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[Episode 6] Grandma, thanks for your efforts.
It's not so easy to testify for someone's lawsuit like this.
Thank you, Your Honor.
But it feels a bit upsetting to be called "Grandma"
even though I am a grandma.
Then what shall I call you?
Older Sis.
It's so much more pleasant to hear that.
Ma'am, this courtroom is sacred. What are you saying?
It's fine. Leave her be.
All right... Older Sis.
Older Sis, Older Sis, Older Sis.
Anyway, thank you for your efforts today, Sis.
Your Honor.
The right to have this removed is not one that is acknowledged by law.
Your Honor, interpretations of Constitutional Law and privacy laws
both give us leeway to argue this.
Shouldn't the plaintiff have submitted it to the National Assembly Law first?
He is an assemblyman.
Your Honor, an assemblyman has the right to privacy.
He has the right to a trial.
The plaintiff only cares about his rights.
He doesn't know about the rights of the people to know.
Both of you, calm down.
It's not even about either of you, so why are you so worked up?
Also, why don't we take a break?
We'll take a 15 minute recess.
A lawsuit arguing the right to have something removed from past records.
How interesting.
An assemblyman, at that.
Going up against newspapers and internet sites.
He wants to have a picture from his college days deleted.
He wants related searches deleted as well.
It's not a common case.
Why is it important?
By the way, just working hard on a case
is so relaxing, and I never realized that before.
You went through a lot during the judges meeting, right?
I can't say that I didn't.
We didn't even get to start, even though we tried so hard.
Psychologically, people remember the things they haven't resolved very well.
They forget the things that have ended already.
Forget the things that have passed, so that you can move on?
Being able to forget...
Isn't that a blessing for humans?
Someone said something very cool.
"We can move on with a smile."
"Because so many people already took the first step with us."
Judge Im.
Let's go back into trial.
Your Honor.
The assemblyman who is the plaintiff
believes that nuclear energy is the only acceptable alternative energy.
The plaintiff had completely different views as a youth.
The people of this nation have the right to know that he changed his views.
Your Honor, it is merely one picture of him in his early 20s.
Then what's the reason he is asking for deletion of this mere picture?
A person's views can always change.
Because of one picture as a student, many people are attacking him online.
Isn't that the people's freedom of expression?
Let's stop here for today.
The right to be forgotten.
Those words feel strange.
["Turncoat" Assemblyman Kang Yo Han] He is a very interesting person.
Why?
Once he completed law training here, he attended Harvard Law School.
Once he returned to Korea, he succeeded with an online game company.
He succeeded in NGOs with innovative planning and entered politics.
His wealthy wife's family had a big part in the success of his businesses.
That's an amazing story.
It's a classic story.
Student demonstrations, then passing the law exam.
Then he met the right wife at the right time.
When he no longer needed anything, he went into politics.
People who are meant to succeed are quick to switch things up.
Judge Im.
Senior Judge Han is looking for you.
All right.
Oh, sorry, I...
Sorry.
I'll leave.
I was just passing by.
Oh, you startled me. How scary.
What are you doing here again?
What? What did I do?
You seem to come to our office more often lately.
What do you mean I come more often?
Judge Im, come in.
So... is that your dad?
He's my lover.
What?
You're lying.
Hello?
Lover?
So, that's the type she likes.
Oh, go into mediation and listen to what they say.
What's so important about that picture that they're fighting like that?
Who wasn't part of a demonstration at that age during that era?
I did it too during my time. I was all in.
I was booked in for next week.
Okay, you do that. You can go.
This is someone in their late 40s?
What are you looking at?
Oh, it's just...
He looks pretty handsome for a politician.
Oh, he's not that handsome.
- No? - Not at all.
You're much better looking than him.
Wh... what?
Kang Yo Han seems pretty popular.
He must not be your type.
I don't like that kind of smile.
What?
He smiles like that for everyone as if he's pulling out his business card.
I don't like it.
Well, that is his job.
It's better than me who sits here all day looking aloof.
So, you do know that you sit all day with an aloof face.
Well, anyway...
I don't know why he's insisting on getting that picture deleted.
Senior Judge Han wants me to mediate and...
He says I should find out what he's thinking and I don't know why... uh...
It's... uh.. not easy to find out what politicians are thinking.
Uh, right?
Uh, uh...
Stop blurting out gibberish, man.
Don't you work? What now?
Why are you getting mad?
I thought we could go have a drink. It's been a while.
You know the secretary in your office?
Is she a little strange?
Hm? Is she?
She's good at her job, sharp, and tough.
I've totally fallen for her.
She has this rough attitude and doesn't care about judges.
- Oh really? - You know.
She dresses simply.
But every now and then...
she has these pieces that only those in the know in Gangnam would recognize.
Judge Park.
I don't think you're the one who has fallen for her.
I've fallen... Hey! You think I've fallen for her?
For your office secretary? You are really funny.
Hey, I have high standards.
Do you think I'm crazy to fall for such a tough and weird woman?
Why overreact?
I think you seem strange, Judge Jung.
Oh, this is how you two are going to be?
You're on the same side?
I was curious about a small thing, so you're going to be childish?
Huh? Seriously, now.
That's the strange part.
You notice pointless, small things.
You imagine childish things on your own.
What are you doing?
Wow, you're funny.
You're feeling attacked, so you're coming after me?
I'm not doing anything.
What do you mean? You're the weird one.
Look at you.
This is getting even weirder.
What are you talking about? Drink if you're at a bar.
Drink up.
Pour me some too. I dropped mine, so I don't have any.
You drank this in one shot?
Hey, hey. Don't drink it in one shot.
Oh, you're here early.
Did you get home okay yesterday?
It seemed like you drank too much.
Too much? Not at all. It's not like I drank that much.
Here.
It medicine for your stomach.
Your stomach seemed to be bothering you yesterday, so I bought it.
Make sure to take it.
Ah, thank you.
Judge Im, your drinking habits were quite cute.
Ah, what? Drinking habits?
You really don't have to be so nervous.
You just suddenly sat down at the cafe's piano.
Then you started playing a random song, ding dong, ding dong.
It was so cute.
I enjoyed it. Ding dong, ding dong.
Oh, what was I thinking?
I have to go find some documents. I'll be in the study room...
I mean... I'll be in the library.
That's great. I'll come with you.
I need to look for something for my case too.
- Let's go. - Ah...
Okay.
What are you doing right now?
Your eyes look completely out of it.
If you're doing what I think you're doing
I won't see you again because it's so embarrassing for you.
What kind of nonsense are you saying now?
Take a look at what you're doing.
My goodness.
Hey, it's a misunderstanding. It wasn't that. I was actually...
- Tell me. - Okay, so...
What misunderstanding, Judge Im?
- Oh my. - What a commotion.
Are you okay?
- Hey, what a mess. - Are you okay? I'll help.
Is this okay? This is paid for by the people's money.
I hope it's okay.
Are you all right?
I'm fine. I really am. I'll pick it up.
I'll get this one.
I'm okay. Geez.
Gosh.
These are all neuroscience and psychology books.
I was going to write a research paper.
What are you writing that you're reading these?
The characteristics of a human's memory and the reliability of a testimony.
Something like that.
Oh, it must be something you've always been interested in.
A judge's job is to deal with people's memories.
What a load of crap.
Hm, a job that deals with memories.
Anyway...
- Hm? - Well...
I noticed no one was in the outer office. Did she go somewhere?
Oh, the secretary next door is off for today.
So she went to cover for her trial in her place instead.
She'll probably be back later this afternoon.
I was just pointing out that she was gone.
I'm not that curious.
Pull yourself together. Pull yourself together.
Bo Wang.
She's just the secretary.
Just the secretary, and one with a really bad personality, at that.
- Who? - Oh, you scared me.
Hello.
What are you doing here?
Pardon? What do you mean?
Ah, I often walk in the hallways when I have a difficult case.
When I do that, it helps me to think.
I'll get to work, Judge.
I'm sorry.
Oh, sorry.
Sorry!
Where are you going?
I'm in charge of a mediation too.
Friends got into business together and got into a fight.
That one doesn't look easy either.
Until the friends make up and shake hands
I won't let them take one step outside of the room.
No matter how many hours it takes.
Make sure you don't get charged for forceful confinement.
They'll be in a room with this beautiful woman.
What do you mean, forceful confinement?
What are you doing right now?
Are you insane?
If you have something to say, hurry up.
- What? - If you're going to criticize, say it.
I can't play because it's bothering me.
I wasn't going to say anything. You got a lot better, so I was listening.
- Really? - Yes.
Hm.
Do you know how to play this?
Yes.
We don't really know why the plaintiff is filing this lawsuit.
- Perhaps... - Perhaps?
Don't you think he wants this scandal?
Could it be the greed of a new assemblyman
who wants to be known to the entire country?
You believe he sued not to be forgotten, but to get more famous.
Isn't that the instinct of a politician?
Whatever the reason... get your name out there.
The only thing my client wants is to have that one picture deleted.
What about any damages or other motions?
I proposed those options to him.
The client refused to pursue.
Is that right?
Everyone has a past they wish to remember.
as well as a past they wish to forget, don't you think?
A past they wish to remember and one they wish to forget.
Isn't that too convenient for him?
I don't know.
It is convenient for him.
However, I do understand how that feels.
A past you wish to remember
and one you want to forget.
Judge Park, is there a part of your past you want to forget?
What are you saying?
What's wrong with it? Who doesn't want to forget something?
My memory is so good that it often makes me miserable.
Oh, thank you.
I'll take that.
Are you not playing the piano today?
Oh yeah!
Hey, you. You were quite something when you were drunk.
What are you talking about?
Oh, right. You should play, Judge Park.
You did major in piano.
Now that I think about it, I've never heard you play.
Then... should I?
Hey.
Are you sure you really have a good memory?
Of course.
I don't know about other things.
But I have a great memory when it comes to women.
When we were in high school
remember you followed me to the study room?
Oh, that? Yeah.
We stayed for about two or three weeks, but it was boring and we left.
Why do you ask?
Never mind.
That's a boring answer.
There is a voice that I've always wanted to hear.
But this person never talks.
Is she a mermaid?
She's here from the arts high school, far away.
I don't know your name.
Will you step up here?
I will escort you up here. Come on up, please.
Go up, go up, go up, go up!
We'll move on to the next person.
Who should we call up next? Where are you?
Where?
Yes, you, whose eyes just met mine.
Don't pretend to read and get up here.
Hurry on up.
Okay, so what have you prepared for us?
"Gold and silver patterned"
"the sky is an embroidered carpet."
"In the dusk between night and morning"
"it is blue and dim."
"If I had a black carpet"
"I would lay it beneath your feet."
"I am poor and have only my dreams."
"I have laid my dreams beneath your feet."
"Walk lightly."
"You are treading on my dreams."
Geez, that guy. What am I supposed to do with him?
Should I just punch him?
I'm letting him off because he's good looking.
All right! We'll move on with our next person.
We need to lift the mood up.
Bravo!
It's been so long since I've played. It feels so awkward.
I don't really remember much.
You really are a piano major.
I really love that song. It's from "Titanic," right?
I thought I was on the Titanic.
Really?
A love story that overcomes social rank, "Titanic."
It can't be her lover.
It's her dad.
It's her dad. I know it.
Something good must be going on for Judge Jung.
That guy is always hitting on someone, somewhere.
Hm? Hitting on someone?
What about you, Judge Im?
What?
Haven't you ever done that?
Have I ever hit on someone?
Yes.
I don't know.
I just can't imagine it.
- Really? - Yes.
You are always rational and collected.
I don't think you would even make memories you'd want to forget.
Do I seem that way?
It feels awkward to bring up the past.
You know that study room we first met in?
You were like that then, too.
I wasn't so great back then, right?
- What? - I'm sure I wasn't.
I was like some girl with princess syndrome, just hanging around.
I couldn't even look people in the eye.
What are you talking about? Back then, you were very...
You were a good person.
Thank you, Judge Im.
Back then...
I found the world a difficult place.
I was very scared and timid.
Others say they miss their youth, but I disliked myself the most then.
I was foolish and couldn't tell the difference between what to hate and fear.
So, I think I feared everything.
I only hated myself.
Oh, I was so bad, right?
Honestly, I was so amazed when I met you then.
You liked poems and you liked classical music.
I thought men only liked porn and playing games.
And thought about girls all the time.
I liked games too and watched quite a bit of porn.
All I thought about was a girl.
Still, you were different.
So...
So?
I was comfortable.
- Were you? - Yes.
You weren't so prickly back then and you were like a kind older brother.
Since I'm drinking, I'll confess something to you.
What?
Back then...
Now...
And always...
you have always helped and supported me.
I want to thank you, Judge Im.
Wait, no.
Ba Reun, you are the best senior.
No need to say such things.
It's the least I can do.
I'm the Right Associate Judge.
Oh, Bae Gon Dae, you old geezer.
I wonder where she is. She said she would come.
She should be here by now.
Sis, over here!
What is Secretary Lee doing here at this hour?
Oh, I called her earlier and told her to join us if she had time.
I said everyone would be happy.
Judge Jung, wake up.
Judge Park begged me to come, so I came.
Am I really welcome here?
Some are drooling and sleeping.
I'm not sleeping. I said I'm not.
I'm not sleeping.
Hey, wake up. Hey.
I said I'm not sleeping!
Oh, what a shock.
Hello.
Why are you here?
I heard you were treating today.
Did something good happen for you?
I'm treating?
I suppose I am. Yes.
It's nice to see you.
Let's drink.
Cheers, everyone!
You're always such a great help to us, Secretary Lee.
I've always been grateful.
You feel like an older sister. A chic and cool one.
Since we brought it up, can I just call you Sis?
No, you can't.
- Really? - Judge Park.
It's good for people to maintain a certain distance.
Especially at work.
Yes.
But, in places like this, you know...
I think we can ask personal questions, or anything we're curious about.
Don't you think?
What are you curious about?
Well, I... You must have misunderstood.
I'm not saying that I'm curious about anything.
I'm talking about things in general.
Is there something Judge Jung, the source of information, doesn't know?
Yes, well...
Everyone says that you are a mystery.
People say that.
So, why do you work as a secretary?
You seem like the daughter of a wealthy family.
It seems like you're doing it as a hobby or something.
Sorry, I made a mistake because I'm drunk.
Are there wealthy people who work as a secretary as a hobby?
What an imagination people have.
Sorry, he's kind of drunk.
No, it's better to have someone ask me, rather than say it behind my back.
I'm the daughter of a dirt poor family.
I have a different hobby.
A hobby I do at night.
Oh, at night...
Night... at night?
Yes... at night.
I really thought that.
I'm going to get going first. I have to drop by somewhere.
Oh!
- I'll get going then. - Oh no.
You're going?
- Get home safely. - Bye.
Ah, "Titanic" from before...
it was so good.
Yes, "Titanic."
Bye.
I'll be going.
- Bye. - Yes.
Goodbye!
- "Titanic"? - Oh!
She played the song from "Titanic" so well earlier.
Oh... hold on.
I just remembered something.
That's right!
You! When we were in high school...
It was that welcome event for the study room.
The "Titanic" song was played and there was the girl with long hair.
She was like a princess. Is that...
- What? - Is that her?
That's her? That's crazy.
That girl you liked and were acting crazy over--
Hey, hey! You're making things up. You must be drunk.
He'd better go home, right?
Is Judge Park your first love from high school, Judge Im?
That's what I was trying to say.
Back then... there was a girl playing piano.
That was Park Cha Oh Reum.
Sorry, I mean Judge Park.
This guy never acted that way.
He suddenly started acting strange, so I thought he lost his mind.
It was a good thing that the study program was short.
I thought he'd get lovesick.
Don't go overboard.
I was young and it was brief. Don't exaggerate.
What did you like about her?
What?
What did you like about her then?
Uh, I don't know.
When you ask me like that...
She had long hair, didn't talk much, and acted like a princess.
According to Judge Jung, anyway.
On the outside, yes.
Then, that sounds very different than Judge Park now.
Did you talk to her a lot?
What was Judge Park like back then?
I don't know.
I don't know what you're saying you liked.
A long-haired princess who didn't talk much.
Judge Im, is that the type you like?
Please don't speak so carelessly.
He was quite serious about it.
I'm sorry.
I just don't really understand, is all.
How can you like a person without knowing anything about them?
I'll get going too, then.
It's time for me to go do my hobby.
The one I do at night.
Goodbye.
Bye.
Sorry.
Don't talk about it so carelessly.
Back then... it was real for me.
Um...
You're a first year from the arts high school, right?
I...
am a second year from the high school next door.
Oh Reum!
You have a grand piano at your place?
And a professor comes to give you lessons?
That must be nice.
Do you...
play piano too, Ba Reun?
Um, well...
more or less.
Mom, I was thinking about taking piano lessons.
We don't have money for that kind of thing!
People spend hundreds of millions of won on practice tests alone
during their third year!
The guitar that your dad used to play is over there.
When you want to unwind, play that instead.
[Free Concert for Youths: Debussy and Ravel]
You said that you're learning
Debussy's pieces starting this month, right?
Are your lessons fun?
I hate...
taking piano lessons.
Why?
You like the piano, though.
When...
I'm getting my lessons...
my instructor keeps on...
keeps on...
keeps on hugging me.
What?
And he puts his cheek up against my neck.
And...
he keeps on touching me.
We can't just let this keep on happening.
Have you told your parents?
He's a famous teacher my father hired for me.
If my dad finds out...
he'll be quite disappointed in me.
When my dad...
gets disappointed in someone...
he speaks in a way that is quite scary.
It's raining!
It all ended...
too quickly.
Before I could even try.
Yes, Mr. Maeng.
Regarding the photo deletion case
please tell the plaintiff himself to also come to court on the next date.
Yes, Assemblyman Kang Yo Han.
You're going to ask him yourself?
Yes.
Because there are some things...
that one can only know if they ask the person themselves.
The judge is here.
Hello.
I am the plaintiff, Kang Yo Han.
Hello.
Everyone, please take a seat.
As I said before, this case
is a case in which the right for the citizens to know
takes precedence over a public figure's right to be forgotten.
And it is imperative that a multi-faceted investigation
of the plaintiff is carried out, due to information that has surfaced--
Do people truly need that one photo...
to know about me?
Pardon?
I already have arrest records from being involved in protests back in college.
Furthermore, I have already elaborated on the beliefs that I had back then
through books and interviews.
That may be true, but--
How does that photo...
reveal any information about me
that hasn't been made public before to the citizens?
Even if it does not offer any new information
photos have a different impact than written words do.
"Impact," eh?
Is that the key point, here?
To convey what I did in my youth
in an "impactful" way?
I'm sure you're basically asking, "Why are you backpedaling now?"
And regarding the answer to that question
I've already written two books and done dozens of interviews.
I've even discussed it in my campaign speeches.
But I'm sure none of the answers I gave back then matter
compared to the impact that a single photo can have.
Aren't you the one who started this lawsuit, though?
You shouldn't be asking why that photo is so important.
Rather, you should state exactly which right of yours
is being infringed upon by that photo.
That is a photo of me
and a moment of my life.
I no longer wish for that photo to be shared.
And I've already made that clear to the defense.
Despite that
you continue to ignore my wishes.
He did make some good points.
Even so, he's a public figure.
So shouldn't he just accept it, to a certain degree?
He wants to forget about it
yet he should give an explanation that people deem acceptable?
Judge Park?
Isn't that too cruel?
Aw, there's nobody here.
Oh well, I'll just go for the next best thing.
Hey, you guys as civil servants
should either clock out or go eat dinner when it's 6 p.m.!
I hate heading out when I'm in the middle of something.
You know that, so why did you come by so early?
Oh, I was just thinking that I'd head out earlier today, is all.
With whom?
What do you mean, "With whom?"
With you all.
Huh?
I'm not really hungry right now either, so I'm planning to eat later.
Geez, you're so callous!
This is why you guys are working overtime on a Friday night!
Stop being annoying and just go.
Fine, then.
Man, even my second choice didn't work out.
What options do I even have now?
What is the path that I'm supposed to take?
I feel like we're having dinner way too late.
Don't you have any plans? It's Friday, after all.
Oh Reum!
What? Why are you here again?
You usually go to eat dinner around this time, right?
Looks like I timed it perfectly.
I'm busy. I have to work late.
Even so, you're still going to eat, right?
- You two go ahead and eat, then. - No.
I wanted to have a meal with you too, Judge Im.
- Come with us. - Why me?
You work with Oh Reum, after all.
I'm curious about how Oh Reum is getting by at the courthouse.
And since it'd be convenient to do so, why not have dinner together?
Sure, if you really want to.
I'll take us all to Oh Reum's favorite spot.
My... favorite spot?
It's been so long since we last saw you.
We were so sad that you stopped coming by.
Yes, long time no see.
Everyone was on their guard for today.
We couldn't afford to make any mistakes
since a person with amazing taste buds is gracing us with her presence.
That's not fair. You just serve me whatever.
No, we don't!
It's just that our previous regular who is visiting us
for the first time in a while takes precedence, is all.
I'll just have to take advantage of being here with Oh Reum, then.
Go ahead and eat.
All right.
You two must have come here together quite often.
Well, the two of us did come here alone at times
but Oh Reum's father was the original regular here.
Don't bring up unnecessary things.
Sorry.
Speaking of which...
you two were in the same college club, correct?
What club was it?
Well, you see...
It was a sign language society.
- That's unexpected. - It is?
I should have joined a secret society, or something
since I'm a third generation heir.
That's what everyone else thinks, after all.
No.
I have a younger sister who is unable to walk.
My father loves her so much that if he could've sold his entire fortune
to allow her to walk again, he certainly would have.
As soon as I saw the poster for the sign language society
it reminded me of that little rascal.
To be frank, the fact that I was born as a healthy child into a family like mine
was quite a stroke of luck, really.
And I am well aware of what other people think about us.
And I want to use the resources that I was lucky enough to have been born with
to help children like my younger sister.
He offers a lot of support to organizations that help the disabled.
I see.
Um, excuse me for a moment.
Oh Reum is having quite a tough time, isn't she?
Are you talking about her job as a judge?
The fact that she now lives in a world
that is so different from the one that she once lived in...
surely cannot be easy.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Oh, so you don't know about Oh Reum's family?
Did something happen?
If she didn't tell you about it herself
then I am hesitant to tell you about it.
All I can tell you is that she struggled quite a lot because she was lonely.
I'm sorry, but I need to go.
Um, all right, Judge Park.
Okay, Oh Reum.
I really enjoyed our time together.
And the meal, as well as the conversations we had.
You're leaving already? That's disappointing.
I wanted to get closer to you.
Thank you, but I'm not much of a social person.
My apologies.
No, it's fine.
Mom!
Oh, Oh Reum!
Here you go.
Start here.
Great job!
I'm home.
Mom.
Mom!
Mom, look at me for a second.
Mom.
I'm... I'm okay.
Mom.
Honey.
Mom! Mom!
Mom! Mom! Mom!
No!
Mom! Mom.
Mom.
Mom! Mom!
Mom!
Mom.
It's me. It's me, Oh Reum.
Goodness.
Grandma. Grandma!
Grandma! Grandma!
Goodness.
Grandma.
Grandma!
You're here, Oh Reum?
Your grandma is fine, right?
Huh?
Goodness. Child.
How's your mom?
Was she unable to recognize you again?
I think that Mom wants to forget everything.
Even me.
That's not true, Oh Reum!
There's no way!
Auntie.
I'm being forgotten by Mom.
Even if she forgets about everything else in this world
a parent never forgets about her own child.
Even if she wants to forget
she won't be able to.
Your Honor.
The plaintiff remains unable to specify exactly how this will harm him.
That smile is like a mask of steel.
This won't do.
Can you step out of the room for a moment, Defense Attorney?
I want to speak privately with the plaintiff myself.
Why did you sue when you have no intention of forgetting, plaintiff?
Your Honor.
I am someone who always wants to win, no matter what I do.
The citizens do not want someone who is a loser, you see.
Then, why are you refraining from making any definite claims?
You must be quite aware of the fact that saying this is your "personal life"
is not sufficient as a solid rebuttal, since you have a degree in law.
I think that my argument is more than solid, though.
By the way...
the thing you seem to be scribbling on your notepad there
doesn't seem like words, to me.
Can you show that to me?
This isn't anything important, though.
Pardon me, but may I ask who this is?
Is this your wife?
No.
But this is someone whom you've already seen.
Just through a photograph, though.
She's a female student who was in the same club as me, back in college.
I'm embarrassed to tell you this, but we were also a couple back in those days
that garnered a lot of gossip on campus.
It's been over 20 years now
but I can still draw her face if I just close my eyes.
She...
hasn't changed a bit, and still looks exactly like this.
She...
was hit on the head with a metal pipe on that day, during the protest
and passed away.
I don't know if the person who did it was trying to suppress us
or if one of my colleagues...
did that amidst the chaos.
I see.
That's why it was difficult for you to see this photo, and--
I've been keeping that photo hidden away, deep in a drawer.
You have no idea how often I've taken it out to look at it.
- Then-- - The reason why I sued
wasn't for my sake.
It's because of the person at the very edge of that photo.
That's my wife.
I had no idea back then that my wife joined a club that she had no interest in
and followed us around to protest, all because of me.
I only found out many years later.
To be honest
neither my body nor my heart have been faithful to her throughout our marriage.
All I did was live my life while pretending to be a husband to her.
But my wife...
knew all too well about the person whose face...
I was unable to forget.
Is there...
really no hope for her?
I apologize.
Do you understand now?
This lawsuit...
is not about my right to be forgotten.
It is about my duty to be forgotten.
I understand.
I completely understand your situation now, plaintiff.
I will do my best to persuade the defense.
No.
Please consider everything I've just told you
as me merely airing my grievances, and nothing more.
And I'm sure they will just say that the citizens have a right to know all this.
If that is truly important to them
then I can just tell them what they really want to know, don't you think?
Thank you for your hard work.
As of today, I will cancel this lawsuit.
What do you mean?
If the citizens' right to know is truly that important
then I will rectify this situation in a way that will fully guarantee that right.
Was this truly the only way?
A person who is laughing at the world
is stepping up, saying that he will protect that world.
Isn't he contradicting himself?
Judge Im.
Why did that assemblyman sue in the first place?
You didn't tell me.
He said that it was because there was something...
from his past that he had to forget.
Something from his past that he had to forget, huh?
I guess...
everyone has the right to have their own personal circumstances.
Something that other people don't really need to know about.
But I want to know.
Huh? What?
About your own personal circumstances.
I'm... not entirely sure what you mean by that.
I heard that you have some family issues.
I want to know about them.
And why...
do you want to know about those things?
Because I'm your Left Associate Judge?
Or, is it because
judges are supposed to work together, as a team?
Because I like you.
What?
I want to know because I like you.
Anything...
and everything...
about you, Judge Park.
I liked you when we first met, back when we were younger.
And I still like you now, all these years later.
But I didn't know anything about you back then, Judge Park.
And I still don't know you very well.
I thought long and hard about whether one can like someone
without even knowing them that well.
But I think that you can.
Because wanting to know more about that person...
is also an aspect of liking someone.
Judge Im, I'm not sure what I should say...
Just be honest with me.
In a Park Cha Oh Reum-esque way...
just as you always do.
Well, um...
Thank you... for letting me know.
Um, as I... told you before...
I don't think I've ever thought of you as anything more than my senior.
Um... not in the past...
or now.
Of course, when you were so nice to me
that sometimes made my heart skip a beat
and things like that, but...
back then, all I thought was...
"I'm so glad that I have such a kind senior by my side."
Yes, I thought that was quite nice.
I see.
Just as Jung Bo Wang has always said...
I'm really not a super kind person
nor am I someone who cares all that much about other people's problems.
Yes, um...
I was so stupidly ignorant, it seems.
I know this probably sounds like an excuse...
but I think it's because I didn't have the luxury to think about such things.
I'll tell you. Um...
My father is no longer around...
and he left a lot of debt behind.
And my mother is quite ill.
And my maternal grandmother...
is growing weaker and weaker by the day.
I... see.
And...
I have to survive...
in this industry.
But I cause so much trouble despite that, don't I?
To be honest, I'm quite scared that I won't be able to survive.
So you've always been working so hard
and facing everything head-on, haven't you?
You're even giving it your all...
when turning someone down.
That's why...
I don't exactly have the luxury to harbor any personal feelings
toward someone I work with, right now.
Um...
I don't think I can handle that on top of everything else--
You can stop now, Judge Park.
I'm sorry for making you talk about such a sore subject.
Don't worry about it.
All I did...
was tell you my honest feelings.
Judge Im.
Also, Judge Park.
You're doing a great job.
Don't worry about surviving.
Because if you feel like you're really going to cause a lot of trouble
you have your Right Associate Judge who nags you to death...
right beside you.
Um...
I'm sorry to do this to you when you're already going through so much.
I didn't know anything.
Judge Im.
Goodness.
Are you guys working overtime again?
- Oh, hey. - Hey.
What other reason would I have for coming to see you guys so late?
All right, let's go.
You can head home early if you're tired, Judge Park.
No, it's fine. Let's go.
I'll... I'll come.
Why are you two both so quiet today?
Can't you see that we're listening to the music?
Yes, the music is quite nice.
Something about it seems so beautiful.
And a bit sad, too.
Do you know which piece this is?
"Melody of Star-Crossed Lovers."
It's about two lovers who are not meant to be.
Star-crossed, huh?
Yes.
They say that, when shooting stars fall from the sky
there are rare instances in which...
they cross each other as they fall.
They meet quite briefly for a short moment in time...
but they soon grow far apart.
Mom!
Oh, Oh Reum!
Come here, my daughter!
Come here!
Oh, you're so precious, my daughter!
Then they won't ever be able to meet again...
ever.
What a sad story.
Maybe, the stars that meet each other for that brief moment...
can be happy...
because of their memories of that moment, right?
Humans' memories are such strange things...
Things that have come to an end become forgotten...
but incomplete things are remembered for a long, long time.
Which one is a sweeter fate:
Being a person who gets a happy ending...
and soon grows accustomed to it?
Or being a person whose love ended in failure...
and longs for what could have been for the rest of his life?
Or rather...
which of the two...
is more tragic?
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[Miss Hammurabi]
There's just the two of us in this tiny room.
Damn, I shouldn't have confessed.
I'll be heading out now.
It's time for me to go to work.
What?
It's not Jung Bo Wang's style to think about things like this too deeply.
Father gave that tiny plot of land to me!
Why did they give birth to me?
You're my right-hand man, Judge Im!
But you're a lefty, Sir.
Listen to what your senior judge is telling you.
Even so, they're family.
But money makes people like this.
No, go ahead! Keep on fighting! Yes.