Excellent Police Team Drama

The first season of this show is not even english subbed. but the second season randomly is so I can enjoy it and review it.

I didn't really feel like I was missing anything when I started this at season 2. The cases are all an episode and a half so you need to watch the next episode to see the conclusion of the case which is kind of annoying. It's also very awkwardly edited where there is a black screen for a ten seconds between cases while the episode is in the twenty minute mark.

Other than that. This is a drama not with a big production budget. All the cases take place in the same gorge/canyon set. The trees are not even well moved around. The actors have few costume changes. The editing is simple. It's kind of redundant seeing suspects and witnesses cycle through the same sets. As the season goes on they do branch out and the sets get more varied and a lot more interesting. You stop getting annoyed by the visuals as the tension rises up.

I think with this simplicity it's the cases themselves that really shine for me. Everything extraneous is removed so you can really focus on the twists and turns of the case. It's also interesting that some of the pathological processes and histology slides are shown which I have never seen before. I love science so I was really interested. Then also the psychology of each criminal is also interesting as the ML and FL find the evidences and confessions. It's so thrilling.

There isn't really even much of a thriller element. It lapses into slice of life a little bit. Nothing happens to any of the officers. There are no shoot outs. They're just solving cases together as a well knit together team. There is a slight romance between the ML/FL but it's not really something that I would say merits much attention. It is not a romance after all. Captain Sheng though is smitten and you die when he does lil things for his lady love. It's cute.

The ending is not a big thrilling case. It felt like they were kind of cut it for time as there needed to be more time to delve into the psyche of such a vicious killer and his past record. But it played it kind of safe and I was upset it didn't go as dark and as thriller as the previous episodes kind of teased. FL or ML wasn't really in peril. I wanted more, but it lapsed back into minimal action which was upsetting.

I did see in some comments that it's a rip off of a korean show. But I haven't seen that show yet so I didn't have a reference point to comment on this. I would compare it to a lower stakes Cold Case -- the Japanese version. But not as exciting.

It's a solid police/coroner show, nothing fancy. If you want that, it will entertain you the entire time and make you think while eating your dinner. It's excellent in it's simple goal.

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A Drama so Bad Even Writer Apologized

The main actress to this drama described it as "bittersweet at the beginning and then it becomes sweet like boba tea"

I would like to report, someone took my boba tea and splashed it on my face. Dear goodness. The end.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is a drama that is best explained by it's three acts. It starts off as an EXCELLENT detective costume drama. The cases are really interesting and the interplay of the cast is well done. Second act is a mix of pride and prejudice and midsummer night's dreams. It's an interplay of lovers that makes you want to shout at the screen. GOOD. Then act three it's just all these amazing characters RUINED. It's the most uncharacteristic developments of each character that you stop watching with sadness. WHY?

This drama really shines with the ML. His voice is silky velvet and when he yells or uses lower tones. You'll replay it as it just sounds like music. His costumes are the highest quality -- allegedly borrowed -- but still better than the cheap stuff everyone else is wearing. FL has some nice ones too. But his sharp wit and tricks they play with each other is where you'll really stop and stare and recall your own family squabbles. He shines the most as a henpecked son and partner to the female lead and his mother and when he's blissfully smiling between them. It's really adorable.

FL on the other hand also has some golden moments. Of course she makes silly mistakes that put ML in peril, but he falls in love with her anyways. Her intial outfits are simple and unassuming, but you're focused on her dialog and how she articulates herself with the mysteries as the ML takes her through his job as inspector. There is a mutual trust that builds up which is believable upto episode 23.

Intimacy wise. There is your typical fish face kisses. But the charge is there when they are playing house and solving cases. His love for her is apparant in long stares and his icy personality is spot on before act three. I was upset but not surprised that the tone died as the relationship progressed.

If you're in the mood for intellect watch episodes up to 28. Also there are some full extra scenes on the tencent youtube channel that are randomly up there but essential.

I hope for second 2 to redeem Liang Yi and get more of his beautiful voice.

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plucking flower petals off do you love me or love me not

this is such a disappointment for me. i was rooting for the story. i was rooting for female lead. throw all common sense and logic out of the window because this drama will drive you to drink.

i almost drank, but god is this a very very slow romantic burn. i want to punch them all in the faces. how can a genius be so dumb and like just the side characters ONE IN PARTICULAR keeps causing all the issues and you're like waiting for her to die already. she is still alive and not miserable

I WOULD RECOMMEND THE FIRST TWELVE EPISODES!!! The beginning is the closest I've seen to the General's Wife drama with such a cute comedy storyline with some seriousness thrown in. It's fine the ML is ugly. His ugly hair is fine. The FL is so precocious and cute and her family is adorable. Her cute lil feminist speeches. I was so down for everything. Their dynamic is like Geum Jan Di and Jun Pyo. I was so invested and excited.

AND THEN IT JUST GOES TO NOTHING. the sideplots are just come crashing together and there are like plucking flower petals off do you love me or love me not. Initially it works and it's nice. But then it just get's semi-violent at times and all logic just wth is going on.

I'm so angry I wasted time watching this. Upto 14th episodes the romance is pretty minimal. Just watch the one kiss scene on youtube. You'll get your fix. I'M SO MAD. THIS WAS SO GENUINELY INTERESTING AND EXCITING AND I WAS HOPING FOR A HIDDEN GEM. I WAS ROOTING FOR HER. AND THEN I THREW HER OFF A CLIFF AND I'M SO HAPPY I DID.

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