Original subtitles

You try to persuade me that we should do everything together.

Then, why can't you give up your habit?

Do you think that's love?

That's just burdening each other.

I don't have interest in such love.

True love helps you realize your true self.

She woke something up in me that I didn't know existed.

I had no idea I was this kind of man.

Hello.

Hello.

I'm hanging up if you're not going to speak.

It's from the hospital.

INCOMING CALL

Say something if you called.

Hello.

Hye-jeong.

It's President Jin, isn't it?

-Do you know me? -Of course, I do.

You're President Jin of Gukil Medical Center.

I didn't think you'd call.

OPERATION RECORD

What does she have to do with Hong Ji-hong?

DISCIPLINARY ACTION REQUEST

A disciplinary action request?

Yes, the auditing team asked for it.

Yoo Hye-jeong of Neurosurgery?

She took a bribe for compensation?

What did she take?

She seems to have taken a car from a patient.

I thought she accepted something outrageous. That's nothing.

That's what I said,

-but the informant is... -Who was it?

It's Dr. Jin Seo-u.

Gosh.

-Wait a second. -Hurry!

Why isn't she answering?

Why do you still have all these patients here? Where's Dr. Cho?

She's supposed to be here, but she isn't answering her phone.

-I came without answering my phone. -I'm sorry.

-Where's the patient? -Over there.

I'm here. You'll be okay now.

What happened?

I got hit by a car.

Where does it hurt the most?

My stomach hurts the most.

Let me take a look.

I think it's a contusion. Do a CT scan.

Okay, got it.

-Please save her! -Calm down.

I'll die without her!

I told you to calm down.

How can you say that? I can't live without her.

You have to calm down. She'll be okay.

Hurry up, hurry up.

Please hurry!

We have patients streaming in today.

You can't go in there.

I have to be next to my wife.

-I have to be with her. -Please calm down.

Can you tell me what happened to your wife?

I heard that she rolled down the stairs at work.

I think she lost her footing.

Was she unconscious since then?

I'll be right next to you, honey.

Don't worry. I'll be right here with you.

Honey.

-Oh, no. -Please calm down.

I'll just look at her.

What should I do?

I think she's really hurt.

Let me see her...

-When did you get here? -I must have woken you up.

I bought the dumplings that you like from Hongeun-dong.

We used to order them all the time when I was in high school.

Get back to work.

Don't worry about me.

How can I not when I'm worried? Would you like some?

-I'm sorry. -For what?

I call myself your father,

but you grew up on your own.

I relied on you more than you did on me.

When we first met,

you told me that I acted like a high schooler.

You were immature when you were with me,

while you were strict with everyone else.

I'm sorry.

Why would you say that?

I think this is the first time in my life that I rested on a bed like this.

I'd like to see you...

get married before I die.

You'll see your grandchildren too.

I'd really like that.

What's wrong with you today?

I don't know.

It must be the female hormones that are making me cry.

Come on.

I don't normally do things like this because it makes me cringe, but...

I always loved having you

as my father and I still love it.

I loved it too.

In-ju.

-How's your first day of work? -What do you think?

I'm sorry. That was too obvious.

I heard that Chairman Hong had surgery. Why didn't you tell me?

You told me not to bother you until you started work.

Let's get a drink later with Ji-hong.

Sounds good.

I'm going to go see Chairman Hong first.

I feel so bad.

Ji-hong was just here.

Your blood pressure is normal.

Do you feel any pain in your head?

No, it's fine.

What is it on a scale from one to ten?

You're definitely a neurosurgeon. You're very meticulous.

This is interesting. It's what I used to ask my patients.

It's a three.

-That's fine then. -Yes.

Chairman Hong, it's In-ju.

Hi, In-ju.

It must be your first day.

Yes, it is.

You shouldn't do this. Who cares if you were the best surgeon?

You didn't even take care of your own health.

Stop that. Ji-hong scolded me enough.

Meet Dr. Yoo Hye-jeong.

She's a fellow at the Neurosurgery Department.

-Hi. -You've grown a lot.

You look good.

We've met before.

NEUROSURGERY, CHOI GANG-SU

Take it, and you can leave.

A doctor's top priority should be the patients.

Yes, sir.

I should've come earlier.

-I was busy with life. -And you should be.

You should be busy when you're young.

There's too much bleeding from the liver injury.

Okay.

A 30-year-old female patient rolled down stairs and was brought here.

Her CT scan shows a fracture in her calvaria

and an epidural hemorrhage three times her bone width.

I suspect a damaged superior sagittal sinus.

Her pupils are normal, but her limbs don't show a motor response.

She lost too much blood due to her liver injury,

so, a general surgeon is coming right away.

Stairs? Does she live in a two-story house?

I don't know.

What stairs did she fall down from?

He's the patient's husband.

Hello.

Doctor.

It's all my fault.

I shouldn't have let her go to work.

Did she fall down the stairs at work?

-Yes. -We took a CT.

I'll explain the results soon. Bear with us for a while.

Sure.

Ms. Cho.

Shall I call Professor Hong?

Yes, and arrange an operating room.

Okay.

We need to do an emergency operation.

Isn't it same for you since your patient's bleeding badly too?

Call your doctor because we need to decide who goes first.

Yes, Doctor.

And the vitals?

When she came in, BP was 90 over 60, and pulse was 95.

She came into the ER.

An abdominal CT shows a grade three liver damage,

but there's an active bleeding.

I think she needs emergency surgery.

Okay, I'm coming.

CHO SU-JI

What's her history?

There was nothing noteworthy.

Book an OR and call Anesthesiology.

I already did.

-Good. -General Surgery's joining us.

We have to consult their doctor.

Her liver is bleeding heavily, so, you have to decide

who should operate first.

Very well. I get it.

Can't you even notify me?

Can't you speak straight?

Why didn't you tell me that she'd hurt her head too?

I'm sorry.

In-ju!

I heard that you'd be joining us. When did you start?

Today. Let's have a drink with Pa-ran later.

We meet again.

I'll leave you to it and prepare for surgery.

She doesn't look so happy.

Are you dating?

No, don't answer that.

I don't want to know yet.

You still ask and answer questions by yourself.

As if I'd change.

What should we do?

We'll go first. The bleeding is critical.

Where is it?

The superior sagittal sinus.

We need to rush as well, so, wrap it up in two hours.

Two hours? Sounds good.

Set things up after they're done, and call me.

Yes, Doctor.

CHO SU-JI

Professor Hong, this is the patient's guardian.

Hello. Please have a look.

The white parts here are all bleeding.

It's pressuring the brain.

If we don't operate now,

she may have permanent brain damage.

Can you get rid of all the blood with the surgery?

Yes. That doctor will explain the rest to you.

Come with me.

I'll explain the surgery and the details of the consent form.

What are you doing here?

Honey.

Honey.

You know that, right?

You can never leave me.

Even if you die...

Even if you die, you're still mine.

Don't you ever say that you want to leave me again.

Okay?

You can hear me, right?

Right?

You can't come in here.

I just...

wanted to see her before the surgery.

You don't have to worry.

Professor Hong's a great doctor.

Take good care of her.

We will.

Do you want to join us for a drink later?

You know In-ju.

Are you trying to be The Giving Tree?

-What? -Or Daddy Long Legs?

You should be angry with me. That's the usual response.

Nothing's as infuriating as being misunderstood.

I'm not your usual guy.

This is infuriating, though.

Gown, please.

Okay.

Drill, please.

Ji-hong's assistant.

Dr. Yoo Hye-jeong. Do you know her?

Are they dating?

Are they?

Keep irrigating and suctioning.

Okay.

Change the drill bit.

-Prepare a lot of gauze. -Okay.

Okay.

Have you seen a case like this before?

-No. -This requires a wide opening.

Blood will gush out.

Securing visual must be important.

Elevator.

-Irrigation. -Got it.

Bipolar.

BP's dropping. Squeeze the blood. Anesthesiology.

I'm so scared.

As a subordinate, this scares me so much.

What if we get fired?

Why would we get fired?

My position's temporary anyway.

Yours isn't, so, you must be scared.

That's not funny.

Why are you here?

Sir.

-What is it? -We have something to tell you.

Go on, then.

It's our fault that Dr. Yoo couldn't return

the car that she got as a gift.

She wanted to return it as soon as she got it.

I had a life-long fantasy about expensive cars...

Okay. You can go.

Will nothing happen, then?

-Thank you. -Thank you.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION REQUEST

More gauze.

The BP's still falling.

It's fine. Get a larger suction tip.

Prepare a hemostatic gauze pad.

Where's the hemostatic pad?

Gauze.

Irrigation.

It's done now, right?

Ji-hong is still the same.

So, do you still love him like back in the old days?

Stop talking nonsense. Am I still in my 20's?

-Wrap it up. -Yes, Professor.

Call Prof. Cho, and let her know the surgery is almost over.

Yes, Professor.

There's no need. I'll come down now.

PRESIDENT JIN MYEONG-HUN

What is wrong with your shirt?

I'll need to take it off when I step down anyway.

Don't you trust me?

We're going a step back to take two forward.

Look at the bigger picture.

I haven't told you, but I've kept files on all patients

whose cases could be seen as medical malpractice.

Chairman Hong viewed one of the files.

Why would you keep them? You should've disposed of them.

I've altered the record so that it won't cause trouble.

You should've spent that time to get rid of it.

It's my record.

I treasure every part of my life.

Making mistakes is what makes us human.

That was one crazy nonsense.

Did you come this far because you're smart?

You wouldn't be where you are now if it weren't for my support.

Why did you do such a thing like a lunatic?

Why aren't you answering?

-I'm sorry. -Let's go. We should visit Du-sik.

It hasn't been two hours yet. I kept my word.

They're still finishing up.

All the finishing touches were supposed to be done too.

It'll be done in time. The fellow is very capable.

We'll see. You have five minutes left.

See?

Don't blow your own horn.

-The surgery went well. -Thank you so much.

But the damage was severe to begin with.

So, we're not sure whether she'll fully regain consciousness or not.

So, is there a chance that she might not fully recover?

We won't know for sure until she wakes up.

Could I see her now?

She's in the recovery room now.

She'll be transferred to the ICU when she wakes up.

Then, I guess I can see her there.

Thank you very much again.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION REQUEST

DR. KIM TAE-HO

Did that patient's fever go down at all?

Yes, the fever reducer made it go down a bit,

But it's still at 39 degrees.

What about all-culture and septic lab?

Yes, they will get the results this morning.

-Yes. -Is there any way to make them withdraw

the disciplinary action against Dr. Yoo?

I'm going to meet President Jin about it. Have you met him before?

I just introduced myself briefly.

I see. You'll deal with him a lot,

so, you may want to know him better.

Alright.

Are you okay?

You look good.

I was very worried. I'm relieved to see you looking well.

-Did I let you down? -Yes.

Please recognize all of the contributions that I've made.

Myeong-hun.

If I didn't, would I have given you that position?

We both know that you're doing a good job.

We just want you to take a break.

-It's good to see you. -Hello.

Thanks to you, I don't have to worry about Du-sik.

I've always been worried about him because he never got married.

I'm so glad that you two became family.

Thank you for your concern.

Visit me in my office too.

I won't be the president for long, but let's be on good terms.

As you know, our families are close.

Sure. I'll visit you often.

Then, we'll get going now. Du-sik.

-Take good care of yourself. -All right. See you later.

So now, will Gukil Medical Center be ruled by Prof. Hong and Prof. Kim?

Do you have no pride?

-Why were you like that with him? -What can I do?

I have to at least pretend to submit in order to survive.

How many times do I have to tell you to trust me?

We'll find the evidence soon!

Why do you keep visiting me like this?

No reason.

It doesn't look like President Jin wants to step down yet.

You're not planning it by yourself, are you?

People will side with those who will help them earn money.

Chairman of Jeongsu Insurance, Jung Il-seong. Congressman Na Min-su.

Seong-jong and Myeong-hun...

are working on founding the Gukil Medical Corporation.

The four of them share the same ambition and greed.

Why is Jeongsu Insurance involved?

They're expanding their private insurance programs

to prepare for the privatization of medical care.

Let me handle the case about your shares.

No, you shouldn't get involved.

I'm taking full responsibility, and I'll end it myself.

Just be a good doctor.

That's who you are.

DAD

-Hi, Dad. -I heard that you reported

a fellow from your department for getting a gift to Internal Affairs.

-Yes. -Let me hear what you have to say

before I accept your request.

The one who reported you...

was me.

You once said that my specialty

was ruining people's lives by using the invisible majority.

I don't do that anymore.

Do you feel falsely accused?

Do you want to ask why it's a problem when other doctors

-also get gifts from patients? -No.

Regardless of what happened, it was my mistake.

I don't like you.

All right. Be upfront about disliking me.

Be honest about it. I prefer that.

I like that you don't deceive anyone at least.

You hover around me and get what I want so easily.

Hadn't I met you,

I would've been able to become a much better person.

I get things "easily"?

No matter how hard I try, it wouldn't be as easy as for you.

What?

I didn't ask you to hate me.

You're responsible for your own feelings.

It goes the same for liking someone.

I never asked you to feel that way.

Why do you have to take it out on me?

You're right.

You never asked me to feel it.

You never told me to like him.

Why am I like this?

What I want to know is why you reported it.

Did you want to get credit for it? Or do you hate that fellow?

It's one of our rules. We cannot accept gifts from patients.

So, your intention was to get credit for it?

Valuing such useless things is what I despise the most.

Why is that useless? To sustain any organization...

You do this when I told you to focus on growing your influence?

I told you to be friendly with everyone.

Will people like you if they find out that you reported it?

I like her receiving that gift. She'll be very successful.

You should bring her sometime.

Why aren't you saying anything?

You should be hanging out with people like that.

You should learn from her. Learn!

Let's see.

She bled a lot,

so, get a CT scan again within 12 hours.

While she's on the respirator, check ABGA every day.

Look out for draining when you do the dressing.

Yes, Professor.

By the way, why isn't she waking up?

She might still be under the influence of anesthesia.

It hasn't been long, so, let's wait a little more.

Okay.

You're here.

-Hey. -Hello.

-Are you the guardian? -Yes. I am her husband.

Her liver wasn't damaged too much,

but due to her ruptured hepatic artery, she lost a lot of blood.

But we stopped the bleeding, so, don't worry too much.

Thank you.

-Is she awake? -She's not awake yet.

Follow up on the CT scan.

There can be delayed bleeding, so, watch her carefully.

-Okay. -Don't slack off

just because she's in our department. Check on her often.

Okay, Professor.

Okay.

Don't nag my resident. That's my job.

-Aren't you done for the day? -I am.

Do you want to join too?

No, I have something to do.

Did you fight?

But you don't fight with anyone.

I don't want to, but she keeps starting a fight.

That's a good thing.

That means she loves you.

I kept doing that to you before.

I think you subconsciously refuse someone

getting deeply involved in your life.

When a man and a woman love each other,

and when they can't get involved in each other's life deeply,

they become lonely.

You sound like a philosopher.

I got married, and I got divorced.

That's enough to be a philosopher.

See you later.

Right.

In the past, I made a mistake to Hye-jeong.

I was too young

to take care of her.

-I am sorry. -What are you talking about?

DR. KIM TAE-HO

Yes, Doctor.

I met President Jin about the disciplinary action.

I am sorry.

I acted foolish, and it caused you such an inconvenience.

I'll comply with a disciplinary action.

So, you don't have to worry.

You never know what's going to happen in life.

The president is not going to hold this against you.

I'll tell you what's even better.

It seems like he's very fond of you.

Now, let's put that behind us and focus on our work.

Thank you.

Thank Professor Hong.

He tried to help you a lot.

Usually when he helps someone,

he only gets involved when he has direct control.

But this time, he asked me for a favor.

Come in.

I just came from Dr. Kim's office.

I heard that you asked him to help me.

I heard from In-ju that...

she made a mistake to you in the past. Why didn't you tell me?

Don't change the subject.

What happened between In-ju and me stays between us.

There's nothing to tell you.

Hye-jeong, I am so flustered to see you act like this.

Be genuine with me.

And please come to terms with yourself as well.

Do you know why I said I'd do my homework alone?

It's because I didn't want to put you in danger because of me.

I'm trying my best to stop you from entering the dark part of my life.

I know that you are a person who'd give me everything you have,

and even look for things you don't have.

If I receive everything...

I wouldn't be able to live without you.

You'd be dominating over my entire life.

You give me everything...

and yet you don't let me in even by a little.

I also want to give everything to the man I love.

I want to go deep into his life and dominate his life.

But you...

do everything alone.

You don't need anyone else besides yourself.

What happens when you no longer...

love me?

That will never happen.

You can never say, "never."

Do you know what I'm most afraid of?

Being abandoned.

What do you want me to do?

Change.

I don't believe in love between a man and a woman.

But if I have to be in love with someone,

that person would be Professor Hong.

Jung Yun-do, you loser.

DR. YOO HYE-JEONG

DR. JUNG YUN-DO

Yes, Doctor.

-Dr. Yoo. -Yes.

You know that I'm a fickle-minded loser, right?

Of course, I know.

You said if you have to love a man,

that man would be Professor Hong.

That just means you don't love anyone yet.

What do you mean?

I'm going to go where my heart takes me, regardless of you.

Even if it's a messy path.

Good night.

What do you want me to do?

Change.

GUKIL MEDICAL CENTER

Hello.

Let's go.

-When are you having lunch? -I'm not sure.

Hello. You're awake.

Do you hear me?

Please blink your eyes if you can hear him.

All right. Try following my finger with your eyes.

You can understand everything and move your eyes too.

Can you open your mouth wide?

Can you move your finger for us?

Do you feel me holding your hand?

All right, thank you.

-Let's get an MRI scan right now. -Okay.

RADIOGRAPHY ROOM

What do you see?

I see a damaged brain stem.

What do you think this is?

It's locked-in syndrome.

If it's locked-in syndrome,

are you saying that she is conscious,

but cannot move as if she's locked in her body?

That's right. It's what she's suffering from.

I've read it in books, but I've never seen it in real life.

We need more time to be sure, but it seems like that right now.

Can she get better?

That's very unlikely.

But there are cases where the patient recovered miraculously.

Let's keep an eye on her. Explain it to her husband.

-Okay. -Good.

You come to see me too often. It doesn't feel good.

Why not?

It makes me feel like I received my death sentence.

I can't believe how bad you are at understanding how I feel.

I won't visit you anymore.

I'll only come when you beg me to.

Whatever you want. I'm fine with that.

I feel so bad for the husband.

He's been here day and night without even going to work.

At least she's alive.

He has hope as long as she is alive.

He'll endure it if he really loves her.

I think he really does love her.

Every woman at neurosurgery is saying that he's their type

because he only has eyes for her.

Hello.

What's going to happen to her?

She isn't talking, and I don't think she can move at all.

Calm down, and let's have a seat over there.

Do you think I can calm down?

She's just lying there like a corpse.

-I'm sorry. -It's all right.

It's not as bad as I thought.

You can think and feel everything,

but you just can't move or express yourself.

Oh, right. You used to love to dance.

You won't be able to dance again.

But that's fine with me.

Now I don't have to see you laugh and dance with other guys, right?

You can open your eyes.

Open your eyes.

I love you.

Make sure you keep Kim Jin-hwan's pain under control.

-Give him anticonvulsants first. -Okay.

Why are you avoiding me?

I didn't avoid you.

Tell him that we'll start radiation treatment next week.

Okay.

There he goes.

-Who? -What?

She's talking about the husband of the locked-in syndrome patient.

I see.

He's amazing.

He's so sweet and only has eyes for one woman.

I know that kind of man too, who only has eyes for one woman.

Who is it?

-Is it Dr. Jung Yun-do? -He's a piece of trash.

Why am I even here when you have nothing nice to say?

Dr. Jin is the only one who can scare Dr. Jung.

Dr. Jung turned Dr. Jin down.

-What did she see in him? -He's the full package.

Seo-u.

You're at work. It's a workplace.

I don't want people gossiping about you.

Why? Do people gossip about Dr. Jung rejecting me?

Yes.

This is embarrassing.

-Why am I hung up on a man? -It's because you're a girl.

You always have a clear answer to everything.

You're right. It's because I'm a girl.

Change your taste in men.

You won't find a man you can respect.

Here is your food.

Why did you cancel on us yesterday?

I'm sure you two got a drink.

Sun-hui.

Mr. Hong!

Hello.

Don't you remember me? I remember you.

-Goodness, you're starting again. -We'll meet again.

Go out with me the third time we meet.

Sure!

Is the business going well?

Yes, it's going pretty well.

Didn't Hye-jeong come with you?

I think she's sulking.

She won't sulk for no reason. I'm sure you did something wrong.

Fine, it's my fault.

I forgot you were best friends. Give us a lot of delicious food.

All right.

I know that you can think.

I also know that you can feel.

Only you can open the door that's been shut.

You have to keep thinking about...

getting out of there.

Help me.

CHAIRMAN HONG DU-SIK

Give us some privacy.

What brings you here at this hour?

-Are you feeling all right? -I'm okay.

Tell me. How can you do this to me?

What did you say when you handed me the slush fund file?

You said that's all you have.

-So, what? -What?

Did you just say, "so what?"

That wasn't the only file you had on my slush funds!

I rummaged through your office and found a copy!

What did you do?

What did Myeong-hun do so wrong?

Who grew this hospital this much?

Growing the hospital just filled up your greedy bellies.

It hasn't benefited us in any way.

It looks good just on the surface.

Why did we become like this?

That's precisely what I want to say.

Your son got you wrapped around his fingers.

When you age...

your children's goals become your own goals.

I think that's where our paths diverged.

You've lost your mind.

The war begins now.

The two of us, Ji-hong and Myeong-hun. Let's have a showdown.

I told you to leave the kids out of it!

Then, why do you go after Myeong-hun?

Do you think I'll leave Ji-hong alone?

Hey, wait. Seong-jong.

Seong-jong.

Seong-jong!

Cheers, guys.

-Cheers! -Cheers!

This makes me happy. I love drinking.

In-ju is the strongest drinker between us.

I come after her, and you come dead last.

Do you know how hard it is for me to keep up with your pace?

-Hold on. -Stop drinking.

DR. KIM TAE-HO

-Yes, Dr. Kim. -Where are you?

Sooni Hawaii.

Come here now. It's about Chairman Hong.

I need to go to the hospital.

-Hey! Where are you going? -Wait! Where are you going?

Mr. Hong!

Didn't he show any symptoms?

Cardiac embolic cerebral infarction.

There are blood clots in the left carotid artery.

Let's hurry.

Let's call Dr. Jung Yun-do,

and book his angiogram first.

Kyung-jun, take my father back to his room.

Okay.

GUKIL MEDICAL CENTER

Code Blue. Doctors to the VIP ward on the 17th floor.

-Code Blue. To the VIP ward. -It's father.

Hey.

What's going on?

I think arrhythmia has caused ventricular fibrillation.

His blood pressure is dropping.

Bring the defibrillator.

Chairman Hong has signed the DNR confirmation form.

I do not want cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Bring it!

That's not what Chairman Hong wants.

I might not be able to wake up because of my age.

I do not want to be forced into being resuscitated.

It's arrest.

Please bring the defibrillator.

Bring the defibrillator!

200 joules. Charge it.

Shock.

Clear.

Shock!

Clear.

Shock!

Clear.

Shock!

One, two, three, four, five...

One, two, three, four, five...

One, two, three, four, five...

To a man, a father...

is someone he identifies with.

Losing a father...

is like losing oneself.

That day, I lost myself.

Subtitle translation by Serena Lee