Pacing. Dead space. These two things seem insignificant compared to plot, character development and acting but, as Hospital Playlist 2 found out, they can be the difference between a good series and a great one. There were plentiful episodes that desperately needed someone in the editing room to recognise the dead space that was causing spouts of tedium and crawl speed pacing. Episode 9 is full of all the great things that the Hospital Playlist has done so well over the two seasons - engaging patient cases stories, funny scenes between the five core characters, interesting side plots - but I couldn't help but feel the length of the episode. Honestly I was wishing for it to be over and done with. For some reason, we have so many B-roll footage of the doctors setting up surgery rooms or patients walking through hallways. Far too much. In mostly every episode. It's such a poor use of space and it's annoyed me so much that instead of talking about the rest of the show, I'm fixated on this. Quite unfortunate. And while I'm on the subject, I'm so done with the band practice sessions. They were cute at first but they got indugent quickly.

Now onto the positives (and maybe some more negatives). This progresses Season One's plots rather well, further developing the relationships between Yang Suk Hyung and Dr Chu, Ik Jun and Song Hwa and the strong friendship of Jun Wan and Do Je Hak. In some cases, I think the relationship building through the season was lacking in some cases. For example, the bright sparks of S1, Jung Won and Gyeo Wool, were simmered for this season. Their scenes were sweet and we eventually got a pay off but the direction seemed a tad underwhelming and listless. The conclusion of having Ik Jun’s sister actually accept Jun Wan’s proposal after the misunderstanding was fine but it went in a very generic, noble idiocy route, with the writers bottling the plot by having Ik Soon be ill with a disease rather than what we first thought. It's not all praises with some directions being disappointing rather than anything similar to S1. Some plotlines were safe and predictable, in my opinion.

A solid follow up to its predecessor but I wouldn't recommend it to people. I'd strictly tell people that season one is a bit must and season two is if you have nothing else to watch.