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She's ready.

Okay, I'll be right there.

Her vitals are suddenly dropping.

She's bleeding near the liver.

Gauze. Pack with gauze.

-Dr. Kim, what about her? -Wait!

We can't maintain her BP. You must start right away!

Dr. Kim.

Glue the lower portion and give her a transfusion.

Okay. Glue!

-Dr. Kim. -I can't leave this OR right now.

Then what...

Si-on.

You operate.

-What? -Go and get ready!

How... How could I...

If you don't start in five minutes, she'll die!

-Suction. -Suction.

I can't do it. I'm a first-year resident.

This is an emergency. It's like a war zone!

Who cares about your rank? We have to save her!

You're the only one who can operate on her.

It'll be too late by the time someone else comes.

You have three minutes left.

Si-on!

Hurry!

I'll do it.

If you're okay here, I'll assist Dr. Park.

-Okay, go. Quickly. -Okay.

Please start.

Doctor?

We need more people.

-Please see if Dr. Cha can spare anyone. -Okay.

Dr. Park, let's start.

Scalpel.

Si-on is leading surgery in the OR next to us.

-Dr. Park? -Yes.

There was no one else, so Dr. Kim ordered it.

They asked for an assistant if you could spare one.

-Then you go. -Okay.

The bleeding stopped.

Vitals?

They're stabilizing.

Her BP isn't going up, even with the transfusion.

Is she still bleeding a lot?

Yes, I haven't located the splenic artery yet.

Gauze.

It's bleeding a lot here.

Focus. The source of bleeding!

We suctioned 1,000 ccs of blood already!

Please hurry!

I'm here. Suction.

Dr. Park.

Please hurry.

Below... Below the spleen.

Don't be nervous.

BP's dropping.

More fluids!

Right angle, please.

I'll extract the spleen now.

I can't see.

Si-on.

No one made you change like this.

You accomplished it yourself.

So have more faith in yourself.

Okay?

To overcome yourself, you must withstand the worst situations.

If you keep this up,

you're not a surgeon who fixes people with a scalpel,

but a murderer with a knife.

I'll carefully approach the splenic hilum.

Vascular clamp.

Long forceps.

Right angle.

Suture.

Tie.

Splenic artery ligated.

I'll ligate the splenic vein.

-Suction. -Suction.

-It's done. Dr. Joo, finish up. -Yes, sir.

-Suction. -Suction.

Metzenbaum.

Extraction completed. Vitals.

Her vitals are stabilizing.

-Great job, Dr. Park. -Great job.

Great work.

It went well, Dr. Cha.

I did it.

I am...

so proud of you.

Good job, Si-on.

You won't need me anymore.

Sir.

Yun-jeong's surgery went well.

She's fine now.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

When she's all better, she can pick you up again.

She'll be healthy.

Why couldn't you stop the bleeding quickly?

You practiced during the virtual operations.

It took longer than expected to find the source of bleeding.

You need to be faster.

You may lose time to address other variables.

Yes, sir.

Unless an emergency like today arises,

you won't get to lead again for five years,

until you're a second-year fellow.

I'll tell you now, what I'd say in five years.

Congratulations on your first lead.

If you boast just because you've led once, you're dead.

Got it?

Yes, sir.

Hey! It's Dr. Park!

-Flip him! -Flip him!

Drum roll!

Make sure you're free tonight.

Let's have a team dinner.

Chairman Jung.

You're exactly the same as you were 15 years ago.

It's not like that this time.

I'm trying to invest officially.

And yet you become a creditor

and oppress us through our loans?

Sungwon Foundation is mostly insolvent.

-We saved you. -Be quiet.

How dare you mock us?

We won't permit an acquisition like this.

You're in no position to say what you want.

We'll keep all of Sungwon's employees,

including you, the director.

We'll increase investments in general

and build a Pediatric Surgery Center. That's my proposal.

Isn't that great?

And for my final condition,

you just need to step down a chairman.

I'll just watch from behind

and appoint a smart, young chairman.

And what if we refuse?

Plenty of companies want Sungwon.

I'm a businessman. I'll just sell it for a profit.

Then the acquiring company

will probably completely ruin it.

My husband died because of you.

Why would I listen to you?

So if you don't want such a tragedy again,

think long and hard about this.

What?

What did you just say?

You have one month.

Please take care of everything by then.

But

now that I was able to tell you,

I feel better.

I'm sad,

but I feel better now.

What now?

What do you mean?

You should never play poker.

You can't hide your emotions.

Talk. I have no time. What's wrong?

It's Si-on.

I think

it was wrong of me...

to treat him like a child.

You couldn't help it.

He was like a child when he first came.

At first, yes.

But...

I must've thought he'd stay that way.

Unknowingly.

Because people with a handicap like his usually do.

I was short-sighted.

Si-on's an adult with feelings, too.

So?

Is that why you're upset?

I'm upset

and I feel bad.

Did he say something?

No, that's not it.

But as his self-respect grew,

I think I must have hurt his feelings somehow.

True.

That's totally understandable.

But if you hadn't looked out for him so much,

he wouldn't be where he is now.

Your affections for Si-on

changed him.

So just follow Si-on's lead

and change accordingly.

It's not a big deal.

I think he'll do well on his own now.

I don't need to watch over him anymore.

Right.

We're having a team dinner. Where should we go?

I want to rest tonight. Go without me.

You? Miss a team dinner?

It can happen.

Congratulations.

You'll be the chairman in a month.

I guess I'll be your employee then.

Since I'll be the deputy director again.

It was unnecessary

to drag Dr. Kim Do-han into such a dirty business deal.

I didn't drag him in. I offered a partnership.

I heard you wanted to use Dr. Park Si-on for publicity.

Not use, but utilize.

It's for his future.

It's not right to do that

to Dr. Park Si-on.

Didn't you use Chairman Jung as well?

To take back the foundation from your stepmom.

We'll be working together for a while, so let's let bygones

be bygones.

That hospital said to leave?

They say there's nothing more they can do.

There are no other surgeries.

Go to Boston for now. I'll be there next month.

What if they tell us to leave too?

Just go first.

It's too hard on Jun-yeong.

We'll just go back to Korea.

Coming back here won't solve anything. I told you that.

-Cheers! -Cheers!

-Great work today. -You too.

Dr. Han, congratulations on your first lead.

Thank you!

Great teamwork today. You handled it well, too.

But it feels like something is missing without Dr. Cha.

I know, she's Sungwon's QTD.

What's QTD?

Queen of Team Dinners! QTD! That's what we call her.

Isn't Dr. Cha's nickname was HB?

How do you know that?

-What's HB? -HB?

What does HB stand for? What is that?

Well, so...

I don't know which heaven, but...

Don't say it.

It's "Heavenly Body."

But to clarify...

she gave herself that nickname.

Great work today!

-Great work. -Great work!

Cheers!

It feels like something's in my ear.

Did you go see your dad yet?

Not yet.

You didn't, or you couldn't?

You hate being insulted and embarrassed now, right?

Yes.

Do you know what's really insulting and embarrassing?

Lacking skills?

Not making money?

No.

Fearing something

you feared once forever.

That applies to doctors and to life in general.

Many people mistake courage

as an absence of fear.

Isn't that

real courage?

No.

Courage is not the absence of fear,

but continuing on even when you're afraid.

How was the team dinner last night?

Good. Dr. Kim bought us beef.

He went all out.

Did anything fun happen?

Not really.

I'll go into the OR first.

Chairman Jung?

Isn't he the chairman of the West Hamison Fund?

So you know.

I heard he was an M&A and investment specialist

for American hospitals pharmaceutical companies.

But...

that's not what's important.

It's his relationship with the late chairman.

The late chairman?

Yes, about 15 years ago,

when Chairman Jung was the regional head of Southeast Asia,

he tried everything to acquire our foundation and hospital.

He was much more aggressive then.

The late chairman

struggled to block the takeover.

He succeeded in that respect,

but he developed liver cancer shortly thereafter.

Chairman Jung seems to have a new foundation chairman in mind.

Someone young and capable.

Does Chae-gyeong

know about Chairman Jung?

No, Ms. Lee and I

didn't tell her anything

in case it ends up hurting her.

I'm the one who made the sponsors withdraw.

It was the first step to push Ms. Lee out.

-You-- -Yes.

I'm going to become the chairman.

How are you different from Mr. Kang?

At least he's on that side. What are you?

What are you doing against your own family?

Will you please stop saying, "family"?

I decide who my family is.

Fine, that's up to you.

But stop working with Chairman Jung.

The deal is already done. It's too late.

Do you know what kind of a person Chairman Jung is?

Better than you do.

How did you meet him?

-Must I explain all that? -Tell me now.

I was introduced to him. He's close to my late father's friend.

How could you trust him enough to make a deal with him?

He's the only person

who'd listened to me.

What made me suffer

or why I was upset for so long...

No one else cared.

Everyone

just assumed I'd get past it on my own.

So did you.

I can't get past it.

I'm not as strong as everyone thinks.

All that times you spent alone...

You should've shared some of that with me.

I'm like a delinquent blaming the teacher.

Chae-gyeong.

Listen carefully.

-Yun-seo. -Yeah?

You've been a little out of it lately.

I have?

I have not.

I've been behaving. Don't I look sophisticated?

You don't have to look sophisticated,

so yell a little.

You don't seem to be taking care of Si-on anymore.

He's doing fine. He doesn't need me to.

Although his dad's around,

he isn't exactly Si-on's family.

He may get hurt

over other things, too.

Dr. Han.

Worry about yourself.

Now you see what kind of a person Chairman Jung is.

You teamed up with the man who drove your dad into an early grave.

Yun-jeong, does it hurt a lot?

It feels better than last night.

Thank you, doctor.

Thanks to you,

I can take my dad around.

Without me, it's hard for my dad

to even cross the street.

Sure.

You're such a good girl.

Is your dad healthy?

No.

He's very sick.

Oh, no.

The sicker he is,

the more you should love him.

How do I do that?

Like me today.

Like you today?

With the feeling...

that if I die, I'll never see Dad again.

The cancer has metastasized all over the body.

-Do you know how to read this? -Yes.

It's too late.

Chemotherapy will be useless.

We can only give him painkillers to minimize the pain.

Does he know?

Yes, he was tested half a year ago.

But he doesn't know it's this bad.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but continuing on even when you're afraid.

That hurts!

How big is the needle? Why does it hurt so much?

It's all done.

That hurts. Why does it hurt so much?

You brat. You finally showed up.

You weakling, fainting like that.

Get over here!

Son.

Did you hear that I'm ill?

So obviously,

my doctor son must heal me, right?

Answer me!

I... I... I'm not an otolaryngologist.

I can't heal you.

You're no doctor.

You're only here because the director took you in.

By the way, do you get paid?

Yes.

You do?

Then you pay for my treatment and nurse me to health.

I gave life to you and raised you, after all.

Right?

Yes, or no?

Yes.

Good. That's a good boy.

My son is so kind and smart.

Why does my throat hurt so much?

It's getting worse.

I waited a month to get Dr. Kim Do-han to see her.

That's not bad at all.

We had to wait two months for our baby.

What on earth?

What are you doing?

Hello.

You're just a first-year resident,

and you're slacking off already?

Is your father

a good father?

What are you babbling about now?

There are many things to be envious of in this world.

And the number increases every day.

I wish my dad

would be proud of me.

Even if everyone else looks down on me,

I wish my dad would be proud of me.

And I wish

I could be proud of my dad, too.

Are you having problems with your dad?

No.

I'll get going.

Hey.

Yes?

Get something to eat.

It's okay. I have money.

Just take it, you punk.

Thank you.

He's acting weird today.

How about here?

No.

-Does it hurt anywhere else? -No.

I'm perfectly fine.

Hello.

Hello, are you Dong-jin's mother?

Yes, it's great to finally meet you.

I run a shop in Jeju, so I couldn't come.

I know.

Your sister has been of great help.

So he can leave two days from today?

Yes. The wound healed and everything's fine.

Thank you.

You want to go home, right?

Yes, I want to go and be with my mom every day.

You're so lucky. I want to go home too.

I hate being here.

I'm so sick and tired of it.

What do you want to do when you leave?

I just want to be with Mom

every single day.

I want to see Dad,

and my sister.

Once I get out, I'll have pork ribs and soda.

I can eat ten servings.

-That's so you. -Piggy.

What's wrong?

I think I have indigestion from what I ate this morning.

Is someone in there?

Hi, Dong-jin.

Did you throw up? I thought I heard something.

No, something got stuck in my throat.

I was just coughing.

Hello.

What did you want to talk about?

Si-on.

I'm...

your mom.

I'm your mom.

I'm sorry, Si-on,

for not telling you sooner.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

My son.

I'm sorry, Si-on.

I'll come and get you later.

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

I hate you.

Si-on.

You took off and just left a letter.

You abandoned me.

Si-on, I--

You were bad. You were bad, just like Dad.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I...

don't need a mom.

-Do you need anything? -No.

You're out of fluids.

-I'll go to the nurses' station. -Okay.

She got a new wallet.

NA HUI-RA

This is her cell phone number, but...

"Na Hui-ra"?

Yes, I understand.

I'll look for him.

Okay.

Dr. Park.

Yes? What is it?

I heard you met your mom.

Yes, I did.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

But...

I don't want to see her.

Why not?

You missed your mom.

I did. But...

I realized she didn't love me.

When I saw my dad,

I remembered him hitting me.

When I saw my mom, I remembered being alone

because she abandoned me.

I resented my mom a lot then.

I know.

I understand how you feel,

but listen to her side of the story.

No.

You don't have to concern yourself with it.

Are you heading home?

Yes.

Have a good night.

Si-on.

You can be honest with me.

You're upset because of your mom, right?

I am not.

If you're having a hard time, let me know.

If I have a hard time,

I'll talk to Dr. Kim Do-han.

I love you too.

Very much.

As a colleague

and as a little brother.

That's love, too.

-I'm serious. -That's ridiculous.

I saw. This isn't it.

-I'm serious. -Stop lying. I saw it myself.

Why won't you believe me?

Hey, kid. What are you doing here?

This is no place for kids, so get out.

Get going!

-Go. -Let go of me!

-I said to leave. -Let go of me!

This is a convenience store? And what are you wearing?

How did you find out?

How long were you going to keep it a secret?

Did Dr. Han tell you?

Dr. Han knew?

I saw the business cards in your wallet.

Quit it, right now!

I won't use money you make from pouring drinks!

In-hae.

What is this garbage?

What is this?

In-hae!

In-hae!

Where did you go at this hour?

What is it? Is something wrong?

-Why didn't you tell me? -What?

Where my sister works.

Oh...

-That... -You're the worst.

In-hae!

-Dong-jin! -Dong-jin!

-Are you okay? -Wake up!

Hey!

-Hey! Wake up! -Get up!

Hey!

He's supposed to leave tomorrow. What's wrong with him?

Dong-jin. Dong-jin? Wake up!

What's wrong?

He vomited bile ten minutes ago, complained of pain

and is unconscious now.

Get a blood test and a CT.

-Yes, sir. -What's wrong with him?

We won't know until the results are out.

It's small bowel obstruction.

It conglutinated post pancreatic pseudocyst surgery.

The area is small,

but there's significant necrosis.

He should've been in pain for at least a week now.

No, he didn't show any pain even yesterday.

Dr. Park, prepare an OR.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

It's not as critical a mistake as you think.

Small bowel obstructions are commonly discovered later.

And if we operate now, there won't be a problem.

This is all my fault.

If we had discharged him, it could've been dangerous.

And it hurt your reputation,

since you operated on him.

Stop babbling and come in.

Let's go.

Gauze.

Suction.

Dong-jin.

You really didn't feel any pain?

Tell me.

It hurt a lot.

I kept throwing up, too.

Then why didn't you say anything?

I didn't want to stay in the hospital.

If I said I was in pain, I would have had to stay.

I couldn't go home.

I wanted to go home

and be with mom, dad, and sister.

If you were in that much pain,

you should have told me.

I'm sorry.

Did you tell Mom that you lied

about not being in pain?

No.

Doc. Please keep it a secret.

Mom will get mad at me.

Please, Doc?

I'm very sorry.

How could you do this?

What if this happened after I took him home?

I won't let this slide.

If I keep quiet, this may happen again.

For the sake of the other kids,

doctors like you need to learn a lesson.

His mom seems very upset.

I have no excuse.

Don't worry too much.

It's not malpractice. It was a small mistake.

I'll take care of it.

I know I can make mistakes.

Some mistakes are unavoidable.

But this time,

I lost focus as a doctor,

and put Dong-jin in danger.

You lost focus?

The great Cha Yun-seo?

I guess it's possible.

I hope Dr. Cha is okay.

I know.

Dong-jin's mom seemed really angry, threatening to call reporters, too.

It's understandable. It's her son after all.

But I'm so worried about Dr. Cha.

-Look! -What is it?

Look over there.

Why is he bowing to her so much?

Did he do something again?

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Ma'am.

Is Dr. Kim Do-han in?

Yes? How may I help you?

What should I do?

I understand you care about your junior doctors,

but this isn't right.

What do you mean?

I heard it was this resident's error.

He said he knew Dong-jin was sick

but he forgot to report it to you.

Yesterday, at the restroom,

I saw Dong-jin vomit bile.

I should've reported to Dr. Cha,

but I forgot.

It's my fault. I'll take responsibility.

That's why Dr. Cha couldn't diagnose it.

-Dr. Park, this is-- -It wasn't your fault.

It's my responsibility.

I talked to the other moms

and they say he works very hard.

And I don't want to ruin a young doctor's career.

I'm still upset,

but I won't take this any further.

Please treat Dong-jin well for the remainder of his time here.

What's your problem?

This was my fault!

No, it was my fault.

You thought this would make me happy?

You're making me look like a fool!

I'm not making you look like a fool. That's not it.

Then what was it?

Were you sacrificing yourself for me?

Sacrifice?

I don't know things like that.

Fine.

I know you're doing this for me. I know that too well.

That upsets me even more.

Why should you...

It's harder for you.

It's not hard for me.

Si-on.

Think of yourself before you think of me.

I can make a mistake, but you can't.

What you did today

wasn't for either one of us.

I understand you did that for Dr. Cha.

But you shouldn't take responsibility so recklessly.

Especially for something you didn't do.

That's not true.

Dr. Choi once told me,

one must take responsibility

even for things one didn't do.

Why would you do that?

I thought it would comfort her.

-Comfort? -Yes.

I've always been comforted and taken care of.

So I was very grateful.

I wanted to comfort and take care of others,

but I couldn't.

So I really wanted to do it once I became smarter

and accepted.

Dr. Cha didn't seem to appreciate it.

Comfort her for real.

Nothing so grand. Genuinely comfort her.

Comfort her simply and warmly, as people did for you.

Is something wrong?

No.

I drink alone all the time.

Not while looking so defeated.

Eat something, too. You'll get sick.

Why are you standing here?

I'm... just here.

Why?

I was worried you'd be upset.

That's why I'm standing here.

I was wrong.

I'm sorry for upsetting you.

But...

that was all I could do.

I don't want you to be hurt.

It's worse than me being hurt.

Si-on.

You feel that way because you like me,

but there's nothing I can do for you,

but say thank you.

You don't have to do

anything for me.

What I did today

has nothing to do with liking you.

It's just...

I wanted to comfort you.

Sincerely.

I stayed away,

so you wouldn't be uncomfortable.

But today,

I couldn't do that.

Please...

don't be so hard on yourself.

What happened

to Dong-jin wasn't your fault.

Stop doing this.

I'm having a hard time

with everything as it is. Don't add to it--