Yong Pal

This Korean drama is centred on Kim Tae-hyun, a skilled surgeon at a Seoul hospital who owes money to loan sharks after borrowing to pay for his sister's ongoing medical treatment. To help pay off these debts he makes 'house calls' to help criminals injured during their illegal activities... when on these jobs he is known as 'Yong Pal' and Yong Pal is wanted by the police. This is the least of his problems though; at work he is promoted to the Twelfth Floor, where VIPs are treated. Here he learns that the chairman's sister, Han Yeo Jin the rightful chairwoman of the company, is being held in an induced coma; worse still it appears that she is about to be killed. He determines to free her.

I thought this was a really impressive series. It provides plenty of drama with numerous exciting scenes, a romance and quite a few comic moments... something for everybody. As the story develops there are some good twists and turns; some of which are genuinely surprising. Those who don't like medical scenes will finds themselves watching several scenes through their fingers as there are many gory surgical scenes. The characters are fun to watch, even the bad guys who veer into pantomime villain territory with their amusing forced laughter and wicked glances. The secondary characters are also good; most obviously the hospital nurses. The cast is solid; most obviously Joo Won and Kim Tae-hee as Kim Tae-hyun and Han Yeo Jin respectively. Overall a really solid series that I'd certainly recommend to fans of K-drama.

These comments are based on watching the series in Korean with English subtitles.