He’s baaaaaack! After more than two years of waiting for updated news on the return of everyone’s favorite neighborhood lawyer, we are rewarded with photos of Park Shin-yang, reprising his role as Jo Deul-ho. The second season of this hit KBS drama is called Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho 2: Crime and Punishment, and will also feature one of the best female actresses in Korea, Go Hyun-jung (Return), who will be playing Jo Deul-ho’s greatest rival.
When Jo Deul-ho runs into an ugly truth, he ends up fighting Go Hyun-jung’s character in a cutthroat battle. With precise principles about right and wrong, and a tenacity to uphold the truth, Jo Deul-ho will engage in a confrontation against an even bigger evil of society in this new season. We can see in the stills that Jo Deul-ho looks like a complete bum, so maybe something unfortunate has happened since the end of the last season? Hopefully, our zany lawyer will bounce back in no time, to his cheerful weird corruption-fighting self.
The original season was based on a web comic by the same name, and it starred Park Shin-yang and Kang So-ra as its main leads. The story started off with Jo Deul-ho’s fall from grace. He was a rising star in the prosecutor community, but he was kicked out because he decided to stick with his principles. He becomes a neighborhood lawyer who fights for justice in any and all situations. He’s also a wacky kind of character who becomes involved in various bizarre cases.
Personally, I’m excited to have both Park Shin-yang and Go Hyun-jung on my screen at the same time. The way these two actors can electrify an audience is like no other. I can already imagine the chemistry being off the charts.
Monday-Tuesday drama Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho 2: Crime and Punishment will air on KBS starting January 7 of the new year, taking over the time slot currently occupied by Dance Sports Girls.
