There are really too many "recap" scenes in this special episode as a journalist and Wakamiya go around talking to people related to past cases. But while the many recycled scenes are indeed excessive, I do think that they have been used strategically at times to show, for instance, Wakamiya's attachment to Shishio ("Sherlock"). It is just that there is really no need for so many of them or for them to be so long. The revelations of the other characters who are thinking back about the past will require some flashbacks, but they could often have been shorter.

The criminals' reactions to the journalists can be interesting, and the presence of the journalist trying to write something about Shishio is intriguing. But ultimately, we get more questions. Is the journalist up to no one or is she really someone who is grateful to Shishio for his help in the past? We don't have conclusive answers. Where is Moriya (the villain) and is the man claiming to be Moriya in the last episode of the series really Moriya? One thing we do know eventually is whether Shishio survives the fall into the sea in the last episode. This is revealed at the end, but again: what has happened to him? We don't know. More questions. So please give us a Season 2?