Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist

The earlier episodes of the first season were decent and promising but there was a clear and undeniable pattern slowly starting to emerge after a few episodes. The drama was heading in a downward spiral throughout its both seasons. There was no clear direction to its story, I wanted it to remain as a slice of life but even that was not attractive on its own. Each passing episode felt like a downgrade of the previous episode. By the end of 2nd season, my interest had plummeted and it lost any remaining appeal. The only plausible reason for this drama to get a season 3 is if the studio wanted to commit some kind of money laundering/tax fraud scheme. It's never a good sign to adapt something and have its serialization based on public perception. This will most likely result in incomplete stories and padded semi-soft endings unless its creators were to pull through and be the exception. In more than one way, the Anime sphere shifted mostly towards this scheme in the past 6-7 years and it turned into a survival of the fittest type of race. The Kdrama is slowly heading in the exact same direction.

POONG, THE JOSEON PSYCHIATRIST (2022-2023) was definitely an interesting series and I was happy to watch it. Loving Historical dramas featuring heavy medicinal themes, I found this one to be pretty top notch.

Yoo Se-Poong is a royal physician who gets wrongly expelled / banished from the royal court in a messy political conspiracy after which causes him to set out on a journey of redemption, self discovery and acceptance, all the while healing the souls of others in his new life as a physician / psychiatrist in the small, fascinating Gyesu Village. He meets new friends along the way, as he shapes his new life and finds new hope to carry on his existence.

This was a very quaint, entertaining series that I was glad to try. The whole cast was pretty great and the show features a tangled web of political intrigue, medical cases and a whole array of intriguing characters. Overall, this was a really great watch, albeit a bit slow at times. Would recommend to those with an interest in light-hearted shows about history and ancient medicine.

Was expecting a more sensibles roles for Kind and I'm. Some scenes have no logic at all like the last scene of Im. Felt like story suddenly stopped and all of them convinced quickly at the end. Then what was the struggle from the beginning? I was also expecting the granny and the kid be treated since they are from their own family. Somehow the thrilling situations build up but abruptly there is no thrill when the situation gets resolved may be since the situation is solved too easily or the thrill of the solution doesnot match up with the thrill of the problem. I wish the part of this will be better.

Excellent,thought the acting was great,very funny and emotional. The stories are interesting aswell as nicely solved,easy watching when kid is about granny is a hilarious character made me cry a few times very sweet. Not sure why all the low reviews,,I've watched alot of korean dramas and it may not be exciting all the time,it makes up for in emotional parts for me which ii always find are done excellent in korean dramas,the villian are always pretty mean but they tend to get what they deserve in most of the ones I've seen,compared to c dramas wuxia particularly are bitter sweet for no need good guys normally die ,after watching alot of episodes and putting emotion into heroes they get killed for unnecessary reasons at times.

This series is totally waste of time. Script writing and direction both are worst. Director don't know how to pace the script, main story line and side story line both are boring. Both season from start to end had to endure to watch. Acting of kim min-jae is fine and for him I watch this unbearable series, I watch Season 1 fully but in Season 2 I have to skip to complete it. Title of this series is also very misleading because kim min-jae character more look like a detective than a psychiatrist. If you want to watch medical drama or romantic drama this series is none of these. This series want to show many things like teacher-student relationship, Atrocities on widows during Joseon period, friendship, romance, politics, medical drama and investigation but couldn't make any of it worth remembering.