Man, this particular Hospital Ship is turning into a Semester at Sea, and works better if it was a teaching type of K-drama a la Queen of the Classroom. Ha Ji Won signing up to place a doctor on a floating medical ship sounded fantastic a month ago but as the rest of the cast fills up with idols and young actors it’s starting to really concern me that the tone and narrative places her character as a mentor rather than as the central figure of growth and maturation. The latest younger to climb aboard is Lee Seo Won, most recently in The Liar and His Lover but I remember from being Suzy‘s younger brother in Uncontrollably Fond. He joins already confirmed younger cast members Kang Min Hyuk from CNBLUE and AOA‘s Minah, making me wonder if the ship doctors and nurses will periodically break out into song and dance onboard. Continue reading →