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The Best Episodes of Doctor John

Every episode of Doctor John ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Doctor John!

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Cha Yo-Han—an arrogant but genius doctor of anesthesiology—and Kang Shi-Young—a smart, warm resident of anesthesiology—work together to help people with mysterious cases of acute or chronic pain.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Doctor John Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    9.1/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

    Lee Ki Suk does not want his phantom pains cured, as he will loose all touch senses again, but Yo Han shows manages to convince him. Shi-young learns that patient's stories can be of tremendous help in finding a diagnosis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 15 - Episode 15
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Episode 15

    S1:E15

    Yo Han wants to help the diagnostic process, but no one is allowed in the quarantined area. Until a mother of child with pediatric diabetes is worried about her daughter, since she hasn't had any food since breakfast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.9/10(29 votes)

    #3 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    While Joo Hyung Woo is still unconscious his lawyer requests a hearing with the hospital board about his DNR. His wife agrees, but his father does not and the law does not recognize a DNR without an incurable disease.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.9/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    After the long day Shi-young is invited by her uncle for dinner and drinks. Not knowing Yo Han is now her supervisor, he has invited him to join. Lee Yoo Joon and Kang Mi Rae appear to be living in the same apartment building.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.9/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    The pain clinic, flooded with people, has two opposite and rare cases: CPRS and CIPA. Constant pain and no pain at all. Proscecutor Son Suk Ki visits the hospital, apparently for Yo Han, yet his conversation is with Shi-young.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    8.9/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Episode 11

    S1:E11

    The prosecutor and nurse Chae Eun Jung discuss the possible euthanasia that could be happening at the hospital that Yo Han is now working at. Lee Ki Suk seems to be cured from CIPA. Choi Seung Won has a herniated disc in his spine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    8.8/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    Shi-young's father is in cardiac arrest after being in a coma for a year. It stirs up a lot of emotions in the Kang family owned hospital. The MMA fighter has thanked Doctor Yo Han in an interview and the next day the clinic is flooded.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    8.6/10(25 votes)

    #8 - Episode 13

    S1:E13

    Yoo Joon shares his story about his sick father, who was on a death bed for ten years, with Mi Rae. Shi-young discovers Yo Han's secret and he asks her if she can handle it. He shows her how he lives and why she is not allowed to worry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Episode 14

    S1:E14

    A shuttle bus full of patients arrives at the hospital. One patient is coughs a lot, has a 39.5 fever and complained about vomiting. This after just minutes before a warning came in about the deadly and highly contagious Nipah virus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    The condition of MMA fighter Joo Hyung Woo gets worse. He stops breathing, but despite a DNR, Yo Han intubates him. Shi-young hears from Chae Eun-Jeong that the Yo Han's euthanasia patient of three years ago, wanted to live.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    #11 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Inmate 5353 is known as a hypochondriac, but former doctor Cha Yo-Han does not believe so. Shi Young's mother and uncle try to talk her out of leaving for Madagascar. She wants to stay, but will she?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.4/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Inmate 5353's symptoms over the last few weeks, when stacked together form a diagnosis of a disease that only 0.00001% of the population has. Since the disease is hereditary, the doctors try to find a family member.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    Cha Yo Han has been reinstated as a doctor and the minister of health recommended him to the Hanse Hospital. A famous MMA fighter comes looses his vision during a fight and Yo Han helps him. The next day he's at the hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 16 - Episode 16
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Episode 16

    S1:E16

    Yi Moon calls a press conference to boast about Yo Han's miracle diagnosis, but it backfires as journalists start to ask about the euthanasia case. Prosecutor Son joins a group that talks about facing death and assisted suicide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #15 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Park Jung BO, patient 5353, disappeared from his room after suffering a seizure that required him to be uncuffed. In a department meeting Min Tae Kyung as head of the anesthesiology department proposes to reinstate her daughter Shi Young.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Doctor John Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    #16 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Second year resident Kang Si Young working as a part-time doctor in prison. Meanwhile, former doctor Cha Yo Han, now a prisoner helps prisoners who are in need of medical treatments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 12" is the best rated episode of "Doctor John". It scored 9.1/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/24/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 15".