I liked the slice of life and law mixing drama.

But Ju-Hyeong and Hui-Ji were quite boring as characters and couple. I think Moon Ga-Young did good with the little she had but I think Lee Jong-Seok could have done more, after all his character was pretty much always in an internal conflict with his boss and his own decisions because of the job but was too placid...

Mun-Jeong finally took her pregnancy seriously because until the last episode, she didn't really think about it. At the end, her boss wasn't so against it, he was even happy to show to the others nobody was leaving him (except Ju-Hyeong who was slower than everybody :p). She was super cute with her husband. Ji-seok was a nice side character.

I really liked Chang-Won and Sang-Gi's arcs. They both had doubts but at the end followed their dreams. Even it didn't make sense that Chang-Won could prosecute a case against of ex-client, it was quite satysfying to watch :p

Thank you for the recap, @mistyisles! In the end, this is a feel-good drama for me, wherein, all the characters found the job that they're good at and will make them happier. I feel much better for Chang-won - he not only slammed the rich bully he had to visit in jail but also meet his former boss in court while Sang-ki got a girlfriend!

This was fine. The best stories as mentioned above were Sang Ki and Chang Won. I would watch a spin off with the two of them. I want to see Chang Won's story in the prosecutor's office. I would also like to see Mun Jeong as a mom and her teddy bear husband as a dad.

Yes, it was unremarkable, mellow, ordinary- and it was lovely for it. The food was good too. I don't think I have seen Lee Jeong-Seok act like a passionate lover in any drama I have seen him in. Is there a drama he has been passionate in? He seems too beautiful for his roles anyway. I get dissonance because he looks more like a model than like a character to me.

It was a low key ending that wrapped things up nicely. Overall, it was an enjoyable watch depicting friendship, growth, interesting law cases, and food.

This was a pretty low energy production, with happy endings for all but at times throughout the 12 episodes pretty gloomy. Although this is totally subjective, in my opinion Lee Jong-seok and Moon Ga-young had absolutely zero chemistry. They had to be one of the most boring on-screen couples I've ever seen. But I realize, this wasn't primarily a romance, so that was fine.

Still, even the other happy endings were vaguely unsatisfying. Since we never saw Moon-jung looking even vaguely pregnant and physically uncomfortable, nor on the flipside, even holding a blanketed bundle and looking joyful, the challenges of keeping her job while pregnantand then leaving it temporarily, then returning didn't seem very dramatic. And then the one thing I was rooting for, that did indeed happen, Sang-ki going to school and getting together with his boss, was not really built up the way it could have been--there didn't seem any aha moment even after funding his client; plus with the boss, there were no little increasingly romantic daily interactions but rather it was BOOM-get drunk and out of nowhere they wake up in bed together.

Anyway, I did like some of the cases, which highlighted some everyday issues and ethical dilemmas which I know lawyers and their clients face. But otherwise, I certainly wouldn't show this to any young people to convince them to enter law as a career. In fact maybe that's the point--have people watch this show, realize that law is kind of a low-key miserable way of making a living, and ensure that Korea doesn't have an excess of lawyers.

I really enjoyed this quiet slice of life drama from beginning to end. The warmth in the relationships: family, dating, and friendships. Personal growth. The food. One of the best married couples I've seen. The lead pairing was the weakest but the others made up for this. I'm glad the friendship of 5 was not lost with life transitions. I hope Moon Jung will join Joo Hyung, they make a great team and would support each other.

I left this show feeling like I'd said bye to 3 of my good friends. Yes, three not five hah

I agree with all the other commentary here... Sweet, quiet, lowkey... And sometimes, completely passionless.
Especially the leads. I have never seen such utterly boring characters and deadpan delivery before this. I just felt like they were cutouts, afraid to emote or enunciate in case they wrinkled. I'll have to think twice before watching the actors in other shows again.

That, however, was NOT the problem with our other three friends. They were nicely moulded characters, and the actors did a good job bringing them alive. I would be seated for a spinoff of Chang Won and his life as a prosecutor- it practically writes itself.

Overall, a show I may rewatch if I need something to zone out with... Nice cinematography, good music, amazing food!

It was a nice drama. What I liked best about it, apart from the friendship between the five lawyers, was how more realistic the job of a lawyer was portrayed, with all its prosaic and sometimes frustrating facets. There were no cases that were completely over the top or in which the lawyer chose the alternative route of vigilante justice (even though that can be very entertaining).

The romance between Ju-hyeong and Hui-ji could have been left out; I definitely wouldn't have missed it. The two were far too boring as a couple, with no chemistry whatsoever. I have no idea why there was so much focus on it in the first few episodes, only for it to be almost completely dropped later on.

What I found refreshing about this drama (and perhaps added to the 'boring' nature of the show) was just that the characters acted like adults. For example, when Hui-ji joins the group at the beginning, she naturally just starts joining their meals and getting their support - no drama. Or characters at the end just sharing with their friends what they want to do and there's support from everyone else in the group. No drunken hijinks and just (what I feel, anyway) adults being adults. In world of noble idiocy and over-the-top relationships with miscommunication everywhere, this felt nice watch to tune in to, even if it didn't always hold my attention.

Honestly, I quite liked this drama. Sure, it wasn't super intense, high stakes legal story, but I wasn't looking for that. It wasn't the ultra accurate, very relaxing slice of life as promised either, but I didn't mind too much. For me, it was an easy watch, a way to pass the time. All in all, the drama ended well with reasonable happy endings. I am content :)

It's very funny to me that:
- Sang-gi and his boss have more chemistry or, at least, a more compelling romcom story than the actual leads. I was dying at the morning after scenes, the dance of awkwardness. Her showing up at his college and them walking hand-in-hand was so cute! They needed more screen time and more progression in the prior episodes.
- The debate about becoming a public defender, fighting for clients you despise, becoming a prosecutor, etc. came at the same time as Leftist Twitter lost its collective mind over those same topics. Idk if most ppl here know or care about this, but as someone who was spectating the ridiculous arguments, it was hilarious timing.

I liked this series very much the only thing is I felt more committed to the main relationship than the show did.
In the beginning the times in Hong Kong retracing the movie love story her kissing him that first time. I would have liked a little more closure on that. maybe even meeting the parents but that’s it.

I wasn't live watching this one because I just couldn't get into the first two episodes. But then, @hacja compared Beyond the Bar to this show, and I thought I'd give it another try.

Here's what I really liked: This is one of the most satisfying endings to a drama that I've seen in a long time. The writers left things to resolve at the ending. The time skip and epilogue didn't feel stupid. I really wanted to know whether everyone succeeded in staying friends as they went their separate ways.

Another thing I liked: the boss who didn't want to be bothered by maternity leave but could be pressured into accepting it. This contrasted with the actually terrible boss and the saintly one. Also, I appreciated the two attorneys who didn't even flirt until they weren't in the position of supervisor and supervisee.

The weakness of this drama and why I almost didn't watch it: if you have a very very pretty actor playing the POV character, and what you want to see is him gradually thawing because the woman of his dreams comes back into his life....don't make him the one guy with no backstory. We met every other associate attorney's family members and were shown, not told, things about their relationships. Ju-hyeong said hi and bye to his folks a couple of times. The only background we have on him is from Hong Kong, when we hear about his favorite novel and his Chinese worksheets, and that he used to have a dream before law school. (But what was it?) The actor is doll-like. Yes, sure, he's great at looking like he's repressing emotion, but that's only interesting if we know why he's doing that.

I also didn't think this was an indictment (<==see what I did there?) of the profession of law in South Korea. It was of a common story of early career professionals bonding over the difficulty of their stage of life. I happen to love these stories which I sometimes call the adolescent penguin stories.

This was a reasonably entertaining show most of the time. The romance just did not click but was not the central theme of the show so that was not much of a problem. Most of the 'law' side of things was handled fairly well most of the time. One of the things that I liked about the legal side was that very little time was spent in the courtroom and a lot more attention paid to the gathering of evidence, talking to witnesses, and legal research. It also showed the truth that some cases are simply not worth it economically - the potential client has a claim but even if you win there is no practical way to collect the money (we call such potential defendant's "Judgement Proof"). Writer's like to portray a lawyer making a decision based upon this fact as somehow being uncaring and callous which is not true: We just do not believe in futile gestures and, as Officers of the Court, must properly bear in mind that trials cost money- including the taxpayer money that funds the courts.