The Fiery Priest (2019)

Action · Comedy · Crime

People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (3,010 votes)
Episode average: 8.7 ↑ +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Hulu · Netflix
Language: KO
Type: TV series

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Season 1 (2019)

8.70 avg 40 episodes 8.4 → 8.8

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Priest in Trouble	8.4	95
2	Hae Il Moves to Gudam	8.6	71
3	Hae Il Meets Cheol Bum	8.5	68
4	Father Lee's Death	8.5	65
5	Hae Il Investigates the Death of Father Lee	8.5	62
6	The Case Gets Closed	8.6	61
7	The Church Gets Desolate	8.4	62
8	A Cooperative Investigation	8.6	58
9	Cooperative Investigation Begins	8.5	55
10	Hae Il Investigates On His Own	8.6	55
11	Hae Il And Seung Ah Find The Witnesses	8.7	54
12	Dae Young's Old Partner	8.6	54
13	Kyung Sun Meets Dong Ja	8.6	54
14	The Corrupt Food Service Company	8.6	54
15	To Tame A Fighting Dog	8.7	54
16	Raid Wangmat Foods	8.6	54
17	Hae Il Reports The Bribery Case	8.6	54
18	Kyung Sun Is Back	8.7	53
19	A New Lead Comes Up	8.7	52
20	A Covert Infiltration	8.9	63
21	Escape from the Villa	8.8	57
22	Save Him	8.7	49
23	Hae Il's Past Is Revealed	8.8	51
24	Hae Il Saves Kyung Sun	8.7	52
25	Break-In to Kyung Sun's House	8.8	56
26	Kyung Sun Cooperating with Hae Il	8.9	54
27	Hae Il and Kyung Sun Devising a Scheme	8.7	49
28	Kyung Sun and Seung Ah Entering Anton's Lair	8.9	51
29	Scheme to Find out the Owner of Rising Moon	8.7	50
30	The Secret of Sister Kim	8.8	52
31	Let Me Teach You a Lesson	8.8	53
32	Father Kim, Go to Argentina	8.8	52
33	Scheme to Sneak in the Safe	8.8	51
34	The Safe and People Locked in There	9.0	53
35	Cheol Bum Suggests To Hae Il For A Cooperation	8.7	52
36	Father Han Trying to Persuade Dong Ja	8.7	51
37	Father Han Falling into a Critical Condition	8.8	52
38	The Truth of Father Lee's Death	8.9	52
39	Showdown	8.9	59
40	Unexpected Visit	8.8	58

Season 2 (2024)

8.57 avg 12 episodes 9.0 → 8.2

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	We're Back	9.0	94
2	When In Busan	8.9	68
3	Somewhere in Between Heaven and Hell	9.0	67
4	Within the Devil's Circle	9.1	72
5	Episode #2.5	8.2	52
6	Episode #2.6	8.3	56
7	Episode #2.7	8.5	42
8	Episode #2.8	8.7	43
9	Episode #2.9	8.4	41
10	Episode #2.10	8.3	43
11	Episode #2.11	8.2	40
12	Episode #2.12	8.2	39

The Fiery Priest (2019)

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