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  • Suits: Episode 6 (Recaps) 

 

As Kang-seok and Yeon-woo prepare to face down their toughest foes to date, they’re going to have to be flexible and see the situation from all angles. It’s not enough to win at all costs, because that attitude can lead to a lot of damage. Failure is often the best teacher, and both Kang-seok and Yeon-woo are about to learn that sometimes, in order to win, first you have to lose.

 

 

EPISODE 6: “They drink the same water, but cows make milk, whereas snakes make poison.â€

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Kang-seok takes David Kim, the opposing lawyer in the Noxi Chemicals case, to a baseball diamond. He makes David an offer: agree to repair the sewage disposal system at the factory, establish a foundation for the community, and pay each claimant one billion won (about a million USD).

Smirking, David asks what Kang-seok would choose as he picks up the bat. Kang-seok says he would have taken the offer and left, and he asks if their positions were reversed, what kind of ball David would pitch. David just says he’d throw the best ball he’s ever thrown. Kang-seok winds up for the pitch…

 

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Having been tricked by Lawyer Seo, Yeon-woo listens as he outlines the case — his client had some drinks with friends, where they joked as friends will do. A video of her went viral without her consent, which makes her a victim, but instead she lost her job. Yeon-woo is dazed when Ha-yeon, playing judge, calls on him to make his statement. He scans his brilliant memory for ideas, and he finds a case in which an agreed-upon settlement was rejected so the lawyers were given more time to prepare for trial. Ha-yeon grants the extra time — ten minutes.

 

 

Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/05/suits-episode-6/

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

After this week, I don’t like Ji-na as a person as much as I did before. She jumps to a lot of wrong conclusions, particularly in regards to Yeon-woo, then lashes out without even bothering to find out the truth. It would have been obvious to anyone that he didn’t splash mud on her that first day on purpose, yet she held that against him pretty strongly until he told her the truth. Then she started acting cranky when she decided he’s dating Se-hee with no evidence other than seeing him and Se-hee being friendly together, and joins his opposition just to stick it to him rather than just ask if he’s dating someone.

Then she hears Se-hee repeat her “rabbit in the moon†analogy and jumps to the conclusion that Yeon-woo also told Se-hee her deepest fear, and instead of waiting and, you know, asking, she calls him out right in the middle of the mock trial. Granted, Yeon-woo was pretty awful when he used her weakness against her, but to be fair, Ji-na’s the one who made it personal. I’d like to alter what I said in the last recap — Ji-na is much too volatile and negative, and she doesn’t deserve Yeon-woo’s friendship (much less anything more) until she figures out how to talk to people instead of assuming the worst about them.

 

To be honest, a lot of the legal happenings that go on in this show confuse me. For example, I have no clue why Ha-yeon and Kang-seok felt it necessary to pay a settlement to their own clients in the Noxi Chemicals case (unless it was to make them refuse David’s offer, which feels unethical). It seems to defeat the purpose of even having a lawsuit if the other side gets off scott-free and your own lawyers give you the settlement money. But I do find the cases that Kang-seok and Yeon-woo work on interesting and engaging because they usually involve human rights, and I particularly loved the creative resolution to the Yumi Pharmaceuticals case. I do wish that David’s vague mentions of a chicken company lawsuit and Kang-seok not knowing what his case was really about had been explained, though — I was expecting something really twisty and surprising, but it just fizzled out.

 

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Seeing the way that Kang-seok and Yeon-woo approach the cases from such different angles is fascinating. Kang-seok is all about the win no matter what, which is his job, but he also seems to have convinced himself that kindness and compassion are never necessary. While Yeon-woo still wants things to be fair and for the “good guys†to win, which is wonderfully idealistic but not very helpful in a courtroom. I’m enjoying the fact that in Kang-seok’s real-life cases and Yeon-woo’s mock trial, they both butted heads with a rival who was willing to fight dirty just to win. They were forced out of their comfort zones, and seeing them squirm was entertaining, even as we know they’re learning some valuable lessons.

Kang-seok always assumes that he’s unique and that nobody is capable of figuring him out, so he can use the same tactics on everyone and still be triumphant. But despite his confidence that he’s the only one of his kind, David Kim kept anticipating his moves because Yeon-woo is correct — he was thinking just like Kang-seok. So Kang-seok was forced to do the opposite of what he’d normally do in order to defeat David, including letting his emotions get involved and admitting defeat. He needed to learn that you can’t just treat every case the same way, but I’m worried that we haven’t seen the last of David. He’s much too devious and invested in winning to stay away for long.

Meanwhile, Yeon-woo believes that everyone is interested in fairness and justice like he is, so he was blindsided when Lawyer Seo didn’t hold his same values and used that fact to gain the upper hand. But Yeon-woo tried to play by Kang-seok’s rules and win no matter what, only for it to backfire on him when he accidentally got carried away and hurt Ji-na. I’m proud of him for not getting caught up in the game and realizing that winning isn’t worth hurting people, but I do hope that this doesn’t backfire again and get him in deep water with Kang-seok.

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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching???

 

 

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So, what are we all watching this week?

What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote through the screen? Time to weigh in…

 

 

Suits: All I want is for puppy Park Hyung-shik to get his fist-bump from his boss. Do you suppose it’ll take sixteen episodes to get it?

 

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  • Suits: Episode 7 (recaps)

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Cases are beginning to hit close to home, and it looks like Yeon-woo may not be the only one with a past he’s trying to hide. Both he and Kang-seok run across clients that remind them of where they’ve come from, and why they’re trying too hard to forget. It won’t be easy to hide their secrets much longer, at least not from each other.

 

 

EPISODE 7: “Is a sheath truly unnecessary for a knife called justice?â€

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In a courtroom, Kang-seok struggles to make a television work, with no luck. Eventually a judge asks if he plans to proceed, and he stares, unsure what to do next. At the mock trial, Yeon-woo backs down and takes the loss rather than continue to embarrass Ji-na. Ha-yeon tells Yeon-woo that he’s naive and weak, and if that’s not bad enough, Yeon-woo spots Kang-seok in the doorway, staring down at him with a look of utter disappointment.

Yeon-woo defends his decision to Kang-seok, saying that it was only a mock trial, and nothing is proven by hurting someone in a fake trial. Kang-seok informs him that he proved to all the partners that he’s not competent or qualified to be part of Kang & Ham.

 

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Yeon-woo asks angrily if those qualifications are that they’ll take any case and win no matter who the client is or what they did, if they just pay enough. Kang-seok says that Yeon-woo couldn’t be like him even if he wanted to, but Yeon-woo barks that he’d rather be a lawyer who can protect someone than a competent lawyer willing to sacrifice anyone to win. Kang-seok drawls that he doesn’t buy Yeon-woo’s talk about protecting people, because he can’t protect anyone by letting his emotions get the best of him. He tells Yeon-woo not to draw his sword if he’s not confident, but if he does draw his sword, to cut his enemies down at once. He says that Yeon-woo still doesn’t know the difference between a good decision and the right choice.

Yeon-woo senses that he’s been dismissed, and he slumps back to his desk. He finds a note with a cartoon rabbit stuck between his books, and he runs to find Ji-na on a walkway overlooking the city. He apologizes for being too focused on winning, but she takes the blame for being embarrassed and too concerned with what people would say.

 

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She continues that she thought maybe Yeon-woo was right that she has a lot of anger bottled up inside, but then she decided that the truth is that she’s bothered by him. She says that she’s not sure why, but that it’s why she’s always so angry. She reminds him that her rabbit story was supposed to be their secret, and she asks if he told it to Se-hee. Yeon-woo admits that he did, but it was just a coincidence. She says wryly that he really is a genius, and he says that he’s not sure why he’s always annoying her.

Ji-na tells him that if the story really did come out by coincidence, then he should have fought until the bitter end, but she recognizes that they both ruined the trial by letting their emotions get out of control. Yeon-woo starts to say that’s not right, but Ji-na excuses herself to take a call from her mother.

 

Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/05/suits-episode-7/

 

 

COMMENTS

Ji-na won a bit of my good will back when she admitted that she doesn’t understand why Yeon-woo makes her angry, because I was starting to think that she was just a miserable person. But at least if she’s aware of it, then she can work on figuring out why (though, I mean, look at him, it should be obvious why!) and do something about it. It’s refreshing to see a character in a drama admit that their bad attitude is because the other person provokes some sort of emotion in them, so even if she’s not sure why, I give Ji-na credit for at least recognizing her behavior in response to Yeon-woo and not blaming it all on him.

 

I figured that Yeon-woo would run across a case similar to his situation eventually, but I wasn’t expecting it this soon. Director Bang is very similar to Yeon-woo in that he has a genius ability that makes him very good at his job, but he doesn’t have the education to back it up, so he lied. I’m very curious about what it meant when he said that he couldn’t find anything under Yeon-woo’s name at all, and why Yeon-woo looks so nervous. Surely it ties back to Yeon-woo’s vow to right a mistake he made, and possibly even his parents’ deaths. I think that we know very little about Yeon-woo, so anything is possible.

Unfortunately, Director Bang didn’t have what Yeon-woo has — a supporter high up in the company that’s willing to help keep his secret and get the education he needs, even if it’s after the fact. It’s smart of Kang-seok not to pay Yeon-woo for the work he’s doing, since if they’re found out, they can always say that Yeon-woo isn’t technically an employee. And I’ve noticed that Yeon-woo never actually makes legal decisions, he just review cases and helps Kang-seok come to conclusions. But I don’t think that will help either of them if (or when) their little deception is discovered. At best they’ll be ostracized in the legal world, and nobody will ever trust them. Yeon-woo will probably be forbidden to take the bar exam, and Kang-seok may never get another case again. It could still ruin their professional lives, something neither of them can afford.

But despite my worry, I’m still loving the dynamic that’s developing between them. No matter how angry Kang-seok gets with Yeon-woo, he always listens to Yeon-woo’s side of things and often gives in to his wishes regarding how to deal with a case. He still tries to be in control, but he seems to be affording Yeon-woo a grudging respect, and not just because he helps solve cases. And Yeon-woo manages to stand up for himself while remaining respectful and always being willing to learn (I particularly love that when he’s wrong, he freely admits that he’s wrong). I like the professional friendship that’s growing between them, though you can feel Kang-seok fighting against developing any genuine feelings, and after whatever went on between him and Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh, I don’t blame him. I just hope he eventually learns that it’s okay to care, and gives Yeon-woo that fist-bump someday.

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  • Suits: Episode 8 (recaps)Suits08-00341.jpg

 

Yeon-woo’s unique talent is beginning to come in handy in a big way, both for himself and for the firm. It’s a good thing, because his fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants technique isn’t winning him any favors, and he’s getting perilously close to having his secret discovered.

 

 

EPISODE 8: “Justice is giving back everyone what they rightfully deserve.â€

Kang-seok and Yeon-woo play a game of one-on-one basketball. Kang-seok sinks basket after basket, until finally Yeon-woo takes a huge leap and knocks his shot out of the air. Afterward, Kang-seok asks Yeon-woo what he thinks justice is. Yeon-woo quotes Greek philosopher Simonides: “Justice is giving back everyone what they rightfully deserve.†Kang-seok asks if he wants to find out what CEO Shim did wrong and make her pay.

He continues that when you look at the Namyoung Accounting situation without emotions involved, you realize that it could endanger them, too. But then he says that they need to expose the corruption, surprising Yeon-woo, who asks if he’s giving him permission to proceed.

 

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Kang-seok is all, “No, I’m against this,†and Yeon-woo grins that he definitely won’t do the thing Kang-seok is totally against. Completely unrelated, of course, Kang-seok muses that a competent lawyer is logical and brings hard evidence.

Ha-yeon calls Kang-seok to her office to tell him that she wants him to testify against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh. He says he was angry with himself for not being able to protect Ju-hee, his ex-girlfriend, and Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh reached out to him at just that time, “And then that happened.â€

After learning that Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh betrayed him and tampered with evidence, Kang-seok had asked him why. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh had told him that he simply picked a side, and that after the presidential election he’d switch sides again. His goal had been to become chief prosecutor and gain political power, and he’d been willing to trade in his honor for the position.

 

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Kang-seok had started to argue that wrong is wrong for whatever reason, but had decided to just quit instead. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh had said that nobody would take him because he’d be a burden, but Kang-seok said that he’d rather be a burden elsewhere than ashamed here.

But now Kang-seok is reluctant to testify against Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh, because he gave Ju-hee a job and in the process lost his chance at the chief prosecutor position. Ha-yeon asks if that’s the real reason, but Kang-seok can’t answer. She promises to act as his lawyer when he’s inevitably brought in for questioning, though she says she wishes he’d be honest with her.

The next day, Da-ham tells Kang-seok that she’ll always support him no matter what as he leaves to be questioned, having changed his mind. Ha-yeon congratulates him on getting Director Bang to sign the resignation agreement, but he rightfully gives Yeon-woo the credit.

 

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Yeon-woo recalls having spotted Ji-na’s pay stub on her computer, and he runs into her office breathlessly to ask to it again. He points out a deduction from a company called Daesung Communications, which she explains takes money in case she gets training. She says the name changes, but the deduction is the same every month. Flustered, he asks if she knows an attorney, and pfft, her face. Yeon-woo collects himself and asks if she knows someone out side the firm who can look into Daesung. Her expression is pitying, so backs down.

Prosecutor Ahn (who cornered Kang-seok about testifying) questions Kang-seok at the police station, asking about his personal relationship with Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh. He says he was his mentor, but Ha-yeon stops Prosecutor Ahn from asking more personal questions. She notes that he never lost a case as a prosecutor, wondering why he suddenly quit when he was doing well.

 

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/05/suits-episode-8/

 

 

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Oh, now this is getting interesting. If we’re about to see Kang-seok and Yeon-woo on a mission to right the wrongs from Kang-seok’s days as a prosecutor, then consider me a hundred percent down for this. The cases they’ve handled so far have been interesting, but the stakes have always been financial. This is now about people’s lives, and I’m ready to see them tackle some real, life-and-death situations. Neither of them will be able to avoid getting emotionally involved.

 

Kang-seok and Yeon-woo are working together better with each episode, and their relationship is getting so much fun! They keep things very professional, but you can tell that they respect each other’s viewpoints and values a lot more now that they understand where the other is coming from. They still argue, because their philosophies are so opposed, but it feels more like colleagues respectfully disagreeing than boss and employee. Kang-seok is even using Yeon-woo to do the things he can’t, telling him to definitely NOT do things he shouldn’t while making it clear that he wants those things done. It’s pretty adorable (as much as the law can be described as “adorableâ€) and now they’re even starting to care and ask after each other personally. Even though originally I wanted them to soften each other’s sharp edges, now I hope they keep those edges and just learn to balance each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

It was good to see Kang-seok struggling with something for once, and something relating to his personal moral code, no less. He’s endlessly criticized Yeon-woo for getting emotionally involved, so I appreciated seeing that Kang-seok is just as likely to fall into that trap, if only to prove that he’s not lost his sense of justice. In addition, I think it was healthy for him to face the fact that he’s not perfect and doesn’t always make the right decisions, and can sometimes fail. And it may have been misplaced, but he has a line he’s not willing to cross, and that’s betraying a friend and mentor. Hopefully that works both ways (I believe it does) and means he won’t ever betray Yeon-woo.

I said previously that I’m glad Yeon-woo has someone in power to protect him, but it was nice to see in this episode that Kang-seok has that, too, in Ha-yeon. He thought of Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh as his mentor, but it’s Ha-yeon who’s willing to put her neck and even her firm on the line for Kang-seok. She’s been as much of a mentor to Kang-seok as DPC Oh was, more so considering how loyal she’s been and the fact that she’s made sure he gets the recognition he deserves as a great attorney. I’m happy that she’s beginning to see what Yeon-woo can offer the firm, because when Geun-shik eventually stumbles across the truth and crows it to everyone. Kang-seok and Yeon-woo will need all the allies they can get.

 

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  • Suits: Episode 9

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Kang-seok’s no-emotions rule is beginning to unravel as he’s faced with a case he feels personally responsible for. He decided to lock his emotions up years ago, and it’s served him just fine in corporate law. But he’s going to have to tap back into his heart to fight the war I sense is coming.

 

  • EPISODE 9: “You can’t go back in time and start over again, but you can still aim for a new ending starting now.†

After Yeon-woo brings it to Kang-seok’s attention that his mentor tampered with the evidence in his very first case, Kang-seok visits the man he put in prison for murder twelve years ago. His name is Jang Seok-hyun, and he was convicted of murdering a woman he claimed was his girlfriend.

But there was no evidence proving their relationship, so he was deemed a liar, which counted against him in his trial. He’s definitely not pleased to see Kang-seok, and when Kang-seok says he knows he’s innocent, Seok-hyun scoffs and asks how long he’s known.

At the food cart in the morning, Kang-seok asks Yeon-woo about the sneakers he always wears, saying they don’t go with his suit. He announces that they have to investigate Jang Seok-hyun’s case all over again, but this time he plans to request a retrial and act as his defense attorney.

 

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Ha-yeon balks, since it could be bad for Kang-seok and the firm if Seok-hyun is found innocent. But Kang-seok says that he’s not asking permission, and that he’s prepared to give up his senior partner position. He says that he’s just trying to make things right, just as she did two years ago with the mistake that Attorney Ham made.

Meanwhile, Yeon-woo buys several huge law books and presents them to Ji-na, asking if she’d like to study with him. She stares at him until he starts to fidget, then she smiles and says she’s thankful. He also gives her an adorable stuffed bunny wearing a red bow tie that he says he won his first time playing a crane game, though the truth is that it took him many tries.

Awww, she’s already got one with a blue bow tie, and Yeon-woo sees it and quickly leaves, nearly running over Da-ham in the hall. Da-ham asks Ji-na if Yeon-woo confessed or asked her out, but Ji-na admits that she’s the one who confessed that she likes him.

 

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Going into unni mode, Da-ham warns Ji-na that starting a relationship at the firm is hard, but it’s even harder to make it last. She says that she knows Ji-na won’t make a mistake, but she’s worried that Yeon-woo might.

Yeon-woo learns that Seok-hyun had had a record of selling drugs, so people assumed he was guilty of Kim Min-joo’s murder. Kang-seok knows he’s guilty of sending an innocent man to prison and he tells Yeon-woo that mistakes should be set right. When Yeon-woo looks nervous, he’s all, “I don’t mean you!â€

But Yeon-woo says it’s different, because Kang-seok wasn’t aware of his mistake, while Yeon-woo chose to make his. Kang-seok says that Yeon-woo will have to make his mistake right someday, just not now. Yeon-woo finishes his thought: “If something goes wrong in the process, your career and mine… No, it might have an effect on this entire firm.â€

 

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COMMENTS

I was very touched when Kang-seok made an allowance for Yeon-woo’s emotional reaction to the hit-and-run case. He’s always been firmly against any emotional response in regards to his cases, so it was a huge concession for him to practically apologize for putting Yeon-woo in a position where he couldn’t help but get emotional. It was kind of him (and yes, emotional!) to offer to let Yeon-woo step out, but you could tell he was impressed as well as worried when Yeon-woo declined.

Yeon-woo has a point, that this type of case will determine if he’s even cut out to be an attorney, but if I were Kang-seok I’d be concerned that it might be too soon for him to be dealing with a case that cuts so close to home. On the other hand, I like the lesson that Yeon-woo is taking from the hit-and-run case. Instead of not taking cases that remind him of his parents’ deaths, or only representing the victims, he wants to work for the other side because he knows how the families feel.

 

More than anyone, he can make sure those families are treated fairly, because he understands them and because by being on the other side of things, he can ensure that they aren’t taken advantage of. That’s smart thinking, and very honorable of him.

 

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I’m starting to think that Kang-seok may know more about Yeon-woo than he’s admitting. He’s never asked Yeon-woo for details about his past or the mistake he wants to put right, but he seems to understand a lot of the reasons why Yeon-woo behaves the way he does. Yes, he’s good at reading people, but you have to observe people to read them. I think it’s possible he’s been observing Yeon-woo for a lot longer than Yeon-woo knows.

As for Kang-seok’s personal wake-up call, I’m really enjoying seeing him not so confident for once. It was obvious that he never thought to wonder how all this evidence against his old mentor suddenly appeared after so many years, or who dug it up in the first place. And while I can understand why he doesn’t want to betray the man he thought was a good person, he’s known that Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh tampered with evidence for a decade now, so I’m not sure I agree with Kang-seok’s decision not to testify against him. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh endangered Kang-seok’s career for years, starting with his very first case, and that right there should be enough for Kang-seok to realize that he’s not a man worth protecting (not to mention all `the guilty people who went free, and the innocent people who suffered in prison).

But I’m guessing that there’s a lot more to it than simply evidence tampering, and that this is going to be the thing that finally makes Kang-seok emotional. And I honestly hope that he totally breaks and just loses his cool completely, because it can’t be healthy to be so self-contained all the time. Plus, I just want to see him go gloriously batcrap crazy, just once, even if just to let some of the bottled-up steam out. Keeping your emotions in check is good advice for a budding lawyer like Yeon-woo, but Yeon-woo also has a point that emotions can help you steer the right course.

 

 

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