Netflix viewers heavily divided over ‘twisty’ 8-part thriller Million-Follower Detective
Netflix is filled with crime dramas, from Agatha Christie’s hit series to several foreign-language dramas that have become incredibly popular. One of the streamer’s latest offerings is Million-Follower Detective, however, the show has ended up dividing fans. While some have been calling the drama “twisty” and a “complete firecracker”, others have lamented the lack of realism in the eight-part series and felt that it had a predictable plot. The concept is certainly intriguing, with the series following a bizarre masked social media influencer who starts correctly predicting the deaths of other influencers. Netflix’s logline for the show reads: “When influencer Yen Wei is being shot as he attempts to attack the police, veteran detective Chen Chia-jen discovers he is acting under someone’s orders. Technology Criminal Investigator Li Hsin-ping joins the case, and soon a chilling pattern is revealed – a string of influencer murders linked to a masked online prophet known as the Witch Baba, whose eerie predictions always come true, including four murder cases back to back. WATCH: See the trailer for Million-Follower Detective …
