“Parole Examiner Lee” is a 2024 Korean drama TV series, with 12 episodes, categorized as Police procedural, Legal drama, Thriller, Crime, and Mystery; and streaming on Viki.
SUMMARY: An attorney is offered a bribe. Since the briber had connections with people in high places, instead of paying money, he asked to get a job as a Parole Examiner. What? Why? Because a parole examiner is “the last judge”.
♦ The Role of a Parole Examiner
In “Parole Examiner Lee”, Lee Han Shin introduces himself as an attorney to a high-profile prisoner to get close to him. The prisoner is accustomed to offering bribes and rarely has a problem with people refusing. The money. But there is one corrections officer he is having difficulty persuading. The officer even has a sick child and he can’t bribe him by offering to pay for the medical bills.
It so happens the corrections officer and Lee Han Shin are close friends and he also tries to persuade him. The corrections officer won’t budge. Truthfully, Lee Han Shin is pleased his friend is difficult to buy off because Lee Han Shin has ideas of his own on how to make criminals pay for their crimes.
His plan worked and he managed to gain the confidence of the high-profile prisoner who asked him how much he wanted. He knew the prisoner was the head of a major business in South Korea and had connections everywhere – the government, law enforcement, etc. He asked to get a job as a Parole Examiner. WHAT? He’s an attorney. Why would he want to take a low-paying job like that?
- A parole examiner has several duties but two main duties include: (1) Evaluating the risk to society if a parolee is allowed into the general population again; and (2) Conducting fair and impartial parole hearings to approve or disapprove the prisoner’s release. The primary purpose of performing these duties to ensure public safety.
Lee Han Shin described his role as a parole examiner as “the last judge”.
He will decide whether or not a ‘menace to society’ should ever be let out of prison before completing their sentence. He plans to not only deny parole for the high-profile prisoner but for others who have paid off the other parole examiners so they can get back on out on the streets and commit more crimes without impunity.
Lee Han Shin gets the job and is now Parole Examiner Lee. Since neither the prisoners, politicians, nor other parole examiners play by “the rules”, P.E. Lee comes up with “creative ways” to thwart the approval of the parole for the prisoners, with the intent of keeping them in prison until they complete their sentences. He gets help from Detective Lieutenant An Seo Yun and an unlikely ally, Choi Hwa Ran, who is a loan shark. Let the games begin!
Main Characters:
- Attorney/Parole Examiner Lee Han Shin (played by Go Soo, “Lucid Dream” , “The Royal Tailor”, “Haunters”, “Missing: The Other Side”, “Heart Surgeons”, “The Flower in Prison”)
- Detective Lieutenant An Seo Yun (played by Kwon Yu Ri, “Bossam: Steal the Fate”)
- Choi Hwa Ran (played by Baek Ji Won, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo“)
- Ji Myeong Seop (played by Lee Hak Joo, “My Dearest 1 and 2”)
Viewership and Rating:
- IMDb: 9 out of 10 stars
- My Drama List: 7.7 out of 10 stars
- Viki viewing audience rated this series: 9.3 out of 10 stars
My personal rating is the same as the Viki viewers.
“Parole Examiner Lee” stars Go Soo. Any time I see this South Korean actor’s name, the movie or TV series goes on my must-see watch list. I constantly check Viki for its “Latest Releases” and as soon as this series was added I clicked the button. Not disappointed at all.
LINKS OF INTEREST:
‘Parole Examiner Lee’ promises thrilling David-vs-Goliath battle | MSN
TRAILER/TEASER:
Kd Talky. “Parole Examiner Lee.” YouTube, 15 Oct. 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueDYMZWfSh0.
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