adaptations are nothing new when it comes to dramas - webtoons, novels and manhwa have been all current sources, and every year it seems a remake of a Japanese or Taiwanese drama to be. But American TV shows have been left out of this list, especially, at least until now
The Good Wife is the first direct Korean remake of an American show -. One that was very popular and, reportedly was the reason that TVN able queen of the canvas, Jeon Do-yeon, to convince them to return to drama country (although the strong record content they gave her probably not hurt either ). As a fan of the American version, I'm curious if this is a does justice to the hype - and my expectations
[ EPISODE 1 RECAP
man and women hold hands as they walk towards a series of doors that open a group to reveal by reporters, their cameras incessantly flashing images are captured and shouted to questions. At the press conference, LEE TAE JOON ( Yoo Ji-tae ) told unhurriedly reporters that while he was the chief prosecutor that he never abused his authority by taking bribes or sexual favors. The so-called scandal is only a personal failure, for which he apologized to his family, but there is nothing politically.
standing next to him, his wife KIM HYE-KYUNG ( Jeon Do-yeon ) begins dazedly for a piece of string can be reached at her husband jacket, but he grabs her hand as she go off stage. Once they are alone, she grabbed her hand from his to tell him never to bring back something
He promises he will not. - He needed only to show that they still have a good relationship. One of the other accuser appears, giving Tae-joon, a copy of the examination report and as Hye-Kyung observed him talking on the phone to one of his superiors, she remembers when three days, Tae-joon scandal erupted first.
She was at home, the happy housewife ready for her family always eating when a hectic Tae-joon called her to answer you do not, open the phone or the door for all the order. As the prosecution was a knock at her door, she explains a search warrant had, she turned on the television, the video of him with another woman to see in bed while the news on the corrupt prosecutor reported accepted sexual favors.
Tae-joon asks Hye-Kyung to give him a second chance. He may have made a mistake, but he is not a coward. He asks her to believe again in him. Hye-Kyung: "Why should I" She turns on her heel and walks away
Eight months later .. Hye-Kyung sits in an empty conference room. She keeps her watch looked as she fidgets nervously. Finally she asks the only other person she sees in the office when the staff meeting was canceled, but the other women tells her it is upwards. Frantically she gathers her things and rushes up the stairs to the main conference room.
The meeting is in full swing, and SEO JOONG-won ( Yoon Kye- end sang ) tells his staff at the M & J Law Firm, she landed a new customer and case, which requires their utmost devotion, so that if someone thinks that they leave or arrive early, then they do not belong to this company. This is the moment, Hye-Kyung arrives at the conference room, but reprimanding her, Joong-won opens the door for them and quietly told her to find a place.
Thereafter Hye-Kyung is apologetic to explain that she thought the meeting was on the ground floor. She is grateful, too, that her old friend was willing to lease it to be long, despite fifteen years without work. Joong-won is grateful, even though -. It's hard to find good lawyers in those days, and he greeted them with a friendly handshake to the right world back
When he goes through the maze of offices at M & J, he starts with the pro- explaining bono murder case, she has been assigned. Hye-Kyung phone rings only - it is the "Jaws" theme, a special ringtone for her mother-in-law. Hee!
They are further interrupted by the arrival of flamboyant DAVID LEE, their specialist lawyer for divorce. He proves his stuff from Hye-Kyung to wonder if they divorce her husband, plans to ask how much child support she could get out of Tae-joon and offer her a discount for his services, because it is now an employee.
When they watch him removed (the outfit is because he in a community theater production of Faust is) walking, Joong-won admits that he wishes he could David but the divorce lawyer brings the most money could fire for the company.
Just then, the other head of the firm (and Joong-won sister) SEO Myung-HEE ( Kim Seo-hyung ) gets down to Hye-Kyung, ask them to stop by so they can discuss the pro bono case. Joong-won gives her the tip to appear confident, knowing Myung-hee, the kind of appearance is to be assessed.
Myung-hee wasted no time Hye-Kyung tell that they hired to be too old to be a new lawyer, but she agreed only because Joong-won so much talked of her. Even so, Hye-Kyung has no professional experience had left after the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Hye-Kyung stated that they got married right after they completed their training and thought that they care a woman and mother, who should spend their time and energy.
Myung-hee ado tells her that she was against her Joong-won adjustment, but if Hye-Kyung, to be successful at M & J is, then it is harder than usual have someone work. Your age, lack of work experience, and her husband's scandal are all the hurdles they need to overcome.
But first the pro bono case and Myung-hee Slip fast it for her husband to kill their customers, who was arrested. Myung-hee tells Hye-Kyung to argue for manslaughter, say their clients for domestic violence in the defense acted. Despite the evidence against them stacked, says her customers she has not killed anyone, so it is to convince up to Hye-Kyung them to accept the manslaughter charge. Oh, and the process in just a few hours.
When Hye-Kyung leaves to find her office and study for court, Joong-won and Myung hee on the election of the new lawyers bicker. When he complains that it was her choice a simple property case and its dial, Hye-Kyung, a difficult murder case, she resists, saying that someone who is starting her career as must late only go through more difficulties. Or maybe Joong-won is just protective of his ex-girlfriend?
He insists that they were just friends at the training institution, and that Hye-Kyung was considered a genius at that time. Anyway, after six months they will have that to be worth keeping the two new lawyers decided permanently.
Hye-Kyung her office only does the company investigators KIM DAN ( Nana ) to wait for them to find. As Hye-Kyung imagines says Dan, that they have already taken to the prosecutor, where she used to work - until she was fired by Hye-Kyung husband. It could be an awkward moment, but Hye-Kyung wryly admits that she is not on the best terms with her husband, either.
Since the women go into the courthouse, Dan fills Hye-Kyung in the details of the case. Your customer claims she is innocent and that a thief attacked and killed her husband, but found her fingerprints on the murder weapon and she has a motive: her husband cheated. He was living at the time with his mistress, and then died the day after he and his wife fought.
Hye-Kyung hesitates briefly before entering the courtroom, feeling nervous as it was 15 years ago, since it is their training finished and went to the bar. Dan matter-of-factly noted that fifteen years ago, she was in elementary school. This is just the wake-up call Hye-Kyung needs and they shall confidently the courtroom.
The prosecutor is the same one that met with Tae-joon after the press conference. PARK DO SUP ( Jun Seok-ho ) is amused to discover the defender, Tae-joon woman, and seems to believe that this case will be a shoo-in for him. It definitely helps not that the judge is the same one that sentenced Tae-joon to prison.
When Hye-Kyung of customers, Kim In-young, is brought in, Hye-Kyung quickly explained that Myung-hee will not be there and it is about the case to take. She is asking for an extension, so that they may have caught the time on the details of the case to get, but the judge complained only that it is waste time unnecessarily - what's this, her first day in court
lawyer Park jumps up, excited to show the judge that, yes, it is her first day, name-dropping Tae-joon. Hye-Kyung petitions the court for bail, because there is no one to care is available In-young daughter. When he asks the two lawyers to intensify the Bank, Hye-Kyung it comes to their case does, but the judge points out that, while it is true he has a grudge against Tae-joon, he also found Tae joon guilty by the letter of the law
he informed lawyer Park that Tae-joon name only a rise from him while he is working to get the education -. he to judge this case by the evidence goes, and added that Hye-Kyung is not again to change In-young lawyer. He finally rules in court for In-Young-deposit, much as you and Hye-Kyung relief.
When Hye-Kyung home to her arrival recently retracted in apartment late at night, she finds her teenage son watching the news, all over his father scandal. Your daughter asks sad when they can transfer schools again because all their peers are not talking about the scandal to stop. Hye-Kyung says that Tae-joon is the one who should be embarrassed about what happened, not to them. Easier said than done.
Hye-Kyung Tae-joon visited in prison. He jokes that if she told him, waited a lawyer for him, he thought it was his lawyer, not his wife. She's not there for a pleasant chat, however, and gives him the papers he needs to sign, to sell their house. As it rotates through it, he sees the divorce papers she snatches back.
He takes her hands to ask them of any decisions off hold, promising that they then things on the complaint around. Annoyed, she tells him she does not care if the scandal was made or not - it is still a pig in the eyes of
When she starts to leave, he congratulated them on their first case .. He still has friends on the outside, the him. up to date Hye-Kyung: "Have sexual favors also perform for you"
Instead barb respond to her, he tells her that he has heard the case, she is working on is a bit odd, and the rumor has it that the police removed some of the original evidence. Hye-Kyung does not want his help, however, and tells him, frustrated that she came to see him alone, because everything is in his name have. He promises, still, it was there before going back on the road, but she tells him tired, which will never happen.
She meets with In-young, who insists that she did not kill her husband. She met with him, and he asked for forgiveness and wanted to go back to the way the things were. That was when the thief suddenly attacked with a knife out of hiding and her husband. The CCTV does not show footage of a thief runs the direction that she says he did, but.
Hye-Kyung, the evidence of hours studied, frustrated that they find no evidence that In-young is telling the truth. But when she her husband reminds statement that police erased evidence, it goes through all the copies until it comes to the police report, which is a side - except that the photocopy has the image of a staple in the corner, which means it a second was page.
Hye-Kyung and Dan go to the scene of the crime, where they track down the owner of the CCTV. While Dan is working on the security guard, win him over with her best aegyo, Hye-Kyung finds an elderly cleaning woman who is constantly insulted by the security guard. She complains that he is lazy and usually sleeps or watches porn when he's supposed to be out patrols.
Hye-Kyung is late, the study of new and boring shooting until they finally reached its limit. late to collect work, to the box of evidence, it passes only from the other new hire, LEE Joon-HO ( Lee Won-Geun ) to find. He accompanies her to the elevator, to introduce pleasant and then a sigh that he is jealous of her pro bono case. But they have the cases assigned to take them, and really all that matters is who wins in the end.
you do not know what he is talking about and Joon-ho has not enlighten, when he wants a good night. When they reached the car park, it runs returns to the office in Joong-won. He tells her to follow Myung-hee original plan for the event, revealed that she and Joon-ho currently competing to see who can stay in six months at the company. If they want to win, they need to keep schedule with Myung-hee.
But Hye-Kyung has certainly played it all their lives. You do not want to like everyone to live.
you visited In-young at home amused that she embarrassed to be caught reading Tae-joon scandal. In-young is worried about what will happen her daughter when she goes to jail, but Hye-Kyung advises only think what will happen to her. They told her to wear their best clothes and make-up - to do what it needs to look and feel more confident to make.
She speaks from experience when she worries In-Young says that you get used to wear only a metaphorical mask in public, do not worry about what someone else thinks ,
This moment of woman-to-woman realism is enough for In-young Hye-Kyung trust to handle the case but she thinks best. At the next court date, in astonishment Hye-Kyung everyone by declaring that they do not accept the guilty charges, and further points out that it lacks evidence.
lawyer park seems a little off guard by Hye-Kyung is confident attack and he gives her man as the one who would hide evidence. But the judge rules in Hye-Kyung favor, giving him 48 hours to get the missing page.
Thereafter lawyer park her that this "newbie warns" do not know who she is in disarray, but she tells him that they will win - her client is the only person that matters. With a little teasing about his late from Training Institute graduation she goes safely away.
Myung-hee is not too pleased that Hye-Kyung blatantly ignored their orders, but Hye-Kyung explains quietly that it changed its assessment per the case, the strategy. Yes, but you should at least have at Myung-hee these changes notified.
Joong-won defends Hye-Kyung, pointing out that they are missing working hard to find evidence, but Myung-hee snarks that she wonders who told about the evidence primarily Hye-Kyung. She knows that it is only the prosecutors to do their sworn enemies, and it will only be easier, Hye-Kyung to replace with an attorney who follow their orders, also known as Joon-ho.
Hye-Kyung studies evaluating the evidence until late at night, when Dan calls them with the evidence of what on the second page -. It was dog hair It seems they called in a favor to get this information, though, as she slips out of a bedroom where another woman is sleeping.
belongs In Hye-Kyung apartment, Dan shows that the dog hair is not the same type of dog, the victims that, and the coat contained a medical lotion for common problems , The omniscient Dan also tells Hye-Kyung, that it no longer replaces the attorney on the case and have only one day in court before Joon-ho.
In preparation for trial tomorrow, Hye- Kyung the CCTV footage studied over and over, and then suddenly realizes got to prove it is she needs.
lawyer Park shows the CCTV recordings revealed in court that the fact that someone else was not there at the time. But then Hye-Kyung has brought three monitors in, and as it represents the security guard in question, he confirmed that he is doing the same walk through every night. She joins the CCTV recordings at night of the crime at a time when a plastic bag flying over the video.
She plays then exactly the same time frame on the CCTV footage of the nights before and after the crime, a plastic bag flying exactly the same time, in exactly the same pattern revealed. The guard admits that he copied CCTV him on his rounds shows when he actually never left his chair. Lawyer Park looks mighty worried, but Hye-yung smiling proudly on Joong-won.
Later that night, he tells her that, for better or worse, it is the attorney assigned to this case. But she still has to refute the fact that In-young fingerprints are on the murder weapon. He has faith in them, though they spend in the training center of all was together late into the night reminded to work on mock trials. Hye-Kyung wonders how the lover of the victim In-young responded the man would decide he wanted to reconcile, and Joong-won, it proposes to the witness list.
Before the trial, told prosecutor Park Hye-young, the chief prosecutor CHOI Sang-IL ( Kim Tae-woo ) wishes them see. He is the one who took Tae-joon position, and it is the first time since the meeting Tae-joon scandal. He offers her a criminal. - In-young two years only in prison when she accepted the charge of manslaughter
Hye-Kyung is surprised by this sudden offer, but chief prosecutor Choi tells her that everyone knows they got the information from Tae -joon. He warns them that there are people to watch them closely to find out where their loyalties lie. Finally, it can not simply provides for their children and worrying about their future. Sounds like a threat.
She tells him that she was the most difficult day when their children he saw licked by her husband the video. He is not the one they should however curse - they Tae-joon to curse. Oh, but she does - she is the one through divorce. In addition, his tactics to Tae-joon to break from education out her it makes, that he knows nothing about women.
chief prosecutor Choi attack seems definitely certainly have backfired, as Hye-Kyung interrogates the beloved of the victim. Prosecutor Park no longer sit back and keeps popping up to contradict every few seconds, but the judge allowed Hye-Kyung their line of questioning about the dog to follow.
makes it clear that the greyhound was a necessary medical lotion the dog lover's brother, and that the victim had given a hefty life insurance in their name. The lady might have had an alibi for the night, but her brother did not. Prosecutor Park looks defeated.
As they wait for the judge to consult and explain its verdict, Hye-Kyung depths of the traditional shot of alcohol, the Dan says she's good to give, Fortunately in the ruling - and then she laughs at Hye-Kyung credulity. Dan does not understand why Hye-Kyung has not Tae-joon yet divorced and made him for all he has, but she says that her husband has not much.
Hye-Kyung admits that she thinks about every day if they just cut and run, should start a new life. You know, at least, that she wants to start her life as a lawyer. But first they will be cautious as they decide whether her husband is worth to forgive or not, and then go from there.
The judge has made a decision, and based on Prosektor Park spectacle as the worst headache ever, it seems like the judge in Hye-Kyung favor Has decided. Or rather was due to a study that the brother of the mistress can be observed at the place of the crime, the prosecutor has decided to drop the case - Il-jung is free
Once Hye-Kyung is outside! She has a nice little victory dance. When she Il-young to tell the good news, they also attract angry watches chief prosecutor Choi mistress from the court.
Tae-joon lawyer visited him in prison, filling him in on Hye-Kyung victory and that chief prosecutor Choi is determined to find out who primarily Tae-joon on lack of evidence tells. Tae-joon ask to keep him on Joong-won in the eye -. After all, he should know who his wife works for
Joong-won finds Hye-Kyung working late, the event wrapping and sets a bottle of champagne as a way to congratulate them on their first victory. They are ready to break it then right, but her phone rings - it presumes, it is their children calls, they will ask for a rain check. As he leaves, he tells her that she did really great
Except for the call is not from their children -. It's Tae-joon, who informed that the court date was set for his appeal, and he is so hard to fight, as he can. The only person he needs to apologize it, and by the way, is congratulations on their victory in court. After she hangs up, she pulls the divorce paperwork and then stuffed in a drawer as she stares pictures of their children back if they were one big family happy.
COMMENTS
Ahhhhh, I love it! It is very similar to the original (much to my satisfaction), but it has its own flavor, it also seems to be fresh. This is mainly due to Jeon Do-yeon, I believe, has to compare her to July Marguiles and her portrayal of Alicia Florrick not made me want to - although now that I think about it, there is both something at once softer and harder about Hye-Kyung, as it was Alicia. Hye-Kyung seems genuinely gentle and compassionate as "St. Alicia" has ever done, and yet I loved how fiery and stubborn she was with her husband.
How wonderful it is Jeon Do-yeon and Yoo Ji-tae be seen together, though. You would think that their scenes would be more static, since they take place only in prison table, but it is an incredible chemistry between them crackles. There is something about a filled with drama actors be said that usually work in film. Or, uh, almost filled. While Nana is to do better than I thought she would, it is quite clear that it is a newcomer, and I'm not sure if my inability to find out where she is with her character a conscious choice (is there this character is to be mysterious, anyway) or if it is because of their skill spectacle. I think they'll grow on me - I could only stubbornly cling to, how much I love the American counterpart, Kalinda
That said, I'm still. treat the show as I have ever observed for the first time. Or at least I'll try to! It helps that there is some time since I first watched the American version, so I was just recalling details hardly before in an uncovered "yes Oh, now I remember, in this case!" Way, but I have definitely a kick to see them bring all the little moments that I. Of the original loved (as the ringtone for her mother-in-law)
But it is a relief to know that the show close to the source material adheres, at least so far. Having said that, while it can be fun to speculate, please, please, please hold no comments about the show spoiler-free! Respect those who watch are for the first time and have no basis of comparison. The discussion about the similarities and differences in each specific sequence is fine, but refrain, possibly to destroy someone on the general act or characters. I'll do my best to do the same (although I know how tempting it will be!).
All in all, it is a very satisfying start, and should both new audiences and fans of the original happy. Now it's just a matter of seeing how it maintains itself for the rest of the drama.
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