Dr. Romantic: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dr. Romantic Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Break Line
Apr 28, 2023
The medical staff of Doldam Hospital fly out in a helicopter to a ship lost out at sea on behalf of Teacher Kim, who is absent on vacation.
Between Ethics and Reality
Apr 29, 2023
As the patient's lung condition deteriorates due to tuberculosis, Teacher Kim opens the trauma centre operating room for Ri Bok-young's surgery.
How to Put an Elephant into a Fridge? Part 2
May 5, 2023
Doldam Hospital hires new personnel. The people of Doldam, who thought Teacher Kim would be the new head of the trauma centre, hold an emergency meeting.
Abracadabra
May 6, 2023
Patients injured in a residential fire are rushed into the emergency room. Seo U-jin treats the suspected arsonist despite Jang Dong-hwa's criticism.
Code Clear
May 12, 2023
Cha Jin-man hates that Teacher Kim's methods are deeply rooted into Doldam Hospital and takes everyone except Lee Seon-ung and Dong-hwa to the trauma centre.
Empathy & Sympathy
May 13, 2023
The trauma centre loses a patient and receives another patient in critical condition. Meanwhile, a child visits Teacher Kim at Doldam Hospital.
Inciting Hope
May 19, 2023
Wounded soldiers are rushed to Doldam Hospital. A-reum is left alone to tend to the emergency room when rogue patients suddenly cause a scene.
Underdog Effect
May 20, 2023
Patients rush into the emergency room while the staff tends to surgeries. Doldam Hospital falls into chaos as the gunman's identity is revealed.
The Righteous Doctor Complex
May 26, 2023
When an old building collapses resulting in several casualties, a disaster medical support team is dispatched to the site.
The Abuse of Justice
May 27, 2023
Doldam Hospital receives news of a second collapse, but the place is still full of injured people. Teacher Kim leaves everything and heads to the scene.
The Certainty of Uncertainty
Jun 2, 2023
Go Gyeong-suk does not give up the legal battle over her son's death. She proposes a secret deal to bring down Jin-man, but Teacher Kim opposes to it.
The Courage to be Ordinary
Jun 3, 2023
Jin-man fails to find the culprit who broke into the director's office. His reputation is further ruined as incidents from his past become known.
The Parrotbill Paradox
Jun 9, 2023
Gang Dong-ju returns to Doldam Hospital, with his unconventional proposals causing a stir in the trauma centre.
The Addiction to Success
Jun 10, 2023
Eun-jae performs emergency surgery on a non-trauma patient while she must join another surgery for a patient with multiple traumas.
The Game Changer
Jun 16, 2023
People injured from a forest fire rush into Doldam Hospital. Yet, the trauma centre is empty due to the staff staging a boycott against Dong-ju.
Dreamers
Jun 17, 2023
A fire approaches as if it would devour Doldam Hospital at any moment. Only after evacuating all the patients do the staff realise Teacher Kim was gone.