premiered two episodes on June 29, with an opening score of 9.0. After four episodes, the story gradually reached its climax, and each character's image became fuller: won the first place in the ratings, and won the first place, breaking the record and becoming the hero of the launch of South Korea's ENA TV station. The reputation also soared, rising from 9.0 to 9.3 points.
's story of healing and the coexistence of comedy and warmth make it difficult for the audience to believe that this is a "lawyer-themed" drama. But it is precisely because of the writer and director's unique presentation method of "depicting a cruel lawyer subject with humanistic care and fireworks" that the series scored such a high score.
The title of the drama is "The Extraordinary Lawyer Woo Young-yu", directed by Yoo In-sik and starring Park Eun-bin. You may not be familiar with their names, but you must have seen their works. The former directed " Romantic Doctor Master Kim " and " Vagabond " to great reputations and was a hit when it was broadcast; the latter starred in " Major League Baseball ", which was an annual drama with a score of 9.3 points Won many awards. What sparks will come out of this collaboration between the two? Let’s see together.
1, human relations and legal principles
The story begins with Yu Yingyu, a girl who has suffered from autism since she was a child. This symptom makes her refuse to communicate with other people, but luckily Yu Yingyu suffers from autism. Asperger syndrome ", that is, autistic people without intellectual disability, and often have amazing talents in a certain field. This allowed Yu Yingyu, who had been reading "Civil Law" under the influence of his father since childhood, to overcome many obstacles and graduate from Seoul National University with the first place in the school and become a lawyer.
Today is Yu Yingyu’s first day at work. Because he has autism, he has difficulty moving, always stutters when speaking, or repeats other people’s words, his boss has a negative opinion of Yu Yingyu. But soon, Yu Yingyu impressed his superiors with his amazing ability and his spirit of putting himself in the defender's shoes -
In the first case, the old woman was charged with intentional homicide of deliberately smashing the old man to death with an iron, but Yu Yingyu It was discovered that all the property in the family was in the name of the grandfather, and the grandmother had no financial income. Moreover, the grandmother acted very gently when taking care of the grandfather in the hospital, so it is concluded that the grandmother could not have deliberately killed the grandfather. Therefore, from the perspective of "if you intentionally kill your partner, you have no right to inherit property", the crime of intentional homicide was successfully converted into the crime of "intentional injury", saving the old woman from jail.
In the second case, everyone met the client, who was claiming a full 1 billion won (approximately RMB 5.2 million) because the hotel messed up his daughter's wedding. On the one hand, Yu Yingyu successfully raised the claim amount to 3.3 billion won on the premise that the man promised to give the woman a huge amount of land after they got married; on the other hand, Yu Yingyu understood that the woman did not want her wedding to turn into a property transaction. Next, tell the woman that "everything can end as long as she withdraws the lawsuit in court", allowing the woman to win the opportunity to "determine her own life."
The series maintains the rhythm of one case per episode, and the narrative is crisp and clear without any wasted scenes. Moreover, each case is very representative and the entry point is extremely bold. For example, in the second case, the woman was unwilling to get married because she had a homosexual partner. When facing the case, Yu Yingyu adheres to the choice that "lawyers must be responsible for the client". At the same time, he also puts himself in the client's shoes and respects their opinions to make the most appropriate decision. Human feelings and legal principles coexist, which is very touching to watch.
2, warmth and healing
The heroine Yu Yingyu in the play is autistic, which has caused her to suffer "strange looks" from others since she was a child. When he was a student, he was bullied by his classmates, and he could only find some peace by hiding in the teacher's office. He was admitted to the bar due to his merit and was questioned by other lawyers, who believed that Yu Yingyu was "a lawyer different from us."
Faced with the strange eyes of the public, Yu Yingyu's choice was to accept it calmly, tell the other party about his condition frankly, and then win the respect of others with his warm personality and strong strength.
- In the first case, the boss did not think of the key point that "if you intentionally kill your partner, you have no right to inherit the property", so he looked at Yu Yingyu with admiration and officially accepted Yu Yingyu.
- In the third case that was just broadcast, Yu Yingyu used a unique communication method to communicate with his client, who is also an autistic patient, and successfully obtained key information in the case to support his defense.
Yu Yingyu used her own gentleness in exchange for equal treatment and tenderness from others: In the court, Yu Yingyu did not understand "the procedure for the judge to answer when reading the name", so the cold boss pinched his neck and pretended to be Yu Yingyu's voice when answering. , funny and doting; because he is afraid of the revolving door at the company door, Yu Yingyu always takes a long time to leave the company when he gets off work. While his colleagues are worried that Yu Yingyu competes with him for a regular position, they help Yu Yingyu get out of the door because Yu Yingyu is really a very cute girl who is also very responsible for the case and the client.
For such a special character, actor Park Eun-bin made a lot of designs for the character. For example, the way her eyes wander when talking to people, the way she has to count down 4 times with her fingers every time she enters a strange place before entering, and the cuteness of her jumping and walking, make the audience fall in love with this quirky girl. Including the plot in the play where the boss politely said to Yu Yingyu, "I didn't think carefully enough," and then Yu Yingyu seriously replied, "It's okay to know now," it was also healing and cute. Yu Yingyu treats the world with a kind attitude, so he gets the respect and protection he deserves.
3, Equal Love
In the end, what the audience is most looking forward to is the love between Yu Yingyu and lawyer Li Junhao! From the first meeting, Li Junhao faced Yu Yingyu with an "equal" attitude and told Yu Yingyu to find a rhythm to walk out of the company's revolving building. No one around him was willing to listen to Yu Yingyu's story. Listening tenderly during "The Story of the Whale", and even agreed with Yu Yingyu to have exclusive whale time, and the two of them discussed it together.
When the two went together to look for clues about the case, Li Junhao respected Yu Yingyu very much. Even if Yu Yingyu said something that did not fit the scene, it was still heart-warming to smooth things over, making the audience exclaim that they are gentle and handsome.
After Yu Yingyu resigned because he "blamed his identity as an autistic person for causing trouble to his client," Li Junhao even prepared gifts for Yu Yingyu and "deliberately seduced Yu Yingyu into being a client" together with other colleagues. "Friend Stands on the Law" hopes and encourages Yu Yingyu to overcome his inner fear and become a brave lawyer.
Different from other lawyer dramas, "Extraordinary Lawyer Yu Yingyu" chooses a warm and healing approach, with a character setting of Asperger's syndrome and autism, and a variety of cases where human feelings and legal principles coexist, bringing the audience to Learn more about this industry. Such masterpieces deserve to be seen by everyone.
