Mortal Housewife

Short, sharp domestic episodes that simmer with in-law friction and quiet resentment, easy to binge but prickly to sit through.

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Starring

Judy Sun, Tao Zui, Dong Xinyun

Overview

Ai Qing, who is loved by her parents in the city, falls in love with Li Dali, a hairdresser from the countryside. Li Dali takes the start-up capital supported by Ai Qing's parents and starts a business together with Ai Qing. The business was booming, and Li Dali let Ai Qing go home for pregnancy on the grounds of not making Ai Qing work too hard. Two years later, the two did not get pregnant successfully. When the mother-in-law Xu Jinzhi moved in, the war broke out.

How it feels

Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Family, betrayal, class, power

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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