I liked more the 1st season, with a better rounded mystery (albeit a bit obvious after a couple of episodes) and great cast. The second one, I mostly liked the heightened thematic format, but for me, the underlying story was a bit flat sadly. (My favorite episodes were the Pride and Prejudice parody and the Wes Anderson one: How I wish the entire show was like that!).

I think there was one episode that had some strong Wong Kar-Wai-esque Hong Kong late 90s movie influences, but it was in a shy, not going all the "Wai" in, which it was detrimental to the final result (IMO).