'Doctor X': Kim Ji-won's character lies bloodied in emergency room as Son Hyun-joo appears

Actor Kim Ji-won transforms from a fearless genius surgeon into a blood-stained patient. In the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Doctor X: Era of the White Mafia', which has captured home screens with Kim Ji-won shaking the hospital's power players with overwhelming surgical skills, a scene was released showing her lying motionless on an emergency room bed, heightening tension. Furthermore, with the hospital director Son Hyun-joo appearing in person, curiosity is amplifying regarding what has happened to Gye Su-jeong.

'Doctor X' is a medical noir where the genius surgeon Gye Su-jeong, who knows neither failure nor compromise in her surgical skills, fights against massive corruption. Gye Su-jeong, played by Kim Ji-won, is a character who breaks down the hospital's hierarchy with unrivaled skill and a fearless attitude, fitting for her nickname 'the crazy Kim of the operating room,' as she does not care about anyone's gaze. The refreshing development of directly confronting existing authority and practices is receiving a positive response from viewers.

In the previously aired episodes 1 and 2, Gye Su-jeong, a so-called 'mercenary doctor' dispatched to Guseodae Hospital, shook the internal power structure of the hospital by demonstrating overwhelming surgical skills. In a hospital where hierarchy and interests come before skill, Gye Su-jeong did not easily bow her head to anyone and revealed a powerful presence by causing cracks in the existing order. Combined with Kim Ji-won's charismatic acting and fast-paced development, the drama ramped up its hit momentum from the beginning.

In fact, 'Doctor X' recorded a peak viewership rating of 17.4% in just two episodes, ranking first in the overall Saturday mini-series viewership. It also took first place in the Netflix global non-English TV show category and swept the top spots in the TV-OTT drama topicality and integrated cast topicality categories for the second week of October announced by Good Data Corporation FUNdex. While creating a hit storm from the start by capturing both viewership and topicality, an unexpected crisis is expected to strike the protagonist Gye Su-jeong in episode 3.

The stills for episode 3, released on the 16th, capture a side of Gye Su-jeong that is entirely different from her confident appearance so far. Gye Su-jeong is lying on an emergency room bed with her entire body soaked in blood. The doctor, who usually judged the life and death of patients and commanded surgeries more coolly than anyone else, has suddenly become in a position where she must receive emergency treatment. Her blood-stained clothes and motionless appearance create anxiety, implying that an unusual incident has occurred.

The atmosphere inside the emergency room is also unusual. Emergency medicine doctor Kim Seong-jin (played by Heo Jun-seok) urgently begins emergency treatment for Gye Su-jeong, and intern Park Tae-gyeong (played by Kim Woo-seok) watches the scene with a panicked expression. As Gye Su-jeong, who always led the situation, faces a crisis and even the medical staff is captured looking flustered, attention is focused on how serious the incident facing her is. In particular, the key observation point is why Gye Su-jeong, who was calmer and more composed than anyone, is lying on an emergency room bed and what kind of accident occurred.

Furthermore, as the appearance of hospital director Bu Seung-gwon (played by Son Hyun-joo) visiting Gye Su-jeong was revealed, the questions grew even larger. Interest is also focused on why Bu Seung-gwon, who is at the center of the hospital's power and interests, appeared in the emergency room in person, and whether Gye Su-jeong's crisis is connected to the internal conflicts of the hospital. Depending on whether it is a simple accident or an incident related to the hospital power structure that Gye Su-jeong has been confronting, the future development could change significantly.

With Gye Su-jeong, who shook the hospital with her unrestrained words and overwhelming surgical skills, collapsing covered in blood, viewers' attention is concentrated on what kind of twist 'Doctor X' will present in episode 3. Episode 3 of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Doctor X: Era of the White Mafia', which foreshadows Kim Ji-won's new crisis and the appearance of Son Hyun-joo, will air on the 16th.

Read the original (Korean)