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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.

That would be worth being angry about if I was Xiao overhearing her saying she was using him.

I’m watching How Dare You as well and it works because one leans more comedic and the other has a more serious tone. This show isn’t a romance at all but it’s obvious the lead characters like each. I’m not sure if it will go deeper than that.

He had me fooled at first because he favors the FL. But he’s just like all the other terrible emperors in Cdramas. He covers for the bad people in the palace with the excuse of putting the nation first. And after this episode I see him as corrupt as the others. That poor girl.

So the musician would have been alive had the emperor not chosen her as a one night stand. Basically ruined her life.

Another case solved but another terrible outcome for the victims. I was hoping that some of the kidnapped maids would get a happy ending. But none ended up living in the end. Feel as empty as I felt after watching The Lovely Bones. The good guys won at the end but doesn’t feel like a victory. I do feel we could use some romance outside of the cases to counterbalance the tone. Overall loving the cases.