The Hippocratic Crush II (On Call 2) just finished its first week, but the premiere week's ratings just averaged 26 points and peaked at 30 points. Although On Call 2 was still the top rated HK series last week, but the momentum wasn't as strong as the handsome pilot series
Triumph in the Skies II. In the On Call 2 trailer, it was seen the majority of the main leads and their families are sick or have some incurable disease. Doesn't that mean the 30 episodes series will get too tragic and the audience will have to constantly face their tears?
Netizens exclaimed: "Why did the first 5 episodes feel like we're watching the finale of a TVB series?" Episode 4 didn't even take the audiences' young hearts into account. When it was announced "Yue Jai" Tavia Yeung's tumor came back and she had to abort her baby, the heartbreaking news left the audience in tears! "Fish Head" (Yu-Tau) is a pair with excellent acting, continued the tearjerkers into Episode 5, Netizens praised: "This year's TV King and Queen candidates!" But some Netizens exclaimed the series is hard to bear: "Watching On Call 2 is like torturing myself, after each episode, my face is full of tears. Kenneth Ma can't get depression, then I'll be done for!"; "If the series gets any more tragic, I wouldn't be able to stand it. I want a happy ending!"; "This series will become the most tragic series of the year."
[ND Daily] reporters interviewed the producer, and lead actors Lawrence Ng and Kenneth Ma. Let's see what they have to say. Kenneth said: "I really like the On Call 2 script, its written very well. I really like it. In the beginning, Yue Jai had to get an abortion because of her tumor. Those scenes were filmed very profoundly. Later, Yat Kin Tau gets depressed with extreme anxiety, Yue Jai does a lot to help him get out of it. Those scenes also gave me a very profound feeling. In the sequel, Yat Kin Tau's mother gets older and becomes ill too, Yat Kin Tau had too much pressure and started getting depressed, but actually he's not considered mentally ill."
Lawrence Ng: "In the series, its like I have autism, I don't show my emotions. My view on life differs from Kenneth (Yat Kin Tau). When a patient has an incurable disease, I would advise them not to get the surgery done because the patient is already suffering, if they're going to take in a knife, then why not just face death? But Kenneth thinks differently, he believes even if the chances of surviving is low, it is still a life and he will do everything he can to help that patient. Eventually we get into a fight."
Producer Poon Ka Tak: "We wanted to say, what's the meaning behind the line 'we tried our best'? What did the doctors do? When doctors are the patient's family member, how do they feel? Actually this series has more concentration of human emotions and sensibility. I don't want to use Korean drama to describe this series, its more on two doctors intriguing against each other. Some people who don't understand might say, 'You watch this series, everybody is sick, they cry like no tomorrow!' But this is reality. In the hospital, there are a lot of life and deaths. You cried, then that means you were touched. If we couldn't move you, then why would you tear up? This series is not a comedy, I am not here to be funny."
Source: ND Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
