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.
Watched 28 - 30 March 2024 — 12 episodes (NETFLIX)
*Finished the show yesterday and really enjoyed it. It's a tender and insightful series, dealing with mental health, and it has lovable characters. Love the team of nurses and head nurse Lee Jung-eun.
*It's clear romance is not the main thing here but I would have liked the love story between the main couple to be more developed.
*Yeon Woo-jin as Dr. Dong is a likeable and sweet character and I liked that he was a bit weird.
*Park Bo-young is very good and convincing in the role of an empathetic and sensitive nurse. So different from her role in Strong Woman Do Bong-soon.
*I think that Jang Dong-yoon as Yu-chan is probably better suited to do something else than office work. It didn't feel like his anxiety would be solved by leaving the office on time.
*Great special effects in the scenes with panic attacks and delusions.
*I liked Jung Da-eun (Park Bo-young) and Nurse Min (Lee E-dam) together and how they influenced one another.
*I didn't really like the idea that Dr. Hwang and Nurse Min would be apart for a year but I'm glad they do have their happy ending. I liked the fact that she wanted to explore what would excite her because being a nurse never made her happy, but I didn't think the cruise thing really fitted her. It felt like the writers just chose this career path in order to separate the love birds for a long time. I love that Dr. Hwang is supportive and puts her happiness above his own.
*I love how this healing drama shows and emphasises that mental health disorders can happen to anyone, even psychiatric nurses.