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The Long Season

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2023 | 1 seasons | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a small audience and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder or Riverdale, start here.
The mood
Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace
1 season: a few weeks of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 13 hours in all.
What might put you off
It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

The 12-episode series follows Wang Xiang, an ex-train driver who had worked his whole life at the steel plant in a fictional small town in North China, as he attempts to solve the mystery behind a brutal murder during the autumn of 1998. For more than 20 years, the murder has haunted him and other people who worked at the steel plant as they struggled to come to terms with the loss they’ve experienced.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    Generally positive reviews

  • AudiencesSolid

    8.9 out of 10

  • AwardsBelow par

    3 wins and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Limited series that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 19K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Created by Xin Shuang

  • Fan WeiWang Xiang
  • Qin HaoGong Biao
  • Chen MinghaoMa Desheng
  • Li GengxiShen Mo
  • Liu YitieWang Yang
  • Jiang QimingFu Weijun
  • Liu LinLi Qiaoyun
  • Shi PengyuanWang Bei
  • Hou YansongShen Dongliang
  • Lin Xiao JieLuo Meisu