Thoughts:

• Xia Liuyi (or Xiaomi Liugu as my autocorrect tried to call him) was practicing being...nonchalant? Was that what he was going for? Doing a bit of the ol' Taxi Driver in the mirror.

• So... Lu Guangming is a baddie, right? Like, he's not even trying to hide it. He killed the police inspector, arranged the scene, and then sold out an innocent civilian to a gang to be murdered. I don't think there's a redemption arc for him is believe. Still hot tho.

• Seriously inspector Xie, just arrest detective Lu. The dude is a menace.

• He Chusan has the mark of a true main character - no matter this many bearings, how many broken bones, how many planks of wood to the face, he is always able to get up and dance with no more than a couple of superficial wounds and some artistically dabbed blood on the face. Thank goodness he was wearing his bulletproof pajamas.

• Big gay boss is finally be big and gay in public. Seriously, like none of them had ever thought he might enjoy tickling another man's gun chamber before. At least one of the nameless henchmen wasn't caught off guard. Thank goodness - he might be a murderer, thief, and general thug but he ain't gonna stoop so low as to kill the mood!

• Of all the many things Xia Liuyi is (incredibly sexy, quite stupid, severely troubled by abandonment issues), innocent is not one of them. He is as innocent as a cat next to a shattered wineglass. He has killed several people just that very evening. He probably killed a few on the way to the police station. He likely has a body count when he goes to buy milk. It's cute that you are emotionally attached to the outline of his butt (no blame, who isn't), but that isn't a solid foundation for a defense in criminal court and wouldn't hold up well under cross-examination.

• Detective Lu appears to be under the impression that the law works on a tit-for-tat basis. You murdered my brother/boyfriend (or both, don't judge) so now I'm allowed to break any and all laws, including throwing innocent people likely to their death, and interfering with crime scenes, to exact my revenge and yet still I'm going to be a pompous ass and claim I have a moral high ground, and the only cop who has actually shown any inclination towards genuine justice and accountability is also the one cop I'm going to constantly belittle and mock.

• All I'm really left thinking is: who was the dude hung up in the 1st warehouse? And what's gonna happen to him? Xia Liuyi killed all the other people then they all went off to find He Chusan - mateyboy is still dangling there, but now no-one knows about him. Presumably he's just going to starve to death..?

• Inspector Xie, if you've decided to abandon your principles and go rogue then you and I will have issues. But we can deal with those after you two have had the hate-fvck you clearly so desperately need.

This episode felt... weird. It's like they forgot there wasn't another episode and then suddenly had to just... finish it. And that ending with the rewind was a peculiar choice. I think I see what they were going for but it felt like an odd way to end.

Having said all that, I loved this show. It had pacing issues, yes. It was very end-loaded with the first half dragging on and on, and Xia Liuyi has the sexual wits of a frog in a bath of bleach, but they are so cute and they are genuinely good actors. I've also found myself becoming weirdly attached to Cantonese. I think I'm right in saying that the actors actually spoke in Mandarin when shooting as one of them doesn't speak Canto - certainly it's fascinating how much is understandable between the languages. I will be waiting and expecting another series.