The Fiery Priest: Episodes 1-2
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Our quick-tempered, fist-fighting, evil-vanquishing priestly hero is again! Backed by a trusty crew that’s much more fired up this time spherical, he’ll face off in opposition to a complete new league of villains — with loads of laughs alongside the best way, after all.
EPISODES 1-2
Proper off the bat, we open with a hilarious scene at Gudam Temple — the monks are being threatened by belligerent thugs, besides one monk is just not just like the others. Seems a monk’s picket fish and stick make for useful weapons, and the thugs go flying by the hands of our titular hero KIM HAE-IL (Kim Nam-gil), whose monk robes fall off to disclose his priestly garb beneath. “Each God and Buddha,” Hae-il grins, “are telling me to beat you up.” HAHAHA.
With out additional ado, we meet up with the remainder of our motley crew. SISTER KIM (Baek Ji-won) makes an attempt to fleece youngsters in a recreation of Monopoly, and over within the confessional, cinnamon roll priest HAN SUNG-KYU (Jeon Sung-woo) loses his mood at an adulterer who asks for God’s forgiveness earlier than his spouse’s. “Do you assume the Lord is a few form of forgiveness merchandising machine?!”
Ever amusing, SSONGSAK (Ahn Chang-hwan) manages his band of meals deliverymen as a proud honorary police officer, whereas OH YO-HAN (Go Kyu-pil) nonetheless shares cabinets at his comfort retailer. Our bumbling detective GU DAE-YOUNG (Kim Sung-kyun) remains to be as offbeat as ever, whereas a supposedly homesick prosecutor PARK KYUNG-SEON (Honey Lee) is taking day without work in Los Angeles to sip martinis and ogle males by the poolside. By no means change, Kyung-seon.
Our squad gathers for dinner on the church, the place they marvel on the peaceable days they’re having fun with due to the efforts of Hae-il and the late Father Lee — besides a scream rings out. Perched atop the kimchi fridge, Hae-il yells that each time they are saying such issues, hassle at all times follows.
Certain sufficient, a horrible tragedy strikes. It seems Hae-il helped out the monks on the request of excessive schooler LEE SANG-YEON (Moon Woo-jin), who entered the church as a child and grew up underneath Hae-il’s steering, forming a deep uncle-nephew bond. Alas, Sang-yeon’s righteous spirit has him making an attempt to report a gaggle of drug-trafficking kids, and so they refuse to let it slide.
The following day, a pale Sang-yeon passes out on the late Father Lee’s fifth memorial mass. He’s rushed to the hospital, the place the prognosis is grim: he’s in a comatose state, having suffered mind injury attributable to cardiac arrest. Sang-yeon’s congenital coronary heart illness had him going into shock, attributable to a hepanyl overdose. However that may’t be proper — Hae-il’s sure that Sang-yeon would by no means have accomplished medicine voluntarily.
Hae-il’s proper to be cautious, as a result of the case rapidly will get buried by the corrupt prosecutor NAM DU-HEON (Search engine optimisation Hyun-woo), who pulls strings to silence the media. Monitoring down the younger drug sellers all the best way to their hideout and whacking them into meek obedience, Hae-il confronts the ringleader JANG SHI-TAE (Kim Soo-gyeom), retrieving the headphones Shi-tae stole from Sang-yeon whereas he’s at it. Shi-tae admits that Sang-yeon witnessed their drug deal and took a photograph — with the intention to make sure that he wouldn’t inform on them, they force-fed him medicine. Oof, Hae-il’s devastated expression.
When Shi-tae refuses to surrender the title of their provider, Hae-il summons the theater child inside him, dramatically smashing bricks aside on his head whereas Dae-young fearfully wails that he can’t let the evil spirit inside him awaken. HAHAHA. With that, a terrified Shi-tae screams out a reputation: “Gerald!”
Off Hae-il, Dae-young, and Ssongsak go to trace down Gerald, resulting in a battle scene that’s each easily choreographed (that one-take drone shot!) and downright hilarious (form of a given with Dae-young, actually). The grim reaper Hae-il catches the escaping Gerald red-handed, punishing him on an train machine whereas his lackeys do squats. It yields yet one more title: “Busan Fireplace Eel.” By the point the corrupt authorities arrive, Hae-il’s crew has tied the boys up in neat rows and even helpfully known as reporters to the scene. Good job.
The crew might imagine their work is finished, now that they’ve apprehended the direct perpetrators, however Hae-il finds himself musing: “What would Father Lee have accomplished?” Cue groans throughout, as a result of they know Hae-il goes to see this by means of to the bitter finish. With that, Hae-il is off to Busan for Sang-yeon’s sake, conveniently accepting the invitation requesting him to be an teacher at a Busan seminary.
Hae-il isn’t the one one monitoring down the Busan Fireplace Eel, as a result of Du-heon approaches the drug traffickers of the Yongsa gang, who all have humorous fish nicknames. Ever the wily opportunist, Du-heon requests an inventory of druggie celebrities from BOSS PARK (Yang Hyun-min) to make use of as fall guys. However what provides the Yongsa gang such hubristic confidence? Properly, we’re about to seek out out.
On his flight again into the nation, head honcho KIM HONG-SHIK (Sung Joon) nonchalantly mentions to an adjoining passenger that his mom had her throat slit as a result of she couldn’t pay up a mere 5 bucks. Uh, strategy to overshare. Upon touchdown, Hong-shik promptly places the arrogantly corrupt police of their place by pulling up human popsicles created from the fools who dared to threaten the Yongsa gang. As if that wasn’t threatening sufficient, Hong-shik murders a mouthy detective proper in entrance of all of them.
It appears Hae-il was proper on the cash when he left behind a letter asking the crew to not observe him into hazard, however after all, that simply makes Dae-young all of the extra decided to hitch. Our wacky detective acts off his rocker (full face of panda make-up included) till the chief provides him a month off work, after which he’s proper on Hae-il’s tail.
So, what’s our hero as much as? Properly, Vladimir Gozaev from Season 1 returns because the naturalized GO DOK-SUNG (Kim Gained-hae), who’s at present working a restaurant in Busan as a mortgage shark “lone shark” LOL. That makes Dok-sung a useful supply of intel, permitting Hae-il to threaten a lackey with an ice bathtub till he provides up Fireplace Eel’s location. Then after Dae-young pops up and startles Hae-il out of his wits, our Busan duo expands to 3.
With Hae-il’s livid fists and Dae-young’s cranium of metal, our bickering manchildren beat the entire gang into submission. Simply after they’ve subdued Fireplace Eel, although, they discover themselves surrounded by the police. Regardless of our pair’s insistence that they’re not the dangerous guys, detective GU JA-YOUNG (Kim Hyung-seo a.ok.a. BIBI) isn’t having any of it. Held at gunpoint, Hae-il and Dae-young can do nothing else however elevate their fingers sheepishly.
It appears Ja-young has had her sights on this drug cartel for some time, as a result of she’s been sidling as much as a Yongsa lackey in an undercover disguise. Apparently the membership scene in Busan is peppered with addicts, as a result of Du-heon winds up stepping in when drugged-up wealthy boy KIM IN-SEOK (Kim Sung-tae) beats a number of clubgoers bloody. Although he splashes his drink within the impertinent In-seon’s face, Du-heon lets the boy stroll off scot-free on account of his assemblyman father KIM MAN-CHUN (Park Ji-il).
Circling again to the seminary, whereas DEAN LEE (Lee Dae-yeon) is unreasonably uptight, there’s one younger priest who breaks from the mildew. Sharp-eyed CHAE DO-WOO (Search engine optimisation Beom-joon) has been labeled as a troublemaker by Dean Lee, who dispatches Hae-il to maintain him in line. Hae-il collects Do-woo from the police station (by turning on the waterworks, ha), and it seems Do-woo would possibly simply be a mini Hae-il within the making — he beat up three guys for his or her ableist insults in opposition to a younger deaf couple. Hae-il lectures Do-woo for throwing punches in priestly robes, which is actually simply the fiery pot calling the feisty kettle black, LOL.
Over in LA, it seems Kyung-seon’s date is a drug-trafficking assassin. She finally ends up in the midst of a police shootout and brought hostage by her date with solely a cloche as a helmet, however a number of swings of the cloche and Kyung-seon’s knocked the prison out chilly, ha. Alas, her heroism pales within the face of her involvement with the person, and Kyung-seon will get interrogated underneath suspicions of involvement within the drug cartel.
She’s ultimately rescued by a Vatican priest, who performs exposition fairy with a useful clarification of Hae-il’s title “Bellator,” which suggests “warrior” in Latin (I used to be proper!). A selected few monks have been anointed by the Pope, granting them the authority to uphold justice whereas working covertly just like the Vatican’s secret brokers. (The priest’s phrases, not mine.) Apprehending the overseas cartel boss was a mission Hae-il tasked Kyung-seon with, for she’s his aide — “Comes,” which means “companion.” Final however not least, the encompassing individuals who defend and assist them are aptly named “Fautors.”
Hae-il could have a noble mission endorsing his valiant quests, however he can’t maintain preventing without end. He’s been identified with a number of sclerosis, owing to his lengthy listing of trauma that spans each psychological and bodily. If Hae-il doesn’t reduce on the motion, he dangers turning into paralyzed. It weighs heavy on Hae-il’s thoughts, however for now, his sense of justice burns stronger than his self-preservation.
This week flew by in a burst of laughter, and I’m glad to reunite with our endearing crew. In the event that they performed each the enablers and disablers to the livid Hae-il final season, then this season, they’re all boiling with rage proper alongside him, LOL. (Their tomato-red faces!) I’m laughing at our maknae Sung-kyu growing a mood, as a result of it’s so new seeing Hae-il be the one to calm somebody down for as soon as. Certainly it gained’t be lengthy earlier than the remainder of our squad joins Hae-il in Busan — it’s time to reel in some drug-peddling fishes. (Additionally, make sure that to remain tuned until the top of every episode for the hilarious bite-sized epilogues!)
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