The Hippocratic Crush II

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The Hippocratic Crush II
On Call 36小時II
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The Hippocratic Crush II promo poster
Also known asOn Call 36 Hours II
GenreMedical drama
Created byHong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written byShin Shu Mui 冼淑梅
Lee Hui Yee 李慧儀
Wong Siu Ching 黃秀清
Lau Chee Heng 劉芷恒
Leong Kin Bong 梁建邦
Wong Bin Yee 黃秉怡
Chum Kin Wai 譚劍偉
Yu Kar Kun 余家冠
StarringLawrence Ng
Kenneth Ma
Tavia Yeung
Mandy Wong
Him Law
Tracy Chu
Eliza Sam
Louisa So
Benjamin Yuen
Jerry Ku
Crystal Li
Derek Kok
Paisley Wu
Theme music composerTang Chi-wai
Opening theme續集 by Joey Yung (Sequel)
Ending theme連續劇 by Joey Yung (Serial Drama)
Country of originHong Kong
Original languagesCantonese
Mandarin
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerTommy Leung
ProducerPoon Ka tak 潘嘉德
Production locationHong Kong
EditorsLam Choong Bong 林忠邦
Tong Kin Ping 湯健萍
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes (each)
Production companyTVB
Release
Original networkJade
HD Jade
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release4 November (2013-11-04) –
15 December 2013 (2013-12-15)
Chronology
Preceded byBrother's Keeper
Followed byReturn of the Silver Tongue
Related showsThe Hippocratic Crush
External links
Website

The Hippocratic Crush II, also known by its Chinese title On Call 36 Hours II (Chinese: On Call 36小時 II) is a 2013 Hong Kong television medical drama series produced by Poon Ka-tak and TVB. The drama follows the lives of young housemen, residents, and their mentors working in Mercy Hospital (慈愛醫院), a fictional hospital set in Hong Kong.

Synopsis[]

The Hippocratic Crush II (a.k.a. On Call 36 Hours II) immediately follows off from The Hippocratic Crush (a.k.a. On Call 36 Hours), following the lives of doctors, new and old, facing the patients and challenges that unfold before them.

Cheung Yat Kin (Kenneth Ma) and Fan Chi Yu (Tavia Yeung) are now happily married to each other but life ahead is not easy for them. They have to face new obstacles together if they are to keep their relationship growing strong. Chi Yu finds herself pregnant but her intramedullary spinal cord tumour relapsed to which makes her unfit to continue with the pregnancy. However, she insists on carrying on with the pregnancy and this causes certain disputes between the couple. Though this does not mean that Yat Kin loves Chi Yu any less; he just can’t bear watching her suffer so he offers to carry some of her burdens.

The challenges that he has to face with Chi Yu on top of his stubborn personality takes a toll on his relationship with newly transferred pathology specialist, Lok Man Sang (Lawrence Ng). The two are constantly at each other’s throat with differing opinions and their approach with medicine which creates further tension between the two doctors. Lokman gets involved with fellow internal medicine doctor, Heung Chin Yi (Tracy Chu), who happens to be twenty years younger than him.

Man Sang and Chin Yi have a very different view of love. Lokman is a widowed man with a young daughter (Elkie Chong) while Chin Yi is left having to take care of her runaway (later revealed as deceased) boyfriend's son. Through mutual understanding and hardships, the two grow to love each other despite their age difference.

Chi Yu’s illness causes her to eventually relent to getting an abortion, as well as making her incompetent to perform surgery on patients. This is a huge blow to her as well as Yat Kin. His mother also falls sick which added pressure on him, causing him to develop an anxiety disorder. However, with Yat Kin by her side, Chu Yu isn’t ready to give up yet; she wants to help Yat Kin to stand strong again. So she decides to switch afresh, switching from cardiology to pathology, learning under the disciplinary of Man Sang who helps her to regain her strength.

Meanwhile, Chi Yu’s sister, neurosurgeon Hong Mei Suet (Mandy Wong) also has her own challenges to face as she finally becomes a doctor in her own right. However, that is not the only challenge in her life. Her relationship with her orthopaedic surgeon boyfriend Lau Ping Chan (Benjamin Yuen) heads on the rocks as their relationship turns into a love triangle.

Fresh Cardiosurgeon, Yeung Pui Chung (Him Law) undergoes his own journey to become a better doctor. As his career picks up, he finds himself in a love triangle with training doctor Chung Tsz Ting () and Che Hiu Tung (Eliza Sam), a social doctor, who suffers from a chronic illness.

Yat Kin finds it difficult to accept the new challenges in his life, however, as he watches his friends and fellow subordinates, Mei Suet and Pui Chung grow to become independent, capable and experienced doctors, he learns that he must first protect himself before he can protect others. Will he be able to do this and protect those whom he loves and cares about? What is the true meaning behind being a doctor? It is merely about saving about patients? What about the doctors themselves?[1]

Cast[]

  • Lawrence Ng as Dr. Lokman Lok Man Sang (洛文笙), new head of pathology, co-owner of Another House Cafe, has leukemia (episode 2)
  • Kenneth Ma as Dr. Cheung Yat Kin (張一健), husband of Dr. Fan Chi Yu, neurosurgery consultant
  • Tavia Yeung as Dr. Fan Chi Yu (范子妤), wife of Dr. Cheung Yak Kin, pathology, formerly cardiothoracic surgery
  • Mandy Wong as Dr. Hung Mei Suet (洪美雪), sister (initially thought was half-sister) of Dr. Fan Chi Yu
  • Him Law as Dr. Yeung Pui Chung (楊沛聰), neurosurgery
  • Tracy Chu as Dr. Heung Chin Yee (向芊兒), internal medicine, takes care of ex-boyfriend's son, knows Monica (absent co-owner of Another House Cafe, who knew Dr. Heung's ex-boyfriend)
  • Eliza Sam as Che Hiu Tung (車曉彤), hospital volunteer (episode 2), daughter of Dr. Lam (head of neurosurgery, episode 25), grew up as schoolmates and friends with Dr. Heung Chin Yee (episode 26), brain stem glioma (tumor) since age 16
  • Louisa So as Moon Suen Man Yuet (孫曼月), author, sister-in-law of Dr. Lokman, cares for Yannis
  • Benjamin Yuen as Dr. Benjamin Lau Ping Chan (劉炳燦), boyfriend of Dr. Hung Mei Suet
  • as David Mo Yong Wai (慕容衛), co-owner of Another House Cafe, one of few surviving rich heirs of a family
  • as Dr. Chung Tsz-ting (鍾紫婷), intern
  • Derek Kok as Lui Siu Yik (吕小益), nurse, husband of To Ka Man
  • Paisley Wu as To Ka Man (屠家敏), nurse, wife of Lui Siu Yik
  • Elkie Chong as Yannis Suen Hei Yan (孫希欣), estranged young daughter of Dr. Lokman
  • Ben Wong as Dr. John Chong Pok Man (莊博文), neurosurgery consultant
  • as Dr. Tong Hon Pong (湯漢邦), neurosurgery
  • as Dr. Andy Law On Dik (羅安迪)
  • as Wong Siu Un (黃笑鶯), wife of Dr. Tong Hong Pong
  • Grace Wong as Amber Ling Kwan (凌筠), former medical school, now street dancer

Ratings[]

Week Episode Date Average Ratings Highest Ratings
1 01－05 November 4, 2013 - November 8 26 Points 31 Points

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2 06－10 November 11, 2013 - November 15 26 Points 27 Points

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3 11－13 November 18, 2013, 20, 21 26 Points 27 Points

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4 14－18 November 25, 2013 - November 29 25 Points 28 Points

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5 19－23 December 2, 2013 - December 6 26 Points 28 Points
6 24－28 December 9, 2013 - December 13 26 Points 28 Points
29－30 December 15, 2013 30 Points 31 Points

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References[]

  1. ^ The Hippocratic Crush II (AKA On Call 36 Hours II) Synopsis
  2. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped!]
  3. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped!]
  4. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped!]
  5. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped!]
  6. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped!]

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