ReQuotes: Descendants of the Sun ~ Episode Two

Back with Episode two of Descendants of the Sun!  This episode is when I realized I was solidly in love with this drama as I laughed my way through Shi-jin's snark, grinned at the camaraderie of the doctors and admired the quality of some of the dialogue.

Kang Mo-yeon: If one is in the Special Forces, do you get picked up by a helicopter and sometimes get shot with a gun?
Surgeon Song: No one in the Korean military gets shot with a gun.  The only things that hit your body are rain and snow.


Soldier: He’s going to get himself killed. 
Dae-young: He might kill or be killed.  When Special Forces meet for the first time at a joint operation, they get into their own battle to test each other to find out if the other is skilled enough to be trusted.  This isn’t sparring but the actual battle.  You have no say in this.


Lee Chi-hoon: Mo-yeon, I heard you wanted to talk to me.
Mo-yeon: (to Chi-Hoon's fiancee) We need to talk about a patient.
Chi-hoon: It's about a patient’s privacy.
Mo-yeon: It’s something about doctor-patient privilege.
Hee-Eun: Okay, I will see you later.
Mo-yeon: What’s wrong again?
Chi-Hoon: I lost the ring!
Mo-yeon: What?  Are you out of your mind?


Shi-jin: I'm just really curious.
Mo-yeon: Don’t be curious.
Shi-jin: As if you know what I’m about to ask.
Mo-yeon: You look like you’re just dying to tease me.
Shi-jin: What do you mean?  It’s just a handsome face.


Military Commander: You took part in many operations both domestic and abroad.  So I decided to send your team on the eight-month holiday.
Shi-jin: Where to, Sir?
Commander: To Urk.  You have two weeks off to meet your girlfriends and family.  Pack up and leave as soon as possible.  Dismissed.
Soldier 1: What holiday lasts eight months?
Solider 2: We’re being deployed.  A deployment is a holiday.


Mo-yeon: Are you in the Special Forces?
Shi-jin: Something like that.
Mo-yeon: You said you do some labor.  Having a gunshot wound means you got shot at.  So, you shoot, too?  That means you could kill or be killed.  That’s what you do, isn’t it? 
Do you only fight bad guys?  I spend 12 hours a day in surgery fighting to keep people alive.  That’s what I do.  I fight for life.  But your fight is to protect others through death.
Shi-jin: I'm a soldier.  Soldiers follow orders.  Sometimes what I believe is good and right means something else to another.  Even then I follow orders to complete my mission.  So far, I lost three comrades during such missions.  The reason we do what we do is because it must be done.  My family and I, your family and you, everyone that we hold dear; I believe that I fight for the peace and freedom of the land we live on.
Mo-yeon: I’m a doctor.  I believe life is sanctified and that no value or ideology is above it.
Shi-jin: I see.


Soldier: Piccolo to command.  We located an explosive.  I repeat, an explosive.
Shi-jin: Are the fuses live?
Soldier: What should we do?  If we report this, we’ll be told to stay away until the US troops get here.
Shi-jin: Staff Sergeant Choi, what is my motto?
Sergeant Choi: Go easy and all will be well.  Avoid hard work.
Shi-jin: Staff Sergeant Im, what is hard work?
Sergeant Im: One: sending memorandums.  Two: sending memorandums.  Three: Sending memorandums.
Shi-jin: Right?  Let the US troops defend world peace.  This is our job.  The commander on site will take full responsibility.  That’s me.


Superior Officer: Who was it?  Which one of you was it?  Just because you’re out there on your own doesn’t mean our instructions can be ignored like a barking dog.  You can dispose of duds, but call the US troops if you find a live one.  Which of you got us into this huge mess?
Shi-jin: My second in command didn’t stop me.  (to Dae-young) Why didn’t you stop me?  You know how much I love to write out memorandums!  Gosh.  I thought the memorandum was on its way, Sir.  Why?  Because my second in command writes well.  You’re the Tolstoy of memos; master writer Seo Dae-young!
SO: You punks!  Pack your gear!
Shi-jin: (running laps) Aren’t you glad we got off with this?
Dae-young: Do you really want to get physical?


Kim Eun-ji: I bet you tell people you’re a doctor.  What are you looking at?
Mo-yeon: You.  You aren’t a doctor either.  You’re just your dad’s daughter.


Shi-jin: Guns are not like dogs.  They don’t recognize their owners.


Chairman Han: We're not here to just eat dinner.
Mo-yeon: I thought we were going to a sky lounge. 
Chairman: There’s the sky and a lounge.


Chairman Han: Are you going to hit me?
Mo-yeon: Yes.


Pyo Ji-soo: Did you really hit the chairman?
Mo-yeon: I almost killed him.  Do you think he’ll fire me?  I’m the star of this hospital, after all.
Ji-soo: He is the chairman of this hospital after all.
Mo-yeon: You’re right.  I have to go into a meeting.  How will I face him?
Ji-soo: You should glare at him.  Glare at him like you’ll kill him.  It hurts to be glared at, you know.


Dae-young: Have you seen the list of medical volunteers?
Shi-jin: I have.
Dae-young: Isn’t the team leader that doctor?
Shi-jin: Yes.
Dae-young: Does she know you're here?
Shi-jin: I don’t think so.
Dae-young: I guess you two weren’t meant to just pass by each other.
Shi-jin: I think we’re bumping into each other as we pass by.


Surgeon Song: Hello?  Who is this again?  Chairman?  Chairman of what?  Han who?  Oh, you're Han Seok Won.  Yes, Han Seok won is the chairman. 
*look of horror spreads over his face* 
Oh, hello, Mr Han.  I’m sorry, my mobile was acting a bit weird.


Mo-yeon: Kang Mo Yeon speaking.
Chairman Han: Isn't it scorching hot?  You can still change your mind.  I have many good reasons to bring you back to Korea.
Mo-yeon: No, thank you.  I realized you weren’t much when you called me to the hotel, but I didn’t know you could get this low, Mr. Han.
*shocked looks from team members at her backtalk*
Mo-yeon: This is why I’m telling you this.  I’ve been on TV and I have my VIP connections too.  Maybe it’s time for me to open my own clinic.  As soon as I am finished with this trip, I’ll go throw my resignation in your face, so wait for me.  Do you understand?