How many episodes are in The Evil Lawyer?

The Evil Lawyer has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The Evil Lawyer premiere?

The Evil Lawyer premieres on 2026-06-11.

Is The Evil Lawyer a new series?

The Evil Lawyer is a new series (Season 1).

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The Evil Lawyer(2026)

Also known as Thanai Pisat

Archived · Netflix

7.5168 eps

S01

CrimeDramaThriller

ON AIR: JUN 11Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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The Evil Lawyer is a legal thriller that moves fast on institutional betrayal. Mek starts out as a true believer in the law, and the show wastes little time dismantling that belief: framed for murder by a powerful police chief, he discovers the system he once used to protect others has no interest in protecting him. The procedural machinery here is not reassuring background noise; it is the source of danger.

Jittri, the defense lawyer Mek is forced to turn to, operates by a completely different code. She hunts loopholes, bends rules, and treats courtroom ethics as a flexible resource rather than a constraint. Watching Mek, who built his identity around principled practice, have to trust someone whose entire reputation rests on doing the opposite creates a friction the story keeps pressing on. Survival, not vindication, is what drives the case forward.

Best for

courtroom maneuvering, corrupt system thriller and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Drama

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

Mek, an idealistic young lawyer who believes the law should protect the powerless. That belief shatters when he's framed for the murder of the son of Anan, a powerful police chief. Overnight, Mek goes from defending others to fighting for his own life and the system he trusted offers him anything but justice. Backed into a corner, Mek turns to Jittri, a fearsome defense lawyer infamous in legal circles as "the evil lawyer." She is known for exploiting loopholes, bending rules, and using any tactic necessary to win.

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Strongest Match

Matlock delivers courtroom maneuvering where a sharp outsider outwits the institution, and that competence under pressure scratches the same itch as The Evil Lawyer. Mek’s world collapses when the system turns on him, and this keeps the focus on watching a practiced advocate dismantle polished opposition with wit and strategy, not brute force.

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Why this pick

The Manipulated is a wrongful-framing thriller that keeps tension tight through courtroom confrontations and prison survival, then turns it into methodical revenge. Mek in The Evil Lawyer fights for his life after being set up, and this shares that bitter, adversarial push where every legal exchange and every hostile encounter raises the stakes.

Flukten fra Bolivia

TV 2 Play • Dec 25, 2025

Drama

In "Flukten fra Bolivia" we are drawn into a fight for survival. Ida, her sister-in-law Michelle and Ida's lover Cecilie are brutally arrested at the airport in Bolivia, accused of smuggling cocaine. The three girls are sentenced to life behind bars in one of the country's poorest women's prisons. Ida quickly realizes that she is surrounded by lies and betrayal, and that no one – not even those closest to her – can be trusted. She is hoping for help from the Norwegian authorities, but instead, help appears from an unexpected source that gives her a chance. A newly established men's magazine has a bold plan to help her escape. Under the protection of a mercenary and with her newborn child in her arms, Ida makes the ultimate choice. She puts her life on the line and embarks on a dangerous escape through the jungles of South America.

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Why this pick

Flukten fra Bolivia turns a conviction into desperate escape, with betrayal by people close to the protagonist driving the emotional pressure. The Evil Lawyer’s fight against a corrupt system feels claustrophobic and personal, and this goes more physical and frantic, with jungle danger and family stakes pushing every choice into survival mode.

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