Lee Min Woo (played by that deep-voiced guy, Lee Sun Gyun) is watching a cheap knockoff of Gray's Anatomy when he hears someone come into the room behind him. Thinking its his friend, Min Woo asks if his hyung's woman has left now and was she pretty this time. But when he turns around it is to find it's not his hyung but Kang Jae In (played by Hwang Jung Eum). Min Woo is embarrassed, especially when the knock-off drama doctors start having sex and making loud noises about it.
Finally the friend comes in and introduces Jae In and Min Woo. Mr. Exposition goes on to give Jae In the life story of Min Woo, never allowing Min Woo to get a word in edgewise. Finally Mr. Exposition asks Min Woo to cover for him at the ER this weekend. This is when the film editors start doing that thing I simply can't stand. The camera cuts to him - to her - to the other guy - to him- to the other guy - to her. Keep on one actor for more than two seconds!!
Min Woo also gets suckered into driving Jae In back to Seoul. (They're not even out of the driveway when Mr. Exposition/Playa gets a phone call from another woman. BTW, his character's name is Sun Woo but do you care? I don't.) During the ride Jae In reveals she's going to be throwing a surprise party for Mr. Exposition since it's his birthday and their 100th day of dating. Min Woo, knowing what a player his pal is, asks her if she's already paid for the present she's giving Sun Woo and can she get her money back on it. Girl, this is a red flag!
Suddenly a vehicle cuts in front of them and Min Woo snaps into road rage. He races recklessly along the highway to catch up to the offending jeep while Jae In squeals annoyingly. Just as they're about to catch up, up ahead is a multi-car accident that's already happened. The jeep is unable to slow down in time and crashes into the wreckage. Min Woo is just able to stop his own car before they become part of the mess.
Before they can catch their breaths, a truck coming from the other direction somehow doesn't see ALL THESE WRECKED AND BURNING CARS STREWN ACROSS THE ROAD. Hitting another car, the truck is launched into the air and comes crashing to a halt just in front of our lead characters and throwing a live chicken up on Min Woo's car hood. Maybe it was the chicken driving the truck because how could he not see ALL THESE WRECKED AND BURNING CARS STREWN ACROSS THE ROAD?!?!?
It takes a minute but finally Jae In remembers, "Hey, I'm a doctor. I should be helping these people." Min Woo, however, isn't that gung ho to get involved. Slowly wandering around and half-heartedly doing triage, Jae In comes across a mother whose child is trapped in her upside-down car. The two women attempt to pry the bent door open. Min Woo comes over to point out they don't have the proper equipment to extract the child or an ambulance to transport him to the nearest hospital. Just leave the kid alone and wait for the paramedics. Mom yells at Min Woo that if he isn't going to help then get the hell away. You're my favorite character so far, Bloody Mother With No Name.
Min Woo pulls Jae In away and talks about how they could be sued by these people if something goes wrong. All of a sudden Bloody Mother With No Name falls unconscious to the ground. No, not my favorite character! Finally the EMTs show up and Min Woo can go back to taking pictures with his cell phone. The child is cut out of the car and Jae In takes responsibility for him as his mother is being taken away in the ambulance. Then a car blows up, but that's not really important.
We move to the controlled chaos of an emergency room as the severely injured are brought in. This small place is unable to take in so many casualties at once so the chief doctor, Choi In Hyuk, orders the ER to be vacated within thirty minutes. It appears they're getting rid of everybody they can get rid of. Jae In bets $10 that the hospital can do it in the allotted time. Min Woo bets $20 that they can't. I bet $30 that I don't care one way or the other.
Min Woo, Jae In, and Kid With No Name hang out for awhile in the ER (Oh I've been through the ER with a kid with no name...) as more crash victims are brought in. They spot when Bloody Mother With No Name is brought in so the trio go to hang out in the examination room with the medical staff because you can do that in a kdrama hospital. Min Woo gives his opinion of what's wrong with the woman and Dr. Choi, who has never seen Min Woo before in his life, bases his treatment on what this complete stranger has told him.
Ah, but there are no available operating rooms (natch) so Choi makes the renegade decision of performing surgery in the ER. He goes to scrub up and our trio gets to stand by and watch because no one has bothered to say, "Hey, you can't be here with a kid! Authorized personnel only!" Nope, not gonna be said at all.
Surgery happens and I look away, 'cause I have a weak stomach. Good thing no one thought to close the blinds in this makeshift operating room, otherwise Jae In wouldn't be able to watch every bloody second. Min Woo acts like he can't stand the sight of blood, which is always a good thing to have an aversion to when you're a doctor. Jae In can't be torn away -- oh wait, she got a phone call. Yes, she can be torn away.
Min Woo goes to the gift shop to buy snacks. Jae In finds them in the lobby. They're all found by a grumpy old man and his posse. Jae In seems to know these people. After assuring them she's alright (she's got a cut on her arm and neck), the group walk out. Seconds later Jae In gets a call on her cell phone. It's Old Man, asking who's the geeky guy she's hanging out with.
Finally Husband of Bloody Mother With No Name shows up and Min Woo is able to unload the kid. I bet his arms are aching. Jae In goes to get her arm sewn up and Dr. Choi conveniently gets chewed out by his superior just outside her room. The cute young doctor sewing Jae In up must be a cousin of Mr. Exposition. Doctor Exposition throws confidentiality to the wind and tells Jae In and Min Woo all about Choi.
At last these two part ways. Jae In goes to watch her grandmother dance with a gay man. Who doesn't like to do that? Grandma isn't comfortable with Jae In's choice of interning at a small hospital just because it is also where Mr. Exposition is working at.
The medical staff at Choi's hospital get together to argue over what happened. I'm seeing all sorts of familiar kdrama veteran actors and I'm wondering how did they all get sucked into this horrible show?
Min Woo goes back to his boring, blood-free job. Does he never comb his hair? Mr. Exposition sends him a text with the address of the hospital where Min Woo is supposed to cover for him. It's a tiny hospital with empty parking spaces right up front and apparently only one nurse on duty in the ER. Min Woo expects a quiet night. You know what that means.
It means frantic parents rushing in with their young daughter who has quit breathing. Min Woo doesn't instill any confidence with his sweating and stammering. He works on the little girl for the longest time as mournful music plays. Admitting he's in over his head, Min Woo has the parents drive him and their daughter to Choi's hospital, leaving the other little hospital with only one nurse on duty in the ER and NO doctor at all.
The little girl is honestly DOA and at first Dr. Choi tries to make Min Woo make the call about the time of death. However, he quickly realizes how incompetent Min Woo is so the experience doctor calls it. Min Woo looks like he needs a doctor himself. He goes out and gets into a taxi cab, asking to be taken back to the first hospital. The driver replies it might be hard to get there with it raining so hard and some of the roads washed out. Then the driver asks Min Woo if he's a doctor. With tears in his eyes Min Woo keeps repeating, "I am a doctor. I am a doctor." And thus ends the only redeemable scene in this entire episode.
Two letters: P. U.
Min Woo, Jae In, and Kid With No Name hang out for awhile in the ER (Oh I've been through the ER with a kid with no name...) as more crash victims are brought in. They spot when Bloody Mother With No Name is brought in so the trio go to hang out in the examination room with the medical staff because you can do that in a kdrama hospital. Min Woo gives his opinion of what's wrong with the woman and Dr. Choi, who has never seen Min Woo before in his life, bases his treatment on what this complete stranger has told him.
Ah, but there are no available operating rooms (natch) so Choi makes the renegade decision of performing surgery in the ER. He goes to scrub up and our trio gets to stand by and watch because no one has bothered to say, "Hey, you can't be here with a kid! Authorized personnel only!" Nope, not gonna be said at all.
Surgery happens and I look away, 'cause I have a weak stomach. Good thing no one thought to close the blinds in this makeshift operating room, otherwise Jae In wouldn't be able to watch every bloody second. Min Woo acts like he can't stand the sight of blood, which is always a good thing to have an aversion to when you're a doctor. Jae In can't be torn away -- oh wait, she got a phone call. Yes, she can be torn away.
Min Woo goes to the gift shop to buy snacks. Jae In finds them in the lobby. They're all found by a grumpy old man and his posse. Jae In seems to know these people. After assuring them she's alright (she's got a cut on her arm and neck), the group walk out. Seconds later Jae In gets a call on her cell phone. It's Old Man, asking who's the geeky guy she's hanging out with.
Finally Husband of Bloody Mother With No Name shows up and Min Woo is able to unload the kid. I bet his arms are aching. Jae In goes to get her arm sewn up and Dr. Choi conveniently gets chewed out by his superior just outside her room. The cute young doctor sewing Jae In up must be a cousin of Mr. Exposition. Doctor Exposition throws confidentiality to the wind and tells Jae In and Min Woo all about Choi.
At last these two part ways. Jae In goes to watch her grandmother dance with a gay man. Who doesn't like to do that? Grandma isn't comfortable with Jae In's choice of interning at a small hospital just because it is also where Mr. Exposition is working at.
The medical staff at Choi's hospital get together to argue over what happened. I'm seeing all sorts of familiar kdrama veteran actors and I'm wondering how did they all get sucked into this horrible show?
Min Woo goes back to his boring, blood-free job. Does he never comb his hair? Mr. Exposition sends him a text with the address of the hospital where Min Woo is supposed to cover for him. It's a tiny hospital with empty parking spaces right up front and apparently only one nurse on duty in the ER. Min Woo expects a quiet night. You know what that means.
It means frantic parents rushing in with their young daughter who has quit breathing. Min Woo doesn't instill any confidence with his sweating and stammering. He works on the little girl for the longest time as mournful music plays. Admitting he's in over his head, Min Woo has the parents drive him and their daughter to Choi's hospital, leaving the other little hospital with only one nurse on duty in the ER and NO doctor at all.
The little girl is honestly DOA and at first Dr. Choi tries to make Min Woo make the call about the time of death. However, he quickly realizes how incompetent Min Woo is so the experience doctor calls it. Min Woo looks like he needs a doctor himself. He goes out and gets into a taxi cab, asking to be taken back to the first hospital. The driver replies it might be hard to get there with it raining so hard and some of the roads washed out. Then the driver asks Min Woo if he's a doctor. With tears in his eyes Min Woo keeps repeating, "I am a doctor. I am a doctor." And thus ends the only redeemable scene in this entire episode.
Two letters: P. U.
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