This was more about females being pitted against men, rather than lawyer versus lawyer, and about going beyond the bar of what is acceptable and logical. Females versus males It was obvious that boss Kwon Na-yeon (Kim Yeo-jin), lawyer Heo (Jeon Hye-bin) and Kang Hyo-min (Jung Chae-yeon) were written to be outstanding women who operated beyond just holding their own against the men in the company. Except for Yoon (Lee Jin-wook) and Jin-woo (Lee Hak-joo), and their two supporters, boss Kim (Hong Seo-jun) and lawyer Jung (Lee Jae-woo), every one of the other guys is a joke. The other senior lawyers are either corrupt, lazy or plotting poorly against Yoon and Kwon. Why is it that in a high-profile law firm, no one can come up with a proper manoeuvre? The attempt to get that nervy paralegal to entrap Kwon is incredibly childish and all their other plans are doomed to fail at the point of conception. No way can they compete with t...
Background: ‘Vladivostok’ (shot in Latvia) Ladies: Shin Se-kyung, Jung Yoo-jin These details were enough to bring me to the show. ‘Vladivostok’ wins – everything is so dark and dismal. Unfortunately, the female characters weren’t sufficiently well-crafted. It is true that Se-kyung has screen aura and is a visual glow in any scene where she appears (I think it might have been the director who said something along these lines) but Chae Seon-hwa should have been written with more layers. Yoo-jin could also have been used better. Her Agent Im had very limited scope too. Zo In-sung is alright as Zo. Park Jeong-min was the one with depth of character and Park Geon reached those depths! Se-kyung won best supporting actress for this, so I don’t know why he didn’t win best supporting actor. Park Hae-jun (Hwang Chi-Seong) ...