Grandfather, Chak-hee, Si-baek, Young-soo and the chain letter left me in stitches.

With episode 6, the criminal case became really exciting. There is clearly more to it than the first episodes led us to believe.

Watching eps 5 and 6 kept me thinking that this drama should feel more exciting and intriguing, what with its one huge case encompassing all the smaller cases throughout the drama and all seemingly disparate stories coming together to paint an unusual picture. But all I could feel was how tired, overdone, and unnecessarily dramatic everything was. Maybe it's the heavy-handed directing. Maybe it's the cliche plot and characters.

All I know is that the only thing that made me perk up was when the drama focused on Chak-hee's growth as a lawyer and human being, and whenever our two leads started to bicker about anything and everything. Not too promising, but thankfully it's only 12 eps long and there's Lee Kyu-hyung as my personal added motivation to finish this.

I was annoyed with these two episodes because they kept adding new cases without concluding the existing cases in an episodic format. I suspected that they will be tied to the murder mystery and I was right, but I wanted them to be separate from the big picture because it was fun to watch Chak Hee mention one thing and end up doing completely different thing after learning the story behind each case. It is good that we are at the halfway mark, so I can power through the remaining episodes by riding on the rapport between the leads.

Yes, the chain letter was funny and it was lovely to see the relationship Chakee had with her grandfather. I found the addition of GiDos daughter tiresome though. There are enough characters being added/murdered on a weekly basis to keep track of them all.
Also, are we convinced Si Baek is the killer? The chef and his amnesiac part timer are highly questionable too.

Did the mom recognize Chak-hee. The way she pointedly looked at her before naming the law firm, could she have recognized her? That raw weakness Chak-hee experienced when she realize what havoc she might have caused, the execution had it on point. Her acting, the visuals, even the music theme playing underground brought it all into a perfect mix.

Bait and switch all MIPTC likes, I'm not suspecting Shi-baek. My radar is currently on Dal-jae, the memory loss guy whose story is tragic already without having the full details, and the chef, who spoke from experience and from a first person perspective. One of them is definitely Lee Dong-pil.

I'm happy this is a 12 episode drama so we won't be having unnecessary fillers, but this is one I wish gets just one episode addition.

And I lurve her relationship with Haraboji Jang. So raw, pure and beautiful.

The chain letters😂😂🤭🤭. Whatever those letters contained, I want to read it and suffer the embarrassment they suffered.

I liked practically everything about the two new episodes except for the fact that there wasn't enough screen time with just our two leads together. Favorite piece of dialogue: Schroedinger's shih tzu. Favorite new side character: Yoo Kyung-jin. Favorite moment(s): Shi-baek coughing and doing the manly voice at the beginning, Chak-hee happily slapping Shi-baek's ass (?) in the drunken flashback, Mr. Do suffering the Chak-hee/Shi-baek duo, Chak-hee's interrogation, Shi-baek and the hair tie.

I liked my water pollution idea but, apparently, it's dead wrong. My next wild guess is that the "drowning" was some kind of hazing ritual of a society for whom the watch signals membership. One more guess: Shi-baek's dead parents aren't linked to his investigation. I mainly want this to be true because anything else would strike me as way too predictable. Further food for thought: What would be a better incentive to do right by the poor than coming from an unscrupulously privileged household? Such background for him would also provide an interesting contrast to Chak-hee.

Sidenote:
- How did Chak-hee suddenly learn sign language?

- How did Chak-hee manage to get confidential Jangsan client information when all her former colleagues seemed to dislike her?

- What the hell happened (or was supposed to happen) to/with that little boy? The director knew that Chak-hee would have an eye on him and his sister. Why would he choose him of all the kids? Or was the killer already involved at this point? (Let's not forget: The children's father was also an orphan. Maybe even at this orphanage? I wouldn't completely rule him out as the killer. Though, to be fair, the killer seems to possess specific insights about the victims that an ordinary father of two simply wouldn't have without a prior motive.)

I hope we'll learn what really happened on that one drunken evening within the next two episodes. Did Chak-hee discover something about Shi-baek that he didn't intend to reveal to her?

Is it just me or is it starting to feel like the serial killer is going after child predators?

The part that kinda shook me with this week's episodes is the grandfather's conversion with Gi-do. So far, the patriarch has managed to come across as this kindly old man who has a soft spot for Chak-hee, but that little chat with Gi-do (where the grandfather says something like, things don't disappear even if they're hidden) reminded me that Jangsan is probably the cutthroat firm that it is because of the way the grandfather built the firm. It makes me wonder if he's all warm and fuzzy with Chak-hee because he did some irreparable harm to her family.

I did wonder if the guy with the memory loss is the killer, but he seems more like a victim after this week. So yes, the chef seems more likely to be a suspect.

I like the new cop and especially like that she's a woman.

Overall, I'm still intrigued and still want to see where this goes. And agree with many commenters that the interaction between the two leads is the best part of this series.

I really love this show and the leads. I for one don't mind legal dramas and there are lots of fun things going on with Jung Ryeo-won in the drivers seat.