TV series

Half Truth

2025 · 1 season

A slow-burning, shadowy procedural that keeps you leaning in, piecing together clues as unease quietly builds.

Overview: When a severed finger arrives in a kidnapping case, veteran detective Luo Fei and his apprentice Mu Jianyun dive into a chilling investigation. As they dig deeper, a tangled web of hidden connections and buried secrets begins to unravel, revealing that nothing is as it seems.
How it feels: Tense, dark, eerie and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, deception, crime, obsession
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
crime
obsession
betrayal
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: mystery
Written by: Zhou Haohui
Starring: Zhang Bo, Cao Xiwen, Ji Chen, Wang Ning, Li Sibo, Yu Hongzhou, Liu Chuang, Dong Qi
Length: 1 seasons, 25 episodes
Network: iQiyi
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin