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She's not really prominant in the show.

No love triangle. Romance is peripheral in this drama.

Nice list but... there goes my plan to slim down my PTW list!!!

He is controlled or possessed by the main antagonist.

heheheh!!! sad by true.

Yes that was a sad scene, you can certainly interpret it as he couldn't bear to part or was tempted to change his mind - I don't think it was an easy of lightly made decision for him. But I think both CFT and his wife were under no illusion that he would ultimately go with them. The ending is clever and leaves the Disney princess ending as a possibility but I just feel the Chinese opera ending is more fitting. The final clue is the ending paragraph. Had they gone off together it would have surely said CFT and SXR were disseminating anti-Japanese propaganda together and potentially added that they were documenting SXR's operas on film. It is notable that it only mentions CFT.

I hate dropping things but I don't think I can continue this one.

Tyvm - I only finished watching bc everyone around me loves it too!!!

The ending was so sad but for me it was unambigous that SXR didn't go with CFT. He already made his decision when CFT went to see him at the theater so that was their farewell. Actually SXR made that decision some time back and that was the meaning of the last opera and the private performance where she says farewell to the General. The ending scene was just what played out in CFT/both their imagination. It is sad but true to SXR character.

Hmmm... ok tyvm, I think I will save 14-18 to watch on Tuesday... :)

Ling Xi shows a lot of character growth in this drama and the middle arc which I think had too many fillers was all about her character growth.

I stopped after the third case at 14. Can you tell me if they finish the next case by 18? If not, I will wait to watch the next 4.

Well I definitely don't consider him one of the leads but he is a main character. As for where he gets his powers from that would be.a pretty major spoiler - you should see for yourself close to the end.

Yups

yups they definitely killed her dead.

in tears.

All the cases so far seem to be similarly set in a remote place where the suspects get narrowed down by elimination. Repetitive but it works. Second case was a bit more predictible but the first and third are really excellent.

The cases were also just a lot better written.

I have Youku VIP it is about 6 episodes ahead but no English subs. If you google the Chinese title you may be able to find more but probably without subs.

I agree with you - for all the many so-called detective shows that aired so far this year, none comes close to beating Detective L. Ancient Detective is promising though.