Lies Never Lie | Open Thread and Review

A psychologist goes on a hunch to track down a serial killer. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zhen Er: Li Mo Chou

Li Yuan: Ding Wei

Director 

Jiang Yang

Screenwriter

Jiang Yang, Xu Hui

Chinese Title

心灵迷雾

Labyrinth of [the] Mind

Genres: Contemporary,  No Romance, Sismance, Team, Mystery 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 21

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Cast

Wang Zhen Er: Li Mo Chou	Li Yuan: Ding Wei
Wang Bo Wen: Yue Qin	Li Meng Meng: Luo Yi Fei
	Liu Lin Cheng: Ning Zhi Yuan  Jin Jia: Meng Zheng Yi Yu Xin Ling: Zhao Tiao Tiao Gao Ming Yang: Technician Liu Fang Bo Ni: Ning Jing
Pan Qi Yan: Qiao An Ran

[Ep1]

[Ep2]
[Ep3]
[Ep4]
[Ep5]
[Ep6]
[Ep7]

[Ep8]

List of names: Ning Jing, Zeng Xiang, Bao Xi Jie, Li Guang Rong, Luo Yi Fei and Ning Zhi Yuan

[Ep9]
[Ep10]
[Ep11]

Why is Tiao Tiao wearing denim overalls while questioning a suspect?

[Ep12]

They're just roommates but I wish... 😏

[Ep13]
[Ep14]
[Ep15]
[Ep16]

A proper farewell.

[Ep17]

[Ep18]
[Ep19]

She tattles: His right foot tripped over his left and he fell down. XD! 

I love how three of four are barely repressing their laughter for this scene.

[Ep20]
[Ep21]

Remarks

by FanFanX

Trigger Warning: Abuse, Assault, Child Abuse, Cruelty, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual Assault, Suicide, Rape, Violence 

[First Impression (Ep1-4)] Hard for me to resist this one given who the two wisecracking female leads are: Wang Zhen Er and Li Yuan. This moves along pretty quickly. FLs can work together but they don't work the same way. Psychological profiling v. evidence. I don't like the way they're presenting the use of psychology. For now, I'll overlook it... Update: Cannot overlook this. It ruins the series.

[Ending] Open happy. More mayhem to come?

[Review & Rating]

Aesthetics: -

Acting: A

Plot: C-

If you're expecting Under the Skin (2022) – just turn around and walk away already. 

Wang Zhen Er and Li Yuan brought me here. A good cast was wasted though. Making it clear that I am not a fan of Liu Lin Cheng's Ning Zhi Yuan – not the character nor the actor himself. 

Forensic psychology – Did they even try? They’ve essentially compiled the prerequisite materials to enter Psychology 101 and then printed off a degree for Wang Zhen Er’s character. 

The first 14 episodes of this series had some interesting cases. I found the incinerator case (case no. 7) to be quite disturbing, tragic, yet bittersweet. Remaining 7 episodes are mostly about the main underlying case / mystery of three years ago.

不对 bùduì, meaning not right / “something's off” is overused. Ironically, it actually applies to this series. Save your 12.25 hours for something else. 

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Rating: 1/5

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