Doctor Slump (2024) #kdramareview

Doctor Slump (2024) #kdramareview

Loh, ingatkan dah tulis review drama ni sebab nak link dengan drama Our Blooming Youth, eh belum publish rupanya. So here we go.

Sinopsis

Another rom-com #kdramareview Rasanya sis makin tua ni makin memerlukan comedy dalam hidup. Romcom kali ini dibintangi oleh in my opinion, king of romcom iaitu Park Hyung-sik sebagai Dr Yeo Jeong-woo dan Park Shin-hye sebagai Dr Nam Ha-neul.

Sinopsis pendek terpaling tepat;  As the title suggest, both doctor in slump when they met each other. Later, they realized they find comfort and solace with each other. 

Versi translate; Rakan sebaya ni masing-masing sedang mengalami slump dalam kehidupan dan kerjaya mereka. Mereka sebenarnya high school rival dan terjumpa balik bila Jeongwoo sewa bilik atas rumah keluarga Haneul. Hm, bila fikir balik banyak betul kisah bermula dengan setting rumah tingkat atas ni seperti drama  Midnight Studio yang sedang aku tonton juga.

Back to the story, Jeongwoo kira celebrity plastic surgeon doctor tapi disebabkan ada kes medical accident, dia disaman. Kawan lari, public benci, kinik kena jual sebab jadik kes mahkamah bila pesakit dia mati masa pembedahan. Haneul pula seorang pakar bius yang berhenti kerja bila dia burnout dan depression. 

Pelakon

Hyunsik as usual bila comedy plus romantic memang boleh buat penonton rasa ahhh singlenya aku. Shinhye pulak as usual kena watak struggle, bilalah di nak dapat watak orang berbahagia.

Watak tambahan iaitu Yoon Park sebagai Dr Bin adalah best. Teringat lakonan dia dalam drama bini beranak dan nak namakan anak mereka Jin ( as in idol Jin hahah) Birthcare Center. Antaran drama beliau yang pernah aku tengok adalah Search, Hello My Twenties dan filem Jesters: The Game Changers. 

Satu lagi watak kawan dia Jeongwoo iaitu Son Chan-Young yang berlakon dalam drama #flexXcop. Aku ingat sebab dia ada love line haluss dengan doktor forensik. Mata sepet betul, muka typical korea tapi best kalau lakonan banyak action scene sebab badan dia cam sesuai gitu. Bila dalam drama ni dia jadi kawan sekolah, cam kelakar pulak sebab muka dia matang. Tapi dia muda lagi sebenarnya 91 liner 

Review

Drama kali ni sebenarnya banyak pengajaran hidup, tapi tak clear cut sangat sebab kita dibuai dengan romantic comedy Hyunsik dan Shinhye. Last sekali mereka digabungkan bersama adalah dalam coming-of-age drama semua orang iaitu The Heir.

Dari segi lakonan, Hyunsik memang ngam dengan watak men in love doing silly stuff dan cute. Dalam masa yang sama dia boleh bawak emosi seorang doktor yang sedang mengalami waktu terendah dalam hidupnya.

Shinye pulak baru comeback dari married life. Ah rasa tua betul bila Shinhye pun dah dewasa dan berkeluarga. Dia berlakon best je tapi manybe aku tak suka dengan pilihan karakter yang selalu dia bawak sebelum-sebelum ni.

Berbalik kepada pengajaran, sempat aku copy paste kata-kata yang ngam dan boleh kita fikirkan. Instagramable Quote jugak la ni.

Bila tengok balik, mereka akhirnya nampak kebahagiaan tu bila masing-masing cuba nak heal atau sembuhkan diri sendiri. Kadang kita dikelilingi dengan reason to be happy, reason to live tapi kita tak nampak.

Both of them are overachiever sejak dari sekolah. So they both are too harsh on themself. They put the highest expectation on themself. Mereka juga rasa tak layak nak rasa happy bila banyak benda belum sampai tahap yang mereka sendiri tetapkan.

Dalam dram ni kita boleh tengok mereka lalui an ambivalent state of mind. Iaitu perasaan bercampur baur atau contradictory feelings. Sekejap terpaling positif, bersemangat. Sekejap rasa demotivated, tak berguna, nak give up. Ini adalah kerana kita nak squeeze out serotonin & dopamine yang huru hara dalam sistem kita. Itu yang tiber makan banytak, belanja gila-gila, gelak macam tak pernah gelak. Bila kita dalam Depression state, kita akan form a defense mechanism from anything and anyone. Masa ini, what we need is some comfort & hope dan bukan nasihat dan peringatan. 

Good couple is couple that go to psychiatry & eat medicine together.

Sweet walaupun bitter sedikit dialog ini. Maksud utama dia adalah pasangan yang baik adalah pasangan yang bersama berusaha membaiki diri, both untuk kebaikan diri dan kebaikan dalam relationship yang sihat. Macam orang biasa maybe jogging bersama, versi mereka adalah jumpa doktor dan makan ubat bersama. 

Dengan taboo pasal mental heath ni masih rendah, sendiri pun sebenarnya bukan mudah nak admit yang kita perlukan bantuan. The fact that Haneul sendiri pergi berjumpa doktor walaupun susah nak terima mula-mula adalah terbaik. Malah dia berjaya yakinkan Jeongwoo to seek help too.

Pemerhatian tambahan, mental health clinic dia cantik macam library/cafe. Baru lah tak rasa intimidated, judged & stress bila masuk ke klinik macam ni. Tak kesah la ni realistic atau sekadar setup drama, but it's a good idea.

Tak banyak scene doktor buat consultation, counselling, dan terapi. But a few scenes yang mereka bercakap dengan doktor tu penting juga. Orang luar hanya boleh tolak dan sengol kita, tapi watak utamalah, kitalah yang decide nak buat sesuatu tak.

I was so desperate for someone to believe in me. I just wanted one person like that in my life.

Ah, begitu tepat sekali kata-kata Shinye ini. Kita boleh cuba dan buat terbaik, dan kita cuma perlukan orang percaya pada kita. Kadang-kala dari tak percaya diri dan tak boleh buat, disebabkan a random person believe in us dan beri kata semangat, terus rasa dan eh boleh buat rupanya.

In life, we need just that one moment yang mengena and one person who believe in us, tak kesah walaupun blindly believe because that give us the permission to believe in ourself.

And on this note, suka aku ingatkan bahawa kebanyakan kpopper bertahan dan stay dengan artis yang mereka minat kerana at one point, they say they believe and like us more than we believe and like ourself.

I'm someone who struggles to even take care of herself.

Tak tahu ada kaitan tak, tapi Shinhye ada sindrom eldest daughter. We can take care of everything and everyone around us, because we think that reflected as our achivement. 

We always forget to take care of ourself as it is so low on the list. Thats why an act of service is their number uno need. Tapi Hyunsik dalam drama ni bukan fullful satu love language je, semua lima-lima language dia sapu

Can't you just struggle by my side? Lets go through it together.

Sometimes kita tak nak cerita pada orang masalah kita. Kadang mereka tak faham, kadang kita rasa itu satu beban,  kadang it just not the time yet. Tapi being at our side masa sedang struggle without judging us is more than enough. To know that another person is waiting for us to be okay again.

Why would you suffer with me? 

Ok sebelum nak ulas dialog ini, why is shes dry after walking in rain?? Dialog biasa bila orang nak cuba memahami dan tetap stay when we are at our lowest. We tend to push people away because thats when the emotions are running at all time high, and we might say things that hurt others. Truth is, we just need some space and didnt hate you.

Dalam ep 9 Haneul tanya, 

Do I have to be successful? Cant I just life like this?

Personally, I felt this to the core. Figure thats why im the happiest with kids because they never judge you, what your achievements in life, what your salary range, whether you have saving or not. 

They like you just for being you. To be accepted without reason especially by our loved ones (parents, family) is huge. We dont need to be successful just  to be alive. Just love us unconditionally.

Sometimes our close person hurt us without realizing it. Yes, you want the best for us, but you are making us sad. When her mom lied to her to go to a blind date, thats mean her mom agree like other people that she is a failure and just need to get married. 

The family setup a time for Haneul & her mom to have a heart-to- heart talk on the same day. What a supportive family they are! I got that done too but the ending is not that nice, sebab ini bukan kdrama LOL.

She must be carrying that guilt all her life.

When her brother told her mom how she felt guilty & got insomnia after her father died because she didn't answer his last call as shes busy studying, barulah mak dia terfikir perasaan dan beban yang dibawa anak selama ini.

When her mom say "Its ok" just a short word, aku dan nak nangis dah. Sebab rasa emak dia stop judging her daughter without knowing the behind story.

You can let go of that guilt. We are happy to be your parents.

Inilah acceptance dan penerimaan seorang parents yang sangat melegakan seorang anak lebih-lebih lagi yang jenis over achiever. Rasa segala beban dibahu dapat dilepaskan.

Emak dia punya redha ( hello parents Muslim especially, redhailah anak anda, dia sudah cuba yang terbaik) sampai bagi simpanan dia untuk Haneul kahwin (sebab itu pun life achievement dia juga kalau anak kahwin) for her to travel and eat good foods. Gitulah, bantu anak kembali pulih, bukan kasi stress.

I believe my kids grade is my life grade.

Kenyataan dan fikiran beginilah yang menyebabkan kebanyakan hubungan anak-ibu bapa terjejas.Yang mak ayah jenis perform, expect anak perform macam dia. Yang mak ayah jenis biasa, expect anak tunaikan impian dia dulu yang tak terlaksana. Pada mereka, grade anak itu  juga satu reflection hidup mak ayah.

Bada, adik dia paling tak guna mintak 50sen tu pun dah matang dan boleh cakap "Can I wait until you get better?"  The most considerate thing someone could say. They ( family and boyfriend) believe in her and give her time and space.

Cakap pasal rawatan mental issue ni bukan sekadar take a break & makan ubat. Pada pandangan saya, perubahan lebih kelihatan bila pesakit mula mengakui. 

Mengaku apa? Dalam drama ni, Haneul dan Jeongwoo sudah boleh maafkan diri, nyatakan ketidakpuashatian, dan move on tak simpan dalam hati dan otak lalu overthinking & salahkan diri sendiri.

I'm somehow tengah search something pasal CBT & Schema therapy and one of the thing yang clear dari situ adalah teknik acceptance. So accepting is the first step. Lepas tu boleh apply teknik dan kaedah lain.

What does better mean? Does that mean they become happy? No, they accept their misfortune.

I can become miserable again & that's okay. Should misfortune come, I have the strength to endure them.

In short, bukan keadaan jadi lebih baik atau the world become kinder to them, but they become kinder to themself & become stronger to face the world and endure sadness, misfortune or whatever thrown at them.

Our slumps wasn't as deep as we thought. 

We cry together, face our fear, and recover. Be in the pain  for a moment and cherish memories for a while ( its ok to grief & take your time to grief, to forgive, to let go)

I could be happy today & suddenly feel sad tomorrow but its okay. If there's sadness, there's always happiness as well. 

Tambah a little bit of hope to make it feel better.

Rating

Ah, begitu panjang sekali review drama ini. Namun, berapakah bintang yang kurasa layak? Not that high, but still it's a fun, healing drama with heavy (walaupun dia cicah je) but relevant topic.

Recommended!

6.5/10

~B