Blood and Water (simplified Chinese: 血与水; traditional Chinese: 血與水; pinyin: 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]
| 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 Fiona Fu Osric Chau Peter Outerbridge Selena Lee |
| Composers | Richard Pell Isabelle Noel Ian LeFeuvre |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original languages | English Cantonese Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company | Breakthrough Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Omni Television |
| Release | November 8, 2015 – present |
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] Selena Lee has been nominated as the best-supporting actress in drama series in 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
The third and final season - Blood and Water - Fire and Ice of eight episodes began airing on June 13, 2021. Selena Lee is the leading role.[5]
