Resident Playbook | Open Thread

A hospital slice-of-life featuring an overwhelmed first-year OB/GYN resident

Notable Actors/Actresses

Go Youn-jung: O I-yeong

Shin Shi-ah: Pyo Nam-gyeong

Kang You-seok: Um Jae-il

Han Ye-ji: Kim Sa-bi

Jung Jun-won: Koo Do-won

Creators: Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung

Screenwriter: Kim Song-hee

Hangul Title Translation
Wise Resident Life

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Family, Contemporary Romance, 

Year: 2025
Episodes: 12  [+ Special]

Jump to: Review | Remarks | Comments 

Cast

Go Youn-jung: O I-yeong	Shin Shi-ah: Pyo Nam-gyeong
Kang You-seok: Um Jae-il	Han Ye-ji: Kim Sa-bi
Jung Jun-won: Koo Do-won

Romcom / Romance Checklist

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 /  2 /  3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First  / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better Than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Annoying Love (F/M) Rival+++ / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Friends to Lovers / Harem / Hidden Identity / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / School to Adulthood / Star-Crossed Lovers 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12  

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++

Remarks

by FanFanX

[First Impression (Ep1-)] Get ready to love help these newbies. 

[Cast&Crew] 

[Cameos] 

Ep1. Ra Mi-ran as doctor / bank teller

Ep2. Ahn Eun-jin as Chu Min-ha 

Ep3. Moon Tae-yu as Yong Seok-min; Ha Hoon-kyung as Heo Seon-bin

Ep4. Jung Kyung-ho as Kim Jun-wan; Jung Moon-sung as Do Jae-hak [telephone]

Ep5. Yoo Yeon-seok as An Jeong-won 

Ep6. Bae Hyeon-seong as Jang Hong-do  

Ep7. Kwak Sun-young as Lee Ik-sun; Kim Jun-han as An Chi-hong 

Ep8. Shin Hyun-been as Jang Gyeo-ul 

Ep9. Shin Won-ho as TV producer; Na Young-seok as Jang Yeong-seok (Mo-ne and Ma-ne's father)

Ep10. Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun; Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa 

Ep11. Jung Moon-sung as Do Jae-hak 

Ep12. Kim Dae-myung as Yang Seok-hyeong; Ahn Eun-jin as Chu Min-ha 

[Behind the Scenes] See comments.

[OST] See comments.

[Ending] Happy to get to Year 2! 🩺

[A Highlight] 

[Review & Rating]

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Rating: /5