‘The Bastard Executioner’s Wilkin Brattle Is Disgusted by the “Justice” He Must Carry Out (VIDEO)

Ah, Wilkin Brattle. So full of righteous fury and self-loathing at the violence he must mete out as Castle Ventris’ Punisher (read: executioner).

So you can imagine Wilk’s reaction when he discovers the man set to come under his axe in tonight’s episode of The Bastard Executioner is innocent. Actually, you don’t have to imagine: We have the exclusive clip of that very scene right here.

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But as we’ve seen time and again on this show, no situation is as simple as it might seem, particularly when Stephen Moyer‘s delightfully weaselly chamberlain Milus Corbett is involved.

The Bastard Executioner, Tuesdays, 10/9c, FX.