The Bastard Executioner
Season 1 Episode 5: “Piss Profit/Proffidwyr Troeth”
Directed by Kari Skogland
Written by Roberto Patino
Created by Kurt Sutter
Starring Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Matthew Rhys, Timothy V. Murphy, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Elen Rhys, Danny Sapani
FX
Air Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, 10:00pm

Last week on The Bastard Executioner, while Lady Love (Flora Spencer-Longhurst) is away, Milus Corbett (Stephen Moyer) will play… manipulative violent games. Lady Love is summoned by the king to decide the fate of Ventrishire. However, she is treated poorly, the king only caring of play, so is at the mercy of his right hand. The decision is to split up her land, which she stops by faking a pregnancy. What is this? General Hospital? Meanwhile, Corbett is home trying to sell her. Plus, he imprisons Wilkin Brattle’s (Lee Jones) friends as leverage. That crazy Milus! Wilkin is starting to care for his fake children, but is a bit horrified by his crazy fake wife (Sarah Sweeney). Watch out for her!

Spoilers below.

We are 3 episodes (in 2 weeks) in to The Bastard Executioner, Kurt Sutter‘s highly anticipated next project after his highly acclaimed Sons of Anarchy, and if you’ve been watching… week 1 and week 2 have been worth the wait. This 14th century period piece follows Wilkin Brattle, a former soldier weary of the fight, forced to play an executioner while lying in wait for vengeance. Modern day actors aren’t just born swordfighting, British-accented, horseriding masters, they need serious training to make their work look authentic. How do they do that?

Check out the video below.

The Bastard Executioner
Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2: “Pilot”
Directed by Paris Barclay
Written by Kurt Sutter
Created by Kurt Sutter
Starring Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Sam Spruell, Darren Evans, Matthew Rhys, Jack Greenlees,
FX
Air Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 10:00pm

It has finally arrived! The highly anticipated period piece The Bastard Executioner, created by Kurt Sutter, has sliced its way into our television screens and it is as bloody as we expected. I had to look away many times. This is the tale of a warrior, in the time of King Edward, who only wishes to lay down his sword. Fate has something else in store for him, as he must lift up his sword once again to mete out justice in the land.

If you haven’t caught the 2-hour pilot yet, be warned, as there are spoilers ahead!

The Executioner is coming!

If you could not tell from the onslaught of coverage from GoD, Kurt Sutter‘s The Bastard Executioner, is coming. And now we know exactly when it will arrive. FX keeps teasing us (me), while I’m watching The Strain and Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, with these 20-second teasers. I don’t know how they pack such ominous tidings into such a small timespan, but pack it they did. The “Dark Age” teaser is in slow motion, angry, and of course… dark.

Check out that, two more “From the Set” videos, the poster, and the revealed premiere date below.

FX has released a ton of videos for The Bastard Executioner airing this fall, including more “From The Set” clips from Stephen Moyer (Miles Corbett), Lee Jones (Wilkin Brattle), and Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Lady Love Ventris). They have also shown 10-15 second teasers of a single concept during some of their other shows. I always catch them during The Strain, when I have to rewind back again, as I was fast forwarding through my DVR recording.

Watch the videos and check out the synopsis below.