# Small & Mighty (正义的算法)
**Small & Mighty** (正義的算法) is a 2022 Taiwanese legal comedy-drama series about a money-driven star lawyer whose life collapses when a young boy appears at his door calling him "daddy" and he is forced to work at a small public-interest law firm. It was the first original Taiwanese series produced for Disney+, co-developed with the Chinese video platform bilibili and produced by Yoosonn Entertainment (友松娛樂), directed by Hsu Fu-hsiang (許富翔) and led by Chen Bo-lin (陳柏霖) and [Puff Kuo](https://www.edgepedia.org/puff-kuo) (郭雪芙).[1](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty) • [2](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh_TW&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title / English title | 正義的算法 / Small & Mighty[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty) |
| Format | 26 episodes, roughly 38 to 45 minutes each; legal comedy-drama[2](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh_TW&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH) • [4](https://www.justwatch.com/id/tv-show/small-and-mighty) |
| Release | Disney+ and bilibili, June 15 to July 21, 2022; six episodes on launch day, then two episodes each Wednesday and Thursday at 20:00[2](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh_TW&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH) |
| Lead cast | Chen Bo-lin as Liu Lang, Puff Kuo as Lin Xiao-yan, with Lin Ge-yu as the boy Liu Liang-liang[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty) |
| Production | Yoosonn Entertainment (友松娛樂); filming from April 28 to November 3, 2021[1](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty) • [5](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH) |
| Overseas reach | Broadcast in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Macau[6](https://stat.moc.gov.tw/Research_Download.aspx?idno=1174) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
Liu Lang, played by Chen Bo-lin, is a crafty, greedy lawyer who calls himself a "precision-calculating lawyer" (精算律師): he wins cases by any means because his own income is tied to his client's interests, and he sits at the top of the profession's pecking order.[7](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-5c84c360-ee68-4c97-abb4-0501996888e5) His career collapses after a major professional failure, and a five-year-old boy, Liu Liang-liang (林格宇), shows up claiming to be his son while his birth mother cannot be found.[1](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty) • [8](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/Small%20and%20Mighty.html) To make a living and untangle the boy's origins, Liu Lang joins a small firm that takes public-interest cases, where he is paired with the earnest rookie lawyer Lin Xiao-yan (郭雪芙), whose idealism is the opposite of his own.[1](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty) • [8](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/Small%20and%20Mighty.html)
The two leads form a bickering mentor-and-rival pairing. Across the cases they argue over whether a lawyer's duty is the client's maximum benefit or fairness and justice, and each gradually influences the other's values.[8](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/Small%20and%20Mighty.html) • [9](https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/story/66527) Supporting cast includes Hou Yan-xi as Xu Da En, Lin Yu-pin (阿喜) as Nicole, Vera Chen as Chen Hui Yun, William Liao as Zeng Ju Jia, and Jason Tsou as Liu Li Wei.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty)
## Production and release
The series was developed jointly by Disney+ and bilibili and produced by Yoosonn Entertainment, the company behind the hit drama *我们不能是朋友* (*Before We Get Married*).[1](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty) • [10](https://www.stufftaiwan.com/2022/06/06/%E9%99%B3%E6%9F%8F%E9%9C%96%E3%80%81%E9%83%AD%E9%9B%AA%E8%8A%99%E5%8C%96%E8%BA%AB%E6%AD%A1%E5%96%9C%E5%86%A4%E5%AE%B6%EF%BC%81%E3%80%8A%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95%E3%80%8B6-15/) Hsu Fu-hsiang, who had directed Chen Bo-lin in the comedy film *詭扯* (*Treat or Trick*), directed; seven screenwriters and co-writers are credited, including Wang Hui Chu, Wang Kuo Kuang, Feng Wei, Yu Yuen Yuen, and Chen Yi Zheng.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty) • [11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/) Filming ran from April 28 to November 3, 2021.[5](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH)
Disney+ released the first six episodes on June 15, 2022, followed by two episodes each Wednesday and Thursday at 20:00 until the finale on July 21; the free-to-air channel 衛視中文台 later began a weekday evening broadcast on August 29, 2022.[5](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH) The opening theme was "Forty to One" (幾比幾) by Zunya featuring Kumachan, and the ending theme "Always" (同個世界) by J.Sheon, with insert songs by William Wei, Chang Ruo Fan, Huan Huan, and Nine One One.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty)
For Chen Bo-lin, the role marked a return to Taiwanese television drama eleven years after playing Li Da-ren in *In Time with You* (2011), and a deliberate turn from romantic leads toward comedy.[12](https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E5%90%B3%E6%85%B7%E4%BB%81%E3%80%81%E6%9E%97%E6%9F%8F%E5%AE%8F%E5%B0%BA%E5%BA%A6%E5%A4%A7%E9%96%8B%E3%80%8A%E5%AA%BD%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%A5%E9%AC%A7%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%81%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E7%9D%BD%E9%81%95%E5%B7%B2%E4%B9%85%E7%9A%84%E9%99%B3%E6%9F%8F%E9%9C%96%E3%80%81%E6%A1%82%E7%B6%B8%E9%8E%82%E5%9B%9E%E6%AD%B8%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%EF%BC%81-032907629.html) • [13](https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/120840/6447083)
## Cases and themes
The season is built as a case-of-the-week show, with roughly one case per two episodes and guest stars appearing in each unit.[11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/) The first ten episodes alone cover a food-safety crisis involving a contaminated jelly, construction-site overwork, a kindergarten bullying case, a medical dispute, and an influencer's divorce consultation.[14](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/drama/g40350987/disney-plus-small-and-mighty/) Later material includes online fraud, animal abuse, and inheritance disputes.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty) • [11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/)
The opening case frames the show's central question. A couple sues a food company over jelly that sickened their child, asking for NT$1 million in compensation and a public apology; the defense lawyer counters with an immediate NT$2 million "settlement" for the child's treatment, then cites a real 2011 Taiwanese food-safety case in which more than 500 consumers pursued NT$7.8 billion from over 30 manufacturers and, after more than seven years of litigation ending in 2018, each received about NT$3,000.[15](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_18642571) The choice between a fast private payout and a long public fight is the "algorithm" of the title.[14](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/drama/g40350987/disney-plus-small-and-mighty/)
Commentators placed the show in the lineage of the Japanese series Legal High, pairing an idealistic female lawyer with a pragmatic male one, and noted its use of comedy, exaggerated performance, and fourth-wall asides to keep serious subject matter watchable.[11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/) • [16](https://opinion.udn.com/opinion/story/120973/6514727) The production had the cast train with a professional legal team and observe at law firms and courts before shooting, and practicing lawyers in the audience confirmed the realism of individual cases in comments and bullet chats.[15](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_18642571)
## Reception
On bilibili the series performed strongly: a February 2023 research report on Bilibili listed it with 190 million views and a Douban score above 8, in data current to January 6, 2023.[17](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP202302231583652277_1.PDF) On IMDb it holds a 6.2 rating from about 124 user votes.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/id/tv-show/small-and-mighty) Taiwanese critics were broadly positive: one review scored it 95 out of 100, calling it a warm but sharp social-realist comedy in which "justice does not have only one standard," and the series was credited with helping revive the Taiwanese legal comedy genre.[11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/) • [13](https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/120840/6447083) A Common Sense Media review was more critical, arguing that the show shifts disjointedly between serious legal drama and broad comedy and relies on gender stereotypes.[18](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/small-mighty)
The series also circulated internationally; Taiwan's Ministry of Culture recorded overseas broadcast in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Macau among 2022 Taiwanese dramas' overseas market performance.[6](https://stat.moc.gov.tw/Research_Download.aspx?idno=1174)
## References
1. [正義的算法, YOOSONN Entertainment](https://www.yoosonn.com.tw/zh/CMS/small-mighty)
2. [正義的算法 - Google Play 電視](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh_TW&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH)
3. [Small & Mighty, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Small_%26_Mighty)
4. [Small & Mighty – streaming tv show online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/id/tv-show/small-and-mighty)
5. [《正义的算法》, Google Play 电视](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95?hl=zh&id=D89B6FE8E585D547SH)
6. [2022年臺灣戲劇海外市場表現, Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)](https://stat.moc.gov.tw/Research_Download.aspx?idno=1174)
7. [觀看正義的算法, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-5c84c360-ee68-4c97-abb4-0501996888e5)
8. [《正義的算法》(Small & Mighty), DramaQueen電視迷](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/Small%20and%20Mighty.html)
9. [專訪《正義的算法》陳柏霖、郭雪芙, Marie Claire 美麗佳人](https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/story/66527)
10. [陳柏霖、郭雪芙化身歡喜冤家！《正義的算法》6/15於Disney+上線, 史塔夫科技事務所](https://www.stufftaiwan.com/2022/06/06/%E9%99%B3%E6%9F%8F%E9%9C%96%E3%80%81%E9%83%AD%E9%9B%AA%E8%8A%99%E5%8C%96%E8%BA%AB%E6%AD%A1%E5%96%9C%E5%86%A4%E5%AE%B6%EF%BC%81%E3%80%8A%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95%E3%80%8B6-15/)
11. [劇評--《正義的算法》：正義，不是只有一種標準, 開眼電影網 e週報](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/eweekly/XE2206273288/)
12. [下半年台劇…陳柏霖、桂綸鎂回歸台劇, Yahoo奇摩新聞](https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E5%90%B3%E6%85%B7%E4%BB%81%E3%80%81%E6%9E%97%E6%9F%8F%E5%AE%8F%E5%B0%BA%E5%BA%A6%E5%A4%A7%E9%96%8B%E3%80%8A%E5%AA%BD%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%A5%E9%AC%A7%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%81%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E7%9D%BD%E9%81%95%E5%B7%B2%E4%B9%85%E7%9A%84%E9%99%B3%E6%9F%8F%E9%9C%96%E3%80%81%E6%A1%82%E7%B6%B8%E9%8E%82%E5%9B%9E%E6%AD%B8%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%EF%BC%81-032907629.html)
13. [雀雀／呼喚你心裡的秤子：《正義的算法》台灣律政輕喜劇文藝復興, 500輯](https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/120840/6447083)
14. [Disney+首部台劇《正義的算法》陳柏霖、郭雪芙反思「正義 vs 利益」衝突面, ELLE Taiwan](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/drama/g40350987/disney-plus-small-and-mighty/)
15. [当B站牵手迪士尼, 澎湃新闻·刺猬公社](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_18642571)
16. [現實與理想的拉扯，《正義的算法》尋找律法天秤兩端的平衡, 鳴人堂](https://opinion.udn.com/opinion/story/120973/6514727)
17. [哔哩哔哩-SW（9626.HK）研究报告](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP202302231583652277_1.PDF)
18. [Small & Mighty – Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/small-mighty)
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