YONG PAL | Episodes 3-4 | Discussion

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

Cast: Joo Won, Kim Tae Hee, Jo Hyun Jae, Chae Jung Ahn, Jeong Wung In

Plot: Kim Tae Hyeon (Joo Won) is a talented surgeon. Desperate for money to pay his sister's medical bills, he adopts the code name Yong Pal and offers his medical skills to those in need of medical attention but who cannot do so publicly, dealing with gangsters and corrupt plutocrats. It is while making such a house call that Tae Hyeon rescues "sleeping beauty" Han Yeo Jin (Kim Tae Hee), a chaebol heiress, from a medically-induced coma, leading to unintended consequences.

Other: 20 episodes / Medical, Action, Romance, Revenge, Chaebol / Wed. & Thurs. / SBS / 2015

Where to watch: Drama.net / DramaBay / DramaFever / GoodDrama / MyAsianTV / Viki

Teasers/trailers:

Next week's preview:
None.

Resources: Drama.net, Youtube/SBSNow, Youtube/DramaSBS, AsianWiki

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Yassss, Yong Pal, come rescue me during 2015's K-dramaland slump.

Comments

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

I'm still not in love with the show, but I know I will be starting next week. Bring on the drama, bring on the revenge.

Everyone is loving Yong Pal, but I feel like without HYJ's drama the show is just spinning in circles. For example the difference in intensity between YP jumping of the bridge, it's just like "cool~", and YJ trying to kill herself with that piece of vase, which has everyone thinking "oh shit, it's going down!".

P.S. I'll never understand why medical dramas are a thing~~~

[canxi.livejournal.com]

I think people find it intriguing; the portrayal of tv hospitals—the crazy going-ons and "dirty" politics of such a (literally) sanitized environment. However many of them become dull pretty quickly or get bogged down in it's own said politics though. I tend to prefer the ones that are more about the people than the surgery of the week.

[kicking-tenshi.livejournal.com]

badabumtseeee! Are you talking about Grey's Anatomy? That's my junkfood show - I know it's bad for me/oft inaccurate but it's so delicious...

I think another benefit is that there are a lot of high pressure scenarios and stakes are usually high/ involve life and death. Plus a show about rich, good looking, successful ~surgeons~.

[canxi.livejournal.com]

LOL, I was definitely thinking of Grey's. And yes, to your points! I've yet to walk into any hospital with such a plethora of beautiful people.

[revertigo.livejournal.com]

i'm more into the politics than the procedural aspects of it, personally. medical dramas were never my thing either.