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[jipuragi]

Ep 12, Yangtze River Dolphin

I want to talk about episode 12, because we see Attorney Woo get introduced to another type of lawyer/law firm with Attorney Ryu. 

Before we met attorney Ryu, we were told that she was ‘loud’ and the first scene with her, she was literally shouting at her protest. 

Despite being brazen, Attorney Ryu wasn’t antagonistic towards our Youngwoo. She covered for Youngwoo when the legal documents got mailed with Youngwoo’s business card, gave her advice of being a good lawyer, and warned her watch her back at Hanbada. 

I don’t ever watch k-dramas for the ships but for the family bonds and intergenerational relationships and I think this could be a great one for Woo Young Woo.

I loved what Attorney Ryu told Youngwoo when they spoke. She said (I’m paraphrasing):

Attorneys are human, different from judges and prosecutors

Attorneys work to protect the people whereas the latter protect the law

Attorneys have to judge for themselves what is right in terms of who they defend

Don’t lie to yourself

Towards the end of the episode, Attorney Woo says:

Attorney Ryu is like the Yangtze River dolphin...Attorney Ryu is the type of attorney you can’t find at Hanbada. I just hope that she doesn’t go extinct.

I am very interested how this applies in the last few episodes (if it applies at all!)

[jipuragi]

yall that scene where youngwoo is cross examining the witness about her fertility treatment and needing time off work etc etc which leads the witness to say in front of the judge, the courtroom, and god that the treatments didn’t work because she didn’t get pregnant ...that is H O R R I D ....

I’m not sure what direction the show is gonna go, however working for a large law firm in late stage capitalism means you’re gonna have to defend the capitalists and this is what happens

Idk what the answer is however I like what Attorney Ryu said:  “we have to judge for ourselves what is right in terms of who we defend”