'Doctor X' Kim Ji-won Sets Out to Remove Bullet from Patient's Brain in Tense Surgery Stills

Kim Ji-won of "Doctor X" is set to take on a high-risk brain surgery to remove a bullet with a slim chance of success.

Ahead of the broadcast of episode 7 on October 30, the production team of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: Mafia in White" (written by Pyun Sung-geun, directed by Lee Jung-rim) released stills capturing a tense moment in the operating room, where protagonist Gye Su-jeong (played by Kim Ji-won) attempts to extract a bullet fragment that has been lodged in a patient's head for 46 years.

In the previous episode 6, Gye Su-jeong shook up Guseo University Hospital by volunteering to operate on Oh Sang-beom (played by Ha Sung-kwang), a patient whom everyone avoided due to the extremely low success rate and nationwide attention. While deeply empathizing with the patient's physical and psychological trauma, Gye spotted unusual signs on the brain CT scan and murmured, "What on earth happened that day?", raising curiosity about the hidden secrets behind the surgery.

In the released stills, Gye is shown carefully carrying out the operation as doctors from Guseo University Hospital and external figures gather to watch. Amid extreme tension with lurking risks of table death or permanent vegetative state, Gye pours all her concentration into her fingertips with an unwavering gaze, as if to prove her conviction that "I do not fail."

Notably, veteran doctors with decades of combined experience and Hospital Director Boo Seung-kwon (played by Son Hyun-joo) cannot take their eyes off the scene in a state of high tension, drawing keen attention. Anticipation is building over whether Gye will be able to overcome everyone's doubts and save the patient, and what the true nature of the suspicions captured in the patient's test results might be.

Meanwhile, episode 7 of "Doctor X," which has captivated the small screen by breaking past a peak viewership rating of 21.3 percent, airs tonight at 9:50 PM.

Reporter Kang Seon-ae (SBS Entertainment News)

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