Clesias

I guess I'm one of the rare few who still watches HK dramas regularly. I agree that TVB's dramas have been lacking in quality and creativity this past decade, even cop/police/mafia dramas are beginning to feel repetitive. A lot of them are mediocre at best, unwatchable if I have to be brutally honest. But there are certainly a few surprises like BOK, BWD. I think there is a subtle change in the company where younger writers and producers are slowly taking the helm and it's because of them that dramas are becoming less ostentatious. Slice-of-life dramas like Swipe Tap Love, The Offliners, and Life on the Line bring a much needed sense of comfort and hope to Hong Kong audience

Another point I like to make is that there are other broadcast companies who have tried to produce quality dramas that reflect life as it is in Hong Kong. HKTV was the first do so, producing political drama The Election as the first of its kind in HK's TV history (to my knowledge). In the next 2 or 3 years, they have produced quite a lot of dramas that are very different from TVB dramas and cover a whole range of topics that are more relatable to HK audience. I've watched a few and I really recommend Sexpedia (a show that discusses topics about sex in a healthy and non-offensive way), The Borderline (typical police drama but Lau Kai Chi and Dominic Lam were excellent in the show), The Menu (about journalism and it is the show that propelled Catherine Chau to a certain popularity before Margaret & David: Green Bean). These broadcasting companies also features LGTBQ+ characters in a good light (I mean when you compare to how TVB constantly villainizes and degrade LGTBQ+ characters in their shows, even to this day). In the drama Hidden Faces, Leslie Chiang played a lesbian and John Chiang played her father who struggles to accept her sexuality. These are struggles that the LGTBQ+ community and their families faced so it's nice to see that in the small screen, without harmful prejudices and biases.

After HKTV ended its run as an alternative broadcast company, ViuTV slowly started to take over the spot, recognizing there is an untapped source of talent and market here. I've been really amazed by the way they are willing to think out of the box in terms of writing and character development, while staying authentic. I haven't watched ALL of their dramas but there are a few that I recommend:
- Leap Day
- Margaret and David - Green Bean
- Stained
- The Gutter
- Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong
- #MeToo
- Limited Education (apparently this was a huge hit among HK audience, more so than the TVB dramas who was airing at the same time.)

Aarif and Meng Ziyi OMGGGGGGGG will actually love to see Ziyi as a swordswoman but she looks so beautiful here and paired with the beautiful Aarif ;_______; nice to see Marius in a second lead role too! Also love that there is no messy love triangles within the four main characters.

There was some boring moments in the first episode but overall, pretty thrilling! Nice to see Kara not yelling for once, even though her character is somewhat similar to the one in The Defected.

wow am i the only one who can't stand dai yong

I don't think it's Hokkien, I think it's the Minnan language (?) that people still use in Taiwan. It's an accurate reflection of the communication in Taiwanese society.

Why can't you just read the subtitles?

Goddd I sure don't miss the 90s TVB series. 90% of the characters and plot-lines are insufferable.

I'm glad someone agrees with me on FH4. It's just so baffling that the show is THIS bad, like how is it possible considering that they all had experience producing crime-related dramas.

It's not as if TVB doesn't have the resources or talents, it's that TVB's management refuses to change their approach and just sticking to the audience survey done in 1990s.

"Hong Kong is known for its crime related dramas. " Then how come this drama is so sub-standard?

A 3 for effort? LOL A BIG FAT NO. The cases are so boring, the characters feels mechanical and the storylines are literally just copied and pasted from old 90s melodramas. This means that the writing is at best half-hearted, at worst just plain incompetent. Though the graphics are supposed to portray the "high-tech" in the forensic department, but they are clunky and make the visuals of the show really dated.

"this drama was implicated in some drama" Do you mean the whole Jacqueline Wong scandal and they have to re-shoot with Roxanne Tong as her replacement? Best decision ever made, as Roxanne was the only one who could bring her character to life.

So I don't see how the drama has any excuses to fail as badly as it is doing.

Who the hell is rating this show >7 because it definitely only deserves a 0.5 rating.

How is it possible for them to apply sand play therapy with Lan-yi without any professional / qualified psychologist or therapist around? What the hell, the writing in this show is so half-hearted.

There should be more episodes this week as the final airing date is 13th March.

Hi, I'm planning to watch this soon but I really need to know: is there any supernatural element in this?