These two episodes. Phew.

The first case with that poor woman. I think it was a great way to highlight that no one can do anything alone and it is ridiculous to require it. She had all my empathy. My only criticism, was the ending where the father steps up is a rarity. The usual case is the one parent still ends up doing all the raising, usually the mother.

The second case. SMH, Audacity thy name is mistress. What a trash woman. I am glad that was resolved. I also appreciate that Eun Kyung didn't apologize for doing her job. She is a lawyer, she defends her clients. That is her only job. Even though she empathized and felt Yu Ri's mom's pain, she still would have done her job.

As for Sa Ra, what did she think would happen? Ji Sang is a TERRIBLE partner. She actually thought he would pick her over his child. Fool woman.He should stay single and have custody of his kids. Awful man. He seems to be a good dad, so he should just be a dad.

Some old-school dramas have been known to solve the "child born to a lover who isn't particularly maternal and to whom the man is not committed" issue by having the mother simply abandon the child at the father's/father's family's doorstep...I'm thinking about a drama that is truly called Liver or Die in English (original title more like "What’s Wrong, Poong Sang?").

Somehow, I don't think that where we're going here. No matter what, though, if young Kim Jae-hee thought her life was now topsy-turvy because of her parents' divorce...she ain't seen nothing yet. My heart is pre-crushed thinking about what this excellent, excellent writer is going to do to portray what that young woman is about to experience as her father finds out he has another child.

If I understood the mother's distress with her kids, I just felt really sad for these kids whose parents were fighting to not get them... I don't even understand how they can say that to a Judge and still have the custody.

For the mistress's case, if Eun-Kyung did her job in the past, in the present she was not professional by playing both sides. She should have told she won't take this case and won't have any interaction with the mother and the mistress after that. But I enjoyed Eun-Kyung with the mistress.

I was happy that Ji-Sang chose his daughter without hesitating. I think Sa-Ra and their affair were only a part of the problem in the marriage. Sa-Ra wants what Eun-Kyung has, the career and the husband. And she ended with a child instead. It will be a big mess!

So Nam Ji-Hyun acted with Ji Chang-Wook, Seo In-Guk or Lee Joon-Hyuk why she had to act with PO? In this cast, he appears even worse than usual...

Funny how I watched a movie where the exact same conversation Ji-sang and Sara had played out and I was totally pissed at the father for uttering such. Still, I'm unbothered when Ji-sang said same here. Unlike Sara, the widowed father in the movie told his woman off for wanting to be intentionally included in raising his child, more like a mom and less of a nanny. Hence he told her to "know her place."

Sara totally went far when it became clear to me that she was trying to sabotage Ji-sang getting custody of Jae-hee. I want to believe Ji-sang will maintain his stance from last week and make some put-your-foot-down choices next week.

The poor woman from episode had my total sympathy. I liked that this aspect of parenting and sense of self is mentioned and contrasted side by side.

Thank you for the weecap, @quirkycase! I sympathize with the depressed mom who was overwhelmed with taking care of her kids. I, too, lost myself while I was raising mine. I became my son's mom, my husband's wife - I truly lost most of my friends because I was busy taking care of my family. Ji-sang wanting custody of Jae-hee is commendable, however, making her live with the mistress on the side is the lowest he could get. I'm very glad Yu-ri talked to Jae-hee about life after divorce.

My one concern with these developments in the last several episodes, is that the show is still too close to blaming "the other woman" or the "neglectful wife" for the husbands' philandering. The primary responsibility to either pursue the affair or not give into temptation lies with the betrayer--and yet of course its the other woman who is regarded as the home wrecker.

Fortunately, I thought the exceptionally cruel "promoted to finally get an office then get immediately fired" moment was treated with some poignancy, as you got a sense that Sara, coming from a poorer background and dreaming of a successful life could have easily been seduced by the wealthy doctor. And also, Ji-sang has, in my opinion, shown himself to be such a terrible person that the blame for the affair has swung a little away from just being Sara's fault.

Anyway, its not that the point that it takes two to tango is lost on this show, its just that I feel residual attitudes of women's responsibility are still too much present, for example in Yuri’s criticism of the poor woman exhausted as a single mother wanting to give up her children. (While I appreciated the show's solution to force the man to assume some responsibility, I was a little skeptical when it showed child raising clearing up his problem with alcohol. I would have been gratified if someone had said, "I sure wish the state provided free child care for women in these situations”, making the argument for institutionalized child care!)

I have somewhat the same concern about assigning guilt to women for Eun-kyung’s neglect of Jae-hee. It was a mistake, no doubt, but she realized it (and not so late in child’s life—still the entire formative teenage years to play a role )So I hope the show does not punish Eunkyung’s neglect by removing Jae hee from her custody, while rewarding Ji Sang just because he spent more time with their daughter, even though he’s a horrible guy.

Of course, right now Ji Sang is something of a mystery, especially since we discovered in these episodes that Eun-kyung only knew him for a few months before marrying him. I think whether we should side with Ji Sang as a "good dad" because he “compensated” for Eun-kyung’s neglect by cooking breakfast for Jae-hee and was there at night when she went to bed will be revealed in later episodes. Right now, I'm not convinced!

@quirkycase Thank you for the recap. Ep 7's twist was unexpected and I think it will lead to the reveal of the real intention behind Ji Sang and Sa Ra's affair. Jealouwy and loneliness as root cause would be cliche, but if the execution and writing is strong it would be interesting otherwise I felt no sympathy for Sara in her flashback scene. She worked hard but threw away everything for a lousy guh. Tssk

I felt like the show had gone from still a little iffy to hitting its stride this week. I think my favorite parts were Yu-ri's one on one scenes, especially the one with Jae-hee. I also liked her one on one with her mom at the fancy tea place, but really all the scenes where her character is one-on-one were better. I think because the writers wanted to show her growth as a person.

The other piece that felt sad to me was the relationship between Sa Ra and Eun Kyung. We had a flash back to Eun Kyung knowing about Sa Ra's dream of being a manager in the firm. Even though Eun Kyung winds up firing her, she seems really reluctant and sad about it. Like she lost her work friend because of the affair. She had said as much in an earlier episode, but in the end it was Woo-jin the work husband (not) who forced the issue and the firing.

She spent more time with Sa-ra and Sa-ra was easier to get along with than Ji Sang. Sa-ra is definitely behaving a lot worse toward Eun Kyung than Ji Sang is. All in all, a very big betrayal that Eun Kyung is trying hard to be as fair as she can about for the sake of work!

The first case reminded me of Eric Trump.....its well documented that his dad didn't care and his mom used him as a leverage. Regardless of what they are now, that was a traumatic childhood. As for Ji Sang and Sara. I don't get Ji Sang. Like his feelings for Sara are surface level so why make this mess instead of going out of the marriage in an unfussy way. Also, Sara is too dumb in some aspects which seems weird. Like you had affair with one of your boss's husband and then you tried to slander the other boss who happens to be the nephew of the law firm owner. How was she expecting to keep her job?

Thank you @quirkycase for the recap!

No one is perfect in this show, but some are making more of an effort than others. Ji sang is the worst of men in my opinion. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. When you take away all the fluff, privilege, power and hierarchies make for deluded fools. Maybe he has a reason for behaving this way. Let's hear it and we will weigh it too. For now, he should just go sit in a corner and meditate on his wayward ways (assuming he even recognises his mistake).

I especially despise how his actions have sown discord between two women who could have been colleagues and supporters of each other's work and ambition. It's clear Eun-kyung recognised and maybe even admired those qualities in Sara. In a way, I felt sorry for Sara. In addition to her own faulty reasoning, she also seems like a victim of societal pressure. It's not normal to be inundated by messaging that pretty much socialises women to do just about anything to "get" a man (and achieve that commercialised happy ending). Even if they have to trample other people in the process. The irony is that women are demonised for this alot more than men are for the same infraction in real life or fiction. *smh*

I finally got around to starting this drama and getting caught up to the latest episodes. I love this show and my favorite is the friendship between our 2 FLs. I enjoyed every episode and hw much heart is put into every case especiallt the custody cases in this two episodes.
About Sara, I think she will use the baby to dig her claws deeper to Ji Sang. She has acted on every mistressy actions thus far so I know that smile is not a happy-new-mother smile. Its a I-finally-have-a-bigger-reason-to-coerce-marriage-and-win. As if Ji Sang is a prize but if she wins they will be miserable together and that is okay.

thank you for the recap @quirkycase! I binge-watched and now I'm all caught up but now I have to waitttt. I'm really enjoying the show and the cases that can have all sorts of endings. Life doesn't end after the divorce or the court case, there is no specifically a happy or sad ending, there are shades of grey, just like life is.

Yuri has been learning that it's not one or the other, and she shouldn't force her ideals or opinions onto her clients, it was my peeve with her the first few episodes, she's judged her clients based on her morals when a lawyer should be unbiased and make her case based on her client's requests. She'll grow to be a very good lawyer learning from Eun Kyung, in fact I think they're more alike than they think.

I was surprised when Yuri thanked Eun Kyung for helping her mom divorce. It's a great way to get that resolved, and both women got a little closer with that exchange and understood each other a little more.

Eun Kyung remains my favourite character, she was so cool and a much better person than I thought haha, I thought she'd gotten Sara fired but it was actually Woo Jin. It's so easy to be unprofessional and personal but she actually gave Sara full marks for her assessment. I wouldn't be surprised if the affair stems from Sara's jealousy and rivalry from trying to be better than Eun Kyung. If it was, I sure hope Sara comes to her senses and at least apologize to Eun Kyung. She was her work wife for 10 years for goodness sake. It's a double betrayal so I love Eun Kyung even more for staying so professional.
Ohhhh and she totally reminded me of So Ji Sub's Go Jio(?) in The Master's Sun with the mistress smackdown. I wanna be like Eun Kyung so I understand why Woo Jin is smitten. Jang Nara continues to slay with her awesomeness. It's also her big doe eyes, when she's with Jae Hee and the expressions, I get emotional along with her.

Ji Sang is a terrible person, the only thing he's good at is prioritizing Jae Hee. While Sara is an idiot who thinks she can get away with scandalising her boss and the 'nephew' of the law firm owner? I hope she realise Ji Sang isn't her happy ending and what she gave up in exchange. She seemed to have a satisfying and well paid job that she was happy at, why give that up for an affair, with your boss's husband to boot? She ain't no Ariel and Ji Sang ain't no Eric either, there's no real love there girl.

p.s sorry PO I still find you a sorry excuse of a distraction

Call me American but why can’t both share custody. She is at an age where she is never home school and hagwon. He is a doctor and she a lawyer. Neither able to have much family time. Just cause he cooks someone thinks custody should be his? Why the winner take all mentality?

I think it is odd that the head person didn’t fire her immediately given her secretarial role there and the husband was on as legal consultant as well. She only wanted the husband cause she wanted a challenge. He did it cause he could. He was the one promising to be exclusive until death. Part of me thinks it is all just meant to be a PSA for no fault divorce movement? In reality which is goofy the secretary could not hope to marry a doctor legitimately. It’s all about matching professionally. She matched as a lawyer. She could only get a doctor by his being divorced and already a father and she might as well be the reason. The snobbishness of titles and positions are goofy.