Who is Doctor Go in ‘All That We Loved’? Is he and Go Yoo the same person?

Summary

• Doctor Go is the adult version of one of the protagonists, Go Yoo, in All That We Loved.
• Doctor Go is a mysterious yet smart character who connects the past to the present.
• Song Jae-rim plays Doctor Go in All That We Loved.

All That We Loved is a refreshing teen fiction K-drama narrated by Go Yoo, one of the protagonists of the story. The series focuses on a love triangle between Go Yoo, Joon Hee, and So Yeon.

After Go Yoo donates his kidney to Joon Hee, he starts experiencing the effects of cellular memory and starts behaving like Go Yoo. As a result, he falls in love with So Yeon, Go Yoo’s girlfriend.

Although Go Yoo was passionate about basketball, he later became a psychiatrist. It seems like Go Yoo took up psychiatry as he wanted to learn more about cellular memory, having been affected by something like this in his real life. Very little research is available on this area, so Go Yoo was drawn towards it.

Doctor Go is the adult version of Go Yoo, one of the protagonists in All That We Loved. In the series, Go Yoo grows up to become a psychiatrist and calls himself Doctor Go. Song Jae-rim plays the character.

1. What Happens to Doctor Go in All That We Loved?

Go Yoo or Doctor Ho in All That We Loved grows up to become a psychiatrist. He believes his friend Joon Hee is alive and looks for him. In the season finale, So Yeon finally reunites Doctor Ho and Joon Hee.

As a teenager, Go Yoo loses his friend Joon Hee when he disappears from the town without telling him. Joon Hee leaves him a note saying that he’s going for a vacation. However, Go Yoo does not see him for the rest of his life until the season 1 finale.

During this period, Go Yoo completes his education and becomes a psychiatrist, taking up the name Doctor Go.

In the season finale, So Yeon takes Doctor Go to a park where he sees Joon Hee waiting for him after many years. The series ends with the three protagonists meeting each other for the first time in many years.

2. Who played Doctor Go in All That We Loved?

The adult version of the protagonist, Go Yoo, better known as Doctor Go, is played by popular South Korean actor and model Song Jae-rim.

Jae-rim described his character as a mental health professional “holding the key to the secrets of the events that took place in the past.”

As per Jae-rim, Doctor Go is a mysterious character who connects the past to the present. All That We Loved is a romance drama spanning two different periods, so Doctor Go connects the narrative from both periods.

Doctor Go is smart, athletic and is like “that past flowing into the present”, as described by the actor. Song Jae-rim is also known for his performance as a bodyguard in Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) and an evil assassin in Two Weeks (2013). He also appeared in We Got Married season 4.

3. About All That We Loved

All That We Loved is a 2023 South Korean streaming television series starring Oh Se-hun, Jo Joon-young and Jang Yeo-bin. It aired on TVING from May 5 to 26, 2023, every Friday at 14:00 (KST) time slot for 8 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Viki and Viu in selected regions.

All That We Loved tells about friendship and love that everyone has thought about at least once in their childhood. It is a high-teen romance with cellular memory that takes place when 18-year-old best friends Go Yoo (Oh Se-hun) and Go Joon-hee (Jo Joon-young), who become similar to each other after a kidney transplant, and fall in love with a transfer student Han So-yeon (Jang Yeo-bin) at the same time.