Whisper (2017): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
(Characters and places associated in this drama are fictional.)
(Kim Sung Sik)
(Kim Sung Sik)
- Chang Ho. - Sung Sik. Go ahead.
Let's change our meeting spot.
They found out where I am.
Chang Ho.
Do you remember the resort we went to on vacation with our families?
Turn right at the fishing site...
Sung Sik.
Kim Sung Sik. Kim Sung Sik.
What's wrong? Sung Sik. Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Oh dear.
(High-security)
(Shin Chang Ho, arrested)
(Testified by Kwon Hyuk Su, signed by Taebaek Law Firm)
(Taebaek Law Firm, regarding combat plane F-445, F-558...)
(Park Dong Ho, legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
(Seo Jae Hyuk, legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
(Legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik!
Sung Sik, Sung Sik.
Sung Sik!
Sung Sik.
You have reached 112.
A man is...
A man is down.
Sung Sik.
Let's go home.
Please wake up!
Sung Sik.
You're under arrest with charges of murder.
A man...
A man is down.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik is dead.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
I'm onto something with the defense industry corruption. Detective Kim.
- Yes? - Send a few to the prosecution.
Detective Lee!
Eat quickly. In 1, 2...
Our team will back you up.
I've got six men.
That'll be helpful, right?
My dad has been onto this for over a year...
and I was on this for two months.
Don't try to take the credit. You can help me later.
And 9, 10.
Yes, Mom? I'm...
Your dad ran away again.
He's not scared of anything,
but he hates peeling garlic cloves.
He ran out early in the morning because he knew I would be...
peeling garlic today.
- Why did you kill the man? - Do you have an accomplice?
- When did you kill him? - Have you got anything to say?
- Say something. - Why did you kill him?
What's the reason? Tell us.
- Did you do this alone? - Move away!
Dad.
When you see your dad,
tell him I'm finished with loads of garlic,
so he can come home to have a hot meal. Okay?
Young Ju.
Young Ju?
(Seoul Southern District Court)
(Jang Hyun Guk, Justice of the Supreme Court)
Thank you.
There are only three influential figures...
among the public officials in Korea.
The president, the chief justice, and justices of the Supreme Court.
You're ruling over the son-in-law of a Supreme Court Justice.
You should let him off easy.
Let's make life easy, okay?
A judge shouldn't live life easily.
I get clothes and money from the country...
to punish those who attempt to live life easily.
My goodness.
This is me giving you respect.
And this is me worrying about you.
Come in.
I used to use this room...
30 years ago.
My daughter was born while I used this office.
She'll be a mother soon.
She needs her husband around to give birth and for her postnatal care.
I looked at the precedent.
You can give him probation...
Precedents can be newly made.
Are you actually going to sentence my son-in-law?
I will answer that...
with my sentencing at the court.
Sir.
This is the ruling for Hwang In Ho.
According to the special criminal laws for economic crimes...
regarding embezzlement,
I hereby sentence you to the highest sentence,
to seven years in prison...
and a criminal fine...
of 24 million dollars.
The accused, Hwang In Ho has...
bankrupted his business on purpose. While doing so,
he has threatened the living of his employees...
by embezzling the company's fund.
Hence, a severe punishment is inevitable in this case.
A few medical malpractices of your father's hospital,
Hangang Hospital are on hold at the Supreme Court.
(Father)
I had dinner with him last night.
He was a man I could talk to.
If you change your mind, his charges will also be...
Everyone changes their minds.
(Decline)
That's why the world never changes.
Sir.
Also, there's a huge concern over destruction of evidence,
and he is showing no remorse for his actions.
Therefore, I put Hwang In Ho...
under the court's custody.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad, what happened? Dad!
Honey.
Dad, do something. In Ho, what are we going to do?
Shin Chang Ho has had two previous convictions,
and he has been known to be suffering to make a living.
The police believe the motive of his murder is...
due to personal resentment regarding his financial status.
The victim, Kim was...
Shin's coworker at SBC Network.
- What was that? - Get to work.
He was convicted for staying on his strike until the end.
He was convicted for protecting his informant.
That's why he is a two-time ex-convict.
Young Ju.
You should write up a report and make a formal request for his case.
Dad's case will leave this place tomorrow.
It'll be sent over to the prosecution.
Hyun Su.
Tell me.
The prosecution is stepping into a mere murder case.
His whereabouts and evidence are all being forged.
Is there any other way to save him?
- The victim is a reporter. - Tell me.
He is Shin Chang Ho's junior.
It looks like he arrived...
at a fishing site in Paju and killed Kim Sung Sik there.
I am Section Chief Shin Young Ju of Criminal Division One.
The suspect, Shin Chang Ho is my father.
These are pictures from a family trip...
which Kim Sung Sik and my family went on.
Therefore, he does not hold a grudge against him...
and there is no reason for him to kill him.
Shin Chang Ho was a podcaster...
and had been tracking defense industry's corruption.
Kim Sung Sik tried to hand him related evidence to Shin Chang Ho...
which was prohibited by SBC and...
There is no other suspect other than Shin Chang Ho.
There is.
Someone who benefits from this is the real culprit.
(Taebaek Law Firm)
Taebaek Law Firm is the biggest law firm in Korea.
They have over 800 lawyers.
And they have over 100 people on their advisory, consisted of...
former prime ministers, ministers, vice-ministers, and congressmen.
It is indeed a prominent law firm.
Taebaek was in charge of all defense industry corruption cases.
Also, Senior Lawyer Choi Il Hwan...
added those who were charged with defense industry corruption...
onto their advisory panel.
Choi Il Hwan was threatened by Kim Sung Sik...
and Shin Chang Ho's investigation...
Fine.
Hand over the evidence to the team. I'll look over it.
I will give it over for investigation...
after it has been aired...
on TV tonight.
Have you leaked out the evidence?
This is against the rules.
Where did you send it to?
What's more important than that is...
to check if the evidence is trustworthy.
You will have to...
reinvestigate this from the beginning, sir.
Mr. Kim's funeral went well.
I followed them to his cemetery.
- About meeting your boyfriend's... - I pushed it back.
Hyun Su talked to his parents.
I'm dealing with Taebaek Law Firm now.
Young Ju.
From a domestic submarine project,
a helicopter project to a body armor project,
Taebaek is involved with everything about defense industry corruption.
Hand the data you have over to me, and I will enhance it...
Hand me the data you have, and I will enhance it.
You should do your job instead.
This is my job. I'm the police.
Sung Sik is gone.
They just killed a person.
Young Ju. I'm afraid.
I don't want you to get hurt.
Dad.
All right. I just got the results from National Forensic Service.
Shin Chang Ho's DNA was found on Kim Sung Sik's body.
That's because he dragged the body out of the water.
They also found blood stains on Shin Chang Ho's clothes.
Let's go.
He doesn't have the motive for murder. You can't prosecute him.
(30,000 dollars, Shin Chang Ho, Account Transfer)
He was in debt.
Kim Sung Sik transferred 30,000 dollars to your father's account...
in October last year.
How could he kill a person just for 30,000 dollars?
Stand up.
I'll be out soon.
They can't just make up a crime I didn't admit.
Young Ju, tell your mother not to worry about me.
I'll be out soon.
(Generous Side Dishes)
Shin has suffered from a lack of funds hosting a podcast show...
without an adequate income.
As he could not pay back...
30,000 dollars he borrowed from Kim,
he accidentally killed Kim who urged him to pay the debt.
Shin even called the police to report...
Mom. Give me Dad's bankbook.
It is forged. You know him.
He'd never borrow money from someone.
I...
I did it.
- Mom? - I borrowed the money.
The landlord wanted to raise the rent,
but I didn't want to use the money saved for your wedding.
Your father doesn't know anything about it.
What should we do, Young Ju?
I just borrowed the money for a living.
I didn't know it'd put him in trouble.
What should I do?
(Hangang Hospital)
(Hangang Hospital, Director Lee Ho Beom)
You'd better learn when to lower your head.
I decided the case according to the letter of the law.
And the judge will rule your medical malpractices according to the law.
If you try to cut a deal with my ruling again, you will be...
Have a seat.
Director Lee will sit if you do.
I will go to the prosecution and meet with the prosecutor.
The person concerned is not supposed to contact them before trial.
Darn it!
What should I do with my dad?
Young Ju.
The justice department is settled.
Judge Lee Dong Jun will take your father's case.
He sentenced the chairman of Iljin Group life in prison.
He found a conscientious objector not guilty.
He put the son-in-law of the Supreme Court justice under court custody.
Young Ju, I'm sure...
this judge will...
give an impartial verdict.
Judge...
Lee Dong Jun?
You've been my family doctor for more than 20 years.
We're practically family.
I didn't know we'd become a real family.
I will set the wedding day before spring ends.
May would work, right?
I didn't give birth to Dong Jun,
but he's like my real son.
Although I'm my father's son,
we were never a family.
After the wedding,
work at Taebaek Law Firm for a couple of years.
Then go to the US to take MBA course.
Get some licenses...
to put up on the wall there.
I also don't want to be your family.
Dong Jun.
They had me registered in their family register after I became 20.
You'd think I'll be at your beck and call because of that.
That's right.
Do you think it would help Taebaek Law Firm...
if you make a judge of good reputation your son-in-law?
I do.
You are a judge of good reputation, so it'd help my firm.
You have no pull, so it'd be easy to have you at my beck and call.
There's no tree that grows itself.
You will have to drop the knee anyway.
If you do that to me,
you'll have the world at your feet.
Legal Abuser.
It refers to a thief who gratify his selfish desire...
using the law.
People say...
Taebaek Law Firm...
is a legal abuser.
I didn't study law to become a thief.
You can't always live by the law.
You should learn to get on with your life.
If you need a willing tool, you should look for it elsewhere.
I will live as a judge.
Judges have their term in office.
They are reappointed every 10 years.
There have been about three judges excluded from reappointment...
for the past 30 years.
Gi Yong, I will call you back.
Letter of Notification for Reappointment? What is this?
Are they firing you?
You deserve award certificates.
That's ridiculous.
There will be four judges...
excluded from reappointment.
Judges excluded from reappointment...
will be examined by the personnel committee.
The chairman of the committee...
is Supreme Court Justice Jang Hyun Guk.
He's the one...
who decided your reappointment.
He might be ungrateful,
but he holds a grudge for a long time.
If a judge of faith...
who stood against the justice of the Supreme Court...
becomes my son-in-law,
people will look at Taebaek Law Firm...
from another angle.
I'd love to hold out my hand to a young judge falling into a swamp.
What do you think?
Do you want to join hands with me?
Just do it. It's just a deal.
I don't need a good husband.
Just don't bother me.
I hope you will find a good connection.
Dong Jun.
I'm sorry, sir.
I will go talk to him.
Parents have a soft spot for their children.
He will be taught by the world.
Just like my daughter.
(Court)
Court Organization Act Article 45, Clause 2.
It shows grounds for disqualification.
Please tell me.
What is the ground for my disqualification?
I will tell you with my ruling in court.
Just like you did.
I will go to the personnel committee...
and prove myself.
I will tell them it is an unfair treatment...
based on personal feelings.
You will be in so much trouble.
Justice of the Supreme Court.
(Rejection of vindication)
It's an answer for Judge Lee Dong Jun's request for a vindication.
Due to the personnel committee's schedule, an explanation will not...
be provided at court. Relevant documents will be provided.
In addition, the defendant led an illegal strike.
Members of the union were worried about the company's financial...
difficulties and returned to work.
However, he refused to resume his seat which led him to be fired.
He is an anti-social journalist.
Why?
Defendant. Why didn't you return to work? You were fired for it.
You were an outstanding journalist.
If you accepted the offer from the company,
you could have been a director in charge of the newsroom.
The condition was I had to disregard their abuse of the company funds.
It is not true.
The defendant...
has been charged with defamation multiple times.
Defendant.
Don't you regret your decision?
It seems like you had a hard time after you got laid off.
That's what they want.
For me to regret.
I will postpone the defendant's argument.
- Your Honor. - Counsel.
Please supplement the evidence and documents...
and submit them to me.
I will look them over thoroughly.
This is Lee Dong Jun.
Are you the owner of the vehicle, 9970?
I'm sorry, but there has been a fender-bender.
Please give me your number. I will let my insurance company handle it.
I am the daughter of Defendant Shin Chang Ho.
I know.
I can't be in contact with personnel from the Department of Justice.
Let's follow the law. Submit additional evidence through...
He followed the law...
and this is where my dad ended up, Your Honor.
The estimated time of Kim Sung Sik is 5:10am.
This is the record of my father's calls.
At the estimated time of death, my dad was on the road.
He arrived at the fishing area at 5:40am.
He arrived there 30 minutes after his death.
The autopsy has a margin of error of an hour.
- You should obtain the recording... - He lost his phone at the scene.
My dad is caught in a trap.
If you want to get him out of the trap,
you have to take the phone out of the water to prove his innocence.
The prosecution has to prove him guilty.
Since when does the victim have to prove his innocence in this world?
(Record of the surveillance footage analysis)
The record of the surveillance footages...
This looks like you obtained the evidence illegally.
- Don't submit this though. - In order to prove his innocence,
I must take desperate measures even if they're illegal in this world.
Did I make this world?
What should I do?
The bad guys have all...
the power and influence.
I have to see them even if I don't want to.
I need them.
I desperately need them.
I can't make my ruling...
based on speculative evidence.
However,
I won't disregard concrete evidence.
I can promise you that.
The bad guys have all...
the power and influence.
I have to see them even if I don't want to.
I need them.
If you follow my instructions,
you'll have the world at your feet.
(Taebaek Law Firm)
Sir, it's ready.
I'm so sorry, sir.
I was going to serve you some great coffee.
I was brewing the coffee,
but I don't have enough for a cup.
I will come back in 10 minutes.
I sent a gift to Justice Jang Hyun Guk.
You cost me my job, and he's trying to get you fired.
I plan on visiting during the holidays.
- Tae Gon. - Don't call my name.
You are a judge and I am just a lowly corrupted ex-prosecutor.
Just call me by my name.
I'm aware that you don't have your license.
I might not have the license,
I have my skills.
(Song Tae Gon, Chief Secretary)
Thanks to your ruling, I went through a tough time.
I spent three years in prison.
My license was suspended for 10 years.
When I type in "corrupt prosecutor", my name comes up.
I took the second place on the bar exam,
but I took the first place out of all the corrupt prosecutors.
Thanks to you, my wife divorced me.
Thank you, Dong Jun.
Some people record the conversations.
They use us when they need us.
They betray us when we're no longer wanted.
He has been a judge for 10 years.
We ought to give him a chance to explain.
Postpone the date for the vindication.
Is a week enough for you to prepare?
All right. Then it will be held next week.
Okay.
How did you know the reason for my visit?
Didn't you say I was a legal abuser?
The legal abusers...
have someone...
who gives tips.
Take a seat.
I will make good use of this chance...
to vindicate myself. Thank you.
I'm sorry...
to make you vindicate yourself.
I already told you that...
Justice Jang Hyun Guk is the chairman of the personnel committee.
There are eight committee members.
They won't make their decision...
with the chairman's personal feeling towards me.
You were the judge in charge of a tax evasion case...
for Lawyer Lee Sung Min, right?
You also sent President Bae Jung Man to jail for his involvement...
in the corrupt admission process.
They are...
the members of the committee.
They are Ahn Chi Young, Seo Gi Su, Choi Jin Gu,
Park Sang Jin, Kang Ji Ho, and Cho Soon Ho
I've been well, thanks to you.
Hwang Kyu Baek.
He's the father of Lee Dae Myung. You were the presiding judge...
for his sexual assault case and gave him the maximum sentence.
There are regulations of the committee.
How can they have formed a committee with such people?
Evil never sleeps.
Justice Jang Hyun Guk...
also never sleeps.
I got a call from your father.
He wants the wedding to be in mid-May...
so that he can persuade you.
Why...
Why do you want me?
Sit.
It's been a while...
since I wrote a ruling.
The ruling for Shin Chang Ho's case. It's the murder case.
(Seoul Southern District Court, Ruling)
I will make a ruling for that trial.
You can just tap the gavel.
Is this it?
The reason why you needed me?
You underestimate yourself.
Do you think you can buy my ruling?
I don't do such a thing.
Don't overestimate yourself.
You won't be able to get reappointed.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You are in a bind.
Use Shin Chang Ho's case...
as a stepping stone.
Dong Jun!
It's actually quite nice to see you again after so long.
Then let's meet years later next time. Mr. Song Tae Gon.
(Statement)
The day before I made the ruling on the justice's son-in-law,
on February 12,
you met with the justice, didn't you?
I'm sure the justice requested for a favorable arrangement...
on condition that he cover up the medical malpractices.
Please write a statement...
on the situation at the time and the content of the conversation.
I need your help...
as my father right now.
Father.
All my parents worry about is their daughter-in-law already.
They want to know whether you're eating well...
or whether you're in too much pain or not.
Thank you for lying.
Your mother came to see me.
Your father is expecting to get promoted to principal,
but she said we'd get in the way if the in-law was guilty of murder.
She asked me to end things with you.
Wait for me in the wedding hall.
I'll make sure I make an entrance holding my dad's hand.
There was heavy rain on the day of the incident.
I'm sure the phone was swept downstream.
The whole area covers 30,000 pyeong...
and there are 7,000 trees. It's impossible for the two of us to...
I'll see to it that it's found.
The guys that need that phone the most...
will probably find it.
There's a rumor that the president's doctor will soon be replaced.
The chief secretary and other chiefs...
are all on CEO Choi's side.
Get married.
If you become a member of the Choi family,
the VIPs will become my patients.
He's promoting...
the privatization of health care...
and planning medical aid.
You'll be the first to know the details.
Father.
That's the kind of son I need,
Dong Jun.
Find the phone.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
- Hey, you. - Yes, sir.
- That way. Look over there. - Yes, sir.
Look closely near the rocks.
We have to find it before sundown.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
(Taebaek)
More to that side.
Yes?
Gosh.
I found it. I found the phone, sir.
- Good work. - Good job.
- Good job. - Bring it to me.
Here you are, Boss.
- Let's get going. - Wrap it up.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir.
Here you are, Boss.
(Stop)
- What was that? - What just happened?
What's your problem?
- Boss. - They're being attacked.
- Boss. - What's going on?
- Let's go. - Let's get them.
- Get them. - Hurry.
Young Ju.
- You jerks. - Stop.
- Stop. - Stop the car.
Get them!
- Stop right there. - We'll get you.
- Gosh. - Darn it.
(Hope Sanitarium)
- Hello. - Hello.
You're here.
National Health Service will be coming for an inspection.
I've been telling you.
You should use other medicine as well.
Using medicine that's covered by insurance makes patients happy,
but we get questioned by the corporation...
for overcharging medical expenses.
I dropped by the NHS Corporation on my way here, Mom.
- Dong Jun. - I didn't go there as a judge.
I wanted to know whether it was a crime...
to help reduce medical expenses for elders who live for the joy of...
giving their grandchildren some pocket money, while living off of...
basic living subsidies and medical funds.
I asked as a citizen.
What was their response?
Of course, they had nothing to say.
Therefore, there will be no inspection.
Let's go out.
Dong Jun. I had new wallpaper put up in your room.
I was always worried about you living in a studio near the court,
paying the heating bills, and taking care of your own meals.
- If you live with me... - Mom.
I'm not moving in with you.
I'm going to the personnel committee tomorrow.
If I prove myself after maintaining appeal...
based on my rulings during the past ten years...
Your father called.
He said it won't be easy.
He mentioned your marriage.
It must be a family with great power.
Mom. I...
I told him...
that I'm grateful to my son...
for not growing up like his father.
Why don't you open your own office near here?
You can enjoy my warm meals...
and live together.
(Court)
We will now begin Lee Dong Jun's vindication for disqualification...
in the 2017 Judge Reappointment.
I see you haven't submitted the vindication document.
Will you be handing it in now?
I will not be...
submitting any documents...
and neither will I vindicate myself.
Exercising your right to remain silent...
may be considered as admitting the charge.
Does this mean you accept your disqualification?
This means that I will not accept the fact that I must be judged...
by the people that should actually be sitting in this seat.
Family members and close friends...
of those sitting here today have been tried by me in court.
There are also those awaiting their second trial.
If I must take off my robe...
and resign as judge,
I will make sure to appear in court...
as a witness at your second trials.
I will testify the offer that Attorney Lee made...
on condition that I cover up his tax evasion.
President Bae. What was it you offered me on condition that...
I cover up the corruption you committed
for your daughter's college admission?
I will give these testimonies in court.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
Are you threatening the members of the committee?
Whether I'll remain in the judge's bench...
or I'll be called as a witness at your trials,
I'll leave it up to all of you to decide.
Do you think anyone will believe the testimony...
of a man under court custody with a trial in progress?
You've been caught attempting to cover up...
an overcharge of medical expenses made by your mother's sanitarium.
You visited the NHS Corporation.
You pushed the employees there with your power as a judge.
I did not push them. I made an inquiry.
I wanted to give more benefits to poor patients.
That's not a bad excuse. I doubt it'll be accepted at the court.
As soon as you are excluded from reappointment,
you will be remanded by the prosecution.
You will be the first government worker...
to be charged with the anti-bribery and graft act.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You will be remembered...
as the disgrace of the judiciary for a long time.
(Court)
This is Lee Dong Jun.
I am Shin Young Ju, Shin Chang Ho's daughter.
This is a restored voice recording.
- Hey. - Yes, Sung Sik.
Let's change our meeting spot.
They found out where I am.
Turn right at the fishing site...
What happened, Sung Sik? Sung Sik!
Do you need anything else?
Do you need more evidence...
that my father wasn't there at the time of his death?
(Choi Il Hwan of Taebaek Law Firm)
Hello, this is Lee Dong Jun.
The chief justice confirmed it.
You have been excluded from reappointment.
I couldn't stop you from getting fired,
but I can stop you from going to prison.
To Shin Chang Ho,
this is...
only his first trial.
He will have a retrial and another trial after that.
However,
your life will be...
decided on your first trial.
This will be...
the last verdict which you will deliver.
Will you make the verdict for Shin Chang Ho,
or will you make it for your own life?
You will be the first to be charged with the anti-bribery and graft act.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You will be remembered as the disgrace of judiciary.
I will...
do that.
I trusted you when you said you will trust...
concrete evidence, Judge.
(The day of the final hearing of Shin Chang Ho incident)
The accused, Shin Chang Ho...
has been charged with the murder of Kim Sung Sik...
on the morning of February 13, 2017.
The prosecution charged him for murder according to...
article 250, section 1 of the criminal code.
However, his legal representative denied he was there...
at the time of the victim's death,
pleading his innocence.
However, there is no evidence to back the accused's claim.
And his debt for Kim Sung Sik shows...
he had enough motives to murder him.
I hereby charge Shin Chang Ho...
with murder and...
an attempted abandonment of a dead body,
and sentence him to 15 years in prison.
I won't take any money gifts...
or accept flowers for the wedding.
A glamorous wedding will make the common people feel deprived.
We have to deprive them of things while making them feel...
as if they are not left out.
That is what you will have to do from now on.
You don't have to worry about moving out.
I'll take you into my house and teach you this and that.
Director Lee...
My in-law will be happy.
He became the VIP's doctor.
Erase everything.
Forget about your past life.
Your memories...
and records.
Section Chief Shin Young Ju...
has leaked investigation records to the public.
And you have assaulted a common person...
saying you must retrieve an evidence.
I have obtained a phone.
He had my dad's phone which he lost...
There are no records of you turning it in...
as evidence in the police, the prosecution, or the court.
Section Chief Park Hyun Su was there with me.
He was there.
I only went...
to stop her...
from conducting a reckless investigation.
Hyun Su.
I couldn't stop her from making an excessive investigation.
I apologize.
Lieutenant Park Hyun Su will...
have his salary cut for three months.
Lieutenant Shin Young Ju...
is expelled.
That's all.
(Police)
Young Ju.
You had to live.
By yourself.
Nothing would've changed even if I said we found a phone.
I couldn't be fired with...
Did you expect only happiness from life?
I thought you would...
cry with me, Hyun Su.
I'm sorry.
We've been friends for five years.
Then we were lovers for five.
Don't you think "I'm sorry" is a little too casual?
(Generous Side Dishes)
Young Ju, you received many prizes...
at the middle school graduation ceremony.
I'm holding the award for meritorious deed.
Your father is holding the superintendent's award.
Jajangmyeon was about 1.5 dollars...
at that time.
This was...
15 years ago.
That's...
a lot of years.
Mom.
This little girl will be your age...
by the time your father is released from prison.
(Lee Dong Jun, the Judge of faith...)
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
Taebaek was in charge of...
all defense industry corruption cases.
Choi Il Hwan was threatened by Kim Sung Sik...
and Shin Chang Ho's investigation...
What should we do?
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
What should I do with your father?
Young Ju.
Bring him back home.
You are the police.
If you can't do that,
ask Hyun Su for help.
Who did it?
Who did it to him?
Why are they doing this to your father?
What should I do?
How is this happening to him?
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
Dong Jun, can you get me a job at Taebaek?
I've been nice to you...
All your colleagues are here to celebrate your wedding.
- Why don't you make a toast? - Right. Say a word.
You should've done that before.
Thank you, Judge Kim Hae Kyung.
You didn't sign the document for my reappointment.
Thanks to you.
I'm getting married.
Prosecutor Cho Ki Young.
You investigated me with anti-bribery and graft act.
Thanks to you, I'm getting married.
Attorney Kang Tae Hoon.
What are you doing?
Why are you so depressed?
Let's just drink. Raise your glasses.
- Drink. - All right.
Bottoms up.
These members, forever!
- These members, forever! - These members, forever!
Why did he drink so much?
Gosh, did you call a designated service?
This way.
Hey, Dong Jun.
I will see you at the wedding tomorrow.
Dong Jun, let's just do it.
Go.
Lee Dong Jun speaking.
Where are you, Dong Jun?
The wedding is at 11am.
You were not in your apartment.
I told you to come to my house, but you didn't.
Mom. I have a hair appointment at 8am.
I will go to the wedding hall...
The patients at the sanatorium...
want to sing at your wedding.
It was hard to stop them.
I will go to the hair shop...
and go there with your grandma.
Okay.
Mom.
Congratulations...
on your wedding.
Judge...
Lee Dong Jun.
A judge raped a daughter of the accused...
who pleads...
for a favorable arrangement.
What do you think?
What will happen to the judge?
- Shin Young Ju. - Shut your mouth.
I need to...
bring my dad.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
(Whisper)
The prosecution agreed and the press kept their silence.
But why me?
Because I trusted you.
You can't always live as you planned.
It's a world where a judge of faith becomes a legal abuser.
Is it fun to play newlyweds?
You said this marriage is just a deal.
It was uploaded it on the official social network of Taeback.
It seems to mean that it will be uploaded one frame at a time.
Hello, Lawyer Lee Dong Jun.
I'm your new secretary Jo Yeon Hwa.
I will serve you well.
(Kim Sung Sik)
(Kim Sung Sik)
- Chang Ho. - Sung Sik. Go ahead.
Let's change our meeting spot.
They found out where I am.
Chang Ho.
Do you remember the resort we went to on vacation with our families?
Turn right at the fishing site...
Sung Sik.
Kim Sung Sik. Kim Sung Sik.
What's wrong? Sung Sik. Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Oh dear.
(High-security)
(Shin Chang Ho, arrested)
(Testified by Kwon Hyuk Su, signed by Taebaek Law Firm)
(Taebaek Law Firm, regarding combat plane F-445, F-558...)
(Park Dong Ho, legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
(Seo Jae Hyuk, legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
(Legal representative Taebaek Law Firm)
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik!
Sung Sik, Sung Sik.
Sung Sik!
Sung Sik.
You have reached 112.
A man is...
A man is down.
Sung Sik.
Let's go home.
Please wake up!
Sung Sik.
You're under arrest with charges of murder.
A man...
A man is down.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik is dead.
Sung Sik.
Sung Sik.
I'm onto something with the defense industry corruption. Detective Kim.
- Yes? - Send a few to the prosecution.
Detective Lee!
Eat quickly. In 1, 2...
Our team will back you up.
I've got six men.
That'll be helpful, right?
My dad has been onto this for over a year...
and I was on this for two months.
Don't try to take the credit. You can help me later.
And 9, 10.
Yes, Mom? I'm...
Your dad ran away again.
He's not scared of anything,
but he hates peeling garlic cloves.
He ran out early in the morning because he knew I would be...
peeling garlic today.
- Why did you kill the man? - Do you have an accomplice?
- When did you kill him? - Have you got anything to say?
- Say something. - Why did you kill him?
What's the reason? Tell us.
- Did you do this alone? - Move away!
Dad.
When you see your dad,
tell him I'm finished with loads of garlic,
so he can come home to have a hot meal. Okay?
Young Ju.
Young Ju?
(Seoul Southern District Court)
(Jang Hyun Guk, Justice of the Supreme Court)
Thank you.
There are only three influential figures...
among the public officials in Korea.
The president, the chief justice, and justices of the Supreme Court.
You're ruling over the son-in-law of a Supreme Court Justice.
You should let him off easy.
Let's make life easy, okay?
A judge shouldn't live life easily.
I get clothes and money from the country...
to punish those who attempt to live life easily.
My goodness.
This is me giving you respect.
And this is me worrying about you.
Come in.
I used to use this room...
30 years ago.
My daughter was born while I used this office.
She'll be a mother soon.
She needs her husband around to give birth and for her postnatal care.
I looked at the precedent.
You can give him probation...
Precedents can be newly made.
Are you actually going to sentence my son-in-law?
I will answer that...
with my sentencing at the court.
Sir.
This is the ruling for Hwang In Ho.
According to the special criminal laws for economic crimes...
regarding embezzlement,
I hereby sentence you to the highest sentence,
to seven years in prison...
and a criminal fine...
of 24 million dollars.
The accused, Hwang In Ho has...
bankrupted his business on purpose. While doing so,
he has threatened the living of his employees...
by embezzling the company's fund.
Hence, a severe punishment is inevitable in this case.
A few medical malpractices of your father's hospital,
Hangang Hospital are on hold at the Supreme Court.
(Father)
I had dinner with him last night.
He was a man I could talk to.
If you change your mind, his charges will also be...
Everyone changes their minds.
(Decline)
That's why the world never changes.
Sir.
Also, there's a huge concern over destruction of evidence,
and he is showing no remorse for his actions.
Therefore, I put Hwang In Ho...
under the court's custody.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad, what happened? Dad!
Honey.
Dad, do something. In Ho, what are we going to do?
Shin Chang Ho has had two previous convictions,
and he has been known to be suffering to make a living.
The police believe the motive of his murder is...
due to personal resentment regarding his financial status.
The victim, Kim was...
Shin's coworker at SBC Network.
- What was that? - Get to work.
He was convicted for staying on his strike until the end.
He was convicted for protecting his informant.
That's why he is a two-time ex-convict.
Young Ju.
You should write up a report and make a formal request for his case.
Dad's case will leave this place tomorrow.
It'll be sent over to the prosecution.
Hyun Su.
Tell me.
The prosecution is stepping into a mere murder case.
His whereabouts and evidence are all being forged.
Is there any other way to save him?
- The victim is a reporter. - Tell me.
He is Shin Chang Ho's junior.
It looks like he arrived...
at a fishing site in Paju and killed Kim Sung Sik there.
I am Section Chief Shin Young Ju of Criminal Division One.
The suspect, Shin Chang Ho is my father.
These are pictures from a family trip...
which Kim Sung Sik and my family went on.
Therefore, he does not hold a grudge against him...
and there is no reason for him to kill him.
Shin Chang Ho was a podcaster...
and had been tracking defense industry's corruption.
Kim Sung Sik tried to hand him related evidence to Shin Chang Ho...
which was prohibited by SBC and...
There is no other suspect other than Shin Chang Ho.
There is.
Someone who benefits from this is the real culprit.
(Taebaek Law Firm)
Taebaek Law Firm is the biggest law firm in Korea.
They have over 800 lawyers.
And they have over 100 people on their advisory, consisted of...
former prime ministers, ministers, vice-ministers, and congressmen.
It is indeed a prominent law firm.
Taebaek was in charge of all defense industry corruption cases.
Also, Senior Lawyer Choi Il Hwan...
added those who were charged with defense industry corruption...
onto their advisory panel.
Choi Il Hwan was threatened by Kim Sung Sik...
and Shin Chang Ho's investigation...
Fine.
Hand over the evidence to the team. I'll look over it.
I will give it over for investigation...
after it has been aired...
on TV tonight.
Have you leaked out the evidence?
This is against the rules.
Where did you send it to?
What's more important than that is...
to check if the evidence is trustworthy.
You will have to...
reinvestigate this from the beginning, sir.
Mr. Kim's funeral went well.
I followed them to his cemetery.
- About meeting your boyfriend's... - I pushed it back.
Hyun Su talked to his parents.
I'm dealing with Taebaek Law Firm now.
Young Ju.
From a domestic submarine project,
a helicopter project to a body armor project,
Taebaek is involved with everything about defense industry corruption.
Hand the data you have over to me, and I will enhance it...
Hand me the data you have, and I will enhance it.
You should do your job instead.
This is my job. I'm the police.
Sung Sik is gone.
They just killed a person.
Young Ju. I'm afraid.
I don't want you to get hurt.
Dad.
All right. I just got the results from National Forensic Service.
Shin Chang Ho's DNA was found on Kim Sung Sik's body.
That's because he dragged the body out of the water.
They also found blood stains on Shin Chang Ho's clothes.
Let's go.
He doesn't have the motive for murder. You can't prosecute him.
(30,000 dollars, Shin Chang Ho, Account Transfer)
He was in debt.
Kim Sung Sik transferred 30,000 dollars to your father's account...
in October last year.
How could he kill a person just for 30,000 dollars?
Stand up.
I'll be out soon.
They can't just make up a crime I didn't admit.
Young Ju, tell your mother not to worry about me.
I'll be out soon.
(Generous Side Dishes)
Shin has suffered from a lack of funds hosting a podcast show...
without an adequate income.
As he could not pay back...
30,000 dollars he borrowed from Kim,
he accidentally killed Kim who urged him to pay the debt.
Shin even called the police to report...
Mom. Give me Dad's bankbook.
It is forged. You know him.
He'd never borrow money from someone.
I...
I did it.
- Mom? - I borrowed the money.
The landlord wanted to raise the rent,
but I didn't want to use the money saved for your wedding.
Your father doesn't know anything about it.
What should we do, Young Ju?
I just borrowed the money for a living.
I didn't know it'd put him in trouble.
What should I do?
(Hangang Hospital)
(Hangang Hospital, Director Lee Ho Beom)
You'd better learn when to lower your head.
I decided the case according to the letter of the law.
And the judge will rule your medical malpractices according to the law.
If you try to cut a deal with my ruling again, you will be...
Have a seat.
Director Lee will sit if you do.
I will go to the prosecution and meet with the prosecutor.
The person concerned is not supposed to contact them before trial.
Darn it!
What should I do with my dad?
Young Ju.
The justice department is settled.
Judge Lee Dong Jun will take your father's case.
He sentenced the chairman of Iljin Group life in prison.
He found a conscientious objector not guilty.
He put the son-in-law of the Supreme Court justice under court custody.
Young Ju, I'm sure...
this judge will...
give an impartial verdict.
Judge...
Lee Dong Jun?
You've been my family doctor for more than 20 years.
We're practically family.
I didn't know we'd become a real family.
I will set the wedding day before spring ends.
May would work, right?
I didn't give birth to Dong Jun,
but he's like my real son.
Although I'm my father's son,
we were never a family.
After the wedding,
work at Taebaek Law Firm for a couple of years.
Then go to the US to take MBA course.
Get some licenses...
to put up on the wall there.
I also don't want to be your family.
Dong Jun.
They had me registered in their family register after I became 20.
You'd think I'll be at your beck and call because of that.
That's right.
Do you think it would help Taebaek Law Firm...
if you make a judge of good reputation your son-in-law?
I do.
You are a judge of good reputation, so it'd help my firm.
You have no pull, so it'd be easy to have you at my beck and call.
There's no tree that grows itself.
You will have to drop the knee anyway.
If you do that to me,
you'll have the world at your feet.
Legal Abuser.
It refers to a thief who gratify his selfish desire...
using the law.
People say...
Taebaek Law Firm...
is a legal abuser.
I didn't study law to become a thief.
You can't always live by the law.
You should learn to get on with your life.
If you need a willing tool, you should look for it elsewhere.
I will live as a judge.
Judges have their term in office.
They are reappointed every 10 years.
There have been about three judges excluded from reappointment...
for the past 30 years.
Gi Yong, I will call you back.
Letter of Notification for Reappointment? What is this?
Are they firing you?
You deserve award certificates.
That's ridiculous.
There will be four judges...
excluded from reappointment.
Judges excluded from reappointment...
will be examined by the personnel committee.
The chairman of the committee...
is Supreme Court Justice Jang Hyun Guk.
He's the one...
who decided your reappointment.
He might be ungrateful,
but he holds a grudge for a long time.
If a judge of faith...
who stood against the justice of the Supreme Court...
becomes my son-in-law,
people will look at Taebaek Law Firm...
from another angle.
I'd love to hold out my hand to a young judge falling into a swamp.
What do you think?
Do you want to join hands with me?
Just do it. It's just a deal.
I don't need a good husband.
Just don't bother me.
I hope you will find a good connection.
Dong Jun.
I'm sorry, sir.
I will go talk to him.
Parents have a soft spot for their children.
He will be taught by the world.
Just like my daughter.
(Court)
Court Organization Act Article 45, Clause 2.
It shows grounds for disqualification.
Please tell me.
What is the ground for my disqualification?
I will tell you with my ruling in court.
Just like you did.
I will go to the personnel committee...
and prove myself.
I will tell them it is an unfair treatment...
based on personal feelings.
You will be in so much trouble.
Justice of the Supreme Court.
(Rejection of vindication)
It's an answer for Judge Lee Dong Jun's request for a vindication.
Due to the personnel committee's schedule, an explanation will not...
be provided at court. Relevant documents will be provided.
In addition, the defendant led an illegal strike.
Members of the union were worried about the company's financial...
difficulties and returned to work.
However, he refused to resume his seat which led him to be fired.
He is an anti-social journalist.
Why?
Defendant. Why didn't you return to work? You were fired for it.
You were an outstanding journalist.
If you accepted the offer from the company,
you could have been a director in charge of the newsroom.
The condition was I had to disregard their abuse of the company funds.
It is not true.
The defendant...
has been charged with defamation multiple times.
Defendant.
Don't you regret your decision?
It seems like you had a hard time after you got laid off.
That's what they want.
For me to regret.
I will postpone the defendant's argument.
- Your Honor. - Counsel.
Please supplement the evidence and documents...
and submit them to me.
I will look them over thoroughly.
This is Lee Dong Jun.
Are you the owner of the vehicle, 9970?
I'm sorry, but there has been a fender-bender.
Please give me your number. I will let my insurance company handle it.
I am the daughter of Defendant Shin Chang Ho.
I know.
I can't be in contact with personnel from the Department of Justice.
Let's follow the law. Submit additional evidence through...
He followed the law...
and this is where my dad ended up, Your Honor.
The estimated time of Kim Sung Sik is 5:10am.
This is the record of my father's calls.
At the estimated time of death, my dad was on the road.
He arrived at the fishing area at 5:40am.
He arrived there 30 minutes after his death.
The autopsy has a margin of error of an hour.
- You should obtain the recording... - He lost his phone at the scene.
My dad is caught in a trap.
If you want to get him out of the trap,
you have to take the phone out of the water to prove his innocence.
The prosecution has to prove him guilty.
Since when does the victim have to prove his innocence in this world?
(Record of the surveillance footage analysis)
The record of the surveillance footages...
This looks like you obtained the evidence illegally.
- Don't submit this though. - In order to prove his innocence,
I must take desperate measures even if they're illegal in this world.
Did I make this world?
What should I do?
The bad guys have all...
the power and influence.
I have to see them even if I don't want to.
I need them.
I desperately need them.
I can't make my ruling...
based on speculative evidence.
However,
I won't disregard concrete evidence.
I can promise you that.
The bad guys have all...
the power and influence.
I have to see them even if I don't want to.
I need them.
If you follow my instructions,
you'll have the world at your feet.
(Taebaek Law Firm)
Sir, it's ready.
I'm so sorry, sir.
I was going to serve you some great coffee.
I was brewing the coffee,
but I don't have enough for a cup.
I will come back in 10 minutes.
I sent a gift to Justice Jang Hyun Guk.
You cost me my job, and he's trying to get you fired.
I plan on visiting during the holidays.
- Tae Gon. - Don't call my name.
You are a judge and I am just a lowly corrupted ex-prosecutor.
Just call me by my name.
I'm aware that you don't have your license.
I might not have the license,
I have my skills.
(Song Tae Gon, Chief Secretary)
Thanks to your ruling, I went through a tough time.
I spent three years in prison.
My license was suspended for 10 years.
When I type in "corrupt prosecutor", my name comes up.
I took the second place on the bar exam,
but I took the first place out of all the corrupt prosecutors.
Thanks to you, my wife divorced me.
Thank you, Dong Jun.
Some people record the conversations.
They use us when they need us.
They betray us when we're no longer wanted.
He has been a judge for 10 years.
We ought to give him a chance to explain.
Postpone the date for the vindication.
Is a week enough for you to prepare?
All right. Then it will be held next week.
Okay.
How did you know the reason for my visit?
Didn't you say I was a legal abuser?
The legal abusers...
have someone...
who gives tips.
Take a seat.
I will make good use of this chance...
to vindicate myself. Thank you.
I'm sorry...
to make you vindicate yourself.
I already told you that...
Justice Jang Hyun Guk is the chairman of the personnel committee.
There are eight committee members.
They won't make their decision...
with the chairman's personal feeling towards me.
You were the judge in charge of a tax evasion case...
for Lawyer Lee Sung Min, right?
You also sent President Bae Jung Man to jail for his involvement...
in the corrupt admission process.
They are...
the members of the committee.
They are Ahn Chi Young, Seo Gi Su, Choi Jin Gu,
Park Sang Jin, Kang Ji Ho, and Cho Soon Ho
I've been well, thanks to you.
Hwang Kyu Baek.
He's the father of Lee Dae Myung. You were the presiding judge...
for his sexual assault case and gave him the maximum sentence.
There are regulations of the committee.
How can they have formed a committee with such people?
Evil never sleeps.
Justice Jang Hyun Guk...
also never sleeps.
I got a call from your father.
He wants the wedding to be in mid-May...
so that he can persuade you.
Why...
Why do you want me?
Sit.
It's been a while...
since I wrote a ruling.
The ruling for Shin Chang Ho's case. It's the murder case.
(Seoul Southern District Court, Ruling)
I will make a ruling for that trial.
You can just tap the gavel.
Is this it?
The reason why you needed me?
You underestimate yourself.
Do you think you can buy my ruling?
I don't do such a thing.
Don't overestimate yourself.
You won't be able to get reappointed.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You are in a bind.
Use Shin Chang Ho's case...
as a stepping stone.
Dong Jun!
It's actually quite nice to see you again after so long.
Then let's meet years later next time. Mr. Song Tae Gon.
(Statement)
The day before I made the ruling on the justice's son-in-law,
on February 12,
you met with the justice, didn't you?
I'm sure the justice requested for a favorable arrangement...
on condition that he cover up the medical malpractices.
Please write a statement...
on the situation at the time and the content of the conversation.
I need your help...
as my father right now.
Father.
All my parents worry about is their daughter-in-law already.
They want to know whether you're eating well...
or whether you're in too much pain or not.
Thank you for lying.
Your mother came to see me.
Your father is expecting to get promoted to principal,
but she said we'd get in the way if the in-law was guilty of murder.
She asked me to end things with you.
Wait for me in the wedding hall.
I'll make sure I make an entrance holding my dad's hand.
There was heavy rain on the day of the incident.
I'm sure the phone was swept downstream.
The whole area covers 30,000 pyeong...
and there are 7,000 trees. It's impossible for the two of us to...
I'll see to it that it's found.
The guys that need that phone the most...
will probably find it.
There's a rumor that the president's doctor will soon be replaced.
The chief secretary and other chiefs...
are all on CEO Choi's side.
Get married.
If you become a member of the Choi family,
the VIPs will become my patients.
He's promoting...
the privatization of health care...
and planning medical aid.
You'll be the first to know the details.
Father.
That's the kind of son I need,
Dong Jun.
Find the phone.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
- Hey, you. - Yes, sir.
- That way. Look over there. - Yes, sir.
Look closely near the rocks.
We have to find it before sundown.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
(Taebaek)
More to that side.
Yes?
Gosh.
I found it. I found the phone, sir.
- Good work. - Good job.
- Good job. - Bring it to me.
Here you are, Boss.
- Let's get going. - Wrap it up.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir.
Here you are, Boss.
(Stop)
- What was that? - What just happened?
What's your problem?
- Boss. - They're being attacked.
- Boss. - What's going on?
- Let's go. - Let's get them.
- Get them. - Hurry.
Young Ju.
- You jerks. - Stop.
- Stop. - Stop the car.
Get them!
- Stop right there. - We'll get you.
- Gosh. - Darn it.
(Hope Sanitarium)
- Hello. - Hello.
You're here.
National Health Service will be coming for an inspection.
I've been telling you.
You should use other medicine as well.
Using medicine that's covered by insurance makes patients happy,
but we get questioned by the corporation...
for overcharging medical expenses.
I dropped by the NHS Corporation on my way here, Mom.
- Dong Jun. - I didn't go there as a judge.
I wanted to know whether it was a crime...
to help reduce medical expenses for elders who live for the joy of...
giving their grandchildren some pocket money, while living off of...
basic living subsidies and medical funds.
I asked as a citizen.
What was their response?
Of course, they had nothing to say.
Therefore, there will be no inspection.
Let's go out.
Dong Jun. I had new wallpaper put up in your room.
I was always worried about you living in a studio near the court,
paying the heating bills, and taking care of your own meals.
- If you live with me... - Mom.
I'm not moving in with you.
I'm going to the personnel committee tomorrow.
If I prove myself after maintaining appeal...
based on my rulings during the past ten years...
Your father called.
He said it won't be easy.
He mentioned your marriage.
It must be a family with great power.
Mom. I...
I told him...
that I'm grateful to my son...
for not growing up like his father.
Why don't you open your own office near here?
You can enjoy my warm meals...
and live together.
(Court)
We will now begin Lee Dong Jun's vindication for disqualification...
in the 2017 Judge Reappointment.
I see you haven't submitted the vindication document.
Will you be handing it in now?
I will not be...
submitting any documents...
and neither will I vindicate myself.
Exercising your right to remain silent...
may be considered as admitting the charge.
Does this mean you accept your disqualification?
This means that I will not accept the fact that I must be judged...
by the people that should actually be sitting in this seat.
Family members and close friends...
of those sitting here today have been tried by me in court.
There are also those awaiting their second trial.
If I must take off my robe...
and resign as judge,
I will make sure to appear in court...
as a witness at your second trials.
I will testify the offer that Attorney Lee made...
on condition that I cover up his tax evasion.
President Bae. What was it you offered me on condition that...
I cover up the corruption you committed
for your daughter's college admission?
I will give these testimonies in court.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
Are you threatening the members of the committee?
Whether I'll remain in the judge's bench...
or I'll be called as a witness at your trials,
I'll leave it up to all of you to decide.
Do you think anyone will believe the testimony...
of a man under court custody with a trial in progress?
You've been caught attempting to cover up...
an overcharge of medical expenses made by your mother's sanitarium.
You visited the NHS Corporation.
You pushed the employees there with your power as a judge.
I did not push them. I made an inquiry.
I wanted to give more benefits to poor patients.
That's not a bad excuse. I doubt it'll be accepted at the court.
As soon as you are excluded from reappointment,
you will be remanded by the prosecution.
You will be the first government worker...
to be charged with the anti-bribery and graft act.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You will be remembered...
as the disgrace of the judiciary for a long time.
(Court)
This is Lee Dong Jun.
I am Shin Young Ju, Shin Chang Ho's daughter.
This is a restored voice recording.
- Hey. - Yes, Sung Sik.
Let's change our meeting spot.
They found out where I am.
Turn right at the fishing site...
What happened, Sung Sik? Sung Sik!
Do you need anything else?
Do you need more evidence...
that my father wasn't there at the time of his death?
(Choi Il Hwan of Taebaek Law Firm)
Hello, this is Lee Dong Jun.
The chief justice confirmed it.
You have been excluded from reappointment.
I couldn't stop you from getting fired,
but I can stop you from going to prison.
To Shin Chang Ho,
this is...
only his first trial.
He will have a retrial and another trial after that.
However,
your life will be...
decided on your first trial.
This will be...
the last verdict which you will deliver.
Will you make the verdict for Shin Chang Ho,
or will you make it for your own life?
You will be the first to be charged with the anti-bribery and graft act.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
You will be remembered as the disgrace of judiciary.
I will...
do that.
I trusted you when you said you will trust...
concrete evidence, Judge.
(The day of the final hearing of Shin Chang Ho incident)
The accused, Shin Chang Ho...
has been charged with the murder of Kim Sung Sik...
on the morning of February 13, 2017.
The prosecution charged him for murder according to...
article 250, section 1 of the criminal code.
However, his legal representative denied he was there...
at the time of the victim's death,
pleading his innocence.
However, there is no evidence to back the accused's claim.
And his debt for Kim Sung Sik shows...
he had enough motives to murder him.
I hereby charge Shin Chang Ho...
with murder and...
an attempted abandonment of a dead body,
and sentence him to 15 years in prison.
I won't take any money gifts...
or accept flowers for the wedding.
A glamorous wedding will make the common people feel deprived.
We have to deprive them of things while making them feel...
as if they are not left out.
That is what you will have to do from now on.
You don't have to worry about moving out.
I'll take you into my house and teach you this and that.
Director Lee...
My in-law will be happy.
He became the VIP's doctor.
Erase everything.
Forget about your past life.
Your memories...
and records.
Section Chief Shin Young Ju...
has leaked investigation records to the public.
And you have assaulted a common person...
saying you must retrieve an evidence.
I have obtained a phone.
He had my dad's phone which he lost...
There are no records of you turning it in...
as evidence in the police, the prosecution, or the court.
Section Chief Park Hyun Su was there with me.
He was there.
I only went...
to stop her...
from conducting a reckless investigation.
Hyun Su.
I couldn't stop her from making an excessive investigation.
I apologize.
Lieutenant Park Hyun Su will...
have his salary cut for three months.
Lieutenant Shin Young Ju...
is expelled.
That's all.
(Police)
Young Ju.
You had to live.
By yourself.
Nothing would've changed even if I said we found a phone.
I couldn't be fired with...
Did you expect only happiness from life?
I thought you would...
cry with me, Hyun Su.
I'm sorry.
We've been friends for five years.
Then we were lovers for five.
Don't you think "I'm sorry" is a little too casual?
(Generous Side Dishes)
Young Ju, you received many prizes...
at the middle school graduation ceremony.
I'm holding the award for meritorious deed.
Your father is holding the superintendent's award.
Jajangmyeon was about 1.5 dollars...
at that time.
This was...
15 years ago.
That's...
a lot of years.
Mom.
This little girl will be your age...
by the time your father is released from prison.
(Lee Dong Jun, the Judge of faith...)
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
Taebaek was in charge of...
all defense industry corruption cases.
Choi Il Hwan was threatened by Kim Sung Sik...
and Shin Chang Ho's investigation...
What should we do?
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
What should I do with your father?
Young Ju.
Bring him back home.
You are the police.
If you can't do that,
ask Hyun Su for help.
Who did it?
Who did it to him?
Why are they doing this to your father?
What should I do?
How is this happening to him?
(Judge Lee Dong Jun is becoming the son-in-law of Taebaek.)
Dong Jun, can you get me a job at Taebaek?
I've been nice to you...
All your colleagues are here to celebrate your wedding.
- Why don't you make a toast? - Right. Say a word.
You should've done that before.
Thank you, Judge Kim Hae Kyung.
You didn't sign the document for my reappointment.
Thanks to you.
I'm getting married.
Prosecutor Cho Ki Young.
You investigated me with anti-bribery and graft act.
Thanks to you, I'm getting married.
Attorney Kang Tae Hoon.
What are you doing?
Why are you so depressed?
Let's just drink. Raise your glasses.
- Drink. - All right.
Bottoms up.
These members, forever!
- These members, forever! - These members, forever!
Why did he drink so much?
Gosh, did you call a designated service?
This way.
Hey, Dong Jun.
I will see you at the wedding tomorrow.
Dong Jun, let's just do it.
Go.
Lee Dong Jun speaking.
Where are you, Dong Jun?
The wedding is at 11am.
You were not in your apartment.
I told you to come to my house, but you didn't.
Mom. I have a hair appointment at 8am.
I will go to the wedding hall...
The patients at the sanatorium...
want to sing at your wedding.
It was hard to stop them.
I will go to the hair shop...
and go there with your grandma.
Okay.
Mom.
Congratulations...
on your wedding.
Judge...
Lee Dong Jun.
A judge raped a daughter of the accused...
who pleads...
for a favorable arrangement.
What do you think?
What will happen to the judge?
- Shin Young Ju. - Shut your mouth.
I need to...
bring my dad.
Judge Lee Dong Jun.
(Whisper)
The prosecution agreed and the press kept their silence.
But why me?
Because I trusted you.
You can't always live as you planned.
It's a world where a judge of faith becomes a legal abuser.
Is it fun to play newlyweds?
You said this marriage is just a deal.
It was uploaded it on the official social network of Taeback.
It seems to mean that it will be uploaded one frame at a time.
Hello, Lawyer Lee Dong Jun.
I'm your new secretary Jo Yeon Hwa.
I will serve you well.