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Four years ago. On a typical morning, Jin woo expresses his approval of the side dishes for breakfast. He promises to make dinner that night and gets even more excited when his father promises to come home early from work. They're called outside by neighborhood friends, a father and his daughter Jung-ah, with a bag of sweet potatoes to share. They've just come back from their morning hike and tease each other for insisting on accompanying the other.
In a fancy hotel, a man with an intricate dragon tattoo on his back showers and prepares his outfit with his one night stand counterpart. As he walks put to start his day, the woman reminds him of his promise to stay with her for the day. In his thick kyungsangdo accen, he says that he has no recollection of such a promise. She assumes he's going to his wife, but he laughs off the idea. He's got a trial to attend.
She's skeptical that a man with a dragon tattoo on his back would be a lawyer, so he gives her a business card. Sure enough, the man with the dragon tattoo, PARK DONG - HO, is the lawyer he claims to be. Good guy or bad guy, his job.
Park dong ho greets his handcuffed client SUK JOO-JIL with a fist bump and seems stumped in their difficult situation. His client had a physical encounter with a young man at the club, and now he's faced with 30 weeks of jail time. There's barley any room for mercy, since the man is chaebol heir to ll-ho Insurance, On top of that, they're going up against prosecutor TAK YOUNG --JIN, who's notoriously resistant to bribes.
But Dong-ho reminds his mob boss client that a good lawyer wins with no charges in court, but the best lawyer doesn't even need to go court. *fist bump*
In his high school uniform, Jin woo video calls his father as he waits for his bus to the broadcast station. Dad works a menial labor job, and he was called to work on short notice. He apologizes to Jin woo for not accompanying him and asks him to give him a better view of his outfit. He gives a thumbs up of approval for his handsome son. They're adorable.
When Jin woo starts to exit the bus, he bumps into a student and she drops her bag. He returns it to her, but just as he's about to leave, she notices a slit in her bag and no wallet. She demands everyone to stay on the bus, since they're all part of a crime scene. She rattles off legal jargon while carrying a giant law book, and all of the bus rides end up the police department.
(AT THE POLICE STATION)****
The police can't find anything on the bus surveillance footage, so they ask pickpocketed girl if she can specify potential suspects. She scans the bus riders and corners Jin woo --- he's the one most likely to have pickpocketed her when he bumped into her.