Seung Hee breaks the embrace and leaves. Hoon seems surprised and explains his superstition to Soo-Hyun who was there to witness the whole scene. He then laughs it off and says he was joking. He goes after Seung-Hee and apologizes to her. He tells her that he confused her with someone else. While Hoon enters the operating room, Dr. Moon realizes that if Seung-Hee was a spy, she could have manipulated the medical records easily. Hoon and Dr. Moon decide to test Jae Hee to confirm whether she was a spy or not. Seung-Hee gets very upset about the whole matter. Dr. Choi visits Hoon and tells him that he will be leaving for China and North Korea. He offers to search for Jae Hee. Hoon refuses rudely and says he will find Jae Hee on his own. Dr. Choi hands Hoon an envelope with details as to why Park Cheol was sent to North Korea. Hoon sees the malpractice lawsuit that he saw as a child.
There is a flashback to before when Park Cheol was sent to North Korea. The details behind the malpractice lawsuit are revealed. A patient died due to a mistake. The doctors knew who caused the mistake, yet would not testify because that would result in a loss for the hospital as their status as a university hospital would be denied. Park Cheol sticks to his beliefs as a doctor and decides to testify that Doctor Choi was the one who made the mistake. Jan Seok Joo along with Chairman Oh and Dr. Choi. The scene goes to Hoon’s hospital. Dr. Choi visits him and gives him a bag full of Park Cheol’s old belongings.
Soo-Hyun and Jae-Joon have dinner with Chairman Oh and they soon return to the hospital. Hoon throws down his lab coat and says that he quits the competition. Jae Joon fawns over his castle while Hoon and Dr. Moon converse in his office about the competition between Dr. Moon’s and Dr. Han’s surgery teams. The winning team gets to operate on the prime minister’s heart. There is soon a scene with the patient he previously operated on, and Hoon saves both the twin babies and the mother. He then goes back to the chairman’s office to retrieve his lab coat and says he will be rejoining the competition much to Chairman Oh’s and Dr. Han’s surprise.
There is a flashback to before when Park Cheol was sent to North Korea. The details behind the malpractice lawsuit are revealed. A patient died due to a mistake. The doctors knew who caused the mistake, yet would not testify because that would result in a loss for the hospital as their status as a university hospital would be denied. Park Cheol sticks to his beliefs as a doctor and decides to testify that Doctor Choi was the one who made the mistake. Jan Seok Joo along with Chairman Oh and Dr. Choi. The scene goes to Hoon’s hospital. Dr. Choi visits him and gives him a bag full of Park Cheol’s old belongings.
Soo-Hyun and Jae-Joon have dinner with Chairman Oh and they soon return to the hospital. Hoon throws down his lab coat and says that he quits the competition. Jae Joon fawns over his castle while Hoon and Dr. Moon converse in his office about the competition between Dr. Moon’s and Dr. Han’s surgery teams. The winning team gets to operate on the prime minister’s heart. There is soon a scene with the patient he previously operated on, and Hoon saves both the twin babies and the mother. He then goes back to the chairman’s office to retrieve his lab coat and says he will be rejoining the competition much to Chairman Oh’s and Dr. Han’s surprise.