Just discovered today that all 50 episodes of SBSâs SIX FLYING DRAGONS is now available on Viki US. Finally a legal site that I subscribe to where I can watch SFD.
If they try to broadcast this year ..it will be very tough for soso to attend Promotion of the drama while neck…
Wow! Many thanks! Of the six X Theater dramas that have already aired I have watched four: THE LONG SEASON, RIPE TOWN, FROZEN SURFACE and PERSONA. All very good to excellent. I am currently watching and enjoying PLAYING GO. Zhang Yi (FEARLESS BLOOD) is a favorite of mine and currently on sabbatical. Set in the 1930s FEARLESS BLOOD looks like a great road trip drama. Zhang Yi looks like perfect casting so I will definitely check it out.
If they try to broadcast this year ..it will be very tough for soso to attend Promotion of the drama while neck…
Thank you for that information. I am looking forward to FANG YUAN BA BAI MI. Ding Yong Dai is a favorite of mine. For my own curiosity I am going to try to compile a listing of Tencent X Theater dramas. Google AI reports that X Theater began in 2023. I viewed the opening credits for RIPE TOWN (2023) and saw the X logo. Same for FROZEN SURFACE (2024).
If they try to broadcast this year ..it will be very tough for soso to attend Promotion of the drama while neck…
@Dilly7121 Can you identify what the two Tencent X Theater dramas are that have aired already in 2025? I believe PERSONA ( which I watched and enjoyed) is ione. So Zhang Ruo Yunâs upcoming LIGHT OF DAWN is another. I will definitely be there for that. I hope these X Theater dramas could be tagged on MDL like the iQIYI âLight ONâ dramas currently are. Thanks.
Through episode 14 and iQIYIâs DEAD END is a worthy addition to the Light On crime drama series. Terrific performances all around but particularly leads Liao Fan and Yin Fang. Aside: Twice I have visited mainland China on tour and both tours included a home visit to a family in a Beijing hutong so I am familiar with this type of housing community. An important fact that is referenced but not emphasized is that there is no indoor plumbing only a communal toilet.
Through episode 2. Thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes of this strange show. Another great Masaki Suda performance. I loved Masaki Sudaâs fantastic performance back in the 2022 drama DONâT CALL IT MYSTERY. Tour de force. I clicked on his name to see if any of his recent work is available and pleasantly surprised to discover Masaki Suda has a currently airing drama AND is available on Netflix US so I had to check it out: PRAY SPEAK WHAT HAS HAPPENED. Whereas in DCIM MS played a super reserved character (with great hair) in PRAY MS is letting it all hang out and I love it. One episode a week means a slow watch but that is ok.
Is this drama similar to The First Shot and Sword Rose?
I watched and enjoyed Youkuâs THE FIRST SHOT but I donât find a resemblance in DEAD END. Another 2025 iQIYI Light On crime drama BENEATH THE UNDERTOW maybe a closer match with senior detective (Chen Jian Bin) being mentor to rookie policeman (Chen Ruo Xuan). I havenât watched SWORD ROSE.
I'm so angry at iQiyi for not making this available internationally. There's no value in the VIP subsription.…
I get where you are coming from. US viewer here. iQIYI for some reason did not make the recent Light On crime drama THE HUNT available on iQIYI US but THE HUNT was available on a non-iQIYI Youtube channel (which I found strange). I watched about 15 minutes of the first episode and gave up because of poor subtitles. I was pleasantly surprised to find DEAD END available on iQIYI US.
Through episode 2. Solid performances. iQIYIâs DEAD END looks like it will be a decent Light On crime drama. In the first paragraph of the synopsis above I have no idea what the âcommitted suicideâ is referring to. I think it is misleading. Suicide was never mentioned in the first homicide.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/TN-29d6YxLM?si=ZSijH0wuS4GnOmqv
Of the six X Theater dramas that have already aired I have watched four: THE LONG SEASON, RIPE TOWN, FROZEN SURFACE and PERSONA. All very good to excellent.
I am currently watching and enjoying PLAYING GO.
Zhang Yi (FEARLESS BLOOD) is a favorite of mine and currently on sabbatical. Set in the 1930s FEARLESS BLOOD looks like a great road trip drama. Zhang Yi looks like perfect casting so I will definitely check it out.
I am looking forward to FANG YUAN BA BAI MI. Ding Yong Dai is a favorite of mine.
For my own curiosity I am going to try to compile a listing of Tencent X Theater dramas. Google AI reports that X Theater began in 2023.
I viewed the opening credits for RIPE TOWN (2023) and saw the X logo. Same for FROZEN SURFACE (2024).
I hope these X Theater dramas could be tagged on MDL like the iQIYI âLight ONâ dramas currently are. Thanks.
Aside:
Twice I have visited mainland China on tour and both tours included a home visit to a family in a Beijing hutong so I am familiar with this type of housing community. An important fact that is referenced but not emphasized is that there is no indoor plumbing only a communal toilet.
I loved Masaki Sudaâs fantastic performance back in the 2022 drama DONâT CALL IT MYSTERY. Tour de force.
I clicked on his name to see if any of his recent work is available and pleasantly surprised to discover Masaki Suda has a currently airing drama AND is available on Netflix US so I had to check it out: PRAY SPEAK WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
Whereas in DCIM MS played a super reserved character (with great hair) in PRAY MS is letting it all hang out and I love it. One episode a week means a slow watch but that is ok.
I havenât watched SWORD ROSE.
I was pleasantly surprised to find DEAD END available on iQIYI US.
In the first paragraph of the synopsis above I have no idea what the âcommitted suicideâ is referring to. I think it is misleading. Suicide was never mentioned in the first homicide.