He’d rather tell her how he feels with his own mouth. He doesn’t want to scare her or put her in the position of being the only one with memories of a time that he will forget once he wakes up. Seung-tak resolves to tell Se-jin the truth, believing it will be better for her morale, but Young-min shuts down the confession. She decides it’s best to have fewer interactions with him, but that also means that Seung-tak will have limited updates on Young-min’s progress. ![]() Their diverging opinions also cause them to be at odds over how to approach Se-jin, who worries that she’s projecting her feelings for Young-min onto Seung-tak. Young-min, on the other hand, has more experience with the grieving families and believes their agony is unnecessarily prolonged because their loved ones have not passed on. Seung-tak, who has spent most of his life with the unique perspective of being able to see ghosts, sympathizes with the ghosts’ desire to cling to hope. ![]() Se-jin… not so much.Īside from my issues with the buildup to Rain’s Oscar worthy crying, I appreciate how the situation lays the groundwork for exploring Young-min and Seung-tak’s very opposing opinions on what’s best for grieving family members. There’s a stronger connection between Young-min and Mandu, and if he’d burst into tears because someone forgot to feed his sugar glider, I’d have bought it - no questions asked. It’s a very intense scene that shows off Rain’s amazing range as an actor, but the setup for Young-min’s breakdown felt contrived, largely because Se-jin is as dull as dishwater and I can’t imagine anyone exhibiting such visceral emotions because of her. Seeing her depriving herself of food and sleep in order to take care of him causes Young-min to break down and beg his body to wake up so he’s no longer the source of her misery. The real source of his pain is Se-jin, who is still keeping vigil over his body. He assumes their glitching in the OR was caused by Seung-tak’s poor physical condition, but Young-min’s anger is displaced. Sure enough, Seung-joo shortly thereafter fades away and opens his eyes with no memory of his time as a ghost.Īlthough Young-min shouldn’t be surprised that Seung-joo can no longer see him, he’s upset and directs his frustration at Seung-tak, scolding him for not taking care of his body and hands. Seung-tak assures Young-min that Seung-joo won’t instantaneously return to his body it takes some time. When he’s alone with Seung-tak, he runs through the surgery step-by-step in order to convince himself that nothing went awry. ![]() The glitching rattled Young-min, though, and he’s uncharacteristically insecure following the surgery, especially when he sees that Seung-joo hasn’t returned to his body. Last we saw our coma ghost, he was glitching mid-surgery, but - other than a few dropped surgical instruments - the operation is textbook perfect. As much as I enjoy the buddy comedy aspects of this drama, it has set me up for a particular viewer experience, so I felt a bit thrown-off by the tone of this week’s episodes as we delve deeper into Young-min’s internal turmoil and his uninteresting romance. It’s an emotional week on Ghost Doctor as the reality of Young-min’s situation gives way to more character development, but I find myself wondering if it is too little, too late. Our ghost doctor has some serious emotional hurdles to overcome as he faces the stark reality of his situation and how it affects his loved ones - particularly the woman who rarely leaves his bedside. 19 FebruFebruGhost Doctor: Episodes 11-12 Open Thread by DaebakGrits
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