'Dr. Romantic 2' Week 5 sees Kim Sabu and Dr. Park at an accident, showing their real characters, AGAIN
'Dr. Romantic 2' in Week 5 digs into the trauma of two main characters -- Kim Sabu (Han Suk-kyu) and Dr. Park Min Kook (Kim Hoo-hun). The same incident has caused both their trauma and it stems from the different choices that the two doctors made in the time of terror and panic after a bus accident. While one doctor -- Kim Sabu -- decided to save a patient despite dangerous circumstances, the other doctor -- Dr. Park -- decided to save his life before saving those of others. The two choices define the two men and their choices in the past also explain their choices in the present and the parallel between is drawn using another bus accident. Only this time, Dr. Park doesn't run away. He thinks about it, but before he can act on it, Dr. Seo Woo-jin (Ahn Hyo-seop) arrives on the scene with Dr. Cha Eun-jae (Lee Sung-kyung).
So the choice is really taken away from Dr. Park. Even though he does enter the toppled-over bus with the intention of helping patients, he decides to give up on one patient for another on the basis of the probability of which one has higher chances of making it.
Kim Sabu, on the other hand, decides that both the patients must be helped. While one of them might suffer from crush syndrome if the bus is lifted up, another patient will die if he is not transferred to the hospital soon. Dr. Park's decision to give up on one for another is a decision that was made in a calculative manner. Kim Sabu, though, is the same as he ever was. He does everything in his power to save both the victims despite the condition of his arm. It seems as if the accident in the past has had an effect not only on Dr. Park but Kim Sabu as well.
The accident in the present comes with its own set of twists as Dr. Yoon Ah-reum (So Ju-yeon) and Nurse Park Eun-tak (Kim Min-jae) discover a sexual assault victim among the accident patients. The perpetrator dresses like a cop and enters the Doldam Hospital to destroy evidence that Dr. Yun collected with the hospital's rape kit. However, Yun does manage to save the evidence with nurse Eun-tak's help. Dr. Park and Kim Sabu also have a confrontation about what happened in the past and the present. While Dr. Park seems to be stuck in the past accident, he comes to realize that Sabu does not even remember him from the day. Instead, all that Sabu seems to be occupied with right now is his hand, which needs surgery as soon as possible.
He has put it off for as long as possible, but now, he has to come to terms with taking care of his hand or not operating on patients ever. After the hospital staff wraps up working on the hospital patients, just when we think things might be fine, Sabu passes out and with that lives at Doldam Hospital come crashing down too.
'Dr Romantic 2' episodes air on Mondays and Tuesdays at 10 pm on SBS.