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 14 has a runtime of 62 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 14 recap contains major spoilers –
Things get messy after the shocking video surfaces in Doctor Lawyer episode 14, and we jump a day before the hearing to find Do-hyung at New Hope being questioned by Yi-han and Jayden. It turns out that Yi-han was behind the planning and plotting to get Jin-gi to believe Do-hyung but they probably never imagined that their knight would get stabbed to death by their common rival.
Outside, Jayden talks to Do-hyung and asks him whether he wants to get the 10 billion won that he was promised and mentions that he is ok with betraying his own people in order to execute the perfect plan.
At Banseok, Do-hyung has a lot of thinking to do – which is obvious because his freedom and 10 billion are at stake. Just then, he gets a call from Do-hyung to abduct Jung-hyun and Yoon-jung and then meet him at the car park afterwards. Ready with the recording device, he is happy with how things worked out for him, but Yi-han asks him not to go overboard, but we know how it all turned out in the end.
It’s funny how Jin-gi only thinks about how everyone is annoying him instead of maybe batting an eye about stabbing a man in the neck.
Anyway, Jayden promises to report Suzie for costing them several million dollars for her useless meddling and Seok-yeong arrests Jin-gi from the hearing. Yi-han and Seok-yeong look at each other with relief as Jin-gi is taken away and inside the police vehicle, he tells Mi-seon that they are on their own from now on.
On the other hand, Jayden admonishes Michael but agrees to give him a chance if he can bring in 50 billion won in 3 days, or he’s fired. Michael is annoyed, and Jayden calls Tae-moon to offer his support. However, surprisingly, Tae-moon cuts the conversation short, confusing Yu-na as well.
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Meanwhile, Yi-han mulls over the conversation between Do-hyung and Jin-gi and finds something strange – a pen on Do-hyeong that seems out of place. Yi-han wonders what’s the deal with the fountain pen and who could’ve given it to Do-hyeong – is this why he was stabbed in the end? Would he have survived had it not been for the pen?
Jin-gi, in the meantime, is getting counsel from Eun-sil, who wants to do whatever is necessary to save Jin-gi. However, he reminds her to save Banseok; that’s her primary duty. He agrees to go down with all the negativity surrounding the hospital so that it comes out without any scratches in the end.
Yi-han discusses the secret camera with Seok-yeong as well, who mentions that it must be in lieu of something irresistible for which Do-hyung risked his life, leaving Yi-han to wonder what is going on. As Seok-yeong goes off to interrogate Mi-seon, Yi-han asks her to investigate whether she has taken any drugs lately.
As the interrogation starts, both Mi-seon and Guk-kwang realise that they are in it deep, and once they all get together, the insults start being thrown around – it’s actually great to watch them fight like children. Kang-ho, on the other hand, resigns from his post.
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Later, Yi-han and Seok-yeong commit to finding out the answers to their individual questions – Yi-han goes for the person who bribed Do-hyeong to take the camera pen, and Seok-yeong goes after Jin-gi to figure out who took Seok-ju’s heart.
That night, Jayden meets Yi-han at the law office, and the latter straight away asks him whether he gave Do-hyung the fountain pen. Jayden accepts the blame but doesn’t seem remorseful in any way; if anything, he looks amused at Yi-han’s annoyance and confusion.
He asks Jayden why he’s so obsessed with Jin-gi, Banseok and taking revenge, and the latter asks him to find out on his own. Yi-han promises to do so – putting an end to a bromance that died too early.
Meanwhile, Jin-gi accepts all the blame for everything that happened in Banseok, annoying Seok-yeong who only wants to know what happened to her brother’s heart. However, that’s an answer Jin-gi refuses to divulge and sticks to his guns that Seok-ju due to medical malpractice. As if fate likes laughing at people’s misery, Seok-yeong gets breathless in front of Jin-gi, who tells her that she also has her brother’s hereditary disease and should avoid overexerting herself since things will only deteriorate.
On the other hand, Jin-gi calls Tae-moon to protect Banseok from Honours Hand and keep the company away from Jayden. Tae-moon promises to do so, much to Yu-na’s concern.
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At the general shareholders meeting, Jayden proposes to take over Banseok University Medical Center and Banseokwon and convert them into a for-profit hospital, sending shockwaves across the shareholders. He further proposes to get rid of the cardiothoracic surgery department, which sends Hyun-seong into a fit of rage.
The proposal that he brings to the shareholders seems too good to be true and for most, there’s no other option – the stocks simply won’t hold any value soon. It’s a horrible situation for the hospital, and Jayden shows no signs of slowing down. Meanwhile, Yi-han proposes to meet with Michael because it is imperative that they get to know why Jayden wants revenge that badly.
In the middle of a press conference, Tae-moon’s Alzheimer’s is triggered, leaving the press in a frenzy and in Yu-na telling Jayden the truth – that she has been swapping her father’s medication with health supplements so that he is unable to run for president. The news reaches Jin-gi, who tells Eun-sil to contact Jayden and tell him to meet him.
Doctor Lawyer Episode 14 Ending
Michael meets with Yi-han and Seok-yeong after they spam him with calls. The truth that neither of them is working with Jayden anymore shocks them both. Michael is further shocked to learn about the fountain pen, and he starts to think about why Jayden is so worked up about Jin-gi.
In the end, he comes up with something – 5 years ago, Jayden was in a car accident and was transferred to Banseok to undergo surgery. Yi-han remembers the accident since he was the one who operated on the victim and starts to put two and two together.
A drunk Hyun-seong asks for the penthouse master key, in the meantime, to catch Yu-na and Jayden together. They, however, start to take drugs, with Yu-na asking whether he gave her something he knew would incapacitate her. However, that little game is cut short with Hyun-seong’s entry – who starts to flail around with a golf club.
Yi-han and Seok-yeong get there just in time to stop him, and Yi-han, very dramatically, pops Jayden’s shirt open to reveal the huge scar on his chest, a testament to that surgery that Yi-han did 5 years ago.
As it turns out, to no one’s surprise but our protagonists, Banseok’s VIP guest was Jayden, and he got Seok-ju’s heart.
Doctor Lawyer Episode 14 Review
Well, what can I say – the bromance is strong with this one. And what is that shirt-tearing moment from the last scene? It just seemed so utterly dramatic, it’s making me want to ship these two, weirdly!
Doctor Lawyer episode 14 comes with a decent revelation, one that most would have expected by now. I wonder whether Jayden actually hates what was done to him or whether he is salty that they didn’t take his permission first. Basically, I am wondering whether he’s a good guy or a bad guy. Or he is in the middle somewhere, wherein he hates stealing someone else’s heart but doesn’t shy away from causing someone’s murder.
As I have mentioned a few times in previous episodes, I think Jayden is the most interesting character here, along with Jin-gi, who confuses me with his reasoning for saving the VIP’s identity. I hope they were given something interesting to end the series with because till now, Yi-han and Seok-yeong are just extremely bland characters who wouldn’t have gotten to where they are without Jayden.
Unfortunately, however, I had expected something more from the series and although it takes an interesting route, it’s quite predictable.
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Predictable? When they have been telegraphing this for the last two episodes… curious to see how this will resolve as Jayden’s degree of saltiness is indeed curious (it might have to do with freedom since they are hammering this point so insistently in in the whole penthouse scene between Jayden and Yuna). The other curious thing is where the latent desire for “lawful revenge” will take Yihan. Most people would pop open a beer and call it a day once Jin-gi ended up in jail.
Another point is the writers’ care in showing that the prosecutor’s office is reasonably clean. I thought that the testimony of the prosecutor would have helped but then Jin-gi lost his cool and did the thing with the pen… that’s a bit of lazy writing there since the character was so effective in doing his machinations up to that point.