Episodes Lawless Lawyer

No.	Tajuk	Tarikh penyiaran asal
1	"Episode 1"	12 Mei 2018 (2018-05-12)
Jae-yi loses a case due to a judge with bias against women. She confronts him but is insulted and ends up assaulting him. She is suspended as a lawyer for six months and fired from her job, forcing her to return to Kisung. Sang-pil receives a book with details on the crimes of those in power Kisung. He informs Dae-woong that he will go back to Kisung because of Jae-yi and also to avenge his mother. In Kisung, Sang-pil learns a loan shark firm run by Keum Kang is located in the old office of his mother. He intends to evict them but ends up using his uncle’s name to take over the loan shark firm. Jae-yi learns that her father is deeply in debt to the loan shark. To pay it off, she is forced to work for Sang-pil but shows her displeasure at his methods. The firm is converted to the Lawless Law Firm. Sang-pil announces his intention to take over the defense of Hyung-man, a detective accused of murder.
2	"Episode 2"	13 Mei 2018 (2018-05-13)
Detective Woo Hyung-man is about to go on trial for the murder of the mayor. Sang-pil is determined to steal the case from Ko In-doo and become the defense lawyer. He uses a few methods to get Hyung-man to agree, including a fake murder attempt. Jae-yi confronts Sang-pil about his methods, but starts to believe that Hyung-man is innocent. After Sang-pil reveals to Hyung-man that he is the young boy he tried to kill years before, Hyung-man agrees to change lawyers. Jae-yi meets with Judge Cha Moon-sook, who she admires, and reveals her conflict about Sang-pil. She dislikes his methods, but is intrigued by him. Meanwhile, Moon-sook reveals to Oh-joo that she has chosen him to be the next mayor, and tells him to start a campaign. Kwan-dong returns to Kisung and begs Ahn Oh-joo to take him back. At Oh-joo’s order, he kidnaps Jae-yi to force Sang-pil to give up defending Hyung-man. Sang-pil rescues Jae-yi while Tae Kwang-soo and Keum Kang cause a scene in the courtroom to cover Sang-pil’s absence.
3	"Episode 3"	19 Mei 2018 (2018-05-19)
The trial of Hyung-man begins with Kang Yeon-hee as prosecutor. The employees of the Lawless Law Firm are arrested for causing a disturbance in court. Sang-pil also goes to jail, as he is the owner and implicated in their action. As they will only get out before the next hearing, he trusts Jae-yi to prepare the defense in his place. While in jail, they approach a former Minister of Finance who may have information on the murder. Jae-yi finds a witness and video evidence to alibi Hyung-man. After Sang-pil is released, the trial goes well. But to win, he realizes he must catch the real murderer, since Moon-sook will rig the trial. Sang-pil and Jae-yi get closer and she begins to have feelings for him. Meanwhile, Oh-joo plots to get rid of the real killer and Moon-sook to disqualify the evidence. Oh-joo injures Kwang-soo for failing him but then forgives him and decides to leave Sang-pil alone for now. When chasing the real murderer, Sang-pil risks his life to save Jae-yi and takes a knife stab for her. She begins to wonder why he cares so much and if there is more to his background.
4	"Episode 4"	20 Mei 2018 (2018-05-20)
Sang-pil and Jae-yi report the confession of the murderer, but the police do not accept it. Thus, the law firm begins to look into the hitman’s past to find something they can use in court. Jae-yi learns that Sang-pil and others believe that Moon-sook is corrupt. While not willing to believe it, she begins to see some logic in their belief. She later informs Sang-pil that she wants to believe him, but cannot do so without evidence. Sang-pil reveals to Yeon-hee that Oh-joo is behind the death of the former mayor. Moon-sook plots with Nam Soon-ja to cover up the evidence and later rejects it and a witness in court. She confronts Sang-pil and tells him he has the same flaws as his mother, but does not know Jae-yi is listening. Oh-joo begins his campaign for mayor and works behind the scenes to sabotage the trial. Kwan-dong murders a key witness.
5	"Episode 5"	26 Mei 2018 (2018-05-26)
Sang-pil is hesitant to give the evidence he has on Moon-sook to Jae-yi, worried that she will get hurt. He and Jae-yi find a new witness and he testifies in court that Oh-joo’s secretary ordered the murder. Sang-pil tells Yeon-hee that he believes her to be upright, and warns her that she has a mole on her team. Yeon-hee investigates and begins to think that Sang-pil may be right. Moon-sook tries to win Jae-yi back to her side, while working with Oh-joo to plan the future of Kisung. Oh-joo sends his secretary into hiding, and associates of Moon-sook keep the trial out of the news. Meanwhile, Jae-yi looks into Sang-pil’s past. After getting the file on Choi Jin-ae’s case, she learns that her mother disappeared on the same date that Jin-ae died. She goes to Seoul to see Dae-woong, and he tells her Sang-pil did not meet her on accident but followed her to Kisung. Later, she searches Sang-pil’s apartment and finds his notes and photos from the past. She confronts him and he begins to tell her the things of the past.
6	"Episode 6"	27 Mei 2018 (2018-05-27)
Sang-pil tells Jae-yi the truth about everything and shows her the evidence he has. Later she confronts Hyung-man, who tells her he killed her mother. Jae-yi is grief stricken, but cannot bring herself to tell her father. Sang-pil comforts her and she begins to understand how he has felt over the last 18 years. Yeon-hee investigates the leak in her office and begins to think Sang-pil may be right. Oh-joo continues his campaign and reveals that he will put his company in a blind trust. Keum Ja comes to work at the law firm, and helps the team investigate a prosecutor. Sang-pil reveals in court that the prosecutor planted the evidence, and plays a video of it. Yeon-hee drops the charges against Hyung-man, and he is freed. However, she is embarrassed over this and caves on her principles, joining Moon-sook’s side. Hyung-man contacts Hyung-joo, who is secretly still alive in Thailand. Sang-pil and Jae-yi confess their feelings for each other, kiss, and spend the night together. They agree to do everything as a team in the future, and obtain justice for their mothers.
7	"Episode 7"	2 Jun 2018 (2018-06-02)
Oh-joo is elected mayor and begins his term in office. Moon-sook pulls strings to reinstate Jae-yi as a lawyer, in an attempt to win her back and split her from Sang-pil. However, Jae-yi confronts her and becomes partner in the Lawless Law Firm. Hyung-man resigns from the police and collects his evidence on Oh-joo. He gives some of it to Sang-pil and Jae-yi as payment for their defense of him. Hyung-man then attempts to kill Oh-joo but fails and is murdered himself. The Lawless Law Firm begins to go through the evidence from Hyung-man but realize they will need help. Sang-pil and Jae-yi visit Seoul. Sang-pil meets Prosecutor Cheon Seung-beom and tells him of the corruption in Kisung. At the same time, Jae-yi gives details on Oh-joo to a journalist. Seung-beom comes to Kisung and investigates the holder of Oh-joo’s slush fund. This puts Oh-joo’s blind trust in jeopardy and Moon-sook uses this to gain control of it and his money. Hyung-joo returns from Thailand and observes her family from a distance.
8	"Episode 8"	3 Jun 2018 (2018-06-03)
Keum Ja is promoted to office manager in the law firm. Dae-woong learns that Hyung-joo is alive and has returned to Kisung. He visits her in secret to persuade her to leave before Moon-sook can find out she is still alive. When she refuses, he helps her infiltrate Moon-sook’s household, but keeps it a secret. He also asks Sang-pil and Jae-yi to leave and live a normal life together in another place, but they refuse. Ha Ki-ho discovers the relationship between Jae-yi and Sang-pil, and orders her to leave him and return to Seoul. He is furious over her opposition to Moon-sook, as he is an ardent support of her. Jae-yi moves in with Keum Ja but allows Ki-ho to think she left for Seoul. Seung-beom investigates the bank president’s crimes and starts to trace them to Oh-joo. Yet he is blocked from proving the connection to Oh-joo due to interference by Moon-sook. The law firm looks for other evidence they can turn over to Seung-beom. Dae-woong is kidnapped by Oh-joo and used as a trap to lure Sang-pil. An underling of Oh-joo kills Dae-woong in front of Sang-pil, and then frames Sang-pil for the murder.
9	"Episode 9"	9 Jun 2018 (2018-06-09)
Moon-sook is angry at Oh-joo for acting on his own and not getting her permission. Oh-joo pleads with her that it was for her own good but a rift develops between them. Sang-pil is arrested and the law firm raided, turning up planted evidence. Seung-beom starts to investigate Sang-pil despite Jae-yi’s appeal that he was framed. In jail, Sang-pil mourns his uncle while Jae-yi leads the law firm in developing a defense. Jae-yi visits Sang-pil often in jail and comforts him. She convinces Moon-sook to let him attend Dae-woong’s funeral, in return for a favor. Sang-pil reveals to Seung-beom’s investigator that he is the son of Jin-ae. Jae-yi does well in trial but Oh-joo pays off witnesses and plants evidence. Ki-ho learns that Jae-yi did not leave for Seoul and begs her to abandon Sang-pil. However, she refuses to do so and reveals her love for Sang-pil and opposition to Moon-sook. Dae-woong’s gang believes Sang-pil is the murderer and threatens him. One of their members stabs him in prison, nearly killing him. Meanwhile, Moon-sook is offered a position on the Supreme Court.
10	"Episode 10"	10 Jun 2018 (2018-06-10)
Seong-pil lives and stays in the hospital to recover. Jae-yi visits and promises she will give everything to protect him just as he has done for her. They reaffirm their love for one another. Jae-yi then decides to use Sang-pil’s methods so she can win against the corrupt court. Without revealing whom she is, Hyung-joo tells Jae-yi of the rift between Moon-sook and Oh-joo. Jae-yi and Sang-pil exploit this by sowing further seeds of doubt to each side. Under Jae-yi’s direction, the law firm continues to build a defense case. Moon-sook meets with the new leader of Dae-woong’s gang and places it under her control. She then orders them to kill Sang-pil. At the hospital, they find Oh-joo is present in order to question Sang-pil. Moon-sook uses the opportunity to try and get rid of Oh-joo as well. Oh-joo and Sang-pil must work together to escape. Jae-yi exploits Oh-joo’s bitterness against this attempt to make a deal with him. He agrees to reveal the real murderer and exonerate Sang-pil in order to get back at Moon-sook.
11	"Episode 11"	16 Jun 2018 (2018-06-16)
Oh-joo reveals in court that one of his bodyguards was the one who killed Dae-woong. This bodyguard turns himself in after Oh-joo promises to care for his family. The public believes Oh-joo had nothing to do with the murder, and revealed it out of a sense of honor. The media and the public praise him, to the anger of Moon-sook. Sang-pil is freed, but he and Jae-yi begin to suspect that Moon-sook is using their actions for her own ends. Sang-pil starts to worry that his goal of revenge will bring too much pain to Jae-yi. He wonders if he should give it up to protect her. Jae-yi starts to learn martial arts. Moon-sook is nominated to the Supreme Court. Oh-joo uses pictures from past crime to threaten her. Later Jae-yi leaks these to the media, leading Moon-sook to believe Oh-joo did so. To redirect the media, Moon-sook sets up an assault on herself so it will look like she is a victim. Hyung-joo meets Sang-pil and reveals whom she is but makes him promise to keep it from Jae-yi. She also begs him to leave Jae-yi.
12	"Episode 12"	17 Jun 2018 (2018-06-17)
After she is assaulted, Moon-sook is more popular than ever. Ki-ho leads a group of her supporters in a demonstration. Her position on the Supreme Court is nearly assured. Jae-yi suspects that Sang-pil is hiding something from her. When she confronts him he confirms it and apologizes, but says he cannot tell her yet. Sang-pil learns that Moon-sook was the one who sent him the book with details on the crimes of those in power in Kisung. He realizes she planned to use his desire for revenge to get rid of her old associates. This leads him to rethink his goals and strategy. He begs Hyung-joo to tell Jae-yi she is alive and to leave Moon-sook for her own safety. She refuses and insists on a scheme to further the revenge. The men of the Lawless Law Firm capture Kwan-dong and force him to give up evidence on Oh-joo. They then leak it to the media, who release it to the public. Jae-yi discovers that Hyung-joo is alive but that Sang-pil did not tell her. Hurt by this, she accuses him of only thinking about his own revenge.
13	"Episode 13"	23 Jun 2018 (2018-06-23)
Moon-sook finds out about Hyung-joo and has Dae-woong’s old gang kidnap her. Jae-yi, avoiding Sang-pil, tries to get help from Oh-joo in return for a promise to defend him. However, Sang-pil begs her to trust him and give him time to save her mother. He threatens Moon-sook not to harm Hyung-joo and uses old gang connections to find her. His friend in the gang protects Hyung-joo while she is in captivity. Moon-sook uses Nam Soon-ja to order the death of Hyung-joo. She records Soon-ja giving the order so she can use it to get rid of her next. Sang-pil fakes the death of Hyung-joo with help from Kwang-soo and his friend in the gang. Moon-sook leaks the video of Soon-ja ordering the murder, and she is arrested. Oh-joo forgives Kwan-dong and they go on the run together. Moon-sook is satisfied, thinking that all has gone her way. Sang-pil brings Hyung-joo to Jae-yi. Hyung-joo confesses that she caused the rift between Jae-yi and Sang-pil. Jae-yi forgives Sang-pil and they make up. They then show the rest of the law firm their evidence and plan.
14	"Episode 14"	24 Jun 2018 (2018-06-24)
Sang-pil and Jae-yi decide to use Soon-ja and Oh-joo to get Moon-sook. Moon-sook chooses a judge she can trust to oversee the trial. Jae-yi investigates him to look for evidence of corruption. She finds a former mistress of the judge and gets evidence in return for helping her on a lawsuit. Sang-pil tells Soon-ja to switch lawyers from In-doo to him. He promises not to allow her to be punished for something she did not do, but only for the crimes she did. In return, she would need to testify against Moon-sook. She agrees to the deal, and Yeon-hee provides evidence of Moon-sook’s crimes. Seung-beom looks into Soon-ja and prepares to bring her to court. Sang-pil and Jae-yi inform him that the evidence he has ultimately came from Moon-sook. They ask him to see through the case to who is behind it. Seung-beom observes that Sang-pil and Jae-yi are now focused more on justice than revenge. Oh-joo kidnaps Jae-yi and uses her to lure Sang-pil, who he intends to kill.
15	"Episod 15"	30 Jun 2018 (2018-06-30)
Jae-yi berjaya melarikan diri dari Kwan-dong dan menghalang Oh-joo dari membunuh Sang-pil. Dia kemudiannya menggunakan boku nota Sang-pil untuk meyakinkan Oh-joo bahawa beliau sepatutnya menyalahkan Mon-sook. Sang-pil dan Jae-yi beritahu Oh-joo untuk memberi keterangan menentang Moon-sook agar beliau tidak jatuh berseorangan. Namun, Oh-joo membuat keputusan untuk membunuh Moon-sook. Oh-joo cuba menghampiri Moon-sook untuk membunuhnya, tetapi dia dikawal dengan terlalu baik. Maka, Oh-joo menghubungi Sang-pil untuk membuat tawaran, namun kemudian memutuskan untuk lari ke luar negara. Semetara itu, Moon-sook mengugut Soon-ja ke atas Yeon-hee, agar Soon-ja dipaksa untuk mengambil semua kesalahan. Beliau juga telah menyediakan saksi menetang Soon-ja dan bersiap sedia untuk pengesahan pemilihan beliau ke Mahkamah Agung. Sebelum Oh-joo pergi, bekas setiausaha dia muncul walaupun pada masa yang sama bekerja dengan Moon-sook secara rahsia. Dia menikam Oh-joo dan membunuh Kwan-dong tetapi Sang-pil sempat datang memintas sebelum dia sempat membunuh Oh-joo. Soon-ja memutuskan tidak mahu memberi keterangan, demi melindungi masa depan Yeon-hee.
16	"Episod 16—Episod Terakhir"	1 Julai 2018 (2018-07-01)
Jae-yi bersemuka dengan Soon-ja dan cuba memujuk beliau untuk tukar fikiran dan memberi keterangan di mahkamah. Soon-ja memberi keterangan di mahkamah tentang jenayah Moon-sook. Namun, In-doo memberi keterangan menentang Soon-ja untuk menjatuhkan kredibiliti Soon-ja. Oh-joo bakar duit beliau, membuat keputusan untuk mati daripada membiarkan Moon-sook. Beliau muncul di mahkamah dan mendedahkan semua jenayah Moon-sook. Moon-sook cuba untuk mengelakk dengan mengatakan ia adalah satu komplot menentang dia oleh dua penjenayah sambilan. Namun, Hyung-joo muncul mendedahkan diri sendiri masih hidup dan memberi keterangan. Moon-sook dan rakan-rakannya ditahan dan kemudian beliau dihukum penjara seumur hidup. Oh-joo melarikan diri dari polis dan bunuh diri di lokasi di mana mula menjalani kehidupan sebagai gengster. Beberapa bulan kemudian, Seung-beom datang ke Kisung untuk melawat Sang-pil dan Jae-yi. Dia mengajak mereka kembali ke Seoul dan bekerja bersama dia sebagai peguam pendakwa di satu bahagian khas, dan mereka berdua setuju. Mereka meninggalkan firma guaman di Kisung kepada Kwang-soo, yang telah menyertai sekolah undang-undang dan pekerja-pekerja lain.