(Characters and places associated in this drama are fictional.)
A judge with strong conviction, Lee Dong Jun...
chooses to sentence a wrongful ruling...
just this one time to save his own neck and avoid being imprisoned.
He then becomes the son-in-law of leading Taebaek Law Firm's CEO.
I'll take the picture in 1,2...
Detective Shin Young Ju...
decides to record a video of Lee Dong Jun in hope...
to find a way to save her father who has been framed.
She reveals one frame a day...
and begins to pressure Dong Jun for her father's release.
Meanwhile,
Dong Jun finds out that his wife, Su Yeon,
was at the scene of Kim Sung Sik murder.
Your party is here.
They're here.
I was expecting a friend, but I see a foe has come.
You aren't the person I was planning to meet today.
It won't hurt to meet a new friend once in a while.
It's Baek Sang Gu.
Don't say a word. Don't even answer me.
It's a trap.
All right.
Who ordered this?
Oh dear.
You wouldn't want to have your funeral held...
at a young age when you should be getting married, would you?
Who is it?
I got my hands dirty for Taebaek.
Now I'd like to know who has my back.
I plan to join sides with whoever's willing to help me.
You understand?
(Episode 3)
He's Team Manager of Corporate Merger and Acquisition at Taebaek.
Kang Jeong Il.
This is Lee Dong Jun speaking.
They say if you share secrets, you become friends.
I guess...
that means you and I have gotten a bit closer, Dong Jun.
(Doosung Fishing Site)
There was nothing to talk about between us,
but I think there's a lot to say now.
How involved are you...
in the Reporter Kim murder case?
Did you only make an order...
or did you actually kill him yourself?
"Therefore, brothers and sisters,"
"since we have confidence to enter..."
"the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus..."
"Hebrew Chapter 10 Verse 19."
You earned the confidence to join Taebaek...
thanks to the blood that Reporter Kim shed.
A person was killed.
It happened right here.
However,
you were the one that fabricated the trial.
I had...
no other choice.
I guess husbands and wives do grow alike.
It was the same for me.
Mr. Kang...
is trying to find out who's behind Kim Sung Sik's death.
I'm glad...
Kang Jeong Il got there before I did.
Nothing changed.
If I fall, you and my dad will both come down with me.
Make sure you hold onto me, Dong Jun.
Go.
My gosh, was that the third one?
(Chairman Kang Yu Taek of Bogook Industries)
You couldn't even handle a slingshot when you were a kid.
I'll let you eat what I just caught.
I let you make a living for 30 years. That's just another meal.
Did you bring a pot?
Il Hwan, get some firewood.
Your father's firewood used to be great.
Let's see how well...
Mr. Choi's son can cut down a tree.
Look at that man.
Kang Yu Taek.
He is the chairman of Bogook Industries.
He's an arms dealer...
who also operates the defense industry.
He is from the same town as CEO Choi Il Hwan of Taebaek.
They went to the same high school. Just like us.
Bogook Industries has been involved with...
national defense strategies like Yulgok and Baekdu Operations.
And Taebaek Law Firm was always their legal representative.
Kim Sung Sik had...
documents that can reveal corruption on bulletproof jackets.
So he probably made a move to stop that.
The son of Kang Yu Taek, the chairman of Bogook Industries,
Lawyer Kang Jeong Il.
I was involved with the bulletproof jacket.
But the documents were leaked.
So we hired Baek Sang Gu to work for us.
He seemed like someone who'll take care of everything.
But he's costing me too much to patch things up.
Who is it?
The person who told you that Baek Sang Gu will be there?
That person must be...
investigating about Kim Sung Sik's death too.
Is this a friend of my husband?
Or is this someone who can't become friends?
Tell me.
Who is this shadow that's following after you?
In a few days,
the shadow will disappear.
(Bulletproof jacket)
(There is no result for "bulletproof jacket".)
(Generous Side Dishes)
My goodness.
You two young men are involved with good work.
I'll give you a discount since it's for a party for the elderlies.
That's eight kilograms of salted oyster and seasoned...
You can take it for 200 dollars. This is so cheap.
I can throw in some radish kimchi too.
- You're a great cook. - Thanks.
- Wrap it up. - Okay.
Thank you.
That's 1,000 dollars, so you need 800 dollars back.
Do you have any credit cards?
Give it to me. I'll come later.
No, I'll break it.
You can stay here...
and have a cup of coffee.
I'll be back soon.
This is the best way to find the video footage.
This is used in the prosecution...
when we confiscate things.
This only reacts to metal,
but it has been altered by some guys.
Look.
Did you see that?
It reacts to memory chips, USBs,
and other data storage equipment.
Search over there.
Please press the button.
What was my PIN number?
Excuse me, may I go first?
- I'm in a hurry. - Missus.
I was the first in line. I'm a busy man.
I don't remember my PIN number.
Hey, tell them to come out.
- Right now? - Yes.
What are you doing? Pick up your phone.
So this isn't too urgent that you have to call me.
Is there something you must tell me to my face?
That guy.
Who got into the car at the Japanese restaurant.
He seemed like a police officer.
You seem more afraid than before.
Maybe it's because you have much to lose.
How much does he know...
I told you.
An innocent citizen asked the police for help. That's all.
There is only one person...
who knows about...
your forged trial and that night with me.
Actually, that makes it two people. You and me.
I looked Into the bulletproof jacket case.
I didn't see Mr. Kang's name on that case.
It seemed like Taebaek Law Firm never took that case.
Were the records erased...
or did someone else get involved?
I have to take a look at Mr. Kang's computer.
Get me his security codes.
Darn it. Nothing.
What are you guys doing? Get out of there.
That's not easy.
Then was it easy to rule...
a good citizen who lived his life as a reporter as a murderer?
Do you think it was easy...
for me to spend the night with you?
One frame per day.
You have a week...
until I see your face, Mr. Lee.
Young Ju.
Hello.
Who is that?
Nobody. Let's go.
I have customers.
- Thank you. - I'll be back.
Come again. Thank you.
We didn't find any video footages.
We searched through her email and social media,
but there is no trace of her storing that in a digital format.
Goodness.
Mr. Lee.
What do we do now?
I'm not sure.
What should I do?
He raped a powerless woman by abusing his influence.
This is Taebaek.
A man who raped her will be in this building.
Play it.
Tell me.
Who is this shadow that's following after you?
One thing leads to another.
I don't have many patients here,
but I have to prepare a lot of documents...
to send to government offices.
If I went to medical school...
and became a doctor,
I'd have been with you in the sanatorium by now.
If I could...
turn back time.
Mom.
Your mother-in-law was waiting for you.
You look good today.
He still has a lot to learn. Please teach him well.
I'll talk to the CEO in regarding the plastic surgery clinic.
That's right.
It's Dong Jun's family affair,
so he could take care of it himself.
Your father is opening a plastic surgery clinic.
He has some legal issues to deal with.
I will take a look at it.
He also has building permit issues.
Why don't you take the case and...
I will...
consider it.
Dong Jun.
I will take care...
of the issues with your family.
I'll give you 10 and get only 1 back.
You can do whatever you want with the rest.
What do you want me to do with it?
Do you want me to buy a judge...
and his ruling with the money?
Or do you want me to buy a person and let him give false testimony?
Dong Jun.
You just abandoned powerless justice...
and chose justiceless power.
Justiceless...
power?
You will attend the US embassy banquet tomorrow.
The next day,
you will give a presentation at the parliament seminar.
You will take the head of the table.
That's power.
I'm sure many will envy you.
They will never know.
What the king of law, CEO Choi Il Hwan...
is going through...
because of his daughter who failed to pass the bar exam.
Dong Jun.
That he's so afraid...
his friend's son would take his all, Tae Baek from him.
Who would know that?
"Father was a slave."
"Until late night,"
"he did not return."
Dong Jun.
My father...
was a slave.
His only son...
who went to the best law school...
was his pride and joy
Chairman Kang, the landlord's son used his money...
and I, the slave's son,
used my brain.
We built Taebaek.
I didn't think it was tenant farming.
I thought it was a partnership.
Dong Jun.
You are a doctor's son who was abandoned inside his mother's belly.
CEO Choi.
And I'm a peasant's son...
who was deprived of everything...
by his landowner.
Why don't we work together...
to be a landowner?
I'll go to Australia tomorrow.
It will take a few days to get live ammunition.
You will have to...
pull the last trigger.
The head correctional officer...
who used to direct the prisons works at Taebaek Law Firm now.
He will come back to Ministry of Justice some day.
Can you set up a dinner appointment?
I'll take care of outside treatment for Shin Chang Ho.
Please find out...
if Shin Chang Ho could be transferred to another prison.
It should be...
very far from Seoul.
(Pro-Japanese Kang Byung Goo's land handed down to his descendants.)
How much would it be?
Buy me a drink.
Jeong Il.
Once the golf course is finished, I'll give you a membership.
CEO Choi...
left for Australia today.
Is he attending the conferment ceremony...
at the University of Sydney?
It'd take only 1 day. Why would he stay there for 4 days?
Secretary Lee Sang Mi took a day off.
I was asked to arrange the keynote speech...
for International Conference for Jurists.
What's your name?
It's Jo Yeon Hwa.
Ms. Jo Yeon Hwa.
There's a typo.
Half of the attendees would be British.
I changed it to British English.
Hello?
I'll be right back.
I also changed short sentences into classic complex sentences.
- If you don't like it, I will... - Maybe the attendees will like it.
I guess that's my job.
She's pretty good.
Dong Jun has everything you want.
Mr. Kang has an outsourced personnel.
He has a hotel card key.
And he has two cell phones.
One of them is a burner phone.
It means he contacts people he shouldn't.
Is it a new trend or what?
Give me the security code.
(Order of Transfer)
Shin Chang Ho will be transferred in a few days.
It's a six-hour drive.
You won't be able to visit him on weekdays.
The sea breeze is cold there.
And there's yellow dust and fine dust from China.
It wouldn't be good for his health.
Especially for his lungs.
- Dong Jun. - If you stop,
I will stop as well.
He needs medical treatment.
I will look into the bail on medical grounds next year.
Make him admit to the charge of the murder...
and withdraw your appeal, Ms. Shin.
My dad did not murder Reporter Kim Sung Sik.
That's the truth.
I was a decent judge. That's the truth too.
You ruined my dad.
I couldn't be ruined.
I heard he has a bad cough.
Pneumonia.
It might be a more serious disease.
Your father...
should survive...
and so should I.
I took the medicine. I will be okay.
Dad. Do you want to get treated from outside?
Let's take a CT scan at a big hospital.
Did those jerks...
ask something from you?
If we withdraw our appeal,
- you can get out on a bail... - How about Sung Sik then?
We should continue our trial.
It's not a matter of proving my innocence.
It's a matter...
of catching those jerks who murdered Sung Sik.
- If you change your mind... -Young Ju.
Since everyone keeps changing their mind, this world isn't changing.
Among the reporters with whom I started my career as a reporter,
someone became the director of the newsroom...
and someone became the chief editor of a newspaper agency.
They are wasting...
their time to earn titles in this short life.
Even if...
I die from this,
I will end my life trying to finish the job I was supposed to do.
Young Ju.
You shouldn't...
live like me.
I am Mr. Lee's secretary, Jo Yeon Hwa.
These are this month's feedbacks regarding the security check.
The period of changing the security codes...
for senior lawyers has been passed.
(Feedbacks regarding the security check)
The regulation states we must change monthly.
In reality, we only change them quarterly.
Follow the regulation.
I think Mr. Lee plans...
on reporting to the CEO just like the regulation.
I came to give you a heads up.
Both of us are temporary workers here.
(Choi Su Yeon)
(Kang Jeong Il)
(Bulletproof jacket)
(There is no result for "bulletproof jacket".)
(Baek Sang Gu)
(There is no result for "Baek Sang Gu".)
(Baek Sang Gu's profile)
When a rich chairman gets arrested, it's hard to manage the company.
I thought it was just an excuse, but it was true.
Since CEO Choi isn't here,
everyone's taking a day off and having company dinner.
I'd like to know the schedule...
of International Conference for Jurists.
Mr. Lee. You are only a hired attorney.
I am a team manager.
Is there a reason why I should tell you my schedule?
(Monthly receipt of the hotel tenancy)
(Electronic approval system)
(January 2014)
(Lake Hotel)
Anyway,
I heard CEO Choi went to Melbourne from Sydney.
I'd like to know his schedule.
Mr. Kang. You are a team manager.
My father-in-law is the CEO.
Is there a reason why I should tell you his schedule?
I will deliver the keynote speech at the International Conference...
for jurists. It's an order from the CEO.
(We'd like to inform the change of the speaker for the keynote speech.)
I'll send you the file of the keynote speech.
I plan to rewrite it.
I have a topic in mind.
The social responsibility of a major law firm.
If that's the topic,
I guess a judge is better suited rather than me who started off as...
a lawyer and used the law to make money.
I'll be looking forward to it.
Mr. Lee.
He rented a suite on 18th floor at Lake Hotel...
for three years.
He paid with his personal credit card.
Look into it.
Find out whom he is meeting in that room.
Young Ju.
Hyun Su. Get that promotion you like.
I will live my own life.
Cut down on coffee.
Don't even touch the cigarette.
It was hard for you to quit.
(Contract of Legal Representation)
(New message)
He lived nearby when I was young.
Mr. Kang...
At that time, I just called his name.
Jeong Il and I used to play a game stepping on each other's shadow.
Tell me if you want to play.
I can get rid of your shadow.
I am really good at stepping on Mr. Kang's shadow.
I'm worried now.
CEO Choi will be arriving...
at 8pm tomorrow evening at Incheon Airport.
By the way,
the yellow dust won't be...
that bad this year.
Then naturally, there won't be much fine dust as well.
He'll put up with the sea breeze.
I'll handle Kang Jeong Il.
It's your job to get Baek Sang Gu to talk.
I've analyzed the prosecution's indictment...
for Baek Sang Gu's case, Mr. Lee.
It's time for the meeting.
Let's go in together.
It's been a week since the video was posted on the social media.
The court reporters must've sensed something is wrong.
- We've received two calls today. - Settle this issue quickly,
Mr. Lee.
Weren't you supposed to look into this, Mr. Lee?
Let's wrap things up.
You can take your lunch breaks as you wish.
Wait a minute.
Zoom in on the face.
Closer.
I'll be looking forward to it, Mr. Lee.
Mr. Cho.
Take this...
to the Cyber Crime Team and request for a private investigation.
I'll take care of it.
I'll ask for the Security Team to cooperate and...
I just want to be of help.
I'm sure you're busy preparing the keynote speech for...
the International Conference for Jurists.
I'll also make a request to a private security company.
I'll...
make sure to handle this.
I feel bad for the newlyweds.
It's a shame you're so busy.
We'd rather be busy...
than to see you busy.
If we get one frame a day,
when will that man's face be revealed?
We have four days remaining.
There's not too much time.
I'm sure it'll seem...
like forever to someone.
Her name is Shin Young Ju and she was an officer until not long ago.
Gi Yong.
Look into it today.
All right.
I'm sure there's someone in the police department...
that'll want Shin Young Ju gone as well.
Can I take your order?
We'll have the pine mushroom hot pot.
My mother can't eat spicy food well, so we'd like a light broth.
Yes, sir.
We sit together at the table once a year.
Smile, Mom. It's my birthday, after all.
Using the cash from the foundation,
I purchased the Blue Dragon Electronics stocks.
How did you know Blue Dragon Electronics...
was selling their shares?
I mentioned you to Chief Secretary Song.
Don't try to hurt Dong Jun's career.
Forgive me, Dong Jun.
When you were in middle school,
I went to see your father.
I asked him to at least spend your birthday together.
I don't know what I was thinking.
Back then, I thought you needed a father in your life.
He's become the director of a general hospital...
and doctor to the president,
but he still wants more.
Starting next year,
spend your birthday with your wife and in-laws.
(Noh Gi Yong)
- This is Lee Dong Jun speaking. - Mr. Lee.
I had guys from a private agency look into it and found it.
This guy's her senior but didn't get promoted twice in a row...
and ended up having to work for Shin Young Ju.
I'll handle this as you've instructed.
All right.
(Generous Side Dishes)
Hi there, Ms. Shin.
I should cook you something myself since you were...
Young Ju's co-workers, but as you can see I'm a bit busy today.
They dropped by to grab a bite on their way to catch...
a heinous suspect in the neighborhood.
This guy has fabricated official documents. It's a felony.
This suspect apparently joined a law firm using...
a false ID and certified documents.
Mom.
- We'll go and get a cup of coffee. - All right.
Finish up in 1, 9, and 10.
It's been a long time since I've seen them. I might be late.
- Don't wait up. - All right.
Now hold out your hands.
I'm arresting you without a warrant...
for fabricating official documents, Ms. Jo Yeon Hwa.
You have the right to remain silent.
You know the rest, don't you?
Wait a minute. You should each take one of these.
It's sauced intestine. Take it home and...
Young Ju.
What...
What's going on?
What's wrong?
Let's get going.
Young Ju.
Get out.
This is exactly why home discipline is important.
You're following your father's footsteps.
Move it.
One frame a day?
The video won't be uploaded on the social media anymore.
I'll say the investigation has been stopped.
The warrant...
will be issued within the day.
Once I'm freed, I'll reveal the entire video...
Thanks to you, the judge who issues the warrant will make some money.
I will make sure you are put behind bars, Ms. Shin.
Jerk.
Prostitute.
A person who gets things by selling their body...
is called a prostitute.
Prostitution is illegal.
Ms. Shin.
What did you sell?
Your conscience?
Your principles?
I'm glad...
you sold them for a lot of money.
I can live without my conscience...
and I will see tomorrow without my principles.
But what can you do?
You only live once.
I will repay the world...
for a long time...
for what I owe you.
This is Lee Dong Jun.
I will erase them. Tell me who it is.
The shadow that follows you around.
The shadow is gone now, Ms. Choi.
The person who's following the fishing site incident...
is gone now.
Then you can now defend Baek Sang Gu and shut him up.
I have a present for you.
This is something so awesome...
that'll follow you for life.
I like it.
Happy birthday,
Dong Jun.
According to the Criminal Act Article 225,
you will be sentenced with up to 10 years in prison...
for forging official documents.
If you beg,
I will let you stay...
in the same prison as Shin Chang Ho.
Young Ju.
Did you find out who's behind Kang Jeong Il?
They looked like lovers.
They were together for two hours, then they left in different cars.
Mr. Lee is...
the judge who took your father's case, isn't he?
The shadow is gone now, Ms. Choi.
The person who's following the fishing site incident...
is gone now.
That jerk.
He's a jerk, but we need him.
I'm sorry, Hyun Su.
A suspect under interrogation punched a police officer and ran.
I guess your salary will be cut for a few months. Please do...
that much for me, Hyun Su.
Ms. Lee, how was your day off?
Can you check Mr. Lee's schedule? It's on my desk.
He's expecting you.
Mom said to make time tomorrow.
They're holding a prayer meeting for my grandpa not getting caught...
for embezzling his church members' tithes.
I'll be busy starting tomorrow.
Tell her you can't go either.
But I'll be doing the communal prayer.
Su Yeon, call Dong Jun here.
He won't come.
It's just like Jesus said.
"I did not come for the gentiles."
I won't live for someone who is not of this family either.
Where is Dong Jun?
He's not coming, Dad.
I looked at the indictment.
We should go for a probation.
(Taebaek Law Firm, Lawyer: Lee Dong Jun)
If you get under three years during your initial trial...
Come on, Mr. Lee.
If you don't want to drink,
you can have this drink made with herbs.
Girls love this drink.
Life is all about choices.
You may choose one...
- or two. - Mr. Baek.
I am here to discuss...
legal strategy as your attorney.
Bring out the next set of girls.
Mr. Baek.
You will like...
this next girl.
Dong Jun will be arrested on the spot...
for taking illegal drugs.
A few police officers...
and reporters will be there as well.
Is Jeong Il behind this?
No.
My heart is.
Jeong Il...
killed a man.
What happened at the fishing site...
and the shadow behind it.
Thank you for taking care of it,
Mr. Lee.
Shadow?
Tell me.
Who is this shadow that's following after you?
This happens a lot.
That's Su Yeon.
I hid it until yesterday.
We took a shower and changed clothes together.
We just left the hotel room today.
I don't need to hide it...
from today.
You and Su Yeon...
Your body will absorb it faster if you lose your temper.
It's a medicinal herb drink...
with liquid ecstasy.
I spiked the drink with double the amount.
Drug squad will arrive in 10 minutes.
Reporters will break a scandal.
There will be search and seizure.
The birthday gift in your drawer...
It's about 20 shots.
You will be arrested for drug use.
I will give the keynote speech...
at International Conference for Jurists.
Dong Jun.
Give up...
and rest.
There's no one...
who can help you.
(Whisper)
Mr. Lee Dong Jun.
I'm here to pick you up.
I thought you had your pride.
I'm still figuring out...
what I have and what I don't have.
They have prosecution and judiciary behind them.
Hyun Su, I'm the only one that my dad has behind him.
Jeong Il, she's not Jo Yeon Hwa. Her name is Shin Young Ju.
Young Ju is in danger.
She is my secretary.
I want her back.