The new team at Pro Bono takes on its strangest case yet when a boy in a wheelchair asks them to sue God. Kang David, the former judge trying to rebuild his career, must decide if he will fight for a seemingly impossible cause. Episode 3, which premiered on Saturday, December 13, 2025, pushes the team into a complex legal and moral battle over life, choice, and responsibility.
A Boy’s Unusual Lawsuit Against God
The episode opens with Kang David and the team enjoying public praise after winning their first case involving a dog’s ownership. Their growing attention brings a new client to their door: a determined 12-year-old boy named Kang-hoon.
Kang-hoon, who is paralyzed from the waist down, has a straightforward but shocking request. He wants Attorney Kang David to represent him in a lawsuit against God. The boy believes God is responsible for his condition and for bringing him into a difficult world without his consent. David initially refuses, seeing the case as a legal impossibility with no chance of success. He tells the boy there is no court that can put God on trial.
However, Kang-hoon is persistent. He continues to visit the law office daily. The situation escalates when his mother, Saet-byeol, arrives. Stressed and struggling, she publicly scolds her son, an act that almost leads to a child protection case. Kang-hoon fiercely defends his mother, revealing a deep bond and a difficult home life that adds layers to his legal quest.
From a Case Against God to a Case Against a Hospital
Driven by her own principles, public interest lawyer Park Gi-ppeum is determined to help Kang-hoon. She convinces the reluctant team to look deeper. She visits Kang-hoon’s mother to learn the full story. Saet-byeol reveals she was a sixteen-year-old orphan with an alcohol addiction when she became pregnant. She did not want the child and repeatedly asked Woongsan Hospital for an abortion.
The hospital, run by the Woongsan Charitable Foundation, discouraged and ultimately refused the procedure. Critically, the hospital also did not provide an ultrasound that could have shown the fetus’s condition, depriving Saet-byeol of information and choice. This discovery gives the legal team a new target. They can’t sue God, but they can sue the hospital and its foundation for damages, shifting the case from the divine to the corporate.
Park Gi-ppeum decides theyโll be sending their claim for damages to the Woongsan Charitable Foundation.
David, using aggressive tactics, forces the hospital to reveal its records. The data shows Woongsan Hospital has a 91% lower abortion rate than other similar hospitals, suggesting a strict institutional policy against the procedure.
A Courtroom Battle Over the Value of Life
The team’s first day in court is challenging. Representing the hospital is attorney Myeong-Hun, who makes a personal appeal to Kang-hoon and the judge. He argues that all life is precious and has a right to exist, questioning whether the world is worse off because Kang-hoon was born. This argument is made before a visually impaired judge, which adds weight to the defense’s position on valuing life despite disability.
The judge, while sympathetic to Kang-hoon’s suffering, rules in favor of the hospital. The court finds that while the hospital’s policy is clear, the team could not definitively prove that this specific policy directly caused the refusal of Saet-byeol’s abortion a decade earlier. The case is dismissed.
The loss hits the team hard, but David is not ready to give up. He announces they will file an appeal, setting the stage for a continued fight in Episode 4.
David’s Personal Struggles and Suspicions
Alongside the main case, Episode 3 delves deeper into David’s personal crisis and the mystery of his downfall. He is actively investigating who framed him with a box of cash that ended his judging career. His investigation leads him to a troubling suspicion: his former secretary may have been involved in sabotaging him. He orders someone to watch her movements to uncover the truth.
The episode also explores Gi-ppeum’s past, revealing why she became a lawyer. Her path was inspired by David himself. Years earlier, when David was a judge, he ruled in favor of Gi-ppeum’s father in a case. His fair decision motivated her to pursue law to help others, ultimately leading her to the Pro Bono team. David learns this history after making insensitive comments to her about her privileged perspective on disability rights.
He gains a new understanding when Gi-ppeum takes the team to her parents’ bakery, Joie De Vivre. Her parents are hearing-impaired, and David realizes he has met her father before and respected him. This experience humbles David and begins to soften his cynical outlook.
Fan Reactions to the Complex Episode
The episode sparked immediate reactions online for its bold premise and emotional depth. Viewers were struck by the central case.
One fan on social media captured the episode’s hook, writing, “Little man came to sue God for bringing him into this world without his permission”.
Others were critical of David’s initial attitude. A comment on a fan page read, “I’m judging Da-Wit, why did he allow himself to get scammed? He’s too in love with money”. This reflects the ongoing tension between David’s old, ambitious self and his new role defending the powerless.
Entertainment sites noted the show’s engaging quality despite familiar legal drama beats. A reviewer from Dramabeans commented, “This was so fun and somehow didn’t feel like a rehash of other legal dramas”. They specifically praised actor Jung Kyung-ho’s performance for bringing a self-aware cynicism to the lead role.
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