This is first episode of Miss Hammurabi Korean Drama, Ba Reun’s mother wants him to date a proper girl so that he can move out. He runs into his classmate Cha Oh Reum in the subway, and knows she is a judge just like him. But she has a good sense of justice, and brings trouble to him.
Miss Hammurabi Korean Drama Recap: Episode 1
Mother asks Ba Reun to wake up going on the blind date, but he says that he doesn’t like it. She persuades him that he doesn’t know what will happen, and claims she raises him so hard, revealing to him that he has to move out as she cannot pay the increased rent. He asks her if it just a cup of coffee, she promises it. But Ji Soo’s mother tells him that he will see different women, and touches his butt after he arrived the hall.
The first lady he see has good skin, and reveals she is current learning flower arranging, and take yoga and cook class at home. She says that her parents are very frugal, and she plays formal player Lee Yong Dae at badminton court as well. Ji Soo’s mother thinks this lady will help him most when taking Ba Reun to see another lady. The second lady comes from loan shark family, and asks him if he hits a gavel with such face, thinking it’s call. But Ba Reun says that judges in Korean doesn’t use gavel, but to announce the verdict. She is close to him, and asks him more details, but avoids her, and says that he cannot reveal it to her, and asks if her mother like hiking. She denies, and says that she likes to collect mountains. Then Ji Soo’s mother asks Ba Reun to see the last lady, and says that honor and status are important than money. The lady’s mother thinks he is handsome and excited when seeing Ba Reun with her daughter. Ji Soo’s mother reveals that the lady’s father is a congressman. But the mother and daughter want him to be next president because he is very handsome.
Ba Reun thinks his he sacrifice his body to his parents when he is in washroom, and recalls the kid asked him why he is bad at playing piano since he is an adult. He said that it’s his first time to play it, and asked the kid why he is bad at it since he learned it for five years. The kid sneers at him, and asked him why he didn’t learn it when he was young.
Ba Reun takes out the book “To Kill a mockingbird” when he is riding subway, and recalls he handed over the book to Cha Oh Reum when they were in library. Just then a woman yells when she picks up her phone, and says that she is riding subway. Just then Cha Oh Reum shows up, and sits beside that woman. Ba Reun notices her, and is out of his mind when looking at her. She opens her feet widely, it brothers another man sitting beside her. She laughs to that woman, and thinks her dog is a prodigy, imitating the cries of her dog. The woman asks Cha Oh Reum why she has to hear about her dog, Cha Oh Reum asks why they have to hear her children instead. The woman looks around, and says that she is unlucky, and leaves.
Ba Reun recalls he asked Cha Oh Reum if she enjoyed her piano lesson, she denied. He asked her why? She said that her teacher asked her to do it. He took his bag, and covered the rain for her until her servant picked up her. A old man touches a young lady’s buttocks with his hand, Cha Oh Reum yells at the old man, and asks if he needs help, He denies, and says that he doesn’t know what she means. But claims she recorded it with her phone, and tells him that he shouldn’t let others bully him when he is a weak man. He tries to rob her home, and asks her to give it to him. But she thinks he is a jerk, hits his crotch while fighting.
The police officer says that you are a professor when the older man is bent. Ba Reun tells the police officer that he can call him if he needs help. The police office realizes that he is a judge after seeing his business card. Cha Oh Reum claims she is a judge as well, and reveals it’s her first work at civil case department 44. Ba Reun says that they’re in same department. She thinks he looks familiar, approaching him, and asks what his name is. She is shocked, after he said his name, and says that she is Cha Oh Reum. He reminds her, and mentions the book club. She is excited, and wants to shake hand. He recalls he stood in front of window in the book club, other female classmates thought he is arrogant. Because he refused to teach them how to do math. But he was nervous when seeing Cha Oh Reum.
Cha Oh Reum says that she doesn’t have any infectious virus on her hand, when he hesitates to shake her hand. She reveals they have never seen each other for 12 years, 9 months, and 10 days. Do Yeon is busy when Ba Reun takes Cha Oh Reum into office, and points them into another room. Se Sang asks Cha Oh Reum to learn from Ba Reun after they visit his office, and lets them get out. It seems likes Do Yeon is familiar with the whole office, she knows what Se Sang, Ba Reun and Cha Oh Reum’s want before they ask her. Cha Oh Reum asks Ba Reun if he likes Goya after seeing a painting hung on the wall of his office, he tells her that the painting depicts human’s ignorance and greed well, and reveals they will be busy, and is going to take her walking around the court.
Do Yeon tells two guys they cannot enter the office without appointment, the lean guy points the fat guy, and claims he is a congressman, thinking she is rude. Just then Ba Reun calls her, she tells him that the congressman claims to be his alumnus. He lets him in. The fat guy calls himself as Myeong Guk with smile, after stepping into his office. Ba Reun asks him what he wants, Myeong Guk claims chief judge invited him to join the event speaking when his follower takes off his suit, and claims he wants to see him because he is famous. Ba Reun thanks to him for his praise, and Myeong Guk asks him to help Chairman Seong avoid the legal problems since Ba Reun is overseeing his case. Ba Reun stops his speaking, and wants to report for violating law. But the congressman doesn’t want to give up, and claims they’re alumni. Ba Reun says that they have never met before. The congressman thinks he spoke so rudely, and emphasizes status. But Ba Reun thinks it’s not his business, and says that they’re not friends. The congressman warns to take him down from his position, but Ba Reun persuades him to study the law, and asks him out.
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Se Sang tells Cha Oh Reum that her name will be engraved in court’s history for a long time, after seeing the video she kicked the old man, and reveals he had to talk with chief judge about it because of her. Ba Reun claims she just wanted to help that lady. But Se Sang asks him to stay out, and thinks she should call police, saying that the lady shouldn’t wear such short skirt. But Cha Oh Reum didn’t think the lady did anything wrong, and reveals the old man molested her. Se Sang thinks Cha Oh Reum is bold, and asks Ba Reun to stay out again when he wants to explain it for her. Just then Se Sang gets a call from his wife, and kneels down to pick up his phone, revealing that he is training his subordinates, and says he will buy it on his way home after knowing she wants to eat strawberries. He laughs when seeing Cha Oh Reum is standing there with tears.
Ba Reun visits Bo Wang’s office, and asks what presiding judge Se Sang likes. Bo Wang reveals the presiding judge has short temper, but he isn’t malicious at all. Ba Reun tells Cha Oh Reum not to worry about presiding judge said before he is off duty. She accepts his advise.
He runs into a grandma who is look for a judge outside court. She catches his hand, and asks which judge gave the ruling, pointing the papers she holds. The grandma gives him a slap after he asked her to make an appeal, and thinks she cannot do it at there.
Ba Reun begs landlady not to raise her rent when he returns home, but landlady refuses it. He tells his mother he can help her through his loan, but yells at his mother after he knew his father borrowed money to his friend. Ba Reun and Cha Oh Reum runs into the grandmother again the next day, he tries to stop her from contact the grandmother, but she cries, and thinks she is pitiful to lose her child.