- Isn't it your friend's birthday? - Yes.
They throw birthday parties at a place like this?
How rich is your friend?
He isn't rich. His dad is.
That's just like you.
It's been a while.
How have you been?
This is Kang In Gyu. This is So Eun, a friend from school.
Song So Eun.
- Friend or girlfriend? - I'm still just a friend.
I don't know what will happen later, but...
May I intrude in the unknown future?
Not a chance.
She's studying for the bar right now.
- You'll never get to see her. - Hey!
How have you been? It's been so long.
Hey.
Hi, brother.
Long time no see.
How have you been?
Let me introduce...
What's wrong?
So Eun. Are you okay?
(Dear Judge)
I'd make you some braised short ribs if I had gone shopping.
Can you wait a little? I'll go shopping right now.
This is plenty.
It is not. Who knows when you'll be back?
This is soy sauce potatoes. This is radish kimchi.
I made it this morning, so give it a few days.
And I stir-fried beef and peppers,
so it'll bring back your appetite if you don't feel like eating.
Why did you make so much?
What? Take them to your brother.
What about me?
You can take them to your brother and take a little.
Should I pack them separately?
Whatever! I'm not taking them!
- I'm not a delivery boy. - Why you...
Go straight to your brother.
Put these straight in the fridge. Okay?
Fine.
And... You really borrowed the car, right
You didn't take it from him, right?
Don't you feel bad about saying things like that to me?
Answer me.
You didn't take the car from your brother, did you?
How could I take a judge's car? I'd be executed.
Go in! It's hot. You'll get heat stroke.
- What - Drive safely.
Okay?
Don't scratch up your brother's car.
Darn it.
Hello, Judge Han.
Sorry to bother you on your day off. Where are you?
I'm... I'm home.
My mom packed me a lot of food, but I can't eat it all.
Can you come down for a minute?
No.
I'm okay.
Are you sick?
No.
You sound sick.
Hello? So Eun.
So Eun! Are you home?
So Eun!
So Eun. Are you okay? Are you very sick?
You're sweating a lot.
Do you have something... You need me to do?
Did you see a doctor? Do you have medicine?
I'm fine.
I'm sorry.
(Ambulance)
Female, mid-20s.
She appears to be in a lot of pain especially in the abdominal area.
Yes. Her blood pressure and pulse are normal.
We're almost there. Hang in there.
She has acute gastritis.
We're giving her fluids and a painkiller.
She'll be fine in a few hours.
Gastritis?
Did she eat something bad?
That could be it. Or it may be from a medicine she took.
It may also be from overwork or stress.
You can get gastritis from that?
She shouldn't eat anything raw for a while...
and finish her prescription even if she feels better.
Wait a minute.
- Is that all? - Pardon?
She's a judge. Aren't you going to run a comprehensive examination...
to see if anything else is wrong?
Tell her to take all of her medicine.
You can't stay here. Please wait outside.
I'm a judge as well. I'm with Seoul Central...
Please wait outside.
A few hours.
(Sang Chul)
The person...
Judge Han.
No, no. Don't get up.
No, I'm all right.
Hold on.
Are you okay?
I don't think you are.
I'm fine. I can stand up.
Hold on a second. Let me get the nurse for you.
Cover up with the blanket.
I will pay you back for the hospital bill...
and the medication at work.
Did you eat something bad?
No, I don't think it's what I ate.
Is there medicine you regularly take?
No.
I didn't take any medicine recently.
Then it's the stress.
I gave you a lot of work, didn't I?
It's not because of the workload.
Well, that doesn't mean my workload is light.
Since you got sick because of me, you don't need to pay me back.
I didn't get sick because of you.
If it wasn't food or medicine,
the cause has to be the stress and the heavy workload.
Something bad happened,
but it wasn't about work.
Was it that bad?
Yes.
I didn't know it'd hurt this much.
I don't know what to do.
Should I ask more and try to comfort you more?
Or should I wait until you share it with me?
I almost thought that I figured you out, So Eun.
Now that this is happening, I know nothing about you.
Except for the fact that...
your parents immigrated to the Philippines.
It's Singapore.
Right. Singapore. It's located below the Philippines.
It's below Malaysia.
Don't do that.
When I laugh, my stomach still hurts.
I wasn't trying to be funny.
Get some rest. I'll wake you up when we arrive.
But Judge Han,
were you standing up the whole time?
Stand up where?
There wasn't a bed or a chair for the guardian.
Were you standing there for hours?
I had to leave to get my car while waiting for you. I was busy.
I didn't stand for a long time.
I'm sorry. You didn't get to rest because of me.
For the time being, it's better to eat rice porridge.
You cannot eat raw food.
Even if you think you're recovered, you must take it until the last one.
You must rest up and not get stressed out...
to boost your immune system.
The doctor said it'd be helpful if you can take 3 to 4 days off.
Don't come to work on Monday and Tuesday.
I'll be better by then.
Rest up when you can.
If you pass out, then who will take care of all that work?
- I'm going to go. - Okay.
(You have 4 missed calls.)
I cooked you rice porridge.
Don't take the medicine on an empty stomach.
Three meals a day.
(Three meals a day)
(You can't drink soju, beer, or eat canned tuna.)
(You can eat stir-fried anchovies and braised beef...)
(You can't drink soju, beer, or eat canned tuna.)
Anyway, Judge Han, why did you lead such a clean life?
No one would hold a grudge against you.
I barely managed to put together a list.
Two people who were acquitted in the higher court...
after you ruled their first trials.
And the hired help by Hanyoung Group that ties up its loose ends.
("A Mysterious Suicide of a Death Row Inmate")
One person who committed suicide after the trial with you.
Defendant, Park Jae Ho...
will be executed.
Honey.
- Wait! - Honey.
- Honey. - Come this way, please.
No!
Honey!
(Park Jae Ho, South Jeolla Province)
- What's this? - It's pentane.
It's mixed with halothane.
It's sleeping gas.
I'm going to install it near the air conditioner in his car.
If I put in too much, he could die.
When will you do it?
I have a few places in mind. I've been tailing him for some time.
Those places don't have surveillance cameras.
I'll install it when the time is right.
I'll join you starting tomorrow.
I'm fully recovered.
We have to...
go this far, right?
Did you change your mind or get soft?
I don't know.
He...
did commit murder after all.
You know that he was sacrificed to cover up the celebrity drug case...
because the son of a conglomerate, politician's son,
and a son of the hospital's director were involved.
The truth of his case got exaggerated and distorted.
After knowing all that, the judge still decided to...
give him a death sentence.
Even if the prosecution deceives and the press tells lies,
at least the judge must keep his eyes open.
The words he spits out is the law.
It won't take long. I'll bring him.
But you kill him.
Don't address me like that.
I'm your sister-in-law.
It's not like you and my brother registered your marriage.
After this is over, I won't see you again.
Don't pretend to be my family.
(Courthouse)
- Good morning. - Hello.
So Eun can't come in today and tomorrow.
Don't call her. She's sick.
(Judge Han Soo Ho)
There's so much. There's so much work.
The documents are here.
- What is all that? - Documents for the new cases.
Why does new work keep coming in?
I don't mean to intrude, but why don't you look into it?
Your workload has been cut down drastically.
This is after it was cut down? That's absurd.
I'm already doing this much.
If you give me this much more, how am I supposed to do all of this?
They should give judges time to think, not just work!
Don't you agree?
Yes.
It's time for your trials.
Mr. Jo.
Where did the chair go?
- I put it away. - Who?
Me.
If you keep a chair here, people will sit and chat with you.
I can put up with everything else, but that not.
Who put that chair there, anyway?
It didn't have a tag.
It's time to go to your trials.
You're being transferred?
- I am? Where to? - I just knew it.
I knew you'd be the first to succeed among your peers.
(Joo Eun)
(Wartime Announcer)
- Joo Eun. Congratulations. - Congratulations.
Your Honor.
Here're the lab results you requested.
What lab results?
You asked for the fingerprints.
Drop that while I'm being nice.
Where should I put this?
Find out whose prints these are.
- Me? - Who else?
We need to file an official report...
and request an investigation to find out the person's identity.
But that's out of my jurisdiction.
I don't need an investigation. Just do it quietly.
As you know,
fingerprint checks go through the National Police Agency,
so it can't be done quietly.
Just take a cop that you know out to lunch,
and ask him to slip it in when identifying homeless people.
You know what I'm talking about.
Don't play dumb.
Why don't you want to take the proper course of action?
It'll be easy if we ask the Prosecutors' Office.
Please, do this for me.
You can use my name to pay for the meal.
Why do you keep doing this to me?
Anyway. When do you go on vacation?
I'm waiting to go when you go.
Go when you want.
Time it with holidays, to make it as long as possible.
I'll plan around you.
Because you're very important to me.
Very important.
Actually,
my mother-in-law keeps asking when I'm taking time off.
My gosh.
It would be wrong to use our influence like that.
It's not right.
I wonder if it's okay.
(Joo Eun)
- I have a call. - Go ahead.
- Thank you. Let's do this. - Let's do this!
Sorry. I'm a little busy.
Sorry for calling when you're busy.
Okay. Let's talk later.
Can we meet for a short while today?
- Well, today is a bit... - I know.
I do. That's why I didn't want to call,
but I'm so frustrated. I want to run.
I may go crazy otherwise.
I think it's good for your development...
to overcome hardships alone once in a while.
I understand.
Okay, then.
Let's meet just for today.
I'll overcome them on my own starting tomorrow.
I was transferred today.
Did the send you somewhere good?
Wartime announcer.
- What's that? - When a war breaks out,
I'll go to the underground bunker and announce the news.
Hello, this is wartime news.
Our soldiers are facing off against enemy troops...
and are winning battle after battle, and are marching onward.
Congratulations. You won't die even if a war breaks out.
You should be safe in the bunker.
- And if no war breaks out? - It shouldn't.
We'd all die if a war broke out.
I had high hopes for this round of assignments.
And I had reason to feel that way.
I thought I'd be assigned to the main news.
I still do my own makeup and borrow my clothes on my own.
But if you're a main anchor,
the studio gives you a makeup artist and stylist.
I always envied that.
I swore I'd make it there someday.
But I'm a wartime announcer.
I'm completely useless.
At least you got something.
If a war breaks out,
my voice will be the sole source of hope to the people.
It's an extremely important position,
but I feel like it's useless.
Why am I so selfish?
Why am I so shallow?
I knew you wouldn't say anything.
You don't know how to console others.
But... Why did you want to meet up?
It's immature to fight back when you miss someone.
It's not like acting cool, like I'm fine even if I don't see you...
will make me more valuable.
Why do you miss me? What do you like about me?
I told you.
At first, I liked you because you were a judge,
and then, I was drawn to you because you seemed so sad...
for a judge.
This isn't the time for this conversation.
You should be saying something, anything, to me right now.
- It'll all work out. - That isn't comforting.
You'll get a better job.
That isn't encouraging.
Hang in there! You can do it!
I feel zero affection.
There's someone that I know...
who isn't afraid of anything.
You're a judge.
I question your attitude for teaching me.
She's a pro at talking without thinking.
Juge Han. You're a bad person.
She's a great liar, too.
I can do it.
I'm not afraid.
But...
she's very honest.
She's like water.
If you look at her, you can see what's inside.
Are you saying I'm different on the outside than the inside?
Yes.
That's so comforting.
If you want to cry, cry.
If you want to curse, just curse.
Wartime broadcast? What?
The people find hope in your voice?
That's only after a war breaks out.
Why are you bad for coveting a good position?
Why is it shallow to want to climb high...
and enjoy all sorts of benefits?
You need to break through and climb if you want to survive.
I'm surprised. I thought you'd lecture me.
They should take responsibility for giving someone expectations.
Hey. Go to the president's office and cause a scene.
- I'll get fired. - So what?
Han Soo Ho will take care of it.
How?
Why are you asking me? Ask him later.
What will he say if I ask later?
Probably, that he'll take care of it!
It isn't comforting, but I feel like I was comforted somehow.
Should I go to the president's office and make a scene?
The penalty is stiffer if you cause trouble at night,
so do it during business hours. And try...
not to use any weapons.
Soo Ho. Now, you're going back and forth between being...
responsible and reckless.
I need to go. I have too much work to do.
Okay.
What are you doing? This is a public place.
Is it illegal to kiss in a public place?
A judge shouldn't break public order.
Is kissing against public order?
What?
Let's run to the parking lot.
It's the perfect day to run. It's really stuffy today.
Let's go!
Come on. What are you doing?
Hello, Judge Han.
Are you feeling better?
Yes, I'm feeling a lot better.
Is there anything you need me to do?
Did you finish the rice porridge?
Yes, thanks to you, I really enjoyed my meals.
Right. I finished my medicine too.
If you finished the pot, what about tomorrow?
I know how to cook rice porridge too.
Well, I might not be good though.
I'll buy the rice porridge for tomorrow...
and drop it off when I get off work.
No, no. That's all right.
Do you not want that?
It's not that I don't want it. I just feel bad.
Don't feel bad. It won't take long. I'll be there soon.
- You don't have to. - But I can do it.
- Okay. - See you later.
(Nambu Police Station)
Lift your head.
Don't pretend that you're sorry. Lift your head.
Do you not remember this?
Hello.
I'm Song So Eun. I'll be your trainee judge starting today.
I'll do my best.
I know it's considered rude, but do you have a boyfriend?
That question in itself is rude.
I asked, although I know it's rude, so you should answer.
What about you?
How could I even dream?
How dare I like a student from the judiciary institute?
I'm sorry.
I'm busy with work. I don't think I can make it.
Don't come to court tomorrow. You should go on a trip abroad.
The judge summoned me.
Nothing will happen to you just because you don't show up in court.
No.
I think it's better that I go to court and tell the truth.
All right. Then this problem will blow up.
Then you won't be able to avoid your legal responsibility.
Even so. I think it's better to tell the truth.
May I ask what made you change your mind?
Please think of this...
as an athlete's pride.
Okay, fine. How much? How much do you need?
Don't belittle me with such offers.
Goodness, I can't believe this guy.
Why do you think my offer means belittling you?
I'll talk to him.
I honestly don't understand it.
Since our status in life is different,
the way of our lives must be different as well.
Fish swim. Birds fly.
Is my asking the fish to stay in the water...
hurting its pride?
We are not animals. We are people.
But you and I were born into different classes.
- How could we be equal? - Money doesn't solve everything.
Hey, Mr. Min.
Listen up.
I'm offering you money...
so that you can stay in your place.
The owner gives his workers salaries...
so that his workers can keep their places.
With your logic, everyone who gets paid...
has to kill themselves because it hurts their pride.
But they don't.
Everyone likes their pay days.
Come to court as a witness if you want.
But...
if the fish comes out of the water, I'll show you...
what happens to the fish.
Come on. You're the lawyer. Take care of this on your own.
Don't make me bother me with this.
On your return, your club won't be under someone else's name anymore.
I'll help you open up a club under your own name.
People say that the most expensive thing in life...
is the freebie.
(San Francisco)
We'll interrogate your father a few more times.
We'll probably prosecute him for some fine.
It will definitely mar his reputation.
- I see. - What about Min Goo Nam?
I did everything to persuade him, but I didn't get his answer.
You couldn't stop him from coming to court?
If he shows up here and runs his mouth,
you and I will be over.
I know.
Even if it's annoying, volunteer for a few months.
When the public starts to show sympathy for you,
you can come back immediately.
Just make this trial go away already.
You said you wanted to open up a Japanese bar, right?
- Yes. - Whoever shows up as a witness,
that's all you need to think about.
- Will my boss really bear witness? - Just listen to what I said.
Don't think about anything else.
Will you continue to claim that you did the drugs by yourself?
I'm not claiming it. That's the truth.
And I thought it was a pill for sobering up.
I wasn't aware that it was an illegal substance.
I'll ask this not as a judge, but as another human being.
Ms. Park Hae Na.
Are you a good person?
Yes, I am.
Your Honor, the defendant voluntarily...
started volunteering at the orphanage since last week.
She admitted to her wrongdoing and is deeply remorseful of her act.
She's doing her best to become a productive member of our society.
Please take this into consideration and show her mercy.
And we ask that you set a date for the announcement hearing.
Mr. Ji Chang Soo.
In our last trial,
everything you testified to is the truth, correct?
- Yes. - It's true...
that you assaulted Min Goo Nam unilaterally, correct?
Yes, it is.
I'll call Min Goo Nam as a witness.
I only spoke the truth.
Guard, bring in the witness.
Yes, Your Honor.
The witness is not present.
He isn't outside?
Did you check?
Yes. He is not present.
You have his phone number, correct?
I'll call him.
The customer is currently roaming. Your call...
The witness is out of the country.
After the the incident,
the defendant quit his employment at the club...
and is working as a day laborer.
He could not work today...
in order to come to court, and is struggling to make ends meet.
We request...
that the court schedule a date for the sentencing hearing.
We will notify you with the date.
All rise.
(Courthouse Entrance)
What a joke of a judge.
Did you see him stammering, not knowing what to say?
He was probably relying on Min Goo Nam.
You should've told me he left the country.
You had me worried for nothing.
He didn't take the plane ticket.
He probably changed his mind after thinking it through.
(Han Soo Ho)
Judge Han is calling.
He must be anxious,
calling the lawyer himself like that.
So Eun wasn't at the trial today.
She's sick. She must have been under a lot of stress.
I told her to take the day off.
How sick is she?
Sang Chul.
Let me ask you something as a friend.
Did you send Min Goo Nam out of the country?
Of course, not.
- Did you bribe him or threaten him? - I did neither.
I hoped he'd come and tell us the truth as well.
And what is the truth?
Let me ask you something as a friend.
- Do you even consider me a friend? - You're my one and only.
Then don't cross the line.
You, Mr. Hong, and I were all in it together...
ever since Park Jae Ho was sentenced to death. Am I wrong?
I don't know what you mean, but it sounds like a threat.
I don't know what Hanyoung Group offered you,
but judge wisely. You'll be the one getting hurt.
It'll be difficult to recover.
So, it is a threat.
If that's how it sounds, I guess that's what it is.
My gosh. Why didn't I think of that?
I've been doing this for too long. I had completely forgotten.
What do you mean?
That threats work better than requests.
That's how I used to be.
Later.
Hey, Soo Ho.
Just because you've always beat me,
don't think you will always beat me in the future.
Later.
(Defendant: Park Hae Na)
- Hello? - Park Hae Na?
Who's this?
I'm a fan. And a judge.
I asked to meet on a personal level.
You didn't tell anyone, right?
No.
Judges don't usually have personal conversations with defendants.
In light of that...
Let's leave our phones out.
We don't want either side recording our honest conversation.
I'm not recording it.
It's your first offense for taking drugs,
and you didn't even know it was a drug.
That's correct.
Then you're a victim. You were had.
Thank you for seeing it that way.
If you get...
a 1-year's sentence reduced to 2 years' probation,
and you forfeit your appeal...
and give yourself to volunteer work,
you'll gain the people's sympathy.
Go on a variety show and cry a little,
your fans who left you will return.
Thank you for your kind words, Your Honor.
No need to thank me,
since that won't happen.
How many years do you think I can give you?
I don't...
If I give you five years in prison,
you'll be detained,
and will be in a detention center until your appeal.
If I say in my decision that you took an anti-anxiety drug...
that is a shock to our society...
and was appalling behavior for a public figure,
the media would be all over it.
It would include all of their favorite terms.
Anxiety. Shocking. Appalling.
I thought...
My attorney...
and the prosecutor...
Prosecutors usually sell fear,
and lawyers sell hope.
It seems...
you bought hope from both. Am I wrong?
I really repented.
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
I asked honestly whether or not...
you're a good person.
Let me ask again.
Hae Na. Are you a good person?
Well...
I'm not a good person.
A good person gives up if someone won't do what he requests,
but a bad person will resort to threatening the person.
What must I do?
Be a good person.
Otherwise, you'll keep meeting people like me.
You know Ji Chang Soo, correct?
- Sorry? - You don't know him?
No.
He's going to jail too, just like you.
You should meet him first.
Say hi.
One is drug use, and the other is bodily harm, but...
coincidentally, you have the same lawyer and prosecutor.
You know that, right?
Yes, I saw her a few times in court.
Chang Soo.
You know why I called you both here today, don't you?
- No, I don't. - You really don't?
- No. - For real?
No.
- Then leave. - No, sir.
Then I should leave. Gosh.
No, Judge Han. Please tell us.
You two should talk.
You don't have any hopes since you were assigned to a delinquent judge.
You should comfort each other too.
What happened?
What is it? What's going on?
We're in trouble.
No way. Goodness, How come...
your visiting me here during your work hours?
I hope everything is okay with you and your family.
I dropped by since today is my last day off.
How is it going?
I already told you. If people voted based on the expertise...
of finding people, I would be the president.
You're all talk. You didn't update me on the progress.
I don't see any results either.
Did you file a request at the precinct to the long-term...
disappearance squad?
My goodness, why can't they find her?
There is only one answer to that.
It means that she doesn't belong to this world anymore.
When people leave home after getting raped,
9 out of 10 people...
Don't you dare talk that garbage to me.
My sister is alive.
She made a promise to me.
She promised that she wouldn't kill herself.
That's my point.
She cut all her ties with her family.
Do you think she'd keep her name?
I bet she bought someone else's identity...
and is living under someone else's name.
Are you telling me that you're in contact with...
the organization that sells identities?
I'll find your sister soon. And we can...
My gosh, you startled me.
The table looks fine. Why are you wiping it?
Come on. You'll wipe it down to the ground. Stop it.
Look here.
We are talking about a very important matter.
What are you talking about? My gosh.
(Sang Chul)
Give me some more time, and we'll talk.
I'll call you in a few days.
Judge Han.
I thought you went home.
- How are you feeling? - I'm completely recovered.
I even had rice soup for dinner.
I told you not to come in.
The thought of work piling up scared me. I couldn't rest.
I'll work for a bit and go back home.
It's good to have you back. Let's go. I'll drop you off.
Take your time coming to work tomorrow. You can come in late.
I told you that I'm all better thanks to you.
I'm going to go.
Okay. Thank you.
Bye.
Let's have a cup of tea.
That might prove difficult. There's no coffee shop nearby.
We can go anywhere. I can drive.
Then come inside.
I have tea at home. I have coffee too.
The chair is a bit uncomfortable, right?
No, no. This is so comfortable.
I can even lie on it.
I didn't mean that I was going to lie down.
You said you were going to stop by,
but you said you couldn't come because you were busy.
That's why I went to the office. I wanted to work even for a bit.
I wasn't that busy.
I...
don't plan on being a judge for a long time.
I did hear something about that.
But why do you want to resign?
I thought that...
if I knew a bit about the law, it'd not matter who was on the bench.
But not just anyone can take this seat.
You're not just anyone.
You're the best judge I've ever come across.
Have you ever worked with a judge before?
No, you are my first judge.
If you stay with someone like me, it won't help you in any way.
No. After I started my studies at the institute,
I'm experiencing and learning the most now.
You have a bit more than a month left as a trainee judge.
Yes, it's such a shame that time is passing by.
Earlier, I was looking into the paramedic's assault case.
The one that'll resume next week.
The case was appalling, and it infuriated me.
I wanted to ask you about that.
Should I talk to the administration...
and get you a new judge?
To me,
you're the best judge.
You've never worked with another judge.
A real judge.
Did I do something wrong?
Please tell me what you don't like about me...
and I'll fix to the best of my abilities.
It's not about you, So Eun. It's about me.
Is it because I defied you so many times?
I wasn't trying to defy you. I'm serious.
I told you that wasn't the reason.
When I make some money,
I'm thinking about opening a restaurant.
A judge and a cook are only jobs anyway.
Seriously?
If that happens,
I'll invite you...
and cook the most delicious meal for you.
But you don't know what kind of food I like.
What do you like?
I like everything.
Then I'll cook you everything.
I'm leaving now.
Okay.
I really appreciate that you're being so considerate...
of small things.
You know that even if you feel all better,
you have to take the medicine until the last one, right?
Yes.
And I...
I don't want to work for another judge.
I like working with you.
It'll be better working with another judge.
No. Please don't send me away.
I know I'm just a trainee,
but you took me on, so you should take responsibility.
See you tomorrow.