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MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT

EPISODE 10

ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

MAY 16, MONDAY

BASED ON THE ESSAY MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT BY JUNG HYEJIN

If you kill me like this, that will make you a murderer.

You'll be sentenced to death, and you will die as well.

Why would you go through all this trouble?

For revenge?

What good is that?

The smart thing to do is to forget about it all.

What do you gain

from engraving it in your heart and into your bones?

Are you determined to remember it forever?

Do you think killing me after all this time...

...means that you win? Do you?

You need to sober up! Just stay seated.

Is that so? Okay, I get it.

Yes, okay. Do as you want.

Just leave him.

Man. Seriously.

How may I help you?

I came to turn myself in.

Turn yourself in?

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil, and Chairman Jang Byungchun of Jangsan.

I killed them all.

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

I'm Yoo Kyungjin from Major Crimes.

Where is the suspect who confessed?

Over there.

Cause of death?

Strangulation by hanging.

They won't find any signs of murder.

That will also be the NFS's initial assessment.

But the drug will be found in the autopsy.

What will you...

I'll take care of it.

OH DAEHYEON ACCEPT

Release Park Dukman's cause of death and suicide note to the press.

Should I do it now?

Make sure it's all over the papers tomorrow morning.

Once people learn that Park Dukman killed himself out of guilt

for murdering the man who was gracious enough to take him in,

all the suspicions against me will disappear in an instant.

Yes, I understand.

It's just two weeks.

In two weeks,

I can get out of this hick town wearing an assemblyman's pin.

So don't make any mistakes with anything.

I'll keep that in mind.

CALL ENDED OH DAEHYEON

REPORTER PARK

Mr. Jang. This is Park.

I got a tip-off and came to Jeongha Police Station.

A man has confessed that he killed Chairman Jang.

ATTORNEY JWA SIBAEK

The phone is turned off. Please leave a message...

Hey! You guys know the serial murder cases

-of some rich old guys, right? -What?

You know. Some old guys were tortured and killed!

Apparently, the culprit turned himself in last night.

-No way. Bullcrap. -What?

It's true! Look at this.

It's all over the internet. There are news articles on it too.

See?

I told you it's true.

What does that headline say?

The serial murders.

SERIAL KILLER OF WEALTHY SENIOR CITIZENS CONFESSES

Hey, she's right.

See? I told you.

Damn.

Hello?

Detective Yoo. This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

I heard that the man who killed Cho Hyunsik and Yoon Seokgu

has turned himself in.

Yes.

Does the list of victims also include Chairman Jang Byungchun of Jangsan?

Yes, well...

The suspect confessed that he also killed Chairman Jang.

Then what about Park Dukman?

We won't know until we investigate.

If the suspect's confession turns out to be true,

Park Dukman's confession and death will be reinvestigated.

If I asked who the suspect was...

I can't tell you.

Don't look at me like that.

It's just for courtesy sake. I don't expect you to drink it.

You find it strange too, don't you?

I'm talking about Gido.

He clearly told me his father died in his sleep in his vacation home.

He probably told you the same thing.

But then, Park Dukman showed up.

And now, the real culprit?

I heard you grew up with Park Dukman in the orphanage.

We didn't exactly grow up together.

We were there together for about two years.

I heard he asked for you when he was in jail before he died.

And the police called you because he said you were his lawyer.

Is this all Gido's doing?

I don't know.

Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you.

You'd better think carefully.

Your adoring grandfather is gone now. Jang Gido?

I didn't tell you this before, but to him,

you're just a tool he can use and throw away. Easily replaceable.

I guess now you need that tool pretty badly too.

Seeing as you came all the way here.

I don't know what Gido promised you, but don't believe a thing he says.

Every time he opens his mouth, it's a lie.

Think carefully about whose hands you want to be used by.

At the very least, I keep my promises. I won't stab you in the back.

Call me if you want to make a deal.

YULHU CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR OH HARAN

HANSAN DAILY NEWS SBC

Why did you kill Chairman Jang Byungchun?

Gido.

I chose the wrong person.

He seemed to have a great reputation in Jeongha and a clean history.

I'm sorry.

Daehyeon.

Do you really think Jwa Sibaek killed my father?

I'm sorry?

Why would he confess now?

Perhaps, everything he did, helping me with my campaign,

getting involved with Noh Chakhee, and filing a suit against Jangsan

were intentional.

Why...

To screw me over...

and disgrace my father.

CRIME DIVISION HOMICIDE TEAM 3 SERGEANT CHOI TAESIK

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

Hello?

Hi, is this Detective Choi Taesik?

This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

We met at Haesong Children's Home

when you were handling the director's case.

Yes, I recall. How can I help you?

Could I meet with the detective on Mr. Park Dukman's murder case?

Why?

I'm Mr. Park Dukman's lawyer.

PRISON OFFICER KANG SOOMIN

Officer, how are you? This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

I was wondering if I could hear about how Mr. Park Dukman died in prison.

Would it be possible to meet with the prison guard who was in charge of him?

I see.

Yes, thank you.

I think I made a mistake.

I didn't do it.

If you didn't do it, then why did you confess?

Seriously.

Is he an actual psycho?

When he was brought in here before,

he flat-out denied the charges and drove me insane with his back talk.

Does he have oppositional defiant disorder?

He hasn't said a word since he confessed that he's the killer.

I mean, he needs to tell us how and why he killed those people

for us to start investigating.

Should I go in and rough him up a bit?

For the love of...

That's enough.

Look. He already confessed that he killed all of them,

so that's that.

Why should we bother to question him, investigate,

or find evidence?

Park Dukman, who died in jail, also confessed

that he killed Chairman Jang.

Then that guy shows up, calling himself the real culprit,

and also makes a confession.

Then why did that Park Dukman say he killed him?

Mr. Jwa Sibaek.

Why did you do it?

You're a smart guy, so I'm sure you already know. Right?

We didn't find any physical evidence at the murder scenes

of Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, or Park Kangil

that points you as the murderer.

Well, I guess your DNA was found at the scene for Yoon Seokgu,

but that's not enough.

All we've got is a bunch of circumstantial evidence.

So for your confession to have any effect,

the thing that matters is why. Your motive for the murders. Get it?

Why did you kill those people?

When, where, how, and why did you kill Chairman Jang?

Damn it. Why did you kill him?

If you keep your mouth closed like this,

as I'm sure you know, you may be charged with obstruction of justice

and possibly harboring and aiding a criminal.

Why did you do it?

Are you trying to conceal the culprit?

Or are you just putting on a show?

Or are you just screwing with the police?

I'd like to...

speak to my attorney.

That little...

ATTORNEY JWA SIBAEK

The phone is turned off. Please leave a message after...

JEONGHA DISTRICT COURT PUBLIC DEFENDER

Mr. Do.

Have you heard anything from Mr. Jwa?

No, his phone is turned off.

I tried his home number too, but he didn't answer.

He's never been absent from work without notice for this long.

Should I be calling the police?

This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

Yes, I know.

Me?

GIDO FOR JEONGHA

Gido.

Jwa Sibaek asked for his attorney.

Who is it?

Is it someone we can turn over to our side?

It's Noh Chakhee.

He requested Noh Chakhee to be his attorney.

What?

That bastard.

What the hell is he after?

I have five cups of this every day. It's an addiction.

Judge Oh, I can't take this case.

-Why not? -The suspect confessed

that he killed Chairman Jang Byungchun.

You wouldn't know this, but Chairman Jang was like a grandfather to me.

And?

That's why I can't do it!

How can I defend the man who killed my grandfather?

Of course, you can. Just do it.

I'll apply for a withdrawal. Please accept it.

Public defenders don't get to pick their cases.

But this isn't just any case.

It's all the same. Just deal with it.

Judge Oh!

Think about it. Even if I decide to represent that crazy bastard,

do you think I'll be able to properly defend him?

I'd rip his heart out if I could.

Aren't you curious?

Don't you want to at least take a peek at his ugly mug?

JEONGHA DISTRICT COURT

Why me of all people?

I bet this is all a show she's putting on with Jwa Sibaek.

Why would they go through all that trouble? For what?

How would I know what goes on inside that psycho's mind?

I'm saying something smells fishy.

He wants Noh Chakhee of all people to be his lawyer.

Chairman Jang Byungchun, the person that he confessed to killing,

adored Noh Chakhee like a granddaughter when he was alive.

So how does it make sense for him to ask someone like that to be his lawyer?

You said Jwa Sibaek was a sociopath.

If he is, it'd make sense, wouldn't it?

Right. So he wants to torment Noh Chakhee.

You said the two of them were in a relationship.

So why would he torment her?

Hey, it all makes sense now.

I bet Noh Chakhee dumped him.

Jwa Sibaek got angry, murdered Jang Byungchun,

and asked for Noh Chakhee to be his lawyer.

God, all the pieces are finally falling into place.

You have the nerve to take my...

That's got to be his motive for murder.

Clean it up before you leave.

I only had one bite. Jeez.

Look who it is. What are you doing here, Ms. Noh?

Are you the suspect's lawyer?

You are, aren't you?

Ms. Noh. I'll make you a star lawyer.

After your consultation, give me an exclusive interview, okay?

I think she just said something with her eyes.

You really came to do this?

Look, Inspector Yoo.

Honestly, I don't like Attorney Noh.

She's arrogant and rude.

But still, this doesn't feel right.

I think it'd be better if we let her know who the suspect is

and tell her not to do this.

Why?

Do you have to ask?

She's going to find out that her boyfriend killed her grandfather.

Even the sanest person would lose their mind.

Now that we know his motive for murder, tell her to leave, okay?

If your made-up story is true,

it's all the more reason she needs to see Jwa Sibaek.

Whatever his intention was, when he sees her,

he'll tell her something.

You're just heartless, aren't you?

Mr. Jwa.

What are you doing here?

Wait.

Wait.

I'm here to see the culprit who killed Grandpa,

so why are you here?

Answer me! Why are you here?

Look at me.

Say something!

Why? Why are you here?

Did you...

Mr. Jwa, did you kill him?

Did you kill my grandpa?

Tell me! Tell me right now!

Tell me you didn't!

Please tell me you didn't.

Tell me you're innocent! Tell me you didn't kill him!

I'm sorry.

His motive is unclear, but Mr. Jwa Sibaek

may be dragging you into lawsuits involving the murder victims.

I'm only going to ask you this one time.

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil.

Did you kill them all?

Yes.

BACKWOODS HOMEMADE DUMPLINGS

Thank you, it looks good.

- Is it good? - Yes.

You make the best dumplings in the world.

You've tried all the dumplings in the world?

No, I haven't, but yours are the best I've ever tasted.

Please help yourself.

These are my last dumplings.

"Last"?

I think it's time that I...

close down this restaurant.

But why?

Your dumplings are popular, and the restaurant is doing well.

If it's because I'm bad at my job, you don't have to keep me here.

I only want to help you, but to think that I'm actually burdening you...

It's not like that.

There's one person left now.

I'm sorry?

They're all dead.

And there's only one person left.

I have to take him myself.

So I won't have time to sell dumplings.

I don't understand what you mean.

You'll understand soon enough.

By the way...

it's almost time.

Are you all right, Mr. Han?

Sorry?

Yeah, I'm fine.

MRGH MI RAE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Earlier, Attorney Noh looked like she'd been to hell and back.

Well, I hope she won't burn in that hellfire.

What does that mean?

The doctor says

the chief's mind comes and goes. Do you think this is a good idea?

He's the only victim that survived.

We have no choice.

Chief, are you feeling okay?

It's me, Jung Jaegeun.

Right.

Yes, I remember you.

And you are...

I'm Yoo Kyungjin from Major Crimes.

Chief.

We've caught the man who did this to you.

You've caught Lee Dongpil?

Lee Dongpil?

No, I told you before.

It's Jwa Sibaek, the public defender who threatened you when you were driving.

Do you remember?

He confessed he killed Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, and Park Kangil.

Also...

Right, you probably don't know yet.

Chairman Jang Byungchun of Jangsan has been murdered as well.

No.

It's not him.

It's Lee Dongpil.

The monk at Hwaju Temple said he died three years ago.

Lee Dongpil.

It's him.

He's alive.

Officers.

Send some officers down here.

That bastard is going to come and kill me.

Everyone is dead.

Even Chairman Jang Byungchun is dead.

I'm the only one...

I'm the only one who's still alive.

Chief, it's okay now.

We've caught the culprit, and Lee Dongpil is dead.

You really don't have to worry anymore.

Lee Dongpil is not...

He's not dead.

That bastard is going to come and kill me.

Officers...

Send officers...

You're up.

You're here? How...

You passed out in the restaurant earlier.

So I brought you home.

Don't you remember?

No, I...

That's okay.

Have your dinner, and you'll remember soon.

Come on.

You skipped lunch. You must be hungry.

Okay.

Go on. Eat all of it.

And then, we've got work to do.

- "Work"? - I found out

where Lee Dongpil is.

"Lee Dongpil."

Yes.

The man who made you into a fool who can't even remember his own name.

The bastard who tortured you, framed you, and made your family abandon you.

That place...

Those bastards...

Lee Dongpil made me like this.

That's right.

That bastard turned me into this half-wit.

Please eat.

Thanks to Ms. Noh, the trial went well.

You'll only have to pay a fine.

Here.

Thanks.

Here. You can have some of mine too.

Why are you always okay?

It's so obvious.

You haven't had anything to eat, have you?

Let's go.

Let's go and eat.

I'm sorry.

Why are you sorry?

I'm sorry.

The person you are trying to reach is not available.

Please leave a message...

ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

MAY 23, MONDAY

Ms. Noh!

Ms. Noh! Are you in there?

Ms. Noh!

Ms. Noh!

Ms. Noh, are you in there?

Ms. Noh!

A person you're trying to reach is unavailable. Please leave a message...

Man, where is she?

ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

She's not answering?

I guess she did burn in the hellfire.

-You try calling her. -I don't have my phone on me.

Are you serious?

Man...

What?

Man...

It's been days already. Call Noh Chakhee again.

She's probably the only person who can get that bastard to talk.

God...

You don't think she's dead, do you?

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

Your time is up.

On the day of the campaign announcement...

I went to his vacation home.

Chairman Jang let me in without any suspicion.

After playing a few games of Go, I put drugs in his food to knock him out.

I dragged him to the basement, tied him up in a chair, and tortured him.

I started with water torture,

then I connected a car battery to his little toe.

Electric shock torture.

Everything should still be in the basement,

including the car battery and the towel I used for the water torture.

-Because that's where I left them. -Why?

You didn't leave any traces with any of your previous crimes.

Because Jang Byungchun was the last one.

Why did you torture him?

If your goal was to kill him, there must've been an easier way.

Because that's the kind of punishment he deserved.

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

1, NEW SOCIAL WELFARE, NEW JUSTICE HIT REFRESH WITH JANG GIDO

All right. You can get back to work.

Okay.

Jwa Sibaek finally opened his mouth.

Why did he kill my father?

He still hasn't spoken about his motive for murder.

But he did confess how he killed him.

How long does he think he can drag it out with such obvious lies?

He said he went to the vacation home on the day of your campaign announcement.

After playing Go, he took him down to the basement...

and tortured him with water and electric shocks...

What?

He tortured him?

The police are on their way over there to collect the evidence.

Jwa Sibaek.

He actually killed my father?

The police are on their way to the vacation home now.

Once evidence is found to prove his statement...

No.

There's nothing in the basement.

Because I got rid of everything.

What the...

There's nothing here. Where's the evidence?

Jwa Sibaek, that bastard. Did he send us on a wild goose chase?

Hey, take a look around. There must be something. Damn it.

There's nothing over here.

There was nothing in the basement of the vacation home.

The evidence that you told us about.

We didn't find any of it in the house.

Is that so?

Now that's very odd.

If you're messing around, drop it now.

This is it.

Unless you want to be charged with obstruction of justice.

I clearly left all that evidence there, but it's all gone?

In that case, don't you think it's possible that someone got rid of it?

Chairman Jang Byungchun.

They were first about to bury him under natural causes.

The person who found him and reported his death.

In other words, the one who discovered him, would have seen it.

The traces of Jang Byungchun's torture in the basement.

The report was made at 21:30, and Choi Taesik was dispatched.

When he got there, the chairman was in his bedroom,

looking like he had died in his sleep, and his doctor came.

Jang Gido said his father succumbed to his long-term illness,

so Choi Taesik backed off.

But then, the funeral director who was shrouding the chairman's body

called the police and said that it didn't look like a natural death.

Then, after that, Park Dukman was arrested.

And once we found the valuables he stole from the vacation house, he confessed.

If Jwa Sibaek is telling the truth, Jang Gido must've seen it, then.

His father's body was in the basement where he had been tortured and killed.

Why would you believe a word that murderer says?

He's just stringing us along.

It's Jang Gido again.

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil, Jeon Jaeho, and now Jang Byungchun.

They're all involved with Jang Gido.

The identity of the serial killer

who murdered wealthy senior citizens, including the father of Jang Gido,

the assemblyman candidate in Jeongha, has been revealed, hasn't it?

Yes, that's right.

The suspect is Mr. Jwa, who works as a public defender in Jeongha.

He's a human rights lawyer

and a three-time winner of Public Defender of the Year.

A human rights lawyer?

That kind of person turned out to be a serial killer? That's shocking.

Word has it that Mr. Jwa, who confessed to the crimes,

even participated in the election campaign...

The world must be coming to an end.

Even this scum got himself a lawyer.

I mean, this lawyer.

They must've gotten a truck ton of money to be willing to defend scum like this.

Don't you think so?

No one in their right mind would do that.

They're blinded by money. Goodness.

PRESS VEHICLE DPBS

I no longer care about...

what's true or false

or why you chose me as your lawyer.

I won't be fooled twice.

I am going...

to put you on death row myself.

MRGH MI RAE GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY

In that building...

is the bastard you've been looking for all this time.

Okay.

Lee Dongpil will say that he's not Lee Dongpil.

He will lie to you to save himself.

Mr. Han.

You must not believe what he says.

Okay.

I won't.

Lee Dongpil.

You... You are...

I still remember vividly.

That place.

That dark and damp place.

The stench of the water. The stench of the blood.

The beast-like shrieks coming from the next room.

Where you...

You!

The place where you took innocent people and tortured them with water.

That's where I became this half-wit.

After enduring such gruesome torture from you,

I couldn't stand it...

and confessed to doing something I didn't even do.

And then!

I became a criminal.

All of this happened because of you, Lee Dongpil.

Goddamn it. Why are you calling me Lee Dongpil?

Lee Dongpil will say that he's not Lee Dongpil.

He will lie to you to save himself.

Mr. Han.

You must not believe what he says.

Lee Dongpil.

It's time for you to pay for what you've done.

Lee Dongpil is your name!

You're Lee Dongpil!

You're the Torture Devil Lee Dongpil, you crazy bastard!

I am...

I'm Lee Dongpil?

Yes, you crazy bastard.

Inspector Lee Dongpil of the Gyeonggi Province Police!

Gyeonggi Province Police...

Damn.

This bastard's got some muscles.

Hey. Raise your goddamn head again, and you're dead. Got it?

- Stay still. Bastard. - You dead meat.

- Get in. - What's the point? You scumbag.

Let's go about the easy way, damn it!

Come on. Go easy on him. Good God.

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil.

You killed them all, didn't you?

They were all killed by your methods.

Lee Dongpil, your specialty,

was water torture you goddamn crazy bastard!

Whatever it is, I'm so sorry.

Then die.

- Inspector Lee Dongpil... - Please.

Dongpil.

Please.

I'm not Lee Dongpil, you bastard!

No!

I'm not...

I'm not Lee Dongpil.

I'm...

I'm...

I'm...

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil! You're the one who killed them all!

That can't be true.

I'm...

I'm not that kind of monster.

I didn't do that.

I didn't do it.

Inspector Lee Dongpil of the Gyeonggi Province Police...

No. I didn't do it!

I didn't do it! I'm not that kind of monster!

No! No!

Doctor! Please help me! Help me!

Hurry!