Reminded of his sister who was bullied in the past, barista Eun-gang empathizes with a juvenile client in The Law Cafe.
After being angered by President Lee’s recent visit, Yu-ri takes a break from the cafe. Jung-ho takes over, and handles a case of an underaged client being bullied. Awakening his past, Eun-gang offers a risky solution to the client.
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The Law Cafe Episode 6 Highlights
“Regretting something won’t get you off. The world isn’t a kindergarten.”
Visiting Yu-ri in her cafe with flowers, President Lee recruits her and shamelessly mentions his belief that her deceased father was at fault in the past.
As a prosecutor who investigated Dohan Construction in the past and quit afterward, Jung-ho gets mentioned by President Lee.
President Lee taunts Jung-ho by stating the possibility of Yu-ri discovering Jung-ho’s familial ties with President Lee. Angered by it, Jung-ho throws a punch and voices his threats to his uncle.
Furious with what happened, Yu-ri who has a fever is forced to take a break from the law cafe. After being asked if what President was true, Jung-ho denies that he investigated Dohan and resigned after.
The neighborhood ladies and Joon become surprised to discover that their landlord used to be a prosecutor. Now sitting as the legal counsel in the cafe, Jung-ho’s scolding tone like a prosecutor displeases the customers.
Yu-ri reads the novel given to her by Mr. Hwang, and a part about a factory fire catches her attention.
“When I look at you on mute, I can see everything.”
Although Jung-ho wants to chase after Yu-ri who suddenly went outside, he tends to the cafe’s client who is a minor. Together, they retrieve the fishing pole the minor sold at a lower price in the secondhand market.
Walking after, they see a group of teenage boys hanging out by the river. Suspecting the boys were bullies, Jung-ho fumes at their rudeness, but he gets dragged out to calm down.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hwang drops the suspicions on Yu-ri being the novel’s author after seeing her angrily barge into his office with the book.
Seeking the truth behind what she read, Yu-ri meets her father’s old colleague. She then hears about how the people in the factory died because they weren’t able to escape the building, not because of her father’s irresponsibility.
Crying into the arms of Jung-ho at night, Yu-ri tells Jung-ho she can wait for him. However, Jung-ho tells her he’s a coward and they’re not meant to be.
“You’re talking as if it’ll be so easy. Being labelled as a criminal is a scary thing.”
A new client named Kim Min-kyu visits the law cafe asking for advice about entering a juvenile detention center in the chances of committing a grave offense under the age of 14.
Recognizing the boy being bullied by the river the recent day, Eun-gang listens to Jung-ho’s session with Min-kyu. Jung-ho clarifies to the boy that the juvenile detention center is different from a prison. Hearing that, Eun-gang reacts negatively to what Jung-ho said.
Min-kyu leaves, and Eun-gang walks out also. Jung-ho then becomes baffled by the business operations of the cafe.
After visiting her father in the cemetery, Yu-ri comes to Jung-ho who cooks dinner at her request. Eating together, Jung-ho declares his intentions of never leaving Yu-ri’s side, but he clarifies that she has to wait.
Min-kyu’s bullies eat at his grandmother’s restaurant. Confident with the video proving it is mutual combat, they beat him up after and demand he gives a portion of the restaurant’s sales to them.
“When you suspect something, you must call it in. Otherwise, it’ll be too late.”
Min-kyu misses school and Eun-gang also skips work. Jung-ho and Yu-ri hear about Min-kyu’s nickname in school after being bullied. A flashback of Eun-gang locking up the bullies of his sister in a place he set on fire is shown.
Jung-ho’s recent client who is Min-kyu’s schoolmate points out the possible location of the bullies of Min-kyu, which is an empty warehouse.
Setting their plans of setting the place on fire while luring the bullies to the place, Eun-gang urges Min-kyu to escape on time once he sets the place on fire.
Seeing that the place is on fire, the bullies run out of the building while Eun-gang takes a video of them. Min-kyu jumps out of the place, and Eun-gang calls for rescue.
Arriving at the place, Jung-ho criticizes Eun-gang’s solution. In Eun-gang and Min-kyu’s interview with the police, they retell the story just as how they planned.
Eun-gang gets asked if he was alone. As he was about to say yes, Jung-ho interrupts the conversation telling the police that Eun-gang was not alone, but was with them.
The Law Cafe Episode 6 Musings
By how many times Yu-ri has stayed in Jung-ho’s place, she may have missed out on seeing Jung-ho’s poster of his novel’s cover. Nonetheless, it’s great that she now knows that there’s more to probe about her father’s death.
Seeing how Jung-ho handles the clients in the law cafe, his difference in approach from Yu-ri is highlighted. His attitude while speaking is definitely more fitting for the prosecution rather than Yu-ri’s empathizing manner of counsel.
Eun-gang’s past is revealed in this episode, and it’s truly heartbreaking to feel helpless after witnessing your loved one live a tragic life. Though he appears to be cold and aloof, he has warmth in his heart.
Leniency in the juvenile law system sounds apparent, but there are still damaging aftereffects given society’s prejudice. The solution Eun-gang took and passed on to Min-kyu is not the best way even though one’s situation is frustrating.
Just as Jung-ho criticized Eun-gang, consequences await people taking matters of justice into their hands. However, by the end, we see Jung-ho siding with Eun-gang. This contrasts his condemning attitude, and we shall see how this affects Min-kyu’s story in next week’s episodes.
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