There is no doubt the drama is well acted and the friendships explored and maintained in the backdrop of a stressful, busy hospital and personal life is rewarding. Nevertheless, I felt as though some of the episodes dragged. I kept waiting to fall in love with this just like so many others did, but try as I might I endured through most of the episodes but wasn't wowed like I expected to be.

I will say I love Ik-Joon. This actor is largely why I watched and he didn't disappoint. All the other actors were excellent too, I just wasn't as invested as I expected to be. I particularly enjoyed Rosa's steadfast friendship with the Director and how they relied on one another always.

Given this was written by the Reply 1988 writer, I'm fully expecting Ik-Joon to not be with Song-Hwa. I feel we've been made to feel empathy and excitement about their coming together just as we did in 1988 only to be messed with again. I'm fairly certain we were taken on a ride wherein we saw the Ik-Joon and Song Hwa relationship most only to have it snatched from us so that we question their every past interaction or our expectations. (Clearly, I'm still not over how poor Jung Hwan was wronged and deserved better... LOL!)