Title:굿 닥터 | Goot Dakteo | 그린 메스 | Geurin Meseu (Green Scalpel) | Good Doctor
Genre: Medical, Melodrama, Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast Period: 2013-Aug-05 to 2013-Oct-08

Synopsis:

It is the story of Park Shi Ohn who is autistic with savant syndrome. Although, his mental age is similar to a young child, his ability to draw images in his head and has the talent to memorize whatever he reads, he was able to attain a medical degree. His abusive childhood and promise to his dead older brother as well as his rabbit pet who died, he wanted to become a Pediatric Surgeon. He was left in the orphanage when his mother left his sadistic father and grew up under the tutelage of Dr. Choi Woo-Seok. In order to get a medical certification not only as a doctor but as a Pediatric surgeon he needs to prove himself while working in Sungwon University Hospital. There he met a lot of challenges to prove himself and the woman who will later change his life and found love.

Characters:

• Joo Won as Park Shi Ohn
• Moon Chae Won as Cha Yoon Seo
• Joo Sang Wook as Kim Do Han
• Kim Min Seo as Yoo Chae Kyung
• Choi Ro Woon as Young Shi Ohn
• Chun Ho Jin as Director Choi Woo Suk
• Kwak Do Won as Deputy Director Kang Hyun Tae
• Na Young Hee as Chief Director Lee Yeo Won
• Jo Hee Bong as Chief Directory of Pediatric Surgery Go Choong Man
• Lee Ki Yeol as Managing Director Of Hospital Foundation Lee Hyuk Pil
• Jung Man Shik as Chief Of Department Of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery Kim Jae Joon
• Kim Chang Wan as Chairman Jung
• Go Chang Suk as Senior NurseJo Jung Mi
• Jin Kyung as Chief Nurse Nam Joo Yun
• Lee Ah Rin (이아린) as Nurse Ga Kyung
• Ha Kyu Won (하규원) as Nurse Hye Jin
• Kim Young Kwang as 4th Year Resident Doctor Han Jin Wook
• Yoon Park as 2nd Year Resident Doctor Woo Il Kyu
• Yoon Bong Gil as 2nd Year Resident Docto Hong Kil Nam
• Wang Ji Won as Intern Kim Sun Joo
• Kim Hyun Soo as Na In Hae
• Uhm Hyun Kyung as Na In Young
• Ahn Sung Hoon (안성훈) as Lee Woo Ram
• Yoo Je Gun (유제건) as Park Ho Suk
• Lee Jang Kyung (이장경) as Kim Ye Eun
• Oh Eun Chan (오은찬) as Cha Dong Jin
• Yoo Hae Jung as Eun Ok
• Jung Yoon Suk as Kyu Hyun
• Jung Ho Geun as Park Choon Sung
• Yoon Yoo Sun as Oh Kyung Joo
• Seo Hyun Chul
• Jun Joon Hyuk (전준혁) as Young Park Shi Duk
• Ban Min Jung as Kyu Hyun’s Mother
• Kwak Ji Min as Lee Soo Jin
• Moon Hee Kyung as Mrs. Jang
• Kim Sun Hwa (김선화) as Eun Ok’s Aunt
• Ryu Duk Hwan as Adult Park Shi Duk
• Seo Kang Joon as One of the Punks who Beat Shi Ohn
• In Gyo Jin as Lee Soo Jin’s Husband
• Yoo Jae Myung (유재명) as Killer
• Kim Young Hee (김영희) as Staff of the Family Restaurant
• Gong Jung Hwan as Professor of Neurosurgery Department
• Park Ki Woong as Woong Ki

My Review:

I have mixed feelings on this K-Drama. Although, over all it is good but I can’t stand the hospital politics side of the story, so, I forwarded scenes regarding these stuff.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) I like the spectacular acting of Joo Won as Park Shi Ohn. Every nuances of someone with developmental disability were very apparent in his actuations. I was able to stay and watch this entire K-Drama because of him. It is not because I swoon on his attractiveness as I usually feel with other Korean actors but because he was able to deliver his lines and message to be learned so brilliantly. As a disable person myself I can truly relate to some of the challenges he has to go through.
(2) I like the lessons delivered on each medical cases per episode. It is not more on the medical case but the normal human frailties that we do against others.
(3) I like the hope that the story delivers to people with disability. That one need not be hindered in becoming someone and reaching one’s dreams just because one is disable. I can speak for myself that although having a disability is truly a difficult challenge for me to achieve my goals in life but it is the state of mind and attitude that I was able to surpass these challenges. It is also very critical that one have support from family, friends and other people who will assist one to make one’s dreams a reality despite of one’s disability. Like Park Shi Ohn, he was able as well to cross the bridge of understanding that being different is not really bad. It is actually a gift depending on how one sees it and use it to be even better than the rest.
(4) I like the child actors. Totally impress with their acting.
(5) I also enjoy the OST of this K-Drama.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

(1) I don’t like the hospital politics side of the story. It bores me.
(2) I got to be honest, even if I like Korean Dramas and Entertainment as a whole, I don’t like most Koreans much as patients in my clinic. When I watched the initial attitudes of the physicians here in this K-Drama, I got to understand why I didn’t like them as patients. I don’t know if generally most of the Koreans are like that but in my experience I’ve encountered challenge in handling them and similar as shown on this K-Drama I can actually believe some of the despicable attitudes the characters showed to someone who is disable. However, I’m still quite surprised on the way the physicians initially treated Park Shi Ohn knowing pretty well his mental disability since they are doctors. I can understand that they will be resistant of him to become a surgeon but to shout and act like not knowing the limitations of one who have a mental disability is quite frustrating. They are even Pediatric surgeons for heaven’s sake.
(3) I think this is one of the weakness of Korean Dramas and Films, they are not very particular in details especially if the characters are above the regular and ordinary people. Like when they do surgery, it seems they only know a couple of names of medical instruments and terms. And, in brain surgery, there’s some particulars that needs to be done if one wants to make it believable. However, it is just probably me because I have a medical background but still they have to make an effort to make it more realistic especially if this is the theme of the entire K-Drama. Even if I only rate the K-Movies and Dramas based on the level of entertainment but it does get into my nerves when certain critical details are not given the proper effort.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes, it isn’t that bad.

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 3/5 Stars

OST:
01. Dacapo – All The Staff
Play Me:

02. A Good Day Like This – Ha Dong Kyoon
Play Me:

03. I’m Crying – Baek Ji Young
Play Me:

04. I Am In Love – 2Bic
05. How Come You Don’t Know – Kim Jong Gook
06. Love Medicine – Joo Won
07. Miracle – Lee Young Hyun
08. Can You See? – Eye to Eye
09. If I were – Joo Won
10. If I Were (Shi On Version) – Joo Won
11. Green Mes – Various Artists
12. Butterfly – Various Artists
13. Savant Syndrome – Various Artists
14. Shi On’s Dream – Various Artists
15. Opening Theme – Various Artists
16. 중요도 별 다섯개 – Various Artists
17. Daily Life – Various Artists
18. To My Partner – Various Artists
19. From Heaven – Various Artists