The Brothers Sun
Summary
Warning : This article contains major spoiler for The Brothers Sun time of year 1 .
The Brothers Sunsaw a lot of deaths in season 1 , ranging from major characters to support character . From the rivals of the Sun family to the mass who are there to protect them , no one is safe from the ever - present threat of last in this show . Since it is set in the world of Triad gangsters and criminal offence , there is plenty of way for deaths and action , evince that every person ’s expiry has an shock on the taradiddle in some way .
The Brothers Sun , which has earned great reviews , follows a Taipei gangster named Charles Sun ( Justin Chien ) who comes home to Los Angeles to protect his mother , Eileen ( Michelle Yeoh ) , and chum , Bruce ( Sam Song Li ) , after his father Big Sun ( Johnny Kou ) is near assassinated . Having no memory of his past life in Taiwan and no idea his sept is a legendary Triad family , Bruce need to adapt to life as a mobster and learns that not everything is as it seems as he learn about his household ’s privy life . With so many ofThe Brothers Sun ’s enceinte cast of charactersoperating inside the gangster populace , there is tidy sum of death and mystery inThe Brothers Sunseason 1 .
12The Giant
Season 1, Episode 1 “Pilot”
The first real kill audiences see inThe Brothers Sunis that of the Giant in season 1 , episode 1 , " Pilot " . After Charles arrives at his mother ’s house in Los Angeles , a partner in crime is waiting to assassinate him . After a abbreviated battle , Charles manages to defeat the would - be assassin and pins his hired hand to the tabular array with a knife . Charles coolly offers the Giant a cigarette and asks who the assassin ’s honcho is , but the partner in crime refuses to give up any info . As a event , Charles breaks his neck and later , with the assistance of his mother , chops the body up . This gets the ball roll inThe Brothers Sunstoryline .
In a late interview , The Brothers Sun ’s co - God Almighty Byron Wu explained where the inspiration for the show ’s tone and premiss came from .
11May Song
The second fatal accident on the show is that of May Song , one of the local crime bosses with whom Charles hopes to become allies . After blowing his college money on improv classes , Bruce stop up assay to trade drug for May alongside his friend TK at a nightclub . When Charles tracks down Bruce at the society and attempt to land him back home , the two brother terminate up corner by May and her partner in crime , since May believes that Charles is after her business . May is apace overcome by Charles and terminate up killed after a group of gunmen make their way of life inside the club and shoot her multiple times in the chest .
10Zhi Zhu “Spider”
Season 1, Episode 2, “Favor for a Favor”
In season 1 , installment 2 , " Favor for a Favor " , Charles disclose to Bruce the real reason behind why bighearted Sun sent them away and the family ’s mobster roots . The two brothers head out to Arcadia to get out more about the assassin who attacked Charles . While Spider is only seen briefly , his destruction leaves a trail of closed book behind him . In one of the funny view inThe Brothers Sun , Spider end up stabbed by gangster dressed as inflatable dinosaur and Charles has to use his martial graphics to crusade them off .
9Tony Tang
Season 1, Episode 3, “Whatever You Want”
When Bruce gets kidnap in time of year 1 , episode 3 , " Whatever You Want " , Charles and Mama Sun straight off lay out out for the mahjong guild , since Mama Sun believes that the club has all the response they postulate to find out where Bruce is . Those answer guide to Tony Tang , who supplies drugs for another gang in the Triad universe , the White Crane Gang , and runs the best restaurant in town . Tang ends up killed by June with his legs and hands trend off to thread out Sleepy Chan , the drawing card of the rival gang possibly behind the shooting of Big Sun and the gentleman’s gentleman that Tang was working with .
8Sleepy Chan
Season 1, Episode 4, “Square”
As the loss leader of a rival crew , Sleepy Chan is a potent member of the Triad and a military force to be reckoned with . Despite the rivalries between the two gangs , it presently becomes clear that he is not behind Big Sun ’s character assassination attempt . When a square is called following Tony Tang ’s demise in time of year 1 , episode 4 , " Square " , Charles study that there may be more behind the late attacks against his crime syndicate . Chan also tells Charles that they are being target by the same people , Sleepy Chan cease up getting killed by the zealot vigilante grouping the Boxers before unwrap any more information on the attackers .
7Drowsy Lee
As the son of Sleepy Chan , Drowsy Lee is the muscle behind the rival gang and has some history with Charles . After threatening Charles during the meeting with Sleepy Chan , the two stop up fighting alongside each other when Boxers crew member attack the meeting . Charles and Drowsy fight down alongside each other against the Boxers ' partner in crime , but it finally comes to an ending when Drowsy is kill when one of the boxer self - detonates a bomb he ’d been holding and Charles barely escapes .
6Blood Boots
Season 1, Episode 5 “The Rolodex”
As one of the longtime hatchet man for the Sun family , descent rush was a pleasant and pollyannaish mortal who was always willing to put himself in peril to protect the family . In time of year 1 , instalment 5 , " The Rolodex " , he goes with Mama Sun to ascertain out more about the Boxers , not sleep with that the gang wants Mama Sun as a surety . The friendly enforcer is killed in cold rip by the Boxers after Mama Sun refuses to give up the identities of the members of the heads of the Triad clans , a.k.a . the touch . His end is arguably the most shocking and tragical in the show as he was such an audience ducky and had stepped into an uncle - similar role with Bruce .
5Grace
Season 1, Episode 7, “Gymkata”
As Bruce ’s college schoolfellow and calf love , Grace has one of the dark floor inThe Brothers Sunthat consultation after discover in time of year 1 , episode 6 , " Country Boy" . In one of the most shocking twists inThe Brothers Sun , Bruce teach that Grace is the leader of the Boxers crew who wants to kill the Triad leader . Her destination is to avenge the expiry of her father , who had been trafficked as an indentured servant , and to bring down the Triad organisation as a whole . During a merging of the Triad ghost to elect a fresh Dragon Head in sequence 7 , " Gymkata , " state of grace ends up killed by June when both SWAT team phallus and the Boxers break up the supposedly secret get together .
4Triad Leaders
Season 1, Episode 7. “Gymkata”
In the same meeting that eventually kills Grace , the other Triad leaders come together at a high - last restaurant to elect their new Dragon Head . Mama Sun convince the Triad leaders to make her the raw Dragon Head , but before it becomes official , things get wild . The Boxers barge into the coming together before a determination can be made and most of the Triad leaders are killed in the ensue scrimmage . The appendage of the Triad who are n’t killed end up arrested , and it soon becomes clearwho adjust up the assassination attemptson the Sun folk .
3Lance Wang
One of the three Wang brothers , Lance Wang , has known Charles for many years and is one of his closest booster . They are weigh hired heftiness for the Jade Dragons and can be a piece eccentric when it come to gear up for fights . In season 1 , episode 7 , " Gymkata " , Lance Wang ’s comer is rapidly overshadowed by the revelation that Big Sun is animated . Lance ostensibly meet his end when he is stabbed after finally pulling off the pommel Equus caballus stunt fromGymkata , an action movie revered by the comrade and Charles , during the brawl at the restaurant .
Because time of year 1 of the dramedy pass on so many storylines open , Netflix ’s The Brothers Sun season 2 needs to suffice multiple big questions .
