Still on the topic of friendship, there were a couple of secondary friendships that I found particularly endearing.Īlthough we didn’t get a lot of screen time for Tae Hyun’s friendship with Head Nurse (Kim Mi Kyung), I really liked the comfortable, cozy dynamic between them. I really, really liked that idea, of two lonely souls finding a way to connect, despite their vastly different backgrounds and circumstances. It felt like he was asking to be friends, as much for her sake, as his own, since they were both lonely people who could benefit from having someone to talk with. Tae Hyun’s request, that they be friends, felt so. Most of all, I loved that they agreed to be friends. I loved that no matter how regal and imposing Yeo Jin tried to be, Tae Hyun was never intimidated for a moment, and simply continued his casual cheekiness without ever missing a beat. I really liked watching Tae Hyun and Yeo Jin chatting and bonding, in spite of her guardedness. Filled with sharp wit and droll banter, their conversations were truly a joy to watch. Our OTP connect and talk, as business partners at first, and then, as friends. It’s far from romantic, and that’s exactly what I find so fantastic. Just before this show started going downhill for me, there was a small stretch of gloriously sparky OTP interaction that I thoroughly enjoyed. Sparky blossoming friendship between the OTP
She felt potentially powerful, and I was interested to see how she would add to our story.ģ. Her ditzy bimbo act in front of her husband was so convincing that I actually felt surprised when she turned on the analytical shrewd. Combined with her veiled intentions and the random perfect English she spouted, she was definitely fun to have onscreen.Ĭhae Young (Chae Jung Ahn) was another character I found fascinating. Her fixation with Yeo Jin was at once manically possessive and lovingly controlling, which I found both creepy and morbidly fascinating. Easily one of the most eccentric, freaky characters that I’ve come across in dramaland.Ĭynthia (Stephanie Lee) also brought a good measure of interest to our drama world, with her statuesque confidence and polish, and her hidden ability to kick literal ass. Which I don’t consider a bad thing it was so weird that I couldn’t tear my eyes away.Ĭreepy Nurse (Bae Hae Sun) was particularly fascinating, with her morbid fascination and obsession with her patient Yeo Jin (Kim Tae Hee). All at least a little quirky in their own way, I found that put together, they made our drama world a peculiar, surreal and rather bizarre place. I found the blend of light and dark a compelling one, and couldn’t help but want to know more about Tae Hyun and what made him tick.Īside from Tae Hyun, I found several of the secondary characters interesting in their own right. On the other, a touch of amoral grease when it came to what he was willing to do, to make money to save his sister. On the one hand, the loving warmth when it came to his sister, as well as the intent desperation he tended to have when saving someone. More than that, I was intrigued by the odd and fascinating shades of gray that seemed to make up Tae Hyun’s sense of values. I loved that Tae Hyun was presented as sharp, discerning and decisive. And I loved that as Tae Hyun at his day job, he was brilliant at what he did, so much so that professors needed to call him into the operating theater if they didn’t want their patients to die. I loved that as Yong Pal, he was gritty, inhumanly efficient and completely badass. But we can talk more about that later.įirst, for the record, here’re some of my favorite things about the first 6 episodes.Īt least for the first 6 episodes, I thoroughly enjoyed Joo Won in the role of Tae Hyun. It felt like Show knew where it was going, and wasn’t afraid to go where other shows hadn’t gone before. Everything was fast-paced, cocky, badass and just refreshingly different.