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[Son Hyun Joo]

[Kim Myung Min]

[Kim Do Hoon]

[Heo Nam Joon]

[Your Honor]

[Production supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Communications Agency]

[This is a work of fiction.]

[Characters, places, organizations, incidents, names, ethnic groups, and settings are not relevant to real life.]

I think the power of respect is really something else.

But you're Judge Song.

Is it a fender?

Fender?

Do you know who stole it?

Someone named Lee Sang Taek.

He's a man in his 40s who lives in Jangbeom-dong.

Lee Sang Taek is dead.

I filmed the person

who killed my father and Jeong Hae Yong in here.

But something is strange.

My father isn't the hit-and-run culprit.

What do you mean?

One time, I was furious because

my father hit Grandmother.

I said I'll bring it back later!

You're a failure of a human being.

G-Grandmother, are you okay?

But the time my father hit my grandmother was around the time

that guy Kim Sang Hyeon got into the accident.

I'm sorry.

Lee Sang Taek might not be the hit-and-run culprit.

At the time of Kim Sang Hyeon's accident,

Lee Sang Taek apparently assaulted his mother, Kim Mi Yeong.

And the gas explosion happened when he was about to report this to the police.

Does that mean the car's owner is the culprit?

At that time, Judge Song Pan Ho was in a trial.

There's someone who drove that car from time to time.

- Who? - Judge Song Pan Ho's son...

Song Ho Yeong.

Should we start this case after Kim Sang Hyeok's case is over?

Judge Song is concealing a case?

But we're not trying to catch the hit-and-run culprit right now.

Bastard...

I'll go to Prosecutor Kang So Yeong in the morning and

transfer the murders Kim Sang Hyeok committed to the Prosecution.

- You called for a driver, right? - Yes.

Get out!

Get out!

Detective Jang, are you okay?

Bastard!

Freeze.

Detective, are you okay?

Hey!

Our target is Kim Gang Heon.

I don't know your name,

where you live, or what you do for a living.

Jo Bin died this morning, right?

Kim Gang Heon isn't the only one who can do that.

I can do it, too.

You killed Detective Jang Chae Rim today.

[Your Honor: Episode 8]

I'd like you to be by Eun's side until she gets better.

Something that you can't refuse...

isn't a favor, but a threat.

If I refuse,

my father and I...

won't be safe.

You're...

that kind of a person, Ahjussi.

Excuse me, are you all right?

Caller, are you unable to speak at the moment?

- Hello? - Ho Yeong, where are you? Where?

I'm home.

That's good. Good.

I'm coming home right now.

Don't go anywhere and stay home.

Detective Jang Chae Rim is...

being suspicious.

About what?

That you might be the culprit of the hit-and-run incident

where Kim Sang Hyeon died,

not Lee Sang Taek.

I can stop it. I will.

Go stay in the U.S. for a while.

You need to go before the trial ends.

I just met Chairman Kim Gang Heon.

Why would you meet that man?

I didn't go to meet him.

They took me.

He told me to start seeing Eun again.

No, you can't.

You can't get involved with those people.

Is there a way, then?

"When a person commits a crime,

he's bound to get punished in one way or the other."

That's what you told me when I was little.

And it's true.

Did you do it on purpose?

The hit-and-run incident...

The victim, Kim Sang Hyeon...

was the half-brother of Kim Sang Hyeok, whom you despised.

Did you do it on purpose to avenge your mom?

You didn't.

It was purely an accident, right?

The reason I fabricated the evidence and concealed the case that day was

because you won't get an appropriate punishment for a hit-and-run accident...

You won't get an appropriate punishment for it.

Because Chairman Kim Gang Heon will take it out on you.

If appropriate punishment by the law was possible,

I would've made you turn yourself in.

- However? - However...

if you committed an intentional murder to avenge your mom,

I become an accomplice to a murder.

That's...

something I cannot accept.

You want to keep your conviction as a judge now?

Stop it. Please stop.

The law you tried to protect even in the wake of Mom's death...

You'll protect it again this time, right?

I trust you will.

If the law is enforced correctly,

what kind of punishment will Kim Sang Hyeok, who drove Mom to death, receive?

Yes.

He's the person

who was at the scene.

That man killed...

my father, Uncle Hae Yong...

and other foreigners as well...

with a gun.

Why were you there that day, Witness?

Jeong Hae Yong said he'd smuggle my father and me to Cambodia.

We were going to go live in Cambodia.

My father had been in hiding and showed up for the first time.

Who are you?

Are you Lee Sang Taek?

Who are you?

Did you film that video?

Yes, I-

I filmed it.

That's all.

Defendant, you may question the witness.

At the time, there was no streetlight.

The moonlight was probably the only source of light.

Based on what, do you say the man who shot the gun is my client sitting here?

When the trigger was pulled, there was a combustion

and that allowed me to see his face.

Are you saying the face you saw in a split second is accurate?

Based on what?

My father was never kind

and beat up my sister and me whenever.

However...

still...

he was my father.

The one who gave birth to me.

It was the moment that my father was shot to death.

How can I forget it?

[010-0795-7969: Blue House's Chief Secretary Kang Moon Seok]

Judge Song Pan Ho?

Wait...

how did you know?

We're the Blue House.

We have all the numbers we feel we might need.

What's the occasion?

I'd like to meet with you.

I have something to say to you.

Judge Song, we're always...

ready to welcome you.

Assemblyman Jeong Yi Hwa recommended you last time,

so we're reviewing in a very positive and enthusiastic direction.

When will the appointment decision be made?

Judge Song?

But weren't you negative about politics?

Why are you doing this all of a sudden?

Because I felt the limitations of being a judge.

The things the law can do in this world...

had their limits in the end.

After the Woo One's trial ends,

I'll get the approval from the VIP.* (Referring to the president)

After the trial ends?

The trial result needs to become an issue.

Competency and integrity are like water and fire.

Money follows competent people.

But there's no way such money can be clean.

So, please show us competency and integrity...

can be combined.

We plan to symbolize your competency and integrity

as the motto of our regime.

What does integrity mean for you?

An appropriate verdict for the defendant, Kim Sang Hyeok.

The maximum sentence.

Please be symbolic.

How much later after the trial can I enter the Blue House?

We'll first create an issue in the media.

Woo One Group is only a violent criminal organization.

But it grew too much.

The countless incidents that followed the death of Kim Gang Heon's second son.

Kim Gang Heon is having his way with the world.

After Kim Sang Hyeok's trial ends,

our regime plans to teach him a lesson.

In that case, when will I...

Wouldn't two months be...

enough to make an issue out of it?

[Woowon District Prosecutors' Office]

Hang in there until the witness testimony ends, even if it's uncomfortable.

Oh, I'm fine.

What I hate the most in this world are

bastards who rule the world with money.

Because their behavior is ruining the world.

You can trust Detective Jang and me and stay strong, right?

I also have to...

exact revenge for my personal reasons.

My Cheong Ha...

and grandmother...

Stuff like this isn't tough at all.

Please don't worry.

It's snack time.

You're a good eater. Good eater.

It's delicious.

How much later after the trial can I enter the Blue House?

Wouldn't two months be enough to make an issue out of it?

Two months after the trial...

Is he telling me to die?

Are you confident?

You only have one chance.

If you fail, we'll all die.

Oppa?

Are you okay?

D-Did my dad force you...

to stay here?

I'm sorry, Oppa.

I was just too worried...

because you seemed to be

in so much pain.

You smile whenever you look at me.

But you're always sad

when you look elsewhere.

That's why...

That's why I wanted to be by your side.

Oppa...

p-please don't hate me too much.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Eun.

Excuse me, are you all right?

Are you feeling unwell?

Caller, are you unable to speak at the moment?

Caller, where are you? Are you outdoors?

[Song Pan Ho]

Are you suffering from respiratory distress?

There was...

Lee Cheong Gang's testimony during yesterday's trial.

I know. I heard.

There's one last method.

I'll tell you in person.

Sir, you must pull it together.

Please tap the phone once, even if it's difficult.

In the current situation,

there's nothing to stop Lee Cheong Gang from testifying.

We must bring Lee Cheong Gang to join our side.

Before that,

there's something I need to tell you.

About what?

Caller, where are you? Are you outdoors?

Are you suffering from respiratory distress?

Sir, it's hard to confirm your location right now,

we'll check your phone's-

The sound you hear at the end is the flat tire alert.

Using that as a clue, I found a nearby auto shop and

I learned you stopped by the auto shop and deleted the CCTV records.

That's why...

I thought you were the culprit.

However,

a sound kept bothering me.

The raspy breathing you hear from the phone call with the 119.

An asthma patient's breathing.

I saw your son...

use a nebulizer.

You're not the culprit.

The boy who killed Sang Hyeon

is next to Eun right now.

Could it be intentional?

If it was intentional,

what does he want?

I-It's by chance.

He doesn't want anything. Nothing at all.

You must think you can do as you wish

with my child's life with that shallow authority of a judge.

But...

I also have that much power.

Your oldest son, Kim Sang Hyeok...

raped my wife.

His case was dismissed as he was acquitted.

But my wife was living with a horrific memory.

Two years ago, my wife killed herself and

my son has been

living hellish days

after losing his mother.

Of course...

Of course, my son couldn't have caused the accident intentionally.

He just happened to run into your son on that road

at that particular time...

- by c-chance- - Enough!

You lost your son and

my child lost his mother.

Losing something more precious than your own life...

I'm sure you know how painful that is.

Since you're experiencing it now.

A-Assemblyman Jeong Yi Hwa...

Tell him to meet Lee Cheong Gang.

Tell Lee Cheong Gang that Judge Song Pan Ho is the culprit.

Tell him that Detective Jang Chae Rim knows that the hit-and-run culprit is Judge Song

but she used him to get Chairman Kim Gang Heon and Kim Sang Hyeok of Woo One.

If you tell him that, Lee Cheong Gang will turn his back on them.

If Lee Cheong Gang changes his testimony,

the trial can end with not guilty.

After that,

I'll come to you. And...

I'll accept the consequences.

So, not my son. Please...

Just understand how much pain and agony my son has been experiencing.

N-No. No.

If you lure Chairman Kim Gang Heon,

we'll ambush him on his way back.

No.

No.

What was he talking about?

Pardon?

Sang Hyeok raped Song Pan Ho's wife?

I didn't know about it, either.

Sang Hyeok has caused way too many problems.

Look into the details.

Yes, sir.

No. No.

Chairman!

Stay put.

You can't do it.

Just go back.

Don't lay a finger on him!

You might end up in danger, too.

I'll earn some time.

Right now!

Run away if you want to live.

Yes, I understand.

Let's go back.

Let's go back!

Hey, get back!

Shit, I said to get back!

- Stuffy, huh? - Huh?

No, I'm fine.

Go and get some fresh air in the garden in the front.

Hang in there until the trial ends.

Even if we win the trial,

will I be safe?

Will you also be...

safe, Detective?

Yes.

I'll defend you.

This country isn't that sloppy.

Grandmother...

Cheong Ha...

You're Lee Cheong Gang, right?

Who are you?

[Jeong Yi Hwa] I'm an assemblyman.

If they find out the witness stayed with the prosecutor and the detective in charge,

it will be disadvantageous for you during the trial. Did you know that?

The most important thing is that your father's not the hit-and-run culprit.

In that case, who could be the culprit?

Whose doing is it that your grandmother, sister,

and your father passed away?

Making your father steal that car and

junk the car without anyone knowing

was an order from Jo Mi Yeon of Boodu Gang.

And I asked her to do it.

Then, who exactly asked me for this favor?

This is Song Pan Ho.

Are you available for a phone call right now?

Let's meet briefly.

Who is it?

Song Pan Ho.

He's the judge in charge of Kim Sang Hyeok's trial right now.

Song Pan Ho, Prosecutor Kang So Yeong, and Detective Jang Chae Rim

are all in this together.

But can you trust them?

Stop lying to me.

Here.

What about now?

What are you doing?

Assemblyman.

What brings you here?

We're from the Internal Affairs.

We got a report.

Is the prosecutor on the case allowed to stay with a witness

who can influence the trial greatly?

Wouldn't it be possible to fabricate evidence?

It's a witness protection program.

We can't help it.

You should've reported it to your higher-ups first.

Because it's dangerous!

We're up against Woo One! Who can we trust?

Detective Jang...

is this true?

Is Judge Song Pan Ho...

on your side?

I will protect this child from now on.

He wishes to be with us.

Really?

Do you wish to stay with Detective Jang or Prosecutor Kang?

Or do you want to go with me?

I can give you what you want.

The thing that's more brutal than killing your father...

Let's catch the bastard who framed all of this on your father.

You and I will, that is.

Can you guarantee my safety?

That's not all.

Shouldn't you think about the rest of your life as well?

Detective Jang...

did you try to use me...

so you can get Chairman Kim Gang Heon?

Hold on.

This is nuts, seriously.

I was in the middle of work, so I only have about 10 minutes.

I'm getting pressured because of the trial.

You wouldn't know Woo One Group's power since you're in there.

If I sentence Kim Sang Hyeok guilty,

I don't know what will happen to me.

What do you need us to do?

I'll enter the Blue House as soon as the trial ends.

If that's not possible,

I can't give Kim Sang Hyeok a guilty verdict.

What we want is...

a judge who sets the standard for law and principles, never giving in to pressure.

And that firm standard will become the cornerstone that supports the world.

That's...

That's the same thing.

I'm saying I can protect the law and the principles

if you promise my entrance as soon as the trial ends.

There's another Chief of Political Affairs candidate.

We thought you were the best fit for the job.

But they sent me these pictures.

Taking pictures around Chairman Kim Gang Heon must've been difficult.

But they somehow managed to take pictures.

Anyhow, I understand what you mean, Judge Song.

I'll go and report to the VIP.

If he gives the word, I'll call you before the trial ends.

I didn't know you and Assemblyman Jeong

were connected like this, Chairman Kim.

I can grant you all your wishes until the day you die.

The hit-and-run culprit...

Is it really Judge Song Pan Ho?

If Judge Song Pan Ho is really the culprit,

can you make sure...

he's punished justly for his crime?

That was my job, to begin with.

Anything else you want?

No.

In fact, I'm not certain.

I just assumed that the man must be Kim Sang Hyeok.

- Why? - My grandmother and...

younger sister, Cheong Ha, died from a gas explosion.

Back then,

people said it was Woo One Group's doing.

I also thought so.

So, I thought that man must be Kim Sang Hyeok.

At the time, I wanted to kill everyone in Woo One Group.

By chance, do you have evidence the deaths of your grandmother

and sister were caused by Woo One Group?

That's what people were saying.

Of those people, did anyone say that to you a lot?

Yes.

Would that be Detective Jang Chae Rim?

Yes.

Is there anyone else?

Prosecutor Kang So Yeong.

Your Honor,

Before the trial began, Witness Lee Cheong Gang met Detective Jang Chae Rim

with the video footage he recorded.

He gave her the video and communicated with her for about a month.

Of course, while staying at a place she arranged for him.

And when the trial began and stood on the witness stand,

he stayed in Prosecutor Kang So Yeong's office.

Under the reason of witness protection, those two have been

gaslighting Witness Lee Cheong Gang

throughout their time together.

Those two have been madly engaged in catching Chairman Kim Gang Heon.

Two years ago, Detective Jang Chae Rim

tried and failed to arrest Kim Sang Hyeok, sitting in the defendant's seat.

And three years ago, Prosecutor Kang So Yeong

gave Chairman Kim Gang Heon a three-year sentence.

Although the reason eludes me, Your Honor,

this trial is being manipulated by a detective and prosecutor who abhor Woo One.

Your Honor!

This sacred court was being controlled by their personal greed.

That is all.

With that...

the court is adjourned.

The verdict hearing will take place in three days

on May 17th at 2 p.m.

Yes, Chairman.

The final hearing ended without a hitch.

Continue.

Yes.

Two years ago in 2022, your oldest son-

Kim Sang Hyeok forced drugs on Jo Eun Hye, who was already high...

Well, Jo Eun Hye was volunteering in a slum outside of Woowon City.

Sang Hyeok was accused of...

forcibly administering drugs to Jo Eun Hye.

And...

it seems he also sexually assaulted her.

At the time, the investigation was led by Detective Jang Chae Rim.

The investigation of the forced drug use was closed without pressing charges

and the sexual assault case was buried.

Why wasn't I informed about all this?

Yes, well, you were in prison at the time.

And this was only one of many small incidents.

After the investigation concluded, we sent him to America right away.

Ever since then, Jang Chae Rim has become very resentful

and she wouldn't listen to me.

She kept tracking Sang Hyeok, saying she'd catch him somehow.

She's been a thorn in my side.

She's so obsessively persistent.

I'll manage her so she doesn't become a nuisance to you.

We'll probably lose again.

Probably.

Is it utterly impossible to beat him?

Chairman Kim Gang Heon.

This was probably the best opportunity of our lifetime.

If we fail again this time,

it means he's an invincible being.

How can the world function like this?

No, it's probably because we're not skilled enough.

Don't blame the world like an idiot.

Judge Song...

How could Judge Song do that?

We can't end it here.

There's still more we can do.

I can't help it, even if I have to play dirty.

Call Jo Mi Yeon.

W-What's the matter?

Do you think you can hide it forever?

Judge Song, lies have many flaws.

In order to hide the flaws, you must tell another lie.

Then, you end up with more flaws.

Do you know what happens then?

You get caught in the end.

What could've ended with a slap on the wrist will turn into a death sentence.

- I-I don't know what you're saying- - Song Pan Ho!

If I find Jo Mi Yeon,

I'll kill you even without Chairman Kim's permission.

I'm letting you live only until the trial ends.

After that...

I'll bestow you with unimaginable pain.

I don't know, either.

I don't know what to do...

from here, either.

[Jang Chae Rim]

Detective Jang, what is it?

Are you free right now?

Isn't it too late?

You have to meet me tonight.

What is this regarding?

It's about Ho Yeong.

What about him?

I'll tell you in person.

If it's about Ho Yeong, I become impatient. Tell me now.

No, I can't tell you right now.

I'll text you a location. Meet me there within the hour.

It's not difficult or complicated.

It's simple.

I just need to save Ho Yeong.

What do you have to tell me?

Ho Yeong's accident...

wasn't by chance.

It was a crime he prepared for a long time.

As to his motive,

you and I can both guess why.

To avenge his mom.

He prepared for at least six months and committed the crime on the day he set.

No. There's no way.

I've obtained both witness and evidence.

He will be tried as a criminal, not as a car accident.

However,

I also want revenge.

Just like Ho Yeong.

If Kim Sang Hyeok receives the punishment he deserves for his crimes,

I'm willing to bury the truth I know.

If you give Kim Sang Hyeok a not-guilty verdict

when you're aware he's the culprit...

I'll have to let the world know the incident I tracked down.

- How dirty of you. - The dirtiest person...

is you, Judge Song.

- Must I give you an answer today? - Yes, you do.

After today,

I don't know what I might do.

Can you give me a cigarette?

[Park Chang Hyeok]

What is it?

Let me ask you for a difficult favor.

I'll be honest.

If Kim Sang Hyeok is ruled guilty,

Chairman Kim Gang Heon won't leave Ho Yeong and me unscathed.

I also must find a way to survive.

We'll protect you.

No. There's no one in this world who can protect us

from Chairman Kim Gang Heon.

Which leads to the question...

After the trial ends,

is there any way you can stow us away without anyone noticing?

Yes, I can help you do that.

After that accident,

everything fell apart.

It feels like the world is going insane.

A lot has happened.

I hope we never see each other after today.

Chairman.

How should I proceed?

You're home?

Was it intentional?

To avenge Mom?

Why can't you think about the people who remain alive?

Can't you see why I gave in to the trial?

It was for you, who's still alive.

I didn't care if I became a cowardly and shabby man who lost his beloved wife like that.

As long as you're safe,

I don't care if this entire world collapses.

That was the best I could do.

The best you could do?

You did that for yourself.

You forced me to live a life

that was worse than dying.

Ho Yeong...

Why...

Why do you think I killed Kim Sang Hyeon?

A life that's worse than dying.

I wanted to gift that kind of life to Chairman Kim Gang Heon.

But you're just trying to save me because that's what you're afraid of.

Do you wish for me

to leave you to die?

Yes.

No.

You must live.

I'll keep you alive, no matter what.

[Your Honor]

♫ At a familiar stop, you and I realized ♫

♫ We're not that naive ♫

♫ What is in your mind? ♫

♫ Come across the line our eyes, already decide ♫

You'll be found not guilty.

I'm going to find him guilty.

Moving the world means you know everything that's going on!

I'll get your revenge.

What's your son plotting this time and why?

That's the only way for survival.

You've got to be prudent.

What on earth must I do to end this?

I'll announce the verdict.