Doctor Stranger is a monthly drama series broadcast by SBS in South Korea since May 5, 2014, starring Lee Jong Suk and Chan Se Yeon in a medical romance spy drama. Doctor Stranger tells the story of the male protagonist, Park Hoon, who was kidnapped to North Korea along with his childhood father, and was trained by his father to become a brilliant thoracic surgeon, and after leaving the North, he returns to work at a top hospital in South Korea, but is unable to integrate into the team of doctors and becomes a complete stranger in a strange land. The next step is to take you into the drama of Doctor Stranger, to feel the love of this "foreign country".
Doctor Stranger Episode 1
The United States is going to attack North Korea, there will be a war on the Korean Peninsula in the near future, and Park Chul, who is a thoracic surgeon, plays a crucial role in the political war, and the Ministry of National Defense finds him.
As war is about to break out, the citizens of South Korea are in a state of panic and have begun a mad rush to buy food. As a highly skilled doctor, Park Chul can stop the war from breaking out if he saves North Korean President Kim Il Sung, who has no choice but to take his young son, Park Hoon, to North Korea.
Park Chul does everything he can to save Kim Il Sung in front of a huge crowd, and his son, Park Hoon, who witnessed his father's surgery, adores him. Park Hoon and Song Jae-hee, another young girl his age, present flowers to Kim Il-sung as flower girls. The two youngsters fall in love with each other.
Although Park Chul saved the president's life and became a hero of North Korea, the mastermind of the incident, Jang Suk-ju, was afraid that Park Chul would compete with him for the credit, so he sent someone to secretly kill Park Chul and his son, and the assassin was grateful for Park Chul's saving of the country and the people, and he let him go for his own selfish reasons.
Years passed, and Park Hoon grew up to be a handsome young man, and proposed to Jae-hee. Jae-hee's father invites Park Hoon to his home. Park Hoon dresses up and is about to go, but his father convinces him to treat a patient, and under his father's tutelage, Park Hoon becomes more and more skillful. When Park Hoon arrives at Jae-hee's house, he finds Jae-hee absent and the house in a state of disarray. Park Hoon has a vague feeling that something has happened to Jae-hee and rushes to find him, learning that Jae-hee is being chased and that she is being used as a clinical subject for the research institute.......
Jae-hee is being held captive, and Park Hoon insists on rescuing him, which his father opposes. Park Hoon is also taken into the institute, which specializes in health management for leaders. Once in, he can't get out again.
Five years later ......
The institute orders Park Hoon to experiment on people in a secret shelter for political prisoners, and out of humanity and kindness, Park Hoon refuses, but he suddenly realizes that the one who is about to be pushed into the operating room is the love of his life, Song Jae-hee, whom he has been searching for. Song Jae-hee has been tortured beyond recognition. Park Hoon is determined to save Jae-hee's life.
Park Hoon has a chance to go to Brapes, where he can be free. His father persuades him to go, but he refuses because he can't let go of Jae-hee and his father. He refuses because he can't let go of Jae-hee and his father, but his father is caught coming to the institute in private and is executed as a result. Park Hoon is devastated.
Doctor Stranger Episode 2
Park Hoon hugs his father and begs the institute to schedule his father's surgery right away, but Park Chul stops his son and asks him to make sure he doesn't forget that he's a doctor in the future. Park Hoon looks at his father, who died in his arms, and loses his voice.
Cha Jin-soo warns Park Hoon that the party is taking this medical exchange very seriously, and that North Korea may bring in advanced medical equipment as a result, and that if he screws up then he will end up like his father, and that the surgery will be for Jae-hee. Cha Jin-soo finds out about Park Hoon's relationship with Jae-hee and reminds Park Hoon that he better not mess up the operation.
Park Hoon applies for exile from the Korean embassy to get out of the country, and asks a friend of his father's to get him the fake death pill. Jae-hee wakes up looking for her dad, and Park Hoon is afraid to tell her the truth. Park Hoon puts the fake death drug in Jae Hee's eyes, when Cha Jin Soo comes to the hospital room and warns that if Park Hoon applies for exile, he will make both Park Hoon and Jae Hee disappear. Cha Jin-soo reminds the bodyguard to keep an eye on Park Hoon and Jae-hee, and that if he messes up, then this introduction of the device will also fail.
Jang Suk-joo's election is approaching, and his secretary suddenly reminds him that Park Hoon is in Korea right now on a medical exchange. The red alert goes off, Jae Hee's heart stops beating, and Cha Jin Suh angrily confronts Park Hoon. Park Hoon takes the opportunity to save Jae Hee and gives her an antidote, and Jae Hee wakes up successfully. However, Cha Jin-soo also sends someone to come after them, so Park Hoon tries his best to escape with Jae-hee on his motorcycle. Park Hoon takes Jae Hee to the Korean embassy, but Jang Suk Cho asks the embassy to refuse Park Hoon's request. Jang Suk-joo thinks that Park Chul's case is a stain on his political career and asks his secretary to send someone to kill them, but Secretary Kim remembers little Park Hoon, who gave him a lollipop more than ten years ago, and has a hard time with it.
Park Hoon has no choice but to take Jae Hee with him as he continues to flee, and the two escape to the river where they are surrounded by North Korean soldiers. Jae-hee was shot and fell into the river to save Park Hoon. At the critical moment, Secretary Kim shot Cha Jin-su from a distance, and then the police suddenly appeared to save Jae-hee.
Two years later, Seoul. Park Hoon has been living in Seoul for two years and has opened his own clinic. Park Hoon and Lee Chang-ri, a girl who left the country, have become close friends and partners. Lee works hard at her job and her greatest wish is to bring her mother from North Korea to Seoul. Mr. Lim, a leader of the defector organization, helps Lee Chang-li find her mother and brings her to Chang-li. Mother and daughter embrace and Chang-li leaves after paying Mr. Lim. Mr. Lim has long traded with the North Koreans, buying up the people his employers need. Mr. Lim tells Park Hoon that Jae Hee has been taken back by the North Koreans and that he can bring her to Seoul, but for a sum of money. Mr. Lim takes Park Hoon to the basement and shows him video footage of Jae Hee. Jae-hee is in a prison uniform with a disheveled face and keeps calling out Park Hoon's name. Park Hoon is saddened by Jae Hee's suffering and decides to work hard to earn money to bring Jae Hee back.
Jang Suk-joo became the Premier of the State Council, but he was not satisfied with his position. As Jang Suk-joo's heart condition worsens, Secretary Kim reminds him that he might be able to get an operation from Park Hoon.
In a large hospital in Seoul, Han Jae-joon, a young returned doctor, becomes the head of the thoracic surgery department and is favored by the head of the department for his artistry.