According to Nielsen Korea on the 15th, the 4th episode of SBS Monthly Drama Kim Sabu 2 (playplayplay by Kang Eun-kyung, directed by Yoo In-sik) was the overwhelming number one in the same time zone, with 15.4% of the nationwide furniture TV viewer ratings and 19.9% of the second part. This is more than the record of 18.2% of the best TV viewer ratings recorded in the last two times. On the same day, CJENM and Nielsen Korea jointly announced the content impact assessment JiSooo (CPI) in the second week of January (6th ~ 12th), and CPI JiSooo 247.7, ranked fourth.
As the turnaround point of the Drama is about to exceed 20% before it is turned, observations are also carefully raised that it will surpass the top TV viewer ratings (23.8%) of the popular Drama 'Celestine Flowers' last year.
Attention is also being paid to whether it will be able to surpass the top TV viewer ratings of 27.6% recorded by Season 1 of Kim Sabu. This is because the first broadcast has already recorded TV viewer ratings higher than Season 1, and the TV viewer ratings flow has also been stronger than Li Dian. The first episode of the season of Kim Sabu, which was first broadcast in November 2016, started with 9.5% and passed 6 times (18.9%), exceeding the first 20% in 8 episodes (21.7%). Kim Sabu 2 will start with 14.9% in the first time and will be able to advance the record of season 1 with 18% in the second and 19.9% in the fourth.
Viewers and experts say that the set composition and production that met the longing of viewers who watched Season 1, and the message that emphasized 'people' without change, have created synergies in Season 2, with the emergence of new characters such as Lee Sung-kyung and Ahn Hyo-seop.
Kim Sabu 2 has the same composition as last season, and it is noteworthy that the set and the filming accessories used in season 1 were implemented equally without any difference. Actor Kim Min-jae, who plays Park Eun-tak and is appearing in Season 2 following Season 1, told the media before the airing of Kim Sabu 2, "I remember the most when I first went to the filming after the season 2 appearance," he said. It was three years later, but I felt like I was glad to see Doldam Hospital, which has remained unchanged. "
The actual production crew also had the season 2 production in mind after the end of season 1, so it was reported that they kept almost all the props used for shooting without throwing away.
Tensions between Kim Sabu (Han Suk-kyu) and his eternal opponent Do Yun-wan (Choi Jin-ho) in the position of absolute good () have not changed either. However, it is analyzed that Do Yoon-wan, who retired from the presidency of the hospital in Season 1, and gave a clean ending, returned to the foundation chairman in three years and threatened Kim Sabu with a bigger obstacle.
“Doyun-wan quit his job as director and the season 1 could be finished with a cider ending, but returning to the bigger chairman in season 2, trying to undermine Kim Sa-bu’s move is causing tension,” said a netizen. “The setting of the work and plots in the big frame have not changed, but there is a new interest in this detail variation.”
It is also the same that Kim Sa-bu's One-Man Show, which shows genius medicine and insight, takes an absolute weight. There are many opinions that viewers can sympathize with the setting of characters that are difficult to meet in reality because the Acting power of Han Suk-kyu, who became a combination with Kim Sabu, and the dialogue writing power of Kang Eun-kyung have achieved harmony.
“I was grateful for the fact that Han Suk-kyu, who was told by Park Min-guk (Kim Joo-heon) that he was trying to intercept the ball of the defense minister’s surgery, said, Can you be responsible? Is it first to ask if I can save her?”
Lee Sung-kyung and Ahn Hyo-seop, who had hoped to fill the vacancy of Seo Hyun-jin and Hyun-seok in season 1, are also plots that suffer from growth like the first characters of season 1. Kim Min-jae, Jin Kyung, and the family of Doldam Hospital such as Yum Min.
Production team "I chose to meet longing" .. It is true that the composition and development of the same composition gives the viewers a sense of stability, but some say that it is a decision that is too complacent only in the glory of the previous work.
The production crew explained that they chose a strategy to faithfully satisfy the longing by considering that viewers waited for Kim Sabu for three years.
“I thought ‘Season 2’ was a gift I wanted to give to everyone who missed Season 1,” said Yoo In-sik, who directed the film after Season 1. According to the TV viewer ratings that change the best every time and the topical moves, it was analyzed that the production decision with the recall of memories was made in mind.
The remaining homework depends on whether the topic gained from viewers in the early days can be maintained until the second half with solid and speedy development. The study also examines how to balance the down-surgery scene of Drama, which is expressed through Lee Sung-kyung and Ahn Hyo-seop's love line and Kim Sabu.