(Episode 8)
Judge Lee.
I'm sure you know who I am.
Would you like to grab some coffee?
What did you just say?
I said I agree with what you said.
Since you're no longer Choi Jung Joo,
I think you can preside...
over Choi Kyung Ho's trial.
I won't lie and say I didn't mean to overhear.
I saw by chance,
but I listened in intentionally.
Thanks to that, I understood why you responded...
so interestingly during the trial.
Say what you want to say.
- But you were clumsy. - Clumsy?
When you spoke to Choi Kyung Ho during the trial.
You should've treated him like a stranger.
Se Ra.
If you act like that at the next trial,
someone smart like Eui Hyun will figure it out right away.
Eui Hyun?
You mean Judge Sah?
I heard Eui Hyun rescued you...
when you were held hostage.
He rescued me too from the shooting-spree at Harvard.
Both of our role model is Professor Yoo Myung Hee.
I just can't help myself...
being interested in you.
Judge Yoon, we aren't in high school anymore.
How could you laugh at that?
It's only a typo. Everyone makes typos.
We should be careful too.
What's wrong with everyone? They're such snobs.
"Oh Ji Ral".
How is that not funny?
How is that not hilarious?
Am I the only one who finds it funny?
"Oh Ji Ral".
I can't wait to find out why you're laughing.
Didn't you hear it?
Ma'am.
Didn't you hear it, ma'am?
Yes, I did. Judge Lee misspelled Chief Oh's name.
If you tell it like that, it's not funny at all.
She wrote, "Oh Ji Ral"...
instead of "Oh Ji Rak".
Isn't that exquisite?
Ma'am.
- I see. - Yes, it's funny.
My stomach.
I can see that you have no problem laughing.
Of course.
It's too hilarious that...
I'm almost crying.
When I misspelled your name, "Choi Go Soo" to "Choi Go Ja",
I laughed my head off.
Hold on.
You told me that I was utterly uncultured.
You were livid.
But you're laughing your head off...
all alone in your office.
I had no idea that it'd be so funny.
Fine, fine.
I'll answer nicely without insults whatever you ask me today.
You'll answer them nicely without insults?
That's what I said, ma'am.
Ask anything.
According to the Juvenile Law, which age do you apply for reducing...
the punishment? The age at the time of the act or the end of the trial?
You're an independent judge. How is it possible...
Nicely, without insults.
It's possible you don't know.
Every judge can't be as good as I am.
Chief.
Yes? I'm glad you're here.
Judge Yoon. According to the Juvenile Law,
do we apply the age of the minor at the time of the crime or the trial?
We apply the age at the time of our rulings.
Get that?
Thank you.
Then I should check if the defendant turned 20 at the end of the trial.
The law has been amended to 19 years of age a long time ago.
I think it was 20 long ago when you were studying for the bar exam.
Did I say something wrong?
She's just embarrassed.
Oh, right. Only our department didn't have the welcoming party.
When should we have it?
I'm busy. Is that necessary?
So?
Ms. Hwang and Ms. Lee are going to meet...
with a detective, a whistle blower that claims the evidence...
of Jang Soon Bok's trial was tampered.
Don't you think that's too much?
You should've been a prosecutor, not a judge.
Didn't you say the detective was diagnosed with Alzheimer's?
Yes, he was,
but the timing of his diagnosis is questionable.
When were you diagnosed with Alzheimer's?
I told you I'll testify when you subpoena me as a witness.
For you to testify, you must have a sane mind.
I do.
The hospitals are running all sorts of tests...
so they can make money out of me by giving me a false diagnosis.
Just like they fabricated the evidence.
So you're saying...
there wasn't any blood of Jang Soon Bok on the knife,
and the police fabricated this evidence?
They said the confession wasn't enough to declare her guilty.
They nagged us to bring them more evidence.
On top of that, Jang Soon Bok recanted her confession.
We were called on the carpet.
Ms. Jang Soon Bok.
Hey, call 911...
before we go down for not feeding her properly.
Yes, sir.
Jang Soon Bok had diabetes.
She started fasting to show her innocence.
There was one time she lost consciousness.
Tampering with evidence is a crime the universe will punish you for.
It already did.
My grandson is only three years old.
He's in chemo.
Seeing my children suffer...
gave me courage to tell the truth now.
Who ordered you to tamper with the evidence?
If Ms. Jang Soon Bok is unconscious,
by the Article 306 of the Appeal Law,
isn't that enough to put a pause on her retrial?
Exactly.
We must do so after we discuss it with the prosecutor and attorney.
It's too early to jump to conclusions.
She might wake up soon.
Since our panel needs to check the facts,
I'll go to the hospital and look into this.
I already told our superiors that you'll be the commissioned judge.
Hurry along. However,
when the doctor can't provide an answer to when she'll wake up,
the trial will be stopped. It will be.
We don't even need to reassign the case.
If Jang Soon Bok doesn't wake up, regardless of her trial,
everything will be over.
Don't worry about it. Yes.
Please tell your wife I'll be there for her sujebi soon.
Okay.
If you crave sujebi, should I make a reservation?
I know a great sujebi restaurant. It's really chewy.
No, that's fine. If I eat delicious sujebi, I'll only suffer from it.
- Sorry? - I'll let you two in...
on a secret.
Former Judge Yoo Myung Hee.
She's a professor at Korea University Law School.
Yes, I know of her.
It'd be impossible to not know Yoo Myung Hee in this industry.
Sujebi she cooks is...
really terrible.
I've never tasted something that terrible in my entire life.
She was good at making rulings, but she's not a good cook.
I wish I was good at making correct rulings.
I can't even count how many of my rulings...
have been overturned this year.
That's more reason for you to remember the lesson of the sujebi.
Everyone says her sujebi is terrible,
but only her husband, Assemblyman Do tells her that it's delicious.
I read an article that Assemblyman Do Jin Myung might be...
running for the presidency.
No, he can't get the presidency on his own.
His wife's influence got him thus far.
Anyway, Jin Myung selects only those...
who say her sujebi is delicious...
in order to win the presidency.
I didn't know terrible sujebi could mean so much.
Is there a way I could also taste that sujebi?
- Me too. - Let me taste it first.
Okay.
You two know how to play go, right?
Go?
I asked one of my associate judges to play go with me after work.
What was it? I was told life after work is important or something.
That's the problem of young judges these days.
I don't like games I have to use my brain for.
I can play gomoku.
Why don't we just flinger flick the stones?
What about you, Judge Song?
Playing go with you is nothing.
As long as I'm with you,
I can play anything, wherever I am, whenever it is.
Okay. Play go with me, and join me for sujebi.
Can't I just join you for sujebi?
If you want to eat sujebi,
make sure you stop Jang Soon Bok's trial.
When Judge Lee comes back from the hospital,
she'll give up.
All right.
Suicide attempt?
That's music to my ears.
The universe helps people Jung Do helps,
and Jung Do helps me, Do Jin Myung.
Jang Soon Bok didn't wake up.
We don't need to worry about the retrial.
Now, our problem is Choi Kyung Ho.
I clearly remember telling you that I did not hear...
anything about Jang Soon Bok and Choi Kyung Ho.
Right. You heard nothing.
All right. I won, didn't I?
Let's play one more time. I'll take the whites this time.
Why are you in such a rush? Play one more game.
I don't want to let you win anymore.
Let's play it when you can...
beat me with your skills.
Making you let me win is one of my skills.
Jung Do, even if you don't want to let me win,
in this game, you're bound to lose,
and I'm bound to win. Don't you know that?
The real murderer is out there. That is the truth.
Maybe we should've called for a car.
It's hard to get a cab at times.
Should we just take the subway?
How would it feel...
to rot in jail for 10 years for something you didn't do?
Did you find evidence proving Jang Soon Bok not guilty?
Are you going somewhere?
Yes. We're going to see Jang Soon Bok in the hospital.
- So are we. - Really?
Let's go with them.
It's cold out, and we can't get a cab, so...
Doctor.
Jang Soon Bok's trial is still pending.
What's her likelihood of waking up?
We're not sure. All we can do is wait and see.
Poor Judge Lee.
She's working extra hard on her petition for a retrial.
Mom...
Why are you lying there?
Do you really feel unjust?
If you do, you need to wake up and prove your innocence.
You said you're innocent and that we're guilty.
This isn't helping.
Mom...
Aren't you worried about your son?
You said you confessed to the crime at first in case it was your son.
If you care so much about your son,
why are you lying there like that?
If you were going to do this, why...
Why did you request a retrial?
Is this really a team lunch?
In the office? How is this a team lunch?
Our chief hates going out unnecessarily.
You'll see with time...
how efficient and clean this is.
Even still,
we should at least eat a meal like everyone else.
Then I'll go out and buy some gimbap...
for Se Ra right now.
Gimbap sounds good.
I don't eat things like that.
- Seriously. - Ms. Jin.
Why did you get up?
I'd rather eat in the cafeteria.
Let's just say I partook in the efficient...
and clean team lunch.
Wait. Then who will clean this up?
I didn't eat any of it.
I'm pretty sure you're the only one who did.
I ate some too. I'll clean up.
Okay, then. Since you two should...
- clean together. - Seriously.
Thanks.
That little brat.
Is our team lunch over now?
Then I'll go eat too.
Chief!
Here.
You should calm yourself down.
- Ma'am. - Yong Soo.
- Kyung Ho... - Yong Soo.
I want to see Kyung Ho.
You said if I gave you Ga Young's sneaker,
you would let me see Kyung Ho.
I did say that.
Fine. Let's go see Kyung Ho.
What's this? So,
Choi Kyung Ho knows Seo Yong Soo?
And Kim Ga Young's case...
occurred when Choi Kyung Ho was at Seo Yong Soo's house?
This keeps getting more interesting.
Seo Yong Soo may hold the key to the case.
Okay, now,
let's note the connections between Jang Soon Bok's case and this.
Min Ah? Sun Hwa?
We can't do that.
Law students must maintain confidentiality of all cases...
they are assigned to...
while interning at the court. Don't you know that?
You know that too? That's why I brought this.
(Criminal Trial Case File)
Where did you get that?
According to the Criminal Procedure Code,
anyone may, in the interest of educational or official purposes,
may request the prosecutor's office...
which retains a copy of case file of a completed trial...
a copy of the case file...
either in whole or in part.
Okay.
Seo Gi Ho was Assemblyman Do Jin Myung's cottage caretaker.
Isn't Assemblyman Do Jin Myung Professor Yoo's husband?
That's right. He is also Do Han Joon's father.
Professor Yoo presided over Choi Kyung Ho's initial trial.
(Choi Kyung Ho)
Then Do Han Joon...
may know Seo Gi Ho, Jang Soon Bok, and Seo Yong Soo,
since they were their caretaker's family.
That's right.
Seo Yong Soo knew the victim Kim Ga Young,
and is carrying around...
her sneaker that was missing at the time of the crime.
But how did Kim Ga Young have such an expensive pair of sneakers?
Darn it.
Hey.
It's been so long, hasn't it?
- Do you want a drink? - No. I have to go soon.
I heard you went to the hospital.
Is Jang Soon Bok's trial going to be stayed?
We can't wait for her to wake up forever.
Jung Joo must be so dejected.
Judge Lee seems to be struggling a lot because of you...
after finding out that the car Seo Yong Soo mentioned was yours.
She demanded to know why I scrapped it.
1371. Your car.
It's new evidence that may prove Choi Kyung Ho isn't guilty.
That's why I told her to officially request an investigation.
What?
How could you do that when she's worried you may be the real killer?
So let's see whether or not I am the real killer.
We need a conclusion either way so that my Jung Joo won't suffer.
"My Jung Joo"?
Aren't you worried that I'm the real killer?
Why did you...
try to take...
Kim Ga Young's sneaker from Seo Yong Soo?
You must be very worried about me.
Come on.
Hang out with your friend a little. It's been so long.
Jung Joo...
isn't struggling because of me. It's because of Choi Kyung Ho.
Choi Kyung Ho is her brother.
I'm going to put a necklace around Jung Joo's neck.
Oh, my gosh.
Why were you sitting in the dark?
What's wrong? Are you crying?
No. I'm just so tired.
Then go to bed. Don't sit here.
- Mom. - What?
What if...
What if what?
Kyung Ho...
Kyung Ho?
Did you just say his name?
What if he's innocent?
What should I do?
What do you mean?
Why would he be innocent?
(Reform brings hopes and futures.)
Tell me what else you want other than killing him.
The Knucklehead Prosecutor is going to interrogate me today.
Should I punch him for you?
Butt out if you can't kill him.
Then what are you going to do?
Judge Lee.
How could you tell me that you can't fill in now?
I definitely informed Judge Yoon...
that I won't fill in for Choi Kyung Ho's trial.
When did you inform me? I have no recollection of that.
I clearly informed you.
My gosh, do judges need notaries too?
- The other day, in the restroom... - In the restroom?
There's a proper place for discussions.
How can you discuss something important as this in the restroom?
- I'm sorry. - Hey.
Who are you to scold my associate judge?
I wasn't scolding her.
If you didn't scold her, why does she look daunted?
You too, Judge Lee.
I didn't give you permission to be scolded by some nasty chief judge.
Chin up.
What? A nasty chief judge?
No wonder why she's out of control. She learns from you.
What's wrong with her?
If you give me a truck full of your associate judges,
I'll just end up throwing out the truck in the gutter.
Chief Oh,
having people on the back of a truck is a violation of the Traffic Law.
You're no better, Judge Yoon.
If your chief can't differentiate between the good or bad...
and abuse his authority,
you ought to stop him and try to talk some sense into him.
All you do next to him is ingratiate with him.
Is that your sole job?
I wasn't ingratiating with him, I was being respectful.
I don't disrespect my chief by typing in his name incorrectly.
Oh, right. Right.
"Oh Ji Ral".
"Oh Ji Ral". "Oh Ji Ral".
"Oh Ji Ral".
I'm perfectly able to spit on a smiling face,
Choi Go Ja.
Let's hear your reason.
Why can't you fill in for Choi Kyung Ho's trial?
- It's... - I'll fill in.
I'll fill in for Choi Kyung Ho's trial.
- You'll fill in? - Yes.
An independent judge will fill in for an associate judge?
That's nonsense.
There wasn't any precedent of such an activity in our court.
I'll take responsibility and fill in.
Don't ask her why.
I'll tell you.
Judge Lee.
(Ministry of Justice)
Kyung Ho!
Yong Soo.
Kyung Ho, I missed you.
Hey, hey. You can't be here. Let's go.
Kyung Ho! Kyung Ho!
- Kyung Ho. - Yong Soo, you can't go.
Kyung Ho! Don't go!
Kyung Ho!
(Gwanak Police Station)
Choi Kyung Ho is...
not someone I can judge from the bench.
I am here for the questioning as a suspect for the rape and murder...
of Kim Ga Young 10 years ago.
Choi Kyung Ho is my brother.
Choi Kyung Ho isn't the real murderer.
(Nothing to Lose)
All the evidence points to you.
Is this a coincidence?
This will make him a criminal.
Let us not be hasty.
- You had a deal? - I can't break it now.
Then you'll be in trouble too.
I never once thought you might not be the murderer,
I'm sorry, Kyung Ho.
I'm sorry.