Judge from Hell

September 27, 2024

A demon from hell (Park Shin-hye) takes over the body of judge Kang In to hunt sinners who escaped human justice. Detective Han Dae-oh (Kim Jae-young) immediately senses something strange about her.

September 27, 2024

The first case: a killer who gamed the court system. Kang In delivers a verdict that technically satisfies the law and perfectly satisfies the demon's brief.

October 4, 2024

The Seoul Central District Court establishes its rhythms — the drama's procedural layer, which makes the supernatural punishments more satisfying by contrast.

October 4, 2024

Dae-oh investigates the judge he cannot quite explain. His instincts are correct. His evidence is insufficient.

October 11, 2024

A serial offender who has avoided conviction for years is the drama's most ambitious case. Kang In's solution is correspondingly creative.

October 11, 2024

Kang In and Dae-oh begin working together — not because she chooses to, but because he is useful.

October 18, 2024

The rules of Kang In's mission from hell are elaborated. She has a quota, a timeline, and consequences for failure.

October 18, 2024

Kang In begins experiencing feelings she was not designed to have — in the body she has borrowed.

October 25, 2024

A case involving a corrupt public official tests the drama's central premise: can the legal system and supernatural justice coexist?

October 25, 2024

Dae-oh confirms what he suspected. His response — continued partnership rather than exposure — is the drama's most interesting beat.

November 1, 2024

The demon's mission is halfway complete. The remaining sinners are more powerful and more protected.

November 1, 2024

Operating through a human body has given Kang In human feelings. The cost of her mission — for the body she inhabits — is felt for the first time.

November 8, 2024

The drama's conspiracy extends into the highest levels of Korean institutional power.

November 8, 2024

Kang In's origin story — who she was before she became a demon — is revealed.

November 15, 2024

The remaining sinners are confronted. The drama's most spectacular judicial sequences.

November 15, 2024

The finale. One of MBC's most gleefully entertaining dramas of 2024 — a horror-comedy-legal procedural hybrid that should not work as well as it does.