The WORST episodes of Partners for Justice

Every episode of Partners for Justice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Partners for Justice!

To pin down criminals and solve cases, a grouchy but brilliant forensic doctor opens up his world to a bright-eyed rookie prosecutor.

Last Updated: 3/20/2024Network: MBCStatus: Ended
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You Killed with Those Hands
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7.53
17 votes

#1 - You Killed with Those Hands

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/4/2018

While helping Beom with the autopsy of a man suspected of MERS, Sol feels faint and gets her palm cut by a scalpel. Not being able to get any help from an-yone outside due to being quarantined, Beom stitches her palm himself. Hyun rushes over to the autopsy room and becomes enraged by what has happened to her.

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Everyone’s Equal Before the Law
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7.59
17 votes

#2 - Everyone’s Equal Before the Law

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/5/2018

Do Nam and his wife mourn heavily over the loss of their son, Sung Jae. Initially, Sung Jae is believed to have fallen from a building. However, judging by the absence of blood at the crime scene and how the top of his head hit the ground first, Beom and the crew suspects this to be a homicide, not an accidental fall.

Who Says That Dead Bodies Never Lie?
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7.65
20 votes

#3 - Who Says That Dead Bodies Never Lie?

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2018

Eun Sol, a newbie prosecutor, holds hands with Baek Beom and Cha Soo Ho to investigate a murder case of a conglomerate’s son’s wife. Sol and Beom specu-lates that the husband beat her, who was pregnant, to death. However, Beom tells her never to trust the corpse itself because once a body decomposes, new scars may show up, and existing wounds may vanish.

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Kang Yong’s Baby
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7.67
18 votes

#4 - Kang Yong’s Baby

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/4/2018

While inside the autopsy room, both Sol and Beom start to feel sick. They both suffer from a fever, and Beom even collapses. The NFS goes to late Lee Dong Jae’s place, and Hyun finds out that Dong Jae had a sizable life insurance. Now, the cause of his death could either be due to an illness or murder. Mean-while, another secret is revealed regarding Beom's past.

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You Can’t Perform the Autopsy Since You Killed Him
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7.69
16 votes

#5 - You Can’t Perform the Autopsy Since You Killed Him

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/25/2018

Right when Beom is about to perform an autopsy on Seo Jeong Min, Kang Hyun’s colleague, Kang Hyun suddenly stops him from doing so. He tells Beom that he is not allowed to perform the autopsy in case of destruction of ev-idence. When Sol asks why he is being so cold toward Beom, Hyun tells her that the last person Jeong Min talked to on the phone prior to getting killed was Beom.

My Son Wouldn’t Commit Suicide
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7.71
17 votes

#6 - My Son Wouldn’t Commit Suicide

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/11/2018

Ma Do Nam becomes enraged when he hears that his late son, Sung Jae, has probably committed suicide. He shouts at Beom, telling him that his son would never do something like that. However, the autopsy result shows that Sung Jae has committed suicide approximately four hours after eating, which is around the time he was alone.

We Found Her Dying Message
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7.72
18 votes

#7 - We Found Her Dying Message

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2018

Eun Sol is shocked to see Baek Beom stand as a witness for the conglomerate son, Oh Man Sang. Beom testifies that the cause of Kwon Hee Kyung’s death is not assault. Meanwhile, due to the lack of evidence, the trial is postponed for three days. Will Sol be able to find more evidence to prove that Man Sang is the killer, or will Man Sang be set free?

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Every Contact Leaves a Trace
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7.74
23 votes

#8 - Every Contact Leaves a Trace

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/14/2018

Baek Beom, a medical examiner, performs an autopsy on a young victim. Cha Soo Ho, a detective, watches the procedure from behind a glass. He mentions the disappearance of the victim’s underwear and skirt and tells Beom that the victim was raped and murdered. However, after a short while of examination, Beom tells him that it is a car accident disguised as rape and provides medical evidence.

I Am Sorry That I Couldn’t Protect You
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7.76
17 votes

#9 - I Am Sorry That I Couldn’t Protect You

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/11/2018

Sol remembers seeing many different pill containers on Sung Jae’s desk. After confirming that Sung Jae was alone during the time of the accident, she visits Sung Jae’s roommate, Park Jun Ha, and apologizes for suspecting him. Feeling understood, Jun Ha tells her exactly what happened on that day.

Did You Do It Or Not?
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7.76
17 votes

#10 - Did You Do It Or Not?

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/2018

Soo Ho’s shoe is found at the house of Yeon Mi Rae, who has been found dead. Sol and Dong Sik immediately go to his place to find him reeking of alcohol. Soo Ho is taken to the police station as a suspect. When Dong Sik asks him what happened last night, Soo Ho tells him that he cannot remember.

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Casper’s Law
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7.76
17 votes

#11 - Casper’s Law

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2018

Sol goes on her 99th blind date and is not impressed with the low self-esteemed mama’s boy. To his mother who has been watching them the entire date and has handed her three million dollars in order to convince her to marry him, Sol tells her that her son should learn how to grow his self-esteem and figure out his own life. Meanwhile, Deuk Nam’s three sisters find out that their brother’s body is missing and goes berserk.

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Embarrassing Investigation
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7.79
14 votes

#12 - Embarrassing Investigation

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/8/2019

Dae Cheol believes the victim’s bones are buried in the nearby lot and gets his men to start digging around. They found plastic bags that seem to have bones inside them, but it turns out to be pigs’ feet. Dae Cheol’s embarrassing investigation is reported by the journalists at the site.

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The Truth Is Revealed
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7.79
19 votes

#13 - The Truth Is Revealed

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2018

Although the trial seems to be leaning in the defendant’s favor, Sol does not lose heart and begs Beom to analyze the heels that she wore to the crime sce-ne. The results show that on the carpet where Hee Kyung was found, traces of pills are found. Sol immediately believes that Man Sang has replaced the con-tents of Hee Kyung’s pills into those that would kill her.

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Protection
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7.80
15 votes

#14 - Protection

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/2/2019

With the traces found by NFS, the prosecutors find out the chromium plating factory. They also find out that it is Jang Cheol who took Seo Hyun. Out of everyone’s surprise, Jang Cheol saves Seo Hyun and brings her back to Soo Yeon. Meanwhile, Han Sin and Dae Cheol want to stop Ji Han from investigating Oh Man Sang’s case.

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Blowfish
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7.80
15 votes

#15 - Blowfish

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/3/2018

Dae Sik is taken into custody and is interrogated after being suspected for mur-dering his own father. It turns out that he is seriously addicted to bitcoins and also suffers from anger management issues. Meanwhile, a dead rat is found at Sang Goo’s place, and Beom decides to perform an autopsy on it. This brings an unexpected result.

Your Lies Have Come to an End
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7.81
16 votes

#16 - Your Lies Have Come to an End

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/3/2018

It turns out that the real murderer is actually a woman. Hyun confesses that he omitted some parts from the late Seo Jeong Min’s call history and that he knows who the murderer is. The team makes an urgent, public arrest for Lee Hye Seong, and during the interrogation, she explains that she had been threatened by Jeong Min.

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You’re Still Just a Criminal
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7.82
17 votes

#17 - You’re Still Just a Criminal

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/2018

All the evidence that they find point toward Soo Ho. Although he cannot re-member much from the night before, he implores that he did not kill Yeon Mi Rae. Due to Sol’s relationship with Soo Ho, Kang Hyun is appointed as the lead prosecutor for the case, and Sol is only allowed to work with him. Although she cannot find any sturdy evidence that can help Soo Ho, she feels it in her stomach that he is not the murderer.

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Undoing
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7.86
14 votes

#18 - Undoing

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/8/2019

The police and prosecution lose Han Soo because he jumps off a cliff. They suspect he will go over to his sister’s place and set up a trap for him. Meanwhile, the NFS is performing an autopsy on Gil Ja, the victim. Even with a thorough autopsy, the cause of death is still not clear.

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Schizophrenia
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7.87
15 votes

#19 - Schizophrenia

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/2/2019

Han Soo is a father with schizophrenia. Although he has been taken care by a social worker, his condition is worsening. One day, he gets into a fight with a driver on the road when he is selling corn and drinks with his son, Dong Woo. Meanwhile, prosecutors suspect that Han So is involved in a parricide case.

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Serial Murder Case
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7.88
16 votes

#20 - Serial Murder Case

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/3/2018

Eun Sol arrives too late and finds the body already in the process of cremation. However, Beom tells Hyun that if he can obtain even one piece of the bone, the autopsy can be performed. Hyun, who’s hesitant at first, orders the body to be brought to the NFS. Dong Sik doesn’t understand why Beom is so determined to prove that it’s a homicide since that will only make Beom himself suspicious.

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Will You Take Responsibility?
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7.88
16 votes

#21 - Will You Take Responsibility?

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/2018

Baek Beom finds Choi Hwa Ja’s fingerprints on the dead Byun Soo Kyung’s blouse. He immediately calls Kang Dong Sik to ask where Eun Sol is, only to find out that she has left to meet Hwa Ja. Frantically, Beom calls Sol’s phone. Meanwhile, after waving to Sol and telling her to come in, Hwa Ja mixes an un-known substance in Sol’s drink.

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I Gave Birth to Deuk Nam’s Baby
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7.88
17 votes

#22 - I Gave Birth to Deuk Nam’s Baby

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2018

All the wicked deeds that Choi Hwa Ja has done are revealed, and the dead body turns out not to be Jang Deuk Nam. In addition, Hwa Ja had a lover on the side, and the corpse belongs to that man. It is revealed that Hwa Ja murdered both of the men all because of the inheritance. Despite the result claiming that Hwa Ja’s kid is actually Deuk Nam’s and not her lover’s, Sol requests a heavy verdict.

Pork Skin
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7.93
14 votes

#23 - Pork Skin

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/9/2018

It turns out that the amount of poison the late Yeom Sang Goo took was minimal and thus, he did not die due to that. The team is back to square one and begin the investigation all over again. Meanwhile, Eun Sol obtains footages of both Sang Goo’s son and daughter taking him outside of his home. She also finds out that Sang Goo left around 600,000 to 700,000 dollars in inheritance.

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Pandora’s Box
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7.93
15 votes

#24 - Pandora’s Box

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/10/2018

The body of Seong Hye Bin, a young woman, is found in the mountain by a hiker. Beom notices that her limbs are tied with a knot and that her fingerprints are missing. He also meets with Deputy Chief Prosecutor Do Ji Han, but the two do not get along at all. Ji Han tells him that the culprit is a serial killer.

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We Found the Decisive Evidence
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7.93
15 votes

#25 - We Found the Decisive Evidence

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/25/2018

As all the evidence of the murder points to Beom, he is taken into custody as a suspect. Furthermore, he decides not to explain himself which does not do well for him. Those who have been working close to him cannot and does not believe that Beom is the true suspect of this crime. However, Hyun is more than just determined to indict Beom once and for all.

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