[Edaily Reporter Choi Hee-jae ] In "Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia," Kim Ji-won and Lee Jung-eun team up for a joint surgery to save a young patient.

In the upcoming episode of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama “Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia” (Doctor X), airing on the 7th, Gye Su-jeong (played by Kim Ji-won) and Jang Hee-sook (played by Lee Jung-eun) will undergo a major surgery—an “extracorporeal resection of abdominal multi-organ tumors and autologous transplantation”—to save an 8-year-old child with cancer.

In the episode that aired on the 6th, Gye Su-jeong went into surgery alone. After Do Yoon-sik (played by Kim Young-min) stepped in to provide support, Jang Hee-sook (played by Lee Jung-eun) made a dramatic entrance in her surgical scrubs, sending shivers down the spines of viewers. Gye Su-jeong introduced Jang Hee-sook by saying, “This is my mentor,” heightening anticipation for the full-scale joint surgery they are about to perform.

The released stills capture Gye Su-jeong and Jang Hee-sook finally working in sync in the same operating room. The look in Gye Su-jeong’s eyes as she gazes at Jang Hee-sook clearly conveys her respect and gratitude toward her mentor, who willingly joined the operating room to assist her.

Veteran surgeon Jang Hee-sook commands the room with an unapproachable aura that belies her long hiatus. Her usual relaxed and easygoing demeanor is nowhere to be seen; instead, she holds the scalpel with the single-minded determination to save the patient, embodying the true essence of a surgeon.

Above all, Episode 10 heightens anticipation by foreshadowing the largest-scale surgery in the series’ history to save a young life. As the team prepares to wage a fierce battle in a life-or-death situation where success is far from guaranteed, viewers are left wondering whether they will be able to achieve a miraculous outcome, as everyone hopes.

Meanwhile, another still image piques curiosity by revealing the mystery surrounding Gye Su-jeong and Jang Hee-sook’s past. It captures Gye Su-jeong calmly performing surgery in a dilapidated and poorly equipped operating room in a country torn by civil war, while Jang Hee-sook watches her operate with a tense expression.

In particular, the striking image of Jang Hee-sook—dressed in a surgical gown with a bandage wrapped around her blood-stained arm—is shocking. It draws attention to what might have happened between the two in the past and what secret Jang Hee-sook is hiding.

“Doctor X” is a drama featuring “the crazy Gye of the operating room,” who shatters injustice with nothing but her genius surgical skills. It is a medical noir drama centered on “Doctor X” Gye Su-jeong. The series is based on the Japanese drama of the same name. In its sixth episode, “Doctor X” recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 19.5% based on household ratings.

"Doctor X" airs on the 7th at 9:50 p.m.