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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 2 of The Scandal, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Son Ye-jin as Lady Cho, Ji Chang-wook as Cho Won, and Nana as Ahn Hui-yeon. We’ll also talk about the amazing and talented Son Ye-jin. We discuss:

• The music featured during the recap, including our new royalty-free selections, and how two pieces from The Scandal OST, “Boy” and “Boat,” are based on Gabriel Fauré’s classical composition “Après un rêve.”
• The influence of Neo-Confucianism on Joseon society, including its strict social hierarchy, expectations for women, emphasis on education, and importance of family reputation.
• The fascinating world of gisaeng, the highly trained female entertainers of Joseon Korea, their elaborate hairstyles and colorful clothing, and how their education and talents contrasted with their low social status.
• Our introduction to Ahn Hui-yeon, the beautiful and mysterious widow who captivates Cho Won when he encounters her walking into a river, apparently contemplating suicide.
• The extraordinary expectations placed on widows during the Joseon Dynasty, including lifelong chastity, restrictions on remarriage.
• The intense sexual tension between Lady Cho and Cho Won, and the shocking wager they make: if Cho Won can seduce the virtuous widow Ahn Hui-yeon, he can have anything he desires. If he fails, he must impregnate Lee So-ok, Lord Yoo's young concubine.
• How Lady Cho and Cho Won begin manipulating Ahn Hui-yeon and her family through gifts, secrets, and carefully cultivated friendships. 
• The heartbreaking flashback to the youthful romance between Cho Yun and Cho Won, their plan to run away together, and why Cho Yun abandons their plans after witnessing her father's grief over the limitations placed on his brilliant daughter.
• How Cho Won's heartbreak leads him into the arms of Bun Hui.
• The remarkable career of Son Ye-jin, from her early romantic films The Classic and A Moment to Remember to Crash Landing on You, Something in the Rain, The Last Princess, and No Other Choice. We also discuss her celebrated romance and marriage to fellow actor Hyun Bin.

References

• The Scandal OST on YouTube Music
• Boat based on Apres Un Reve by Gabriel Faure
• Boy based on Apres Un Reve by Gabriel Faure
• Yeolnyeo - Wikipedia
• Divorce can spell big boost to women's happiness, UK research shows
• Neo-Confucianism - Wikipedia
• The History of Korean Beauty Part 4: Gisaeng, Forgotten Artists | Asia Society
• The Paris Courtesans and Their City Haunts
• How Tobacco Was Introduced To Korea Throughout History - 10mag.com
• Smoking with class in Joseon - The Korea Times
• Women in Joseon - Wikipedia

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Today, we’re kicking off Season 16 of K Drama Chat with Episode 1 of The Scandal, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Son Ye-jin as Lady Cho, Ji Chang-wook as Cho Won, and Nana as Hui Yeon. We discuss:

• The beautiful instrumental soundtrack of The Scandal, featuring music by Lee Jiyeon, Shin Minsup, Gabriel Fauré, Azzy, Jung Bo-gwon, and others. Listen to the OST on YouTube Music.
• The origins of The Scandal, which draws inspiration from the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the acclaimed 1988 American film Dangerous Liaisons, and the 2003 Korean movie Untold Scandal.
• Why The Scandal, as a Netflix Original, can explore sexual themes and feature explicit scenes that would face greater restrictions on traditional Korean broadcast television.
• The historical setting of the late Joseon Dynasty, when Confucian values governed marriage, family relationships, social hierarchy, and women's roles in society.
• Lady Cho Yun, played brilliantly by Son Ye-jin, and how her intelligence, authority, and business acumen are evident in her management of a wealthy aristocratic household and its silkworm enterprise.
• The importance of producing a male heir in Joseon society, why Lord Yoo is considering adopting his nephew, and why Lady Cho is searching for a concubine for her husband.
• Bun Hui's outrageous scheme to send her younger daughter, Lee So Ok, to Lord Yoo's household in a revealing hanbok during a rainstorm, and how the scheme succeeds in getting Lord Yoo to take So Ok as his concubine.
• The childhood relationship between Lady Cho and her cousin Cho Won, their secret correspondence using the pen names Mun Huel and Cho Hui, and how their intellectual connection may have blossomed into romantic love. 
• The traditional Korean storytelling art of pansori, which serves as a narrator in the episode.
• The emotionally charged reunion between Lady Cho and Cho Won after years apart, and Lady Cho's shocking request that Cho Won seduce Lee So Ok and father a child with her. 
• The major themes already emerging in The Scandal: patriarchy, social hierarchy, the suppression of women's intellectual ambitions, secrets, manipulation, and the use of sex and marriage as instruments of power. 

Next week, we'll recap and analyze Episode 2 of The Scandal and talk about Son Ye-jin, the actress who plays Lady Cho.

References

• The Impact of Confucianism on the Korean Kinship System: A Reconsideration
• Choson Dynasty and Women’s Rights: Custom and Law
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hŏ_Nansŏrhŏn
• Untold Scandal - Wikipedia

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Today, we’ll be discussing the movie Miss Granny, the hit Korean film starring Shim Eun-kyung as Oh Doo-ri, Na Moon-hee as the older Oh Mal-soon, Park In-hwan as Mr. Park, Sung Dong-il as Ban Hyun-chul, and Lee Jin-wook as Han Seung-woo. We discuss:

• The songs featured during the recap, including One More Time and Raindrop, both performed by Shim Eun-kyung, as well as If You Go to Los Angeles by Rose Motel and Shim Eun-kyung, and nostalgic covers like White Butterfly and Crying in the Night.
• How the movie blends humor and poignancy, diving into themes of aging, regret, family sacrifice, and how older women become invisible in society.
• The magical photo studio where Oh Mal-soon transforms back into her 20-year-old self, adopting the name Oh Doo-ri after her favorite star, Audrey Hepburn.
• The generational conflicts and multigenerational living arrangements, especially the tension between Oh Mal-soon and her long-suffering daughter-in-law Ae-ja.
• The cultural commentary on Korean society’s reverence for elders, contrasted with the modern obsession with youth and beauty.
• The hilarious and touching portrayal by Shim Eun-kyung, whose physical comedy, mannerisms, and singing won her multiple Best Actress awards, including a Baeksang.
• How Oh Doo-ri's youthful appearance sparks new attention—from young men on the bus to a budding flirtation with the charming music producer Han Seung-woo.
• The layered dynamics between Oh Mal-soon, her son Ban Hyun-chul, her grandson Ban Ji-ha, and Grandpa Park, who has loved her since childhood.
• The memorable musical performances, especially Raindrop, filled with longing and life experience, and how Shim Eun-kyung did her own singing in the film.
• How the movie reflects on women’s worth across the decades, through metaphors comparing women to different types of balls—and the critique of society's gaze.
• The heartfelt scene when Oh Mal-soon sacrifices her youth to save her grandson by donating blood, embracing her true self and familial love.
• How Miss Granny touches on themes of parental sacrifice, fulfillment of dreams, and the bittersweet opportunity to "start over"—even if only temporarily.

References

• Shim Eun-kyung - Wikipedia
• https://koreancuisinerecipes.com/sengseon-jorim-생선조림/
• Bingsu - Wikipedia
• https://www.koreanbapsang.com/la-galbi-gui-grilled-la-style-short-ribs/
• Roman Holiday - Wikipedia
• Cheongsimhwan - Wikipedia

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 12, the finale of Season 1 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:

• The songs we featured during the recap:
  • “Me to You, You to Me” by Mido and Falasol, originally recorded by Jatanpung and featured in the 2003 Korean movie The Classic. 
  • “Lonely Night” by Kwon Jin Ah, a softer, more intimate remake of the 1997 rock ballad by Boohwal. 
• Ahn Jeong Won's extraordinary care for a young girl who suffers a serious abdominal injury in a scooter accident, and the touching Christmas Eve visit from her grateful family.
• How our five doctors have very different ways of relating to their patients, from Ahn Jeong Won's emotional investment to Kim Jun Wan's businesslike approach, Yang Seok Hyeong's quiet compassion, and Lee Ik Jun's easygoing warmth.
• The two liver transplant cases, including a young wife who cannot donate to her husband because their marriage was never registered, and a critically ill patient who receives a lifesaving liver when another transplant falls through.
• Kim Jun Wan's extraordinarily difficult surgery on a patient with an infected aortic stent, and how Do Jae Hak's persistence and willingness to suggest a different approach help save the patient's life. 
• The heartbreaking scene in which Yang Seok Hyeong tells a pregnant woman that her baby has died, the causes of stillbirth, and how the other expectant mothers in the waiting room silently share her grief.
• The patient who suffers a catastrophic brain bleed, what brain death means, and the emotional revelation that Chae Song Hwa was the young doctor who cared for medical student Yun Bok's dying mother many years earlier. 
• Yang Seok Hyeong's inheritance of his father's textile company, his refusal to abandon medicine, and his determination to spend his precious time doing what he loves. We also discuss his rejection of Chu Min Ha's Christmas dinner invitation and the unexpected phone call from his ex-wife.
• Jang Gyeo Ul's tearful confession to Ahn Jeong Won, his decision not to enter the priesthood, and their long-awaited first kiss! 
• Lee Ik Jun's carefully worded confession to Chae Song Hwa before leaving for Spain. 
• Kim Jun Wan's heartbreak when an emergency surgery prevents him from saying goodbye to Lee Ik Sun before she leaves for England.
• Our final thoughts on Season 1 of Hospital Playlist, why the show is such an authentic portrayal of medicine and the emotional lives of doctors, and why its storytelling, acting, music, and friendships make it so memorable. 
• We also look ahead to Season 16 of K Drama Chat, when we'll recap and analyze Scandal, starring Son Ye-jin, Ji Chang-wook, and Nana.

We also celebrate Joanna's successful book launch party for When It Mattered Most, congratulate our friend Ernabel Demillo on winning a New York Emmy Award for her work on CUNY TV's Asian American Life, and thank Ellen Sullivan for her contributions to our podcast discussions.

References

• When It Mattered Most by Joanna Pineda
• Asian American Life from CUNY-TV on YouTube
• Me To You, You to Me by Jatanpung
• Me to You, You to be by Mido and Falasol
• Lonely Night by Boohwal
• Lonely Night by Kwon Jin Ah
• Coarctation of the aorta - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
• Coarctation of the Aorta | Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) | CDC
• Stillbirth: How Common, Causes, Symptoms & Support
• Brain Death: What It Is, Stages & Criteria

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 11 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. 

• The songs we featured during the recap: "I Knew I Love" by Jeon Mi-do and "Moving Forward" by Kim Jin Hak.
• Nurse Song's daughter, whose pituitary tumor causes vision problems and delayed menstruation, and the touching discovery that her daughter's social media videos are actually tributes to her hardworking mother.
• The heartbreaking case of a patient recovering from a brain hemorrhage who has regained movement in his legs but not his right arm, and the emotional challenges of losing physical abilities and independence.
• The woman pressured by her mother-in-law to donate part of her liver to her dying husband, and how Lee Ik Jun compassionately protects her right to refuse without exposing her decision to the family.
• The baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who receives a heart transplant from a four-year-old accident victim, and how Kim Jun Wan's growing emotional sensitivity changes the way he cares for patients and their families.
• Yang Seok Hyeong's complicated feelings as his estranged father suffers a fatal aortic dissection, his surprising compassion toward his father's pregnant mistress, and the mystery surrounding his father's will.
• Ahn Jeong Won's plans to leave medicine for the priesthood, and Jung Rosa's desperate request that Jang Gyeo Ul convince him to stay.
• Kim Jun Wan and Lee Ik Sun's adorable attempts to hide their relationship from Lee Ik Jun, followed by their painful conversations about her upcoming doctoral program abroad, marriage, commitment, and the couple's rings that Jun Wan never gives her.
• Ahn Chi Hong's unrequited love for Chae Song Hwa, his request to speak informally to her.
• Lee Ik Jun's long-suppressed feelings for Chae Song Hwa, his confession during a drinking game, and his emotional performance of "I Knew I Love" at the noraebang.
• Chae Song Hwa's surprising decision to transfer to the Sokcho hospital for a year. Is she really leaving to treat her neck, or does she need distance from the two men who have confessed their feelings for her?
• The careers of Kwak Sun-young, who plays Lee Ik Sun, and Ha Yoon-kyung, who plays Heo Seon Bin and also starred in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, See You in My 19th Life, and Undercover Miss Hong.

References

• ‘We Are All Trying Here’ Wins Best Drama at Seoul International Drama Awards
• Prolactinoma - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
• Basal Ganglia: What It Is, Function & Anatomy
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment at Johns Hopkins All Children's
• Ha Yoon-kyung - Wikipedia

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 10 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss: 

• The songs we featured during the recap: “The Wind is Blowing” by Lee So-ra and “Monday” by Song Ha-min/
• Do Jae Hak’s extraordinary decision to kneel and beg the patient to accept treatment, and how an act he worries makes him look pathetic actually shows how much he has grown as a doctor.
• Kim Jun Wan’s powerful lesson to Do Jae Hak: “If the doctor gives up on the patient, he isn't a doctor anymore,” and the touching thank-you note from the patient who realizes Jae Hak refused to give up on him.
• Why Lee Ik Jun agrees to perform a risky liver transplant on the wife of the Minister of Education when other doctors and hospitals are worried about the consequences if the surgery fails.
• Lee Ik Jun discovering that Ahn Jeong Won is Daddy Long Legs, and finally understanding why his supposedly cheap friend is always broke.
• Jang Gyeo Ul’s mysterious “boyfriend,” and Lee Ik Jun’s scheme involving a bouquet of red roses.
• Chu Min Ha’s awkward confession to Yang Seok Hyeong and our discussion over whether these two actually have romantic chemistry.
• Chae Song Hwa rushing over to care for a feverish Uju, and Lee Ik Jun’s quiet confession the next morning that what he does for himself and what makes him happy are eating and drinking coffee with Song Hwa.
• Kim Jun Wan’s shock when he learns from Ahn Chi Hong that Ik Sun has been accepted into a three-year doctoral program in the UK, and what the news could mean for their relationship.
• Yang Seok Hyeong’s father suffering a life-threatening aortic dissection, his mother suddenly deciding not to divorce him, and the clever Prison Playbook reference.
• Our profiles of Kim Jun-han, Jung Moon-sung, and Moon Tae-yoo, the actors who play Ahn Chi Hong, Do Jae Hak, and Yong Seok Min.

References

• When It Mattered Most by Joanna Pineda
• Lee So Ra - The wind is blowing Lyrics | Musixmatch
• Emergency Room by Izi
• Kim Jun Han singing with Ji Chang Wook
• Kim Jun Han on Drums
• 3 Comfort Shows to Fall Into  (video clip of the subway recording)
• Cervical Cerclage: Purpose, Procedure, Risks & Results
• Dilated cardiomyopathy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
• The Cavitron ultrasonic aspirator in tumor surgery - PubMed
• Aortic dissection - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 9 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:

• The songs we featured during the recap: “Met You By Chance,” performed by Mido and Falasol and originally recorded by Songolmae, and “Affect” by Song Ha-min.
• The Korean concept of jeong: a deep emotional connection that develops over time, and why Yang Seok Hyeong can still feel it toward his ex-wife.
• The father determined to donate part of his liver to his daughter, and how his unexpected return forces Lee Ik Jun to question his judgment of other people.
• Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother’s recovery, the friends taking turns keeping her company, and her decision to finally divorce her husband.
• Jang Gyeo Ul learning to explain a baby’s bile duct surgery in plain language, and why helping patients understand is an essential part of their care.
• Chae Song Hwa’s care for the teenager with a brain bleed and her mother, including encouragement to proceed with her yoga studio opening and the Korean custom of giving plants to a new business.
• Why operating rooms have different temperatures, and how the doctors and nurses handle medical students who faint during surgery.
• Lee Ik Jun learning about his sister’s painful breakup and visiting her military base with food, spending money, and quiet reassurance that he cares.
• Cheon Myeong Tae’s dismissive treatment of a patient and her granddaughter, and the uncomfortable surprise awaiting him when he meets his

References

• A Chance Encounter by Songolmae
• I Met You By Chance by Mido and Falasol
• MELD (model for end-stage liver disease) score - Mayo Clinic
• CPR Facts & Statistics | Red Cross
• What Is ‘jeong’? Why This One Korean Word Can Make You Cry? #LearnKorean #CookieKorea
• 'Jessica Jingle’ of S. Korean dark comedy-thriller film ‘Parasite’ captivated fans in North America!
• The Original Song of Jessica Jingle "Dokdo is our land"  (with English CC)
• Dokdo Is Our Land - Wikipedia
• Arteriovenous malformation - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
• Endovascular Coiling | Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Flowers in Korea: Meanings, Traditions, and the Unspoken Rules of Giving Flowers

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:

• The songs we featured during the recap:
  • “With My Tears” by Whee In
  • “Sorrowful, Piano Version” by Kim Jin Hak
• The heartbreaking case of the baby whose failing heart valves cannot be repaired.
• The patient with liver cancer, the importance of determining whether his cancer has metastasized, and how moving him into a shared hospital room gives him.
• Chu Min Ha’s terrifying discovery that her difficult pregnant patient is suffering from placental abruption, and how she has to act on her own to save the mother and her premature baby.
• How Jang Gyeo Ul and Do Jae Hak both get into trouble after interactions with patients, including the challenges of managing postoperative pain in patients with opioid use disorder.
• Kim Jun Wan’s quiet support of Do Jae Hak: he accepts the job of Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and then rejects the proposed three-month pay cut that would have devastated his struggling resident.
• Chu Min Ha’s exhaustion and frustration after Myung Eun Won stops showing up for work.
• Why Ahn Jeong Won’s mother and close family friends call him Andrea.
• The Korean family registry system and the joke behind Lee Ik Jun asking the wealthy Yang Seok Hyeong to add him and U-ju to his family register.
• The dramatic cliffhanger involving Yang Seok Hyeong’s mother, who is rushed to the emergency room in cardiac arrest while her terrified son watches doctors perform CPR.
• How the five lead actors really learned and practiced their instruments for Hospital Playlist..

References

• With My Tears by our doctor band in Hospital Playlist
• With My Tears by Wheein
• With My Tears or Gather My Tears by Seo Ji Won

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 7 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik Joon, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong Won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun Wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok Hyung, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song Hwa. We discuss:

• The music we discuss and feature during the recap:
  • IU’s new song Dear My Crazy Soulmate
  • I Wash, the viral K-pop song created by LG to promote a washing machine
  • You Always by J Rabbit
  • While Living Life by Oohyo
• The theme of finding strength and compassion through difficult experiences. 
• The extraordinary liver transplant performed on baby Ji-a, including the challenge of reducing the donated liver to the right size, and Ahn Jeong Won’s moving request that Ji-a’s parents remember and thank the young woman whose donated liver saved their daughter.
• Ahn Chi Hong performing an External Ventricular Drainage procedure for the first time.
• The young police officer undergoing awake brain surgery for an astrocytoma, and how Ahn Chi Hong reveals his own medical history to show the discouraged officer that losing one dream does not mean his life is over.
• Lee Ik Jun’s surprising revelation to his patient that his wife cheated on him and that his divorce left him hurt, embarrassed and unable to get out of bed some days.
• Yang Seok Hyeong finally telling his mother that his father’s mistress is pregnant, and his mother’s decision to grant her husband a divorce—until the Chairman humiliates their son by checking into the VIP ward at Yulje with his mistress.
• The ethical issues surrounding gifts to doctors.
• Poor Do Jae Hak discovering that he appears to have lost his 200 million won apartment deposit—about $150,000—to a real estate scam.
• Kim Hae-sook, the legendary actress who plays Ahn Jeong Won’s mother, Jung Rosa; her reputation as Korea’s “Nation’s Mother”; and her enormous film and television career.

References

• K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist
• You Always by Mono
• You Always by J. Rabbit
• You Always by the Hospital Playlist Band
• While Living Life by Jeon In Kwon
• While Living Life by Oohyo
• I Wash by Al Dol LG commercial song
• Dear My Crazy Soulmate by IU
• “Reduced Size Liver Grafts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; Technical Considerations” - PMC
• External ventricular drain - Mayo Clinic
• External ventricular drain - Wikipedia
• Astrocytoma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
• Awake brain surgery - Mayo Clinic
• The power of positive thinking by Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 6 of Hospital Playlist, starring Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun, Yoo Yeon-seok as Ahn Jeong-won, Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan, Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa. We discuss:

• Two songs from this episode:
  • “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station” by Kwak Jin-eon, a remake of the 1990 song by Zoo
  • “Beyond the Rainbow Forest” by DANI
• How “In Front of City Hall at the Subway Station,” a melancholy song about unexpectedly encountering an old love years later, beautifully mirrors this episode’s themes of old relationships, roads not taken, and looking back at the person you were 20 years ago.
• The medical cases in this episode, including a baby in liver failure who desperately needs a transplant, a pregnant woman with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who has suffered two miscarriages, and Jang Gyeo-ul’s dangerous anaphylactic reaction to pain medication.
• Kim Jun-wan’s complete transformation after Lee Ik-sun says yes to dating him and declares that it is their “Day One.” 
• Lee Ik-jun’s reunion with his former girlfriend Go Ara and how reconnecting with someone from your past can make you reflect on why a relationship ended and how much both people have changed.
• The flashback revealing that Yang Seok-hyeong confessed his feelings to Chae Song-hwa years ago and was devastated when she rejected him—and that Lee Ik-jun may have been planning to confess to Song-hwa that very same night.
• Chae Song-hwa finally telling her friends that she found a breast lump, had a biopsy, and is waiting for the results.
• Lee Ik-jun quietly showing up to accompany Song-hwa when she receives her biopsy results, knowing that the fiercely self-sufficient Song-hwa would never ask anyone to come with her. Thankfully, her biopsy is benign.
• Kim Jun-wan giving resident Do Jae-hak the opportunity to perform his first ASD closure, then delivering a very Jun-wan-style compliment: “You did better than I thought. What’s gotten into you?”
• Kim Dae-myung, the actor who plays Yang Seok-hyeong, including his theater background, his breakout role in Misaeng: Incomplete Life, his extensive film career, and his return as Seok-hyeong in Resident Playbook.
• What we’re watching and reading now, including East Palace, Run With the Wind, The Affair Was Just the Beginning, and Mad for Each Other.

References

• K Drama Chat Hospital Playlist OST Playlist
• In front of city hall at the subway station by Mido and Falasol 
• In front of city hall at the subway station by Kwak Jin Eon
• In front of city hall at the subway station by Zoo Kim Chang Gi
• Improving self-sufficiency in organ transplantation in Korea - PMC
• Biliary Atresia Symptoms & Causes
• Atrial Septal Defect | American Heart Association
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Pregnancy: Background, Etiology, Pathophysiology
• Anaphylaxis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Management
• Pneumoperitoneum - Wikipedia