Doctor Prisoner: Season 1
Doctor Prisoner is a 2019 South Korean television series that follows an ace doctor in a university hospital who is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident. After being ousted from the hospital by the wealthy, whose careers sabotage his, the doctor seeks vengeance. He applies for and secures a job working at a prison. Inside the prison, his goal is to make personal connections with all the big shots who
Season 1 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- An ace doctor is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident at a university hospital.
- The doctor's career is sabotaged by wealthy individuals, resulting in him being ousted from the hospital.
- The doctor applies to work at a prison in order to target powerful figures who are above the law.
- The series blends hospital and prison politics as a medical-revenge thriller.
Season overview
Doctor Prisoner is a 2019 South Korean television series that follows an ace doctor in a university hospital who is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident. After being ousted from the hospital by the wealthy, whose careers sabotage his, the doctor seeks vengeance. He applies for and secures a job working at a prison. Inside the prison, his goal is to make personal connections with all the big shots who are too powerful to be governed by the law, utilizing this position to exact his revenge against the hospital and individuals that kicked him out. The narrative functions as a high-concept medical-revenge thriller, blending hospital and prison politics with sharp pacing and morally gray characters.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Mar 20, 2019 · 30 min
Dr. Na Yi Je is a kind person with excellent skills. He works at the emergency medical station of Taegang Hospital. He always goes by the rules, and it makes him a bane for his sen
Episode 2
Mar 20, 2019 · 29 min
A Traffic accident is caused by Jae Hwan, and many emergency patients are transferred to Taegang Hospital. Yi Je goes into surgery of a pregnant woman. However, Jae Hwan makes a sc
Episode 3
Mar 21, 2019 · 27 min
A car crash occurs, and Jae Hwan is secretly moved to a hospital with a serious injury. Min Sik comes to know that Yi Je is the only person who can save Jae Hwan, but he still disa
Episode 4
Mar 21, 2019 · 32 min
Yi Je performs the surgery on Jae Hwan. Min Sik tries to stop him, but Jae Jun appears and tells him that he approved the surgery. Yi Je asks Jae Jun to let him be the successor of
Episode 5
Mar 27, 2019 · 34 min
Min Sik visits the prison to see Sang Chun. Min Sik forces Sang Chun to tell the truth, but he refuses. Min Sik poses a threat to Sang Chun, and Sang Chun gets into an urgent situa
Episode 6
Mar 27, 2019 · 26 min
Min Sik and Yi Je talk about negotiation for mutual cooperation, but Min Sik gets Yi Ra’s urgent call. Min Sik chooses to go to see Yi Ra, and he makes a deal with her. After seein
Episode 7
Mar 28, 2019 · 28 min
Getting betrayed by Yi Ra, Min Sik is being driven into a corner getting his family in a risk. Yi Je tells So Geum that he knows about Bit. Yi Ra and Jae In find out that Yi Je is
Episode 8
Mar 28, 2019 · 31 min
Yi Je suggests Min Sik to retire without making problems. But Min Sik is certain that the document is not a real one and provokes Yi Je. Hyun Sang tells Min Sik where the list was
Episode 9
Apr 3, 2019 · 30 min
Yi Je falls into Min Sik’s trap and faces danger. To get away from the situation, Yi Je makes a suggestion to Sang Chun. Meanwhile, Min Sik is watching them through the camera. So
Episode 10
Apr 3, 2019 · 30 min
Yi Je promises Seok Woo to get a suspension of execution of detention. Sang Chun sends an email to Yi Je, and Yi Je sends the file related to So Geum. Jae Jun and So Geum meet to h
Episode 11
Apr 4, 2019 · 26 min
Seok Woo goes to Taekang Hospital to examine his disease. So Geum gets shocked that an arrogant psychopath Seok Woo’s body was deteriorated in a short time. Eui Sik visits Jung Hee
Episode 12
Apr 4, 2019 · 33 min
So Geum thinks Yi Je is using her to make Seok Woo have a suspension of execution of detention. So Geum goes to Yi Je and asks him the reason he helps Seok Woo. Min Jung hears that
Episode 13
Apr 10, 2019 · 31 min
Yi Je tells So Geum that they shouldn’t cooperate anymore. Yi Ra says to Chairman Kim that the reason Seok Woo’s detention couldn’t get suspended is Min Sik. Meanwhile, Min Sik mee
Episode 14
Apr 10, 2019 · 29 min
Eui Sik takes away Yi Je and Jung Hee to his office, and he asks Yi Je the reason he visited Jung Hee. Jae In comes to Eui Sik’s office to defend Yi Je, but Eui Sik says that he ha
Episode 15
Apr 11, 2019 · 28 min
Min Sik gets investigated on suspicion of breaking the Pharmacy Law. So Geum goes to Yi Je and tells him she wants to join hands with him again. Yi Je gets appointed as the new med
Episode 16
Apr 11, 2019 · 32 min
Yi Je goes to the Special Sector to see people who are on the VIP list. Jin Chul stalls Yi Je, and Yi Je takes a measure to make Jin Chul stay out of it. Eui Sik goes to Jung Hee t
Episode 17
Apr 17, 2019 · 30 min
While So Geum is watching the Bit’s video, Jae Jun visits her. So Geum tells Yi Je that she will dig into Jae Jun. Min Sik tells Eui Sik about what Yi Je did to his patients to pra
Episode 18
Apr 17, 2019 · 30 min
An Jin Chul tells Yi Je that he will be on Yi Je’s side, and help him to destroy Min Sik. Eui Sik finally decides to join hands with Yi Je. They go to Haeun Hospital to look throug
Episode 19
Apr 18, 2019 · 31 min
Yi Je asks Min Sik to hand over Haeun Hospital to Yi Je as a way to get out of prison, and Min Sik agrees with him. So Geum gets a call from Bit and finally gets to see him. Meanwh
Episode 20
Apr 18, 2019 · 28 min
Min Sik and Min Je get to meet each other on the way to the Western Seoul Penitentiary. Min Je suddenly suffers from the pain, and Min Sik injects medicine into him, but Min Je fal
Episode 21
Apr 24, 2019 · 30 min
Congressman Jung dies all of a sudden. Yi Je gets a call from Yi Hyun saying that there are weird guys outside the house. After hearing Yi Je’s conversation with Yi Hyun, So Geum g
Episode 22
Apr 24, 2019 · 29 min
Min Sik calls Yi Je and leaves a message that he heard Congressman Jung’s last word. Jae In tries to catch Nam Pyo, but she fails to find him. Jung Hee and So Geum trace Nam Pyo’s
Episode 23
Apr 25, 2019 · 28 min
Jae Jun suggests to Eui Sik to cover up his case, and in return, offers to make him a district attorney. Jae Jun wants Yi Je to give him Congressman Jung’s belongings to him. But Y
Episode 24
Apr 25, 2019 · 32 min
Chairman Lee Deok Seong’s stocks are donated to Congressman Jung, and Han Bit gets to manage the stocks. Yi Je suggests to Yi Ra to recommend Min Sik as a candidate for the head of
Episode 25
May 1, 2019 · 32 min
Hye Soo and Young Chul have a drink after work, and Hye Soo asks Young Chul to tell about his past. Young Chul gets arrested for Congressman Jung’s murder. Meanwhile, Yi Je tries t
Episode 26
May 1, 2019 · 27 min
Min Seok’s condition gets worse and has no choice but to get surgery from Yi Je. Chairman Lee dies, and Jae Hwan begs Yi Je to get him a stay of execution no matter what it takes.
Episode 27
May 8, 2019 · 27 min
Young Chul tells Hye Soo that he will never tell anyone who abetted the murder of Congressman Jung even if he knows. Yi Je tries to get Jae Hwan’s stay of execution, and Do Hoon tr
Episode 28
May 8, 2019 · 33 min
So Geum goes to find Young Chul’s ex-wife. Eui Sik gets in trouble that might get him demoted to the Suncheon Prosecutor’s Office. Min Sik and Jae Jun make a deal with the Congress
Episode 29
May 9, 2019 · 33 min
Jae In gives Yi Je the medical records of Deok Seong and Jae Jun. Eui Sik tries to find out the truth between Congressman Jung and Young Chul. He also investigates the relationship
Episode 30
May 9, 2019 · 29 min
Eui Sik asks Jung Hee to serve her term of imprisonment and wait out for a few months. Yi Je and Min Sik make a plan to catch Jae Jun, but they get cheated by Jae Jun. Jae Hwan fal
Episode 31
May 15, 2019 · 27 min
Eui Sik goes to Taekang Group to arrest Jae Jun without a warrant. Yi Je injects a drug to Jae Jun, and Jae Jun stabs Yi Je with a knife. Jae Jun gets arrested for the attempted mu
Episode 32
May 15, 2019 · 37 min
Min Sik gets An Jin Chul’s help and releases the tabloid about Jae Jun being investigated for charges of attempted murder and for abetting a felony. Jae Jun’s habeas corpus gets ac