I don't think the scene w Suenghee was well done. No matter how you look at it, this is a middle age woman who hung on to a man who not only married someone else, but said man never gave her any intention of leaving his wife. He literally had another child with his wife. And Jung min can do math and I am sure he knows why his parents married. All SH has to do is look at how he was comfortable with lying to JS to know he would have no problem doing it to her.

It's sad that Sueng hee thinks that she and In Ho would be married and blissed 20 years later.

Something tells me he had one foot out the door with SH in college. He had no problem making sure he and JS were around campus together married with a child on the way.

Seung hee is a villain of her own creation.

It seems like the drama really wants people to love So-Ra. Fine. I liked her in these episodes. Especially when she egged Dr McDreamy on.

I was squealing when Jeong-suk gave InHo and Seung-Hi their ultimatum. Finally!!!
Seung HI’s reaction (“you’ll be free soon”) and InHo’s shock shows she will cling to him no matter what, making her pathetic, and he doesn’t really want to marry her, making him a jerk. He has just been stringing her along. Her blackmailing him into staying with her just makes her more and more pathetic.
I was warming up to InHo just a leeetle but the driver with disabilities card set me back 😂

Jeong-suk’s conversations with Yi-rang were so warm and loving. I was happy to see that relationship is doing well.
It was sad to see Eun-So’s pain, but wasn’t she the one who started the fight? My memory isn’t what it used to be.
That hug from Mi-Hee was so moving. I was surprised that she advised against divorce. The conversation about InHo’s abilities in the bed was funny.

I her confrontation with Jeong Seok, Seung Hi’s arguments make me think she is still trying to justify her actions to herself.
Does Jeong-suk’s life have to be in danger so many times just to show the two men care about her? In Ho’s super dramatic rush to her side was hilarious though.
Not a big fan of the two grown men in a knock down drag out fight. It would put me off both.

Glad Jeong-Suk asked for the divorce, but it looks like InHo will continue trying to make her stay.
What’s with Roy Kim’s search for his birth parents? Is he going to end up related to any of them? Too much not to expect dramatic coincidences huh?

Irrespective of how I feel about Seung-hui, I reckon with the question Mi-hee posed : "How is it that he's loved by two great women?" Is it that he's fortunate? Well, I'm glad the women he roped in are getting out, or holding him to proper ransom.

I was quite uncomfortable with the M&M situation that came up with Jung-min. It was nowhere near Family Medicine's fault but In-ho was simply determined to pin it on Seung-hui just for the sake of driving his point home. And to think he actually used the same tactics on Jung-seok when her patient wandered due to Seung-hui's power trip. In-ho is shameless and almost irredeemable. On a positive note, Kim Byung-chul is selling In-ho's supposed remorse so well that I was swayed. But then, trust In-ho to use his very own hands to tank what Kim Byung-chul swayed.

I can't believe he actually used his wife's disabled sticker for himself. He 'depending' on his wife just got more manipulative with that. He knows she's a steadfast, loyal human and that's why he can depend on her should he ever need it. Coming from someone like In-ho, something that is supposed to be an assurance you get from your spouse comes off as extremely selfish and parasitic.(Recipe For Farewell really handled this line very well. For context sake, the husband and wife were separated but her first point of action was to assuredly call on him to handle her non-medical palliative care of which he delivered). In-ho however, as I perceived kinda sees her dependent nature as insurance.

Both mom's breaking down and crying on each other's arms, like they can just be parents, just be mothers. It was really powerful.

So Jeon is now loudly cheering Team Roy. That aside, she won my respect this week when she didn't tell Jung-min that his mom approves of their relationship. That was something that would have scored her points with Jung-min but she just didn't force his hands into not being too pissed with her. I liked that a lot.

Jung-min really wowed me this week. And the actor handling his character really portrayed his guilt in very poignant manner.

Someone needs to teach me how Kim Byung-chul shot that tissue outta his bloodied nose.

And...can we not have grownups engage in petty fights. Especially over a romantic interest. It is and I find it very retrogressive and uncomfortable to watch. It doesn't matter if the person they're fighting over is worth it or not, it's not worth them scuffling on the floor or dirtied in dust or left with scratches or some hair pulled out. But I salute the actors for shooting the scene cause I know I'll pray for the ground to swallow me and for the shot to be done just once and it's just as the director wants it.

There was a lot of criticism about ep 12 and how it feels like nothing's really moving along, but I think people need to remember that, while we've known In-ho had a love child for a while now, Jeong-suk just found out. So-ra is the MVP of this ep. I'm mad at Mi-hee for saying what she did, but she kind of made up for it later on by talking to Roy about Jeong-suk. Speaking of, they did us so dirty by cutting his answer to Mi-hee's question.

I am very confident at this point that she will divorce In-ho and there will be at least hints of a romance with Roy.

Also, I love Roy and he did not disappoint these two eps. Rescuing Jeung-suk, offering his place up "to the residents," opening up about his family background to Jeong-suk, pointing out In-ho's hypocrisy, putting the literal beatdown on In-ho, you name it. Be still, my heart!

So-ra’s revelation that her dad had also cheated explains the tough girl exterior and the walls she puts up with Jung-min. I’m sure she witnessed her mom’s hurt and doesn’t want to experience the same.
I feel no sympathy for Seung-hee except for the fact that her family shunned her when she got pregnant. That must have been painful, but she walked into everything else with her eyes wide open. Cheating on your girlfriend who’s overseas is not the same as cheating on your wife. And is she forgetting how she treated Jung-sook with such contempt? As if she was the morally superior one? I’m glad Junk-sook told her she has no one to blame for her daughter’s pain but herself.
Looks like Dr. Roy Kim, despite his hilarious but ridiculous tussle with In-ho, is the only doctor who wants to rationally explain -rather than cast blame - to the family why their daughter died. Good for him.
It’s funny how something so small like the disabled parking sticker can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. But I can relate. My turning point was an old remote.
And how did In-go get two accomplished women? He must be a smooth talking mama’s boy.

For the majority of the run, I've kinda understood Seung Hui and to some extent her daughter but this week's episodes made me give up on both of them. They just annoyed and irritated me so much. I keep having to rationalize the daughter's actions as "she's still young, she's still a teen" etc and ugh, I just honestly can't stand it. "I rather DIE than apply to one school instead of two like his other daughter!". Again, my rational brain knows "heightened emotions of a teen" but my emotional side is so over both mother and daughter. Seung Hui has moved in unreasonably pathetic territory to me. You keep getting evidence of how trash this man is and yet you want to hold on to him even more? You were planning on moving but now it's "you get a divorce & leave the hospital so I can have the life I deserved". It's not happening! The mother in law probably wouldn't be satisfied with her because she's not as well off or prestigious as she was during college, she will always be the mistress he had a love child with, and the mother in law is just too nitpicky for the temperment we've seen with Seung Hui & her daughter.

As someone raised by a single mother, this whole thing is starting to grate on me.

I still find In Ho to be the real antagonist/villain/bad guy in all this. He's the one who cheated both times, he's the one who only cares about his own comfort, he's the one doesn't stand up for anyone, and he's an entitled prick. Just like the friend, why and how did he get 2 amazing women to fall for him? Is he good in bed?! There must be something there that we aren't seeing.

I don't think it's too often the "other woman" is shown to be apologetic or reflective about the role she played in ruining a relationship so in that regard I like or maybe appreciate is a more apt word Jung Sook's acknowledgement of the part she played in how everything's played out.

In-ho is not only a pathetic worm, but also a cheating weasel. I already knew that he would never choose Seung-hee, but the fact that he wants to throw her under the bus is especially shabby. How good that Jung-sook finally spoke out about what a weak and rotten character he is.

In my opinion, the last episode was the weakest so far. Maybe it was also because I'm a bit annoyed that the divorce is being dragged out for so long. And looking at the previews, that's not going to change anytime soon. When I get too impatient, I try to remind myself that I grew up in a different culture and can't apply my standards to the series - I would have decided to divorce much sooner.

The fire scene was great, by the way. In-ho, who wants to play the hero and puts on a cape to heroic music, only to crawl across the floor and eventually find that the real hero has already rushed to the rescue before him.

There were so many great scenes in these episodes! The writing and acting of all the main characters is done so well.

I was pleased with Jung-sook forcing the open talk with In-ho and Seung-gi, she asked and said the right things there. It also made very clear that her aim is to become a fully qualified Dr Cha and she will get there. I loved her bitter laugh on seeing her disability permit, there is no way back to her old self.

In-ho is digging his own grave! It is too late to save his marriage with Jung-sook, that marriage existed on paper only for over ten years already. But now he also showing his true self to Seung-hee. She will not forgive him for abandoning (also professionally) her like this, but I like how the drama dares to show her struggles as well.

The tussle between the doctors was silly, but still hilarious. Not manly fist fights, but biting, pulling, pushing and other mean things. And the friend trying to find an explanation for In-ho attracting these capable women.

On the surface, This show is giving us lots of characters we love to hate or love to love. The mistress is just an adult version of a 2nd female lead character that will stop at nothing to break up a relationship—If I can’t have him, no one can, kind of trope. Then, we have the bumbling, spoiled husband with mommy issues. The impossibly perfect wife, dutiful and self-sacrificing . But, I do think the show does try to go a little deeper. For example, it was I-Rang that started the physical fight that broke the arm of her half-sister. It was I-Rang that asked is shamelessness genetic? Which is a pretty awful thing to say. So, show is trying a little nuance mixed in with some pretty common aged up tropes.

The only redeeming scene with In-ho in this episode: the way he handled the pep-talk with Jung-min. (Though even then, it was Dr. Cha's guidance/admonishment that allowed him to handle it properly.)

Speaking of which — don't you find it interesting that the show made a point of showing us how I-rang's artistic talent came from her father? It makes me wonder if In-ho's own father pushed him into medicine. Maybe he had a rotten father and that's the only role paternal model he's had . . . and he never thought to question it.

Seung Hee is a perfect example of a smart and successful woman with low EQ and lacks common sense. Hopefully she wakes up from her delusion soon.

I expected these episodes to be filler, but there was still meat on the story bone.

First, thanks for the recap. ❤️
I'm not sure that I agree that the point of the show is that this is normal. It sure seems like no one is ready for the level of cheating that In-ho has been doing. Did he see himself as cheating when he hooked up with Jung-Sook, and did Jung-Sook even know about the other girlfriend when they got together? She knew about her when Seung-hee came back from study abroad and confronted them, but before the fact? Did he ever love Jung-Sook?

But to me the real cheating was the way In-Ho stole Jung-Sook's life. Instead getting to be a doctor, she took care of his sick father, his obnoxious mother, and his house. (I don't mention the children, because it's normal for parents to take care of children.) The whole family treated her like a servant. She never got to go on a trip. He never gave her a present. He stopped having sex with her. He didn't even take her to Jeju Island! No consideration was small enough that he could show it for her. It's not just that he drove the girlfriend around in a car with her handicapped sticker. He literally refused to let her ride to the hospital with him in the car with the sticker! In a way it's easier to accept that he was afraid to have a piece of his liver removed than it is that he was so selfish about anything that might have made her happy.

Of course Seung-Hee loves In-Ho and wants to keep him. He treated her like a girlfriend--kissing, hugging, saying nice things, being considerate, buying presents, taking her on trips. But did she have to pray that Jung-Sook would die from the liver problem? Because remember, she did do that. Did she have to text In-Ho to tell him not to donate his liver? She was even angry that he celebrated his wife's birthday.

Anyway, this show has fans because it's hard not to identify with Dr. Cha if you are a woman who has been in a relationship with a man. Not that all men cheat or are horribly selfish, but...they all have male privilege and can't even understand it.

the way the ending of ep12 got me cheering and feeling SO relieved like I was the one going through this, not JS. Manifesting that she just goes through with the divorce by the end of the show.

This is usually the filler stage in a series, but not with Dr. Cha. The story lines continue to burrow deep under the skin of the characters to the point of touching raw nerves. The theme of these two episodes was Mistakes. People will always make mistakes but one can only learn and grow if they accept responsibility, ask for forgiveness, and move forward with the resulting knowledge. After years of being in his own self-centered bubble, Dr. Seo begins to realize the complexity and seriousness of his mistakes. But he crumbles around strong women. Just as Dr. Choi is going to accept her own mistakes, she once again turns into a vindictive victim making more callous demands on the people she has hurt. But then again, the psychological survival technique to blame others for one’s own mistakes adds a layer of justification under the guise of protection of a loved one. Jung-min’s discharge of a patient may have been a mistake, but did it meet the standard of care is an open question. The timeline is certain that the patient was in a serious condition but returned two weeks later in dire condition. Cha processes the situation in a humane motherly way while others try to side step the issue of blame in legalese. It was only a matter of time until Cha realized she does not need a ghost husband (one in name only). This a major character growth moment for Cha, jump started by her interactions with Dr. Jeon who has also changed nicely since we first met her.

The elephant in the room still is Seo and Choi’s real campus relationship. Choi thinks that it was a committed relationship towards marriage. But are campus couples really thinking that far ahead? The scant evidence we have is that Seo was tempted by the availability Cha to have sex, something that should not have crossed his mind if that was part of his serious relationship with Choi. For Choi to shame and blame Cha for her unhappiness when she knowingly had an affair with a married man is nonsensical but she convinced herself that she was the victim: that Seo somehow “belonged” to her and her alone. That is not love but obsession. Not to excuse his behavior, but is Seo a milquetoast because of his overbearing, manipulative mother? For a doctor who has to make life and death decisions, he cannot make one in regard to his personal relationships because Choi is overbearing and he cannot process emotions? Seo fainting like a goat at the end of Episode 12 was a bit over the top as a writer’s ploy to make Cha second guess her decision.

When Cha permanently moves out of the marital house, I speculate that the family will fall a part; Seo will reject Choi; mother will get scammed out of her investment; Cha will sell the mortgaged building to clear debt in her name (which will cause MIL rage); I-Rang will not get into school unless her father steps up and guides her path; and Jung-min will have second thoughts about becoming a doctor. Then the conflict will become what will Cha decide: her own path...

I’m hanging out for the moment when the selfish mother in law gets scammed by that old man friend who keeps badgering her to invest with him. Just hope Jeong Suk won’t get stung by association