Omega17

That was a solid ending. Had a good time with this show. I just wish we would have had more scenes with them in the modern/real timeline. I have seen other shows do the same thing. The leads meet after coming back, the end. Just give me 15 minutes of them connecting and catching up. At any rate, well done to the cast and crew.

I think they felt the cases would carry the series. I would have sacrificed two cases for the sake of character building.

You hit on the biggest problem for this show. They didn’t put enough effort into developing the characters. You don’t see character growth which leads to a lack of a character journey. The characters are the same as they were in episode 1 as they are in episode 26. I don’t know if they just cut too much story or if it’s just poorly written. The cases are enough to keep me coming back but this doesn’t seem like a show I’ll rewatch. That’s sad because I love most of what Bai Lu and Wang Xinyue have done in the past.

This one is heavy in the investigation area. I also feel they don’t do a great job expanding the characters outside of the cases. The ML also feels like a supporting character than a real ML. So don’t expect any romance over the next 20 episodes. But the cases are interesting. I like the show though. It falls between a 7.5 to 8.0 for me.

I don’t think he’s supposed to show emotion. His character is more of a Mr Spock type of character. Very analytical. Put that on top of that fact that this isn’t a romance drama and you get the interaction.

I think they telegraphed it too much. In the previous episode you just knew it was coming. It was so obvious that she was going to die that it took away from the moment. I love that actress and that character so had they killed her unexpectedly, I’d have been devastated.

It is very slapstick comedy in the early episodes and I think that turned a lot people off. But I have to say as the show goes on it gets serious and even dark. But then it adds in the comedy and really balances it out in the later episodes. So the humor feels natural and organic. Not over the top.

You should hide this. That’s a major spoiler.

She’s really beautiful.

Yes! He’s ruining the lives of these young girls. He’s at the center or at least adjacent to all that’s going on.

A bit too much exposition imo. I rather there be more showing than telling. I’d rather find out what happened through the natural progression of the story than the suspect sitting down and telling me what happened.

Yes it does. If you’re first born to a concubine, you’re not going to be made crown prince if the emperor has a son to the empress, even if younger. Children of the empress would be of the first house and have a higher status over children from other women, no matter their age. This has held true across eastern and western cultures.

You can definitely tell a lot was cut. The editing is very abrupt at times. I also wonder if Inspector Gu had a lot of his scenes cut because I thought we would see a relationship between him and Wu Ren.

There should still be chemistry even if it’s not a romance. You can have chemistry in an adventure. It’s just two actors being on the same page and their characters gelling.

I think it’s how the characters are written in scrip. One of these characters needs to be the emotional fire. Right now we have a hard nosed detective with a hard shell vs a scientific thinker who is machine like. I think it’s difficult, though not impossible, to create that fire between these archetypes.

And then easily replaced her with another daughter.

The whole issue with the Xiao family (the dad) and potential wedding was a step in the right direction. That bit of agnst made the overall story much better imo.

Great point. I have said that I enjoy the cases but they need to do a better job balancing life outside the cases. So far, the ML has played an almost supporting role. He’s a competent character. They just need to raise his status in the story a bit.

You make a good point. I have no doubt he would have went head first into the marriage. I think it’s a mixture. We don’t know the real reason why he hasn’t told her what he knows. That’s a part of the mystery. But there are no indicators, so far, that he is doing it out of malice. He is clearly trying to protect her.

I will say the comedy kinda threw me off a bit because it was so silly. I like both the leads so I stuck with it. It took me about eight episodes and now I’m invested.