Discussion post - episode 2

[yantantether]

The episode begins with the police team sharing a meal, before Meng Shao Fei hauls off to confront Tang Yi at another cafe. We get a flashback to Tang Guodong teaching Tang Yi to cook, and it becomes clear that Tang Yi wants revenge on Chen Wenhao for Tang Guodong's death. Then the world's least subtle stake out leads to Meng Shao Fei getting all up in Tang Yi's face AGAIN and trying to provoke him to reveal more about Wang Kunchen's death and Chen Wenhao's return. They're suddenly attacked by mysterious assailants and end up fighting back to back before being kidnapped, then escape into the woods while handcuffed together.

Meanwhile, Jack hauls Zhao Zi off to try and shake him down for information about Tang Yi's whereabouts. Tang Yi and Meng Shao Fei hole up in an abandoned house for the night. Tang Yi freaks out about Meng Shao Fei touching his lighter and in flashback we see Tang Guodong giving it to him as Tang Yi promises to take on leadership of the mob after him. Meng Shao Fei, who was stabbed in the arm the previous day, wakes up feverish and the ep winds up with him tripping as they make their way down the mountain and falling into Tang Yi's arms.



MSF & TY's bickering in front of their kidnappers is hilarious, but their silent communication abilities are impressive - they'd probably already pass the broccoli test.

Zhao Zi walking on his hands like a total goof, and Jack's smirking reaction to it, is SO CUTE. And I love how much of a force of positivity Zhao Zi is - in the cafe scene he's really doing his best to make sure the other cops support MSF.

A++++ to the script writer for the enforced snuggling while MSF & TY are hiding behind a very small rock.



As Canadian Shacks go, the one they end up in is somewhat deficient. It barely even has walls!

MSF is SUCH a cinnamon roll. He's still basically meant to be your nemesis...

Comments

[doctorskuld]

had always assumed that Zhao Zi was completely faking his heart palpitations to stop the Captain yelling at him
One of the things I could never figure out is what that scene was actually meant to be read as. Is Zhao Zi faking it? Is it stress-related because the Captain is yelling at him in particular? (Though you think that with as long as he's been there, he'd be used to it by now.) Does he legit have an undiagnosed heart condition? Is it some omen that MSF is in trouble?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯


He even has cute hair - that little sticky-uppy bit!
I think the most endearing little detail about MSF is that little cowlick. It just sticks straight out, it's not doing what the rest of his hair is doing, and that is just MSF's personality to a T.

Jake even named it, it's Fifi!

[her_cool_aunt]

One of the things I could never figure out is what that scene was actually meant to be read as.

This scene completely confuses me. The best I can come up with is that it's light relief to leaven the heavier atmosphere from an otherwise set of more serious scenes with the kidnapping, etc. In itself it makes no sense. Trapped doesn't exactly play for laughs but it's definitely a light-hearted series. I took this bit of ridiculousness in that light.