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

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT

EPISODE 1

MEMORIAL GATE

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

-Father. -Father.

Byungchun.

You're here.

CONDOLENCES

HERE LIES A TRUE PATRIOT, JANG SUNGJIN

Father.

Have you been well?

Father, over here too.

Ms. Jang.

Excuse me? Would the daughter also please come and stand with them?

Do you want to be in the photo?

No.

No? What do you mean?

She's not his daughter.

She's just a girl who works for him at his home.

Daughter? As if.

My dear Chakhee.

I hear you'll be promoted soon.

I still don't know for sure.

How could you not know?

No one works as hard

as you do for Jangsan.

Ask Gido to give you a promotion and some shares too.

And go show it off to your grandmother too.

-Okay. -Mm-hmm.

Your grandmother in Andong left you with me before she passed.

But she might beat me with a fire stick

for making you a partner so late.

Don't worry about that.

-I'll put in a good word when I see her. -All right.

That way, I can make my way to heaven

and enjoy her handmade dumpling soup

without a drop of shame.

Please take care.

I will.

Father, go home and get some rest.

-I will. -Please take care, Byungchun.

All right.

Good work today.

CASHIER'S CHECK

Is this really necessary?

Use it for gas money.

It must have cost a fortune to buy that.

In that case, I'll accept it with gratitude.

-It's for gas. -Thank you.

JANGSAN LAW FIRM

PARTNERS PROVIDING THE BEST LEGAL SERVICE

Yes, thank you.

I need eight days' worth of files. Good, that's perfect.

Has anyone seen this?

22ND FLOOR JANGSAN LAW FIRM

The doors are closing.

JANGSAN LAW FIRM

DARK LORD ALERT CHAT ROOM THE DARK LORD HAS ARRIVED

Darn.

Man, this is driving me insane.

NO. 1 IN LEGAL SERVICE CLIENT SATISFACTION

Everyone to the meeting room.

DETECTIVE JUNG JAEGEUN

Yes, Detective Jung?

Park Dukman was seen in Yeosu-dong.

I think he's up to something today.

Really?

All right. I'll head there now.

The meeting is canceled.

GENTLE AND LOVING CHURCH, TASTY SNACK BAR

What do we do?

What? Did something happen?

Over there...

Soonyoung.

Are you... okay?

You...

You're here.

Wait, that's...

SECRETARY

What is it?

Kangsung Pharm called to ask

if we can change the meeting to Wednesday morning.

-I don't know for sure right now. - Sorry?

It might take 30 minutes if I'm lucky. If not, it'll take a few days...

Hello?

Ms. Noh, are you all right?

-Tell them I can do the meeting then. - Yes, ma'am.

Damn it.

-Oh, no. -What happened?

Are you okay?

My goodness.

Hey, mister.

Can you open your eyes?

Excuse me.

Please open your eyes, sir.

Mister?

Open your eyes. Stop putting on a show.

Should I call Detective Jung?

Noh Chakhee...

Hey! Noh Chakhee!

Noh Chakhee, get over here! Right now!

-Hey, open up! -Open the door!

Let me in! Open the door!

-I said open up! -Open it!

-Open it! -Open this door!

Press the button, you little...

Where is she?

Someone show me where that con woman's office is.

Where is it?

What's this? Wait, who are you?

Move aside!

ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

I found you, you meddling wench.

Damn you!

Where is she?

What the...

Where the hell is Noh Chakhee?

As you can see, Attorney Noh Chakhee has had

the best timesheet and win rate for three quarters in a row.

Throughout the seven years that Ms. Noh has been with Jangsan,

she has far exceeded her peers in terms of her performance.

Attorney Noh Chakhee and Ma Sanghan

are both being reviewed for promotion to partner.

But I'm sure nobody will protest Noh Chakhee making partner.

About that timesheet, can you really trust that?

It doesn't make any sense. How can anybody work 760 hours?

I know she's dying to be a partner,

but how can she falsify her hours just because she's the one filling it in?

It's clear to everyone

that Ms. Noh will do anything to become a partner.

So can you really trust this?

If anyone felt that her timesheet was off, I'm sure someone would've spoken up.

However, up to this day, none of our clients have shown

any dissatisfaction with the fees Ms. Noh charged.

I said come out!

Where on earth is Attorney Noh?

Where did you hide her?

For God's sake.

Are you hiding her? Are you?

Are you all messing with me right now? Damn it.

Jesus Christ!

CHEONGSAN-RI TRADITIONAL SUNDAE SOUP

You're not eating this, are you?

I introduced you to the baking school's director to learn how to bake.

I don't want to learn about bread.

I just want to make some dough, damn it.

Hey, are you here to check

whether I was kneading dough or stealing dough?

Why should I care what you do with your damn dough?

Exactly.

It doesn't matter at all.

The moment you betrayed us and left, we became strangers.

Right? That's the case. Yes.

At two o'clock in the morning on the 23rd, in the alley behind the Grand Hotel,

the supposed "accident" with a Porsche.

It was you, right?

And you took money from the driver to stay quiet about the accident?

Was the driver this person?

KANGSUNG PHARM CEO CHO HYUNSIK AWARDED BAEKHO SERVICE AWARD

No idea.

And this woman was in the passenger seat.

-No idea. -You really don't know?

-I don't know! -Then I should call someone who does.

Suit yourself.

Hello, Detective Jung. It's me, Noh Chakhee.

I'm here with Park Dukman.

Yes.

He intentionally hurled himself at my car.

I have the evidence on my dashcam.

Where am I?

The intersection near Sangwoo Electronics...

I remember now. Hang up. I remember them.

I know the people in the photos.

I know everything. I know them both, so please hang up.

I beg you. Okay? Please.

Gotta make a call to hang up.

Now, let me ask you again.

At 2 a.m. on the 23rd,

you jumped in front of Kangsung CEO Cho Hyunsik's car.

He paid you off to stay shut about the accident, correct?

He asked you to turn a blind eye to the woman who was sitting next to him.

So what if that's the case?

Will you buy me an apartment if I rat on him?

-I'll pay for your meal. -Hey!

You just hit me with your car. Look at what happened to my forehead.

Right here! That stings.

Look at the scratch right here. Look at my precious face.

I'm a guy who makes a living with my good looks!

How can you try to call it even over some rice soup?

This is highway robbery.

I guess I should actually call Detective Jung.

I'm getting married.

The woman I'm marrying is pregnant.

So this was the last time I was doing something like this.

It really was...

Hey!

If I learned the law like you, I could've been a judge, a prosecutor,

or any other damn thing!

But stealing is all I learned to do!

This is the only thing I know how to do. What else can I do?