The Long Watch | Open Thread

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Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Kai: Ma Qi

Peng Yu Chang: He Chun Xiao

Ou Hao: Lin Kan Shan

Director

Yao Xiao Feng

Screenwriter

Wang Xiao Qiang

Chinese Title

交鋒

To Cross Swords

Genres: Contemporary, Team, Suspense

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 40

Where Colours Dream | Recap and Review

A con artist meets a chief accountant, and they scam together.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Dai Lu Wa: Xu Yan Zhen

Tang Shi Yi: Jiang Xin Yu

Director

Wu Hui Hui

Chinese Title
畫夢錄

Record of Painted Dreams

Genres: Era, GL Suspense

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 3/3

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 2.75/5

Born With Luck | Open Thread

A dumb cop has dumb luck with dumb villains.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Xiao: Zhang Yi Ang

Tian Xi Wei: Li Qian

Wang Chuan Jun: Zhou Rong

Director

Liu Hai Bo

Screenwriter

(Author: Zi Jin Chen)

Chinese Title

低智商犯罪

Low IQ Crimes

Genres: Contemporary, (Slight Romance / No Romance?) Comedy, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 24

The Guilty | Review

A ride-or-die trio.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wei Da Xun: Lu Ming

Sun Qian: Xia Xue

Gao Zhi Ting: Lin Hua

Chinese Title

有罪之身

A Guilty Existence

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 14

Blemish Flaw | Open Thread

A detective-blogger investigates his ex-girlfriend's missing case.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Qin Jun Jie: Yang Zheng Hui

Huang Meng Ying: Bai Xiao Ling

Wang Duo: Zeng Jie

Fu Jing: Liu Wei

Director

Wei Li Zhou

Screenwriter

Bai Yi Cong

Chinese Title

棕眼之謎

The Mystery of the Brown Eyes

Genres: Contemporary, (Romance /Slight Romance), Suspense, 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 16

Mobius | Recap and Review

A time-looper races to stop a biotech CEO’s murder, while an unseen rival secretly hijacks every timeline.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Bai Jing Ting: Ding Qi

Janice Man: An Lan

Song Yang: Mo Yuan Zhi

Director

Lu Zhang Mu

Chinese Title

不眠日

Sleepless Day

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Action, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 16

Recap Grade: B
First Impression: 3/5

Twelve Letters | Review

A series of letters change the course of a star-crossed love.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhou Yi Ran: Tang Yi Xun

Wang Ying Lu: Ye Hai Tang

Director

Sha Wei Qi

Screenwriter

Cheng Xiao Mao, Cheng Meng Yan

Chinese Title

十二封信

Twelve Letters

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, School, Family, Suspense, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 12

Justifiable Defence | Review

A prosecutor pleads self-defence – 14 years after denying it to someone else for the same crime.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gao Ye: Fang Ling Yuan

Zhang Lu Yi: Duan Hong Shan

Bai Jing Ting: Li Mu Feng

Director

Li Yun Liang

Screenwriter

Jia Dong Yan

Chinese Title

正當防衛

Justifiable Defence (China)

Self-Defence (Intl)

Genres: Contemporary, No Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 15

Nine Puzzles | Open Thread

A top profiler is forced to team up with the detective who once thought she was a killer.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Kim Da-mi: Yoon I-na

Son Suk-ku: Kim Han-saem

Genres: Contemporary, (Slight Romance, No Romance), Mystery, Suspense

Network: Disney+

Year: 2025
Episodes: 11

Playing Go | Open Thread

A go teacher randomly becomes a crime master.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Bao Qiang: Cui Ye

Chen Ming Hao: Cui Wei

Chinese Title

棋士

Go Player

Genres: Contemporary, No Romance, Bromance, Family, Suspense

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 22

Watch Your Back | Review

A cat and mouse game between sharp-witted offices and OCD-driven thieves.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Guo Jing Fei: Guo Peng Fei

Qin Lan: Li Xiao Lian

Screenwriter

Wang Xiao Qiang

Chinese Title

黃雀

Eurasian Siskin

(Chinese bird species)

Genres: Contemporary, No Romance, Suspense, 

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

Love Song in Winter | Review

A doctor is reunited with her police boyfriend but her friends keep dying.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Huang Jing Yu: Jiang Cheng Yi

Sun Qian: Lu Yan

Director

Yu Zhong Zhong

Chinese Title

冬至

Winter Solstice

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 36

When the Phone Rings | Recap and Review

A show window couple receives threatening calls about their arrangement.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yoo Yeon-seok: Baek Sa-eon

Chae Soo-bin: Hong Hee-joo

Director: 

Park Sang-woo

Screenwriter: 

Kim Ji-woon 

Hangul Title Translation
The Number You Have Dialed

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary Romance

Year: 2024
Episodes: 12

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 4.06/5

We All Lie | Recap and Review

A scriptwriter retaliates against her cheating, coattail-riding husband and his mistress.

Notable Actors/Actresses

He Hong Shan: Su Li

Li Zi Feng: Zhang Shu Heng

Chinese Title
婚姻攻略

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Sismance, Suspense

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 16

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: B/C
First Impression: -

Designated Survivor: 60 Days | Review

A boring man who studies dust is now the president

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ji Jin-hee: Park Moo-jin

Heo Jun-ho: Han Joo-seung

Son Suk-ku: Cha Young-jin

Korean Title

60 Day, Designated Survivor

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Team, Action, Suspense

Year: 2019
Episodes: 16

We Shall Meet Again | Review

A step-brother falls in love with his  murder-suspect-step-sister. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Jing Yan Jun: Shi Yao

Shi Hang Lu: Lu Miao

Director

Xiu Xiao Nan

Chinese Title

那个重逢的夜晚

That Night (We) Reunited

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2024
Episodes: 12 (20mins/ep)

The Spirealm | Recap and Review

A man enters a deadly game with a deadly flirt. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Huang Jun Jie: Lin Jiu Shi

Xia Zhi Guang: Ruan Lan Zhu

Chinese Title
致命遊戲

Deadly Game

Screenwriter

Gao Wei

Genres: Contemporary, BL, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 78 (20 minute eps)

Recap Grade: A/B

19th Floor | Review

A girl and her roommates fight monsters in a VR game. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wei Zhe Ming: Gao Yun

Sun Qian: Chun Yu

Director

Cai Cong

Screenwriter

Cai Jun (Author), Jiang Yu

Producer

Xu Lei (Nan Pai San Shu)

Chinese Title

19層

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Team, Fantasy, Suspense 

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2024
Episodes: 30

Derailment | Review

A poor rich girl, cheated, falls into parallel world, meets strange guy, no 'rizz.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Lin Yi: Qi Lian

Liu Hao Cun: Jiang Xiao Yuan

Director

Shen Yang

Scriptwriter: 

(Author: Priest)

Chinese Title

脫軌

To Derail

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, CEO, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30

Chase the Truth | Recap and Review

A hot tempered cop goes undercover to find his mother.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zi Qi: Chu Yi Han

Tian Yu: Cheng Fan

Su Xiao Tong: Gu Lin Na

Tang Xiao Tian:Yu Da Luo

Zhao Xun: Sha Xiao Fei

Director

Zhao Jun Kai

Screenwriter

Zhao Jun Kai (Author)

Chinese Title

黑白密碼

Black and White Password 

Genres: Contemporary, Action, Slight Romance, Bromance, Mystery, Suspense

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 24

Recapper: Potato Chip

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3/5