The Fiery Priest 2: Episode 11

by solstices

A series of serendipitous coincidences serve as hilarious deus-ex-machinas for our heroes to extricate themselves from sticky situations and come out on top once again, though the fight is far from over. It’s time to bid the backdrop of Busan goodbye, and reconvene upon familiar ground.

 
EPISODE 11

Just as it seems all hope is lost for our priest and his aide, two masked superheroes appear. Up on the balcony, Sung-kyu lets out a supersonic shout, propelling Sister Kim’s hwatu cards that precisely strike the two syringes and shatter them into useless shards. Okay, this is downright ridiculous, but I’m cracking up at our two fautors’ Team Rocket outfits. In any case, Sister Kim’s accurate aim and Sung-kyu’s powerful vocal cords have saved the day, allowing Hae-il to fire his bullet straight into Hong-shik’s speaker instead.

Over in his hacker van, Hong-shik fumes impotently, and a flashback shows us how Hae-il pulled it off. After our resourceful priest brought in NIS specialists to switch out the toxic gas with harmless helium, Dok-sung successfully persuaded the money-grubbing Boss Park to steal Hong-shik’s funds and assist in the bomb disposal upon the ship.

With one victory under their belt, Martha promotes Ja-young to the leader of the Narcotics Unit, reinstating Sang-woo as her team member thanks to a long-lost personnel record proving his detective status. That means, when Assemblyman Kim pressures Du-heon to release one of his arrested customs officers, our detectives are more than prepared. Ja-young’s long since transferred the detainees out, and Martha officially launches an internal investigation against the corrupt cops. Good riddance!

Raiding Boss Park’s hideout next, Ja-young and Sang-woo’s team puts up a fierce fight, but they’re sorely outnumbered — until the seminary boys rush in to even the score with the thugs that once beat them up. (Aww, Hae-il called for help from a very enthused Do-woo.) To everyone’s surprise, they’re backed by Dean Lee, who’s ready to rise to his former glory with a Molotov cocktail in hand. Except he accidentally drops it on his foot. LOL oops. Amidst the chaos, our seminary boys emerge victorious at last.

Elsewhere, Hong-shik seethes over his raided storage container that’s now completely devoid of dollar bills. “One mistake, one life” — but just when one minion is about to step forth to have his throat slit, Hong-shik’s most loyal subordinate offers himself up in his place, leaving the shell-shocked minion shedding a tear. Hmm, do I sense an impending betrayal, or am I paying too much attention to minor supporting characters yet again?

At the harbour where Hong-shik is about to make his escape, Du-heon and Interpol officers surround our foiled villain, who sneers in a cold fury at Du-heon’s double-crossing. Catching up in the nick of time to prevent Du-heon from taking all the credit, Hae-il, Kyung-seon, and Dae-young rush to intervene and point Du-heon out as an accomplice, confusing the Interpol guy who really just wants to arrest Hong-shik and call it a day.

Right then, an unidentified flying object falls right from the sky into the middle of their standoff, allowing Hong-shik and Du-heon to escape. The incredulously-coincidental meteorite turns out to be a detached aircraft door — in a hilarious bit of satire — which just so happens to flatten three Laos cartel members, injure two Interpol officers, and harm absolutely no one else. Save for the beleaguered exhaustion of our heroes, that is. (Spot Hae-il if you can, LOL.)

Feeling cornered, Du-heon leverages on all the corrupt assemblymen he’s assisted in the past, threatening to expose all their dirty dealings if they don’t help him out. Deciding to throw him a bone, the assemblymen promote Du-heon to a high position in Seoul. Since Hong-shik is likely hiding out in the capital city too with his two surviving minions, it’s time for our squad to follow.

Before that, Kyung-seon needs to pack her things, which means venturing back into her haunted apartment and dragging Hae-il along for moral support. A bird cooing sound from the wall thoroughly frightens them both, prompting them to tear it open — and that’s how they find the ghost’s body, thanks to her smartwatch alarm. Unbeknownst to our team, though, there’s more lurking behind that wall. Ah, it must be where Du-heon transfers all his “honey jar” data, since Kyung-seon and Ma-ri found a transmitter in his otherwise empty secret hideout.

Amidst all the chaos of the past few days, there’s one piece of good news: Sang-yeon has regained consciousness. Yay! Back on home turf at long last, Hae-il and Kyung-seon file an indictment against Du-heon for his corrupt collusion. If he wants a big fight, he’ll most certainly get one.

Now that we’ve settled into our final stretch, the narrative threads are converging again, which actually makes for a fun ride provided I switch my brain off. This season coasts on its levity, and I have to admit it is entertaining to watch the sheer myriad of unpredictably ridiculous ways our squad manages to slip through their predicaments.

Du-heon is such a sniveling riot that I’m excited to watch how he goes down (hopefully in the most pathetic way possible, LOL), even though I’ll miss laughing at his childish antics and watermelon smoothie sipping. Now that things have escalated to the National Assembly — the timing is really quite on the nose — I’m curious to see what tricks our heroes will pull out of their party hat this time.

 
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