8.5/1086 votesLoading...#1 - How to Put an Elephant into a Fridge?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2016
Kang Dongjoo is one of the interns who have joined Geodae Hospital recently. He is notorious among his seniors for disobeying and playing smart. Yoon Seojeong gives advice to him that as an intern, he should follow whatever he's told without thinking. She further explains that the intern should put an elephant into a fridge even if it seems impossible.
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8.6/1059 votesLoading...#2 - The Result of the Hypersecretion of Adrenaline
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2016
Seojeong suddenly disappears one day after the car accident. Meanwhile, Dr. Do asks Dongjoo to operate a VIP patient and tells him to take it as an opportunity. Dongjoo accepts it but fails. Later on, Dongjoo receives a personnel order and heads to Doldam Hospital in Jeongseon, and meets someone there.
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8.7/1056 votesLoading...#3 - Friday of 13 People
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2016
Master Kim and Dongjoo operates on Seojeong’s wrist as she cuts herself. During the operation, Dongjoo gets shocked with Master Kim’s speed and tries to follow his speed. Meanwhile, Master Kim kicks out Seojeong since he thinks of her as a mentally disturbed patient.
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8.7/1063 votesLoading...#4 - Rainmaker
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2020
As Doldam Hospital suffers from a lack of doctors, Master Kim visits the main hospital to ask to send young doctors to him and runs into CS fellow Cha Eunjae and GS fellow Seo Woojin. Woojin is ostracized by other doctors because he had done whistleblowing on other doctors' corruption and malpractice. On the other hand, Eunjae always takes a tranquilizer before operations due to her operation fright.
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8.7/1050 votesLoading...#5 - Mechanism of Accidents
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2020
Master Kim gets disappointed at Woojin and tells him to go back. But Woojin asks Master Kim for one more chance and Master Kim gives Woojin a week of grace period to prove himself. Meanwhile, an important figure comes into the emergency room of Doldam Hospital. Do Yoonwan, the chairman of the Geosan University Foundation figures out the news and begins to work out his scheme.
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8.8/1047 votesLoading...#6 - Unstable Factor
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2016
Dr. Song passes a letter of appointment to Mr. Jang Gitae and tells him that he is now Manager Jang. By passing the letter, Dr. Song asks Manager Jang to reveal every secret of Doldam Hospital. Meanwhile, Dongjoo and Inbeom get into a fight and Inbeom punches Dongjoo.
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8.8/1051 votesLoading...#7 - The Manifestation of Humanism
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2016
An armed man holds Seojeong as a hostage and barges into the operating room. He yells at Master Kim to stop the surgery, but Master Kim continues the surgery until the end. Meanwhile, Ms. Ji from Geodae Hospital comes to know about Seojeong’s PTSD history.
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8.8/1047 votesLoading...#8 - The Boiling Point
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/2016
Parents of deserter find Dongjoo and ask him about the cause of their son’s death. However, Dongjoo hesitates to answer their question at first place. Meanwhile, the daughter of the sepsis patient who passed away due to Dongjoo’s operation on a VIP visits Doldam Hospital and holds a demonstration against Dongjoo.
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8.8/1045 votesLoading...#9 - Utilizing Conflict
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/2020
Mingook asks Woojin questions about the primary surgery that Master Kim operated, and Woojin hesitates to answer them. The director of Doldam Hospital comes back to the hospital and Yoon Ahreum greets him. Eunjae gets furious on Woojin for taking away her opportunity to be in the second operation with Mingook. And Doldam Hospital is on the verge of being sued for malpractice.
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8.8/1045 votesLoading...#10 - A Living Friday Night
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/20/2020
Friday is the busiest day as a lot of patients swarm in Doldam Hospital. Eunjae still finds it hard to perform surgical operations herself. A girl patient who suffers from drug poisoning because of her father's joint family suicidal attempt reminds Woojin of a painful memory from his childhood. And the staff of Doldam Hospital resents after hearing a rumor that there will be a new director.
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8.9/1055 votesLoading...#11 - Necessary and Sufficient Condition
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2016
Seojeong gets caught while treating a patient even though she was kicked out by Master Kim. Master Kim gets furious about it and Seojeong goes to beg for his mercy. Dongjoo gets angry after finding it out and goes to face Master Kim. Meanwhile, Chairman Shin Myeongho visits Doldam Hospital to meet Master Kim.
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8.9/1053 votesLoading...#12 - Principle of Relative
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/2016
Dongjoo comes to know that Master Kim is Dr. Boo Yongjoo and tries to stay back at Doldam Hospital to learn things from him. Finally, he gets a chance to perform a combine operation with Master Kim. Meanwhile, President Do Yoonwan asks Dr. Song Hyeoncheol to check on Master Kim by using Dongjoo. Therefore, he heads to Doldam Hospital with Do Inbeom.
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8.9/1050 votesLoading...#13 - Motivation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2016
Dongjoo goes to have lunch with Geodae Hospital staffs and hears something bad about Master Kim. Meanwhile, an emergency patient arrives at Doldam Hospital and Seojeong decides to operate on him with Inbeom as there is no one who can take care of it.
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8.9/1045 votesLoading...#14 - Undefined Setting Value
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2020
Master Kim chooses the extreme method to save Minister Ryu. After Master Kim manages to bring Minister Ryu back to life, Park Mingook starts doubting on Master Kim’s real intention and skills. After Mingook announces the Minister’s condition to press, Master Kim just doesn’t seem to care. Eunjae asks Woojin to attend the second surgery, but he refuses.
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8.9/1044 votesLoading...#15 - The Line that Should be Protected
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/27/2020
Mingook becomes determined to turn people away from Master Kim. A situation Eunjae tries to mitigate takes a turn for the worse.
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9.0/1046 votesLoading...#16 - The Art of Turmoil
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/2016
Seojeong tries her best to be the first assistant of Chairman Shin’s operation and with her ceaseless efforts, Master Kim appoints her as the first assistant. Meanwhile, three suspected patients of MERS visit emergency room of Doldam Hospital, and Dongjoo decides to shut down the emergency room.
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9.0/1048 votesLoading...#17 - Doctors and Righteous People
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/10/2017
President Do publishes an article about Chairman Shin’s surgery without Master Kim’s name on it and invites the medical staff who participated in the operation. Meanwhile, Reporter Oh visits former nurse, Ms. No’s restaurant to find out about the truth.
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9.0/1047 votesLoading...#18 - Code Clear
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/2023
Cha Jinman hates that Master Kim's methods are deeply rooted into Doldam Hospital and takes everyone except Lee Seonwoong and Donghwa to the trauma centre.
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9.1/1050 votesLoading...#19 - The Boundary of Good
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2016
President Do comes to Doldam Hospital in order to explain himself to Chairman Shin. Seojeong ends up running away after writing a letter of resignation, but Dongjoo eventually finds her. Seojeong also gets a diagnosis that she does not suffer from PTSD, so she can happily return. Meanwhile, Ms. Woo Yeonhwa seems to have a secret.
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9.1/1047 votesLoading...#20 - Psychological Entropy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2016
President Do suggests an incredible offer to Dongjoo, so that he can bring Dongjoo over to his side. Master Kim comes to know about it but tells Dongjoo to decide his future on his own. Meanwhile, Seojeong comes to know about Master Kim’s pupil, Jang Hyeonjoo, through Jeong Insoo.
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9.1/1046 votesLoading...#21 - The Cornered Stone Syndrome
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/2016
Uhm Hyeonjeong visits Doldam Hospital to stop Chairman Shin’s heart operation, but she gets shocked after hearing Chairman Shin’s test results. Master Kim asks Chairman Shin to cancel the operation as he has terminal lung cancer. Meanwhile, Dongjoo and Seojeong act like an enemy as they don’t want other staffs to know about their relationship.
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9.1/1043 votesLoading...#22 - Placebo
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2020
Master Kim leads his team in saving two critical patients at the same time. Eunjae steps in to protect a woman from her abusive husband.
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9.1/1040 votesLoading...#23 - An Error of Exchange of Equivalents
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2020
A recruiter with bitter resentment for Woojin tries to tempt staff members to leave Doldam Hospital. Eunjae's mom asks for a favor.
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9.2/1049 votesLoading...#24 - Paragonimiasis Effect
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/2016
Seojeong decides to treat the patients in the emergency room after Dongjoo faints. At the same time, Master Kim receives the results of MERS test. Meanwhile, Dongjoo gets well and decides to get a Christmas present for Seojeong.
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9.2/1047 votesLoading...#25 - Burden of Risk
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/2017
Master Kim decides to do Chairman Shin’s operation. Master Kim tries his best to reduce the surgical time and Dongjoo helps him a lot by asking Inbeom to join them. Meanwhile, President Do plans to visit Doldam Hospital and suggests two options to Master Kim as he couldn’t stop Master Kim from the operation.
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The Worst Episodes of Dr. Romantic
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An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
Genre:Drama
Worst Episodes Summary
"How to Put an Elephant into a Fridge?" is the worst rated episode of "Dr. Romantic". It scored 8.5/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/7/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Result of the Hypersecretion of Adrenaline".