Doctor. Doctor Kwak.
A post-exit hepatectomy...
is the last hope for the patient.
You refuse to take it?
Is it right to let the patient die...
during a risky operation?
Paternalism isn't fair,
but you have no right to decide.
Only Seol Jae Chan...
can decide whether to get the operation or not.
What do you mean?
You heard me.
I refuse to be operated.
You're making a rash decision.
The operation doesn't seem safe either.
Did Dr. Kwak influence your decision?
Why do you ask?
If he emphasized only the negative, I'd like to explain otherwise.
No.
He recommended the operation.
He wanted to trust you.
Then why?
I don't want to waste my time.
My wife died of cancer 10 years ago.
It was terminal cancer.
In other words,
I know exactly what will happen to me...
from now on.
Mr. Seol.
Mr. Seol, this isn't right.
Let it go.
We gave up the operation, not the entire treatment.
Let's go to Seoul now.
I don't want to. My kids are waiting.
Mr. Seol.
The cancer spread all over her body,
and the doctor recommended the operation like you.
Of course.
How can a warrior avoid a fight?
My wife didn't want the operation.
However, I almost forced her to get it.
We did everything the doctors told us to do...
including surgery and chemotherapy.
She didn't want it, but I...
Don't blame yourself.
As a guardian,
you did the right thing.
- For your wife... - No.
It wasn't for my wife.
I did it for myself.
I felt so sorry.
Her stomach was in so much pain,
but all I gave her...
was digestive medicine. I regretted it so much.
I was sorry for what I've done.
I was trying to make up...
I shouldn't have done so.
Do you know...
how my wife was before she died?
She couldn't even swallow rice.
She said she preferred autumn leaves to flowers...
and wanted to,
for one last time, see the fallen leaves.
I didn't even...
grant her that wish.
She stayed in a bed and stayed a patient...
until she finally died.
Hyun.
I don't want to... end up dying like that.
You must feel dejected.
The patient refused surgery.
The shock can cause a lapse in judgement.
As soon as he calms down, I'll...
You'll what? Try to persuade him?
Wake up.
His guardian's looking for other doctors.
The Internal Medicine specialist.
His father's the legendary surgeon, Kwak Sung.
I know that.
Then you must know how connected he is.
He already contacted MD Anderson.
I think they'll recommend us.
We're more advanced in liver, gall bladder, and pancreatic medicine.
Just get straight to the point.
Mr. Seol...
will choose us.
He hasn't given up on surgery.
He escaped from a young, untrustworthy female doctor.
You should leave.
Let's make a deal.
I'll get the patient in our OR.
You can pick any member of the team to scrub in.
If you need other specialists' help, I'll get it for you.
In return,
publish the paper in my name.
You're in no position to refuse.
What do you mean?
Who do you think called me all the way to this place?
Yes.
I called Doctor Kim over.
May I ask why?
I needed verification.
It's my job to train skilled doctors,
but it's also my job to protect patients from irrational ones.
I thought that Doctor Kim, your teacher and mentor,
would be the perfect man for the job.
Is there a problem?
- And your conclusion? - The operation...
is a reckless one, just as I'd thought.
Are you sure...
you can convince the patient?
It is a reckless attempt,
but if it were impossible,
Doctor Kim wouldn't have rushed over here right away.
Hello.
You'll open up the procedure?
Is there a reason I can't?
What if she succeeds? Doctor Song will leave immediately.
The patient will live.
If she fails?
Doctor Song will remain.
What do you think are the chances...
of her pulling off the surgery?
I don't know.
Less than 10 percent, and that's being generous.
Then the likelihood of her staying...
is over 90 percent.
Gosh, that's a great drawing.
Were you fake sick?
Why would I fake being sick?
I'm sick in the heart.
- Are you? - Yes.
Sick in the heart?
Then put on some ointment.
I should.
Don't tell the kids.
You're all great artists.
What's this? That's a beautiful picture of the sea.
Teacher, I'll put some cream on for you.
Do you call this cream?
I don't want to be a burden.
Not to the kids or the other inhabitants.
- Me too, teacher. - You too.
Don't. Stop it, all of you.
Stop it. Don't paint me.
- I'm next. - I surrender.
Teacher, I'm not done yet.
- Hello? - Where are you?
At the school.
Good.
Why is that good?
You didn't exhaust the patient by taking him to other hospitals.
- But... - But what?
It's illogical to refuse surgery.
It's tough to be entirely logical about this.
It can be so for the patient.
- Doctor Song. - The doctor mustn't be like that.
Stop being Mr. Kwak the guardian,
and be the rational Internalist Doctor Kwak.
What do you think is logical and rational?
See you at the dorm later.
It looks so sweet.
- It's nice and ripe. - It looks amazing.
You're back early.
What happened to the rectal cancer patient?
Will he be operated on? When?
Will you let me watch? I'll scrub in...
What should I answer first?
Have some watermelon first.
Where's Doctor Kwak?
Not back yet. Why?
He will decide whether I'll operate or not.
What do you mean?
Mr. Seol Jae Chan is the patient.
Oh dear. This is terrible.
- What? - Have you heard?
- Heard what? - Mr. Seol has cancer.
Cancer?
(Store)
See you.
- Bye. - Bye.
- Take care. - Thanks.
Gosh. Thank you.
Thank you.
How much are the royalties?
A lot, I guess. He's a famous poet.
He's childless. Who will it go to?
Are you a psychopath?
How can you talk about royalties when a man might die?
Yes, because I wasn't born rich unlike someone else.
Hey.
Why did you study Korean Medicine?
What do you mean?
If you got in, that means you weren't entirely useless in school.
Why not go to medical school?
You can't inherit your dad's hospital.
There was someone else to inherit it.
When I came first in my class,
he came first in his year, and I hated him.
Who was that?
An older brother?
Why did you speak in past tense?
Did he quit medicine?
No. He died.
In a car crash...
while driving to the airport to pick me up.
Why do you talk like he's a total stranger?
How else should I say it?
Should I cry as well?
Forget it.
This is no fun. Let's go.
The royalties.
Since he has no children...
Will you stop it?
Why does she look disappointed?
You look so forlorn.
One would think you're waiting for your lover.
- Do you like being silly? - Yes.
(Doctor Song)
Mr. Seol.
Are you done?
Almost. There's not much left.
Let's eat.
Okay, just a moment.
There.
I'm done.
- Here. - It smells great.
It might only smell good.
The taste is even more incredible.
- It is? - Of course. Let's eat.
Eat up.
Eat, and take the last boat out.
I'm sleeping over.
Am I going to die tonight?
How could you say that?
Then why are you treating me like I'm dead already?
I have a pile of work to do.
You'll distract me,
and I'll be inefficient if you're around.
Just one night. Let me sleep over just one night.
What about the hospital ship?
Take me on the school boat.
It's not far.
- Just for one night then. - Okay.
You can't sleep?
No.
It happens when you're old.
Are you afraid?
It's my first time dying, so...
We can fight it.
You can go back to the hospital and get surgery,
or we can look for other doctors.
But one thing for sure is,
whatever you decide,
I'll be with you.
I'll stay with you all the way.
Where are you coming from?
Were you with the patient last night?
Why weren't you answering your phone?
What does that mean?
You look like a wife nagging her husband for not coming home.
I'm not in the mood for jokes.
Is the patient okay?
What is this?
My thesis that I'm working on. Although I haven't completed yet...
And these are the results of the animal testing.
In some ways, animal testing is more difficult.
Dogs may seem stronger than humans,
but they are much weaker.
Conclusively, if one succeeds on a dog, a human...
Stop. That's enough.
What does that mean?
Do you think this will convince the patient?
The patient is afraid because it's the first surgery of this type.
- So we must give him assurance. - With animal testing data?
Do you remember the name of the first patient you operated on?
What was your first patient's name?
You don't remember, do you?
You can see the surgery clearly, as if it's a photograph,
but you don't know the patient's name,
appearance, struggles prior to surgery, things like that, do you?
What's wrong with that?
That's why you come up with something like this.
Do you know what persuasion is?
It's making a person feel a certain way,
not holding data and just saying whatever you want.
You need to listen first.
"What does this person want? What does he fear most?"
You have no desire to, do you?
Because to you, a patient is nothing but a tool...
for your success.
Being a doctor is our job.
Fixing patients is our job.
We get paid for that and succeed.
Is that bad?
Fine. Let's just say...
I'm a scumbag obsessed with success,
who cares about my career more than a patient's life.
What is it that you're doing?
You can candy coat it all you want, but bottom line is,
a patient is dying before your very eyes,
but you won't do anything about it.
- And you call yourself a doctor? - Doctor.
- You're not going in there. - And you're not going up.
Cohabitation means...
you need rules. Rules.
Especially you, Dr. Song.
Since you were new and working in the ER,
we have been very patient.
But now, we'd like you to participate like the rest of us.
What do you mean?
(Hospital Ship Dorm Rules)
What should I do?
Here.
Come now.
- Ladder game? - Yes, ladder game.
- That's how we always chose. - It's pure luck.
- Okay? - Number one.
- 9. - 2.
- 4. - 6.
- 5. - 8.
- 3. - 7.
- Yes. - Anything but the bathroom.
The bathroom again?
I have to bathe Bong Gu.
Dr. Song has... Shopping?
How lucky.
You got shopping too?
- Switch with me. - What is he saying?
Okay. Get going. No fighting.
Here, Dr. Kwak. Here's the list.
It's been decided.
Shopping list.
You memorized it all after seeing it once...
and got everything in 10 minutes?
It's nothing compared to memorizing the book on blood vessels.
What's next?
Try this too.
I'll take this. Let me try it.
Isn't it good?
- Yes, this is good. - 20 dollars.
Give me a discount. I'm going to buy a lot.
What else are you getting?
- What fish is good for a stew? - They're all good today.
Rockfish, fish intestine, and spicy salted squid.
The clams taste better.
Life doesn't always go as planned.
Okay.
Don't you see this list?
Come now. Your husband is completely right.
- Wifey. - I'm not a wifey.
Come to the car in five minutes, or I'm leaving.
Do you have the car keys?
Why that...
She clearly is your wifey. Did you get into a fight?
She's just acting, right?
I'll take this and a lot of that.
Goodness. It's so hard to make a living.
- I'll give you a lot. - Thank you.
Hello...
You didn't take the food!
What's wrong?
Dr. Kwak.
- What is it? - The patient went missing.
Who's there?
Sir.
Open the door. Sir. Sir.
What's serious is that a huge quantity of pain killers...
also disappeared.
Morphine?
Why do you need morphine?
Don't you know why?
Do you want to die?
Do you want me to kill you?
- I'm already dead. - Father.
Do you think...
I'm living?
Do you think that I'm alive?
I'm sorry. Can you drive?
(Jaae Rehabilitation Center)
- Mr. Kwak. - Mr. Kwak.
- Father. - Mr. Kwak.
- Mr. Kwak.
- Father. - Where are you?
- Mr. Kwak. - Where are you?
- Mr. Kwak. - Where are you, Mr. Kwak?
Mr. Kwak.
- Mr. Kwak. - Father.
- Mr. Kwak. - Wait.
Wait.
Someone may get hurt if we make a move too quickly.
The patient might harm himself.
Calm down.
We aren't your enemy.
It's okay.
It's all right.
We aren't your enemy.
Who are you?
I'm a doctor.
I'm also a doctor, sir.
I'll finish treating the patient.
So please...
get some rest.
You should also get treated.
Shall I?
Thanks to you,
I feel much better.
The nurses will take you to a place to stay.
By the way,
what is your name, doctor?
Hyun.
It's Kwak Hyun, doctor.
"Kwak Hyun"?
Your last name is the same as mine.
Please take care of the patient.
Doctor Kwak.
Here.
This is a painkiller.
There was an attack.
They'll need a lot of it tonight.
(Episode 12 will air shortly.)
(Episode 12)
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's...
two years ago.
He got out of Syria and was diagnosed in Turkey.
He hid it.
Do you think he didn't want to return?
Maybe he didn't want to be a burden.
As his condition worsened, he started to lose his way.
The rebels caught him.
They released him for being a doctor...
But everyone found out.
We got a call...
to pick him up.
That was when...
the real battle began.
I think my dad's memory...
is frozen to when he was in the rebel camp.
Maybe Seoul felt like a huge base.
He never stopped...
trying to escape.
Dad.
Dad!
I must get away.
I was studying for my exams, working the night shift,
and playing hide and seek...
with my dad every single day.
It's okay now, Dad.
He's flat-lining.
Oxygen. Defibrillator.
Clear!
Hurry.
Then I messed up.
I made a mistake that no fellow,
not even an intern does.
Do you call yourself a doctor?
Not even an intern makes that mistake.
Remember this.
That patient died because of you.
You're no doctor.
That's when...
my left hand became useless.
Whenever my dad's lucid, he asks me...
for some morphine.
So he can die.
Isn't that funny?
A doctor dad wants...
his doctor son to kill him.
My dad's the reason...
I didn't stop Mr. Seol.
I couldn't.
I didn't want to stop him.
Even if it's not Alzheimer's like my dad,
an illness can take over the patient's psyche, can't it?
Mr. Seol wants to...
keep his pride intact.
He wants to die...
a dignified and decent death.
Maybe that's better.
Maybe that's better than living an extended life...
with a crushed self like my dad.
You're right.
Maybe I do lack...
the right to be a doctor.
(Orthopedic Surgery)
What happened?
Have you still not persuaded Mr. Seol?
- Not yet. - He was discharged a while ago.
What if you wait too long and miss the opportunity?
It can't be helped. Don't be too upset.
You'll get plenty of shots at...
completing your paper in the future.
It's me. Is the offer...
still on the table?
(Staff members only)
Who was it?
Eun Jae's getting more and more amusing.
Thank you.
- Take care. - Bye.
Hello?
You're whom?
I'm here.
Mr. Seol. Mr. Seol.
Mr. Seol.
Do you know where you are?
Who...
Doctor Kwak brought you in.
He went out to make a call.
Thank you.
I had a terrible stomach ache.
I feel better now.
I think I'll be able to...
Will you discharge yourself?
Yes.
This is just a temporary solution.
Without any treatment...
Things will only get worse.
- So... - In November...
I will publish a book of poems.
I'm a few poems short, and I need to...
keep writing.
Mr. Seol.
I've been writing a column for over 10 years.
I can't suddenly stop.
That's no way to treat my readers.
What's most important...
is the upcoming autumn picnic with the kids.
It's six months.
You may love to teach and write,
but you can only do that for six more months.
- If you're unlucky... - Three months.
I'll have three months.
That's a long time.
If I were to die on the table,
I can't even dream about it anymore.
He wants to leave.
As soon as possible.
He must catch the first boat...
to make it to class in time.
Are you still...
reluctant to persuade him?
I'm not saying his dignity isn't important.
But...
is that more important than his life?
It's the same blue sky and blue sea,
but it's not like yesterday's.
It's so very different.
If I were a doctor,
if I'm to have the right,
I shouldn't be leaving with you.
If I can't persuade you, I must abduct you...
and get you into the OR.
Hyun.
A doctor fights instead of giving in.
Death is a failure.
Whatever people say,
death is a failure.
That's why a doctor, if I were a doctor,
I shouldn't accept failure so readily.
I shouldn't give in. I must fight.
Why do you think death is a failure?
Death comes to everyone equally when the time comes.
Why is that a failure?
Death is a conclusion, not a failure.
That's just the conclusion I chose.
I can't say I'm not scared at all,
but I'm okay.
My wife...
has been waiting for me for 10 years.
She's shy and has trouble making friends.
She must be so lonely.
I want to...
go and see her.
I'm really sorry.
And thanks.
Your eyes.
Your eyes always look at me, worry about me,
and at times, hurt more for me.
Because of those eyes, I didn't feel like I was sick.
You know,
I think...
those eyes of yours,
and the intensity with which you empathize with patients...
will be the best medical treatment...
that you can provide to patients.
Every day, When the sun sets, I walk to the trees.
Every day, When the sun sets, I walk to the river.
Every day, When the sun sets, I walk to the mountain.
Get it.
It is beautiful
- To walk to the trees, mountain, - Got it!
- And river when the sun sets. - She caught it.
When the sun sets, I long for my love,
And walk toward my love.
Nothing in this world is more beautiful than that.
What are you doing?
Is that a poetry book? Do you read poems often?
It's been 14 years and 8 months.
I see they're all Mr. Seol's poems.
Someone said...
if I want to persuade someone,
I must understand him first.
- What do you think? - It's moving.
But it isn't more moving than a life.
- Where are you going? - I told you.
It isn't more moving than a life.
Leave him alone.
No, I can't do that.
Why do you want to operate so badly?
Why are you so obsessed?
Does a doctor need a reason to save a patient's life?
No, there's another reason.
What do you want me to say? Aren't you sick of this yet?
- You have another reason. - Fine, I'm selfish.
I'm selfish, and I'm obsessed with returning to Seoul.
- I'm trying to fill my thesis... - Stop lying.
If the thesis...
was so important, why did you offer it to Dr. Kim Do Hoon?
I heard you said if he lets you operate,
and gives you the best staff possible,
he could keep your thesis.
Why are you willing to go so far to operate?
My mom died...
because I wasn't there.
But I'm here for that patient.
She could've lived.
She could've lived, but I...
But I cut off the opportunity...
for my mom to live.
I won't repeat that.
The patient is still alive,
and as long as he's alive, there's hope.
So I can't give up. No, I won't.
If I give up, I...
It isn't your fault.
Mr. Seol asked me to bring this to you.
What is it?
He's donating his body.
He wants to donate it to you.
He says he's sorry for not getting the surgery,
but that he wants to contribute to the research.
Mr. Seol Jae Chan said...
death...
is not a failure, but a conclusion.
What do you think?
I'm not sure yet.
It's too difficult a problem.
It's also a question...
we'll keep facing as long as we are doctors.
Baby shark
Cute
In the ocean
Baby shark
Mommy shark
They're dancing
Good.
- Goodness. - Hello.
Thank you for coming all the way here.
Gosh.
- We should've gone... - Thank you.
- to the center. - Okay.
But his knee is too weak.
It hurts.
Does it hurt a lot?
I'll give you some medicine.
(Hospital Ship: On-land Clinic)
Okay.
- Hello, everyone! - Hello.
Long time no see.
- Hello. - Are you okay?
- Careful. - Hi there.
- Have you eaten? - Hello.
- Take your time. - Hello.
Walk slowly.
Exhale.
- So... - Okay then.
When did it start?
- Here you go. - Thank you.
- Drink it up. - Thank you.
This way.
- Hi. It's someone I know. - Hello.
- Why are you here? - My back hurts.
- How did you hurt it? - How about some entertainment?
Please welcome our singer, Yoo Ah Rim!
1, 2, 3, 4.
What's wrong with my age
There's no age in love
- Ma'am. - What?
- Remember to take your medicine. - Okay.
- You too, okay? - Okay.
Hello, Dr. Song?
The wrong bag?
Yes. If there's anyone who isn't busy right now...
Never mind. I'll go there.
Doctor, we're going on a picnic.
They said we can use the entire bus.
We're going to take this all the way to Seoul.
Lucky you.
You're going on the picnic as planned.
How do you feel?
Dr. Kwak comes frequently to take care of me.
No, I'm already on the bus.
Yes, I'm on my way.
Mr. Chu left already.
Dr. Song.
What's going on?
Dr. Song. Dr. Song!
Hurry. Please hurry.
Run.
- Hurry. - Run.
- This way. - Over there.
Come out. It's okay.
It's okay.
Dr. Song, please take her.
Okay. It's okay.
Oh my gosh.
- Mommy. - It's okay.
- Oh no. - What's going on?
- Where does it hurt? - Here.
Take a deep breath.
Good.
Okay. Hang in there.
Where does it hurt?
You'll be okay.
- Mr. Seol. Are you okay? - Hey.
Yes, I'm fine. Go treat the kids.
Go on. Hurry.
Dr. Song.
- Where's the chopper? - 30 minutes away.
A boat is an hour away.
The triage is almost complete.
Luckily, there aren't many in critical condition.
Ah Rim, please give 578 a neck brace.
- Yes, doctor. - Dr. Kwak...
What's wrong? What is it?
It's nothing. I think it's dislocated.
We need to pop it back in.
Listen to patient 23 first.
He's struggling to breathe. Hopefully, it isn't pneumothorax.
(Pneumothorax: collapsed lung)
Go on.
Let me look at your arm.
Treat the patients first.
You're a patient too right now.
If you lose circulation in your arm,
you may even lose use of your arm.
Don't you trust me?
- Have you done it before? - Many times.
- Then... - It'll hurt.
I said I've done it many times.
Oh my gosh.
Over here!
- Come here! - Okay.
- Careful. - Over here.
Where does it hurt?
Sir.
I feel like my insides are all jumbled.
I feel like vomiting.
- Doctor. - Here.
Doctor. Your arm...
Let's lay you down slowly. Help me.
Hold on.
- Here. - Let me.
Help me.
It's okay. Let me see your mouth.
Milk.
Check every bag and see if there's any milk.
Okay.
There.
- Unbutton his shirt. - Okay.
Oh my gosh!
Captain.
What?
What's wrong with my stomach?
What happened? Is there a problem?
Yes.
Is it serious?
I can't say it isn't.
Doctor.
Then will I die?
Will I?
No, you will not. Saline.
Saving patients is what we doctors do.
Right?
Sir. You are extremely lucky.
You're with a top surgeon. Take a deep breath.
Okay, shall we begin.
How can I help?
We'll make an abdominal silo. Do you know what I mean?
Let's begin.
Hang in there.
Here, doctor.
- Hold the gauze. - Okay.
Let's tape it down.
Hang in there.
One more.
Give him fluids, and move him on the first transport.
Okay.
Hey! Come over here, and help!
Have you seen San?
I can't find San.
Hurry. That way.
Hyuk.
- Yes? - He's not here. San isn't here.
- San isn't here? - No.
San. Kang San!
San.
No!
(Thank you, Mr. Kim Yong Taek, for letting us use your poem.)