What does JTBC need to do to sell this Park Hyung-shik (Our Blooming Youth) and Park Shin-hye (Sisyphus) rom-com? Nothing, that’s what. This puppy sells itself. Just watch the teaser.
Doctor Slump tells the story of two doctors going through slumps in their personal and professional lives. Yeo Jung-woo (Park Hyung-shik) is a renowned plastic surgeon whose career is being wrecked by a malpractice suit, and Nam Ha-neul (Park Shin-hye) is a burnt out and disillusioned anesthesiologist who has only invested in her career. Once rivals as students, the two now meet again at their low points and… you know the drill. It involves tropes like tending wounds and beach frolicking.
Our newest teaser turns up the chemistry between them, with quick cuts of cute moments. Jung-woo says that while his life is pure salt right now, Ha-neul is the sweetness in the middle of it. And as for Ha-neul, her voiceover says that the two re-met during the worst periods of their lives. The rest is just K-drama magic.
With PD Oh Hyun-jong (The One and Only) at the helm (who also worked on Find Me in Your Memory and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo) and screenwriter
Baek Sun-woo (who worked on My Roommate Is a Gumiho and You Who Forgot Poetry) on the scripts — well, it’s going to be hard for them to mess this one up. It has all the things going for it. Doctor Slump premieres on JTBC on January 27, and will stream on Netflix.