TV series

Ode to Joy

2016–2024 · 5 seasons

A cozy, chatty urban drama where five women's tangled love lives and career scrapes unfold like catching up with friends over tea.

Overview: Five independent, career-driven women living in the Ode to Joy apartment building navigate love, ambition, and personal growth as they chase fulfillment on their own terms. As they try to make it in the big city, each faces unique challenges and romantic entanglements while discovering who they truly want to be.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, romantic and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, ambition, love, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
ambition
love
identity
class
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Jian Chuanhe, Kong Sheng, Zhang Kaizhou
Written by: A Nai, Zidan Yuan
Starring: Liu Tao, Maggie Jiang, Jiang Xin, Yang Caiyu, Karlina Zhang, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Huiwen, Yang Zi
Length: 5 seasons, 201 episodes, 40 min each
Network: CCTV-8, Zhejiang Television, Dragon Television, Tencent Video, Migu Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin