Doldham Hospital is opening a brand new, state-of-the-art Trauma Center.  But specialty hospitals like this come with their own complications.  From working with self-serving politicians to raise financial backing to finding the right person to act as the center’s Director, Master Kim will try to manage it all, while still treating the ER patients who flood into the hospital.  But beyond just opening the center, Master Kim dreams of creating a super team of doctors, surgeons, and staff from those he has spent his career mentoring.  

Lee Sung Kyung as Cha Eun Jae

Cha Eun Jae has come a long way from the delicate doctor who fainted at the sight of blood.  Under Master Kim’s wing, she has grown and become an amazing surgeon.  But when her father takes the job as the new Director of the Trauma Center, she will be caught between his severe approach to medicine and the empathetic skills she has learned under Master Kim.  She will also need to learn how to navigate her romantic relationship with Woo Jin under the watchful eye of her judgmental parents.  Luckily, the skills she has learned over the past few years as a doctor will help her learn to advocate for her own happiness.

Kim Min Jae as Park Eun Tak

Park Eun Tak is a nurse practioner.  He has worked hard to become a nurse, often doing double duty with work and his studies.  He is quiet and dependable, and because of this, many of the doctors at Doldham turn to him for assistance during stressful emergency situations.  But unfortunately, his reserved manners make him a better nurse than a boyfriend, and Eun Tak is brokenhearted to find that he is losing Ah Reum and he has no idea how to stop it from happening.  

 ♥ Established Characters

I have grown to love these characters over 3 seasons. The writers do such a nice job of creating complex characters.  I enjoy watching them develop from season to season, while also still feeling like they are old friends that I know and understand.  The continuity in casting for this series is one of the things that I think make it so well done.  I think it also makes it possible to have lots of characters who have at least some backstory, like the short story arc this season with In Soo and his wife and daughter.

 ♥ Proposal

So, I’m kind of a stickler for overly-dramatic proposals.  The more fanfare, the better in my book.  And usually the couple has earned it after overcoming numerous dramatic obstacles by the end of the series.  But Woo Jin’s subtle proposal to Eun Jae was absolutely perfect for their characters.  It was sweet and understated, just like their relationship.  And the way he just left her to chase after him had me giggling like a crazy fan!  Big points for the creative team on this one!

Sun Woong Development

I really enjoyed both of the new doctors this season.  But while I thought they did a great job developing Dong Hwa’s character, Sun Woong is another story.  He started off strong, having come to the hospital as a military doctor who seemed to always be suspiciously lurking close by.  But then the only real back story he got was a short scene where we find out he is colorblind.  Not to underplay the challenges he had to overcome, but the story itself fell pretty flat.  And that was his whole development.  Other than that, he was just there to support Dong Hwa instead of getting his own storyline.  

Cafe

I love Nam Da Il’s quiet, steady personality.  He is a constant support to both Nurse Oh and Master Kim.  And I love the idea that he is a completely average cook who runs his own cafe.  I always look forward to the quiet gatherings after shift in the cafe and I missed them this season.  There were a couple mentions of the cafe, but there were no after work parties there, like we had in previous seasons.  I guess I just like the fact that the cafe scenes give us a chance to see Da Il out from behind all that medical equipment.  It makes him feel more accessible, and I like that.  

“Dr. Romantic 3” ends with one last natural disaster as a forest fire blazes out of control just a few miles from the hospital.  Things are tense and patients are evacuated before a miracle rain shower ends the threat.  Eun Tak and Ah Reum finally clear up their misunderstanding.  Eun Tak promises to do better, and later we see the couple timidly start to talk about their hopes and dreams for the future, hopefully together.  Dong Hwa announces that he plans to stay on at the hospital for another rotation.  And Woo Jin finally takes out the engagement ring he bought Eun Jae and slips it on her finger while she is asleep.  She wakes up and chases after him for a sweet kiss.  Obviously she accepts.  The letter announcing the trauma center’s grant money finally arrives, in their favor.  And with that hope for the future, the final scene shows a mysterious woman arriving outside the hospital with her luggage.  A quick flash on her luggage tag reveals the name Yoon Seo Jung.  Now everyone is home!  The door is open for a season 4, but with such a large cast to schedule around now and Kim Min Jae off to the military, we will have to see.  For now, the producers are keeping it vague.