Original subtitles

The morning trial will convene.

The name of the defendant is Kim Joo Hyung.

I was giving them sex education.

How dare you belittle the court?

Defendant Jang Soon Bok...

Because of your incorrect verdict,

I was framed and lived in pure torment.

Aren't you bothered that Jang Soon Bok attempted suicide...

during her trial and that she's on the brink of death?

Let's give them Lee Jung Joo and cover up Jang Soon Bok's case.

The very first sex education class with a female judge.

Will you take it off or burn it?

I said to take it off.

- Now. - Yes!

You saved me twice.

You and I must share some kind of a special bond. Don't you think so?

But don't you dare even touch her. Or I'll kill you myself.

Defendant Choi Kyung Ho's charge of assault...

My staying here is the truth.

And what if someone else is the real killer?

The real murderer.

The real murderer is in this very courtroom.

(Episode 5)

Do you think...

I could wear this one day?

I see nothing but darkness ahead.

Would it become brighter if I wear this?

Please take her home safely.

Don't ask any questions.

No, thank you. I'm okay.

I'm not okay.

You'll do it, right? Make sure she wears a helmet.

The helmet is Eui Hyun's.

Let me call and ask.

Hold on.

Hey, where are you?

So you're going to abandon me?

Traitor.

Fine. Go ahead. I'm going to see my dad.

- Okay. - Are you sure?

Are you really guilty?

Choi Kyung Ho!

Kyung Ho. Come out.

Please? Open the door.

Kyung Ho.

Excuse me. You were in the courtroom, right?

May I ask you for a favor?

(Trial for Assault)

The real murderer is in this very courtroom.

Your Honor, the defendant...

Are you saying you are not the murderer?

The real murderer is out there.

That is the truth.

However,

the culprit is me, the one serving the sentence.

That is the reality.

Your Honor, the defendant is saying ridiculous things and...

He is not insulting the court, so let's hear him out.

Judge Lee Jung Joo.

Do you know what your sister kept even though Kim Joo Hyung...

held her hostage?

It's the truth.

The pure, unadulterated truth, that no one and nothing...

should distort or fabricate.

The absolute truth that you judges talk about...

is easily destroyed by harsh reality,

and if powerful people want to fabricate it,

even you judges can't defy it.

So,

risking your life to defend the absolute truth...

is idiocy. Don't do it.

Defendant, you...

Defendant. Do you realize that you are mocking the court?

If you do not say who the real killer is,

we may give you harsher punishment.

Who is the real killer?

I cannot say.

I made a deal.

It's not my intention to break the deal now.

A deal?

Yes, but if they won't hold up their end of their bargain,

I won't be able to hold up mine.

Why does he keep looking at Judge Sah?

(Trial for Assault)

Is he looking at the guy sitting next to Judge Sah?

He's the son of Professor Yoo Myung Hee.

Really?

He's the crazy prosecutor?

I'm giving them a clear warning...

to hold up their end unless they've gone crazy.

Seo Gi Ho found out that...

Choi Kyung Ho isn't the real murderer.

(Choi Kyung Ho)

("A Rapist-Murderer Is Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison")

(Judge Yoo Myung Hee sentenced the defendant 20 years in prison.)

Jung Do, are you still thinking about what I said?

Who killed Seo Gi Ho if not Jang Soon Bok?

Tell me who the real murderer is.

Don't you worry now. The real murderer isn't in Korea anymore.

- Gun Woo, pull over. - Yes?

I get that you're upset for putting the wrong person behind bars.

This isn't the right time for you to find out the real murderer.

It's time for you to get motivated to do everything...

in your power to stop the real murderer from getting exposed.

- Jin Myung! - If Myung Hee finds out that...

she rendered an incorrect ruling,

she'll bite her tongue or vomit blood in disgust.

If Choi Kyung Ho isn't the murderer,

whose crime did he cover up for?

It's my crime, of course.

Protecting my son comes at a great price.

It's Han Joon's? Han Joon's?

Jung Do, just think of it as a favor for Myung Hee.

I don't want to move into the Blue House without my wife.

You and I...

ought to have sujebi Myung Hee will cook for us.

Mom, Mom.

Mom.

Please wake up, Mom.

- Mom! - Please wait here.

Please save my mom. I'm begging you, please.

She can't die!

She'll make it through. Calm down.

You caused this, Kyung Ho.

If you didn't get yourself in trouble and make her suffer...

What am I going to do if she doesn't make it?

She'll be fine once she gets the surgery.

With whose money?

With what money? We're already being hunted by loan sharks!

- Mom. - She'll get the surgery.

Calm down.

Mom.

Mr. Choi Kyung Ho.

You're under arrest for raping and murdering Kim Ga Young.

- You have the right to remain... - Rape? Murder?

Anything you say may be used against you in the court of law.

- You have the right to an attorney. - Why does he need an attorney?

Cuff him up.

Kyung Ho, what's going on? Kyung Ho.

Get those off him!

I don't need an attorney. Let's go.

Kyung Ho, hold on a second. Kyung Ho!

Excuse me, you're needed inside right now.

What are you staring at?

I hope you'd look at me like that.

Your brother was the defendant of a trial you were on the panel for.

It's a reason for you to recuse yourself from the trial.

Or do you think it doesn't matter...

because you have a different surname from your brother now?

I was just filling in for the judge who was having contractions.

I didn't know the defendant was Choi Kyung Ho.

Once you found out, you should've gotten yourself out of the panel.

You should've recused yourself.

Hey, Jung Joo!

(5 hours before the trial)

I heard you're going to a trial.

I'll settle.

If you kneel down and beg for my forgiveness.

You should beg for forgiveness.

Whose forgiveness?

That idiotic judge's forgiveness?

She's not idiotic.

I told you not to even speak her name.

I don't know how she ended up stealing your heart,

but stop fooling yourself.

The crazy prosecutor in charge of my case...

is head-over-heels for her.

The crazy prosecutor?

He said that he's going to put a necklace on her neck...

and make her his.

What's the name of the prosecutor?

It was Do Han Joon or something.

Why? What will you do if you know his name?

Are you going to challenge him to a duel?

Tell that jerk.

What?

Tell him to stay away from Judge Lee Jung Joo.

If he doesn't stay away from that judge,

he's going to regret it.

My gosh, I'm terrified.

You want me to warn a prosecutor?

Make sure you do it.

Judge Lee.

Stop running the water.

- Right. - You must be tired.

You are in the center of scandals.

Yes, a bit.

Shouldn't you get yourself together and get your pace back?

I was quite flustered in court...

when you overreacted to the defendant.

I thought you were the presiding judge.

I'm sorry.

Judge Lee,

do you always get so worked up by every defendant's nonsense?

- Sorry? - The rampage you threw...

in court was swept under the rug quietly,

but others brought up your qualifications as a judge.

I guess I was late to the party.

I didn't know there was a discussion.

I mean... Judge Lee's behaviors haven't been...

all that professional lately.

I see.

It seems like you're in the center of Judge Lee's gossips...

which you claim other judges talked about.

And that behavior of yours doesn't seem to be professional either.

I'm sorry for the trouble.

I will recuse myself from the upcoming trials...

of Choi Kyung Ho.

I wasn't done talking to you.

Do you know how many times I called you?

I told you not to call me when I don't answer your first call.

I have my phone on silent when I'm working on case file or my rulings.

I won't pick up even if you call me 10 times.

Then I'll call you until you answer my call.

I'll just stalk you.

But you're the first person I came to see when I landed in Korea.

Aren't you being too harsh?

Are you really here for me?

Aren't you here because of the internship at court?

You knew.

You know that I took this internship for you.

If you didn't work here...

I don't think you were assigned to my department.

Try to separate work and your private life.

Fine, I'm going!

What is it?

Did you just see that?

That was mine.

You remember, right?

I bought it 10 years ago at a celebrity bazaar.

- Why is it there? - Exactly.

Why is it there?

Listen to me even if you don't want to.

You should've stepped down from Choi Kyung Ho's trial.

Fine. I'll cut you some slack for today,

but you can't do that again.

If you want to succeed as a judge...

The moment I changed my name to Lee Jung Joo,

he became a nobody to me. He's not my brother.

He's a stranger to me.

I don't want to see that piece of trash ever again,

so I won't be in his trial.

So save it.

There's a real murderer?

A deal? Warning?

It's too late for that.

My mom actually celebrated after giving birth to that rat...

and couldn't even pass away peacefully.

If you mention him to me again,

I'll never talk to you again.

We need to talk.

What?

- These sneakers. - Yes, the sneakers...

(Crime Scene Photos)

Hey, this...

- Why is this here? - That's my question.

I'm sure you want to ask...

why the sneakers you bought for me...

were on Kim Ga Young, whom Choi Kyung Ho raped and killed.

Tell me. Did you give them to her?

Me? To Kim Ga Young?

That's right. What does that change?

Nothing changes even if you knew her?

Hey.

Did you know Choi Kyung Ho?

- Am I being interrogated? - Did you know him?

So do you.

Do you remember my mom's criminal trial that you and I...

sat in on for an assignment?

Choi Kyung Ho was the defendant of that trial.

Choi Kyung Ho?

Then the victim was Kim Ga Young?

That's right.

She was our cottage caretaker's daughter.

Your cottage?

That wasn't in the casefile.

Why were you looking at the casefile?

Just answer my question. Why did you give Kim Ga Young the sneakers?

I really am being interrogated.

I'm out.

Article 2,

Section 37, paragraph...

Did you get them?

From this moment forth, I refuse to do favors like this again.

Even if it is a famous star's item,

how could you pay 1,000 dollars for this?

I can't get used to the fact that you're my friend.

I'm totally used to it. Here, look at this.

This is the only pair like this in the entire world.

You see this "SR"? This is why.

You know the girl group Bellagio, right?

It's Jin Se Ra's initials.

I'm sure you won't wear them. Who are they for?

Bellagio's super fan.

Have you been dating without telling me?

Dating? I don't even have enough time to memorize this.

Don't you see this? Don't you?

Thanks for this.

(Courthouse)

She just went into the delivery room.

Her family is here, so I will fly right back to the courthouse.

I'm sorry.

Look. You can't wash sneakers in here.

Wash them at home, okay?

- Thank you. - Wait!

Are you a member of Que Sera Sera?

Bellagio's fan club. Don't you know it?

This is awesome.

How did you get that?

Se Ra used to wear that when she was active.

It's Ga Young's.

Ga Young?

You can't reassign the case?

Judge Lee Jung Joo refuses to have it reassigned...

and says she'll do it.

A junior judge will disregard...

the chief justice's act of consideration?

Will you, her chief, just watch from a distance?

I tried my best to convince her...

and get it reassigned, but...

You shouldn't have tried. You should've done it.

If you let junior judges order you around,

how will you ever be a chief judge of a High Court?

I'm not being ordered around.

I respect the wishes of the judge on the case.

Don't just give respect. You should receive it.

Even if they call you the "Bunker Chief,"

you should make sure they listen to what you say without a peep.

Judge Lee Jung Joo...

is usually very accommodating and listens,

but I think Kim Joo Hyung taking her hostage traumatized her.

Tell her to try it.

She'll just end up deciding to deny the petition anyway.

Anyway, what did you do wrong?

Because of your reckless associate judge,

you were on the road to becoming a chief judge of a High Court,

but now, you're about to step on landmines instead.

Well...

I'll convince Judge Lee Jung Joo.

- As you please. - Right.

What? Landmines?

Talk about your empty threats.

If it weren't for that stupid High Court promotion...

That little weasel.

That decision won't hold me back, will it?

The High Court promotion is my goal.

Who are you?

I'm sorry. I was rushing to the bathroom, so...

- Watch where you're going! - Look who's talking.

Are you talking to me?

Who else is there?

That's right.

You defended Choi Kyung Ho in the past, right?

I told you not to bring up my time as a lawyer.

Choi Kyung Ho's rape and murder case. Remember?

I do not.

He raped and murdered Kim Ga Young, a middle school girl.

- I don't remember! - Think hard.

I don't remember, you punk! Answer your phone!

Hello, Mr. Cha.

Choi Kyung Ho's rape and murder case?

Of course, I remember. I was the defense attorney.

A copy of the casefile?

Yes, sir. Have a nice day.

Have a nice day.

You don't remember?

You just reminded me.

Hey. If you're going to lie, make it believable.

How are you worse than your wig?

What?

It really looks natural.

There's nothing to make you suspect it at all.

I said not to expose the absolute truth about my hair, didn't I?

Hey. What's wrong with being bald?

It's conclusive evidence for a judge that he worked hard all his life.

True. It's not "all your life," since you did other things too.

I know you're trying to get me worked up,

but I'll hold back because it is only speculation.

I repeat, if you mention my wig ever again,

I'll make you wear a wig soon too, you fat dwarf.

(Criminal Court, Verdict)

And what if someone else is the real killer?

- May I interrupt? - You may.

What do you want to know?

Jang Soon Bok's motive for murder was insurance money.

Just before her husband died,

she got seven insurance policies for him.

That's enough to gain suspicion.

Two were accident insurance plans that she can't collect upon death.

That means she was after five.

But her assertion is,

when she applied for insurance,

she didn't admit that her husband had polio.

She couldn't refuse her friend who asked her to sign up...

and planned to cancel the policies anyway.

She wasn't going to keep the insurance policies anyway.

But this is what the court decided in her initial trial.

Even if he didn't disclose the fact that he had polio,

since it is not a terminal illness or related to the cause of death,

it didn't preclude her from collecting life insurance.

Is that true?

Yes. I don't know if that applies to all insurance companies,

but it does to most.

That means Jang Soon Bok knew all of this and planned it.

Jang Soon Bok used to sell insurance before.

She had to have known.

But Jang Soon Bok sold insurance for only...

six months.

I know insurance sales people...

who are veterans, but they didn't know about this.

They actually asked me if that was true.

What if Jang Soon Bok were like them?

Then the supposed motivation is completely unconvincing.

On the other hand, even if she did know,

it is very difficult to prove lack of connection to the death.

A large number of them...

end up going to court for that very issue.

Was she willing to take that risk and try for the insurance money?

It gives me reasonable doubt.

This is tough.

(Choi Kyung Ho not guilty)

(Choi Kyung Ho not guilty)

(Choi Kyung Ho not guilty)

- You're home. - Hi.

I told you to take it to the cleaner's or have the maid do it.

You know your dad only wears shirts I iron for him.

So are you happy with that?

Look at you. You're sweating. Why are you looking for more work?

Let me see your face.

Look at you sweating.

What is this?

Where is Assemblyman Do?

Are you still toying with Lee Jung Joo?

It's time to get rid of her.

That's long overdue.

It's not her I should've gotten rid of long before.

Are you referring to me?

Try it then.

Aren't you...

still showing me that precious face of yours...

because you want something from me?

You remember Choi Kyung Ho, right?

Of course, I do.

He gave me a warning.

What? Warning?

Young Hoon, have you seen someone who looks that great in a robe?

Had I known I'd see her, I would've washed my hair...

and shaved.

Did I look okay?

Yes,

except for the uniform part.

You had a deal?

Did you really believe that?

You kept insisting I wasn't the real murderer,

so I tried that defense myself.

I was trying to stall time to see Jung Joo more.

Kyung Ho.

She looked stunning in the robe.

I said that nonsense so I could look at her longer.

I know that wasn't a lie.

Your eyes told me you were telling them the truth.

Someone else really murdered the girl, right?

No.

By the way, can she be on the panel for my trial?

I mean, I was happy to see her.

Let's stop it here.

Your time is up.

Young Hoon.

Don't tell anyone that Jung Joo is my sister.