May It Please the Court (Let's Start the Defense / Byeonroneul Sijakhakessseubnida / 변론을 시작하겠습니다)

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT

EPISODE 3

-(tires skid) -(gears crank)

BASED ON THE ESSAY MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT BY JUNG HYEJIN

-Did you bring the car? -(keys jingle)

-It's behind the restaurant. -(clanks)

Hey, stop!

That's for a customer.

You asked me to bring the car over so early in the morning. Whose car is it?

Are you hungry? Should I steam some more dumplings?

No thanks. I'm off.

No, wait. They'll be done in no time.

I noticed before that Mr. Do really enjoys them too.

-Enjoy. -Thank you.

Chisik, steam me a whole bunch.

-Why? -We have a new attorney.

-Really? -Yes.

Hey, that's great news.

Mr. Do was worried that people avoided that office because of you.

What's the new attorney like?

She's a bit...

odd.

Odd?

She's really odd.

JUNGHA DISTRICT COURT PUBLIC DEFENDER

Good morning.

Hello.

Hand.

Mm-hmm?

These are silk, so tell them to be extra careful with them.

This one is tweed.

Right, I need one iced decaf dolce latte. With soy milk instead of dairy milk.

I told you not to put on that apron.

You're getting treated like a servant.

You need to get your own coffee.

And get your clothes washed on your own time.

-Why? -Why? What do you mean, why?

Why should I waste time getting coffee or going to the cleaners? Time is money.

Isn't that why we have a secretary?

Where?

Where?

There is no secretary here.

Ms. Noh, you don't have a private secretary here in this office.

If you want to save time,

do your laundry at home and quit drinking coffee.

So you're saying Mr. Do isn't a secretary?

No.

Okay.

Mr. Do.

How much?

How much will it cost?

-Sorry? -How much

will it cost for me to have you?

How much can you give me?

-Youngsoo. -I need money. I really do.

How much...

How much can you give me?

I can give you 400,000...

a month.

Deal.

A decaf soy latte, right?

I'll make it quick.

Okay.

-(thumps) -Okay.

What the hell was that?

Do you think money can solve everything?

Oh, I think Mr. Do would find that remark to be quite rude.

All I did was offer him extra pay for the extra work he's doing for me.

There's no need to theorize about

how materialism has taken over in this day and age.

-(Chakhee hums) -Unbelievable.

Make some time for dinner on the 3rd.

We're having dinner with CEO Park and his wife.

Why?

Mr. Park is a member of the nomination committee.

You were serious about running for the National Assembly?

What's next? Provincial governor?

And what's after that? President?

I'm not doing it.

I don't have any intention of becoming an assemblyman's wife.

Can't you just play along?

Just play along? For whose benefit?

It took two years to get the central block at the business district.

Just as my shopping mall is about to go up,

you're telling me to play Queen of Housewives?

Yes. Play Queen of Housewives.

Cut the crap.

If I were that kind of woman, you would never have been able to marry me.

And if you hadn't married me, your father would still be...

a broker for day laborers.

POLICE CHIEF JEON JAEHO

Yes, Jaeho.

Mr. Cho was murdered at his vacation house.

Really?

CEO Cho was murdered?

Yes.

Come by the station this afternoon.

I'll be there.

Did he say CEO Cho died?

I think so.

Congrats.

You'll no longer have to clean up after him.

Haran.

A man died.

Can't you respond like a human being for once?

I can't pretend to care like you do.

The woman Mr. Cho called to his vacation home

found him in the morning and made the report.

Have you found any leads on the culprit?

We found nothing.

Seriously?

Nothing?

No.

The culprit was very careful.

It looks like Mr. Cho opened the door for the culprit.

And they didn't even touch the safe in the house,

so they're most likely an acquaintance.

Someone whose sole purpose was to kill Mr. Cho.

As you can see in the photos, he wasn't simply killed.

He was tortured, and then he was put in that position.

Why did they do that?

And why that position?

They probably wanted an apology...

for a sin Uncle Hyunsik committed.

What sin?

I'm not sure.

What kind of sin did Uncle Hyunsik commit against the culprit who killed him?

You know what Mr. Cho was like.

He committed more sins in his life than you could count on both hands.

I guess so.

Will you be all right?

The election is around the corner.

Once Mr. Cho's stories get out...

You should worry about yourself first.

All right.

Don't worry about the investigation.

Right.

-(clacks) We have Mr. Cho's call history.

The last person he talked to was one of your attorneys at Jangsan.

The call went on for about ten seconds while he was being tortured.

OUTGOING CALL, ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

-(footsteps) -Ms. Noh. The defendant is...

Your client is here for a meeting. Yes.

"Client"?

Is that so?

Yes. This way. Come on in.

Oh...

-(crunches) Mr. Lee Guidong.

You were in the isolation wing for a long time.

Yes.

Right.

In the isolation wing, you and Mr. Kang Myungsub,

a schizophrenic patient who was hospitalized for ten years...

What's this? Chips?

You began to fight over chips.

Then Mr. Lee Guidong kicked Mr. Kang Myungsub with his foot.

Because of that, Mr. Kang Myungsub suffered from a stomach perforation

and passed away in the emergency room from acute sepsis.

Is this correct?

I'm not quite familiar with the name of the disease.

All I know is that he died because of Guidong.

Ah...

Mr. Lee Guidong.

Guidong.

Mr. Lee Guidong.

Guidong.

Mr. Lee, let's stop eating that.

That's mine!

-That's mine! No! -No!

-My goodness. -Good Lord.

There, there.

It's yours. There, it's yours.

It's mine.

-Oh, no. I'm... My goodness. I'm fine. I'm okay.

Goodness. I'm so sorry.