Extraordinary Attorney Woo expertly balances humor and heartbreak, depicting autistic realities without turning its lead character into a comic caricature. Park Eun-bin stars as Young-woo and collaborated with professors specializing in autism to ensure accurate portrayals.
This show explores various cases involving discrimination. These individuals include lesbians, defectors, people suffering from serious cases of autism and fired laborers.
1. First impression
As an attorney, attorney Woo must introduce herself in court. She enters with her customary routine and exudes passion for whales that pervades every aspect of her persona – acting as an unwitting source of obscure whale facts and knowledge.
Although many find her cute and endearing, she must also deal with people mistaking her voice patterns and behaviors for infantile and mocking on social media. It has been an ongoing challenge to be taken seriously in a patriarchal, traditional, and prejudiced environment.
However, she works tirelessly and quickly earns the respect of both peers and clients alike. Learning from her mentor, she quickly gains a solid team at Hanbada Law Firm including one who can recognize her for who she truly is: an independent, courageous woman with unflappable ethics.
2. The case
Young-woo’s first case involves representing an elderly woman accused of hitting her husband with an iron. To demonstrate her eidetic memory and explain why this action may constitute bodily injury to others, Young-woo used whale analogies (narwhals being her favorite whale species) and recounted laws about inflicting bodily injury.
She displays her talent for dissecting lies during her interrogation of the defendant, yet gets emotionally overwhelmed, leading her client to be arrested anyway.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a delightful show that highlights autism without depicting it as an over-simplified caricature. With engaging scripts and compelling legal cases that keep audiences guessing, Extraordinary Attorney Woo is truly remarkable drama which treats its viewers with respect. Many scenes will make you laugh out loud! This show should definitely not be missed!
3. The client
This series doesn’t shy away from exploring contemporary societal issues through Attorney Woo’s cases, such as raising ableism by challenging Westernized perceptions of autism and encouraging viewers to think about how mentally handicapped persons may be mistreated and used by society.
Cases in this series go beyond legal matters; they also involve characters’ personal lives. Self-acceptance themes are explored throughout, while characters experience emotional growth as they find love and come to accept themselves more fully.
Park Eun-bin leads the show with her skill and commitment as an autistic lawyer who’s deeply dedicated to her profession. Boasting an impressive IQ and memory combined with a creative thought process that allows her to successfully resolve cases despite having difficulties socially, Park is at the core of every episode in this series.
4. The judge
Young-woo is passionate about whales – she even wears room slippers decorated with whale imagery! As the repository of obscure whale knowledge, Young-woo is unrivaled in this realm.
As her first case is the accusation of sexually abusing a mentally handicapped girl, the process is very emotional for both herself and the client’s mother. Although they eventually succeed in clearing their client of charges against him.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo isn’t afraid to tackle some of society’s most pressing issues head-on. Through her cases, this drama advocates for change while encouraging viewers to be agents of transformation themselves and raises awareness on topics often neglected in mainstream media coverage.
5. The lawyer
Despite prejudices and ignorance from others, she manages to win her cases with ease. Her inborn sense of morality and kindness disarm those around her; clients, mentors, nemesis as well as everyone at her firm warm to her quickly.
Park Eun-bin’s graceful performance as Attorney Woo Young-woo (Korea’s first autistic lawyer), graduated at the top of her law school class. While possessing an unparalleled intellect and passionately enjoying whales, she nonetheless encounters difficulty in the workplace and with self-advocacy; facing down ableism while finding mentors, friends and potential romantic interests along the way has proven an unforgettable journey that has amassed over 69 million viewing hours! No wonder so many viewers love this charming drama!