Director: Oh Hyun Jong
A surgeon at the top of her field loses everything overnight, and the last person she expects to catch her fall is an old classmate who once envied her success.
What is Doctor Slump about?
Yeo Jung-woo and Nam Ha-neul were fierce academic rivals back in medical school, each pushing the other toward the top of their class. Years later their paths have completely diverged: Jung-woo built a glamorous plastic surgery career while Ha-neul quietly grew into a respected but overworked doctor. When a scandal strips Jung-woo of his license and reputation in a single stroke, he finds himself starting over at the bottom of a hospital he never expected to enter, working alongside Ha-neul just as her own life begins to unravel from exhaustion and personal setbacks. Doctor Slump follows the two of them as they trade the competitive spark of their student years for something steadier, learning to lean on each other while patients, colleagues, and old wounds test whether either of them can actually recover.
Cast & crew
Park Shin-hye plays Nam Ha-neul with a mix of stubbornness and quiet fatigue that keeps the character from feeling like a simple romantic foil, while Park Hyung-sik brings a sharper, more brittle energy to Jung-woo's fall from grace. Director Oh Hyun Jong keeps the hospital scenes grounded rather than melodramatic, letting the supporting cast — including Yoon Park and Kong Seong-ha — fill out a workplace that feels lived-in rather than staged for effect.
Context & significance
Released in 2024, Doctor Slump arrives as part of a wave of Korean dramas that use medicine as a backdrop for stories about burnout rather than pure procedural drama. It blends comedy and heavier emotional beats in a way that's become a signature of contemporary Korean television, favoring character texture over hospital-of-the-week plotting.
Where & how to watch
Doctor Slump is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, presented in a Farsi-friendly interface with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer to follow the dialogue in their own language.