The Long Season is a thriller drama that aired from the end of April to the 1st of May, establishing itself as the highest rated drama (9.4) in Douban this year. But what makes this drama so special? Many answers can arise to this question. The first is that The Long Season is not a conventional suspense/thriller drama, but a drama that also deals with family, human and even social issues. The second is that the drama is composed of a narrative that, although slow, provides layers that add richness to the drama.

We are introduced to a father who, together with his brother-in-law and a retired investigator, are looking for the truth about his son's death and it is in this common thread that we find the third answer to the question that starts this review, which is the ability to move between different timelines that seek to show the before/during and after the key event that guides the narrative, and also the unexpected developments that follow.

Returning to the central plot, the search for the culprit / the truth behind one or more murders is not a new theme, but, as previously mentioned, the way the plot develops in The Long Season is different, as it is similar to the plays lined up dominoes that when one is pushed overthrows the others, the plot of The Long Season develops from the investigation of a case of "hit and run" by a taxi with a false license plate, from this point on the viewer is invited to immerse yourself in the father's search for who he believes is his son's murderer going back to events in the late 90's in which the protagonist Wang Xiang was just a train driver trying to keep his job until a murder case of a young girl changes everything.