Cho Ui-Seok created and directed the 2023 TV series Black Knight which was released on Netflix. It’s starring Kim Woo-bin, Song Seung-Heon, Kang Yoo-seok, and Esom. It’s based on Lee Yun-kyun’s webtoon of the same name, which imagines a future without humans in which widespread air pollution has ruined most of the world and left the few remaining inhabitants dependent on elite delivery drivers.
Black Knight Season 1 Plot
South Korea’s Black Knight is a six-part TV series set in a dystopian future where people have to produce their own clean air and the standard of living for the majority of the population is extremely low. Yoon Sa-wol (Kang You-Seok), a social outcast, and refugee, who idolizes ‘5-8’ becomes a “knight,” or deliveryman, with the intention of assisting others by bringing them pure air and the dream of a better life for himself. Sa-wol, however, finds out the truth about a legendary 5-8 (Kim Woo-bin) and his crew of deliverymen on his very first day on the job. They will stop at nothing to prevent the villainous Ryu Seok (Song Seung-heon) Who is the Cheonmyeong Group‘s oxygen-wielding heir, from eradicating all refugees. It will be difficult to bring down Ryu Seok now that his influence has grown over the course of Black Knight’s six-episode arc. Can we rely on the rebel couriers to get the job done? Is Ryu Seok alive? (tvacute.com) Here is a rundown of how the Black Knight saga comes to an end.
Black Knight Episode 6 Recap
After five episodes of deceit, Ryu Seok is exposed as the villain in the series’ final episode. Sa-wol’s older adopted sister, Major Jeong Seol-ah (Esom) arranges a meeting with Cheonmyeong Company Chairman Ryu to inform him of Ryu Seok’s criminal activities. His crimes include the abduction of mutant children and the steady poisoning of refugees by the release of air pollutants in their neighborhoods. When Ryu Seok blows up refugee neighborhoods, he is also committing mass murder. Hearing that his son has committed such crimes and implicated the Cheonmyeong Group has startled Chairman Ryu. The situation is immediately rectified, and the president is informed of his son’s misdeeds. He hands over the authority of Cheonmyeong to the government, which is responsible for the distribution of oxygen and the transportation and resettlement of the evacuees.
After 5-8 and the other deliverymen failed in their effort to kill Ryu Seok, the latter went to see his father, where he was apprised of the recent developments that had rendered his intentions obsolete. The chairman informs Ryu Seok, his son, that he must face up to his crimes in an open and honest conversation between father and son. There’s something strange about the arrival of the two troops dispatched by the Ministry of Defense to apprehend Ryu Seok. Ryu Seok makes a huge show out of the situation, but as the soldiers approach, he shoots them dead before taking his father’s gun and pointing it at his own head. After pleading with his father to shoot him, the latter finally pulls the trigger. It becomes out that Defense Minister Ryu Seok was actually working with Ryu Seok to assassinate Chairman Ryu.
Rapidly proceeding to the final stage of their plot, they organize a coup to seize the presidency. The evil deeds of Ryu Seok don’t stop there, though; he also publicly blames the rebel deliverymen, whom he labels “terrorists,” for the recent killings. The search is on for the 12 embarrassed messengers. Useless (Lee Joo-seung), a refugee friend of Sa-wol’s, has learned that the vaccines the refugees were encouraged to take contain poison. Ryu Seok, an anti-refugee extremist, was behind the entire plot. He learns of this after the Dummies have already gone for their own checkups and vaccinations.
Black Knight Episode 6 Recap Is Sa-Wol Dead or Alive?
While one of the rogue deliverymen puts out an alarm, Useless dashes down to the physical examination center to warn the staff. Useless yells to the people waiting in line to get vaccinated (even the Dummies), but no one seems to hear him. When 5-8 and Sa-Wol emerge from hiding, they successfully distract the enemy with gunfire and explosions in order to raise support for their cause. Everyone starts to scatter. It’s too late for Sa-wol to reach Useless now. He gets killed by the Ryu Seok’s henchmen’s gunfire. Sa-Wol, a refugee, turns out to be the only person who can cure Ryu Seok of his mystery sickness. The fact that he is not immediately executed is due to the curative powers of his mutant blood.
The cure for Ryu Seok’s terminal sickness is found in Sa-wol’s mutant blood. Major Jeong Seol Ah and the messengers are on their way to Cheonmyeong to put an end to Ryu Seok’s poisoning and slaughter of the refugees. They ambush Ryu Seok’s trusted aide Mr. Oh and kill him with gunfire. The major save the president and promptly has the minister arrested for treason. In response, Ryu Seok overcharges the Air Core energy machinery, setting off a massive explosion that destroys the whole core district. Sa-Wol is carried to safety by 5-8 as the townspeople panic around them, and the other mutant kid prisoners are rescued by the other deliverymen. When Ryu Seok jerks, his metal skeleton shines through. Sa-wol’s mutant blood appears to have cured his otherwise fatal sickness.
In the finale episode, viewers are treated to a satisfying time jump that showcases the president’s successful implementation of her promises. As 5-8 and Sa-wol embark on an oxygen delivery run, they can’t help but notice the remarkable improvement in air quality and the clarity of the sky. If Ryu Seok really is alive, viewers should brace themselves for an intense and unpredictable storyline. The potential for a second season leaves viewers anticipating the protagonist’s potential retaliation.
