Different from the double hero setting in the first and third seasons, there are 4 protagonists in the second season. The theme of this one is like the phrase "We get the world we deserve" on the poster. All four people have tragic memories, the past that they can't let go of, and every day of their life seems to be repeating the misery of the past. It is a murder case. Four people are connected, and the routines of life are broken and then put back together again.
Atypical detective drama, this series has never been. The multi-line plot and chaotic clues are based on solving the case, but are driven by the life and emotions of the protagonist. The story takes place in an industrial city called Finch City, which is sparsely populated and corrupted by the collusion of officials and businessmen. The protagonists are not good or bad in the traditional sense, but have their own charms that evoke complex emotions in the audience. The characters of Frank and Ray have a sense of hierarchy: the former gangster Frank learned that the transformation of the real estate business had failed. From anger and dissatisfaction, to returning to work and returning to the gang business, to finally giving up the struggle and agreeing to leave the country with his wife, he struggled. His lifelong obsession with success only stems from his desire to gain his father's attention and approval since he was a child; Lei's never-ending anger and violence began with the murder of a prisoner who raped his ex-wife by mistake. His son was shot and killed while exposing his whereabouts.
The story is told piecemeal, continuing the stern, restrained nature of the previous season, the dry California sun, the flamboyant club bars, the narcotics of alcohol and drug gambling. At the end of the story, some people became heroes, some people were charged with trumped-up charges after their death, and some people went abroad. There is no halo of the protagonist who kills the Quartet, and there is no clearing of the evil in the city. Everything has changed and it seems that nothing has changed. Only the jazz singer in the bar still sings sad love songs.
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