The WORST episodes of Tale of the Nine Tailed
Every episode of Tale of the Nine Tailed ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Tale of the Nine Tailed!
A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a nine-tailed fox who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.
#1 - Chapter 12: Joseon's Last Mountain God
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/2023
In a room filled with opium smoke, Lee Yeon from 1938 starts after reading a letter. Yeo-hee and Jae-yoo got kidnapped last night. Lee Yeon meets the Chief Commissioner who proposes an exchange deal. Akira informs Hong-joo and Lee Rang that the one hostage who gets to live depends on them. The air is tense as Lee Rang's eyes shake at Hong-joo's words. That's when Lee Yeon bursts into the room...
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#2 - Chapter 11: Trap
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2023
Lee Yeon as Nyudo appears astounded that there are five mercenaries, not four. As he unwraps a piece of caramel, he calls for Oogama and Yuki to buy some time. Nyudo as Lee Yeon lures Hong-joo and Mu-yeong, and the guardian stone's whereabouts provoke them to fight. Meanwhile, Yeo-hee's breathing unstabilizes and anxiousness permeates Room 302. Azalea determinedly approaches with a dagger...
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#3 - Chapter 10: Shinigami Mercenaries
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/2023
In the painting at Bando Hotel, Room 404, the three mountain gods face Ushiuchibo. At the snap of his finger, Hong-joo and Mu-yeong vomit blood. Lee Yeon searches for an antidote in the woods when he encounters an injured old man. The old man turns out to be Onyudo, a mercenary. As black smoke emerges from his mouth, something unbelievable happens. They switch bodies!
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#4 - Chapter 9: Bando Hotel
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2023
Gyeongseong's indigenous gods vanished and died overnight! At Myoyeongak, Lee Yeon tells Hong-joo that he will take the treasures to the Bando Hotel. After a round of fist fights and drinks, Lee Yeon tells Mu-yeong the same thing. Meanwhile, Hong-joo bargains with the Chief Commissioner for the safety of Myoyeongak and her girls... All demons gather at the Bando Hotel to obtain the treasures.
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#5 - Chapter 8: Indigenous Gods
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2023
It's been days since Jangsan Tiger's uproar. Lee Rang remembers Mu-yeong's warning and heads to Myoyeongak. "Shinigami Mercenaries" arrive at Gyeongseong Station, and are ordered to capture "Joseon demons." Meanwhile, protesting indigenous gods go to Myoyeonggak. Hyunuiong looks troubled. Lee Rang changes his expression during a gambling event where the bet is on lifespan instead of money.
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#6 - Chapter 7: Jangsan Tiger
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2023
Lee Yeon and Mu-yeong get caught in an unknown act while searching for the Jangsan Tiger in the "Path of the Damned." They're tied up and had their throats slashed mercilessly, only to wake up and find that it was all for a TV series set. They are given a script titled "Jangsan Tiger's Bride." As they attempt to leave, they're surprised to see the female lead get out of a van. It's Hong-joo.
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#7 - 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...
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#8 - 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...!
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#9 - 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.
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#10 - 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...
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#11 - 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.
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#12 - 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!"
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#13 - 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.
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#14 - 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.
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#15 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
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#17 - 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?
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#18 - 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.
#19 - 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?”
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#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
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#25 - 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.
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