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I am so excited. I have loved Justice Bao and Zhan Zhao since my childhood (in the 90s). I watch almost all shows inspired by or related to these characters. I just binged the 1st three episodes. The action and pacing are great. Yang Yang is top 3 on my favorite Zhan Zhao list. I can't wait to see what his chemistry will be like with this show's Bai Yu Tong. The rivalry and friendship between the cat/mouse is usually one of the big highlights for me.

I started watching Monday and I'm now caught up (finished 19). Having to wait a day for each episode is going to be so painful!! The show is so good. I want to know if my suspicion is right!

I am not liking the 2002 timeline as much as the other two. It started well and then slowed with the Xiao He storyline. Even if it's important to the overall story later, I find her as a teenager annoying and the arc boring. They already introduced the trafficking idea in 2015, so that storyline just feels like an unneeded distraction from the central mystery.

This is such an engaging show. I binged the first 14 episodes in 3 days. It has kept me guessing and I can't wait to see what the truth is. I have my suspicions but we'll see. Few shows can surprise me and this one is shaping up to be one if those. Kudos to the screenwriter. The cast did an amazing job too. I feel so bad for He Yuan Hang. I wish episodes will come out more quickly....

I really liked the first season. I finally get around to watching S2. But for some reason, I find the two leads very wooden this time. I don't really see any chemistry. It's been a long time since S1, but I remembered thinking the two being cute together before. It's like they are trying too hard to act lovey-dovey. Hopefully they'll settle in and act more natural as the show goes on

This show started so well. The story is engaging and fast paced and the chemistry is good. But like many cdramas I have recently watched, the final arc went way downhill. A lot of plot elements doesn't make sense; and the resolution of the mystery of the treasure was a letdown. It’s like they ran out of ideas towards the end.

I took a break to accumulate episodes so I can binge. I love the characters and chemistry but the cases have been quite predictable and the pacing feels uneven. Some cases are engaging and move quickly, some just drags on.

We are finally getting some clues about the FL's family case, and the very next one (the "white god" case) felt like a filler that isn’t that interesting and doesn't advance the main plot. It just killed the momentum. They have 8 episodes left and I worry the show will rush the ending like most cdramas I've watched recently.

But the student was talking to professor about the opportunity to mass produce the drug and he said no. That is why the student planned to set up new shop, and the professor reported him.

Even if the original drug isn't the exact same as the one the professor made for research, he is behind the new drug that is being massed produced. Why do they need the old formula when the new one is supposed to have improved properties? It does not make sense.

It was shaping up so well until the final few episodes. How did the master drug maker not know his own formula and need it from the ML? I don’t think the plot of the final case made sense at all. It's a real shame that so many cdrama I've watched recently have anticlimactic endings.

Some additional recs:
Kdrama - Crash, Face me.
Jdrama - don't call it mystery
Cdrama - love me if you dare, Dr. Qin (especially 1st season just don't watch when eating) , Checkmate
Australian show: Harrow
US show (same actor as Harrow): Forever

I second most of the recs - especially Mysterious lotus casebook, strange tales of tang dynasty and wanted detective.

A few more for variety: (i) White Cat Legend if you like supernatural elements with your detective drama, (ii) Mirage if you don't mind low budget and like a single overarching mystery that is a unique, refreshing and fast-paced and genre blending and (iii) sleuth of ming dynasty if you like awesome SMLs supporting a great detective ML who is otherwise clueless.

Yeah, I am pleasantly surprised at how much I am liking this show. I especially like that it's a modern day Justice Bao re-imagjnation. It's familiar in a refreshing way.

It makes me nostalgic for shows with straightforward clear cut good vs evil characters. Most shows these days go for complex/ mysterious/ anti-hero type leads.

I am on episode 8 now. You are both right. The flower case is definitely faster pace and more interesting than the first case (which ended in ep4). The leads are starting to make a great team. I especially like the con they pulled, though that might be because I'm partial to the ML's white-haired disguise :P

I just started the show. This is my favorite genre, but for some reason, I can't get into it. The visuals are nice and I like the leads, but the opening mystery is a bit boring. Maybe it's because I just finished the mirage, which is low budget but refreshing and fast-paced. This show seems slow and like a mix of other shows I've seen before like strange tales of tang dynasty and imperial coroner. I will keep watching and hope the story picks up soon.

Good detective show. The ending section on the cold cases feel rushed. Each case deserves more time and the cutting between cases break the momentum and is at times confusing. It seems like most cdrama these days don't end as well as they start

Just finished. The show is very good overall and the ending is satisfying. It's much better than many big budget shows with big name stars. The story stays tight and fast through the end. The last easter egg is a teaser, and I hope they can get a next season.

My only complaint is that instead of the team discovering clues and solving about the central mystery, it was just told to them in two very long "this is our master plan" scenes. If not for that, the show would be a 9+ for me.

I found this show by accident. It seems low budget but it's so good! I started two days ago and have binged through 9 episodes already. I love the mix of scifi wuxia mystery here. I didn't like it in Whisper of Fate, which has much better cgi and visuals. I felt that one got sidetracked by making pretty cross-genre set pieces that did not advance the story. Here, the cgi is bad, but the mystery is engaging, and the pacing is great. I hope the story stays tight and fast-paced until the end (unlike most dramas I've watched recently)

I just finished. It's a nice and easy watch for someone who likes mystery dramas. I wonder if Netflix will eventually release the special and the movie in the US. I'm very curious to see how Michio is doing after the series ending

It's a little difficult to follow the last case with all the fast fowarding of the team's scenes without ML. But they made me so angry!! I liked ML, but the show is kind of bad except for him. The team is useless (except Mr Jang). The cases are unrealistic and all end in fairytale fashion. The final case stretched the suspense of disbelief way too far - what kind of kangaroo court x 3 will tolerate that kind of cross-examination?! For some reason, the last case feels more unbelievable to me than oh my ghost clients (which also have a crazy unbelievable ending). I had high hopes and liked the early episodes but am really disappointed in the end

Wow, FL and the other girl on the team are so annoying. I am only on episode 5, and I am starting to fast forward scenes they are in because I really cannot stand their naive better than thou attitude. I like ML too much to drop, and the cases are predictable enough so far, I think I won't miss anything.