture with bad porn) to force TvN to getw orking on season 2. Emails go out in 2 weeks!

BM is all about the performance. It has a lot of weaknesses but the main leads compelling in his role. Certainly an unexpected treasure in what feels pretty mediocre. US tv has been doing this kind of show for years and is much better at it.

Added by own comment to the conversation below yours but I totally agree! I also wrote about the questions I had behind the mixed reactions to Doctors on here. Decided to scour through some of the comments to see if anyone is enjoying the drama as much as I am. The teacher/student thing *was* a bit strange in the beginning but I don't think it's something to be SO hung up about especially when KRW's character didn't make a move on PSH's character until recent after she became of age. What's all the fuss about?

I mean just because bloggers/certain users on this site aren't enjoying Doctors isn't indicative of the international audience as a whole. I've seen nothing but mostly people saying good things about this show, but I have seen certain ifans bitter about it's ratings in comparison to Beautiful Mind...which is...just..lmao.

I mean the drama has its flaws and all, but the leads are fantastic and plot is flowing very nicely so far. Also, this is one of the very few examples of a female centric drama on a big three channel actually resonating with drama viewers in Korea, so the fact people are being so nitpicky is kinda disappointing.

Bottomline, Koreans have been, so far, watching and liking this drama and it's been sold to six countries and counting so far....so I wouldn't lose sleep over these comments.

I kind of often don't get why the audience out here is not very supportive of grey characters or situations. Why do they need everything to be black or white , why be so morally uptight! Life is really not Roses and reality can be a great teacher, judging out here based even on drama preferences is so wonky! It reminds me of how intense the pre-release / post-release dislike for "Valid Love" was. Because of the plot some just refused to acknowledge this very sensitive subject and the intricate issues it raised so delicately. Relationship dynamics there were brilliant. ugghh...going for a mind wash out of narrow opinions!

Just so long as you agree to share SIG and MSD. Any attempts to horde will be greeted with dark daggers!

But "bipolar" on its own can just simply mean "having extremities". I believe Jevabeans isn't in any way disrespecting the patients with this disorder when she uses the word "bipolar" to describe a show.

I've never heard of it but I'll check it out myself. Thanks for the recommendations.

Yes. I'll add my recommendation that Missing Noir M be watched. What a great drama that was and definitely needs a Season 2 as well.