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The show asks a tough question: Is a doctor’s job to save a patient, even if that patient is a monster? Park Hoon is forced to operate on the man who ruined his life. Watching him wrestle with the Hippocratic Oath versus personal revenge is the show’s dramatic backbone. The Elephant in the Room: The Love Triangle (Square?) I have to address it. The romance is… messy. Without spoilers, the show introduces a doppelgänger plot that confuses viewers to this day. Is she Song Jae-hee? Is she an imposter? The show keeps you guessing for so long that it eventually gives you whiplash.

8/10. Watch it for the surgery, stay for the tears, and forgive the plot holes. Your heart will race. Doctor Stranger

If you were a K-drama fan in 2014, you couldn’t escape the hype. Lee Jong-suk, fresh off I Can Hear Your Voice , was back—but he wasn’t playing the usual lovable genius. In Doctor Stranger , he stepped into the role of Park Hoon, a prodigy surgeon with a tragic past, a chip on his shoulder, and a scalpel so sharp it could cut through the screen. The show asks a tough question: Is a