I finally finished watching unriddle 2 (最火搭档II), a Singaporean 20-episode psychological and crime thriller. This is one of the best Singapore-produced dramas I had seen in recent years. It precisely integrated the darkside of human nature into the crime story, even the cops themselves must also deal with their own demon in order to solve mysterious murders. I love the plot simply because it built upon one after another following the death of victims, from one to the next. The 20 episode consists of three different murders all under the plan of the same mastermind. I like the sequence of the events that took place, without giving too much away and then hold the appetite of the viewers, who definitely would want to keep following the story.
There were murderers, rapists, pimp and other "underground" characters in the drama. But, you found they lived "normal" life. Therefore, a rapist could go shopping. Raped victims could face up, be strategic and plan their moves to seek revenge. Being a primp does not necessarily you would be a bad person, you can be kind-hearted too. It seems people we see day in day out, strangers waiting for traffic light or colleagues in the workplace could have their own darkside, their demon to face every minute and second, yet on the surface, they can look so normal. The believability of the characters in the drama is another appeal.
It seems the ways some of the victims dealt with their darkside often leads them to their own death, which is quite sad. There were a brother and his sister both borne to a family of kidnappers in the drama. And they were tortured since young, including raped and beating, very disturbing and even more so when the sister was deaf and mute. This was definitely hard to bear in real life, and supposed this is so, how would one face that. I guess one would either learn to hate or learn to love, as one grew up. The brother often related their present experiences to their past life and claimed it is a punishment for them by the way they were treated by the parent. True to some extent, but it could not lead to killings of the parent in the end. I can only say it is the emergence of the darksde that took them over, but also the survival instinct. It is, of course, a bit of a dramatisation, but it could also be possible in reality.
How should we deal with our darkside then? I guess the key is to live in the now, a rather cliche way of putting it, but effective one. I love the lead role hu xiaoman, played by Rui En (瑞恩), a cop who was very much disturbed by her problematic father, which often mixed with hatred and anger, leading to her overly reacted to suspects and leading to some deaths among some of them. She showed the struggle to strike a balance between living in the now and the past (i.e., the psychological time) and at times confused her judgements and end up making the wrong decision and causing the death of the suspects. We should be aware about how our darkside could affect us and others that lived with us. I guess if we could not get rid of it and it hocked on us emotionally, then we are being dragged to the past that stucked us in a vicious circles. Then, perhaps that's the time to seek some professional help.
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