I watched the first episode of a 2016 Chinese police procedural called "Medical Examiner Dr. Qin" last night, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Spoilers ahead, but as you'll see it doesn't really matter.
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This is basically The Wire set in modern China and I ask
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A fun part of watching a Chinese police procedural is just the little totalitarian details. No search warrant? No problem! Need to detain the food vendor for a while without charges? He'll be in cell block 2. Found a fingerprint? Run it through the national population registry!
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in Shijiazhuang in 2003, the police consulted with an American friend to ask if the US had a machine that could take a photo of murder victims' eyes that reflected the killer.
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There was a brief line in the first episode about using DNA from the fried hand to do a full facial reconstruction of the victim. I don't care how many episodes they make of this, it won't be enough for me.
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I believe I know the answer but am I supposed to have gotten a satisfying answer to the question of why deep fried?
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I believe with the lady victim it was supposed to be a sex thing? The evil plumber got a thrill out of deep-frying innocent flesh. But why he then went through the trouble of deep-frying the beefy husband as well is a small plot hole in this otherwise impeccable crime story.
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It’s the name of the book from which the show is adapted, so it’s bound to be a pivotal episode.pic.twitter.com/7fENw8oRdM
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Also note how the author named the hero after themselves.
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