National / Seoul Metropolitan Area
Episode 1: 11.4 / 11.2 🔻Lowest
Episode 2: 14.9 / 14.7
Episode 3: 15.1 / 14.9
Episode 4: 18.5 / 18.4
Episode 5: 17.5 / 17.0
Episode 6: 19.5 / 19.2 🔺️Highest
Episode 7: 16.5 / 15.8
Episode 8: 15.6 / 15.1
Episode 9: 15.3 / 15.3
Episode 10: 17.7 / 17.7
Episode 11: 14.5 / 13.9
Korean Netizen Comments (Translated)
1. The writer still has guts, presenting socially sensitive content without hesitation, which is good.
2. Yesterday's topic was a bit... I think many people would have been uncomfortable watching it ㅠㅠ
3. The fluctuations are really big.
4. It's really gotten boring.
5. It was quite good at first.
6. If it's boring, ratings drop quickly.
7. It was really interesting at the beginning... but the content wasn't what I expected, so I lost interest.
8. It's up and down, even lower than Episode 2.
9. The momentum has taken a hit.
10. It dropped ㅠ So regrettable, but still great..
11. It's the first time I've seen Saturday ratings rebound while Friday ratings continue to fall.
12. There's more competition on Saturdays, so I thought it would drop more, but it's unique. It used to be high on Fridays and low on Saturdays, but many fans are still enjoying it. I hope today has a good ending~!
13. The content pattern has been seen many times, and its predictability is also a problem. The latter half feels less good than the middle.
14. The content is getting heavier. I hope it concludes well today and ratings go up.
15. The writer is too greedy, trying to convey a message but lacking writing skills, and the director is just average.
16. Even heavy content can be written well, but the plot development is simply uninteresting.
17. It's too different from the beginning... It's not interesting.
18. Although it was interesting, ending with a pedophilia subplot wasn't good.
19. Is it a script problem due to the short number of episodes or an editing problem? The emotional arcs of the characters are connected too abruptly, making me feel a bit awkward. It's like a book where you can generally follow the plot, but some middle pages are missing.
20. The scenes revealing past stories are always too long, and the plot development isn't friendly enough.
21. It even dropped below 15%. It's the first time I've seen a trending drama with ratings lower than its second episode.
22. No, if this is the case, why remake it? It turned into some kind of human-interest drama.
23. After the long story appeared, there wasn't much fun.
24. Although the ratings are high, such extreme fluctuations are rare.
25. Yesterday was a bit disappointing too... it felt a bit drawn out... but the ending was handled well ㅠ
26. Wow... such a big drop... a fall of this magnitude is like a rollercoaster. Usually, even if it can't climb higher, it maintains.
27. It turned out to be boring, and then it just fizzled out.
28. The writer lacks skill but tries to incorporate all kinds of themes, resulting in a messy message. It feels like reading a report that just stuffs in the latest social issues after research. Dramatization should focus on characters and know how to let go of greed, but the characters are just loosely based on the original, while themes are forced in. Kim Ji-won's (김지원) acting tone is also regrettable.
29. I thought it would be a light and fun drama, but it became too heavy from the middle ㅠ But since I started it, I'll finish it.
30. It's not good recently.
31. I think yesterday's episode was much better than the doctor's strike episode ㅠㅠ
32. It's been a long time since a drama's ratings showed a mirror-like symmetry based on Episode 6.
33. I didn't want to watch yesterday's episode because of the subject matter itself, and I planned to skip it... Even if it was an important episode revealing the story, the subject matter itself was uncomfortable to watch as a drama.
34. The momentum suddenly broke, why?
35. Yesterday was super creepy and super good.
36. I thought yesterday's episode was the best, sticking to its guns was awesome.
37. The ambiguous direction is probably the main reason. Although I enjoyed watching it, it started as a refreshing drama, suddenly turned into a social exposé, became melancholic, and with such changes, viewers would naturally drop off.
38. The content might also be a factor, but it just became less enjoyable ㅠㅠ It became boring from the second episode due to dragging.
39. Social exposés need to be cleverly integrated to be interesting; if they're too direct, they become boring. Why are there so many dramas recently that are disguised as genre dramas but are actually social exposés? They might as well just make them social exposé dramas, otherwise, what is this ambiguous approach?
40. I feel the writer is very good. I heard it's a new writer, so they're worth looking forward to in the future. Keep fighting until the end!
41. I think the writer isn't good... If you're going to add this kind of social exposé content to a medical drama, you really need to write it well, otherwise, it becomes ambiguous...
42. The director is too unfriendly ㅠ
43. Episodes with sensational scenes always drag, and ratings drop.
44. 'Doctor X' should be exhilarating, but it's a bit heavy, which might have alienated some viewers. However, because the initial trend was good, it's still a shame, but well done.
45. It was interesting at first, but too many diverse themes were crammed into a medical drama.
46. The content is much heavier than expected...
47. I dropped out midway, but the ratings are still quite high.
48. For all dramas based on original works, they usually turn out well if they follow the original, but they deliberately don't, and this is the result.
49. It almost fell back to the first episode's ratings. I honestly haven't seen a drama with previously good ratings show this kind of trend.
50. I stopped watching halfway through. Maybe it's because it's a remake of a Japanese drama, or it's the writer's style, but it feels like they prioritize meaning or lessons... Can't they just make it interesting? Is it necessary for a medical drama to include so many different themes? If these themes or meaningful topics were made into separate dramas, it might be good, but this is a medical drama... Why does the writer only write one theme? Because writing can go off-topic.
51. Super good ㅠ
52. The further it went, the more overly sensational and messy it became.
53. It has big ups and downs, and it was like that while watching too ㅋㅋㅋ
54. Because it's not the exhilarating drama everyone wanted... Yesterday's episode was really good ㅠㅠ I want a second season, I wonder if they'll make one.
55. Episode 11 ratings are lower than Episode 2; it's been a long time since I've seen that. Did even the initial viewers drop out?
56. Even with the drop, it's 15% ㅋㅋㅋ A hit drama.
57. Super good, the writer knows how to make choices.
58. It's not good. I watched it yesterday and felt bad, so I quit. If you want to write heavy themes, the script and direction should be better.
59. I dropped out because the intern character was too terrible.
60. It became less interesting ㅠ It dragged ㅠㅠ
61. It became too uninteresting.
62. The plot fluctuates too much.
63. It was boring, but the ratings are incredible.
