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The wait for ep5 is gonna kill me... I want to know the PLAN!! Is it gonna be gas grenades or yet unrevealed hacking skills? I thought their last 'venture' was the pinnacle of stupidity, but maybe Sean's idea will outmatch that achievement:D If they're going for legitimate biz, then they're playing with a lot of livelihoods. If the other kind, then they should read up on the term power vacuum first. Anyway, that must have been some vodka;p I do enjoy the rising tension between Sean and White a lot! I hope ep5 will be explosive in more ways than one:D

I'm enjoying all of these as well. I don't mind loose threads when I'm watching sth light or fluffy. But the creators seem to want us to think about what we're watching, then they better come up with a plausible setup;)
I think most of us struggle with such things. When we stop, dictatorships are born. I have a very pragmatic attitude towards any kind of activism - a calculation of goal vs. risk/cost/effort. If the outcome isn't worth the risk, then it's not worth it. Burning down a house in the middle of a forest in any case sounds supremely moronic:D Definitely not worth risking their careers in law, which they could do more good with in a few years. They hinted that it was personal for B though, so maybe there's a juicy revenge plot in the background. I don't think these themes are rare in popular TV - at least where I live, just maybe in the romance genre;) Anyway, let's see where they take this series! I do hope for more good music...

Good premise, bad pacing. The first half was too slow to really engage me. When it finally got interesting - we got some answers and even more questions were raised (there was a pretty big revelation about the past just dropped there by the end, not to be explored) - the movie ended. I'd happily watch a re-edited version.

Noone but shady Tod seems to know what happened to B? I mean the guy was almost beaten to death. Shouldn't there be a police inquiry? In which case they'd go question the gang? Plus his mom's a judge? I also find it weird that the father didn't connect the dots when his healthy son suddenly collapsed. His reply about mom and B was also weird af. Well, I'm curious how they'll spin the story from this point. Hope they won't leave glaring plot holes...

It's the soundtrack that makes this series for me. So good! But do you guys think White is actually fooling anyone? Or do most of them know? To me, he looks same as both B and W, just wearing different clothes. From what everyone says, B seems reckless and fearless. But W looks scared half to death most of the time. Maybe they should've lengthened the preparation time so it doesn't seem that he just went there half-cocked, with little to no knowledge about his brother. At this point, I'm more intrigued by the real B:) Would love to see some clips from his past. Also was it ever explained why..

So funny:D Your review sort of made me wanna watch it and sort of not;)

Save this one for a shitty day. Although it didn't suit my taste much, I think this type of heart-warming and uncomplicated short stories could be a good choice for when you're feeling low. These may be based on true events, but they're not the kind that go for your guts, rather rub a soothing balm on your aching bits;) - well maybe excluding ep4 that deals with loss...
The quality, style and structure is like a good commercial, so no surprises here.

Yeah, that's earlier than I would've guessed too. With so many twists and new people showing up, it's hard to keep track of the sequence of events:) Loved those scenes btw! I would've traded some of the fight scenes in later eps for more parade and more parkour!

Sorry, no idea. I binged it pretty fast couple weeks back:) Did you try to Google it? Maybe someone wrote recaps...

Because too little money and too little audience. This is a costly production and 'bromance' adaptations are a very safe and profitable compromise allowing production companies to get money from both book lovers and mainstream audiences. Do you really think this kind of series would've been offered the same level of resources if they were uncensored? I don't see any other countries showering queer cinema with cash. Most of my favourite gay movies had a budget of USD 1-4M, meanwhile the dumbest action flicks get 5-10 times as much. Because they have a much wider audience.
I have special hate for how the censorship is stifling creativity and ruining dramas, but that's another topic.

This had the most interesting format among all the shows of this kind I've seen. Group B are all such colorful characters;) Loved them! Plus, my favourites got on the podium, so I'm pretty happy with this show:)

Thank you kindly:) Me too! I had this show on the list for months and only started watching while bored on sick leave ...and couldn't stop;) Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks:) Weird that random new stuff keeps popping up on social media, but what has been normal about WOH;)

Have youku dropped new BTS in the last month? Just came upon this compilation on weibo that has a few things I haven't seen before - A-xu chatting up a horse or Lao Wen fan-dropping:) I don't have youku pass anymore, so I'm wondering if it's old stuff I missed or there's some new stuff I missed?
https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4653229527728146/4653232952181063

Choices, choices, so many choices every hour. I pretty much binge watched the first half because it was so thrilling and engaging, but by ep27 I can feel the drama taking its toll on my heart, as earlier choices weigh heavily on the present. No one has it easy that day in Changan. So much has already been sacrificed or lost ...and there are still so many hours to go.

After watching all these shows that use 'soulmates' (知己/zhiji) for the deep 'us against the world' and 'live and die together' bonds ...here we have a guy who used to read his poems to a horse and wants to avenge its death, cause he considered them soulmates... It's definitely the first for me hoping zhiji has no romantic connotationsXD
Btw Long Bo is one of the sexiest villains I've seen. So thrilling, this series;))

Them mentioning Hansel and Gretel with that huge fireplace (I mean fireplace?!) in the background, made me choke on my dinner:D Could've been hilarious, but wit was hard to come by in this series... My main impression: lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy writing on the crime solving side! They pretty much got a trump card mid series ...and did absolutely nothing with it to gain advantage! It's like the MLs were unable to think 2+ steps ahead or work out reliable plans. Wasn't one of them supposed to be some kind of notorious fixer? And he makes such ridiculous mistakes? The recaps in the final eps were also unnecessarily draggy and I personally would've preferred a more balanced ending, where they heal from what they'd lost and settle down with found family, instead of the megawatt candy that was served;p
Unfortunately, none of the elements in this series deserve a higher than average score - not the acting, none of the technical aspects, not the romance which felt disconnected from the plot...

I'm pretty sure I've read that was the originally scripted ending and that they had to add memories of xiao Lai to the one that aired, to be able to show Shang laoban running at all... But! I don't remember where I've seen it, so I edited my comment in case those were just rumours. I really don't mind open endings, but I agree they could've chosen flashbacks that fit the emotions better - not this 'life flashing before your eyes' style of edit, making people think someone was going to die... The 'gift' ending flashbacks, paired with the song lyrics, opera scenes and the title is so much more emotionally rewarding, whether it's true or not;))

Had a similar thought when he asked Qian Qiao for the water of Lethe. I was wildly cheering him on - Yes, drink it! Forget your creepy foster father! Give yourself a chance;)) I was very intrigued by his villainy persona at first, then yifu happened… and the puppy love eyes... and the possessiveness… so I started considerately zoning out to give them privacy;) I guess I can see myself sympathising with him more, if we got a backstory explaining how they got with this unique dynamic. Without it, I basically put them both as deserving each other:)

I also took a look at which ratings jumped during the glitch and I think yours is a fair guess:) If there's no bias, then why not show the user rating breakdown? I thought it was standard for sites like this. IMDb is so kind that they even calculate arithmetic mean and median themselves to show how unbiased they are;)).