The long awaited sequel. Did it live up to the expectations ?

Directly after the events from season 1, Zhang Chu Lan and Feng Bao Bao continue to work for NDT. One day, NDT's headquarters gathers a group of special agents of which Feng Bao Bao is part of. The mission : Track down a former special agent on the run after the assassinate of her superior.


What I like :
The choice of the cast. I always thought this drama had such an eye to choose the right actor for the right character in season 1. They didn't disappoint me in this season either. I loved all the new added characters. Big up for the temporary workers team. They are such a funny and attaching bunch of lunatics. I really hope to see them together again in the next season.

Chen Duo's heartbreaking story. Her story made me cry so much. I really hoped an another ending for her but I understand why she choose this ending. It's my first time seeing Chen Wen Qi (Vicky Chen) and I can only say I'm impressed by her performance. She's hypnotic in the drama and has such a calming voice.

Great CGI and fights scenes. Very engaging fight scenes especially Chen Duo vs Feng Bao Bao and Zhang Chu Lan. I just wished they were more fight scenes. It wasn't enough !


What I didn't like/could be better :
Zhu Ge Qing is a total miscast. With the sudden change of actor, his relationship with other characters is off especially the one with Wang Ye. They appear like two strangers with some inserted memories. His relationship with Fu Rong is all of the place too. Their relationship is unnecessary and it adds nothing to the story.
His performance is not great either. Maybe it's because Wanyan Luo Rong (ZGQ from season 1) did such an amazing job so I'm harsher to the new one. But I still found his performance boring so it was quite hard to be invested in his story. I would have preferred they had reduced his screentime in favor of other characters like Chen Duo or Zhang Chu Lan and the team.


Overall, I really liked this second season even if it wasn't as action focused as season 1. I think a lot of watchers won't like this season as much as season 1 because of that but I still believe this season is must for a potential next season.
Main focus in this season :
- Deeper understanding of NDT company through the story of special agent Chen Duo.
- Set up for the next season's big villain.

The season 3 is not confirmed but I heard Tencent took the copyrights for season 3 and not Youku. Actually, I don't really care which company is producing the next season but I really hope they won't change the actual producing team and any of the actors 🙏🏻

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