Doctor Cha (2023)
Grade: C
16 episodes, 1 hr each
Viewing Platform: Netflix
Cha Jung Sook has successfully raised two children, choosing to stay home with them, caring for her mother-in-law, and supporting her husband's career as a doctor. Then one day she finds out she needs a liver transplant, and going through that experience helps her realize she wants more out of life now that her children are basically grown. Jung Sook goes back to school to finish her own doctor training, with her doubtful and even mocking at times husband. Along the way, she discovers her husband is having an affair - but the mistress is a powerful doctor in the hospital Jung Sook is working at. Will Jung Sook be able to finish her residency, despite the interpersonal conflict? How will her family handle her transition back into the work force? And will her pampered husband give up his affair and be the husband she deserves, or at the very least, be able to let Jung Sook go?
*Production value is fine; the destructive and conflicting nature of discovering one's spouse is cheating is very realistic, especially including the history of an unequal marriage (the wife doing everything to take care of everyone, while receiving next to nothing in return from the incredibly selfish, self-centered husband). It was almost too hard for me to watch... The ending is very unsatisfying, albeit realistic (spoiler alert) - she does get a divorce and gains all sorts of self-confidence & self-worth, but she ends up [romantically] alone. By Shakespearean standards, that makes this whole show a tragedy instead of a comedy. Wouldn't watch again.*
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