Delayed Justice

Delayed Justice (Korean: 날아라 개천용) is a South Korean television series starring Kwon Sang-woo, Bae Seong-woo (replaced by Jung Woo-sung midway through the drama), Kim Ju-hyeon and Jung Woong-in.^[5][6][7][8] It aired on SBS TV from October 30, 2020 to January 23, 2021 every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST).^[9] The director and producer of this drama told the media in a press conference that it is based on real-life actual events, though the incidents, names and places are altered.^[10]

Delayed Justice
Promotional poster
Also known as	Fly Dragon[1][2]
Hangul	날아라 개천용
Literal meaning	Fly From Rags To Riches
Revised Romanization	Nar-ara Gaecheonyong
Genre	Crime drama Legal drama
Created by	Cho Sung hoon Studio S (SBS)
Written by	Park Sang-gyu
Directed by	Kwak Jung-hwan
Starring	Kwon Sang-woo Bae Seong-woo Jung Woo-sung Kim Ju-hyeon Jung Woong-in
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20[3]
Production
Executive producer	Hong Seong chang (SBS)
Producers	Kim Woo-taek Jang Kyung-sik
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Studio&NEW[4]
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) – January 23, 2021 (2021-01-23)

Synopsis

A high school graduate, yet full of zest and keen sense of justice managed to pass the bar examination to be a qualified barrister-at-law against miscarriage of justice. An atypical but empathetic senior reporter and his passionate junior reporter, teamed up to defend and fight for judicial victims who are falsely accused, wrongfully convicted or maliciously prosecuted.

Inspired by the true stories of real-life lawyer Park Joon-young and journalist Park Sang-kyu, who succeeded in obtaining retrials for people who had been wrongfully convicted, wherein a 1999 case in which three innocent people were convicted of robbery and murder, and in 2000, the murder of a taxi driver at the Yakchon five-way intersection in Iksan, North Jeolla Province.^[10]

Cast

Main

• Kwon Sang-woo as Park Tae-yong
  • Park Sang-hoon as young Park Tae-yong

A public defender. Born in a rural town, he managed to pass the bar exam without attending college. Full of zest and keen sense of justice, he became a defence barrister, advocate and solicitor to defend and fight for judicial victims who are falsely accused, wrongfully convicted or maliciously prosecuted.

• Bae Seong-woo / Jung Woo-sung^[8] as Park Sam-soo

Graduated from a lesser-known college and in spite of his atypical personality, he is a competent and empathetic reporter.

• Kim Ju-hyeon as Lee Yoo-kyung

A passionate newbie reporter. She admires her senior Park Sam-soo, albeit sometimes frustrated by his atypical work antics.

• Jung Woong-in as Jang Yoon-seok

A senior prosecutor. He was born in the rural countryside, yet rose quickly in his government legal service career due to his public relations and lobbying skills.

Supporting

• Kim Eung-soo as Kang Cheol-woo
• Jo Sung-ha as Jo Ki-soo
• Kim Kap-soo as Kim Hyung-chun
• Lee Won-jong as Han Sang-man
• Ahn Si-ha as Hwang Min-kyung
• Park Ji-il as Kim Byung-dae
• Lee Soon-won as Kim Gwi-hyun
• Kim Hye-hwa as Lee Jin-sil
• Lee Cheol-min as Ahn Young-kwon
• Jeon Jin-gi as Tak Jae-hyung
• Cha Soon-bae as Moon Joo-hyung

Special appearances

• Lee Jung-jae as Jang Tae-joon (Ep. 19)^[11]
• Lee Elijah as Yoon Hye-won^[12]
• Jung Woo-sung as Park Sam-soo (Ep. 17-20)
• Lee Jong-hyuk as Heo Sung-yoon (Ep. 18-20)

Ratings

Season		Episode number																				Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
	1	983	1162	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	1323	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Delayed Justice : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[13]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Part	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[13]
			Nationwide	Seoul
1	1	October 30, 2020	4.6% (NR)	5.4% (19th)
	2		5.2% (19th)	6.0% (16th)
2	1	October 31, 2020	4.7% (NR)	—
	2		6.7% (12th)	7.3% (11th)
3	1	November 6, 2020	4.3% (NR)	—
	2		5.4% (18th)	5.8% (17th)
4	1	November 7, 2020	4.1% (NR)	—
	2		5.6% (17th)	6.0% (12th)
5	1	November 13, 2020	4.1% (NR)	—
	2		5.9% (15th)	6.2% (12th)
6	1	November 20, 2020	4.5% (NR)	—
	2		5.1% (20th)	5.1% (20th)
7	1	November 21, 2020	4.5% (NR)	4.5% (NR)
	2		6.7% (13th)	6.8% (13th)
8	1	November 27, 2020	4.6% (NR)	—
	2		5.4% (19th)	5.6% (20th)
9	1	November 28, 2020	4.8% (NR)	—
	2		6.7% (14th)	6.5% (15th)
10	1	December 4, 2020	4.7% (NR)	—
	2		6.6% (14th)	6.6% (13th)
11	1	December 5, 2020	4.7% (NR)	—
	2		6.1% (15th)	6.5% (12th)
12	1	December 12, 2020	3.9% (NR)	—
	2		5.0% (NR)
13	1	January 1, 2021	5.3% (NR)
	2		5.8% (NR)
14	1	January 2, 2021	3.5% (NR)
	2		4.6% (NR)
15	1	January 8, 2021	4.5% (NR)
	2		5.2% (NR)
16	1	January 9, 2021	4.3% (NR)
	2		5.4% (NR)
17	1	January 15, 2021	4.7% (NR)
	2		5.6% (18th)	5.6% (17th)
18	1	January 16, 2021	4.5% (NR)	—
	2		5.5% (NR)	—
19	1	January 22, 2021	4.7% (NR)	5.3%
	2		5.4% (NR)	6.1%
20	1	January 23, 2021[14]	3.9% (NR)	—
	2		6.2% (NR)	6.8%
Average			5.1%	—[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Notes

1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.