Extraordinary Attorney Woo

June 29, 2022

Woo Young-woo (Park Eun-bin) begins her first day at Hanbada Law Firm — brilliant, autistic, and immediately underestimated. She arrives at the Centerfield West building in Gangnam by subway from Hapjeong, crossing the Dangsan Railway Bridge. Her first case involves a man who claims he did not know he was getting married.

July 6, 2022

Young-woo's second case involves a complex property dispute. Her colleagues begin to realise that her unusual perspective — the way she sees patterns others miss — is not a limitation but a capacity.

July 6, 2022

A case involving a teenager accused of a crime she may not have committed. Young-woo's approach to her client is characteristically direct and surprisingly effective.

July 13, 2022

A domestic violence case that Young-woo handles with unexpected emotional intelligence, finding a legal solution that reflects an understanding of her client's full situation.

July 13, 2022

A bittersweet episode centred on a client whose situation forces Young-woo to confront the limits of what the law can fix versus what it can only acknowledge.

July 20, 2022

A murder case with an unusual defendant. Young-woo's whale monologues — the drama's signature device — reach their most thematically integrated moment here.

July 20, 2022

A case involving a baby and a custody dispute that exposes systemic bias in what the law considers normal. Young-woo's analysis is the most legally interesting in the series.

July 27, 2022

The custody case continues. Young-woo and Jun-ho's relationship develops alongside the legal proceedings — their first real conversation outside the office.

July 27, 2022

A colleague takes the lead on a case. Young-woo watches from a supporting role — and the drama examines how her presence has changed everyone around her.

August 3, 2022

Young-woo and Jun-ho walk the Deoksugung Palace Stone Wall Path. She explains the legend that couples who walk this path break up — because it leads to the old Family Court. Episode 10 consistently ranked as fans' favourite.

August 3, 2022

A case involving two workers in a noise dispute becomes a meditation on difference and accommodation — the drama's central theme extended to the law.

August 10, 2022

A case that takes Young-woo and Jun-ho to the coast near Ganghwa Island. The Janghwa-ri Sunset Beach sunset scene. The drama's most visually beautiful episode.

August 10, 2022

The coastal case concludes. The relationship between Young-woo and Jun-ho reaches its first crisis.

August 17, 2022

A case involving property and inheritance. Young-woo's father's secret — his relationship to her biological mother — begins to surface.

August 17, 2022

The truth about Young-woo's origins is fully revealed. The drama handles this with the same matter-of-fact warmth that defines its approach to all its characters.

August 18, 2022

The finale. The No. 1 most-watched Korean title on Netflix in 2022. A legal drama that became a global phenomenon not despite its autistic protagonist but because of her.