Why St. Denis Medical’s Kahyun Kim and Mekki Leeper Don’t Want a ‘Time Jump’ After Season 2 Finale (Exclusive)

Season 2 of St. Denis Medical concluded with some interesting cliffhangers — and it remains unclear if the show will jump ahead when it returns.

“I wouldn’t want to time jump,” Mekki Leeper exclusively told Us Weekly during a joint interview with Kahyun Kim. “We got a little bit of a time jump this time. We skipped through the summer from seasons 1 to 2.”

The costars wondered what St. Denis Medical would “do this time” after Ron’s (David Alan Grier) crush on Joyce (Wendi McLendon-Covey) was revealed while Matt (Leeper) and Serena (Kim) made their relationship official.

“I was so nervous. Us, the writers and everybody that works on the show has been very careful to make this a believable and satisfying arc,” Leeper and Kim said of working to create a fictional “relationship they root for” on the show.

The costars were thrilled to have each other to lean on.

“He’s such a gracious scene partner, Also doing something intimate like building a story line and [luckily] we already have a friendship. Building that together, it takes a lot of trust,” Kim noted. “Especially with intimacy, I have so much trust in him.”

Leeper agreed with Kim, adding, “They are tough scenes to get right. It’s nice when you’re performing with somebody who is your friend.”

St. Denis Medical, which premiered in 2024, follows overworked doctors and nurses trying their best to care for patients at an underfunded Oregon hospital. In addition to Leeper, 31, Kim, 36, the mockumentary stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman and Kaliko Kauahi.

As soon the series debuted, viewers picked up on the chemistry between Matt and Serena. Creator Eric Ledgin didn’t rule out a potential romance between the characters — but hinted to Us that it would take time to develop.

“There’s definitely at least a one-sided will-they-or-won’t-they happening,” he teased to Us in November 2024. “So I can tell you it’ll definitely be a slow burn of something that we will track over time.”

St. Denis Medical has been renewed for season 3 and is streaming on Peacock.