Mr. Lawyering With Choi Jin Hyuk In "Pride And Prejudice" And "Justice"

I could think about watching Choi Jin Hyuk in two realistic legal dramas. Yes, I'm NOT going to talk about Tunnel here which was a sci-fi one. Instead, it would be the two series which portrayed him as a lawyer in two different situations. One was the heroic prosecutor lawyer in Pride and Prejudice while the other was anti-hero lawyer in Justice. Both presents a different side of a coin and presented him as a lawyer.

Pride and Prejudice was focused on trying to mix prosecution and romantic stories - something similar to Suspicious Partner a few years later. The bickering couple focuses on Jin Hyuk's role alongside Bae Jin Hee as Goo Dong Chi and Han Yeol Moo. Yeol Moo is the on/off love interest of Dong Chi. Yeol Moo is wondering if her brother ever survived the crime that happened in the past. Dong Chi had a traumatic incident that made him give up medical school in favor of becoming a state prosecutor instead. The interactions had occasional comedy while they dug through clues on a past event. They are also devoted to defending the powerless in a prejudiced system hence the title.

Five years later - Jin Hyuk would become a lawyer again. In Justice - he's anti-hero (named Lee Tae Kyung) in a darker and edgier story as he seeks to find the murderer of his younger brother killed in action.What seems to be an accident may be a set-up. This time, he's starred alongside Jin A Nana as Seon Yeoh Ah. Nana had her experience as a police officer named Do Hyun Jin in Kill It. Fortunately, Nana doesn't get the main part since she's been better off doing secondary roles IMHO. I think the sexual tensions between Tae Kyung and Yeon Ah are something. I was thinking would Jin Hee have done better than Nana? Though, I feel Jin Hyuk and Nana do seem to have some better chemistry even if physically, Jin Hyuk looks better with Jin Hee.

So far, both of them showed his power to act as an attorney. One had him act silly when he needed to be. The other had him act in a serious show making you realize you can't always judge a book by its cover. I find Jin Hyuk to look somewhat weird while he delivers results based on his ability.

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