Witty lines, great plot, beautiful cinematography

Ok, I am a sucker for suspense thrillers and crime investigation plots. I think a crime investigation series based on entomology is very interesting. I stumbled upon this series while looking for Bie's new work. At first, I didn't have high expectations because I was afraid they make it more romance-heavy but oh my, so far this has proven to be an excellent quality production of the C series. I haven't watched S1 so I don't have any comparison or preconceived idea on how the direction of this series should be. However, although in some of the scenes, they referred to S1 happenings, in a sense this S2 is quite independent and easy to understand even though you have yet to watch S1.

So far, I like it because:
1- Witty lines. I love the banters between Chai and the Thai ME, Mario and Ter. Their banters created a less depressing atmosphere of the supposedly heavy and dark mood of deaths and murders.
2- Bie's character. Ok, I'm quite biased here because I love Bie. But I think his character is the highlight of the show. He plays the playful, witty, smart but strict policeman to perfection. Chai appears to be not serious but serious at the same time. Chai provides the comedic moments as well as the "aha" moments during investigations.
3- The bromance between Chai & Jingtian as well as Chai & Ter. You can see that Chai admires Jingtian's intelligence and at the same time, he sympathises with Jingtian. That's why he took Jingtian under his wings. Whereas Jingtian treated Chai like an older brother figure, someone he could depend on. As for Ter, he felt threatened and jealous when Chai started to trust Jingtian more, he wanted Chai (as a superior and a friend) to look at him and trust him more. He wanted to be the only close friend of Chai.
4 - The plots so far were great. The writer managed to keep the audience intrigued with how the cases seem unrelated but related at the same time.
5- Beautiful cinematography. One thing I hate about movies/dramas with suspense thrillers is the dark, gloomy depressing cinematography. Here, the production managed to balance the need between making it depressing and vibrant. The transition from a gloomy scene to a bright and vibrant scene is smooth and they managed to make it as natural as possible.

Hopefully, the series will maintain its momentum to the end and will not go downhill in the middle as Bie's other works.

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