The Victims' Game

The Victims' Game | Official Trailer | Netflix
Netflix Asia
Not the best show in the world. None of the characters are very sympathetic. The lead guy is a forensic investigator with the police. He is afflicted with Asberger's which, rumor has it, is a mild form of autism. He is very focused on his work and not too good in the social skills department. The other lead is an agressive, attractive, young woman reporter. So Superman and Lois Lane, sort of, dealing with a suicide death cult, a group of people who are all suffering in one way or another. Their facilitator arranges for each one to commit suicide but making it look like the suicide of another member of the group. So we get a who chain of suicides and each exposes some kind of bullshit corruption. Meanwhile our girl's editor keeps diverting her from the story she really wants to write because they would reflect poorly on one or another of their big advertisers.

This show was set in Taiwan. We watch a lot of shows out of South Korea and Western Europe, but I think this might be the first one I've seen from Taiwan. The Korean shows all kind of blur together, I think they use many of the same sets. This show looked different. I'm not quite sure just what was different. It still looked Asian, just different.

Curiously, at the end of the season, Superman and Lois Lane looked like they might have formed some kind of attachment. It's curious because we haven't seen any sign of affection between them before now. But they have been working together all season on some emotionally charged stuff. So maybe seeing some affection now is not out of line. And it's not obvious, no kissing or hugging or anything like that, just the way they behave around each other. It was either skillfully done or maybe I just imagined it.