The WORST episodes of Dr. Romantic
Every episode of Dr. Romantic ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dr. Romantic!
Kim Sabu, who was once considered the best surgeon in Korea, suddenly disappears after the death of a patient. He reappears at Doldam Hospital, a small town hospital, and together with passionate young doctors, treats various patients, delivering comfort and healing to many people.
#1 - How to Put an Elephant into a Fridge?
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2016
After corrupt doctors let his father die, Kang Dong Joo decides to take revenge by entering the medical field himself. As a hospital intern, he meets Doctor Yoon Seo Jung, and the two immediately butt heads.
#2 - The Result of the Hypersecretion of Adrenaline
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2016
Seo Jung wakes up having been cared for by a mysterious doctor. Five years later, Dong Joo, a victim of Geosan's familial hierarchy, is transferred to a strange, middle-of-nowhere hospital.
#3 - Rainmaker
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2020
As Doldam Hospital suffers from a lack of doctors, Kim Sa Bu visits the main hospital to ask to send young doctors to him and runs into CS fellow Cha Eun Jae and GS fellow Seo Woo Jin. Seo Woo Jin is ostracized by other doctors because he had done whistleblowing on other doctors' corruption and malpractice. On the other hand, Cha Eun Jae always takes a tranquilizer before operations due to her operation fright.
#4 - Necessary and Sufficient Condition
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2016
Dong Joo reaches his breaking point at Doldam. Teacher Kim receives an offer that he is disinclined to take on.
#5 - The Manifestation of Humanism
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2016
Teacher Kim is given the choice of saving either Seo Jung or the patient on his operating table, and his dangerous decisions worry the other doctors.
#6 - Undefined Setting Value
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2020
Dr. Kim chooses the extreme method to save Minister Ryu. After Dr. Kim manages to bring Minister Ryu back to life, Park Min Kook starts doubting on Dr. Kim’s real intention and skills. After Park Min Kook announces the Minister’s condition to press, Dr. Kim just doesn’t seem to care. Cha Eun Jae asks Woo Jin to attend the second surgery but he refuses.
#7 - Friday of 13 People
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2016
Dong Joo must work quickly with his new colleagues to save Seo Jung. Later, Dong Joo is left to handle the Friday night ER by himself.
#8 - Unstable Factor
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2016
The Geosan staff invades Doldam without notice. The bickering doctors and nurses must work together when multiple emergency patients come through the door.
#9 - Motivation
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2016
Seo Jung is reunited with a long lost family member. Panic ensues when both Teacher Kim and Dong Joo are away from the hospital during an emergency.
#10 - Mechanism of Accidents
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2020
Kim Sa Bu gets disappointed at Woo Jin and tells him to go back. But Woo Jin asks Kim Sa Bu for one more chance and Kim Sa Bu gives Woo Jin a week of grace period to prove himself. Meanwhile, an important figure comes into the emergency room of Doldam Hospital. Do Yoon Wan, the chairman of the Geosan University Foundation figures out the news and begins to work out his scheme.
#11 - The Boundary of Good
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2016
Seo Jung runs away before learning the results of her psych evaluation. Teacher Kim is prohibited from working, and the ER quickly becomes a madhouse.
#12 - The Boiling Point
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/2016
Dong Joo is faced with a moral dilemma, and he is forced to take a deeper look into himself and what kind of person he's become.
#13 - The Cornered Stone Syndrome
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/2016
Dong Joo feels anxious about his relationship, or lack thereof, with Seo Jung. Another figure from Teacher Kim's past shows up to cause him further trouble.
#14 - Burden of Risk
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/2017
Yeon Hwa is repeatedly berated by In Bum after listening to Dong Joo over him. Director Do gives Teacher Kim a choice between two conditions if he wants to go through with Chairman Shin's surgery.
#15 - Psychological Entropy
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2016
Seo Jung learns she is being sued by the drunk driver whose blood she drew at the scene of the accident. Dong Joo is put in charge of a patient on the run.
#16 - Principle of Relative
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2016
Dong Joo decides to stay at Doldam to learn more about Teacher Kim. A truck accident brings several critically injured bikers to the ER.
#17 - Utilizing Conflict
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/2020
Park Min Kook asks Woo Jin questions about the primary surgery that Kim Sa Bu operated and Woo Jin hesitates to answer them. The director of Doldam Hospital comes back to the hospital and Ah Reum greets him. Eun Jae gets furious on Woo Jin for taking away her opportunity to be in the second operation with Park Min Kook. And Doldam Hospital is on the verge of being sued for malpractice.
#18 - Putting an Elephant in a Fridge II
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2023
Doldam Hospital is confused by the unannounced change in personnel.
#19 - CRUSH
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2016
Seo Jung and Dong Joo happen upon the aftermath of a major traffic accident. The injured victims are brought to Doldam, overflowing the tiny hospital.
#20 - Whether You Want It or Not
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/2017
The fate of Doldam hangs in the balance as everyone waits for Chairman Shin to wake up, if he does at all. Dong Joo receives some unexpected mail.
#21 - Defense Mechanism
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2020
Park Min Guk tries to operate his VIP patient but Dr. Shim strongly goes against him. And Ho Jun is stuck in between them. Woo Jin keeps bothering Park Min Guk and his team with emergency patients and finally gets to operate once again. Woo Jin is taken by the loan sharks and he sees Hyun Jun. Hyun Jun threatens him to sign a contract.
#22 - Doctors and Righteous People
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/10/2017
With multiple critical patients and an insufficent number of surgeons, Dong Joo worries about the past repeating itself.
#23 - A Living Friday Night
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/20/2020
Friday is the busiest day as a lot of patients swarm in Doldam Hospital. Eun Jae still finds it hard to perform surgical operations herself. A girl patient who suffers from drug poisoning because of her father's joint family suicidal attempt reminds Woo Jin of a painful memory from his childhood. And the staff of Doldam Hospital resents after hearing a rumor that there will be a new director.
#24 - The Art of Turmoil
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/2016
Seo Jung hones her skills, hoping to be chosen for Chairman Shin's surgery team. Dong Joo encounters new patients who may have an extremely serious and contagious disease.
#25 - The Line That Should Be Protected...
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/27/2020
Nurse Oh finds out that Director Yeo has lung cancer. A loan shark comes to the hospital and makes a scene to embarrass Woo Jin. Eun Jae feels uncomfortable for causing trouble so she decides to apologize. Doldam hospital gets a call, and Kim Sa Bu and Min Guk fiercely conflict over a patient from prison.