Character set up to fail
First impression: Ep 1-2 Proper set up, good production quality. Intro music hits. ML: Wang Xing Yue solid choice for this kind of drama. Mystery murders hook the audience in especially for the ones that love ancient detective type of dramas.
Ep 3: FL's behavior is illogical (spoiler section). Huge red flag to lazy writing. Not sure if her acting works for this role. Most of the time she sounds like she's just reciting lines with the same stare. Maybe her acting works for modern youth dramas, but this character requires more complex emotions. Her line delivery dubbed or not doesn't hit.
Ignoring FL's character setup this drama is quite enjoyable. The slow burn serial killing cases being the highlight along with the ML. Pacing is good in the earlier episodes but then the story progression into the mystery lost its way to the point where I just need this Yesha to show up and end it.
***Spoiler ep 3***
Standard bad C-drama writing:
She supposed to be smart and even with evidence, girl stabs ML, makes him take a pill....
"Accident" poison pill, which I can't even with that...
Fire burns, ML has to princess carry her out w/o any internal energy. Scene right after she walks w/o a limp.
I am sure there will be more crappy logic to come but I am just going to put all that aside and focus on the positives.
Sadly, the ending crash and burned for me. Should've drop it when the red thread killing spree ended....
Ep 3: FL's behavior is illogical (spoiler section). Huge red flag to lazy writing. Not sure if her acting works for this role. Most of the time she sounds like she's just reciting lines with the same stare. Maybe her acting works for modern youth dramas, but this character requires more complex emotions. Her line delivery dubbed or not doesn't hit.
Ignoring FL's character setup this drama is quite enjoyable. The slow burn serial killing cases being the highlight along with the ML. Pacing is good in the earlier episodes but then the story progression into the mystery lost its way to the point where I just need this Yesha to show up and end it.
***Spoiler ep 3***
Standard bad C-drama writing:
She supposed to be smart and even with evidence, girl stabs ML, makes him take a pill....
"Accident" poison pill, which I can't even with that...
Fire burns, ML has to princess carry her out w/o any internal energy. Scene right after she walks w/o a limp.
I am sure there will be more crappy logic to come but I am just going to put all that aside and focus on the positives.
Sadly, the ending crash and burned for me. Should've drop it when the red thread killing spree ended....
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