In episodes 9 and 10 of SBS' Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: Mafia in White", which aired on November 6 and 7, Gye Soo-jung (played by Kim Ji-won) struggled relentlessly to save young patient Lee Hyun-ah (played by Lee Chae-yoo) amid a medical vacuum crisis.
To save the child, whose surgery was deemed virtually impossible, Soo-jung brought forward a risky surgical procedure that had never been attempted before. In front of the professors who strongly opposed it as impossible, Soo-jung bowed her head for the first time and pleaded, "I need a team." Soo-jung, who had always preferred to break rather than bend, moved viewers deeply with her sheer desperation shown by lowering her head.
In the end, Soo-jung initiated the emergency surgery without approval. At the tense moment when only the three of them—Soo-jung, anesthesiologist Jo Won-jin (played by Lee Jin-hee), and intern Park Tae-kyung (played by Kim Woo-seok)—were performing the unapproved operation, Do Yoon-shik (played by Kim Young-min), Bae Heung-gon (played by Lee Sung-wook), and Boo Seung-kwon (played by Son Hyun-joo), moved by Soo-jung's sincerity, stepped into the operating room, followed by the enigmatic Director Jang Hee-sook (played by Lee Jung-eun), completing a touching "one team."
Throughout this sequence, Kim Ji-won portrayed Gye Soo-jung's transformation from a cold, lone wolf into someone capable of reaching out through detailed emotional depth. While her once sharp gaze and tone became much softer, her eyes grew even more determined when focused on her patient, adding rich dimension to the character. Through her tense breathing behind the surgical mask and her expressive gaze alone, she captured her resolute mission to save the patient at all costs, heightening the drama's tension.
With only two episodes remaining until the finale of "Doctor X: Mafia in White," viewers are eagerly anticipating how Gye Soo-jung, having overcome her solitude to build a team, will write the final chapter of her story.
Episode 11 of "Doctor X: Mafia in White" will air on Friday, November 13, at 9:50 PM KST.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Sun-ae)