Sharlotka

While all the previous cases were rather meticulous, I can't help feeling like this 4th one, the people just feel a bit sloppy. Pushing aside the fact that I'm not quite buying that the insurance seller just happened to see her and try to help, first save her life and then make sure that her family gets the money from the policy, out of the goodness of his heart... He had the time to try and wipe the balcony, run around the stairs back and forth, but didn't think to wipe his fingertips from the shoes before hiding them? There would be no case against him if he did that.

I have to say, I like how they're slowly moving towards revealing the big underlying plot, and that it's not Qi Sizhe obsessively pushing towards that. Yes, he has his moments, but it's Gao Yuan that noticed the shape on the medicine bottle and I imagine is probably going to bring it up to everyone's attention.

I really am enjoying this drama way more than I expected and I hope the rest of it continues to deliver :)

I also really like the fact that even when the leads are butting heads, they are able to remain fully professional when working on a case. Conflicts between characters in shows like this are nothing new but usually, they bicker and disagree all the time. Here, they can have an argument worthy of two 5-year-olds, but when they're working on a case, it remains on the side and they act professionally and focus on what needs to be done to solve it. It may be a small thing but I really respect the drama for presenting it this way.

Wow, episode 10 was definitely something. I'm wondering if the case is actually over, though. My Mandarin isn't anywhere near good enough to feel confident I saw it correctly but when Qi Sizhe was testing fingerprints at the end, wasn't the result negative for all 3 that he tested?

Plus, so far we've had all cases carry over to a few minutes of an episode only to close that out and move on to the next practically right after. That doesn't necessarily have to mean anything, but it has been the pattern so far.

Right now, my theory is that it was actually the daughter who is actually guilty and the mother is covering for her. With the focus we had on that jacket, I imagine she probably was the one to go to the victim's mother and cause her death, and the victim later confronted the doc.

Also, we didn't get an answer about the watch that Qi Sizhe claims belongs to his friend. I can't imagine they brought the whole thing up only to drop it so completely so I expect more to come still here.

Nooooooo! Little Leaf cannot just be gone! I refuse to accept that! I don't care about Dali, even the little demon's story was more touching than her. But give me back Little Leaf!

Little Leaf is really making the whole arc better, him being all angry about Xiao Yao spending time alone with Bing Zhu was so funny.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It can be fun to discuss theories with others, it's kinda what brought me to MDL in the first place. My imagination can at times run wild but oh well, it's still fun to theorise :)

I can't say I have much knowledge about forensics and such, so I don't really know how good the portrayal of this aspect is (and to be honest, I never really get stuck on these things), but it's nice to know it's more or less fine.

I am curious where we're going to go with this drama, too. I mean, I'm 100% guilty of being here for Luo Yunxi but I am enjoying it more than I expected so far, so I hope I don't get disappointed by the story it's going to tell :)

YES! I think Qi Sizhe doesn't even carry a gun or anything, and he just happily went into that tunnel on his own, not telling anyone where he's going. Sure, he's got plot armour but come on, the killer could have been right there lol And I was screaming like what makes you think it's a good idea man?! XD

Yeah, for me, there's just something about him that makes me suspicious, even if I can't give a very particular reason for that. Plus, staying in touch with the one person that doesn't believe that everything's over and who is involved in investigating allows him to keep an eye on any progress that's made.

Also, he appears to be a bit older than the other two, so he could as well have gotten close to them to try and use their skills and abilities. But that's just my theory, I may as well have watched too many crime shows over the years and be completely wrong about it :)

I knew it! It couldn't be as easy as the missing woman being the killer. I initially expected that some of the bones would be determined to belong to her, but it turned out to be the body parts that replaced the original ones.

And what is it with series showing people who work with corpses talking about all of that over food? lol I also wonder what's up with the guy in the restaurant, I can't imagine they had the Gao (if I didn't mix up the names) guy bring it up for no reason.

We're also meeting more and more people from Qi Sizhe's past... Would be interesting if the mastermind behind all that happened is actually the psychologist guy that we see him talk to a lot. But I guess we will see :)

Same, actually. I try not to skip too much not to lose track of the plot but the ladies arguing was just unwatchable lol

True, I kind of forgot about the scene when she asks about who the pig considers his best friend (don't worry, I don't remember all names yet either haha). She did present herself as a bit vain from the start; not like there's something wrong about caring one's appearance but she seems to take it more seriously than others. I guess we'll see how this arc ends with this character :)

I'm a bit behind, though I'm not sure how I feel to hear that it hasn't quite ended just yet lol There might be something to it, that it affects people that way. Although not all of them seem to be affected, so who knows.

And totally, little leaf is great. I really hope he sticks around even when Hong Ye is around more haha.

I just finished episode 13 and I’m already tired of this Dreamshard Immortal arc. They're all so delusional... But me not enjoying this arc much might also be because we barely get to see Hong Ye - and Hou Minghao is the main reason why I’m watching this - and Bing Zhu, who I feel may turn out to be one of the more interesting characters here. I like the Little Leaf though, it’s cute!

I’m also a bit surprised by Dali and her sudden hostility towards the FL. I thought the reason why she came there was vanity, but the turn towards being angry at Xiao Yao… It came a bit out of nowhere to me when she was actually being all nice and sweet to her in previous episodes, getting the gift and all that.

3 episodes per day is a lot, too. I struggle to keep up with this pace, especially that it's not the only on-going drama that I'm watching right now. Good thing I have a few days off ahead of me, maybe I'll be able to catch up lol

Same here! I've watched a lot of crime shows over the years and I'm definitely enjoying how this drama is handling things so far, much more than I expected to :)

When I read the synopsis, I wasn’t convinced it’s going to be my type of a drama but one thing I’ve learnt is that synopsis sometimes presents things very differently than they are actually presented in the drama. It also has Luo Yunxi in it, so it was enough to convince me to give it a try.

It was quite a ride. While I haven’t watched a whole lot of dramas, I find it amusing that it’s the first one I watched with the plot involving time travel - I probably haven’t reached for those yet, but I had somehow expected to come across more of them. That said, I have slight mixed feelings when it comes to the three timelines.

Ming Ye’s memories that the group enters were quite interesting. At first, I thought that it was amusing how all of them seem to be almost exactly opposite of who they are in their actual lives; but then it was revealed that it’s not exactly true, and especially when it comes to Ye Bingchang, it was a twist that I didn’t see coming.

Then, of course, we have the events that happened between Jing and Sheng Kingdoms, which I expected to be the main time of the drama. And for most of the time we spend in that particular point in time with the characters, I genuinely enjoyed it. There were moments when I was a bit tired of the constant back and forth between Ye Xiwu and Tantai Jin as far as their relationship was going, but it wasn’t so bad that it would ruin my enjoyment. Although there is one thing when it comes to this time that I don’t understand.

Ye Bingchang wasn’t quite as good as innocent as we were initially led to believe - makes perfect sense given what we learn about her. And obviously, Ye Xiwu - even if the original, real Xiwu actually appeared to be a bit of a psycho - was the family favourite, fine. Why did the family seem to bully Ye Bingchang a bit, though? Not favouring someone is one thing, but I can’t help feeling like they were going a little bit too far at times, with how they didn’t seem to care about her and her wellbeing. But, perhaps, it’s just the modern reality me speaking.

And then, we have the final, or one could say original, point in time. Why we had to see Li Susu’s “present” is obvious for us to understand what it all is about but was the return to these times really necessary? Perhaps it’s because we’ve been already presented with two ‘lifetimes’ for the main characters, but I couldn’t help feeling a bit tired with it, although I obviously continued because by this point, I wanted to see how it was all going to end. And then we have Xiao Lin’s story and how he was brought back to life, and what happened later… A part of me can’t see the point of this little plot line, he may as well have stayed dead.

I don’t know, I can’t help feeling like it would be a bit better if the plot was actually resolved at the “500 years ago” point in time, and showing us “the present” would be more of a short ‘epilogue’ for the characters that we’ve been following during the drama. I can’t say I’m really satisfied with this ending because it left a lot of things open or unaddressed. If they had no intention to close the storyline, why even start it in the first place? Especially that they left the fact that Ye Qingyu was the one sitting on the throne after Tantai Jin completely unaddressed. Also, did people in the world know what actually happened (especially the immortal sects)?

Finally, is it just me, or did the dubbing not quite match with the frames and lip movements? Most of the time it was more or less alright and I do realise there were some moments when the characters were speaking in their minds, so I don’t count these, but there were some scenes in which I felt like the voice didn’t quite match with when the actor was speaking. Part of the reason why, no matter what I watch, I watch everything with original audio is because dubbing into another language makes the voice and lips not match, and it’s a bit of my pet peeve.

I did enjoy the drama in the end but I can’t say that I’m quite happy with it, either. I’m not fussy as far as endings and am usually happy to accept most of them, even if I at times wish they could be different, but I have mixed feelings here. Not a bad one, but I can definitely see ways in which it could be better.

Huh. Well, I guess I was right that it was Li Shuting after all, the hint was quite clear but I definitely didn’t see that twist coming. Both in terms of their identity and in terms of how that plot ended. Though I’m sure glad it did - I definitely prefer dismembered bodies to spiders lol

That argument between Qi Sizhe and Han Feng, though… Is it just me or Han Feng’s reaction was a bit overreacted? Honestly, he reminded me of a child throwing a temper tantrum. Like, I understand that he disagrees but that was a bit much.

This next case sure does seem interested. The woman they are looking for being the killer behind it all would be a bit too easy but who knows, maybe. I suppose we will see.

Another two good episodes, can’t wait for next ones.

Just finished episode 5 and I’m definitely properly hooked. Even if I feel like my whole skin is crawling and nearly had a heart attack when my cat rubbed itself against my leg lol

The webs and dolls are abandoned film props? That makes me feel a tiny bit better, though it’s sure not the kind of film I’d want to watch lol

It’s nice to see that, even if there is still tension, Han Feng and Qi Sizhe are able to move past it and work together on these cases. I was worried it was going to take longer, so it’s nice to see that it actually did not.

From the moment we saw the flashback saying that people will convince themselves that something is the truth mixed with the scene of the girl about to be taken by the ambulance, I had my suspicions that she will actually turn out to be the killer. It would also make sense for it to be a woman with what Qi Sizhe deducted based on the calendar with the mating and egg laying timeline.

Can’t wait for tomorrow, though I will sure be glad when this spider case is over. Why does it always have to be spiders? Why can’t they use snakes, or even scorpions, or any other kind of insects? T___T

I'm skipping it in later episodes too but in the first one, I decided to watch as I usually do with my dramas. It also doesn't quite help that the opening kinda starts with that lol I watched in a dark room just before bed but today, I've learnt my lesson and am watching right after I finish work lol

I don't know about Hong Kong police but there's plenty of this type of characters in western productions, too. We'll see how it all develops, I suppose :)

Well, episode 3 made me feel like he might come around and not be so quick to dismiss him, with how he didn't seem so unhappy that Qi Sizhe was on the crime scene like he was in case of that drug dealer. But I agree, we will see :)

I’m pretty sure Luo Yunxi could pull off just about any kind of role and I definitely enjoyed him in the period dramas I have seen him in, but there’s something about this dark, mysterious aesthetic that is very fitting for him.

That said, Qi Sizhe, what made you think that going into that creepy cave on your own, without telling anyone where you’re going, is a good idea? I don’t even want to think about the size or the number of spiders that it had to take to create the webs inside, I may already have nightmares even without my imagination adding fuel to the fire. I would never be dragged inside a place like this even if someone offered to pay me to enter, and this episode might have just solidified that.

After three episodes, it’s nice to see the group starting to properly function like a group, Qi Sizhe included. And we’re finally getting some answers as to what happened in the past, but a lot more is probably still to come.

Looking forward to next episodes. Note to self, though - watching this before sleep is a very bad idea.