Syndrome (2012)

GENRE: Medical, Thriller

SYNOPSIS: Lee Hae Jo joins a university hospital’s neurosurgery department for her internship and is teamed up with Cha Yeo Wook. Cha Yeo Wook, son of the hospital’s chairman and her husband who is head of the neurosurgery department. Upon Hae Jo’s arrival, she becomes quick friends with Yeo Wook but also gains interest from Kang Eun Hyun, one of the older interns in the department. Through all of the complications between the three, there also lies a more sinister issue between the hospital staff.

STARRING: Han Hye Jin (Lee Hae Jo), Song Chang Ui (Cha Yeo Wook), Park Gun Hyung (Kang Eun Hyun), Jo Jae Hyun (Cha Tae Jin), Kim Sung Ryung (Oh Eun Hee), Kim Yoo Suk (Min Sung Joon), Im Won Hee (Oh Kwang Hee), Uhm Hyo Sup (Park Sun Woo), Yoon Ji Min (Kim Yi Joon), Kim Dong Hyun (Lee Jae Yoon), Jang Sung Won (Heo Jo Kang), Jang Ye Won (Park Bum Joo), Lee Joo Hwa (Lee Jung Mi), Yang Ing Kko (Kwon Mi Ran), Baek Ok Dam (Go Ah Reum), Im Byung Ki (Lee Kyu Jo), Lee Kan Hee (Kang Hee Yeon), Kim Ho Chang (Yang Sang Doo)

EPISODES: 20

VIEWING SOURCE: Netflix; June 2016

Padam Padam (2011)

GENRE: Romance, Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: Sixteen years ago Yang Gangchil was falsely accused and sentenced to prison for the murder of a friend. During his time in prison he has gained a best friend, Guksu, who insists that he is Gangchil’s guardian angel. After their release from prison, the two work hard to make a new image of themselves and by chance Gangchil meets Jeong Jina. When Jina and Gangchil begin to fall in love, Gangchil’s mother and Jina’s father protest the relationship due to a conflict between the two families over Gangchil’s ex-con status. Meanwhile, Gangchil and Guksu have discovered that an important piece of evidence from Gangchil’s murder case is still floating around and the two take chase to find it and prove Gangchil innocent.

STARRING: Jung Woo Sung (Yang Gang Chil), Lee Eun Hyung (young Gang Chil), Han Ji Min (Jeong Ji Na), Kim So Hyun (young Ji Na), Kim Bum (Lee Guksu), Lee Jae Woo (Kim Young Cheol), Kim Min Kyung (Min Hyo Sook), Na Moon Hee (Kim Mi Ja), Choi Tae Joon (Im Jeong), Jang Hang Sun (Jung Min Shik), Kim Sung Ryung (Ji Na’s mother), Yoon Joo Sang (Prison officer Kim), Kim Joon Sung (Park Chan Gul), Kim Hyung Bum (Oh Yong Hak), Kim Kyu Chul (Prosecutor Joo), Chun Doong (young Yang Kang Woo), Park Jung Woo (Jin Goo), Lee Jong Ho (Yoo Jin), Kim Chung Soo, Jun Gook Hwan

EPISODES: 20

VIEWING SOURCE: March-May 2016; Netflix