Popular Disney Plus K-drama Vigilante aired a brand new episode on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 5 p.m. KST. The series follows the story of Kim Ji-Yong (Nam Joo-Hyuk), who is a police university student by day. However, he turns into a vengeful vigilante by night, taking the law into his own hands by delivering his brand of justice to perpetrators. The drama premiered on November 8, 2023, with two new episodes releasing every week.
Episode 6 of Vigilante documented Kim Ji-Yong’s fruitful collaboration with vigilante-inspired Cho Kang-Ok (Lee Joon-Hyuk). The two work together to help reporter Choi Mi-Ryeo (Kim So-Jin) reveal details about the criminal activities of a CEO. Although Jo-Heon (Yoo Ji-Tae) tries to stop the vigilante’s activities, he falls prey to an attack. Viewers will have to wait until the next episode to witness Jo-Heon’s fate.
Yoo Ji-Tae gets attacked while stopping Nam Joo-Hyuk’s activities in Vigilante Episode 6
The episode begins with Ji-Yong and Jo-Heon’s physical altercation. Just as the latter strangles the vigilante, he rescues himself. Ji-Yong asks Jo-Heon to prove that the law won’t take the criminals’ side and punish them in the case of Kim Sam-Doo and his Vole. In the previous episode, it was revealed that Kim Sam-Doo partook in multiple illegal businesses along with the Vole, who turned out to be Chief Superintendent General Eum Jae-Hyub.
Meanwhile, Eum Jae-Hyub asks Jo-Heon to resign as the leader of the vigilante investigation team. The detective agrees to it, with the mission of stopping Ji-Yong himself. Jo-Heon asks Choi Mi-Ryeo’s (Kim So-Jin) attacker about Mr. Bang’s whereabouts. However, the attacker only manages to give him details about Mr. Bang’s ally.
Kang-Ok admits to Ji-Yong in the hospital. The latter soon discovers that reporter Choi Mi-Ryeo has been asked to resign. He seeks Kang-Ok to help her keep reporting, and he follows the orders. He gives Choi Mi-Ryeo a space to report. On the other hand, Jo-Heon continues his search for Mr. Bang. While a new leader, Nam Yeong-Gil, emerges for the vigilante investigation.
Ji-Yong finds that Mitieum Church pastor, Shin Jong-Eun, has been laundering and managing money for Kim Sam-Doo. He manages to strangle the man in charge of the details about the same and transfers it all to a pen drive. However, he sees Kang-Ok and chases him. Eventually, Ji-Yong accepts Kang-Ok’s help. He hands him the pen drive, asking him to give it to Choi Mi-Ryeo.
Nam Yeong-Gil meets the head of the police university. While investigating Jo-Heon’s previous arrival and what it entailed. Ji-Yong enters the room as a police university student. Yeong-Gil also has his suspicions towards Ji-Yong, just like Jo-Heon. Meanwhile, Shin Jong-Eun finishes a session in the church and heads to his room.
The Pastor asks his men if they’d successfully thrown money laundering details away. He is happy to hear a positive response. However, Ji-Yong arrives just in time to strangle and kill the Pastor. As the news goes public, Kang-Ok gives reporter Choi Mi-Ryeo the same details to air on her show. She decides to air it on her newly formed news channel.
However, Jo-Heon arrives just in time before she can reveal all the important details. Meanwhile, Kim Sam-Doo sends Mr. Bang and his ally to kill the reporter. Jo-Heon warns Choi Mi-Ryeo of the impending danger. He also accuses her of glorifying the vigilante’s actions to get views. However, Choi Mi-Ryeo asks him to leave as she isn’t afraid of anyone.
As Jo-Heon heads back, he faces an attack by Mr. Bang and his ally. A fight ensues, and the detective ends up badly injured. Just as Mr. Bang is about to stab him, Ji-Yong arrives to save Jo-Heon. At the end of the episode, the detective falls unconscious or potentially dead from the attack.
To watch what happens with Jo-Heon and Ji-Yong, don’t forget to tune in to Vigilante Episodes 7 and 8 on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 5 p.m. KST on Disney Plus.
