Asian Dramas & Quotes

Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 2 (2020)

Episode 1. Rainmaker
It's always the incompetent ones that get riled up. - Master Kim

Episode 2. Mechanism of Accidents
I don't care whoever he is, whatever he does, or whatever position he's in. He's just a patient to me the moment he was brought into the OR. I don't think about anything else; I have just this one thing in mind. "I will save him. I will save him no matter what." - Master Kim

Lines are drawn just for having different opinions. Due to collective egoism and a dichotomous view of the world, you're either friends or foes. The world is seen in black and white. Respect for others is thrown out the window. It has become a world filled with disrespect and hatred.

Episode 3. Undefined Setting Value
You can never dig out the truth with a dull knife. - Do Yoon Wan

Do you know what I'm most scared of? People who have no use for me. People who jump to conclusions about me when they don't know about me. - Cha Eun Jae

Episode 4. Utilizing Conflict
The more professional term would be pompous, not cheesy. You could also call it romantic. - Master Kim

A world of cost-effectiveness. A world where all relationships are judged based on efficiency and profit. Responsibility and obligation have turned into an unreasonable sacrifice. And these days, people even weight the benefits and losses of public interest and goodwill.

Chapter 5. A Living Friday Night
Woo Jin: I didn't become a doctor to save people like him.
Eun Tak: That shouldn't be your call to make. Patients may choose their doctors, but doctors can't choose their patients. No matter who they are, what lives they lived, or what crimes they committed. Those in the medical field must not discriminate.

It's different. I may not be able to, but you're choosing not to. I wonder which goes against being a doctor more. - Cha Eun Jae

After drifting along a long river that has been my life, I have realized that although you can take a break you can never stop altogether. - Yeo Woon Young

Episode 6. Placebo
The moment you give up, you start to look for excuses. The moment you think you can do it, you find a way.

Episode 7. The Line that Should be Protected and the Good that Couldn't be Protected
Everyone dies in the end, and he want to just keep it quiet as if he was just passing by. - Master Kim

If I say I'm tired, people will only tell me that I'm weak. If I say I'm scared, they'll tell me it's because I'm a woman. If I'm not being cool about it, I'm only causing harm to others. - Cha Eun Jae

Getting worked up is losing to those people. - Bae Moon Jung

Chapter 8. Walk of Respect
That's what all moms are like. When something bad happens to their children, they always think it's their fault.

I'm doing my best, but I'm not sure if that's the best by everyone's standards. - Cha Eun Jae

Episode 9. Trauma
The balance between work and life is important. - Yoon Ah Reum

Episode 10. The Effects of an Adequate Amount of Anxiety

Episode 11. Minimum Boundaries
Eun Jae: I'm worried about you. Would you feel burdened in any way if I said that? Then I apologize.
Woo Jin: It's not exactly burdening. Still, it would make me toss and turn for a few nights. Does she have feelings for me or not? Am I supposed to wait for her? That's what I'd be thinking. If I said that, would I be crossing the line?

Episode 12. An Error of Exchange of Equivalents
You don't burden me. You give me strength. - Master Kim

These incidents happen the moment we say it can't be helped. The more we turn a blind eye and act like we don't know, this vicious cycle will keep repeating. - Master Kim

When we have faith in something and put it into action, that's when a person truly glows. This is why determination is important for surgeons. Once their determination becomes certainty, their surgery is highly likely to succeed. - Master Kim

Episode 13. Defense Mechanism
How far must we treat a patient? How deep must we look for their wounds?

Eun Jae: Must you see me pass out in the OR again?
Woo Jin: Don't worry. I'll carry you out on my back again.

This is my way of telling you not to be afraid. Whether you get panic attack, run out after vomiting, or pass out, I'll back you up. - Seo Woo Jin

Episode 14. Selective Dyslexia
No matter how poor or how angry you are, and how much people look down on you, there are things you shouldn't compromise. That's what you call conscience. - Master Kim

Episode 15. Rapport
This thing called balance, we must fight fiercely for what we believe in if it's to be maintained. - Master Kim

When emotions are added to facts, it becomes an instigation. The more you feel wronged, the less you'll be heard. When you're frustrated, your word will carry less weight. People will doubt you because they won't know if you're telling the truth. Even if you have enough hard facts, mixing them with emotions can ruin the entire picture. - Do In Beom

No one will hurt Doldam Hospital or Master Kim. I won't allow it. - Seo Woo Jin

Instead of exhausting yourself to avoid the responsibility, it is sometimes better to just own up to it. - Shim Hye Jin

Episode 16. Koi's Law
Isn't it silly to think about breaking up when you haven't even started to date? - Yoon Ah Reum

Why do I overthink and complicate everything? - Cha Eun Jae

Any type of farewell leaves a scar on people's hearts. People normally feel hurt and lonely. So I don't want to have to say goodbye to anyone anymore. - Seo Woo Jin

They're not losers. They're just people with scars. And everyone, including us, has their own scars. - Master Kim

There's only on way to decrease your chance of making mistakes. It's to have a lot of firsthand experience. So we're gathering all our medical cases to create a new protocol. And that's what the Oddball Project is all about. - Master Kim

Do you know Koi's Law? Depending on the fish tank or pond they're kept in, the koi grows to be a certain size. People do as well as they're trusted to. They become strong as they're cared for and grow as much as they're acknowledged. - Cha Eun Jae

The law of romantic conservation. Most people know they exist, but believe they don't. Yet they still hope that someone preserves them. Those beautiful values. Living means taking a new path every day. Whether you want it or not, you face the reality that comes to you each day.

We can't get things right all the time, but Master Kim said this, "Don't give up asking why we live and what we live for. The moment you do that, our romance ends as well. Do you get that?"