NoirRoex This drama is my first time back to the suspense/mystery/crime drama after a few month hiatus. Coming in with an open mind despite the comments on this drama, I have to say I seem to have a lower overall rating but, less harsh criticism. The intro music was fine but the images you view don't seem cohesive. Not a big deal in a drama but I will admit it had me bracing myself for a drama that lacked cohesiveness. I was right. The very first scene is a paranormal type warning dream sequence featuring her sister and a message about the accident squad. The character doesn't seem to care that much about soon after, even though it frightened her in the moment. Tonally, the drama shifts to a comedic montage that features the squad of "screw ups" she is going to manage.The acting is ok and does not feature any particular breakout performances. The edits aren't too choppy as can be scene in short dramas. The direction seems ok but doesn't establish any interesting shots. The music is fine but doesn't support a consistent tone.I just don't think it is very engaging. 15 mins is very little time to engage the audience with a WHOLE squad and introduce us to a crime AND introduce us to what might be an ongoing secondary plot (the dream). The drama is setup in a way where it can only superficially cover all of these things. The outro was not great. It mimics a good elements of a good song only to fall short of making a good cohesive song. In that respect its like the drama episode. 6/10. Passed the class in that it was an episode but short of average to me.
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Well, as I predicted while enduring the over-the-top sad mess that was the Guan Zai gets sick plot line, the writers turned the supposedly brilliant Yu Tu into a complete idiot who learned the completely wrong lessons from watching what his friend's family went through. He should have learned that it is a mistake to bottle things up and hide things from your loved ones. He should have learned that it is your loved ones who will be there for you to help you when you are in trouble. He should have learned that loving someone isn't about avoiding the pain but rather enduring it for the sake of love. Because all those things were actually on display in the Guan Zai plot line. But the writers contrived our hero to become an idiot who only noticed the pain and sadness that Shen Jing was experiencing. Never did he ask her if she would choose otherwise because if he did, she would have told him, "No". And the idiotic inability to understand how to balance work and life is just stupid. Yu Tu has turned what should be a plus-plus combination into a ridiculous either/or equation. The writers have made YuTu into someone who is so self-absorbed that he fails to have the empathy that would guide him to NOT HURT THIS WOMAN THAT HE CLEARLY LOVES. He seems oblivious to just how much pain he just caused her this night, which should have been her happiest. I get it. This is episode 15 and the show wants to keep the lovers separated for a little longer for 'dramatic purposes' and now we will have an arc that eventually brings them back together. But I just wish the writers would not resort to making characters be so absurdly stupid in order to do that. Because the YuTu that the writers have created is simply not an attractive, healthy human that any sane woman should want to have a relationship with. Now they have to contrive ways to completely transform him from this jerk back into a likable human. And that contrivance will likely be as hard to believe as the above transformation that got him here.
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Mira This episode is when SuSu and Qingyi totally reconciled as Qingyi now completely remember what exactly happened 19byrs ago afterNDEs. The whole sequence of Qingyi and Su Su battle with the disease is well done and their heartfelt talk after Qingyi recovery makes me cry. Then LI Bo Ze came and seized Aviation school to get antidote from nasty Zhang.And Qingyi is directly shot at the entrance of the school. But Su Su runaway with Qingyi body together with a handful of aviation school member.Now , Zhang family and that evil foreign organization completely took the assets of aviation school.
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After LRZ death, LI Boze is in peak salty era, cut tie with Boss.Hai and and took Ying Army Marshall post and collabs with Zhang. I love this epi cuz Qingyi and Su Su are now in marriage couple era and their heartfelt talk and deeply care for each other, not that intense passion but mature, subtle , unconditional way of love. I like their change in relationship dynamic.As for storyline, Zhang guys drop bioweapon against Aviation school and Ying army where Qingyi got contracted in unknown disease( should be highly contagious anthrax/typhoid) and Su Su accompanied Qingyi in isolated room.The highlight of the epi is Qingyi dream of LRZ and his wife while holding Le'an. It's a good cry emo scene.
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Ari Doidooo, ansiosa para os próximos episódios
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Episódio maluco dmssss, pra mim foi um dos melhoras episódios até agora!! Tô amando essa históriaaaaa
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IrenaK She finally confessed! This took some time, but it was worth it! And the kiss after? Wonderful! 🥰 Now I need see if she has removed the bell. 🫣Prince Xie was somewhat useful in this episode by helping with the battle near Tingzhou City and later escorting Huayong and Xihe... Him feeding Huayong was so funny! 😅But them letting Prince Ding flee the battlefield really surprised me. He's a traitor to the country and was surrounded by the northern army, yet he could still escape? 🤷♀️🤨 But his ambition cost him very high price — Princess Ding cut her own throat because she was too tired of being used as a shield in her husband's chase for power. 😔
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Pues creí que en este episodio iban a decirnos si sí o sí no, con respecto al supuesto bebé, pero como dejaron con la intriga igual que en el capítulo anterior, pues, no tengo muchas opiniones al respecto(positivas)
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Susan "Why wait for snow to make a wish? I can fulfil your wish" OKAAAYYY!! ___________________________ It's clear now who is the brother of Ling something guy (gang leader). Now that mask dude remains. I have a feeling things are gonna get messy
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CinephileRhia Knot suffers from poor writing, directing and editing. The main leads are a bit stiff and one lead is written/acted out as a child rather than a 24yo, it’s jarring. This could have probably benefited from another year of production
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jeoneungd I’m not sure where the writers are going with this series. It started in a high note like most C-dramas and like 99% of C-dramas it ends with a sour note. The ratings are going downhill I believe because of storyline fatigue. For great actors to play senseless roles and I mean impossible roles to happen in life, the writers should have maintained a variety of challenges for our leads. Oh but it’s the same evil gangs doing the same evil deeds, and the same argument between emperor and our FL, their push and pull is very tiring. And what about the chancellors? The same issue. I longed for someone important to die at this point to. Ring me to depths that makes it emotional, not comical. Is this a love story? But there is chemistry bubbling up, just two persons who share a similar interest. So what is this really all about? I will probably pause from here until the series ends sonI can skip episodes and just see if these two get together. I already have a feeling who’s behind the mask, and it’s someone very close to the Emperor, some near his age so I stopped guessing a while back. New shows coming up so time to switch.
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This episode brought Jihyuk and Jiwon so much closer. They shared their knowledge of the future and joined forces to change her fate! 😌🤗 However, it's quite sad that he didn't reveal the truth of how he ended up in 2013. But I get it — after learning that fate is inevitable, he's very hesitant to give them a chance as a couple, because they would have an end date... 😟But it seems like by the end of the episode he came around to that idea, and the trigger for that change of heart might have been his fear for Jiwon's life. 🥹"I want to be solid land." Something Jiwon has wanted for years and he's finally ready to give. 🥰🫂And Minhwan getting closer to Sumin means Jiwon's plan is working well... 😌P.S. For a few episodes now, there's been a little thought circling in my head that Eunho and Huiyeon would be a perfect couple — she loves food and he loves to cook! 😅
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Got goosebumps most of the time here. 🥺That scene where she ate those few-days-old leftovers just to initiate the vomiting process... I'm just happy it didn't bring any other reflexes to me than tears. 🫣And, damn, I really do love Ling. The way he cares for people is so heartwarming. He's like the protector of the poor and weak, but acts against the rich and corrupt, reminding me a lot of Robin Hood in some ways. 🥹🤗My favourite scene, however, might be the one where the wedding and funeral delegations met between those arches of the Fu family. That moment led us back to the opening scene of the drama, concluding this arc of FL and Fu family's backstory. I absolutely loved it — the music was spot on, the aesthetics were breathtaking, and the colour choices outstanding. 🤩🤌And now they'll be on the road to the capital — plenty of time to have many different situations that will let them grow closer, learn more about each other, and eventually fall in love! 😉❤️
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The Road to Splendor Episode 4
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BaekhyunoonaID Betrayal is the most painful when it is done by the one we care about and this drama has such an unbelievable level of betrayal.Finished all 4 episodes and got to admit that this drama started with a bang!!!As always, episode 1 can be overwhelming with the many characters and scheming people but it easily caught my attention ever since.Ding Yuxi is stunning as the smuggler ML and Ancy Deng is insane!!! She was so total in portraying her role. Perfection!She looked all noble as the great 9th young lady. Smart, beautiful, graceful and elegant then looking so young and vulnerable after life taught her the painful facts.The cinematography is beautiful. If this is not a high budget drama, then the director must have allocated the budget into producing the drama. I did not check out before but he also directed my lovely dramas TLOS, GOTD & TPOB so I am confident that he will not disappoint.Definitely a satisfying start and I hope it will continue this good. Planned to just watch 1 episode, now I am rather impatient for more episodes.
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Higashino Keigo Mysteries Episode 9
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nero truong i love these kitschy episodes ，it’s breaking up my early prejudice & adding like a lot of variety to this show. it also depthens our different protagonists to see how much distinct life each of them have. i will say , , , we were slowly winding down this ending with ominoua things being revealed after sakurai’s arrest but then we just pull a prank+gag at the end & not address the flush she heard from his apartment. i don’t think she mis±heard that or confused it with a different apartment but i guess they want you to concentrate pn thAt reveal just to make fun of both yoiu & her at the end.
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