Story:
Written by Baek Sun-woo, who previously delivered hit Romantic-Comedies like What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim and My Roommate Is A Gumiho, and directed by Oh Hyun-Jong known for his directorial Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Doctor Slump is an enemy to lovers trope rom-com.
Yeo Jung Woo and Nam Ha Neul have aspired to join the medical fraternity since childhood. While Busan-based Nam Ha Neul shifts to Seoul to pursue her further education, she encounters Yeo Jung Woo, the top of the class, both being the best from the beginning, and they begin competing against each other to obtain better grades. After a great deal, they set out to achieve their dream of becoming a medical professional. After years, Yeo Jung Woo became a top-notch plastic surgeon, and Nam Ha Neul is witnessed as an aspiring resident anesthesiologist, still, in the wake of tragic events, both Ha-Neul and Jung Woo.
Cast:
Park Hyung-Sik, Park Shin-Hye, Yoon Park, Kong Seong-Ha, Oh Dong-Min, Jang Hye-Jin, Yoon Sang-Hyeon, Hyun Bong-Sik, Nam Gwon-A, Jung Ji-Soon, Park Won-Ho, Kang Sang-Joon, Kim Kyung-Min, Oh Ryoong, Han Da-Mi, Kim Jung-Hwan, Jang Yi-Jung, Yoon Hyo-Sik, Kim Mi-Ra, Kim Jin-Goo, Kwak Na-Yeon, Kim Jae-Bum, Lee Ha-Joo, Jeong Ye-Seo, Song Ji-Woo, Lee Seung-Joon, Lee Dong-Wook, Kwon Chan-Min, Jang In-Sub, Woo Sung-Eun, Yun Ki-Chang, Cha Yong-Hak, Jeon Su-Ji, Lee Soon-Poong, Choi Yi-Sun, Ahn Jong-Jin, Park Eun-Young, Lee Eun-Ju, Jo Young-Mi followed by many other artists.
Thoughts on Doctor Slump:
In the recent episode of Doctor Slump, Yeo Jung Woo played by Park Hyung Sik hits his and Nam Ha-Neul’s senior. As he stole her dissertation, to benefit from it, and for spreading rumors about her personality.
Yeo Jung Woo confronts his Sunbae(Senior) for hurting Nam Ha Neul and gets in a tiff with him. The couple was also seen reconciling and returning to each other as they battled their hardships. Episodes 9 and 10 sketches Nam Ha Neul’s past and how she landed in the field of Anesthesiology.
The Park couple work as a team as they harmonize. Nam Ha Neul and Yeo Jung Woo also meet their school teacher and operate on him. He suffers from a shoulder problem, which in turn also helps Jung Woo battle PTSD caused by his previous surgery on the Mafia Mistress, who also happened to be the heiress of the community.
The episode highlights and portrays the need to understand the significance of mental health and normalize it rather than consider it taboo. The drama, screenplay, and the actor’s performance make Doctor Slump a fascinating and one of the good ongoing romantic comedies, currently.