'The Lawyer of God' Yoo Yeon-seok, Shocking Ending with a Face-to-Face with His Father, the Deceased Choi Won-young.. Viewership 6.5% [Comprehensive]

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'The Lawyer of God' Yoo Yeon-seok finally met his father, the deceased Choi Won-young.

According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership survey company, the 13th episode of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'The Lawyer of God' (directed by Shin Jung-hoon, written by Kim Ga-young and Kang Cheol-gyu, produced by Studio S and Mongjakso), which aired on the 24th, recorded a national viewership rating of 6.5%, peaking at 6.7%. The 2049 target demographic viewership rating reached a high of 2.08%. Furthermore, while consistently proving its popularity by ranking in Netflix's 'Today's Top 10 Series in Korea' for six consecutive weeks, it ranked in the top 2 in Korea as of the week from April 13 to 19.

In the broadcast that day, the miraculous survival of Shin Yi-rang (Yoo Yeon-seok), who had been shot and fell into a coma, and the heart-wrenching investigation into the 'Yellow Boots' kidnapping case unfolded dynamically. However, during this process, the past actions of the corrupt prosecutor Shin Ki-jung (Choi Won-young) were revealed, and he appeared before his son as a deceased person who had lost his memory, bringing another shock.

Just as Shin Yi-rang's soul, separated from his body, was about to depart with no memory, the child deceased Yoon Si-ho (Park Da-on) cried out, "You promised to find my mom!" and held him tight. Responding to this earnest cry, Shin Yi-rang's heart began beating again, and his family and Han Na-hyun (Lee Som) shed tears of relief. Having miraculously awakened, Shin Yi-rang rushed to track down the motive behind detective Cho Ji-young (Lee Sang-won) becoming a serial child kidnapper in order to fulfill Yoon Si-ho's final wish.

The decisive clue was found in a pizza coupon giveaway flyer discovered at Cho Ji-young's home. Two years ago, after Cho Ji-young divorced his wife, his six-year-old son, whom he raised alone, died in an accident. Estimating from the child's perspective, Shin Yi-rang deduced that what the son wanted was a '2-night, 1-day camping trip' that could be entered with 10 coupons. Cho Ji-young referred to the kidnapping victims as "my child" and fed them pizza, his son's favorite food. Shin Yi-rang also pierced through the twisted psychology that Cho Ji-young, lost in the fantasy of becoming a "good father," likely buried Yoon Si-ho at the camping site his son had wanted to visit.

Shin Yi-rang visited Cho Ji-young in detention and rebuked his shameless crime. When Cho Ji-young made the sophistry that he had "saved children from parents who were unfit," Shin Yi-rang sharply retorted, "Parents are everything to children. You took away what was most precious." Nevertheless, Cho Ji-young maintained silence by invoking his right to remain silent. The final blow that turned him was the soul of Yoon Si-ho. Possessing Shin Yi-rang, the soul conveyed its sincerity: "If I were your son, my heart would hurt so much." Cho Ji-young eventually poured out tears of regret and confessed to the location where he had abandoned the body.

After police searches led to the discovery of Yoon Si-ho's remains, Shin Yi-rang and Han Na-hyun (Lee Som) guided his father, Yoon Jae-wook (Go Sang-ho), and his mother to the scene. It was a place filled with flowers from many people mourning the heartbreaking death. The couple, who had turned away from each other out of guilt for losing their child, held hands again and burst into tears they had held back. Yoon Si-ho, who had earnestly wished for his mother and father to be happy again, ran toward his parents with a bright smile. It was a scene showing that the family's frozen time had begun to flow again. Yoon Si-ho left a wonderful farewell for Shin Yi-rang, saying, "Uncle, you are a hundred or a thousand times cooler than Lightning Man," before departing for the sky.

As a celebration after solving the case, Shin Yi-rang's family and Han Na-hyun gathered at a butcher shop restaurant and continued a warm meal. Especially, Han Na-hyun's tender gesture of placing meat in front of Shin Yi-rang created a cozy atmosphere. Above all, Han Na-hyun, who had been unable to finish her story because the deceased kept appearing at critical moments, showed an eager step forward with a surprise proposal to "meet somewhere even ghosts don't know."

The sweet atmosphere lasted only briefly, as Shin Yi-rang had to face a cruel past. Yoon Jae-wook, who had been planning to proceed with a civil lawsuit for compensation through Shin Yi-rang, suddenly refused to take the case. He had learned that the prosecutor who had caused the death of his father, a diligent and respected teacher, was Shin Ki-jung. Yoon Jae-wook resented Shin Yi-rang, who bowed his head in apology, stating that the father of the student who had been expelled for school violence was the head of the top law firm, and that Shin Ki-jung had pursued excessive prosecutions for personal gain.

For the first time, facing his father's corruption through the victim's mouth, Shin Yi-rang fell into deep confusion. Amidst this, Shin Ki-jung appeared exactly as he was at the time of his death, aged 41. Not knowing that the young man before his eyes was his son, Shin Yi-rang coldly refused him, saying, "I will not accept your case."

This was a powerful ending that exploded curiosity over whether Shin Ki-jung, who was thought to have died with a tarnished reputation, was truly a corrupt prosecutor, and what truth Shin Yi-rang would uncover after rejecting his father. 'The Lawyer of God' Episode 14 will air at 9:50 p.m. on the 25th.

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