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 with a sharp outsider who turns underestimation into leverage, and The Evil Lawyer hits that same satisfaction when Mek’s ideals get stripped away. Expect fast, clever arguments and workplace pressure that keep tightening, but Matlock stays lighter and more competence-forward than Mek’s survival spiral.

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Why this pick

The Manipulated keeps a wrongfully framed everyman moving through courtroom confrontations and prison survival, and The Evil Lawyer runs on the same kind of escalating desperation. You get tense, adversarial legal sparring that turns personal, but The Manipulated leans harder into revenge momentum and direct confrontation after the frame.

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Why this pick

Mayor of Kingstown brings slow-burn crime pressure where the system grinds people down through bargaining, and The Evil Lawyer shares that feeling of being trapped inside corruption. Watch for tense negotiations, dangerous favors, and characters making ugly choices to keep family and allies alive, though Kingstown is darker and more grounded in prison-world bargaining.

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