Jung Kyung-ho’s sincerity came through.

MBC Friday-Saturday drama ‘Labor Attorney Noh Moo-jin’ episode 5 recorded its own highest viewership rating of 5.1% nationwide and 5.0% in the metropolitan area, taking first place in its time slot.This episode left strong empathy and lingering feelings as it depicted the story of Jung Kyung-ho(as Noh Moo-jin)fighting against bullying for his mother, a university janitor, and his colleagues.

Noh Mu-jin is furious when he sees his mother being insulted and threatened with dismissal because of her academic and liberal arts exams.After learning the story of the ghost of the dead cleaning worker, he suggests that they refuse to take the unfair exams and ends up going to a protest with his mother and colleagues.

The ending of the drama is comical yet poignant, with the police coming in to suppress the protest and Mujin being taken away.Viewers cheered, saying, “Jung Kyung-ho’s acting made me cry,” and “It felt like it accurately portrayed reality.”

This episode is receiving favorable reviews as a ‘one-pick episode’ chosen by the cast members as it is a masterpiece that delivers both realistic acting and a social message.In episode 6, the counterattack of this protest and solidarity with the sanitation workers will continue.



Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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