The writer Lee Woo-jung and the director Shin Won-Ho blessed fans with a new season of the loved drama ‘Hospital Playlist’. This week we are reviewing its second season, and the new stories and characters they brought to the small screen and the viewers’ hearts.
Same friends, new stories
First of all, if you haven’t watched the first season of this medical/slice-of-life drama, head over to our review for the previous season. For this one we are not going over the main characters and actors, but rather the stories and new characters.
For this season, the well-known and loved quintet are still doing what they do best, saving lives. Jung Won stays, working as a pediatric surgeon (we expected it from the end of the previous season). On top of that he gives us one of the most cute on-screen couples.
During this season, there is a lot of growth of these five friends. We see them facing new challenges at a personal and professional level. One of the biggest challenges was with Jun-Wan and Seok-Hyeong. They had the task of changing their life perspective and in some cases following their heart. Ik-Joon and Song-Hwa kept being their very wholesome and professional selves.
In this second season we see a great character development for Chu Min-Ha (Ahn Eun-Jin) and Do Jae-Hak (Jung Moon-Sung), for the first season these two characters were the best support and aid for Jun-Wan and Seok-Hyeong. However, this season explores more of their personality, feelings and life experiences which was great to see.
One of the most interesting stories was Jang Gyeo-Wool’s (Shin Hyun-Bin). In the previous season we saw her from a professional perspective, only seeing glimpses of her personality, but for this season we get to know more about her life, family and complicated story.
More complicated cases
‘Hospital Playlist 2’ brings to the small screen complicated but also real medical cases. There is a certain realism in the series that makes it very appealing. The writers did a marvelous job bringing relatable stories to the screen and capturing the real feeling of the moment.
At the same time, we also get to see more of the human side of doctors. Despite them being strong and even cold at times, they are also people with feelings that break at times and cry.
This was definitely a different perspective many viewers didn’t expect, but it made the drama even more sensible and authentic.
The stories they were telling didn’t feel rushed or too sudden, every single sub-plot followed an organic flow, and I believe this is one of the reasons the episodes became lengthy ones. Sometimes they ran for over one and a half hours, and the final one ran for two.
Viewers basically get twelve movies, full of complicated medical cases, happiness, sadness, family and friendship.
‘Hospital Playlist 2’ is available on Netflix, and you can watch the trailer below.
