The Executioner — Season 1, Episode 12: Episode 12
Drama • 44 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
SHEUNG-LUK and TAI-PAK try to fight for the baby. Two killers suddenly arrive. During the critical moment, a masked man in black arrives to help them. TAI-PAK is seriously injured. SHEUNG-LUK tries to find out the background of the baby but TAI-PAK refuses to tell him. TAI-PAK asks SHEUNG-LUK to give a dagger to KIM-FUNG and he dies. SHEUNG-LUK reveals to YUI-HUNG that TAI-PAK is not the baby's real father and he believes that the matter is related to the imperial family. He persuades YUI-HUNG to abandon the baby but YUI-HUNG wants to protect the baby. CHI-TSAU insists to be an executioner and SHAU-SHING gives him a book about human skeleton so that he could study it. SHEUNG-LUK discovers that the imperial guards are questioning the people on the street and he immediately takes away the baby at home. Some imperial guards arrive to search through Pak Mansion but they leave disappointingly.… ...
About The Executioner
Executioner Yip Sheung-luk has shed blood too many times to count. To protect his savior’s pregnant daughter-in-law Yuen So-sam from danger, Sheung-luk sends So-sam to the capital, where she is to stay with renowned midwife Fa Yui-hung. A series of strange murders soon take place, and Sheung-luk saves a little life with his blade. But this baby boy of unknown origin gets Sheung-luk and Yui-hung in trouble with the imperial court. Step by step, the unlikely duo overcome obstacles together, developing a close relationship. Meanwhile, young couple Chek Tsz-chau and Chuk Siu-moon, both who have lived in a whore house for most of their lives, suddenly arrive at Yui-hung’s home. Siu-moon begs Sheung-luk to accept Tsz-chau as his disciple, but reckless Tsz-chau wants nothing more than to use this opportunity to escape from his punishment. Sheung-luk’s life changes forever after the appearance of mysterious magician Szema Chau. The baby boy’s identity is uncovered, putting everyone one step closer to their own deaths.