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One Stars

1st off am glad i was wrong about Ming & Frank & it was cleared up in this ep - still don't like her, but at least she not a predator... about the whole X & Mook planning to get Q is idk - doesn't sit well with me. & Q was justified in hitting X, like Toy was justified in getting angry at Mook & X for playing with Q. like i am sure Mook would've been, had she not known that X was planning to use her to start the whole bet going. ************************************************************************************ ****************************************************************************************************************************************personally i didn't like how intrusive the mother & uncle were, i get why they were - but as a person that is zealous about my privacy even good intentions don't justify all that nosing around. but as this the end - never mind. the mains got their happily ever after & it was cute. don't want or need a 2nd season. but this was fine for a one off

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One Stars

1st off, i didn't get Toy trying to convince Q to keep pursuing Mook, Toy is interested in her so why continue with the "plan" when Q isn't interested. didn't get that - especially when Toy got mad when Mook came to seek out Q.., he still doesn't realize his own feelings?!? pretty sure Mook wont like the fact that he has been lying to her from the start. **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************& the whole relationship between Frank & Mind is annoying, let alone inappropriate IMO. i don't like Mind, she's older & her way of teaching Frank is by verbally & even psychically abusing him? the fact he is smitten & ready to accept any treatment as long as she isn't ignoring him, is toxic... IMO if i was Frank's mother i would be seeing red & would beat the crap out of her, for grooming my child! ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************regarding Q's mother, i get that she is worried & extra sensitive cause her brother is gay - so she know how hard life can be for a gay man in the world. she told her son, she is there to listen if he had anything to confide & she would love him no matter what. that was enough. but she keeps poking her nose in her son's business. *******************************************************as i have already pointed out Q hasn't done anything the indicated he was into X. maybe his wanting to rush over & check on him - either way u can't force someone out of the closet. he needs his own time to process whatever he is feeling & when he is ready, he will come to U.... ************************************************************************************************************her brother was right in telling her to stop over analyzing the situation, even before there was one. just to let her son be & everything would work out. but he was wrong in trying to force Q's hand. Q needs time & the space to work through what he is feeling on his own. yeah love is worth the headache, but he is too young & to him getting ostracized by his close friends & others his own age is worse then hell. when ur older u have the confidence & the knowledge to understand what is important & who's opinion counts. not so as a teen.

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The cryptkeeper

XiJun’s combined sketch revealed a very interesting thing. It was a picture of the deceased doctor, Meng Dong Lao. Sheriff Lu demanded the tomb opened. There was a skeleton there but it was the missing girl from 40 yrs ago. He used her skeleton to write his medical journal on bones. The heads were collected for him to finish his headache journal. Hui fit the bill with her headaches. He planned on getting executed after his medical research, but Lu called for immediate execution. He questioned himself because the village would have benefited greatly from a cure, but he considered the cost too high. Fei has become the new doctor and taking on the task he started training for. Everything was going well. He escorted XiJun to the safe part of road to Nangzhou and the doc was getting the huge sign his elder wanted. The magistrates that I considered complete bums were finally doing their jobs. Lu made the error of pretending they were burning a cat demon to keep the people away as they explored the cave and underground room DongLao had set up with the bones from victims. However, this news reached the palace and they chose to dismiss him from his position. The crown prince has it in fo him and I’d sure like to know why. What should have been a city celebration turned into a bittersweet farewell to the sheriff that had rejuvenated their town and brought justice for forty year crime. I don’t know where they are headed now because I don’t think he can return to Chang’an. He is making such good progress and I am annoyed with the prince and the writer for not giving him a break.😝

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Repeat of 40 yr cold case

Right after congratulations for completing first case, 40 yr dismemberment case is repeated. The coroner resigns because it is the case 40 yrs ago that caused his dad to commit suicide. Sheriff Lu is going to give it a try but the autopsy is too much for him. Turns out XueHuan and Su had a signal if Lu needed help. A basket of oranges arrived in NanZhou and the gang packs up and heads to Ju. Su disguises himself initially as the coroner hired by Sheriff Lu. It’s a pretty grisly case. The body is cut in such a way that the murder weapon cannot be determined. The skin was stripped from the bones and cut into pieces. Su kept everybody out and gave the one defining mark that made it clear it was Hui. The butcher looks most guilty but the son in law told her to leave him alone. He even bribed her to end it. So even tho he had planned on hurting her there was no longer any need. Seems Chicken Fei was friends with the Dr buried in the upstairs of the meds building in backyard. He has a very vivid dream of his old friend chastising him for not doing what he was supposed to be doing as far as progressing the filed of medicine. He is giving the job of determining what is on the cloth that preserved the victim parts. But he is lead to believe he is figuring out the cloth from a famous wine.😂XueHuan’s look of horror as Fei tried to hand the cloth his way.😂 XiJun offered to draw the pieces but was told no by Su. She decided she would assist with drawing the three people seen in various temples putting the bags on offering table. Su has left and put his sworn sister in charge.😂 Lu is going back to some of his bad habits already, but he is at least getting some help. The ragbag magistrate got Lu to make a deadline and he has to opt for a week when they were willing to give him a month. They are wanting his job to be on the line with higher ups rather than theirs. Progress is being made but it is slow going and the townsfolk dealing with PTSD and the new people dealing with the horror of it. There is still something fishy about the headaches. Is the doc causing them and healing them? He is a bit off and I wonder if more than the buried body upstairs.

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Sheriff Lu’s first case

The magistrate is dumping all the city chores he doesn’t want to do on the sheriff. Apparently he wants him gone or his personal gopher. XueHuan is excelling in his training. He is becoming quite useful. He wants the sword sharpened but Lu is right to keep the boy from taking a life for as long as possible. He does not want XueHuan to have blood on his hands at such an early age. The doc did seem like part of the problem. All the locks and sneaking around in the back courtyard made him suspect. It is odd for a tomb to be inside. I wonder if we will get the story for that? The loser rock bet😂 only Lu would think of such a thing. It was a good souvenir to keep. It will remind him of what he does not want to be. Sheriff Lu has solved his first case. It was a stroke of genius to pose as the murderer and get carted around the streets. He knew this would motivate real killer to show up to watch the show and think got by with it. He followed the evidence and didn’t try to assume anything first. He is doing much better about paying attention to the details. I am hoping before he moves on that he finds a way to get rid of the miasma plaguing the city. Maybe chicken Fei can come up with a cure. The new sheriff has won the respect of the people. It is a shame the murderer kept the head locations a secret. As grisly as that sounds I hope he finds them for the families. Su is checking in on him so wonder if he is eyeballing the official that is acting flakey and does not want the sheriff to succeed. This is first investigation I was proud of Lu…like our boy is growing up😁 He is actually seeing his surroundings instead of projecting his view of things. He not only is becoming a better investigator, he is becoming a warmer and more thoughtful person.😁

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A Scholar.

What a ride. What. A. Ride.Not a single dull second. I was hooked from the get-go.This man… egocentric, unlucky, and outrageously determined; he charges through everything like a wrecking ball, only to bash his own head against iron walls. A walking disaster, completely, but perhaps a chosen one- or maybe he's just the kind of lunatic who chooses the disaster himself.Either way, the real journey starts now.And I am so ready to plunge headfirst into this absurdly hilarious, supernaturally batshit lane alongside this glorious mess of a protagonist.The two young sidekicks are ohhh. Oh, they kick hard. Radiating witty-youngster energy, they’re absolute crackheads in the most delightful way.And that ghost… or was it something higher? A divine emissary, perhaps? That lotus-like vision floating midair had celestial written all over it. What a turn.The world feels grounded like gritty reality but then the supernatural comes in, a cherry dropped onto a surreal narco-sundae. The show is really gonna be uncanny, Oddly poignant, and all-drunk on ridiculous thrill, touching lots of feel.I’m so into it. Another masterpiece listed.

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There’s a new sheriff in town

It was quite the tale from temple cleaner. He was indeed a thief and worse in his earlier life. He masterminded all the happenings of the poor suspect. His crime was having a pretty wife. The lengths those two covetous men went to. His colleague was a lech. I still don’t quite know what he perceived as a benefit by pretending intimacy with the husband. It was also a bit unsettling how calmly this guy recounted these heinous events like reading a newspaper story. He had no guilt killing the roommate. He most likely would have had this fate because he seduced women at every opportunity. Things were not going to end well for him. The poor wife had reason to think her husband deserted her. That made his long stints away from home more rational to her. It is hard to comprehend he would always choose books over his wife. Muscle memory is a bitch if you’re an assassin. Out of habit he killed her before even knowing it was her. This is the first bit of emotion this guy shows. I think his ecstasy incense was working on him too. He deluded himself into believing she would run off with him and live happily ever after. What he did not count on was her truly loving her husband and realizing something was false in the narrative the cleaner told her. She was even smart enough to move the family silver. This bandit’s hope of being a politician was too close to happening. He just about pulled it all off. His discovery out of the gate was the only thing that changed his destiny. I do not blame the scholar for wondering why on earth Lu was treating him kindly now. I do like this characteristic of Lu. When he is at fault he recognizes it and learns from it. His social spectrum is growing a bit. He even gives the scholar his horse along with the hidden silver. They have provided him letters and everything he needs for the best chance of success. The scene at the bridge was fun. The team is enjoying an adventure and Lu and XiJun are teased about marriage. Lu then finds himself receiving a promotion as sheriff of Ju. It is far from being a general but it’s an actual imperial commission. It is now dawning on him that he can work his way back if he chooses. When he realizes magistrate Pei is probably the cause he rejects the job. He is eventually talked into it and leaves for Ju with XueHuan accompanying him. The town is rundown and people are leaving complaining of headaches. He goes straight to the files to start working on cases rather than visiting the local lead politician. This already has him snubbed by the leader but his industry in getting to work cannot be denied. He finds himself at an interesting location that is supposed to be haunted. I wonder what is really in the back attic that they won’t let him rent. Lu is studying the 40 year cold case and XueHuan is sweeping outside when creepy entities show up and the boy lets out a loud scream. And that is the lovely cliff hanger they leave us on.😝

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Career changes

Now that suspect has finally had some rest, XiJun draws his memories to see what clues come out. Even the drawings show disjointed thought and it’s still difficult to extrapolate fact from fiction. Lu noticed the meal guy wanted to say something and has a chat with him. And before checking with suspect he goes in and tries to flatten the guy. The lunch server has implied he is gay and that wife had discovered the two men flirting. Lu is an absolute genius in warfare. He evaluates on the fly what needs to be done and makes direct thorough progress in attacks almost every time. He is invaluable for military strategy, but I hate his black white line in investigation. He cannot color outside the lines and he goes with the shortest distance a to b rather than what is the route that leads to perpetrators. Once his mind is made up, he fits evidence to his thinking rather than let the evidence tell him what happened. This trait annoys the crap out of me as he bulldogs his way through in a scorched earth righteous pattern. Su is more sly and subject to error. However, he evaluates the evidence to see where it goes and actually tries to assume innocent until proven guilty. He is slowly bit by bit chipping away at Lu’s sledge hammer approach to things. Lu is a master with sword and spear but he has no clue how to hold a scalpel for investigating yet. Fei is the surprise helper. He works well with both of him and his abilities complements theirs. He helps Su with his medical knowledge and he has a great throwing arm to get Lu the weapons he needs. The meal guy is indeed the thief from a decade ago. He was the builder of the temple and he became the caretaker there. He was content until a couple scholars moved in and provided him a library. He educated himself and was now going to try the exam to get into the ministry himself. Lu was the one to figure out his identity. The needle trick with the pheasants gave him away. Now to find out what part he had in the murders if any. He will at least have a lot of missing details.

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