Lee Jin-wook of "Esquire" overpowered child abusers, surpassing 10% of viewership...the greatest exhilaration of all time
Aug 11, 2025
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In the fourth episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Esquire: Lawyers Dreaming of becoming a Lawyer', Yoon Seok-hoon (Lee Jin-wook) was depicted destroying the perpetrator of child abuse with a meticulous strategy. Nielsen Korea broke its own highest ratings again with 9% in the Seoul metropolitan area and 8.3% in the country based on paid households, and its highest ratings per minute soared to 10.2% in the Seoul metropolitan area, solidifying its position as No. 1 in the weekend miniseries.
In the play, Yoon Seok-hoon will take charge of the personal affairs of Choi Chul-min (Sang Do-woo), the CEO of a fund company suspected of child abuse. Choi Chul-min, who is concerned about the damage to the corporate image, asks for a quiet resolution of the dispute with the housekeeper, but Kang Hyo-min (Jeong Chae-yeon), who is investigating, hears repeated traces of abuse and concealment in the child's body from the housekeeper. However, the housekeeper threatens to demand money, fraud and theft convictions are revealed, and the truth falls into chaos.
In a three-way face-to-face meeting, Yoon Seok-hoon presses the housekeeper to get a memorandum to give up false reports, but Kang Hyo-min is disappointed by his attitude and says he will report Choi Chul-min himself. Yoon Seok-hoon explains why he hid his feelings, saying that Choi Chul-min was suspected of child abuse and tended to be unable to control his anger, which could put the child at greater risk.
But the situation soon turns around. When Choi Chul-min admits to assaulting meanly after being called to the police again, Yoon Seok-hoon punches with the words "Even a guy like you becomes a parent". The information on embezzlement of funds had already been leaked to the guardian who appeared afterwards, and Choi Cheol-min collapsed by returning the pain he inflicted.
JTBC's Saturday-Sunday Drama 'esquire' airs every Saturday at 10:40 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 p.m.
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