Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023) 정신병동에도 아침이 와요
Directed by Lee Jae-kyoo and starring Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, Lee Jung-eun and Jang Dong-yoon.
Jung Da-eun (Park Bo-young) works as a nurse. She is transferred to neuropsychiatry from the internal medicine department. This is her first time working in neuropsychiatry, so everything is difficult and awkward for her. Nevertheless, Jung Da-eun tries her best to deal with the patients and she grows as a nurse with the help of Chief Nurse Song Hyo-jin (Lee Jung-eun). Dong Go-yun (Yeon Woo-jin) works as a doctor and specializes in proctology. Watching Nurse Jung Da-eun and her pure ways, Dong Go-yun realizes that he smiles when seeing her and is even healed by her. Meanwhile Jung Da-eun is friends with Song Yu-chan (Jang Dong-yoon). He looks like a very bright person, but he holds pain inside that nobody knows about. (Synopsis: AsianWiki)
Finished episode 6 and I'm totally enjoying this show (it has only 12 episodes so I'm expecting to finish it during the easter weekend). It deals with mental health and disorders like depression, anxiety, panic disorder, OCD. It shows that it can happen to anyone, no matter how successful you are. The series is not as heavy as I thought it would be, at times even funny, but it depicts the reality of having mental health problems really well. It also made me emotional and teary-eyed. The main characters are likeable and Park Bo-young is a great female lead. She's in a love triangle with Dr. Dong (Yeon Woo-jin) and her bestie Song Yu-chan (Jang Dong-yoon). No doubt she'll end up with the doctor. I like Park Bo-young and Yeon Woo-jin together but at the moment I'm most invested in the love story between Chang Ryul as Dr. Hwang and Lee E-dam as Nurse Min. I love the development of their romance and hope it's going to have a happy ending. I'll quote their interaction from episode 3:
"Ms. Min, would you date me if I told you I don't care if you see ghosts?"
"I go berserk when I'm drunk."
"I don't care. Whatever you dish out drunk, I can take it."
"I also have athlete's foot."
"I don't care. I don't care if you have ashy heels, darkened elbows, or even a past marriage. I don't care if you have ten kids. I wouldn't even care if you were actually a man. So, will you date me?"
"Dr. Hwang. Have you ever lived in a house with no hot water?"
"Where would you find a house like that nowadays?"
"And that's the reason I can't date you."
(Collage made by me, with screenshots taken by me from this scene.)