

10.056 minSeason 1 • Episode 18
LatestTae-hyun learns who his friends and allies are when people show their true colors. Yeo-jin finally gets her ring.
Operating under the alias Yong-pal, a surgeon gets enmeshed in a dark conspiracy involving a chaebol heiress forcibly put in a medically induced coma.
Acting
Joo Won sells impossible moral swings with desperate charm.
Production
Ludicrously opulent hospital sets that scream 'money is evil'.
Writing
Every episode ends on a cliffhanger—evil, effective storytelling.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Yong-pal' term references illegal doctors serving gangsters, a genuine underground phenomenon in South Korea's healthcare system.
Kim Tae-hee took this role after a five-year hiatus specifically to play against her pure 'nation's first love' image—the coma patient's awakening scene was her deliberate career pivot.