Blood and Water
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Blood and Water (血与水|t=血與水 Xuè Yǔ Shuǐ) is a Canadian television crime drama series, which premiered on OMNI Television in November 2015.[1] The first television drama series produced for a Chinese Canadian audience,[1] the show mixes dialogue in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.[1]
Set in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show centres on police detective Josephine Bradley (Steph Song). After Charlie Xie (Osric Chau), the son of billionaire real estate developer Li-Rong Xie, is found murdered, Josephine is brought into investigate despite having just been diagnosed with cancer.[2]
The cast also includes Fiona Fu as Weiran Xie, the matriarch who holds the Xie family together; Loretta Yu as Charlie's widow Teresa; Elfina Luk as his sister Anna, who is plotting her eventual takeover of the family business empire; Simu Liu as his brother Paul, a guardian of many of the family's shady secrets; and Peter Outerbridge as Detective Al Gorski, a police colleague of Josephine's.
The first block of eight episodes began airing on November 8, 2015. The first season was further extended with a second block of eight episodes, which began airing on November 13, 2016.[3] The second season of eight episodes began airing on September 9, 2018.[4] The third and final season of eight episodes began airing on June 13, 2021.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Doyle, "Trilingual series Blood and Water is a brilliantly messy drama". The Globe and Mail, November 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Blood and Water, Chinese-Canadian crime drama, breaks TV barriers". CBC News, November 7, 2015.
- ↑ "New Episodes of Critically Acclaimed Series Blood and Water Premiere Nov. 13 on OMNI Television | Breakthrough Entertainment" (in en-CA). https://www.breakthroughentertainment.com/news/new-episodes-of-critically-acclaimed-series-blood-and-water-premiere-nov-13-on-omni-television/.
- ↑ "Link: Original Chinese Canadian crime drama Blood and Water returns, beginning Sept. 9 on OMNI Television | TV, eh?". https://www.tv-eh.com/2018/08/28/link-original-chinese-canadian-crime-drama-blood-and-water-returns-beginning-sept-9-on-omni-television/.
- ↑ "Blood and Water: Fire & Ice’s Diane Boehme: "We’re going out on a high note. This is our best season ever" | TV, eh?". https://www.tv-eh.com/2021/06/18/blood-and-water-fire-ices-diane-boehme-were-going-out-on-a-high-note-this-is-our-best-season-ever/.
External links
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