These are the 1-2 episodes of Your Honor Korean Drama, Kang Ho is a thug who brings trouble to her mom, because she always sides his brother Soo Ho. He replaces his brother, and becomes a judge because Soo Ho is missing. Your Honor is a interested drama, as we never see a thug processes the trial as a judge. Will he go dark deeply or save his evil soul eventually?
Your Honor Korean Drama Recap: Episode 1
Note: These are specific plot spoilers for Your Honor Korean Drama Episodes 1-2.
Han Soo Ho announces defendant Jae Ho will be executed as judge, his wife cannot accept it, and yells in the court. Han Kang Ho throws coins to the police officers to avoid their arrest, but he is caught on the end. It isn’t the first time he visits the police station, and shows his talent as model while being taken photos. He writes down the word, “Your Honor” in the jail.
Song So Eun and other prosecutors watch how the doctor process the autopsy, everybody flees, except her. Hong Jung Soo stands behind So Eun, while she is washing. She is startled, and tells him it’s women’s restroom. He asks her to treat him as colleague, not male. He wipes the water from her face, and pinches her ear. She feels disgusting, and washes the area he wiped. We see a scar around her arm.
So Eun is tried when Oh Sang Cheol drives her home. He covers her with his suit, while she is sleeping. She asks him what kind of person Jung Soo is after waking up, he thinks he is a nice guy. She repeats his word “Nice” again. Kang Ho yells at police officer, because he didn’t change the suspension of his car. He hits Jin Wook Tae with his head, as Wook Tae thinks his voice is too loud. The police officer asks them to quiet, and says they were on national TV.
Jung Soo asks So Eun to answer him the 5 things the suspects say. She answers it perfectly, but she is nervous before entering interrogation room. She pretends to be tough, and kicks the chair. But Kang Ho is experience criminal, and tells her he did it for his mom with tears.
It’s flashback to his childhood. Mother Im Geum Mi hits Kang Ho on his feet with bamboo, because he fought with his brother Soo Ho. Kang Ho cries out, and thinks she hit him more than Soo Ho. But she says that he didn’t respect his brother.
Kang Ho adds that he knew how to get back at his mom during his middle school.
It’s flashback to his middle school. Kang Ho fights with others in the billiard room.
So Eun tells Kang Ho to defeat his brother through study, but he says he couldn’t beat Soo Ho with grades, as he got the highest score in Korea.
Soo Ho is bullied by his classmates, the leader pulls out a knife. Kang Ho goes to save his brother, and kills the leader by stabbing the knife into his belly. But Soo Ho tells police that the knife doesn’t belong to the student, so that Kang Ho is arrested.
Kang Ho adds that Soo Ho didn’t visit him when he was in prison, and he was in anger while Geum Mi picked him up after he was released. She asked him, if he will stop once she die. But he ignored her, and he thought she owed him a apology.
He says that someone paid him to collected pennies for him, and wasn’t aware that it breaks law. But she thinks he should get punished, and sighs. He sees her scar on arm.
She tells him the wound in the past means nothing, but he thinks it won’t go away, even if she ignores it while mention her wound. She covers the scar with sleeve, and says it’s not wound, but scar.
Soo Ho meets up with Geum Mi outside the court, he tells her not to visit him without calling, and is annoyed the food she took to him. She tells him his brother is in jail, but Soo Ho wants to talk about it later, because he has a trial.
Jung Soo thinks Soo Ho is at the lowest of the food chain, after seeing his statement. He tells So Eun to target the main culprit Wook Tae, and pats her buttocks. She covers her black skirt with her bag, when Jung Soo stares at it. The owner of the restaurant Lee Ha Yeon thinks he takes a new lady to there, but Jung Soo introduces So Eun as the trainee prosecutor. Ha Yeon avoids it when So Eun wants to shake hand, and leads them to their room. Meanwhile, Soo Ho is drinking with a glasses guy in another room.
Jung Soo pours So Eun wine with a big glass, he uses a small glass instead. He asks her if it was her first time, she is startled. Wook Tae thinks Kang Ho gave prosecutors the creative answers to make him fall alone, while they’re in jail. Kang Ho sneers that he is the star, but he just a supporting actor. Wook Tae swears that he will make Kang Ho the tragic hero, but Kang Ho thinks he should has the chance to be released. Wook Tae reveals he hired an expensive lawyer.
Kang Ho is happy to meet Ma Ryong at the jail, but Ma Ryong orders his followers to beat him up. So Eun thinks of becoming a judge or a prosecutor, Jung Soo persuades her to choose prosecutor because it’s cream of crop. But she is afraid of her grades aren’t well. He lifts his right hand, and claims the her future is controlled by him. She bows to him, and thanks him. But he claims she must do well herself, and asks her to drink it one more. She says she reaches her limit, but drinks up still. He thinks she is eligible, and pinches her thigh, whispering if she wants to sleep with him. She takes out her phone, and wants to record his words. He smiles, and thinks she has guts.
So Eun hits Soo Ho while running, his friend Dae Yang worries about him. Soo Ho says she reeked of alcohol.
Your Honor Korean Drama Recap: Episode 2
Sang Cheol tries to contact So Eun, but she didn’t pick up. Dae Yang gives Sang Cheol because he didn’t close door for Soo Ho. Sang Cheol apologizes to his father, but he kicks the door after his car arrive. So Eun takes off her clothes, and have a bath. She sees a lady is raped, and calls her Ji Yeon. We see she robs the knife from Ji Yeon, but hurts herself on arm. Ji Yeon cries out. Soo Ho returns home with her mom’s food, and puts it on the desk. He opens the fridge, it’s full of his mother’s foods, but he didn’t eat. A masked guy is spy him through telescope.
So Eun reports to Chief that Jung Soo asked her to sleep with him, but Chief thinks it’s not a big deal, and says that he wants to sleep with her as well. She claims what he said was illegal, he scolds her and thinks she cannot enter law with the attitude. He kicks Jung Soo, and asks him if he said that he wanted to sleep with So Eun. Jung Soo denies, and thinks she framed him because she wasn’t satisfied with the situation, so that she recorded what he said. Chief yells at her, and asks for the record. But Jung Soo claims chief cannot ask for it without a warrant, Chief says that prosecutor’s honor is very important, and asks her to get out. Jung Soo tells So Eun that she is cute when she follows him walking through the hallway. He puts files on her desk, and asks her to file the records while giving her a awl. He pinches her ear again, she holds the awl, but cannot do anything.
Kang Ho persuades Ma Ryong to write the thoughtfully apology to judge, but Ma Ryong forgets to add “Your Honor” on his letter, and asks Kang Ho to write it for him. So Eun tells Sang Cheol that she doesn’t know how to become a killer while resting on the bench in the evening. He thinks she made a mistake again, but she says that she got scolded for following the laws. He asks her who she drank with last night, she asks him to just listen to her. But he claims he is nervous because she will become a killer. She asks him if people reply on killer or law at the court, he thinks they should rely on attorney, and asks her to reply on him. But she claims that he just treats him as a friend.
So Eun is very happy after seeing her name on the list of Judicial Officer, and tells Sang Cheol about it. Geum Mi picks Kang Ho after he was released. He keeps a distance to his mom in the bus, but she goes her seat to make sure he is sleeping well. She tells him to wait until it gets dark while they’re at mountain, because she is afraid of running into neighbors. But he doesn’t care what neighbors think, and wants to leave. But he returns to teach her how to use her phone to turn on the light. She tears up. Wook Tae waits Kang Ho outside his house, and asks him where his money is. Kang Ho tells him he gave it to police, Wook Tae asks him to return it to him. But Kang Ho beats him up.
Soo Ho takes looks at he and Joo Eun’s photos. A resignation letter is on his desk. Joo Eun takes looks at the photos as well, and hesitates to delete it. Soo Ho drives out of court, the masked guy follows him. Kang Hi sees a table of vegetable dishes, and asks her mom if she becomes a vegetarian. Geum Mi asks Kang Ho to visit his father’s grave with Soo Ho, but he doesn’t want to. Just then Wook Tae shows up, and tells them he called police while showing the medical certificate. She blames his son for borrowing money, but Kang Ho denies, and hit Wook Tae’s head with the flower vase. She thinks he is going to see his brother when he wants to flee. He claims Soo Ho is the head of the family, so that he needs to ask a favor of him.
Joo Eun calls Soo Ho, but he didn’t pick up, as he left his phone at home. Kang Ho opens Soo Ho’s door, as his pass code is their birthday. He finds Joo Eun’s photo in the house then.
So Eun arrives at the court, she speeds her pace as she is late. Kang Ho takes a jacket from the house, and skips mother’s calling as he is still in anger. The police officer recognizes Kang Ho, and arrests him. But Bok Soo shows up, and asks the police officer why he arrested a judge. The police officer feels sorry, and leaves. Bok Soo drives Kang Ho to the court, Kang Ho sees Wook Tae outside. He is startled by So Eun because he recognizes her, but Bok Soo urges him to wear the robe. Kang Ho keeps peeking So Eun when Bok Soo tells something about the trial in the hallway. He announces the trial begins, since everybody are standby in the court.