Unriddle 2

Reason for sequel

In the Season 1 ending, Xiaoman (Rui En) and Zhengyi aka Bun (Chen Liping) were about to find out the mystery of a new case. This cliff-hanger leads into a new season of 20 episodes.

Introduction

The show sees the return of the two main characters Xiaoman (Rui En) and Zhengyi aka Bun (Chen Liping), where picking off from the cliff-hanger ending at the Season 1 they continue to solve cases of complex crimes beyond their imagination. Each case leads to another, quickly taking on a darker and edgier tone, with many friends and loved ones getting killed and pushing the duo to their limits. As the story progresses, they realize that there is yet another mastermind behind these events and that the reasons for their own involvement in these cases may be more than simply being part of their work...

Elvin Ng, Yuan Shuai, Adam Chen and Sora Ma join the cast as Xiaoman's fellow CID officers. Xiang Yun, Zhou Ying, Joshua Ang and Wee Kheng Ming will reprise their roles from the first season. Tay Ping Hui will only appear in the first 7 episodes despite still being a main character. Other actors from the previous season such as Brandon Wong and Chen Tianwen return but play different characters.

Story

Picking up from where the story left off in Unriddle, the feisty duo Xiaoman and Zhengyi continue to be beleaguered by cases of complex crimes beyond their imagination. Worse still, a loved one gets incapacitated by a mysterious mastermind. Faced with doubt, can the duo overcome all obstacles and capture the perpetrator?

Zhengyi Trapped (ep 1-3)

Day 8. After leaving a dagger in the eatery, Asura disappears without a trace. Zhengyi confirms that Asura’s purpose in coming to Singapore from Tokyo is to avenge the death of his brother, Shanfan. But why has Asura not made his move yet? During these eight days, Zhengyi lives in fear that Asura will appear any time.

In the meantime, Xiaoman is transferred to the CID to assume the position of Deputy Director. Together with Yuze, who has resumed duty, she oversees the case involving Asura. She deduces that Asura was acting mysteriously to instill fear in Zhengyi. The elusive Asura finally strikes on the night of the eighth day, with an attempt on Zhengyi’s life. Xiaoman happens to appear on the scene, and both of them are thrown into a fierce battle.

A murder case surfaces shortly after. The victim is a triad member from Japan. Xiaoman and Yuze link the victim to Asura. Using the victim’s identity as a lead to their investigations, Xiaoman and Yuze chance upon some Japanese triad members operating secretly in Singapore. As Xiaoman and Yuze go into action to arrest them, a clash ensues. The leader, Kuroda Yutaka (黑田丰), is arrested, but they lose track of Asura.

Through Kuroda Yutaka, Xiaoman and Yuze learn that Asura is not only seeking revenge on Zhengyi but was hatching a plot….

The abyss of suffering (ep 4-10)

Dylan continues to woo Xiaoman, but Xiaoman indicates point blank that Dylan is not the man for her. Although disappointed, Dylan is determined not to give up pursuing Xiaoman’s love.

Soon after, Xiaoman discovers that Yuze is secretly investigating Dylan, whom he suspects of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Fan Huizhong. Xiaoman is aware that Dylan and Huizhong were once in love and suspects that Yuze is convinced that Dylan murdered her out of jealousy. Yuze’s unit adopts unlawful procedures to monitor Dylan’s movements covertly in an effort to nail him.

Xiaoman finds nothing suspicious about Dylan, and feels that Yuze is too eager to avenge his ex-girlfriend’s death. He has no evidence whatsoever to charge Dylan. She also suspects that Yuze is abusing his authority, seemingly to punish Dylan personally. To stop Yuze from committing more mistakes, she has no choice but to suspend Yuze.

Yuze pursues the case relentlessly but is killed by Dylan and Jieyu.

Xiaoman's former rival from police academy and fellow CID officer Xie Langfeng is switched to her team to be her deputy.

The Missing Prostitute (ep 11-16)

A young woman named Chen Xinyi has gone missing and Zhengyi encounters Fu Hongbo, a young man confined to a wheelchair. Hongbo pleads with Zhengyi to help him find his deaf-mute sister who has gone missing. Zhengyi and Shishan scour the streets of Geylang and find her after she had been sold into prostitution by a man known as "Big Little Eyes". Zhengyi later discovers that "Big Little Eyes" is actually Hongbo's abusive stepfather and saves Hongbo from nearly being hacked to death.

Xiaoman, Langfeng and the team investigate the Chen Xinyi case. It turns out the girl's parents had no idea she had been earning five-figure sums through prostitution. The kidnappers call them demanding a ransom, and the team stakes out the drop-off location hoping to track down the suspects. Not only are they outwitted, Langfeng and Xiaoman are outmuscled by a mysteriously strong and well-trained suspect. Later, they are led to a part-time funeral home worker "Monkey", who happened to be a friend of "Big Little Eyes". Langfeng deduces that they could be dealing with a case involving a group of psychopaths. They have their work cut out as they uncover a highly organised kidnapping ring who takes pleasure in sadistically torturing and killing their victims and cremating the bodies to destroy the evidence. Unfortunately, they must look elsewhere when their best lead, "Monkey", is found dead in a warehouse.

Meanwhile, Langfeng continues to make Xiaoman feel uncomfortable by questioning her real motives for going all out to track down criminals and exposing her self-destructive behaviour. Although she realises the truth in it she refuses to admit so. Langfeng is one of the few people able to see through her cool and calm facade and warns her that if she lets her dark side get the better of her she will eventually go down the road of no return. Unable to face the truth, Xiaoman finds herself in an emotional struggle....

The final battle (Ep 17-20)

Xiaoman recalls the string of events six years ago, which seem unconnected to the present events. But after piecing everything together, she realizes that someone was manipulating the chain of events to target her, in an attempt to land her in trouble. Xiaoman and Zhengyi are determined to fish out this mysterious person.

Zhengyi has already sensed that Xiaoman seems to be obsessed with capturing the murderer. Zhengyi is worried that her best friend is slipping into the fringe of the dark side and that, if she does not pull her up, Xiaoman will eventually commit an unpardonable mistake.

Langfeng suddenly gets hold of evidence on Xiaoman’s crimes of six years ago and threatens her to quit the police force under threat of exposure. Did Xiaoman really break the law by killing criminals as a way of punishing them? What was Langfeng’s stance? Was he trying to help Xiaoman or destroy her? Who was the manipulator out to get Xiaoman?

Trivia

an unplanned pregnancy. The role was given to Chen Liping instead for all Unriddle seasons.

References from other productions

2013 Accolades

The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series are Don't Stop Believin' , Game Plan , Poetic Justice , Pillow Talk