Plot Analysis Summary
The single-season narrative follows a returning lawyer and a suspended attorney as they investigate an old mayoral murder, confront entrenched power, and pursue justice through increasingly dangerous courtroom battles.
Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
Season 1: Homecoming
The central lawyer returns to Kiseong after eighteen years because of a mayoral murder retrial. A suspended attorney also returns home, creating the foundation for an unexpected legal partnership.
Key Events
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Return to Kiseong — A gangster lawyer returns to his hometown after eighteen years when a retrial involving a murdered mayor is announced.
Location: Kiseong
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Suspended Attorney Returns — A lawyer is suspended after punching a judge over a wrongful verdict and returns home after losing her position at a law firm.
Location: Kiseong
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The Law Office Reopens — The returning lawyer takes over the office once used by his civil-rights-lawyer mother and seeks the chance to defend the accused mayor-murder suspect.
Location: Kiseong
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Danger Before the Hearing — The suspended attorney investigates the lawyer's unusual determination while facing danger on the way to the courthouse.
Location: Road to the courthouse
Season 1: Broken Trial
A hearing is disrupted by a shocking revelation, leading to imprisonment. The second attorney begins investigating the murder and discovers that the case is connected to a much older tragedy.
Key Events
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Danger Before the Hearing — The suspended attorney investigates the lawyer's unusual determination while facing danger on the way to the courthouse.
Location: Road to the courthouse
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Truth Disrupts Trial — A shocking truth changes the conditions of the hearing, and the returning lawyer is arrested for disrupting the trial.
Location: Courthouse
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Independent Investigation — While the lawyer is imprisoned, the other attorney investigates the mayor's murder and begins to reassess her colleague.
Location: Kiseong
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Hidden Motive Revealed — A prison visit reveals a shocking truth, while the returning lawyer struggles with how to disclose the truth about the attorney's mother.
Location: Prison
Season 1: Buried History
The legal partners uncover hidden motives surrounding the powerful figures in Kiseong. Their effort to clear the accused person deepens the conflict with political and judicial authority.
Key Events
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Hidden Motive Revealed — A prison visit reveals a shocking truth, while the returning lawyer struggles with how to disclose the truth about the attorney's mother.
Location: Prison
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The Old Conspiracy Emerges — The lawyer targets a powerful mayoral candidate, and the attorney discovers information connecting the case to events from eighteen years earlier.
Location: Kiseong District Court
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Defense Partnership Forms — The two attorneys work together to prove that the accused person did not murder the mayor.
Location: Law office
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Redevelopment Power Grab — A powerful political figure begins a redevelopment project and seeks revenge against a prisoner who has caused trouble.
Location: Kiseong
Season 1: Framed and Hunted
A redevelopment power struggle intensifies, and the returning lawyer is framed for murder. Injuries, courtroom pressure, and threats against witnesses push the alliance toward collapse and renewal.
Key Events
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Redevelopment Power Grab — A powerful political figure begins a redevelopment project and seeks revenge against a prisoner who has caused trouble.
Location: Kiseong
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Mother Returns Unrecognized — The attorney encounters her mother after eighteen years without recognizing her, while political and financial interests converge in Kiseong.
Location: Kiseong
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Murder Charge Escalates — The returning lawyer is framed for the death of a political figure and must fight for his innocence under unexpected courtroom circumstances.
Location: Courtroom
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Hospital and Courtroom War — After sustaining serious injuries, the lawyer is visited by his partner while the murder trial continues and new alliances begin to form.
Location: Hospital and courtroom
Season 1: Final Reckoning
An acquittal gives the legal team a chance to regroup and pursue decisive evidence. The final trial brings new witnesses, exposed connections, and a direct challenge to judicial power.
Key Events
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Hospital and Courtroom War — After sustaining serious injuries, the lawyer is visited by his partner while the murder trial continues and new alliances begin to form.
Location: Hospital and courtroom
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Acquittal and Regrouping — A shocking testimony leads to an acquittal and the dismissal of all charges, allowing the legal team to regroup and continue its revenge plan.
Location: Courtroom
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Evidence Against the Mayor — The lawyer identifies the source of a notebook and obtains crucial evidence linking the mayor to a murder case.
Location: Kiseong
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Final Courtroom Testimony — The two attorneys finalize their revenge in a trial involving new witnesses and evidence, while the presiding judge attempts to silence those who can testify against her.
Location: Courtroom
Driven by the desire to avenge his mother, a former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to fight against those with absolute power.
