Divorce Attorney Jang Nara could really use a Good Partner

18 June 16, 2024June 15, 2024

Divorce Attorney Jang Nara could really use a Good Partner

by Jenzy

In the new teaser for SBS legal drama Good Partner, we get to see more of the opposites-attract dynamics between our two attorneys Jang Nara (My Happy Ending) and Nam Ji-hyun (High Cookie) as they handle the dog-eat-dog world of divorce litigation.

Divorce is inherently messy, so when it comes time to saddle up with a lawyer, it helps to get the very best. In this drama, the very best goes by the name of Cha Eun-kyung (Jang Nara), and she’s a divorce legal expert with 17 years of experience. The teaser opens by showing off her skills in how she correctly identifies her client as a cheater just with a look, something that amazes the eager rookie attorney Han Yuri (Nam Ji-hyun).

However, while Eun-kyung struts confidently now, we see in a flashback she’s only gotten to where she is by grinding and solely focusing on her clients’ best outcome ever since she was a newbie lawyer: “Who cares what the judge thinks?” This puts her at odds with the idealistic Yuri, who wants to pursue the justice regardless of who she represents.

Furthermore, while she is undoubtedly the best in her firm, she also has a way of — how you say — pissing people off with her attitude. This is readily apparent to Yuri who wryly reassures a client that Eun-kyung has the gift of making people upset, a tool that can be used for better (her clients) or for worse (anyone who stands in her way).

But despite their differences, what Eun-kyung and Yuri share is a commitment to their clients, and the teaser ends with Yuri asking Eun-kyung after a successful case how she pulled it off and Eun-kyung responding, “What do you mean how? I used the law.”

Written by real-life divorce attorney Choi Yoo-na and directed by Kim Ga-ram (Nevertheless), Good Partner premieres on July 12 on SBS.

Via Star Today

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1 Diana Hansen

June 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM

Love it! Its a sure watch coming up!

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2 jerrykuvira

June 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM

Written by real-life divorce attorney Choi Yoo-na
So will there be some realism and comment on the divorce practice as we find in real-life Judge turn Screenwriter Moon's scripts on the judiciary? I do hope I'm not asking for too much.

I was very sure about skipping this until I saw the italicized. While I'm most definitely not going to see this through to the end, I'm eager to see what's in the writer's head and hear her thoughts for the Q1 episodes which I'll now tune in to.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 16, 2024 at 10:12 PM

💯 the italicized part does appear to give some legitimacy to the show. I was going to tune in for the 2FLs but this raises my hopes. With a judicious ffwd of the cheating husband scenes this should be watchable for a fair bit. 🤞

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3 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

June 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM

Looking forward to this one. Quietly confident that this will be one I will enjoy to the end.

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4 🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM

@Oldawyer will you be watching!?

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OldLawyer

June 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM

I love Jang Nara so I will give it a try. But many 'legal shows' put me off because they simply have such a distorted view of law, legal procedure and how law is practiced that it becomes painful.

Many people loved HYENA but I could not watch past the first episode because the supposedly smart and capable FL had pulled a stunt that was not only a felony but also completely unnecessary as she could potentially have obtained the information she sought through normal legal discovery and, even more importantly, could probably have forced the settlement she obtained simply by asking for it.

In other words, in HYENA what other people thought was good drama was, to me, such utter stupidity that it made the whole show unwatchable.

I would not be surprised if physicians sometimes experience that same thing when watching a medical show.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM

I agree. In an attempt to "dramatize" the events at times dramas overstep the boundaries.

I am finding comfort in the fact that it is written by a RL lawyer but how much were they able to retain their original intent and authenticity is anybody guess. Especially with the looming cheating husband trope which seems to have become a must-have in any drama with a strong FL. 🙈🙄

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OldLawyer

June 17, 2024 at 6:28 AM

It is encouraging that an actual RL attorney is writing this show so the odds are high that we will at least avoid the bone-headed stuff that would make the show unwatchable.

Of course, we will see at least one cheating husband but, if only for balance, we may see another case of a cheating wife.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 17, 2024 at 6:36 AM

I have my fingers crossed for a watchable drama. Even Extraordinary Attorney Woo was apparently based on some RL cases but frankly I didn't connect with all of them. If this drama is largely watchable I'll be happy. 😊

🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 16, 2024 at 10:46 PM

I will look forward to your initial comments as you decide whether you would want to continue watching. 😊

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ladyjaye

June 17, 2024 at 2:07 AM

Hahahaha. This is me with medical dramas, especially ones involving surgery. I just can't, because it's so contrived and silly suspension of disbelief becomes impossible

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Isa is always time travelling

June 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM

Not even Hospital Playlist (which had lots of surgeries) was accurate or at least not too wrong?

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 17, 2024 at 3:37 AM

The J-drama Unmet A Neurosurgeon’s Diary (Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki) is a beautiful drama showing the nobility of the medical profession. Uri @Anne18 is currently watching the drama in case you want to give it a try or read Anne’s wonderful posts. The drama is based on a manga written by a real-life neurosurgeon.

Although tbh I totally understand if you don’t want to mix your professional life and dramas.

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Big Poppa

June 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM

I'm married to a divorce lawyer and she generally enjoys the korean law dramas. She generally takes the view that everything in korean dramas is so exaggerated and so wildly different to how things are here in the UK that the fact that the legal issues seem so out of whack just doesn't bother her. She's more irritated by the idea that people's manager can just kick them in their shins on a whim.

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

June 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM

I agree, the first time I saw a manager kick an employee in public and NOTHING happened I was in shock. Now it’s just a short hand scene to let you know the office is a nightmare place to work. Hot drinks being thrown at staff is next level and only shows up in really toxic work settings cough Miseang.

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🌸 Seeker 🌸

June 17, 2024 at 7:23 PM

The work place settings in K-dramas are always so toxic. That is why a bunch of supportive staff can only happen in a fantasy drama like the Cinderella show. 😱😊❤

5 The Kdrama Enthusiast

June 18, 2024 at 9:30 AM

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6 The Kdrama Enthusiast

June 18, 2024 at 9:32 AM

Nam Ji-hyun looks so much like Shim Eun-kyung in that fourth image it's uncanny. Also, I love seeing capable women doing their thing, so this might be worth checking out.

They both look great, by the way