Netflix K-drama Hospital Playlist season two: soothing medical drama returns, with the halls of Yulje Medical Centre very much alive

The series has the usual romantic entanglements, full of longing and devotion, and that will always play a big part, but it’s first and foremost a serious drama

Medical shows provide great moments of tension, but Hospital Playlist’s real goal is to comfort viewers thanks to the work of the kind and competent doctors

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Jeon Mi-do in a still from Hospital Playlist. The popular K-drama returns for a second season.

Published: 5:45pm, 12 Jul 2021Updated: 6:00pm, 12 Jul 2021

The halls of Yulje Medical Centre are bustling once more this summer, as we dive into the lives and loves of the Hospital Playlist cast for a second season.

The hit Korean medical drama debuted in the spring of last year, when it introduced us to a group of ace young doctors and surgeons who save patients during the day and get together to practise as a cover band at night.

Lee Ik-jun (Jo Jung-suk), Ahn Jeong-won (Yoo Yeon-seok), Kim Jun-wan (Jung Kyung-ho), Yang Seok-hyeong (Kim Dae-myung) and Chae Song-hwa (Jeon Mi-do) experienced a lot ups and down last year, and finished the season on romantic cliffhangers. As season two kicks off we pick up right where they left off.

It’s Christmas Eve and Seok-hyeong has been invited to a romantic dinner by second-year resident Choo Min-ha (Ahn Eun-jin), who was pining after him all through last year. Not sure how to respond, he eventually shoots off a blunt text and is then called in for an emergency by none other than his ex-wife, whose father has been taken ill.

Jeong-won had been preparing to leave the country to become a priest, but he’s had a big change of heart after falling for fellow doctor Jang Gyeo-wool (Shin Hyun-bin). The pair act like giddy high school sweethearts alone, but have to maintain decorum at work as they keep their relationship a secret, though they can’t keep it up for long.

At home, Jun-wan is staring down the package containing a ring he’d sent to his girlfriend Lee Ik-sun (Kwak Sun-young) in London, but which was returned to him. After a call with her, he’s relieved to hear her say that she never even saw it, but the difficulties of their long-distance relationship appear to be taking a toll nonetheless.