The BEST episodes of Tale of the Nine Tailed

#1 - What Happened at Yeou Gogae

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2020

After living a thousand years, Lee Yeon still takes care of those who are lost between the Afterlife and the Living Realm. Nam Ji-ah is a director who is always looking for urban legends. The two cross path at a wedding hall and seem to keep encounter each other after that. Is it fate? Or is there some unsolved business from the past?

#2 - I Waited for You

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2020

Yeon and Ji-ah shake hands on a fearless deal as she is desperately searching for her long-lost parents. One day, she has a nightmare and finds it odd how her coworkers also had bad dreams last night. Right when she was about to brush it off, she gets a phone call that her coworker’s mother died. And another shocking news takes her to an obscure island.

#3 - Spirit of Darkness

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2020

Yeon and Rang trapped in the Forest of the Starved fight the evil spirits endlessly. Meanwhile, Ji-ah reunites with her parents in her dream and begins to forget her memories with Yeon. Will they be able to get out of the trap set by the Spirit of Darkness?

#4 - The Dragon King’s Secret

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2020

On the suspicious island, Eohwa Island, Ji-ah discovers the truth behind the decapitated head along with some leads to her missing parents. But Rang who appears before her puts her in danger, and Yeon breaks a taboo to save her.

#5 - Aura of Death

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2020

Yeon and Ji-ah wake up to see the island empty. All of the villagers vanished without a trace. They return to Seoul only knowing that a mysterious baby was born the night before. Yeon faces a trial for killing the shaman, and Rang pays a visit to Ji-ah.

#6 - A Newly-Written Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/3/2020

Ji-ah is in despair after watching Yeon jump into the Samdo River to save her. She even goes to visit Taluipa to ask if there’s any way to bring him back. But then, Ji-ah and Rang get to meet the King of darkness who is one of the afterlife judges. He suggests that Ji-ah or Rang should sacrifice their life to bring Yeon back to life.

#7 - I Also Waited for You

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2020

Yeon has finally found A-eum. But he doesn’t tell her the whole story as he wants her to live as a human in this life. Then they set off to look for A-eum’s parents. Yeon finds out that the governor has something to do with the disappearance of her parents.

#8 - The Trap of Samsara

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/2020

The Imoogi that has been reborn starts approaching Ji-ah and Yeon. Yeon barges into Ji-ah’s house to stay and protect her at all times. In the meantime, Rang loses the eyebrows of a tiger and asks Yu-ri to find it.

#9 - Reincarnation

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2020

Ji-ah sees her past life and how she was killed by Yeon. The two turn cold towards each other and Yeon dares not approach Ji-ah to prevent history from repeating itself. One day, a mysterious woman appears at the Snail Bride restaurant. She asks the same one question to everyone, “What do you fear the most?”

#10 - Chinese Lantern Plant

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/2020

Imoogi tells Yeon that he’ll let Rang, Ji-ah, and Ji-ah’s parents live if Yeon gives up his body. Rang has to choose whether to kill himself to save his brother, or to kill his brother for him to live. Meanwhile, Ji-ah visits Taluipa to ask where her parents are trapped.

#11 - Four Pillars of Destiny

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2020

Yeon and Ji-ah go to the Korean Folk Village to look for the governor. The governor refuses to give information on Ji-ah’s missing parents, and he starts attacking Yeon. Meanwhile, Rang is at the Korean Folk Village, looking for the item that let one see their past life.

#12 - Déjà Vu

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/2020

Ji-ah shows Jae-hwa and Sae-rom their past lives and ask for their help as she prepares to face Imoogi. Soon enough, Imoogi joins Ji-ah’s team disguised as an innocent intern and starts scanning people around Ji-ah. Meanwhile, Lee Rang faces a deal he cannot break, but cannot follow either.

#13 - Another Imoogi

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/2020

The other Imoogi inside Ji-ah’s body woke up. In order to end this long fight without hurting anyone, Yeon comes up with a plan of using the Sin Slayer. Yeon, Ji-ah, Rang, Shin-ju, and the Snail Bride work together to get rid of the Imoogi. Will their plan succeed?

#14 - Catch the Tail Game

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/12/2020

Ji-ah finds her parents and Yeon is more than happy for her. But they still have to get rid of Imoogi. They find ways by researching all kinds of folk tales, myths, and stories, but nothing comes easy. Meanwhile, Imoogi keeps attacking Yeon and Ji-ah by secretly approaching them.

#15 - Dead End

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/26/2020

Taluipa changes the date of death for Ji-ah on the list, and her husband leaves her to save Ji-ah. Yeon begs Taluipa to give him some time to catch Imoogi, but she flatly refuses. Meanwhile, people start dying of a strange disease that spreads so fast. And to stop Yeon from sacrificing himself, Rang comes up with a plan of his own.

#16 - You Are My Destiny

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/2/2020

Yeon teams up with Imoogi without knowing that Imoogi is plotting something against him. Yeon thinks he can put an end to everything and save Ji-ah by eating Imoogi’s scale himself and jumping into the Samdo River with Imoogi. Taluipa decides to help both Yeon and Ji-ah survive, but then Imoogi comes to visit her.

#17 - Chapter 1: Brotherhood, 1938

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2023

Four months after Lee Rang's death, Lee Yeon resumes to be the nine-tailed fox on the condition that Lee Rang reincarnates. Meanwhile, an uninvited guest steals the guardian stone, and disappears "into the cabinet." Lee Yeon jumps into the cabinet and finds himself standing in Gyeongseong in the year 1938. He then encounters Lee Rang, who immediately just charges at his brother, yelling "Die!"

#18 - Chapter 2: Beautiful "Mi"

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/7/2023

After saving Lee Rang, Lee Yeon fails to return to the present, so he visits Taluipa of the 1930s, who asks him to work for her until the Gate of Time reopens. Under Taluipa's orders, both brothers board a train to find the Legendary Pipe. Inside the train is a woman who prepares to greet Lee Yeon, Shin-ju who devises an escape plan, and an hourglass that indicates the approaching overpass.

#19 - Chapter 3: Saetani

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2023

There's a "big rice chest" covered with amulets, and Mu-yeong appears before it. He is then seen carrying a blindfolded young girl, who removes her blindfold and chimes her bell saying, "Where are you? Found you!" Lee Yeon opens his eyes and meets her gaze, only to wake up screaming. That afternoon, after seeing Hong-joo holding a bouquet of flowers, everything goes black before his eyes...

#20 - Chapter 4: The Foundling (1)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/2023

A strange basket appears in front of Myoyeongak. Inside it is a living, breathing baby with "7 red moles" on her forehead. Although both brothers secretly attempt to place the basket on someone else's doorstep, they return to find it sitting right where it was found?! Meanwhile, red-white mask steals from Gyeongseong's gold mining royalties in search of the "golden ruler" that revives the dead.

#21 - Chapter 5: The Foundling (2)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2023

Inside Myoyeongak, detectives, who're here for baby, are confronting Lee Yeon and Lee Rang. A scuffle breaks out, while Mi-ho innocently smiles within the bubbles. Meanwhile, Hong-joo arrives in Manchuria where she finds "Lee Yeon in 1938" drunk on opium. Lee Yeon calls for "Ah-eum," to which her face turns cold. Just as she turns to leave, Lee Yeon from 1938 calls out and hugs her from behind...!

#22 - Chapter 6: The Corner Game

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/21/2023

A "red pouch" is placed on Myoyeongak's roof: Mu-yeong's invitation to a dangerous guest. Meanwhile, Juk-hyang notices one new gisaeng wearing a pair of "old straw shoes." That night, Eun-ho and the gisaengs play the "corner game" calling on corner ghosts. Just then, the candle burns out, and Eun-ho disappears. To get her back, the mountain gods and Shin-ju play the corner game once again...

#23 - Chapter 7: Jangsan Beom

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2023