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Yong Pal

TV·2015–2015·1 season, 18 episodes·SBS·Crime, Romance, Medical·1h·6.7

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Kim Tae Hyun is a promising young surgeon, but his finances take a dive when his sister's health condition requires costly dialysis treatments. When Tae Hyun subsequently falls into a vicious cycle of debt, he assumes the alias of "Yong Pal" and begins making house calls for criminals who are willing to pay top dollar. Complicating things further, Tae Hyun gets involved with Han Yeo Jin, a comatose patient at the hospital.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Yong Pal S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 9.5The Sleeping Beauty awakens thanks to our hero, and while he may not be a storybook prince, he still manages to charm his way into the princess' good graces. What starts out as a shaky alliance turns into an unlikely friendship between two people who, despite their differing social status, find out they have a lot more in common than anyone would've thought. It's an episode that pushes all the right buttons and establishes character dynamics, making for a show that's worthy of all the buzz surrounding it.
  2. 02Yong Pal S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 9.0This hour delves deeper into the world Tae Hyun and our sleeping princess have to live in, which is its own kind of hell for all parties involved. Money may be able to move mountains and imprison the innocent, but if there's one thing it can't move, it's the heart. And while Tae Hyun may be willing to sell his pride to get what he wants, he's incapable of selling his soul.
  3. 03Yong Pal S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 8.5Meet Yong Pal, just your average doc who treats the wealthy by day and the dregs of life by night. He's the guy everyone in and out of the hospital turns to in their most desperate time of need, and you can rest assured that he's got everyone else's surgical record beat. If you should ever find yourself in need of medical attention, your best chance of survival is with the guy who charges per stitch and every pint of blood.

Cast

Kim Tae HeeKim Tae HeeHan Yeo JinJoo WonJoo WonKim Tae Hyun / Yong PalJeong Ung InJeong Ung InChief Surgeon Lee Ho JunChae Jeong AnChae Jeong AnLee Chae YeongJo Hyun JaeJo Hyun JaeHan Do Joon

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode18Episodes2015Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S01E01Yong Pal S01E01Episode 1August 5, 2015 8.5Meet Yong Pal, just your average doc who treats the wealthy by day and the dregs of life by night. He's the guy everyone in and out of the h
  2. S01E02Yong Pal S01E02Episode 2August 6, 2015 8.5Even if we knew that our hero wouldn't be able to keep his nighttime activities a secret forever, I bet no one would have guessed that his a
  3. S01E03Yong Pal S01E03Episode 3August 12, 2015 9.0This hour delves deeper into the world Tae Hyun and our sleeping princess have to live in, which is its own kind of hell for all parties inv
  4. S01E04Yong Pal S01E04Episode 4August 13, 2015 8.0Our hero will quickly learn that movin' on up isn't all that it's cracked up to be when the end of the road is hiding a massive secret. Bein
  5. S01E05Yong Pal S01E05Season's bestEpisode 5August 19, 2015 9.5The Sleeping Beauty awakens thanks to our hero, and while he may not be a storybook prince, he still manages to charm his way into the princ
  6. S01E06Yong Pal S01E06Episode 6August 20, 2015 8.5Everyone wants to have the ice princess for their own this episode, but some couldn't care less whether she's still breathing at the end of
  7. S01E07Yong Pal S01E07Episode 7August 26, 2015 8.5Injuries need time to recover, and this episode slows things down so that hearts can heal before they're broken once more. I'm talking about
  8. S01E08Yong Pal S01E08Episode 8August 27, 2015 8.0Tae Hyun is invited for a dinner with Do Joon in which he hears some things that could be harmful for Yeo Jin. In order to avoid major probl
  9. S01E09Yong Pal S01E09Episode 9September 2, 2015 8.0When Chief Surgeon Lee hears about the sudden death of Nurse Hwang, he starts to panick and tries to find a way out. Tae Hyun is helping Yeo
  10. S01E10Yong Pal S01E10Episode 10September 3, 2015 7.5Tae Hyun takes a risk and brings the close-to-death mother to Han Shin's Medical Center for treatment, but he is open for some new surprises
  11. S01E11Yong Pal S01E11Episode 11September 9, 2015 8.0Yeo Jin's funeral is in motion when Secretary Min receives a disturbing message. Together with the Chief of Security, he tries to track her
  12. S01E12Yong Pal S01E12Episode 12September 10, 2015 8.0Yeo Jin's plan is in danger when Man Shik snitched on Tae Hyun. Though receiving help from an unexpected side, will he be in time to complet
  13. S01E13Yong Pal S01E13Episode 13September 16, 2015 8.0When President Go and Do Joon both have been arrested, the prosecution of them seems to be tougher than expected. Yeo Jin is trying to clean
  14. S01E14Yong Pal S01E14Episode 14September 17, 2015 8.0Now Tae Hyun is the husband of Yeo Jin, everyone at Han Shin is being very polite and friendly to him, however Tae Hyun finds out something
  15. S01E15Yong Pal S01E15Episode 15September 23, 2015 8.0Yeo Jin is chosen to be the fifth chairperson of Han Shin Group, while Tae Hyun is trying to stop her from continuing her path of destructio
  16. S01E16Yong Pal S01E16Episode 16September 24, 2015 8.0When Tae Hyun's plan to free Do Joon fails, he confronts Yeo Jin with it. Yeo Jin's war against Daejeong has just started.
  17. S01E17Yong Pal S01E17Episode 17September 30, 2015 7.5Yeo Jin experiences more hallucinations over time, but little does she know that she is very sick. Tae Hyun is happy with his life, but wish
  18. S01E18Yong Pal S01E18Episode 18October 1, 2015 8.5Tae Hyun finds out about Yeo Jin's worse condition, though finds several set backs as no doctor is willing to perform that surgery. Yeo Jin

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