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LOL. I guess that takes a certain kind of talent as well.

It's Toby's performance, isn't it? He's so good in Episode 17 that you can't help but be drawn into what the character's feeling and thinking.
I find that to be consistently true all throughout the drama.

It was all done very hastily to protect himself from having to marry Ran Mei Yan and also to protect Ran Yan from the killer inside the family home. I believe SF's family also pulled out of the marriage arrangement at the time so it gave Xiao Song room to move.

In general it's true that hostilities are due to their having different masters rather than duking it over a girl . But as we've seen in the Snow Demon storyline, SF is not past using XS' feelings for RY to shake him into making errors.
Let's have this conversation again after you've seen Episodes 19-20. :D Tag me!
But my comment was about how well the love triangle is integrated into the big storyline. Unlike a lot of other dramas when the love triangle is just an optional extra.

Yes, I've seen that. It's on my list.

That's the problem with hereditary positions in general. Not always but more often than not.

This promising drama is somewhat ruined by what appears to be marketing material for spin-off films in the second half.
The first half however, is a fascinating twist on the hard-boiled, film noir style detective genre of the 1940s and 50s. Evokes resonances of Polanski's Chinatown.

Fantastic drama so far. Keeps you on your toes and guessing. Came for Lee Jun-hyuk and stayed for the Hitchcock-style suspense. Acting is great all round. Nam Ji Hyun is great as the webtoonist and LJH is just ridiculously adorable as the simple-minded cop finding his detective legs.

It's a love triangle that actually has significance for the big storyline.

Yeah. I know exactly how you feel. :D I adore Xiao Song as well.

It ain't over till the fat lady sings!

If you need Eng subs go to:
https://productiveprocrastination.site/
Otherwise RAWs are in all the usual places.

I have indeed. Twice as a matter of fact. Enjoyed it very much. Also nicely old school.

Have no fear. All will be revealed. Remember who Xiao Song is. ;)

Not so easy. Tried that. But I will be watching Reborn soon enough.

Can someone please tell me how I should move on from this drama because I just can't. I'm watching a couple of excellent K dramas and I still keep coming back to this in my spare time.

I really like Yan Shifan and the actor that plays him. He's another saving grace of the show.

I am told that this was a low budget drama. But I have no idea what that means. :D I too am surprised by its popularity considering how pedestrian the storytelling is. Perhaps it's the melodrama and the leads that the local audiences dig. ;)

Don't you think it's obvious what the endgame is two-thirds of the way through? Would someone who watched the show the whole way through not be clear even before the finale how the love triangle is slated to pan out?

As a police procedural, this show delivered the goods. Nice team dynamic and the cases interesting. But I'm not sure why anyone thought that romance was absolutely necessary especially when the chemistry was just not there for that kind of relationship. I wonder if the showrunners had second thoughts because their colleagues and friends are constantly trying to push them together with comments and gossip. Nie Yuan looked liked he was just as enthused about the romance as I was.