I guess I have to watch the show to figure out the angel's real A N G L E, and how he got his hands on what I assumed a left-handed flute.

Thanks for the heads-up, JavaBeans!

LAWLESS ATTORNEY featured a judge on the wrong side of the law in a metropolis that felt a lot like Gotham City. I've been enjoying MISS HAMMURABI, and am interested to see what YOUR HONOR has up its sleeve.

It looks like Switch :Change the World but with a judge...

He's not only an ex-con and a judge, he's a geometry enthusiast.

Someone remind me to never multi-task while browsing drama news articles. I was messaging my bff with my left hand and sliding down the article with my right, and seeing Level 7 Civil Servant made me drop my phone onto my keyboard.

If Lawless Lawyer and Miss Hammurabi had a baby...

I love the cast, but the writer and director leave something to be desired. I will be hopefully optimistic.

Wait - the writer is a male? How unusual for a kdrama. I thought the writers were all female. And he writes women as imaginary beings? On the other hand, I feel the female writers write totally unrealistic men, write them how they wish men really were. I remember one actor even said this (don't remember which one).
I happened to like Chuno, The Pirates and Level 7 Civil Servant (yes, I'm probably the only fan of that show).
This does look interesting since it's based on real cases. Hope we get clues from you or someone as to which cases these episodes are based on.

Swapped identity and judge? *Raises eyebrows* I've given up on the legal & procedural accuracy already. But Yoon Shi Yoon!

Also, I must know what is the secret behind that angle! I bet it has something to do with memory loss if it isn't one of the theories floating about db already.

ANGLE tattoo with a cherub (maybe ANGEL)??

I plan on watching Yoon Shi-yoon's new drama YOUR HONOR.
Some thoughts:
1. The only drama I have seen YSY in was the TV Chosun's sageuk GRAND PRINCE which I really enjoyed. A lot of GP beanie fans had a grand time posting comments on a hijacked thread;
2. The last time I saw YSY was on a video of a hug session given by the GP leads after GP finished to make good on a ratings challenge.
It was quite nice. I was surprised how different YSY looked out of costume.
3. I am interested in seeing YSY in a contemporary role;
4. I loved Lee Yoo-young in TUNNEL. According to AsianWiki this will be only her second television drama;
5. I am not familiar with the writer or PD but crime/mystery/police are my favorite dramas so I am in; and
6. If this was an OCN drama (currently hitting a home-run with LIFE ON MARS) that would be even better but in any any event I wish YSY luck with his new drama.

Word from Korean forums is that the ANGLE tattoo was intentional? Like most English speaking KDrama fans, the misspelling was the first thing that stood out for me (much like farcical English quotes on Asian T-shirts). LYY has a good eye for scripts so I hope this rings true for DJ too. Tunnel wasn't highly anticipated when the synopsis came out and when I did read it, it sounded strange to have time travel written as a backdrop and I was never a fan of gore and serial killers but as soon as I started it I was hooked...and binge watched right to the end. LYY has a stage presence that grips you so I am looking forward to her pairing with YSY. GP with YSY was a miss for me, started off well and then plot lost its way and never delivered in the end. The actress was also strangely wooden. I likened her to a black hole. She totally absorbed every emotion in a scene and gave nothing in return.

These judges seem to be getting younger every year

I can't take him seriously as a judge or a bad boy.

This writer also wrote The Package though! Chuno and The Package I liked a lot; Level 7 was truly terrible. But all taken together, it's sort of a strange combo of dramas - all really different genres and all felt very different from one another to me (unlike some other writers' bodies of work, which sometimes even if different on the surface can have unifying themes or just plain feel familiar). So I never know what to expect.

I think the ANGLE/ANGEL is intentional,,, we need to see the drama first to know whether the ANGLE is misspelled or not... hahahaha,,, anyway I saw the 2nd teaser and gosh! It was so intense,,, YSY just went out into his comfort zone with all those running, window crashing and water torture scenes... *check it out guys!* only two weeks before the 1st episode and yes I'm so manically can't contain my excitement here!! Fighting YSY and LYY! Fighting ANGLE/ANGEL TATOO!!!

cc: @frabbycrabsis, @katakwasabi, @marcusnyc20 Bong-soo, @pakalanapikake, @pipette, @stranger Wise

X marks the spot for the DIY Discussion Thread for YOUR HONOR / DEAR JUDGE, which does not appear to be on the official DB recap list at this time. Please join us. The more, the merrier. Tell your chingus. ;-)

Fellow Yoon Si-yoon fan @marcusnyc20 Bong-soo and I had the pleasure of meeting while GRAND PRINCE aired in early April after I began posting summaries and later recaps here:
http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/11/yoon-shi-yoon-offered-historical-melodrama-grand-prince/#comment-3226822

YOUR HONOR / DEAR JUDGE 친애하는 판사님께, OST Part 1

Jung In 정인: “Comfort” 위로, SBS Catch 스브스캐치
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfsbxqw5efA

This piece has really grown on me. It is moodily reminiscent of Kim Yoon-ah's “The Road” [SIGNAL, OST Part 4].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe5J2l2scl8

I post many OSTs and pieces of background music on my fan wall, along with random tracks, trivia, and cultural, historical, and literary tidbits. And assorted cosmic debris.

Cast info for YOUR HONOR:

http://asianwiki.com/Dear_Judge

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Your_Honor

So I want sure at first if this drama could be for me. The plot is familiar, law dramas are episodic and somewhat predictable, and the premiere in general did not win me over. Lee Yoo-young is amazing here, and so is Yoon Shi-yoon... But for some reason, he's really over acting. That isn't at all a comment on his talent - the man is capable of subtlety, which mostly manifests in Soo-ho, but Kang-ho was introduced as a caricature of a gangster. It was entertaining, but out of place, creating tonal whiplash.
The second week, however, started to reform its identity crisis (or perhaps I just got used to it) and I enjoyed the show much more. But seriously, how are people not fazed by Soo-ho's dramatic personality change?? I can only suspend my belief so far! 😂

Thoughts After Episode 5:
-So Joo-eun is just a plot device, huh? What was I expecting.
-Emotive actors are the only reason a show like this can exist without being superficial and preechy.
-Wouldn't you expect a gangster to have some street-smarts? He's the kind of hero you would expect to actually waltz through an opportunity to live as someone else.
-Park Byung-eun's face after So-eun expressed admiration for Kang-ho killed me. It shouldn't have been that hilarious, but paired with the ominous "da-dum" noise, his murder face was cartoonishly comic.
-Lee Yoo-young rules.

Some random thoughts after episode 16:
1. Ratings report from inkinews.com through episode 16:
http://inkinews.com/your-honor/
(not bad imho); Reminder-this is a 40 episode drama.
2. Yesterday I caught up watching episodes 13-16 in one sitting.
Episode 16 ends on a cliffhanger;
3. I think those who have hung around this far and have come to terms with Yoon Shi-yoon's interpretation of the Han Soo-ho/Kang-ho characters are discovering that YOUR HONOR is turning into a very good drama to watch. An all-time great drama?-maybe not.
Are there problems? Sure. However the positives outweigh the negatives;
4. The hook here is the developing relationship between Kang-ho and So-eun. What a great team YSY and Lee Yoo-young make.
Both actors are presenting totally different personas from the only dramas I have seen them in. YSY in GRAND PRINCE and LYY in TUNNEL;
5. To watch a sort-of tough guy Kang-ho fall head over heals for So-eun is a joy. YSY is a fine comic actor but the scenes KH has with his mother are often heartbreaking. The story is starting to flush out their relationship;
6. Through the use of the court cases and flashback YH is tackling some very serious social problems including sexual assault and rape; and
7. I am just enjoying YSY's court scenes (mostly ridiculous I am sure).
I smile watching him tie askew hunched over the bench. He's great.