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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!

The Best Episodes of Doctor John

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...

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  1. 9.3/10(23 votes)

    #1 - Consolation: part 2

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    S1:E22

    Despite the DNR Yo Han tries to save Yoo Ri Hye. Only Mi Rae is willing to help him. Shi-young finds Min Sung, Ri Hye's son as he's run away from home to see his mom. The prosecutor investigates the security footage.

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  2. 9.2/10(19 votes)

    #2 - To Understand Someone: part 1

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    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.

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  3. 9.1/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Schrödinger's Cat: part 2

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    S1:E24

    When Cha Yo Han comes out of the hospital for his check up, prosecutor Son Suk Ki is brought in on the ambulance in terrible pain. Lee Ki Suk is back, but this time his prognosis is not good and he gets worse rather fast.

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  4. 9.0/10(18 votes)

    #4 - A World without Pain: part 2

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    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.

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  5. 9.0/10(16 votes)

    #5 - The Heart of the One Who Leaves: Part 2

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    S1:E30

    Chairman Yi Soo dies. Tae Kyung, Si Young, and Mi Rae mourn his death. Mi Rae decides to move back in with Si Young. Later, when she finds out that Yo Han was about to board a plane, she rushes to tell Si Young. Meanwhile, with the chairman's passing, Joo Kyung asks Tae Kyung to consider taking over his position.

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  6. 8.9/10(16 votes)

    #6 - A World without Pain: part 1

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    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.

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  8. 8.9/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Terminal, Incurable: part 1

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    S1:E17

    A journalist in contact with Chae Eun Jeong brings up the euthanasia case at the press conference. Lawyer Han Myeong-oh steps in and tells them to focus on the current events. The entire department of pain medicine gets all new equipment.

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  9. 8.9/10(15 votes)

    #8 - The Promise to Try: Part 2

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    S1:E26

    Yo Han wants to treat Gi Seok, but the disciplinary committee decides to exclude him from all medical duties. To find out the reason why Gi Seok is sick, Yo Han goes to the warehouse where Gi Seok was bullied by other students. Meanwhile, Eun Jeong gets to know that Seok Ki is sick.

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  10. 8.9/10(17 votes)

    #9 - A Certain Choice: Part 1

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    S1:E27

    Tae Kyung thinks that it is not right to fire Yo Han. Ri Hye gets a strange text from Death Talks. Won Gil meets Yo Han and tells him about the Cherubim. However, Yo Han gets furious about the idea of the Cherubim, and he calls Seok Ki to report Won Gil.

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  11. 8.8/10(21 votes)

    #10 - Secrets and Lies

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    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.

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  12. 8.8/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Understanding Someone

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    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.

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  13. 8.8/10(17 votes)

    #12 - 21g, The Weight of the Soul: Part 2

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    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.

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  14. 8.8/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Foreboding on a Crisp Afternoon

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    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.

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  15. 8.8/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Foreboding on a Crisp Afternoon: part 1

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    S1:E19

    Shi-young takes over the presentation and the audience is impressed. Yo Han realizes he needs her help and is ready to accept it. The prosecutor is nosing around the conference figuring out how the company Zinmu Rijund ties into all this.

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  16. 8.8/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Schrödinger's Cat: part 1

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    S1:E23

    Prosecutor Son Suk Ki receives his first chemo therapy treatment for stomach cancer. His investigator calls to show him a video showing a terminal cancer patient's euthanasia. Shi-young and Yo Han visit Park Yung Bo at his job as barista.

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  17. 8.8/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Heart of the One Who Leaves: Part 1

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    S1:E29

    Yo Han is deeply shocked by Gi Seok's death. After administering treatment to Seok Ki whose condition had worsened, Yo Han decides to leave his life at Seoul Hanse Medical Hospital as well as Si Young. However, Si Young tries to change his mind and tells him to be honest about his feelings.

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  18. 8.7/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Foreboding on a Crisp Afternoon: part 2

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    Shi-young picks up Yo Han to bring him to work, but instead he asks her to take him to his doctor: the results are in. The pain medicine team grants Yoo Ri Hye a wish and after some hesitation, she decides she wants to see her son.

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  19. 8.7/10(15 votes)

    #18 - The Promise to Try: Part 1

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    S1:E25

    Seok Ki asks Yo Han how he can understand his patient's pain when he is a CIPA patient who can't feel any pain. Gi Seok opens his eyes, and he can answer Yo Han's question by blinking his eyes. Meanwhile, Eun Jeong exposes Yo Han's secret by writing it on the hospital's bulletin board.

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  20. 8.7/10(15 votes)

    #19 - A Certain Choice: Part 2

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    S1:E28

    It was Chan Seok, the sales manager of Zinmu Rijund, who injected the Cherubim to the members of Death Talks. Myung Oh and Chan Seok leave Korea after Won Gil's death. The patients who were treated by Yo Han come to the disciplinary committee to oppose the dismissal of Yo Han.

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  21. 8.7/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Farewell, I Hope to Meet You Again Someday: Part 1

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    S1:E31

    Si Young can't reach Yo Han, and she is worried about him. However, Yo Han doesn't contact her for three years. After the three years, Yo Han finally comes back to the hospital and meets Si Young, but he doesn't explain what happened to him for the past three years.

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  22. 8.6/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Terminal, Incurable: part 2

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    S1:E18

    What Yo Han thought was just a temporary loss of balance has now developed into auditory distress and dizzy spells. He falls down the stairs several times, before Shi-young finds him and gets him away from the nosy reporter.

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  23. 8.6/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Farewell, I Hope to Meet You Again Someday: Part 2

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    S1:E32

    Yo Han suggests Si Young that she should do a brainwave test on the patient. Si Young asks Yo Han why he didn't tell her that he was sick, and Yo Han apologizes to her. Yoo Joon tells Si Young that Yo Han kept watching Si Young for a year, and Yo Han and Si Young finally confirm their love.

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  24. 8.5/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Secrets and Lies: part 1

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    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.

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  25. 8.5/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Secrets and Lies: part 2

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    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.

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  26. 8.4/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Between Hope and Despair: part 2

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    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?

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Best Episodes Summary

"Consolation: part 2" is the best rated episode of "Doctor John". It scored 9.3/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "To Understand Someone: part 1".