Doctor Lawyer (닥터 로이어) is a Korean law-drama TV series directed by Lee Yong-seok and stars So Ji-sub, Lim Soo-hyang and Shin Sung-rok, alongside other cast members. The series has 16 episodes and takes over MBC’s Friday-Saturday 10 PM KST timeslot previously occupied by Tomorrow. Doctor Lawyer episode 10 has a runtime of 61 minutes.
Disney+ describes the series as:
HAN YI-HAN, A GENIUS SURGEON’S LIFE TAKES A TURN WHEN HE BECOMES A LAWYER SPECIALISING IN MEDICAL CRIMES AFTER LOSING A PATIENT TO SURGICAL MALPRACTICE.
– Doctor Lawyer Episode 10 recap contains major spoilers –
Doctor Lawyer episode 10 starts with Jayden filling Tae-moon in about Jin-gi’s attempt to deceive him by using a ghost doctor and about Yi-han’s own past as one for Hyun-seong. Tae-moon promises to make Jin-gi pay and Yu-na promises for him to meet Yi-han, something that he seems to be very interested in.
Cut to the present, Yi-han and Tae-moon come face to face with each other shocking all of them. When Yi-han confirms that he’s Hyun-seong’s ghost doctor, Seok-yeong looks like she can’t believe what she’s hearing. However, Tae-moon looks almost giddy with excitement and immediately asks Yi-han to be in charge of his heart.
This would’ve sounded romantic, if, of course, he wasn’t talking about literally taking care of his heart.
Anyway, Yi-han agrees to the offer but Seok-yeong looks like someone slapped her right across the face for some reason. Later, after a quick checkup, Yi-han asks Tae-moon whether he has ever received a heart transplant. After a bit of deliberation and a nudge from Yu-na, he opens up about his surgery and says that it’s been 5 years since the incident.
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Although Tae-moon probably doesn’t know the reason why Yi-han is asking him this, but Yi-han and the audience know that it lines up with Seok-ju’s death. So, is Tae-moon the person who received Seok-ju’s heart?
Anyway, Yu-na stands up to her father and tells him to butt out of her life when it comes to her work and men. Meanwhile, Seok-yeong is absolutely pissed at Jayden for giving away Yi-han’s secret but he says that it’s all for the greater good – he needs to be on top of things to have this project go smoothly for all concerned.
Jayden seems like he’s very interested to make Tae-moon the president instead of Mi-seon because of his greater reach internationally. However, when he shares his thoughts with Yi-han and Seok-yeong, they tell him about the events from 5 years ago.
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Jayden looks shocked and confused at what he’s hearing and the other two tell him to know of the risks of backing Tae-moon since they will go after him as well. Jayden thanks them for sharing such vital information and promises to back them up in the future as necessary.
Meanwhile, Yo-sub is in hot waters at the hospital as he assists Hyun-seong with another surgery. The others bully him but he almost looks very subservient and later gets called by So-yeon to be there for her as she gets her surgery. Yo-sub looks mortified but can’t really turn down her pleas.
On the other hand, at Banseokwon, Cho Da-rom gets to know that Mi-seon’s daughter Yang Sun-ae is a long-term VIP patient at the hospital. Later, Yi-han and Seok-yeong’s colleagues meet to discuss Mi-seon and her daughter and who Do Jin-woo could be. But before they can figure out what’s going on, Yo-sub comes to the clinic to ask Yi-han to assist So-yeon together.
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Elsewhere, Yu-na warns Jayden to be more careful if he’s thinking of backing her father. Jung Yoon-jung and Jang Jung-ok come back for the executive meeting where the former has been appointed the new director at Banseok Foundation. Meanwhile, Jayden wins a bottle of whiskey with 2 billion won in a bidding war with Yoon-tae and Jun-tae.
At Banseokwon, Da-rom learns about an executive order that Mi-seon has given for her daughter and that she takes drugs along with her massages to look good and fall asleep. Meanwhile, Yi-han and Dae-woong try to find Jin-woo, who seems like a parkour specialist and jumps from wall to wall.
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Anyway, after a chase sequence and fighting off some bad guys, Yi-han catches up with him and saves him from being murdered. Mi-seon isn’t happy with the outcome and asks her aide to make sure that he never sees Sun-ae again.
Yi-han and his gang finally learn what is going on with Sun-ae – Mi-seon abused her daughter and made several cosmetic changes to her body against her will. After learning of the entire series of events, the gang is left shocked and horrified. Meanwhile, Jin-gi proposes to appoint Hyun-seong as his successor as he decides to resign.
Doctor Lawyer Episode 10 Ending
At Banseok, Jin-gi and Mi-seon decide to keep Sun-ae drugged and asleep so as not to let her meet Jin-woo and further “endanger her life”. As the Assemblywoman is about to leave, her car is stopped by Seok-yeong who tells them that they are being sued and that Mi-seon isn’t Sun-ae’s guardian.
As Jin-woo comes forward and a marriage certificate is produced, Yi-han and Tae-moon get there as well. Yi-han asks Jin-gi to release Sun-ae, and informs them that he is Jin-woo’s lawyer much to Mi-seon’s anger, and Tae-moon faces Jin-gi saying that trying to keep two people in his hands is going to cost him.
Doctor Lawyer Episode 10 Review
Doctor Lawyer always surprises me with the twists and turns that the series introduces at every given moment. Just when you think that it can’t get worse, it usually always does.
In the latest episode, I am surprised with how casually everyone is taking Jin-gi although the latter has proven to be nothing but very scary. I wonder why this general apathy exists where no one wants to take precautions and think things through before trusting highly untrustworthy people, but it works in our favour because it gives birth to crazy situations.
I think it’s important, however, to have a good character like Yi-han who doesn’t have many complications to him. Yes, there might be a time when we get to know that he was playing everyone buti doubt that to be the case. Either way, Mi-seon’s shocking backstory makes the water murkier and it almost seems like Jin-gi isn’t telling Mi-seon the truth about her daughter.
More importantly, that man is definitely keeping people drugged in order to hold power over their very influential guardians. It’s an interesting thought and I am excited to see where the story goes from here.
Doctor Lawyer is streaming on Disney+.
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