Overview
Maeng Se-na, a top star criminal lawyer who has been a fangirl for fifteen years, tries to prove her favorite idol’s innocence, who is suspected of murder.
Idol I builds a friction between the high-stakes world of legal defense and the obsessive culture of fandom. Sooyoung Choi portrays a star attorney whose professional coldness dissolves when she takes on a case involving the person idolized for over a decade. The drama leans on a slow burn romance that complicates the legal proceedings, effectively using the trial as a backdrop to explore how personal bias challenges judicial integrity.
The series finds levity in the absurdity of idol culture while maintaining a steady pulse of mystery. By weaving threads of chivalric romance into a modern murder investigation, the story highlights the imbalance between private devotion and public scrutiny. The tone shifts between sharp satire and grounded crime procedural, ensuring that the legal battle remains as central to the narrative as the connection between the lawyer and the accused.
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- First Aired
- December 22, 2025
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 60 minutes
- Origin
- KR
- TMDB Votes
- 27