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Hello again :)

Yup :)

I should see if you write reviews for other shows that I have watched as your review is quite complete.

LOL, you put "The Captive" or "The Patient". You wrote an accurate description of the show :)

You're welcome :)

Most of their moments are in flashback so I don't remember the order. What I meant was they were in dangerous situation, then would flashback into their romance scenes so it took us out of the dangerous situation so when we return to the current situation, we sort of forget they're in danger. I remember the tense part but not the flashback related to that. So sorry for not being able to help. Sorry.

No worries.

One long story. Initially they have different missions but the story took turn. So the missions are part of the puzzle of the main story

LOL, that reminded me of "Age of Legends" where all the main characters took turn injured to get into the hospital. I guess perhaps it's the director's thing. But at least in "Age of Legends" , it last for a few episodes, not dominating the whole show.

True and we don't have anybody to ask.
I guess some of the scenes got cut like The Mystic Nine.

I also thought Commander Chen was a Scorpio. He even called MuChuan when FL was about to report Mu Chuan to the mayor. Perhaps he and some of them only kissass like you said. So many questions.

LOL. Thanks for answering. Poor Yun Hao.

Thanks for explaining that VX3 stuff. What you said made sense about ruining the controller to let them know. I didn't think about that. Yes, he used the prototype, not the real one.

Yes, Ma Qi Ming got the real VX3 as he never handed it out. Like you said, without the controller.

I agree. I do like thriller and action hence I'm OK with the show. The ML and his chemistry makes the show for me.

Thanks for the recommendation. I've heard a lot of good thing about "The Long Ballad" and I read that the comment thread in MDL is so busy for the show. I've watched up to episode 4. After I finish watching the subbed version of "The Imperial Coroner" (I prefer watching historical dramas subbed as my understanding for ancient drama Mandarin is less than modern day), I'll continue watching "The Long Ballad."

Thanks. We had a nice chat. See you around!

Thanks for the T.S.O.M.D recommendation. Yes, I'm going to watch the trailer first. True about reading reviews though, I usually end up confused because people have contradicting opinions. I think watching the first few episodes will help to decide as well.

Have you watched "The Ancient Detective"? It has around 5 cases to solve which the ML actually solved and 1 big overall arch. I'll add "The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty" to my to watch list.

No worries.

He was having a nightmare because Jia Lai threatened to kill her if he didn't leave.

Whether it's worth watching depends on what you like. In my opinion, at the beginning, it was very exciting. But it fell flat in the middle. It picked up the pace near the end although the ending was quite anticlimactic.

It has a happy ending.

That's all right. I watched the raw version again from episode 41 to 43.

I agree that the ending fell flat. Somehow ML and FL don't involve in the final action. At least Jun Jie gave some suggestion for Yin Hao but he spent the final few episodes chilling in the hospital. The title of the show should be The Captive or the Patient as he spent his time either got captured or in hospitals.

It indeed feels weird that Jun Jie didn't get to talk to his dad. From a comment above here, it's possible the actors don't get the chance to actually interact.

Also what's with the missing supporting actors? What happened to Amanda? It's also a cop-out to get a new character as Alpha (although they actually gave Alpha away in the opening credit, I actually thought that guy must be Alpha but why he only appeared in the last episode).

Yup, why did they include Yun Hao in that scene? I also wonder why SFL objected to the wedding. She was OK and friends with both FL and ML. I guess Datura escaped?! FL seem aware that she escaped as she looked up.

The series did end up positive and unique I guess with Yun Hao grumbling through the end credit scene. Actually did ML and FL hear what he grumbled about as they kept laughing? Either they heard but ignored him or they were completely oblivious.

PS: I know it's not relevant anymore in the grand scheme of things but who started to shoot during the exchange between VX3 and comatose Yun Hao? Was it Jun Jue or Calais? I couldn't figure out by the eyes. LOL.

I do like the series or the concept of the show but the execution could be much better. It could end up more excitingly. Also need to reduce the airtime for the villains. Jun Jie barely appeared in those middle episodes except for getting tortured. I guess it's the problem with the script and also the director. Although the director did really well with "Age of Legends" so perhaps there was some intervention from above.

I'm not sure when Novoland Pearl Eclipse will air. Perhaps see you there unless we meet elsewhere before that. I don't usually comment much because of being a newbie and also don't watch that much Asian dramas.

Lol, when you are up to that part, you'll get what I meant.

I know which scene you meant. I was looking forward to their meeting. Didn't think of them not having the chance to shoot scenes together.
I agree with your assessment of the show. William seems to be a guest star in the show. He had some big scenes but not many.

No worries. From what I understand, China doesn't allow to show supernatural scenes from Republican era onward, hence they cut them down. I could be wrong about the reason.

There are actually plenty of action/thriller scenes. But it seems the director also wanted to please fans who like romance so he inserted some romance in some flashbacks in the middle of scenes that are supposed to be tense. I also watch it for William. LOL. He has a lot of scenes at the beginning (up to 12) and at the end (30 onward) but in the middle, we barely see him.

Forgot to add. Yes, I hope the last 3 episodes will be released together as well. It's a torture to have one episode left for the next day :)

There is no triangle. SML indeed likes FL but he knew ML and FL love each other and he is like a brother with ML, so he doesn't act on his feeling.

That's true. The first season of the show was so promising. I read that the first season was written by the person who also wrote Lost but later seasons were not. That's why there is a big discrepancy.

Yes. And it seems the actors have also moved on from the show.

Yes, there are many series that are much worse than this. I think some including me at the beginning had too high expectation because it's the same director with "Age of Legends". It's better be happy ending. That's right.

I've just watched 39 and 40 before reading your message in case you want to ask something. Amazingly, Dramacool has subbed until 40 so I actually watched them subbed now. The subs are good for 39 and 40 . I agree it's a bit over the top but it's on par with the show. I wonder who actually started to shoot first when they wanted to exchange VX3 with YunHao. It should be Calais but it could be JunJie as they also showed the eye and the gun and I couldn't recognize. LOL. Ma Qiming loved VX3 more than his own son.