📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Dr. Romantic 2 (낭만닥터 김사부2)

General surgeon Seo Woo-Jin is a skilled doctor, yet is ostracized by his fellow colleagues due to some decisions he made in the past. He's also haunted by some loan sharks he's indebted with.
Dr. Cha Eun-Jae is a brilliant and tenacious 2nd-year resident but gets sick any time she gets into an operation room and because of it is sent to spend her suspension at Doldam Hospital.
Newbie doctor Yoon A-Reum tags along after meeting a surly yet outstanding doctor...our beloved Doctor Kim.

4 years have passed and Doldam Hospital isn't doing that well, financially speaking...They get a lot of patients but treat them even if they can't afford to pay. A new addition to the staff is orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bae Moon-Jung, who was Cha Eun-Jae's senior from med school.

The new threat to Doldam and Doctor Kim this time is called Dr. Park Min-Guk, sent by the newly appointed foundation chairman, Dr. Do (an old acquaintance from season 1), to finally be able to get rid of Doctor Kim and transform Doldam Hospital into a VIP center...

My Opinion👍👎
Dr. Romantic 2 was darker and filled with more political schemed if compared to season 1.
The base elements are the same as the previous season: two talented doctors, who shared some past, are sent to Doldam Hospital as punishment or as last hope for a quiet life and will grow attached to it and the grumpy Master Kim.

Still, I'd advise you to watch the first season because, even if it has a whole new set of characters and dynamics, there are some references to previous situations or events and I think they'd be difficult to understand otherwise.
Doldam Hospital's Fab 4

In season 1 I didn't actually have a favorite character, I quite loved all of them, but in season 2 I must say I was intrigued by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bae: he may look clueless and lost in his world made of nothing but bones...couldn't be more wrong!

I was already 'acquaintance' with main actress Lee Sung-Kyung (by far, the best comic villain I've seen in k-dramas so far thanks to her performance in "Cheese in the Trap") and actor Ahn Hyo-Seop (seen in "Top Management") so I loved watching them together. 
Also actress So Ju-Yeon's character Yoon A-Reum was so cheerful and somehow quirky that you can't help but adore her.


Dr. Romantic season 2 was a nice way to spend my quarantine days and a good continuation from season 1. I usually love k-dramas because they're self-conclusive and don't drag the stories for infinite seasons like American series but, in this case, I wouldn't mind a season 3, which hasn't been confirmed but neither denied.


Rating: 3½/5

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