《Serious Case Group 6: The Missing Police Signal》Ending: How the history of a criminal police team unfolds

 —Serious Case Group Six: The Disappeared Warning Signal—recently concluded.With 26 episodes and each episode lasting approximately 20 minutes, this prequel to the classic criminal investigation IP has chosen a more compact approach.The story sets the timeline ten years before the original work. Young men Dazeng, Ji Jie, Jiang Han, and Team Zheng have not yet become familiar partners to the audience. A disappearing police signal and one case after another lead them to the days before the establishment of Serious Case Group Six.

The memory left to the audience in the old version - Serious Case Group Six - often comes from the tacit understanding between the characters and the life atmosphere at the crime scene.The sequel does not put the new team directly into a mature state, but starts from misunderstandings, running-in and mutual testing.Ji Jie had a grudge against the airborne Dazeng because of the sacrifice of her master, and Dazeng's special task made the gap between the two deeper.As the case progresses, they begin to see each other's way of handling things, and their relationship slowly changes with each collaboration.

Director Li Ang grew up on film and television sets, and was also exposed to the birth process of this work on the crew of the old version - Serious Case Group Six.In order for the actors to find the quality of criminal police handling cases in the 1990s, the main creators communicated with experienced criminal police officers. The crew also spent a long time sorting out the logic of the script before filming started.The historical background means that the technical conditions are different. Many cases rely on visits, observations and interpersonal judgments. The case handling process therefore relies more on the patience and experience of the characters.

The length of the micro-short drama brings a new rhythm to the case narrative.Completing a case in one or two episodes requires clues, characters and emotions to be put in place quickly; at the same time, the formation of the team requires enough daily details.Each member in the play has his or her own starting point: some have just entered the police force, some are accustomed to acting alone, and some are still looking for ways to take responsibility.The case is the gear that drives the story, and the trust gradually established between people gives the name “6Group” its origin.

The creative team has retained the working atmosphere of many old criminal investigation dramas.The case does not necessarily pursue the bizarre, and the camera does not focus on the crime itself, but follows the police to search for clues, eliminate miscarriage of justice, and face the victims and their families.Some characters who only appear in half an episode are also played by actors familiar to the audience, giving each case a relatively complete character.This kind of density is suitable for short-length viewing, and it also allows the pyrotechnics of the series to stay in the conversations, arguments and mutual care outside of handling the case.

The continuation of classic IP will always face the memories of old audiences and the expectations of new audiences.《The Lost Siren》Choose to write history, leaving room for the characters to grow.At the end, Dazeng and Ji Jie resolved their misunderstanding, Jiang Han and Captain Zheng gradually recognized each other, and forensic doctor Yanhua was still a college student who wanted to be a police officer.The familiar group finally gathered together after multiple cases, and a group of young detectives also became comrades in arms during the process.