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May It Please the Court: Episodes 9-10 (Drama Hangout)

Behold, your weekly Drama Hangout! We might not be covering this drama, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a place to talk about it, whether that’s squealing with excitement or piling on the analysis.

This thread is exclusively for this week’s episodes and anything prior, so let’s try to keep it as a place to chat about what’s aired — not spoil future plot points for unsuspecting eyes.

 
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My only major criticism of this drama is that I have the impression that the writers thought they could easily lead the audience up the garden path by repeatedly pointing to Si-baek as the supposed serial killer. But who among us did not immediately see through this and know that this is obviously not the case?

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This show goes in a different direction each week 🤣 I'm slightly exhausted...
I take it that JSB is covering for his brother/brother in law by admitting to the murders, but it is unfortunate that Chakhees grandfather was one of the victims as it has left her devastated.
We still haven't seen what all the murder victims are guilty of, and the show does a good job at keeping us guessing.
As harabuji was drugged by the pancake was JSB also drugged? Did he wake and harabuji was murdered and he realised what had been happening? And felt he had to take the fall?
I thought GiDos impotent rage at his carefully laid plans being messed up very entertaining.
And we finally see why GiDos Daughter wants nothing to do with the family - who pushed the housekeeper down the stairs?
It's fairly action packed!

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I thought GiDos impotent rage at his carefully laid plans being messed up very entertaining.

YES. It will be very satisfying to see him lose the election (please make that happen, Show!). I didn't like him to start with, but the way he just casually arranged for Duk-man to be the fall guy and had him killed has cemented for me that he's an irredeemable character.

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Gi Do's daughter most likely witnessed Chak Hee's granma being pushed down the stairs. The house keeper looked old.

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I knew, we knew from the start the killer was never Jwa Si-baek. But I must say that I found this two episodes mentally exhausting. Just as exhausted the two detectives were by Si-baek's silence, I was really exhausted by it.

The memory loss man is likely Lee Dong-pil, but Chi-sik is also on my radar.

Jwa Shi-baek went to Haraboji Jang's vacation home to protect him from death's hands. This I am sure of. So I found it strange that Grandpa Jang turned up dead by nightfall. Like how does it fit in? Where? What? How? When? I just don't get it.

I see why Yi-yeon is distancing herself from the family. What happens when Chak-hee learns that the man she adores as a grandfather had a hand in the death of he granny. Was that push intentional or an accident? It seems like an accident but I'm not pushing intentional aside.

I truly feel for Chak-hee when he asked him to deny it. I actually found myself wanting him to say he wasn't the killer. I equally wanted him to recant his statement even though I know he's not the killer. Just say 'It wasn't me. No matter the evidence that comes up, it is not me. I'm not the killer. I'm not a killer'. I really wanted to hear these words. So the fact that they'll be saving his recanting/not recanting for next week drives me a bit angry and annoyed. It's no longer fun or mysterious, it's grating my nerves.

Right now I just want to know who the killer is. MIPTC could have used this two episodes to flesh out the side characters and their motivations but instead we spend two hours on a wild goose chase. I can't believe that 10 episodes in we haven't heard a proper detail about Shi-baek's origin, and what his link is to Seo Eun-soo, Chak-hee's Grandma, and in the long run Chak-hee and Byung-chun, Chak-hee's Grandma especially. He spoke from the position of a family friend or a very close human relationship when he asked why Chak-hee has to be Granny's granddaughter and we still haven't seen anything that answers that 10 episodes in. I mean a proper exposition and not a sentence or two.

I hope we don't get a booze of information overload next week when it could have been spanned over. At this point it's easy to guess what the supposed informations are so I don't know how they'll land in the shock effect or have any impact on me as a viewer. I just hope they have something worth it in store next week. I'm not at my wits end, but it has gotten tiring.

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The last 2 episodes was a little dragging. I'm not interested in Gido and his campaign anymore.
Only 2 episodes are left and there's still a lot that we don't know.
However I'm really enjoying Jeong Ryo-won and Lee kyu-hyung's acting, and everyone else.

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This show is getting ridiculous.

1. It made the female detective look really pathetic to confront Shi-baek about the crime scene only to have him explain to her that somebody else must have tampered with the evidence. As if the clues weren’t already available!

According to the “official” version of events, Grandpa was found in his bedroom which means that someone must have moved him. This fact was also acknowledged in Gido’s explanation about what allegedly happened with Park Duk-man: Duk-man laid Grandpa on the bed after killing him out of fear of being caught. So, why did the police expect to stumble upon an intact crime scene in the basement when Shi-baek never gave any indication that he’d moved the corpse from there to the bed? The only logical conclusion would have been to assume that someone else must have involved themself because why would Shi-baek attempt to hide a crime only to give a detailed confession soon afterwards?

2. I seriously disliked how the show neglected the police chief’s importance as a potential witness. If I were one of the cops, I would have definitely wondered why Shi-baek was suddenly making a confession while the police chief was still alive and despite referring to Grandpa as the last victim. Especially considering the fact that, meanwhile, the police chief kept pointing to another potential suspect entirely.

No idea why, after that, the detectives didn’t even try to give the police chief the guards he was requesting even though the news of Lee Dong-pil’s death was never conclusively substantiated. It really shouldn’t have been this easy to go after the only witness in a pending serial killer investigation. (And here I thought it was bad enough when they had the manpower to tail Shi-baek or Gido but nobody to guard the police chief at home when they were already heavily suspecting him to be the killer’s next victim.)

3. I was hoping for the killer’s identity to turn out less cliché and that some of the previous clues were deliberate red herrings. Too bad. Now I almost wish this had been a regular legal drama with witty banter between the two leads and quirky cases instead.

In my opinion, Shi-baek’s been wasted over the past six episodes. Too much mystery around his person and motivations, not enough actual substance. Let's hope Lee Kyu-hyung will finally get something to do in the series finale besides giving everybody his typical blank stare.

To me, the most puzzling scene this week was definitely the moment when the killer rejected Chak-hee’s call on Shi-baek’s mobile. It would be too easy to simply assume that Shi-baek was still present at the scene just because his phone was left at the vacation home. But why would he not realize that he’d forgotten it later on? And shouldn't it have turned up already? If Shi-baek meant to leave it there, why didn’t he bring it up to the police as further proof of his guilt? Or as a way to catch the real killer in case he set it up to record...

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Hopes for next week:
- Chak-hee’s blackout memory returns featuring a nice last-minute twist.
- Shi-baek and the temporary Chak-hee/Ha-ran alliance manages to bring Gido down. And we’ll see some consequences for the vultures at Jangsan.
- The little boy from the orphanage acts as a potential witness. Maybe he saw Chi-sik that night but was afraid to testify back then because he knew Chi-sik was in close proximity due to him being a sponsor of the children’s home.
- If Shi-baek is an accomplice: A reasonable motive and a cathartic confrontation with Chak-hee in which Shi-baek finally reveals his true colors.

- If Shi-baek isn’t an accomplice: A good explanation for all the “coincidences”. For example: How did he manage to predict Lee Dong-pil’s MO in Grandpa’s case without studying the autopsy report? After all, the previous murders didn’t involve electric shock torture. What’s up with his mobile at the vacation home? What did he know about his brother’s revenge plans? And did he have some of his own? If so, how did Chak-hee factor into them?

- Shi-baek finally allowing us and Chak-hee a look behind his carefully crafted facade. Also, more flashbacks to explain how his family is connected to Grandpa.
- More info about Chi-sik’s dead spouse and her relationship with Gido.
- More info about the circumstances of Grandma’s death and how it influenced Yi-yeon’s relationship with her family, Chak-hee, and Chak-hee’s father.
- An explanation for why Chi-sik’s cooking tastes like Grandma’s.
- An explanation for the killer’s focus on the watches.
- Mr. Do’s reaction to Shi-baek’s alleged crimes and/or Chak-hee being Shi-baek’s lawyer.

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I'm so with you on 2. The police chief was no random person. He's the police chief for crying out loud. If a regular civilian said such a statement on hospital bed it's easy to rule it out as incoherent talk. But he's the police chief as such his statement was meant to carry weight. But they flatline ignored him. It seems like they're willing to hear anything that nails Shi-baek as the murderer so anything outside nailing Shi-baek is discarded because I'm sure the male detective would have been more receptive if the Police chief named Shi-baek. Their investigation became skewed as soon as Shi-baek named himself as culprit. Major Crimes Young-jin sensed Shi-baek is out to ruin someone by his confessing to the crime so I don't know why she is not acting on that hunch.

And why didn't they assign police escorts to his hospital room on a 24/7 on-call right after he was admitted. He didn't have to ask. They should have assigned officers to his room.

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With Shi-baek's phone — I was assuming that he had passed out from being drugged and that the killer rejected the call while Shi-baek was still unconscious.

Also, I do wonder if Shi-baek's confession is driven mainly by a desire to derail Gi-do's campaign.

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Wow. Just finished watching this week's episodes. I am fervently hoping that the show manages to explain all the little loose ends with the final two episodes because there are still so many unanswered questions!

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Why do the hair people continue to do dirty Jung Ryeo won and the wigs they style and put on her? Why? Why?

This is giving be Witch's Court deja vu and I don't like it.

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Is it not her original hair?

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No, she uses wigs or extensions. I have seen pics of her in civilian life and her hair is completely different.

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Oh, it just occurred to me that there's been practically no mention of how the grandfather's assets will be distributed. Will Chak-hee get her grandfather's Jangsan shares after all? Or was he just stringing her along all this time?

And what would Chak-hee do with her Jangsan shares if she does inherit them? She had promised her grandmother that she would get those shares; surely there was a point to all those years of slaving away at the firm.

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It took me 6 days to complete Ep 10 because it was so boring. I did not care for the investigation because it was very clear from the past few episodes that Shi Baek was red herring. I am now certain this drama will finish with loose ends like "Grid" another Disney+ Kdrama. Sigh!

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