SBS Doctor X Kim Ji-won, Eating Mukbang with Banana Milk... First Broadcast on October 9

SBS new Friday-Saturday drama <Doctor X>

First broadcast on October 9 (Fri) at 9:50 PM

‘Doctor X’

The unexpected clumsy charm of the ‘Mad Gye of the Operating Room’

A ‘cuteness-filled’ mukbang moment captured!

Kim Ji-won, the ‘Medical Dark Hero’ who will swallow the White Mafia, vs.

The extreme gap between her persona and the quirky, unexpected ‘human Gye Su-jeong’ is teased! ‘Expectations UP’

- SBS ‘Doctor X’ Kim Ji-won, the cute deviation of a ‘Medical Dark Hero’! A preview of Gye Su-jeong’s ‘unexpected clumsy charm’!

- SBS ‘Doctor X’ Kim Ji-won, “Gye Su-jeong has a charming gap between her outward appearance and the newness that emerges the more you look into her.”

SBS's new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Doctor X’ will surprisefully reveal the unexpected charm of ‘Medical Dark Hero’ Kim Ji-won.

The new SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Doctor X’ (produced by Studio S, Studio Dragon, HighZium Studio/hereinafter 'Doctor X'), scheduled to premiere on October 9 (Fri), is a refreshing medical noir depicting the activities of Doctor X ‘Gye Su-jeong’, the ‘Mad Gye of the Operating Room’ who breaks down massive corruption with genius surgical skills that know neither failure nor compromise. As the first medical genre in the ‘SBS Cathartic Universe’, which continues a unique lineage of hits with ‘Agent Kim Reactivated’, ‘Taxi Driver’, ‘The Fiery Priest’, and ‘The Judge from Hell’, it is garnering anticipation as SBS's top tentpole IP for the second half of the year. Proving this, the first episode pre-release video released on the 28th (Mon) surpassed 2.73 million views within just 3 days of release (total of SBS official multi-SNS, as of 9/30), continuing its exceptional topicality.

In particular, it draws attention as the comeback work of hit queen Kim Ji-won (playing Gye Su-jeong), who returns after 2 years. Kim Ji-won will play the role of ‘Gye Su-jeong’, a genius surgeon obsessed only with surgery and called the ‘Mad Gye of the Operating Room’, acting as a ‘Medical Dark Hero’ who overturns the corruption of Guseo University Hospital with her skills alone. Accordingly, interest is focused on the birth of a new life-defining character that Kim Ji-won will present.

Amidst this, the ‘Doctor X’ side increases interest by releasing mukbang stills that preview the unexpected charm of Gye Su-jeong, the ‘Mad Gye of the Operating Room’. In the released stills, Gye Su-jeong appears to be focusing all her attention on the food in front of her. From the sight of her gripping two banana milks in both hands and drinking them simultaneously, to mukbang moments where she cannot let go of her chopsticks with her cheeks puffed out, the images capture the eye. Her disarmed side, which is quite different from the image of a genius surgeon obsessed with surgery who allows not a single error, evokes laughter. In the drama, Gye Su-jeong shows no interest in anything other than surgery, but she is a possessor of unexpected charm who cannot pass by food. Expectations soar to see how the extreme charm of Gye Su-jeong, where the charisma of a medical dark hero who will swallow Guseo University Hospital and her quirky, clumsy charm coexist, will be portrayed.

Regarding this, Kim Ji-won previously stated through a written interview, “Gye Su-jeong is a character where the gap between her outward appearance and the newness that emerges the more you look into her is charming. I wanted to express this well,” revealing that she made special efforts to capture the multi-layered charm of ‘Gye Su-jeong’. Furthermore, director Lee Jeong-rim, who directed ‘Doctor X’, highly praised Kim Ji-won's acting, saying, “Actor Kim Ji-won naturally showed the quirky and human face that Su-jeong possesses. Every time I saw her move convincingly between that large gap within one character, I wondered, ‘How could this have been expressed if it weren't Kim Ji-won?’” Accordingly, curiosity about the actual broadcast of ‘Doctor X’ rises vertically regarding how Kim Ji-won's Gye Su-jeong, who will oscillate between the ‘Mad Gye of the Operating Room’ and ‘unexpected clumsy charm’, will be depicted.

Meanwhile, SBS's new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Doctor X’, the most anticipated work for the second half of 2026 from the master of the cathartic genre SBS, will premiere on October 9 (Fri) at 9:50 PM.

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· Distribution : October 1, 17:41

Source : SBS Press Release

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