The laundromat was near his office. He keeps clothes there because of his erratic hours.

I watched the first ep out of whim at 1 o’clock in the morning, anticipating to fall asleep midway as I had always been, but I watched the full first ep in 1 sitting and was restless for the next one! It was very good. I love the two leads. Kim Hye Soo rocks that haircut 💇‍♀️

Wow, thanks @missvictrix for the speedy weecap. I way prefer weecap that comes fresh after the show rather than a full recap that comes 1 or even 2 weeks after the show aired.

The laundromat puzzles me too. He certainly can afford more office attires to never needing to go to laundromat at 4.30am. Even if we pretend he did it just because he liked it, why did he not get suspicious of this lone woman who just happened to be his high school sunbae?

Although I think the laundromat plotline is weak, I do love THAT laundromat. It has got to be the prettiest laundromat I've ever seen, and I've seen a fair share of laundromat around the world. Curious, is it a fair depiction of laundromat in SK?

I have to say that I love a man who finds a laundromat and doing laundry relaxing to be quite attractive. You can keep your shower scenes and abs, and give me laundry soap and the freshly folded shirts. That she seduced him in the laundromat... lol, that's a bonus.

On a more serious note, I fully appreciate that the last scene of episode one was not the voyeuristic sexualization of a violent attack on a woman that we usually get. It was a brutal attack, but there was no lingering camera angles, no just so lighting, and nothing about it was staged to make her look attractive in her vulnerability. On the flip side, while she ultimately was the last one standing in this fight, it was not an easily won victory. There was no miracle punch or kick, but rather this was a drawn out battle that felt more real than most drama fight scenes. I appreciated that even as I winced with each punch.

She is a scraper. Geum Ja is a manipulative, no bars held, traumatized woman. She cares, but but not enough to do something about it. She wants to survive and find stability more than she wants to anything else. While what she did to Hee Jae was wrong, I get it. She needed the client to do well so she could survive more than she needed to worry about the ethics and the morals of the issue. Kim Hye Soo, once again bringing a complex and interesting woman to the fore.😍

My take so far on this show:
The lady lawyer is not all that she seems. Though maxed out on greed and ambition, I think that there is another agenda driving her. The flashback + the staring at the Elite Lawyer building leads me to think that something happened in the past that she might be seeking revenge or payback for. And she will do anything to get it.

Still have not figured out the guy lawyer - he seems to be all over the place in what he wants. Also seems to be a lot of infighting within the firm he works for.

I am really enjoying this show!! It’s a bit OTT yet it gets very real when it goes dark. The ending of episode 1 is a great example.
I also love our shameless FL!! With her large gold chain, ring et al!!
bring it on show!! Am ready.

At this moment I found JUNG GEUM-JA more fascinating than YOON HEE-JAE. I can understand her more. YOON HEE-JAE has everything that JUNG GEUM-JA does not – connections, education and money. He is part of privileged world – the 1%. He is still fascinating - the way he felt betrayed by JUNG GEUM-JA showed us that he is more than power hungry, arrogant lawyer. (I do think he was bit naïve to fall for KIM HEE-SUN hard and fast in short period of time.)
JUNG GEUM-JA does not need knight in shining armour and I hope show will not put YOON HEE-JAE in that role.
I think I will stick with this show for time being.

I just finished watching these first 2 episodes, and I'm excited for more! I was expecting a typical rivalry resulting from a shared traumatic past between our leads. What we have is much more interesting. I so agreed with other Beanies - I'd take the laundromat scenes over the gratuitous abs scene preceding that. It's endearing that Hee-jae found doing laundry at 5 am is relaxing, and it's hilarious that Geum-ja managed to seduce him there.
The glimpses about Geum-ja's past explained her single-minded focus and makes it especially sad when she said to Han Chan-ho's son that at least he has "money" as if that would have make up for the problematic parents. :(
We haven't gotten much about Hee-jae's past, and I was a bit confused about who his family is. (Does he have an older brother who is a judge - in that scene in ep. 2?) I wonder what made him decide to become a lawyer instead of following his father's footsteps to be a judge. Maybe that would factor into the story later.
Also, I'm loving all the cheeky humor throughout the episodes that undercut some tense moments. It could be jarring if not done right, but I found myself cracking up in equal parts mortification and glee.
It would be so fun if Hee-jae and Geum-ja team up in the future. They would be a formidable and hilarious pair!

More of this please! I can't get enough of the female lead! Finally one I want to be maybe friends with. She is so badass and practical.

Love Ji Hoon and the rest of the cast.. very entertaining so far but I wish song hye kyo would have taken the role.. It would have been interesting seeing her put her spin on this drama plus I am tired of her playing the innocent princess chaebol daughter.. I want to see her do some comedy..

Another series not showing up on Viki, I see.

I wasn’t going to watch this one but your recap made me have second thoughts. And it’s on Netflix, although I have to check it it is available or when in my zone. Sounds much better now.

I was kinda worried with the teaser, because I love both actors and didn't like the tone. But after watching the first 2 episodes, I'm in!

Loved every bit of it and the story appears to be way deeper than what it seems.

Episode AND 2 were great! Completely unexpected.

I've read The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi.

Thought I'd mention that.

Now I just have to go to a laundromat. Having my own washing machine is obviously where I've gone wrong. (or right!)

Late on this bandwagon! This was the kind of chemistry I wanted in Witch's Court but didn't get... This show is totally not what I expected it to be but all in the right ways...