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Started good, then took a fall from which there was no recovery

The first few episodes made it clear: harming children, and by extension standing by while children are harmed, is unforgivable. And yet, the characters' morality soon does an about-face. 4 supposedly "good" adults--law enforcement officers, at that--who had previously been so enraged over someone daring to endanger kids, now passively watch as a minor is dragged to what could easily ended in her death. There was NO guarantee that she would survive. They calmly and coldly make remarks to each other as they observe her struggle to stay alive. They never suffer any attack of conscience because of this. To them, it's just business as usual. Before, this drama had shown promise of being both interesting and morally upright. But this complicity in child endangerment is unforgivable. It is mindboggling that anyone could write such a thing and think it is okay, or that anyone could look at such a script and choose to help bring it to life, or that any network officials could allow it to pass. For that sequence to make it onto iQIYI, dozens of industry professionals had to look at four "heroic" law-enforcement leads standing passively while a child was dragged into a death match and collectively decide, "This works, this is acceptable, and this makes our heroes look cool." And that is not okay. Entertainment like this actively condones the exact do-nothing attitude that contributes to so many children's suffering in real life. If I could give this drama a no-star reveiw, I would. I definitely did not keep watching.

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