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(theme music)

DR. ROMANTIC SEASON 3

THE CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE WORKS OF FICTION

DOLDAM HOSPITAL

EPISODE 8

(ominous music)

(exhales sharply)

Seokgu wants to see you.

I have a surgery to get to. Step aside.

MAN: I heard you were Seokgu's friend.

He'll be sad if you ignore him.

Who said that he was my friend?

(tense music)

EUNTAK (in video): You little...

WOOJIN (in video): What are you doing, Euntak?

You can't do this in the hospital.

EUNTAK: I'm going to kill this guy.

MAN: It came out nicely.

Should I share this on social media

with the caption, "A nurse grabs a patient by the collar and threatens him"?

Then your hospital will be toast.

Will you be okay with that?

ANCHOR (on TV): We have breaking news.

The Gangwon-do military base shooter has been revealed.

He is a non-commissioned officer with the last name Jeon.

Gambling debt was the apparent cause of the trouble.

It seems everything the elders say is right.

They say gambling is a shortcut to ruin and disgrace.

...and it was revealed that he shot Platoon Leader Second Lieutenant Park

and the platoon members on duty because of this grudge.

By the way, it seems like they haven't caught him yet.

He wouldn't show up at our hospital, right?

Why would he show up at our hospital?

What for?

They said he was holding a grudge.

What if he figures out they're here

and comes to harass them again?

It's a possibility, Chief Jang.

No way.

There are soldiers standing guard.

He'd have to be crazy to...

(scoffs)

(laughs)

(laughing awkwardly)

ANCHOR (on phone): Second Lieutenant Park

and other injured individuals

were rushed to a nearby trauma center as transport to a military hospital

became difficult in worsening weather conditions.

Mr. Jeon, who is on the run--

(scoffs)

So they're still alive?

(intense music)

-(flatlining) -(Doil grunts)

DOIL: Get some more blood.

(Eunjae pants)

SABU: Switch places.

Remove your hands.

(Sabu pants)

(Eunjae exhales nervously)

(tense music)

EUNJAE: It's my fault.

(Doil and Sabu panting)

EUNJAE: I failed this patient.

(Sabu panting)

SABU: Doil, there isn't enough blood volume. Pump some more.

DOIL: Okay.

(panting continues)

(Eunjae sighs)

(music stops)

-(machine beeping) -DOIL: What?

He's in V-fib.

SABU: Bring the internal defibrillation paddles, quickly!

EUNJAE: I'll do it!

(tense music continues)

(Eunjae panting)

20 joules.

-(defibrillator whirring) -Shock!

(beeping continues)

DOIL: Let's do it once more.

SABU: Cha Eunjae, once more.

EUNJAE: 20 joules.

(defibrillator whirring)

Shock!

(Doil panting)

(Sabu panting)

(machine beeps rhythmically)

DOIL: All right, he's back.

-Bring the 16 gauge angiocath, quickly! -(Eunjae sighs in relief)

(Sabu panting)

SABU: Cha Eunjae,

you haven't lost anything yet.

What do you want to do?

Do you think you can continue?

(Eunjae breathes shakily)

(Eunjae breathes deeply)

EUNJAE: I'll start a wedge resection now. Please give me the linear cutters.

SABU: Okay.

HYEONJEONG: Sir, how do you feel?

What? Where did he go?

DOLDAM HOSPITAL

PARK EUNTAK

(Seokgu grunts)

(grunts)

(Seokgu panting)

-(grunts) -(chuckles)

Hey, Park Euntak.

You've gotten really weak.

(panting)

Is this why you asked to see me?

This is just a greeting. A "let's get along from now on" greeting.

Your hospital has a lot of good drugs, right?

My injuries really hurt.

SEOKGU: Give me a strong painkiller, will you?

Was it called pethidine?

Something like that.

Your hospital has that, right?

Is that how far you've come?

Can you give me some?

Just leave the hospital quietly

before I call the police.

(exhales softly)

(scoffs)

How many years did it take you?

SEOKGU: It should be about 10 years.

Even if this is some hospital in the boonies,

you probably studied and worked really hard those 10 years.

That's how you've gotten this far.

But Euntak,

I could destroy those 10 years

in less than five minutes.

You know the power of editing, right?

If I touch up that video you saw earlier,

it'll be over for you.

Not only you,

but your hospital too.

Ruining someone's life...

is too easy in this world,

you idiot.

(snorts) Can you guess why?

I have nothing to lose,

but you worked hard for this life,

so you have a lot to lose.

Your sense of inferiority...

Your sense of defeat is understandable,

but you shouldn't threaten me like that.

It makes you look like a total scumbag right now.

Do you have a death wish?

So watch what you say.

You should be the one watching what you say, you bastard.

Wonyoung died because of you.

SEOKGU: Don't you think you should pay for your sins?

(tense music)

So, my friend.

Stop trying to get on my nerves

and just give me a shot so we can quietly end things.

I just want some hospital medication, courtesy of a friend.

Is that too much to ask?

TREATMENT FROM THE HEART HOPE, LOVE, SERVICE

Oh, Chief Jang.

Have you seen Nurse Euntak?

No, I haven't.

Why? Is he not here?

Yes, and I can't get hold of him. He's not in the medical office or the ER.

I wonder what happened.

Nurse Euntak isn't one to leave without saying anything.

HYEONJEONG: Dr. Seo!

What's wrong?

I can't find the patient you brought over.

There's half an IV left, but he just took it out and disappeared.

The troublesome patient that fought with Nurse Euntak is missing too.

He went to use the restroom and hasn't come back yet.

What is going on here?

GITAE: No way.

A serial disappearance

in our Doldam Hospital?

Mr. Koo, could you check near the restrooms?

I'll check the second floor.

Okay, I will.

GITAE: There's a snowstorm.

The hospital becomes isolated.

Did you happen to see Nurse Euntak anywhere?

-NURSE: I haven't seen him today. -GITAE: One by one,

people start to disappear.

GITAE: It's unlikely that they went outside in this weather.

Then there's a high probability

that the incident started inside the hospital.

(intense music)

(gasps)

(music swells, fades)

DONGHWA: Please check the I/O hourly

-and notify someone if there's a fever. -NURSE: Yes, Doctor.

Are you looking for someone?

Did Nurse Euntak come up here?

No, I haven't seen him.

Is Nurse Euntak playing hooky too?

He isn't like you.

What did I do? I've been dutiful these days.

(scoffs)

The patient he fought with in the ER is missing too.

Did they go out to fight then?

-GITAE: Dr. Seo! -(door opens)

Dr. Seo!

Dr. Seo.

It's an emergency! You need to come down immediately.

GITAE: They're from a bus that was passing near the hospital.

It skidded down a slope on the snow-covered road.

No one has been seriously injured, but quite a few of them are hurt.

They were redirected to Doldam Hospital by 911

because it would take too long for them to send help because of the snow.

(sighs)

We have to get it done by tomorrow!

HYEONJEONG: If I were to take a guess, there are more than 20 people.

We should let Master Kim know first.

He can't come, because he's operating on a patient with a gunshot wound.

He left the patients in our care until he gets back.

However, the situation is dire.

Who's on duty at Doldam right now?

You can say it's only us right now.

Director Park Minguk went to a budget review meeting today,

but he's probably unable to come back due to the snow.

(classical music playing over headphones)

How about Dr. Lee Seonung?

Dr. Ung is in an operating room with Dr. Ortho.

(sighs)

GITAE: What should we do, Dr. Seo Woojin?

Are you sure we shouldn't contact Master Kim?

(tense music)

Nurse Eom, use the KTAS

and send anyone level three and below to the ER.

Yes, Doctor.

Also, Chief Jang,

please guide patients with no pain

or visible trauma to the lobby to wait.

-Okay. -And you.

Stay focused.

You've got this, right?

You shouldn't trust me too much.

You've got this. Right, Dr. Donghwa?

I'll do my best.

(scoffs)

Right.

MAN: Hello? Are there any doctors here?

Is no one here at this hospital?

(sighs)

Let's go.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

(upbeat music)

VOLUME 8 UNDERDOG EFFECT

JINMAN: Kelly.

(Jinman grunts)

MYEONGSIM: Is it lodged in the bone?

JINMAN: I think there's only a cortical break.

Let's try pulling it out.

(machine beeping rapidly)

Vascular clamp.

(machine beeping rhythmically)

Irrigation, please.

I don't think we need to perform a bypass.

I'll start the repairing process.

Suture, please.

-JINMAN: Cut. -MYEONGSIM: Cut.

(scissors snip)

-JINMAN: Cut. -MYEONGSIM: Cut.

(scissors snip)

MYEONGSIM: We're repairing an artery.

-JINMAN: Cut. -MYEONGSIM: Cut.

JINMAN: I'll take the clamp off now.

Okay.

(Jinman sighs)

I've done my part.

Let's switch out.

SABU: As expected of you.

Good work, Dr. Cha Jinman.

MYEONGSIM: I think I finally understand what Dr. Nam Doil meant

when he said you two were "TVPG."

It's my first time

getting nervous about the pace of a surgery

since working with you.

SABU: I told you there were a lot of hidden masters in Korea.

I'm going to explore the nerve injury now. Give me the Senn retractor.

All right, grab here.

Suture, please.

JINMAN: Oh, hey.

Did the operation end well?

The patient went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the surgery.

Oh, I see.

You made a great effort.

Do you want me to get you a cool drink?

No, I have to go see the patient.

Luckily, we stopped the bleeding but we still have to wait and see.

Take it easy, okay?

DOIL: Today's surgery was a little difficult.

Dr. Cha...

doesn't usually make that kind of mistake

but she missed a lung injury

caused by a rib fracture on the right side.

There was subcutaneous emphysema up to the patient's face.

(inhales deeply)

JINMAN: You inserted a tube on the left.

Why do you need another on the right?

The right side still shows signs of pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema.

The subcutaneous emphysema could go past the midline.

JINMAN: If the pneumothorax isn't that serious,

inserting tubes on both sides is too much, Dr. Cha.

DOIL: Fortunately, Master Kim was able to bring the patient back.

He not only saved the patient but saved Cha Eunjae too.

Cha Eunjae...

has a hard time as it is because of her surgery anxiety.

(exhales deeply)

(sighs)

What are you doing here?

Observing the patient.

EUNJAE: Is he really in that bad of a condition?

No, he's okay.

His brain CT came back clear

and no unusual signs.

Hey, the patient's monitoring line is still intact, right?

EUNJAE: Yes, it's still intact.

(sighs)

After losing Assemblywoman Ko's son,

I've started to doubt everything I know.

Even though I know the top priority is to stop bleeding,

I can't help but think, "Is that right?"

"What if that seemingly fine patient is in a more critical state?"

The current state I'm in is,

in short,

the worst of the worst.

(Insu sighs)

I almost lost a patient today too. (sighs)

How?

Because...

Because I'm inexperienced.

You must have had a really hard time if you're saying that.

I thought he was going to die and completely lost my wits.

But thanks to Master Kim, the patient lived.

EUNJAE: Open cardiac.

Open...

(exhales in awe)

That's our Master Kim. As expected.

(in English) Respect.

Respect.

(sighs, speaks in Korean) At least it's not as busy

as I thought it would be today. I was worried since it snowed a lot.

What did you just say?

-(gasps) -(phone ringing)

-Hello, this is Doldam Hospital. -Where is the restroom?

One moment, please.

-MAN 1: A blanket, please! -MAN 2: Excuse me, may I get a blanket?

MAN 3: My head...

MAN 4: Thank you.

(phone ringing in distance)

-What's wrong? -I'm sorry.

MAN 5: Gosh, it's so cold.

-Oh? -What the heck?

-Are you okay? -Yes, I'm fine.

WOMAN: I feel bad using the blanket alone.

My gosh, it's cold.

Okay, the lobby is clear.

It's not our first time working together.

-It's normal for quarantine to follow... -Sir.

-Wait one moment, please. -Sir.

MAN 1: I feel a little better now.

MAN 2: Please hurry up and do something.

-Bring me the suture materials. -NURSE: Okay.

MAN 3: I'm really busy though.

Hurry up!

What are you doing, Chief Jang?

The identity of the military base shooter has been revealed.

Oh, really?

GITAE: They say he's still on the run.

It's unlikely he's here though.

I'm checking in advance as a precaution.

(laughs)

What's wrong?

HYEONJEONG: I think

I've seen this person before.

You've seen him? Where?

(tense music swells, fades)

Oh, I can see it!

-Does it hurt? -Yes...

Nurse Eom, can I get tramadol and an X-ray for this patient?

AREUM: Nurse Eom?

Nurse Eom!

EUNTAK: I'll do it.

You...

(soft music)

After giving the patient tramadol, I'll take him to get an X-ray.

Did you get hurt? Let me see.

It's nothing. I'm fine.

Hold on. Don't move.

Did the surgery end well?

Yes, of course.

(Donghwa clears throat)

I'm sorry I wasn't there.

We'll talk about that later.

Dr. Jang, prepare some dressings.

Okay.

(sighs)

Nurse Euntak, there's no problem, right?

No, of course not.

Even if there was, I can handle it.

Let me know if you need help. Okay?

(Donghwa exclaims)

He got completely beat up.

Shouldn't we report this to the police as assault?

Don't you have a patient?

DONGHWA: Why are you always so mean to me?

You're so nice when you talk to Nurse Euntak.

(sighs) So what?

Nurse Choi, I need normal saline and to run labs on this patient.

NURSE: Yes, Doctor.

-Dr. Seo! -Dr. Seo Woojin!

(Gitae panting)

HYEONJEONG: It's him, right? The patient you brought over.

Yes, it is him.

Where could he have gone?

Could he have run away?

I treated him,

but it would be hard for him to walk with the deep leg wound.

Not only that, it's snowing a lot outside.

GITAE: That means

he's hiding somewhere.

Chief Jang, call the police first.

Okay, I will.

What should we do about the people in the hospital?

(patients clamoring)

(sighs)

-(phone ringing) -(phone vibrates)

Hello, this is the Trauma Center.

What's up, Dr. Seo Woojin?

Hi, Nurse Eom. What's going on?

Yes.

-Excuse me? -What?

-SABU: Cut. -MYEONGSIM: Cut.

(scissors snip)

(Sabu grunts)

-MYEONGSIM: Master Kim. -SABU: Yes?

MYEONGSIM: Should we take a break?

SABU: No, it's okay.

Nerve hook, please.

I think the nerves are connected well.

Just a little more irrigation and we'll wrap up after that.

MYEONGSIM: Okay.

-YEONGMI: Master Kim! -SABU: Yes, Nurse Joo?

YEONGMI: We just got a call from Doldam Hospital.

There's been an off-road bus accident.

7 injured patients and 16 other passengers have evacuated to the hospital.

SABU: Who's over there right now?

YEONGMI: For now, Dr. Areum and Dr. Woojin are taking care of things,

but...

MYEONGSIM: What is it? Is something wrong?

The shooter who is on the run seems to be inside the hospital.

(tense music)

He came in as a patient.

-Damn it. Call headquarters now. -Yes, sir.

(sighs)

SEONUNG: Scalpel.

Potts scissors.

A 4-French Fogarty catheter, please.

MUNJEONG: Dr. Seonung, you have to push it in a little more.

All right. That's good.

Okay, now gently use the syringe.

(soft music)

Heparin fluid, please.

You're doing much better than I thought you would.

Should we...

increase the pace a little bit?

SEONUNG: I'm sorry, I was going a bit slow, wasn't I?

MUNJEONG: You were just being cautious. That's not a bad thing.

SEONUNG: Thank you.

I'll begin distal revascularization now.

SABU: What's the situation like now?

Well, the military police are on their way.

However, as you know, the weather conditions are very bad.

So we don't know how long it will take.

Until then, it'll be best to evacuate to a safer place.

What do you mean, evacuate?

Wouldn't this be over if you just arrest the culprit?

Well...

You see,

there's something that wasn't released to the public yet.

SABU: What?

The culprit...

is carrying a weapon.

(scoffs)

He took two guns with magazines from the guard post

and a pistol from the second lieutenant.

How many bullets are in one magazine?

Each magazine holds 30 bullets. In total, he has 60 bullets.

(sighs)

You didn't even inform us in advance about such a dangerous situation

and just brought the patients?

Did you even think about the safety of our medical staff?

We didn't expect the situation to get this big either.

(tense music)

(sighs)

(sighs)

-Dr. Jung Insu. -Yes, Master Kim?

Transfer the patients in the Observation Area to the ICU.

Leave only two ICU staff members.

-Okay. -And evacuate the rest of the staff

to the medical office on the second floor.

Understood.

INSU: Excuse me.

Dr. Jung Insu is well aware of evacuation procedures,

so you can discuss everything with him and make decisions accordingly.

The control tower needs to be strong, so no personnel mishaps occur, right?

What are you going to do?

I'm going to go over to Doldam Hospital

and move the patients Dr. Seo Woojin already operated on.

It'll be easier to protect the patients if we keep them together.

We'll go with you.

Okay, let's go.

(phone vibrating)

EUNJAE: Dad, is something the matter?

JINMAN: There's an issue in the hospital,

so everyone is evacuating to the medical office.

You should get out too. Evacuate.

(tense music)

RESTRICTED AREA

Seo Woojin.

Yes, Master Kim?

No, we're okay. Nothing's happened yet.

Evacuate everyone in the lobby to the ER.

SABU (over phone): Keep movement to different locations,

including restrooms, to a minimum.

Get ready to move patients from the Observation Area to the ICU.

Okay, we'll do that.

-WOOJIN: Jang Donghwa. -Yes?

We're moving the hemoperitoneum patient from the ICU to the Trauma Center.

Go get the patient ready. I'll be right behind you.

Okay.

Dr. Yoon, evacuate everyone in the lobby to the ER for now.

Work with Chief Jang to get it done.

Okay, understood.

Nurse Euntak, separate the patients into sessions.

Okay, I'll do that.

NARCOTICS FOR MEDICAL USAGE

Why is this bastard taking so long?

He won't come.

What did you say?

You know how Euntak is.

MAN: He would never do such a thing.

(scoffs)

(man breathing heavily)

Were you informed about the hemoperitoneum patient?

Yes, we're getting ready to transfer him to the Trauma Center.

DONGHWA: Okay.

(suspenseful music)

(man breathing heavily)

Get down.

(both scream, whimpering)

-NURSE 1: Oh, my. -NURSE 2: What...

(nurses scream)

(nurses whimpering)

Everyone in here...

should get out.

DONGHWA: Go, get out. Quickly.

NURSE 1: Let's go.

You should leave too.

DONGHWA: What? Oh, okay, I will.

Dang it.

(Donghwa grunts)

WOOJIN: How does it feel to save a patient?

Today, it was you who did well.

(breathing shakily)

(inhales deeply) What are you doing?

I told you to hurry up and get out!

DONGHWA: Yes, I'm leaving. I'm on my way out.

I'm going to leave, but...

Damn it!

(Donghwa groans)

(breathing heavily)

What are you doing?

DONGHWA (in shaky voice): But...

By the way...

You shouldn't be carrying around such a dangerous weapon in the hospital.

(splutters) This is...

This is the ICU, so you have to...

You have to wear a mask.

(splutters) You have to dis...

disinfect your hands too...

Get out of the way.

(shouts) I said, get out of the way!

DONGHWA: How can I do that? If I move, you'll shoot him!

(panting)

-Then you can die with him. -(Donghwa gasps)

-DONGHWA: Wait, please! -WOOJIN: Stop!

(Donghwa whimpers)

DONGHWA: Dr. Seo!

(tense music)

INSU: Come out, quickly. Go to the medical office.

Come out, quickly.

Leave it.

Eunjae, what are you doing? I told you to get to the medical office.

INSU: Hurry. Come on out.

(breathes shakily)

(exhales deeply)

I'm sorry, but I have to stay here.

The patient's condition is still unstable, so I have to stay by his side.

Why are you being so stubborn?

You should listen to me in a situation like this!

He's my patient, Dad.

I make the decisions, and he's my responsibility.

EUNJAE (over phone): From what I experienced in the OR,

I'm now painstakingly aware of what happens to a patient

if I don't fulfill my responsibility to them.

I don't...

want that to happen again.

I'll stay here.

-Eunjae... -(call end tone)

(sighs)

This is a hospital. What do you think you're doing?

I'm going to kill them.

(breathes heavily)

They looked down on me,

walked all over me,

and disregarded me. I'm going to kill these bastards.

Then go do that somewhere else. This is a hospital.

So you should've left me alone. Why did you take me here?

(breathes heavily)

Because you were hurt,

and I'm a doctor.

(soft chuckle)

You're so full of yourself.

Put down the gun.

You won't gain anything with that.

Do you think I'm doing this to gain something?

Well, I'm not!

MAN: I'm giving this unfair...

and unjust world a wake-up call.

There are people like me who were born to different starting points

and struggle to have things go their way!

I want to give comfort to those people!

(scoffs)

Do you think saying it like that makes it right?

What did you just say?

In reality, it's not true.

It's all just an excuse, a justification.

You got caught gambling,

got kicked out of the army, and got mad at yourself for your own shortcomings!

(tense music)

You're just taking it out on others,

in the most vulgar form of violence and in the most cowardly way!

Shut up! Stop acting all high and mighty!

DONGHWA: Dr. Seo!

(breathes heavily)

-MAN 1: What is going on? -MAN 2: Hello, Doctor.

-MAN 3: Can you tell us what's going on? -MAN 4: I have to go!

MAN 5: We deserve some answers!

-SABU: Nurse Euntak. -Master Kim.

How is the evacuation...

What happened to your face?

It's nothing. I just fell.

Did you finish evacuating everyone?

Yes, the hybrid OR and five inner beds were given to the patients.

The rest were given to regular passengers.

Okay.

What about Seo Woojin?

In the ICU on the second floor. He was getting ready--

(rapid gunshots)

-MAN 1: What the... -MAN 2: What's going on?

MAN 3: Oh, my gosh. What's happening?

MAN 4: A gunshot!

MAN 5: A gun?

MAN 6: Wasn't that a gun just now?

MAN 7: I think so.

(classical music playing over headphones)

(sighs)

That was a gunshot just now, right?

I think so.

(line ringing)

What was that?

Who the heck does target practice while it's snowing?

Crazy fools.

INCIDENT REPORT: ON-DUTY ABSENCE CHICKEN BURGER...

(rapid gunshots)

(Seokgu wailing)

MAN: Go that way.

Over here!

Over here, Euntak!

Over here, quickly! Hurry up!

SEOKGU (cries): What am I going to do?

Someone help me!

(tense music)

(Seokgu groans in pain)

(crying)

(yells)

Damn it!

Be gentle, it hurts.

Don't cry. You won't die.

(Seokgu sobs)

SABU: Hey, Jang Donghwa.

Are you okay?

(breathing shakily)

(in shaky voice) Yes.

I'm okay.

(breathing shakily)

The patient...

is safe too.

(sighs)

What about Seo Woojin?

Where is he now?

(grunts, pants)

WOOJIN: It looks like your wound reopened.

MAN: Don't worry about that and walk.

If the inflammation gets worse, it can lead to sepsis.

Then you could die.

It's not my first time hearing a doctor say things to scare you.

Don't make the situation bigger than it already is and turn yourself in.

No one's died yet.

It's not as bad as you think it is.

Be quiet.

I'll take care of my own issues!

(both grunt)

-(man grunts) -(Woojin groans)

(groans in pain)

(suspenseful music)

(grunts)

(both grunt)

(panting)

(grunts)

(groaning)

(panting continues)

(man breathing heavily)

Hey.

What would you know...

as a doctor?

All you did was study in a nice home

where you had everything handed to you on a silver platter.

You go to medical school or law school,

getting to be the doctors, prosecutors, and judges you always wanted to be.

Do you even know what it's like...

to live a life like ours?

(sighs)

(sighs)

Yes,

I do.

I never had a nice home.

I was never born...

with a silver spoon in my mouth.

After my father's business failed,

my whole family died

in a murder-suicide.

I was the only one to come out alive.

(Woojin sighs)

Sure.

The world is...

an unfair place.

And it's unjust.

(sighs)

But still,

don't assume that others had it easy...

while achieving the things they worked so hard for.

That would really infuriate me...

because I worked myself to the bone to get here.

You're full of yourself.

(tense music)

Don't act all high and mighty, you bastard.

Despite all that, we're the same when we die, you know that?

So let's keep it fair and die together.

How about that?

(exhales softly)

(music intensifies, fades)

(phone vibrates)

CHA EUNJAE

(sighs)

Why aren't you answering?

(vibrating continues)

Don't move.

CHA EUNJAE

I told you not to move, you bastard!

WOOJIN: I'm sorry...

but I'm going to live some more.

I want to live some more.

(man breathes heavily)

This bastard...

(tense music continues)

(shouts) Hey!

(gunshot in distance)

(somber music)

Are you okay?

Yes.

(sighs)

(Sabu sighs)

(breathes deeply)

The situation has been handled. You may come out now.

-DOIL: All right. Let's go. -NURSE: What a relief.

Go, Nurse Oh and Nurse Joo.

YEONGMI: Dr. Cha, I'm here!

Did you hear that gunshot too?

Unbelievable. I didn't know a gunshot would be that loud.

Nurse Joo, hold on.

Can you watch the patient for a bit? I'll be right back.

The patient is stable now, so just keep an eye on the urine.

Next time, don't run into danger like you just did, got it?

Other people could have gotten hurt.

You would have done the same, Master Kim.

There's no need for you to be like me in that way, Dr. Seo.

What if you had gotten hurt?

Then you could fix me up, Master Kim.

What?

My goodness. (scoffs)

-(soft chuckle) -(hurried footsteps approaching)

EUNJAE: Hey, Seo Woojin!

(sighs)

Hey, you should answer your phone when...

SABU: Don't worry about me, Eunjae.

Continue what you were doing.

All of it.

Now it's Eunjae's turn to give you an earful.

That way you'll get a grip on yourself.

Go on, Eunjae. You can continue.

Do as much as you want! (chuckles)

Hey, Seo Woojin,

the hospital was in such a serious situation.

It's a state of emergency, and there were evacuation orders.

How could you not call...

Why are you looking at me like that?

I love you.

(soft music)

What?

What did you say?

I'll see you later.

What did you say?

EUNJAE: Hey, Seo Woojin!

WOOJIN: Eunjae,

I wonder what would have become of me

if I had never met you.

SABU: You should have told us in advance about a situation like this. Gosh.

I'm sorry, considering the situation...

Regardless of the situation, one of our doctors almost got hurt!

WOOJIN: If I had never met Master Kim in my life,

what would have become of me?

Chief Jang, where have you been this whole time?

GITAE: I was very busy helping Dr. Seo Woojin in the ER--

I was in the ER with Woojin this whole time! You...

GITAE: Why are you getting angry at me? In my own way, I...

Dr. Seo!

DONGHWA: Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?

Gosh, I was worried something bad was going to happen to you.

My heart was racing so fast I thought I was going to die.

The gunshot was really... Gosh, unbelievable.

(Donghwa breathes sharply)

I thought you said you liked shooter games.

A game is a game,

you shouldn't confuse a game with reality.

Well, anyway, I'm glad you weren't hurt.

WOOJIN: Can I be that kind of person to someone as well?

Do you want a drink?

Well...

I'll take an orange juice.

The squeezed, expensive kind.

I almost died, so it's okay, right?

WOOJIN: Can I, really?

Why aren't you getting me one?

(Seokgu groaning)

Sir, we've given you the painkillers, so you'll start to feel better soon.

I told you it really hurts right now. (sobs)

I'm... (sobs)

I'm not okay at all!

Could you give me something stronger?

-(Seokgu groans loudly) -(sighs)

Nurse Eom, give him pethidine.

EUNTAK: Don't, Dr. Yoon.

This patient has an addiction.

(groans)

Then we'll go with another tramadol.

Sir, we're going to give you something else that's not a narcotic.

(Seokgu groans, grunts)

Hey, what are you saying?

What did you say to that doctor?

I told her that you were a drug addict

and that you can't be given opioid pain relievers.

(scoffs) What the hell are you saying?

Hey! Do you really want me to kill you?

Do you even know...

what it is to die?

What?

While Wonyoung was dying,

I ran 30 minutes with him on my back.

I can still...

remember the way Wonyoung's body became stiff on my back.

If I had found Wonyoung faster that night,

maybe he could have lived.

The regret of not stopping him

from getting along with scum like you, the self-blame,

and the weight of death that weighed me down endlessly...

I ran for the last 10 years...

carrying all of that on my back.

But you're going...

to destroy that in five minutes?

(grunts)

Don't be ridiculous.

You can't even touch my collar, Seokgu.

Can you guess why?

No matter how much you try to rattle me,

I won't be rattled.

I haven't lived in such a sloppy way to be rattled by the likes of you.

Are you crazy, you bastard?

DETECTIVE KO: My gosh.

-Hello, everyone. -HYEONJEONG: Detective Ko.

DETECTIVE KO: I got a report

that there was a drug offender in the hospital.

(tense music)

Are you Choi Seokgu?

(suspenseful music)

DETECTIVE KO: Hey, hurry up and catch him!

(gasps, grunts)

SEOKGU: Let go of me! (yells)

Let go of me. Damn it!

Park Euntak.

This isn't the end.

I won't go down easy.

I will come back and kill you!

(yells)

Let go!

I said, let go of me!

Okay!

I'm done!

DOLDAM HOSPITAL

INCIDENT REPORT

Looks like the operation went really well.

Dr. Lee was actually more meticulous and calm than I thought he would be.

Is that so?

Well...

You must have practiced a lot in secret on your own.

-(soft laugh) -(Sabu chuckles)

No, that's not it. Dr. Bae Munjeong helped me a lot.

HEO BYUNGBAE

Remember this patient's name,

since he's the first patient you've operated on in this hospital.

Okay, I'll make sure to remember his name.

All right. Keep up the good work.

-SEONUNG: Bye. -SABU: Bye.

MUNJEONG: By the way, Dr. Ung.

About what you said before the surgery,

let's keep that between us for now.

Right, okay.

I'll be going.

I heard you performed the mesentery surgery.

Did you already hear about that?

How did it feel?

Well, my hands weren't as dull as I thought they were.

My reflexes weren't bad either.

I'm a third-year resident now, so I should know how to do that much.

(scoffs)

You're late.

Sorry?

When I was your age,

I did everything from a hemoperitoneum to a panperitonitis

in my last residential years.

Back in my day,

a single mesentery, assisted by a professor...

(exhales deeply)

That was nothing to write home about. (chuckles)

So you're a "when I was your age" kind of person too.

Hey, everyone has their own "when I was your age" stories.

I wouldn't be here today if not for those experiences.

Don't you think so?

Right.

So...

keep that in mind.

Today will be one of your many...

"when I was your age" stories.

(Sabu clears throat)

(calm music)

SABU: You did well today.

GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENT JANG DONGHWA

CHIEF OF SURGERY MASTER KIM

Nurse Oh, why haven't you gone home yet?

Can you make me some coffee?

All right then. Let's go in. (chuckles)

(sighs)

We've been through all sorts of situations now, haven't we?

I guess it's become that kind of era.

Even as we speak,

there are women and children dying

because of war somewhere

and thousands of people are dying because of earthquakes somewhere else.

We've seen a whole city flooded by natural disasters

and the whole world on lockdown because of an infectious disease too.

At this point, the world has become a place

where anything can happen and we wouldn't find it unrealistic.

Now,

-we have to prepare... -(coffee sloshing)

...for that kind of world.

Next, you'll be saying you'll save the world.

They say saving one person is like saving a universe, Ms. Oh.

(chuckles)

How is...

your arm?

(soft chuckle)

I was a little slow at work in the OR, wasn't I?

I was performing an open cardiac in the other OR

and I overdid it. That's all.

There's nothing to worry about.

(chuckles)

Today,

after watching Professor Cha Jinman's surgery,

I understood that Director Park's stubbornness

wasn't what brought him here.

I told you that was the case.

(chuckles)

-Master Kim. -SABU: Yes?

How far...

has your condition progressed?

I need to hear an answer today.

(pensive music)

(Sabu sighs)

-NURSE: You did great, Dr. Cha. -You too.

-Hey. -EUNJAE: Are you going home?

Do you want to go home together?

We're eating fried chicken in the medical office.

At this hour?

(chuckles)

If your mother hears this, she'll be furious.

By the way, are you upset

because I missed the rib fracture

in the pneumothorax patient?

If that's the case,

my advice wasn't wrong.

That patient was a special case.

Normally, if there's little to no pneumothorax,

you don't put in tubes on both sides.

And there aren't many cases where it gets to hypertension.

Then it'll be a case of excessive medical treatment.

Yes, that's usually the case.

But this is a trauma center, right?

SABU: That's usually the case.

But this is the trauma center.

EUNJAE: Here in the trauma center, no treatment is excessive.

It's a place where you have to do everything you can to save a patient.

I spent the past three years learning that from Master Kim.

You didn't miss it, Professor Cha.

I missed it.

Get home safe.

You're brilliant, Eunjae.

Wonyoung...

was my best friend since middle school.

He was a great guy,

but after befriending Seokgu, he began doing terrible things.

Then he got ahold of drugs...

that he never should have touched.

Do you feel...

guilty about his death?

I'm not sure.

Whether it's guilt...

or remorse.

(inhales deeply) Regardless, my friend died

and I went astray for a while before I got into a car accident.

That's when I was brought here,

to Doldam Hospital.

Nurse Euntak,

you were a patient here?

At Doldam Hospital?

That's how it started.

After I met Master Kim, I came to my senses.

(sighs) Perhaps Wonyoung couldn't stand

seeing me being a mess,

so he sent me here.

I get that thought sometimes.

I see.

You're...

disappointed, aren't you?

By what?

By my past,

my friends from then,

going astray, the accident, and so on.

At one point,

I used to stutter.

In middle school,

I was bullied by my best friend.

I once stole my mom's money too.

There were shoes I really wanted, but she didn't buy them for me.

I was an unruly teenager...

and playing make-believe became a hobby.

As a result, I used to be called a freak

and a nutjob.

Are you disappointed...

in me?

No, I'm not.

I believe that without a past, you don't have a present.

If you love the present,

there's no past you can't understand.

I like the present Nurse Euntak.

(soft music)

(phone vibrates)

What?

It's Dr. Cha. She says come quickly.

Okay.

-INSU: Eat. Let's eat. -(paper bags rustling)

-AREUM: What? -MUNJEONG: Oh, hey!

-SEONUNG: Hey. -INSU: Hello.

Welcome, Dr. Yoon Areum and Nurse Euntak.

AREUM: Dr. Jung, it's been so long!

23 bus passengers?

And you managed all that.

-I'm so proud of you. -Thank you.

HOJUN: What is this good smell?

Whoa! Fried chicken?

For everyone, since they had a hard day today...

Did you pay for it?

-No, Dr. Seo Woojin did. -Oh, I see.

Enjoy, everyone.

-Thank you! -Thank you.

Gosh, it tastes really good too.

(relaxing music)

I was worried because of the snow

but thankfully, things were pretty calm and quiet at the hospital, right?

(music fades dramatically)

Or was the Trauma Center in shambles because of the GSW patient?

Dr. Yang Hojun, what's your MBTI?

(groans) I don't believe in that kind of thing.

It doesn't sit well with me.

You're so...

INSU: Eat up.

Shall we make a drumstick toast to celebrate all of us gathering here?

-Sure! -Let's do that.

Let's congratulate Dr. Jang Donghwa on his mesentery operation

and Dr. Lee on his first operation! Congratulations!

Thank you!

ALL: Congratulations!

Congratulations. You did well.

Thank you very much!

By the way,

-wasn't I kind of cool earlier? -What do you mean?

The way I stood in front of the patient to protect him.

I didn't see that.

(sighs)

You should've seen it.

I was really cool. (clicks tongue)

That's too bad.

(soft chuckle)

WOOJIN: Did you know?

(all laughing)

WOOJIN: To me,

every day at Doldam Hospital...

is a spring day.

(laughter in distance)

(soft chuckle)

(soft chuckle)

My gosh, you could have come tomorrow. (chuckles)

You didn't have to with all that snow.

I stopped by on my way home from work.

It's from the court, so I thought it was important.

-From the court? -POSTMAN: Yes.

The court?

One moment.

-(tense music) -Master Kim!

Master Kim!

COMPLAINT

COMPLAINT

PLAINTIFF KO KYUNGSOOK

DEFENDANT 1. CHA JINMAN DEFENDANT 2. JUNG INSU

This really...

(tense music continues)

HANDLE WITH CARE PLEASE DON'T THROW

Dr. Lee Seonung.

Oh, hello.

A package for you. (chuckles)

Thank you.

Keep up the good work.

-SEONUNG: Thank you. -No problem!

(soft music)

(sighs)

(soft music continues)

DR. ROMANTIC SEASON 3

Call both of them.

GITAE: A decrepit building collapsed

-in a redevelopment area. -(siren blaring)

BOY: Please help us!

WOOJIN: There are so many young students.

EUNTAK: Chief Jang, let us out here. We'll run from here.

SABU: Director Park, we'll need you...

-This way! -...to help out in the trauma center.

-SABU: Pick up the phone. -(line ringing)

-Pick up. -(phone vibrates)

EUNTAK: Then let's go in together.

YEONGMI: The building is collapsing again!

AREUM: It can't be.

EUNJAE: I hope our efforts don't go to waste.

(shouts) Seo Woojin!