Recap Korean Drama "Doctor Lawyer (2022)" Episode 15

Doctor Lawyer episode 15 opens with the shocking ending from the last episode – Yi-han tearing Jayden’s shirt open with a lot of passion. The passion is understandable, he apparently did steal Seok-ju’s heart. As everyone around Jayden is left speechless, he asks Yi-han whether he has any proof to substantiate his wild claims. The doctor/lawyer tells him that he’s given the topic much thought, and he’s the only one who’d be important enough for Jin-gi to murder someone to get their heart.

Yi-han’s logic, however, is pretty air-tight, and the circumstantial evidence that he has is somewhat irrefutable. Jayden isn’t able to fight against the logic and Yi-han asks him to beg for forgiveness from the person whose close one lost their life for him. Unfortunately, Jayden refuses to give in to the claims and asks them to find the proof and take him to court if they are so sure.

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Seok-yeong promises to do just that, after which Jayden asks all of them to leave. Later, the sly investor is taken aback when he realises that Yu-na was simply testing him regarding his trust in her and his motives. Meanwhile, Hyun-seong feels some type of way regarding Jayden and Yu-na insulting him in the worst way.

On the other hand, Yi-han and Seok-yeong ask Michael about Jayden’s relationship with Jin-gi. Michael elaborates on whatever he knows about the deal that happened 5 years ago, and some sketchy discussions between Jin-gi and Jayden but cannot say much more. Regardless, Yi-han asks Seok-yeong to look into Jayden’s accident, unaware of the physical toll she’s constantly going through, thanks to that genetic disease.

Yi-han, similarly, looks into Jin-gi’s aide Hyun-gu who is absolutely nowhere to be found. He holds the key to several questions that Yi-han currently has and cannot come to a conclusion regarding, but it seems like finding him is not going to be easy. Meanwhile, Jin-gi tells Eun-pyo of a way to contact Hyun-gu to give him a special message.

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Jayden goes to meet Jin-gi, who promises to keep his mouth shut about the former’s heart if he does something for him – he asks Jayden to take the R&D Centre and stay away from Banseok. He lists several problems he will face if he tries to make something like Banseok into a for-profit organisation in order to dissuade him from taking everything from him.

As the two threaten each other, Hyun-gu kills Jung-hyun and Jun-hwan in order to tie up loose ends. As Yi-han tries but fails to reach Jung-hyun, Jayden reveals why he wants revenge against Jin-gi. 5 years ago, Jayden wanted to push his surgery back in order to meet someone important. Jin-gi, fearing his money bank going away, apparently induced a heart attack and caused Jayden’s accident in order to make him have the heart transplant, resulting in Seok-ju’s death.

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Jayden seems absolutely disgusted with Jin-gi’s behaviour, it doesn’t seem like he’s enjoying the way he was given another chance at life and thus, promises to take away everything that Jin-gi holds dear to give him the most pain. Meanwhile, Yi-han and Seok-yeong break into Jung-hyun’s place to find Jun-hwan unconscious and Jung-hyun missing. The two immediately get into action and try to solve a mystery which hardly has any evidence.

However, things start to pick up for Eun-sil and Jin-gi. First, she asks Hyun-gu to turn himself in after getting rid of Jung-hyun with the clear intention of framing Hyun-gu so that Jin-gi can go free and second, she finds out that Da-rom has been sneaking around in Banseok to obtain critical information. The latter seems to amuse her thoroughly as she realises who this is.

As we move on to Jin-gi’s preliminary trials, Jin-gi claims innocence, and the two fronts start presenting evidence. As Eun-sil calls Da-rom to the stand, Seok-yeong is taken aback, and the defendant’s camp looks giddy at the turn of events. That night, a confused Yi-han and his associates decide to find Hyun-gu and Jung-hyun in order to win the trial. However, Yi-han thinks of another person who can help them win the case.

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Yi-han meets Yoon-jung and asks her to testify in court if she has any conscience left – it’s time for her to reveal the truth. The next day, Yi-han goes to meet Jin-gi but the latter refuses to meet him, confusing Jin-gi. He then does the next best thing – goes to Jin-gi’s home to meet his son and wife. He promises to help them save Banseok but in return, asks Jung-ok what she will do if her husband turns out to be a murderer.

She doesn’t look like she will enjoy that news very much.

As Susie Yoon comes to meet Yi-han in Korea, Jayden lets Yoon-tae and Jung-tae know that they are not going to be chairman since they are both incompetent and greedy – shocking them both.

Doctor Lawyer Episode 15 Ending

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At New Hope, Susie meets Yi-han while Jin-gi’s trial starts with the murder video and Eun-sil’s claim that the person who actually murdered Do-hyung was Hyun-gu.

As realisation sets in for Seok-yeong, Hyun-gu gets a bunch of surprise visitors. Back in the courtroom, Da-rom provides a great retelling of accounts and isn’t bullied by Eun-sil. As the matter of the illegal heart transplant comes up and Seok-yeong questions Jin-gi himself, he denies all and every allegation and even mentions that he was coerced to accept the charges at the prosecution’s office.

As things get heated, Hyun-gu calls on the secret phone in the middle of the session, and before Eun-sil can get rid of it, Seok-yeong grabs it and answers it for everyone in the courtroom to hear. Hyun-gu, rather dramatically, then gets up from the middle of the public gallery, closely followed by Yi-han and Yoon-jung, much to everyone’s shock and confusion.

Yi-han asks him whether he ordered for Jung-hyun and Hyun-gu to be killed and mentions that they should end this right then and again, since he, too, like him, is sick of playing this game.

Doctor Lawyer Episode 15 Review

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As we reach the end of the series, Doctor Lawyer has started to tie its different plots together in order to us a cohesive and believable ending.

Doctor Lawyer episode 15 focuses on Jin-gi’s imminent demise without giving away too much of what happened in the background. It’s a good tactic that the series has been known to play and makes me wonder what these people could’ve said for the situation to turn in their favour. I am sure the answer is in the Doctor Lawyer finale, but it’s always great to be left just a little confused.

Again, as I keep saying in almost episode, we need more of Jayden! As always, he’s the most interesting of the lot and I still wonder whether he’s a good or bad guy. Clearly, the person he wanted to meet desperately 5 years ago, someone who was so important that he left his heart transplant to go meet them, probably died in the crash. He’s definitely out to get that revenge.

I doubt he really thinks and cries about getting Seok-ju’s heart. So, I wonder who this person was. Was it his parents? The ones who died and the ones whom he doesn’t really think about much? If he lost someone precious, you can’t blame the man for going about things like this and going scorched earth instead of depending on the court. Even though he’s wrong many times, I feel like you can relate to him on some level. However, all of these are speculations – maybe he is just a horrible person, and I have bad taste in men.

Regardless, the series is going for a decent ending by the looks of it and considering its thrilling first episodes, I personally find the ending to be a bit lukewarm. It’s definitely satisfying to watch Jin-gi pay for his misdeeds, but it’s still a bit anticlimactic nevertheless.