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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 9 Part 3

Tian is back teaching at the school, he is reminding everyone to bring banana leaves and stems for tomorrow as they will be learning stamping art tomorrow. Tian then looks at the clock and tells the children that they can go home now. Meejoo says she would like to stay and hear a story. The kids of course want to

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Psych Hunter: Episode 30

This episode starts off with Yi Heng going into his brother’s room to find him out of bed. Yi Heng asks him how come he’s out of bed. His brother just says that he did something, then asks Yi Heng to forgive him. He says that he did it for the Qin family, Yi Heng asks him what did he

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 9 Part 2

The two have been discharged form the hospital and Phupha is behind the wheel of the jeep. He notices that Tian is upset and being quiet so, he asks Tian if he wants to go check out Naga Cape since it’s a beautiful spot. Tian says no in a very curt manner. Now Phupha knows something is definitely wrong so

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Psych Hunter: Episode 29

This episode starts off with a man walking in what appears to be an abandoned house. There’s writing on the windows in red saying a life for a life. The next window reads that kindness begets no kindness. The man continues walking. A woman appears at the entranceway of another room after the doors swing open. The man asks who

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 9 Part 1

This episode starts off with a flashback of Torfun asking Phupha if he believes in the Pha Pun Dao tale. He says that he does because his mom came here (they’re on the cliff now) to wish for a son. Torfun says that’s why his mom named him Phupha (Mountiain). He asks her if it sounds tacky but she says

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 8 Part 4

It’s gotten really dark outside as Tian continues to follow the suspicious villagers. The one guy asks Choed who feeds his kid when he does this job? Choed says that he lets Saeng take care of that as he would rather be doing this job. While Tian is following them he steps on a tree branch which makes a very

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 8 Part 3

Tian walks through the tea farm where the villagers still refuse to look at him. Tian can do nothing but to keep walking. Tian arrives at Khama’s house and at least Khama will talk to him as well as acknowledging his existence. Tian asks him if Longtae is home but Khama says he hasn’t seen him since this morning. Tian

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Psych Hunter: Episode 28

This episode starts off with Mr. Sun attacking Jiang Shuo and Yi Heng in the Psych with measuring tape. He manages to make them fly in the air before using red string to drag them off into a room. Roll those opening credits! After the credits we see that Jiang Shuo and Yi Heng have just arrived in the Psych.

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 8 Part 2

Tian goes back to the school the next day but Yod doesn’t even talk to him and the school itself is empty. Tian goes and sits down at his desk. Eventually he gets up to pace as no one is showing up. Eventually as time passes, Yod suggests that Tian goes home since it doesn’t look like anyone is going

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 8 Part 1

This episode starts off with Tian getting a blessing from a Buddhist monk. Afterwards he takes a bouquet of flowers to the memorial area where he gives them to Torfun. He tells her that he’s become a volunteer teacher now. Tian says that he won’t be able to bring her flowers for awhile. He’s not sure what exactly she wants

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Psych Hunter: Episode 27

The episode starts off with our trio walking into a building and out of the rain. Once they are inside they find a book with blood on it, a sheathed dagger and a wrist bangle and sequinned purse all with blood on it. Jiang Shuo uncovers what appear to be memorial tablets hidden under a cloth. He then goes to

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 7 Part 4

Tian tells Phupha that there’s something important that he wants to tell him. When Tian can’t quite say it, Phupha asks him if he’s trying to confess his love for him. There’s some more awkward silence before Phupha finally passes out from drinking too much. Tian rubs his neck and sniffles. The next day Phupha takes Tian out on his

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Psych Hunter: Episode 26

This episode starts off with Mr. Qin in the hospital bed and the nurse coming in to find out that he’s still awake. She tell him that it’s not healthy for him to stay up so late, so she gives him a newspaper to read to help him relax. After she leaves, Mr. Qin reads the newspaper to find out

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 7 Part 3

Tian is just finishing cooking at the forest ranger base when the rangers come in. Tian tells them that they are just in time for dinner that he’s prepared for them. Dr. Nam says that it’s great that after a fun football game they can come back to a meal prepared for them, isn’t that right Chief? Tian says that

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Psych Hunter: Episode 25

This episode starts off with a couple getting a letter from Wu Meng who is supposed to be dead saying that he wants his life back. The woman says that it’s impossible that the letter could have come from him. The man leaves the room to investigate a noise they heard outside after telling the woman to look after Ying’er.

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 7 Part 2

Tian and Phupha are back at the forest ranger base. Phupha goes to open a window while Tian looks at the map of the village area hanging on the wall. Tian asks Phupha if he drew the map. Phupha makes a sound of agreement before saying that he drew it just for fun. Tian thinks it’s an awesome picture and

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 7 Part 1

This episode starts off with a flashback of Tian reading Torfun’s last page in her notebook about going home. The date on the page raises other flashbacks to when he was in the hospital (same date) and how her Aunt told him about Torfun’s ill fate of being a hit by a car. Once Tian realizes this, he goes to

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Psych Hunter: Episode 24

This episode starts off with s man carrying a woman into some kind of lab. The man puts the struggling woman down on the floor, and we can see that she has a red string on her wrist. Roll those opening credits! After the credits we’re back at the Earthly Inn where the Chief is toasting to the fact they

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Psych Hunter Episode 23

This episode starts off with the main trio leaving the police station. Jiang Shuo wonders if since they solved the Zhao Ling clue, is that the end of their clues. Yi Heng says that since the case of Zhao Ling is considered solved, Jiang Shuo is the only survivor. Jiang Shuo reminds Qin’er that he told Jiang Shuo not to

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 6 Part 4

So we pick up where we left off with Phupha asking if Tian wants to stay longer. Tian asks if Phupha wants him to stay longer but Phupha says the kids wanted him to ask Tian. Phupha says that he believes the villagers would like Tian to stay longer as well. So Tian asks what Phupha thinks, does he want

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Psych Hunter: Episode 22

The episode starts off with a host asking an actress to stop onto the stage. Only to have the dead catty actress show up. Obviously the host is confused because she’s supposed to be dead. So like a Casper cartoon, he yells ghost and runs away. Shang Yu asks the actress if she’s dead. The catty actress agrees that she’s

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 6 Part 1

The episode starts off with Tian talking about how Torfun might find it silly but he used to be into expensive model cars. Tian says that with a few bamboo sticks, paper and rope he was also able to have a lot of fun. Tian says that he understands what Torfun said about happiness now. As the simple things can

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Psych Hunter: Episode 21

This episode starts off with an old time movie look. It looks like there is a fight and the bad guys kill somebody. The leader then comes down and marks the body with Liu Zhi’s symbol (maybe he’s the movie’s Liu Zhi?) Now roll those opening credits! Now we go back to where we left off in the previous episode

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 5 Part 4

Tian shivers and asks if the students feel cold. The kids say that they are cold and Tian tells them to make sure they clean up properly. Yod, Rang and Phupha are approaching the classroom but stop to watch Tian with kids. Yod says that at first he didn’t think that Tian would last 3 days max in the village,

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 5 Part 3

Tian comes out of the bathroom as the guys that followed him out there confront him. They say that his “Dad” isn’t there to protect him this time. Tian asks what the hell do they want. The guy that hit Tian before back at the tea farm says that he wants to teach Tian a lesson. He then punches Tian

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Psych Hunter: Episode 20

This episode starts off at the club where Mu Qing and her father are watching the dancers perform. When the performance finishes the host of the club says that there is a special surprise tonight. The anonymous dancer Shang Yu will perform tonight without her veil. Mu Qing is very excited as she is a big fan of Shang Yu.

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 5 Part 2

Tian and Dr. Nam are leaving the restaurant talking about where to get dessert when Mr. Sakda shows up. Dr. Nam thanks him for paying for the meal. Mr. Sakda says that Dr. Nam takes care of the villagers, it’s like he’s taking care of his people too. Dr. Nam then introduces Tian to Mr. Sakda. Mr. Sakda says it’s

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 5 Part 1

The episode starts off with a flashback to 7 months ago the night of Torfun’s accident. Tul is on his cell phone making sure that road they are going to race is on, is clear for use. Tian comes down the staircase while talking to the friend he’s about to race. The friend is going to go get his car

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Psych Hunter: Episode 19

This episodes starts off with General Yuan talking to one of the guests from the banquet apologizing for the delay. The guest doesn’t mind since Mr. Zhang is now dead and that’s well worth it. Just then the platform balcony drops, and a body that looks like Dr. Qin falls onto the nearby car. The soldiers, and the General see

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 4 Part 4

So this part stars off with Phupha getting all nice and pretty with some product placement body wash. When he comes out all dressed up, Yod teases him about going to a party since he smells so nice. Dr. Nam says that Phupha made him get shower gel from the city so he doubts it’s a party, he says it

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 4 Part 3

Tian asks Longtae where the howling dogs are, since he doesn’t hear anything. They here someone coming so they stay back a bit. It turns out to be the village men walking by. Rang is at the tail end and on noticing the two of them, asks if they want to see something special. Rang tells the two of them

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Psych Hunter: Episode 18

This episode starts with what appears to be a party. Jiang Shuo still disguised as the Yuan Mansion’s driver asks Qin’er who he thinks is Liu Zhi among the guests. We can see that General Yuan is at the table as well as Wan Jin Rong among others. Yi Heng says that he’s observed everyone for a whole day and

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 4 Part 2

So we begin back at the market place where Tian is telling Dr. Nam that he’s not very good at cooking, in fact he can only cook instant noodles. Dr. Nam says not to stress about it, as he can eat anything as long as he doesn’t have to cook it himself. This makes Tian smile, Dr. Nam complains that

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 4 Part 1

This episode starts with Tian waking up to find Phupha sitting next to him. Phupha asks him if he’s sober now. Tian sits up a bit more and realizes he’s wearing different clothes. Phupha tells him there’s no need to be shy as forest rangers have more scars than him. When Tian doesn’t say anything, Phupha offers to take off

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Psych Hunter: Episode 17

This episode starts off with a car driving down a forest like road. The man in the backseat is feeling up a woman in the back seat. The driver peeks into the back set only to get told off by the young master. The car suddenly stops interrupting the man in the back, irritated he asks what happened. The driver

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 3 Part 4

This part starts off with Rang and Tian walking over to meet Khama. Rang says that the moon looks beautiful tonight. Tian says it’s been a long time since he’s looked at the moon at night. Rang says it must be because Tian can only see the lights of the building around him. Tian says that he can also see

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 3 Part 3

Tian wakes up alone in the house. He looks briefly for Phupha but notices some food left on the table. Tian realizes that he’s starving and starts munching happily away. Phupha comes back to the house only to see Tian eating breakfast. Phupha asks if it’s as good as Tian’s American breakfast. Tian can’t help teasing him a little saying

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Psych Hunter: Episode 16

The episode starts with Jiang Shuo shackled to a chair. He tells Liu Zhi that he’s mad, fate should be determined by themselves. Liu Zhi says that when Jiang Shuo was his disciple, he knew Jiang Shuo was a hypocrite. Liu Zhi says that Jiang Shuo is a sinner, he thinks he’s saving people when he’s actually harming them. Liu

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 3 Part 2

This part starts right where we left off, where Tian is arguing with the tea leaf buyers. Tian accuses the man of cheating, the man says that Tian is discrediting him. Tian says that it clearly said 5 and the man wrote down four. Tian says that if that’s not cheating he doesn’t know what is. The thugs tell Tian

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 3 Part 1

The episode starts with a flashback of Tian playing badminton with Tul. Tian says he’s getting tired really quickly lately. Tul tells him that he just sucks at playing the game. Tian manages to win, and Tul complains that Tian said he was exhausted. The two reach for the towels when Tul asks Tian if he managed to check out

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Psych Hunter: Episode 15

The episode starts with a bunch of wooden dolls strung up in a pretty dead looking tree with the names of the people on the island attached to the dolls. One of the dolls is on fire. Roll the opening credits! Ms. Yan Hong opens the door to the room she was hiding in. Mr. Feng asks what happened to

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 2 Part 4

So we start with Tian dragging Kalae out of the water. Kalae is unconscious and Tian tries to rouse him. A moment later Dr. Nam shows up and pushes Tian out of the way. Chief Phupha is right behind the doctor. Phupha yells at Yod to take care of the rest of the kids. Dr. Nam does some chest compression

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 2 Part 3

It starts off at Tian’s house where Tian is getting ready to go to the school. He can hear some rather loud knocking which surprises him since Chief Phupha doesn’t knock. He yells at the person saying he’s coming. When Tian opens the door though it’s not Chief Phupha but Yod. Tian asks if it can’t be Yod everyday but

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 2 Part 2

Tian follows Chief Phupha to the Villlage Chief Khama’s place. Tian notices writing on a sign hanging above the doorway and remembers seeing similar writing in Torfun’s notebook but he doesn’t know what it means. The Village Chief comes up from behind them and says “birth, old age, sickness and death are unavoidable.” Apparently that’s the translation of the sign

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Psych Hunter: Episode 14

The episode starts with flashes of the painting and the sins it depicts. Then we get flashes of the cast, ending with a view of the villa’s entrance. Roll those opening credits Takeuchi shoves Jiang Shuo into a room where Jiang Shuo pauses as another memory surfaces. In the memory it’s Yi Heng’s father that’s tied up in this room.

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 2 Part 1

Episode 2 begins with Tian visiting the Sangthong Aid Foundation while holding Torfun’s volunteer teacher ID from the same foundation. Tian takes a deep breath and walks through the gate into the courtyard where he meets a man in the middle of gardening. Tian Tells him that he wants to apply to be a volunteer teacher. The man tells Tian

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Psych Hunter: Episode 13

We start off the episode with looking at Yi Heng’s conspiracy map. Then the camera shows us a house door opening leading to the creepy dining room where a bunch of people look on edge around the dining room table. Then the clock sounds and we see a bunch of dead bodies followed by the calendar saying it’s October 14th.

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 1 Part 4

The final part of episode 1 starts off with Tian sitting on a bus in the rain looking at Torfun’s volunteer ID. Tian then opens Torfun’s notebook to the first page. Torfun says she has finally reached Pha Pun Dao village. We then see Torfun says it may be absurd to believe in Pha Pun Dao village’s tale but she

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 1 Part 3

This episode starts with Tian entering the party only to have his Mom come and drag him to meet Mr. Wanchai and Mr. Damrong. Tian greets them nicely but when Mr. Damrong says that this is the son that got sick and almost died Tian’s attitude grows cold. His parents says that yes, he is that son. Mr. Damrong then

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Psych Hunter: Episode 12

This episode starts with Jiang Shuo waking up in a chair. A voice tells him that someone once said that they wold only see hell after death. Light appears and we see it’s Liu Zhi in his creepy mask. He tells Jiang Shuo that others say that hell is just a fiction. There are paintings behind that him that briefly

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A Tale of a Thousand Stars: Episode 1 Part 2

We start the next day where Tian is a in a car with Tul. They drive up and stop on the street in front of some houses. Tul can’t think of a good reason for being there. Tian says it’s just because he’s curious who the donor was. Tian tells Tul that he can wait for him in the car,

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Psych Hunter: Episode 11

This episode start off with Jiang Shuo getting his picture taken in some fancy looking clothes. While he was alone when the flash went off, the picture taken shows him sitting next to Mu Qing. Jiang Shuo smiles at the photo and then goes to another room. Apparently the photos were marriage photos because when he enters the room there

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Psych Hunter: Episode 10

The episode starts off with Ms. Yuan walking through the festival not looking like her usual cheerful self. Jiang Shuo has managed to get out of the water and is following behind her. Ms. Yuan accidentally kicks over a beggar bowl with some bread in it and doesn’t even stop. Jiang Shuo picks up the bread and places it back

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Psych Hunter: Episode 9

This episode starts off with a creaky door opening and a black cat entering the room. The cat is meowing like someone forgot to give him wet food. The cat approaches the bed and manages to wake up Zhao Meng. Zhao Meng comments that she thought the cat was lost. She picks up the cat and asks where it has

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Psych Hunter Episode 8

The start of this episode is in the Embassy where the Ambassador tells Qiu Liang that his country doesn’t deserve to have such fine Horology techniques and he can just leave the Eternity Clock on the floor (condescending jerk). Qiu Liang says that’s fine since he’s leaving it as a gift. The clock opens up in all its hypnotic glory.

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Psych Hunter: Episode 7

This episode starts with a flashback of Mr. Jack on the dark and stormy night of his death tinkering with a clock. When a maid comes to ask if he wants dinner, he throws something at her, yelling for her to get out. The mind leaves closing the door behind her. There is another knock at the door sometime later.

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Psych Hunter: Episode 6

This episodes picks up right where we left off with Jiang Shuo eyeing the window as an escape route out of the bathroom. We then flash over to him climbing through the window to the director’s office. He frantically searches the desk until he finds the human trafficking documents similar to what he found in the Psych. Let the opening

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Psych Hunter: Episode 5

So this episode starts off with some round candy dropping down a staircase. It then cuts to the nun sitting alone at long dining room like table. A moment later we see a bunch of children lining the staircase with one ha d on the railing, second later we see the same staircase and the children have vanished. Roll those

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Psych Hunter: Episode 4

We’re starting this episode with Yi Heng sitting alone in a room contemplating Jiang Shuo’s mind reading skills. As he tries to better to u deist and how it works. He comes to the conclusion that the swinging of the coins has no practical use it does however serve as a psychological suggestion. The dragon candle incense works like a

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Psych Hunter: Episode 3

So remember that creepy carpenter Zhang? Well this episode starts off with him making the memorial tablets for the murder victims.. then the opening credits roll. Jiang Shuo having gotten the documents from that poor butler, leaves the Wang residence only to bump into Qin Yi Heng. Jiang Shuo can’t believe he’s running into him again. They go to shake

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