Law and the City

Honestly this has become one of my fvrt idk why....

Honestly this has become one of my favourite kdramas I really don't know because it was very comforting, helping people, one of those healing dramas, summer kdrama and a food show also😂. My review must be different from others but that's how I feel about it. Usually when i write reviews I write overview of the drama and the story but not exactly some of the main things and plots but in this drama obviously this is about law so there are many cases and helping people so i will not tell you the cases that they solved i will just tell you the main things and overview.


*SPOILERS AHEAD*

So there are four lawyers who been in the same firm and kind of BFF for 7-8 yrs. One more lawyer join the firm and she is the ex of male lead. One day in the evening they four were having dinner so the female lead joined them for dinner and she remembers they met in honkong and dated each other. She came and said long time no see and he said do I know you? But he was just pretending to not know but he knew. One case after one case of one another so that's how the drama was.

The main leads starts to spend some time with each other and start to develop feelings for each other again. So they start to date each other again. As I told you earlier that there were four lawyers but then the ex(who's now his gf) joined him so the four of them became five(wowww so much maths!!) In five of them there was one woman who was married and was pregnant and don't let me talk about his husband he is a green forest if you will watch the drama you will cry to get a man like him you jus- you just g-- you just go and watch it. She wanted Maternity leave and her boss was so cold hearted he was like I am already handling 50 cases right now and to assist and arranged for a new intern in the place on you it will take me 1 - 2 weeks so I can't give you and my reaction was like broo are u serious or what like oky your reason was valid but say it in a polite way broo the way and in the reaction he said that I wanted to slap him but its fine. But in the end on his face he gave a list of interns who wanted to experience as a lawyer.


I think that's it. SO NOW LET'S RATE IT.


1. STORY: The story was really amazing I can't explain properly and can't gave a proper overview because a law drama is full of different cases and about different people. I also don't remember every single case. But in the conclusion this drama was really good and I don't about you but it also motivates me to study and I start to develop my interest in law side also. Who is also going to pursue for law side that person should totally watch it, this will help them to motivate.

2. Acting: Acting of every single actor was really brilliant and on point.

3. Music: OST was also reallyyy good i didn't notice it that much but yeah as far I saw and listen to it it was reallyy good.

4. Rewatch Value: It depends on the different person and on their mood. But according to me I can watch it more than 4 times because there are just too many cases and it is also very interesting to watch it so many times.

So from my side it is totally worth watching so you should totally watch it.

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Friends and lawyers in the beige city

This drama gathers a really lovely cast mostly old familiar faces that I have seen in law dramas before. The drama has a slight hospital playlist meets law school vibe but without the drama and suspense of law school and without the deep friends to lovers tension of hospital playlist as the romance and plot is as beige as Kang Hui Ji (Mun Ka Young) suits.

Basically taking something that could have been great but making it a bit draggy and with a complete lack of spark. The episodic nature of this was just flat and most of the stories where neither new or especially interesting, giving me the feeling of Iv seen this before done better. That said the drama does have enough moments of brilliance to push it towards the 8 star rating and those are:

1. The meals the group of friends share in this and the way those five interact and bond as a group Shows some of the sweetest moments of friendship to be seen in all of dramaland.
2. The married couples plot-line, the way they interact, the support and the playfulness of their relationship.
3. The work wife/husband dynamics between An Ju Hyeong (Lee Jong Suk) and Bae Mun Jeong (Ryu Hye Young) platonic friendship between genders that just works so well and makes you (or at leas me) wish you had one of those at work too.
4. The bromance between Cho Chang Won (Kang You Seok) and Ha Sang Gi ( Im Sung Jae) I could probably have watched a spin off with just those two.

So to sum it up this is probably more of a 7,75 than an 8 but worth a binge for the characters just don´t expect a mind blowing romance or an interesting plot and you will be fine

P.S the PPL in this was lovely with both Kopiko, Subway and a bunch of drnks... made me feel so familiar...

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A comforting drama about friendship, and lawyers.

I came here because I heard there's Lee Jong Suk and Moon Ka Young staring as the main leads and was intrigued. Even tho I came for the romance, I stayed because of the friendship and cases instead. This show displayed meaningful moments of friendship, love and acceptance. It also beautifully dives into the life of a lawyer and showed different perspectives of cases and ordinary people. This kdrama shows a series of cases waiting to be solved by our lawyer friend group and in the same time developing their relationship with eachother while also discovering one's self. I would have to say the whole romance backstory part of the leads wasn't necessary to make this drama a hit and it actually made me think they had no chemistry at all at the beginning of the series. However they started to grow on me after they got together and helped eachother out. It wasn't a typical exes to lovers kdrama storyline but instead was resolved quite quickly with no super hard feelings. Although I will have to say it was quite weird to budge in the Hong Kong backstory part cuz it wasn't really that neccesary and instead got abandoned after they got together, like there's no more references about it.
This drama didn't make their romance a big focus, but instead made it naturally happen with no fuzzy drama like other shows do. If you only came for romance, this isn't really the show for you. But if you are willing to give it a chance, please stay longer because everything else is going to make up for it.

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Motion for dismissal on grounds of little interest present.

This was not a good roller-coaster ride for me. The first episode started off well, but led to a second episode that was a chore to watch. It then glided into Episode 3 through 5 which was a boring donut with a few sprinkles of interest. Although episode 5 ended with a crumb of curiosity, it’s a case of too little too late for me. Everything about this series (vague story concept, romantic storyline, the other multiple storylines, court cases, and characters) lacked interest. When a script is lacking, I usually can find a few characters to help keep me engaged. Unfortunately, not here. The characters were ok, but the script didn’t give me enough to keep me invested in their storylines. I like many of the actors in this and thought the entire cast did a decent job. However, they even seemed bored with the script at times.

Random Note:

The few interesting parts was the mysteries firm merger and the character Kim Hyeong Min.

I actually started watching episode 6 but got so bored within the first 12 minutes that my brain checked out.

The house used in the second episode (time marker 35:58) is the same house used in the series “Cherry Blossoms After Winter” (Seo Hae Bom and Cho Tae Seong’s house).

For a change, the synopsis on Viki is more accurate than the one on MDL.

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easy watch but not memorable

I really enjoyed this as a comfort show while watching it on air. It is not so much a legal show as a group ensemble (i.e. the "slice-of-life" generically weird label); each of the five members of the lunch group of associate lawyers goes through an engrossing character arc. All of them make important life decisions by the end of the show but remain eternal lunch buddies.

The gentle pace of the show had, in retrospective, very little emotional excitement. Soundtrack, musical editing, directing and cinematography contribute so much to the emotional tension and climaxes of any show that I actually think this might have been a choice, and not a successful one. I dont feel as if I should blame the main leads, but very little romantic excitement was generated by their romance, and their dialogue was mediocre.

While the story of the two leads, played by Moon Ga Young and Lee Jong Suk, was somewhat underwhelming on several levels, the personal stories of the three other members of the lunch group, played by the excellent actors Kang You Seok, Ryu Hye Young and Im Sung Jae, were absolutely wonderful. I look forward to watching any show in which any of those 3 actors appear.

I loved the revival of cocktail jazz for much of the soundtrack, the well-done retro-fashion (oh tan suits!), and the very non-sterile street scenes of Seocho-Dong.

Yet when all is done, I would return to watch this only on a rainy day in summer after a really exhausting day of work. Easy watching for the nostalgic.

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Cases Won, Lives Rewritten.

I didn’t expect Law and the City to grab me the way it did. On paper, it’s just another legal drama, but once you start, you realize it’s as much about people as it is about the law. At the start of it is the clash between Ahn Ju-Hyeong, the cool-headed lawyer who plays by logic, and Kang Hee-Ji, whose heart always leads the way. It was like watching two sides of the same coin...both right, both wrong, and both painfully human.
The cases aren’t filler…they dig into real issues like tenant rights, workplace ethics, and the messy moral gray zones we see in everyday life. And it’s not just the leads who shine. Bae Mun-Jeong completely stole my heart. She’s quietly battling her own issues about applying for maternity leave in a high-pressure law firm, yet she still manages to deliver some of the show’s most satisfying courtroom wins. Honestly, I cheered every time she proved you can be both vulnerable and unshakably strong.
One of my favorite touches? The mealtime scenes. Sounds simple, but those lunches and dinners gave us some of the warmest, funniest, and most honest moments between the characters. It’s where walls came down and real connections showed especially how they both silently comforted Ha Sang Gi when that misunderstanding happened to him.
And about that ending…I loved it. Every character found the courage to go after what they truly wanted, even if it meant quitting a stable job or stepping away from a familiar path. It felt like a quiet but powerful statement: comfort shouldn’t come at the cost of your own happiness. It left me with a smile and a sense of closure.
If you want a drama that’s intelligent without being cold, heartfelt without being sappy, and full of characters you’ll actually care about, Law and the City is worth the watch. It reminded me that law isn’t just about rules—it’s about the lives those rules touch.

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