Doctor John

📊 Series Specifications

Network SBS
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 16
Original Language KO
Creator Jo Soo-won

Doctor John (2019)

Created by Jo Soo-won
⭐ 3.9 / 5 (45 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 16 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Cha Yo-Han—an arrogant but genius doctor of anesthesiology—and Kang Shi-Young—a smart, warm resident of anesthesiology—work together to help people with mysterious cases of acute or chronic pain.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Between hope and despair

Hours before leaving the country, Kang Si-yeong steps in as a correctional physician and saves a life with the helping hand of Cha Yo-han.

E2 0.00001% hope

Lee Yu-jun warns Si-yeong about Yo-han. When she confronts Yo-han about his diagnosis and crime, he questions the source of her anger.

E3 Champions

Yo-han's past precedes him at his new workplace. Dreading a painful future, a famous athlete makes a heart-stopping request.

E4 Facing your fears

Si-yeong begins to understand Yo-han’s philosophy on pain management upon hearing the full account of the events from three years ago.

E5 21g, the Weight of a Soul

As patients fill the Pain Management Center, one in particular catches Yo-han's eye with his lack of symptoms. Son Seok-gi approaches Si-yeong.

E6 Memories of pain

Yo-han lets history convince a young patient to undergo major surgery. Si-yeong wins Yo-han's praises for finding answers through patients' stories.

E7 Secrets & lies

Si-yeong becomes the first person to learn of Yo-han's secret. A suspected pandemic-infected patient enters the Pain Management Center.

E8 Understanding someone

The pain management team diagnoses a patient at war with unknown demons. Heo Jun asks for forgiveness. Si-yeong confesses her feelings.

E9 Terminal: Terminally ill, incurable

A former actress receives treatment for a rare kind of cancer. Yo-han starts to experience worrying symptoms.

E10 An ominous foreboding on a sunny afternoon

Yo-han's doctor tells him to choose between his career and his life. Min Tae-gyeong makes up her mind about her husband. A patient loses all hope.

E11 Up

During an investigation into a patient's switched-off ventilator, Seok-gi is surprised by the findings and Yo-han's actions.

E12 Schrödinger's Cat

Si-yeong embraces her role as Yo-han's guardian. A young patient returns with new symptoms. Yo-han and Seok-gi learn about each other's conditions.

E13 The promise of trying

Without consulting Seok-gi, Chae Eun-jeong takes matters into her own hands by publicly questioning Yo-han's qualifications to treat patients.

E14 Select any

Seok-gi gets a tip from an unexpected source. At the disciplinary hearing, Yo-han's supporters advocate on his behalf.

E15 The mind of the departed

Si-yeong tearfully bids farewell to loved ones. After pushing her away out of fear, Yo-han finally gives her his answer.

E16 Breaking up is like breaking up with someone you hope to see again someday

To Si-yeong's relief and disbelief, Yo-han reappears in front of her after three years of silence. His vision for healing comes to fruition.