Blood and Water (TV series)
| Blood and Water | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Written by |
Dan Trotta Al Kratina |
| Directed by | John L'Écuyer |
| Starring |
Simu Liu Loretta Yu Elfina Luk Steph Song Osric Chau Peter Outerbridge |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) |
English Cantonese Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production company(s) | Breakthrough Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | OMNI |
| Original release | November 8, 2015 – present |
Blood and Water 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 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 a police colleague of Josephine's.
Eight episodes were produced for the show's first season.[1] A second season is already in development.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 John Doyle, "Trilingual series Blood and Water is a brilliantly messy drama". The Globe and Mail, November 6, 2015.
- 1 2 "Blood and Water, Chinese-Canadian crime drama, breaks TV barriers". CBC News, November 7, 2015.