The new season of the online mystery variety show "The Detective" has maintained a stable quality, and the series has presented more than 100 ups and downs in the past 10 years. The biggest feature of the show is "brain burning", and the audience must stay awake at any time like a detective and complete the reasoning challenge. The integration of elements such as popularization of laws and discussion of social topics also makes the program have a certain degree of knowledge and depth. The ever-growing program comes from the creative team's polishing of scripts, costumes and props, and is due to the permanent guest team with a "detective sense" and benefits from the interactive participation of the audience. In the program, the audience can experience the fun of searching for evidence immersively with the camera; outside the program, the audience's opinions can also be adopted for the next season's creation.

　　The "Detective" series has expanded the audience of niche variety shows such as mystery games, but has also raised audience expectations. In recent seasons, we have been a little unsteady in the "storytelling tone". While exploring the subtlety of human nature in fictional stories, we also declare the right and wrong in a bright tone, which makes the audience just about to think deeply but end. Although a balance is achieved between comedy, detective games and reality shows, the reputation and playback volume of the program are challenged due to the repetition of detective techniques and plot twists, the mismatch between playback duration and information volume. How to bring a fresh viewing experience to the audience and avoid becoming a patterned "story club" will be a key issue that "Detective" and other similar variety shows must face and solve.

　　Zhang Qingying, Nankai District, Tianjin

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