Doutor Estrangeiro (2014)

For some, this drama may have not lived up to all their expectations, but it certainly lived up to mine. And I love rewatching scenes from this drama. This drama is so good I am trying to force my family to watch it. It may be a little difficult since they don't like medical dramas though.

First, I want to talk about what this story was to me and why I love it so much! This drama may have been played off as a medical drama, but, to me the medical stuff was only a backdrop for the real heartwarming story! This story was about a Romance that never died, even if Song Jae-Hee had died, I am convinced that Park Hoon would have never loved anyone his entire life. She was the only girl for him, and I loved that! I can't help it, a guy loving a girl no matter what whether she is dead or alive is my kryponite. This is why I loved this drama so much, the love spoke to me. To me, I can always get behind a romance if the guy is head over heels for a girl. The Heartbeat Couple withstood all the obstacles thrown in their way and got together. There were so many things trying to stop them from ending up together, other people who fell for Park Hoon, and also North and South Korean leaders.


I heard that this drama was based on a book, and believe me I wish to read that book. Although, I heard that the ending wasn't as good for our Heartbeat couple as this ending was.

Second, I wish to talk about the Cast/Acting. I loved it, all the actors played their parts well and I loved really believed that they were made for these parts. I can't really see any other actors playing these characters. Lee Jong Suk and Jin Se-Yun of course as our Heatbeat couple stand out! Also, just to let you know there are some really good kiss scenes in this drama! (I guess that is to be expected though, it is Lee Jong Suk after all.).

Lastly, I want to talk about the music in this drama and the rewatch value. The music still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it because I can see the tragedy of our Heartbeat couple so clearly playing out before they got a happy ending. For the rewatch value, although, parts of this drama were clearly about medical operations and surgery, I would not rewatch those parts because I like my family am not into medical dramas. I prefer romance, friendship, action, and family over medical. But, I would rewatch the romance and the funny scenes. They were the core of this drama to me.


Anyway, despite all the other reviews you read, I suggest you give this drama a try, because you might find that you love this drama like I did when everyone else gave it a bad review. I say it is well worth the time.

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okay i was disappointed but content since this is the only drama yet where i cared less about who he ended up with and more about them all being alive at the end, this is one of the few dramas where it was unclear who he will end up with. atleast for me it was. despite it being tragic, dark and mysterious it had comedy therefore you were always laughing yet saying "oh oh now what!!", i loved park hoon's character sad but always smiling,i am going to miss it. lee Jung suk is an amazing actor, oh and kang so ra was amazing too, the whole cast was anyway. overall it was SUPERB!!

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The first ever drama that makes me so confused and frustrated over the loveline - HoonHee or HoonHyun. No offence to HoonHyun shippers, but I am actually glad that Hoon still ended up with Jae Hee. This shows how faithful Hoon is to his woman he has ever loved, regardless if Jaehee has changed, because she is still the Jaehee he knew deep in his heart. If he ended up with Soohyun, he might not love her wholeheartedly, or rather, as much as he used to love Jaehee before.
I was actually expecting a stable and exciting romance plot in this drama, but sadly the writer just disappoints me because of the confusing loveline (I guess the writer got confused too). But what interests me after that was the competition between Hoon and Jaejoon. It wasn't just a competition, but a competition to show if they really live up to the morals of being a doctor.
The only touching scene that still lingers in my mind until now was the surgery of a woman due to a medical error done by Myungwoo Hospital. I wasn't expecting Jaejoon to give up on the director position and his revenge just because of the surgery and importantly, to live up the morals of a doctor. I can say that this is the first medical drama that makes me respect the doctors in the show very much.
Even though I have finished the drama, I was still quite confused about relationship between Premier Jang and North Korea. Probably I wasn't good in political stuffs.
Overall, the drama is good in terms of acting, especially Lee Jongsuk. However, I won't compliment on the story plot as it frustrates me halfway through the drama. If you are someone who loves romance genre dramas, I will suggest you to drop the drama.

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Would have been on my list of best Kdramas of the year IF Lee Jong Suk and Kang So Ra had ended up together.. but no.. The writer fooled us in to thinking they still have a chance right until the last episode Lol.

The story wasn't bad. the acting was good. Just got a bit confusing in the middle because it didn't make sense.. they could have gone in to more detail with the other characters backgrounds but overall I enjoyed this drama a lot. I didn't see any point of Sistar's Bora being in it since she was only in it for like 10 minutes in the whole drama.

I didn't like the ending, and I'm sure a lot of you wont but it's a fun watch, would definitely recommend it.

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Hello everyone.

After the first episodes I thought the story was pretty cool for its intensity and definitely promising, but after a while it was perfectly clear they had no idea how to put it together in a coherent way. A lot of things in this drama made no sense at all, like the President´s behavior when he found out what was going on and how easily he ignored the whole situation, almost like building up people´s expectations and leading them to nothing.

Another flaw in this drama was the fact that only Lee jong Suk's character developed while the rest of the cast pretty much stayed the same, even though this drama is characterized by putting its characters through hardships that should've instigated even the slightest change in their personality.

Despite acknowleging the hard life the main characters had since a very young age, I didn't want Han Seung Hee to end the way she did because Jin Se Yeon's acting made her look fake, cynical and unpleasant, making her seem completely out of place. The whole drama involving her identity didn't help either, because while it was interesting and intriguing in the begining, it became a neverending boring drama that only confused the audience.

Honestly the last episodes were lame and full of unrealistic situations. The poorly done ending showered with this drama's characteristic predictability made me question my friend's sugestion to watch this drama. This time not even Lee Jong Suk´s outstanding acting could save him from this drama, that just like his hair, was a mess.

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AMAZING cast/characters!!!!! Lee Jongsuk is extremely talented and I've loved every single moment I've seen with him. Also, Bora from Sistar is a supporting character and she was superb. The general idea for the story was great, but when it came to the detail and drawn out storyline, I was very unimpressed. I saw it about a year ago and I barely remember anything that was actually relevant to the story. The ending was horrible and disappointing. I would recommend watching for those who like the actors, because they do a great job! The idea was pretty good, but the main male and female didn't have as much chemistry as you'd think and LJS had much better chemistry with the supporting roles (to the point that I hoped he would end up with one of them).

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What was that???

I would give 9-10 point to the first two episodes. They were awesome, refreshingly realistic for me. The story was interesting. But after that charm has totally gone...

The story has become absurd after first two episodes. And they show it so slowly and boring as if the creators just don't know what to put there to fill all 20 episodes. That feeling when the creators are forced to make something but have a writer's block (crisis). I couldn't watch full 20 episodes, I skipped many scenes. I just scroll though the series to understand how the story goes. Most of the scenes seem mess, waste and lack of common sense.

And are Koreans really so mean and jerks to each other?! I hope that's so just in the drama.

Well, the drama has a lot of flaws. I think the creators would think better about a good impression for viewers, and less about the money they make form it.

I don't think Lee Jong Suk's acting is good. I still could feel that he is pretending. He is just so much handsome! Well, I could enjoy at least seeing that handsome guy though the drama.

I gave 3 point only for the awesome first two episodes. Only 3 - because other eps really lacks for me.

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Pense num drama que eu amei desde o primeiro episódio... Sofri junto com o Hoon e me apeguei ao drama de uma maneira que já estou sentindo falta dele. Jae Hee foi uma personagem que amei e odiei ao mesmo tempo. Amei a coragem dela para enfrentar tudo pelo Hoon, odiei a forma como ela fez o Hoon chorar... rsrs Dra. Oh ou Quack tinha suas metas em primeiro plano, foi bom ver como a chegada do Hoon e amizade dos dois, foi mudando ela aos poucos. Eu gostei do Jae Joon, ele tinha seus próprios planos em mente e uma vingança que esperava cumprir, mas ninguém pode dizer que ele ñ amava realmente a Quack. [SPOILER] Por que consolar a mulher que ele ama que chora por outro não é pra qualquer um, certo? [] Pra falar a verdade, é difícil apontar um personagem que eu ñ tenha gostado, desde as cenas hilárias entre Chi Gyu e a Chang Yi... [SPOILER] Eu realmente torci por este casal... rsrs Quantos garrafões de água ele não levou na cabeça... Se bem que esse "pervetido" mereceu, né?[] Também tinha as cenas divertidas entre o Hoon e o Dr. Moon, esses dois faziam uma dupla e tanto. E mesmo os antagonistas, ah, esses eu tive verdadeiro ódio e desprezo: o vingativo, Jin Soo, o manipulador primeiro ministro Jang Seok Joo e aquele diretor do hospital, Oh Joon Gyu. Vou dizer, os antagonistas me fez odiá-los com muita facilidade... rsrs Torci para a morte de todos eles. rsrs

E temos o final, bem, muito do final eu imaginei que poderia acontecer, e meus últimos pensamentos imaginando tudo foi justamente com [SPOILER] a cena "deja vu" da ponte. Pensei que seria inteligente fazer uma retomada da coisa.. E fiquei feliz em vez que a cena realmente aconteceu... Mas ñ gostei da maneira como ela acabou sendo realizada. Porque na minha opinião, a cena que deveria ter um Q a mais, ficou meio perdida, até um pouco sem vida... os fatos que levaram a ela acontecer, pareciam desconexos... E acabei não gostando do ponto final. [] Tiveram várias outras cenas que eu considero que faltou algo a mais [SPOILER] (como quando a Quack descobre que o Hoon está vivo... OI? Só uns tapinhas e pronto? Acho que faltou mais emoção na cena!)[] Entretanto, o drama foi tenso, fofo, bem conduzido, pecou em alguns momentos, mas não deixou de ser ótimo por isso... Sinceramente, vou sentir falta de "morrer" na expectativa dos próximos episódios... rsrs

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i began this drama without any expectations
the reviews were between supporter and opposer

so i decided to watch it myself and i wished i didn't :(

first of all i prepared myself for such a bad epilogue as usual in KD's
but this exceeded all my expectations

very very very very veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrry annoying and bad end
the end was too rush after annoying us with many unnecessary details

the main FL she is extremely bad actress since i watched her in (high end cruch)
and still bad as she was
extremely dead face expression

starting from ep 17 the drama goes down the hill
illogical events
some main characters disappeared without any logical reasons
i saw that end was completely unfair for park hae jin
he has been wronged
his end annoyed me so much i saw it was really unfair for him
and after all what he went through he had to apologize for whom who ruined his life
and lost his love


they annoyed us with repeated scenes
like the two main leads had been shot tons of times and fell from the bridge
same scene many times just different places
and got towards the end they didn't say anything about the others and what happened to them just passed quickly through their news

and this stupid time jump
they didn't explain the reason behind
and suddenly they made us saw kang so ra holding park hae jin hand
really?????
as if he was just a spare man for her
while she even didn't try to search for him for a whole year
but suddenly she decided to get back to him although she still loves lee jong suk

totally nonsense
MEH :\

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