Dr. Romantic 2 musings: I have really mixed feelings. The medical emergencies are gripping, the power struggles and big-hospital baddies are a painful chore to watch, and (as many have noted) the FL’s issues are not credible. I could do without the loan sharks.

So I looked up the writer & PD and all becomes clear:

Writer: I’ve seen 4 of her earlier shows, and the only good one was Dr Romantic season 1. Mostly I think she had a good hospital concept and lucked out with the male lead, the female lead of season 1 and the director of both seasons, but she’s basically a mediocre writer.

PD: I’ve seen 6 of his earlier works (including Doctor Romantic season 1), and they were mostly good, especially History of Salaryman. His weakest may have been Vagabond, but I think the problem there was the writing. At least the action scenes were fun, and the Netflix-y ending can’t be the PD’s fault.

So now I understand RDTK2: thank the PD for good action (medical emergency) scenes and blame the writer for everything else.

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    I’m very inclined to believe you. I did zero research except ascertaining that the director writer were same as RDTK1, but ever since RD2 started airing I’ve been feeling like the script was abandoned in the hands of a ghostwriter (or maybe her junior writers in RD1 aren’t working for RD2).
    I hate the heavy handed medical jargon & the constant blood spurting & those flesh enlarging scenes…. Like all of it feels like it’s being done for the sake of shock value rather than an organic narrative.

    I can’t believe that the only good things so far have been Ahn Hyeo Seop, Eun Tak Saem, the new short hair female Dr & sunbae Hottie Dr… Even Kim Sabu is coming across as a snide know it all instead of a good hearted crazy doctor.

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    Oh, she wrote Fox Bride Star

    *shudder*

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      O.o!!!! OMG!!!
      I run away, that’s more than enough info.

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        Fox Bride Star had potential but it became horrible midway. And it’s really funny that one of my childhood favorite makjang drama, Glass Slippers (my intro to So Ji-sub), was also penned by her. She should stick to making makjangs (my fave lmao).

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      That was so painful to watch. I kept on thinking it would get to some point, ANY point, but it didn’t.

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    I disliked RDTK1, a lot. So no.2 for me is just a worst version of bad.

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    I can’t stand the baddies and the goddies fight. Those doctors deserve to be in jail, really. I mean, in my country is a doctor refuses to treat a patient “just because it’s not my work” they would be committing a criminal offense and be prosecuted. How can the Doctor Sim (the anesthetist from Geodae Hospital) say she wouldn’t enter a OR during an emergency because it’s not her job? C’mon, I know this is dramaland and baddies are baddies and don’t act rationally, I know all that, but… everytime they are mean doctors, all the time, they never think about the patients, never… it’s insane.

    And Dr. Park irrational hate for Kim Sabu, just because he stayed in the bus accident and he left? Now, who did something wrong? Not Kim Sabu, but him… That makes even more stupid and incomprehensible his character. It just doesn’t make sense.

    It’s a rural hospital, in the middle of nowhere and they want to take it down because they want to build a hospital with a casino and a golf camp because they want to make money. And they’re ok with that… it’s too much for me, sincerely.

    Still, I like the part where we see how some of the characters will grow. I like Dr. Seo and Dr. Cha. Even if I find her problems not real, at least I can see some evolution here and where it may lead her, as she can become a better doctor. Just as Dr. Seo.

    As for the rest of the Doldam crew, I’m loving most of them, specially the ER doctors and the othopedist, but I Nurse Oh is starting to get on my nerves, being in the middle of everything.

    So I’m mainly FF this one, and it’s only like 30 minutes worth watching. It’s better than the last 6 episodes of Fox Bride Star that never made more than 15, though (oh, it aches to remember, urgh).

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