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.
StatusEnded
TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageMandarin
Network
Season 1 of The Long Season premiered on April 22, 2023
In the small town of Hualin, taxi driver Wang Xiang had the chance to meet the person he both most wanted and feared to encounter in his life. Meeting this person would require an explanation, for himself and for his son. Wang Xiang was full of confidence as a train driver, but struggled with the trivialities of his own small family. The factory was on the verge of collapse, and the discovery of an unidentified dismembered body struck Wang Xiang's mind. For twenty years, Wang Xiang was trapped in three different eras, chasing after the truth that crossed the past, present, and future, all to solve an unsolved mystery. When the answer was finally revealed, time and space merged into one, and only the dirge of fate remained in the long seasons.
范偉
Wang Xiang
秦昊
Gong Biao
Chen Minghao
Ma Desheng
Li Gengxi
Shen Mo
Liu Yitie
Wang Yang
蒋奇明
Fu Weijun
刘琳
Li Qiaoyun
Shi Pengyuan
Wang Bei
Hou Yansong
Shen Dongliang
Diana Lin
Luo Meisu
王佳佳
Huang Liru
Yang Yiwei
Xing Jianchun
唐曾
Li Qun
Wang Yidi
Yin Hong
Lin Peng
Professor Wu