Legal High (South Korean TV series)

For the original TV series of the same title, see Legal High (Japanese TV series).

Legal High (Korean: 리갈하이) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jin Goo, Seo Eun-soo and Yoon Park. It is a remake of the award-winning 2012 Japanese TV series of the same title. It aired on JTBC from February 8 to March 30, 2019.^[3][4][5][6]

Legal High
Promotional poster
Hangul	리갈하이
RR	Rigalhai
MR	Rigarhai
Genre	Legal drama Comedy[1]
Developed by	JTBC
Written by	Park Seong-jin
Directed by	Kim Jung-hyun
Starring	Jin Goo Seo Eun-soo Yoon Park
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Jo Jun-hyung
Producers	Kwak Hong-suk Oh Sung-min
Running time	70 minutes[2]
Production company	GnG Production [ko]
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	February 8 (2019-02-08) – March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)
Related
Legal High (Japanese TV series)

Synopsis

The series tells the story of two completely different lawyers who end up working together to win court cases for their clients.

Cast

Main

• Jin Goo as Go Tae-rim, an arrogant lawyer but has a 100 percent success rate in his cases.^[7]
  • Choi Seung-hoon as young Go Tae-rim
• Seo Eun-soo as Seo Jae-in, a passionate rookie and righteous lawyer.^[7]
• Yoon Park as Kang Ki-seok, an ace lawyer who is Tae-rim's rival. He is calm and gentle with a strong charisma.^[8]

Supporting

People around Tae-rim

• Lee Soon-jae as Goo Se-joong, a notable lawyer and the saviour of B&G Law Firm.^[9]
• Jang Yoo-sang as Kim Yi-soo, an informant.

People around Jae-in

• Moon Ye-won as Nam Sul-hee, Jae-in's university friend.
• Kim Ho-jung as Professor Song, Jae-in's guardian.
• Ahn Nae-sang as Seo Dong-soo, Jae-in's father.

B&G Law Firm

• Kim Byeong-ok as Bang Dae-han, the CEO of B&G Law Firm.
• Chae Jung-an as Min Joo-kyung, a partner lawyer who has a great source of information. Her looks contradicts her personality.^[8]
• Jung Sang-hoon as Yoon Sang-goo, an ambitious lawyer who dreams of beating Tae-rim.^[8]
• Gu Won as Sung Gi-jun, the heir of Hankang's Group.

Special appearances

• Joo Suk-tae as Lawyer Yoo (Ep. 1–2)

Production

The first script reading was held in December 2018 at the JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul with the attendance of the cast and crew.^[10][11]

Original soundtrack

Legal High OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	MUSIC&NEW, Music Buddy

Part 1

Released on February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"If You're With Me" (같진 않을까)	Choi Sang-yeob, Park Se-jun	Choi Sang-yeob, Park Se-jun	Yoon Hyun-sang	3:34
2.	"If You're With Me" (Inst.)		Choi Sang-yeob, Park Se-jun		3:34
Total length:					7:08

Part 2

Released on February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Hold My Hands" (내 손 꼭 잡아)	Han Joon, Park Se-jun	Lee Yoo-jin, Park Se-jun	Ahn Hyeon-jeong	3:01
2.	"Hold My Hands" (Inst.)		Lee Yoo-jin, Park Se-jun		3:01
Total length:					6:02

Part 3

Released on March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Never"	Han Joon, Park Se-jun	Park Se-jun, Han Gil, D&T, LAVISS	Golden Child (Y, Seungmin)	3:25
2.	"Never" (Inst.)		Park Se-jun, Han Gil, D&T, LAVISS		3:25
Total length:					6:50

Part 4

Released on March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Shalala" (샤랄라)	Han Joon, Park Se-jun	Lee Yoo-jin, Park Se-jun	S.I.S	3:17
2.	"Shalala" (Inst.)		Lee Yoo-jin, Park Se-jun		3:17
Total length:					6:34

Part 5

Released on March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Mr. Wonder"	TAIBIAN	TAIBIAN, Bark	Hyojung, Binnie (Oh My Girl)	3:48
2.	"Mr. Wonder" (Inst.)		TAIBIAN, Bark		3:48
Total length:					7:36

Part 6

Released on March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Make A Dream" (꿈을 그린다)	Han Joon, Park Se-jun	Seo Jae-ha, Park Se-jun	Hongbin (VIXX)	3:43
2.	"Make A Dream" (Inst.)		Seo Jae-ha, Park Se-jun		3:43
Total length:					7:26

Viewership

Legal High : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	377	433	263	315	303	350	317	265	238	264	284	310	271	218	285	285	299

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[12]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[13]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	February 8, 2019	3.266%	3.738%
2	February 9, 2019	3.038%	3.396%
3	February 15, 2019	2.762%	2.892%
4	February 16, 2019	2.497%	2.821%
5	February 22, 2019	2.804%	2.815%
6	February 23, 2019	2.666%	2.944%
7	March 1, 2019	2.253%	N/A
8	March 2, 2019	2.115%	2.305%
9	March 8, 2019	2.218%	2.579%
10	March 9, 2019	2.418%	2.632%
11	March 15, 2019	2.340%	N/A
12	March 16, 2019	2.515%	2.563%
13	March 22, 2019	2.366%	N/A
14	March 23, 2019	2.031%
15	March 29, 2019	2.230%
16	March 30, 2019	2.632%	2.578%
Average		2.509%	—[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes

1. Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.