From the theme to the story, the recent suspense dramas, the scale is more daring than the other.
First, "Who Is He", a bold adaptation of a horrific real case in the 80s, highlighting a reality.
Then "Thirteen Years in the Dust", the perverted killer made the victim into a famous painting, which made people's backs cold.
Unexpectedly, another suspense drama was recently arranged.
"The Long Season" has been broadcast more than halfway, and the rating has soared all the way, and has reached 9.2 points.
With such a proud result, I dare to assert that it is definitely the king of this year's domestic suspense drama.
Director Xin Shuang + actor Qin Hao, such a combination, as early as 2020, filmed the explosive suspense drama "Hidden Corner".
This time, a Fan Wei was added.
Through a series of events such as the Northeast, the 90s, the corpse crushing case, and the wave of layoffs, the sense of suspense is instantly full.
At present, "The Long Season" has aired 8 episodes.
Some previous conjectures about the plot have also been reversed.
Next, connect a good wave of clues.
The background of "The Long Season" is set in the northeast birch city, with the shredded corpse case as the main line to connect the entire story.
In total, there are three timelines, 1997, 1998 and 2016.
In 1997, the year before the murder.
Wang Yang (played by Liu Yitie), the son of Wang Xiang (played by Fan Wei), a train driver of the Birch Steel Factory, was not admitted to university, but met Shen Mo (played by Li Gengxi), a female college student who worked in a dance hall.
At this time, the uncle and aunt who adopted Shen Mo also came to Hua City.
So an unspeakable secret gradually surfaced.
In 1998, a case of shredding occurred in Birch City.
The killer's methods were brutal, killing a woman and throwing her body.
There was panic for a while, and because there were too few clues, the police could not do anything about it.
At the same time, train driver Wang Xiang is facing a wave of layoffs from the reform of state-owned enterprises, and in order to cross himself off the list, he volunteered to jointly investigate the case with criminal police officer Ma Desheng (played by Chen Minghao).
In 2016, there was another deck crash.
At this time, his son Wang Yang had been dead for many years, and Wang Xiang and his cousin Gong Biao discovered that the person hit by the deck car turned out to be the murderer who killed Wang Yang that year.
So Wang Xiang, Gong Biao and Ma Desheng, three retired elders, decided to find out the truth together.
As the investigation deepened, many mysteries also arose.
1. Who is the deceased in the shredding case?
At first, many people thought it was Shen Mo.
At that time, after the shredding case, the medical examiner determined that the victim was a young woman through the judgment of the bones.
Moreover, the forensic doctor also said a very key clue to Ma Desheng:
"The deceased had four broken limbs with horizontal stripes of knuckles."
This trait is not universal, only a few people have it.
When Shen Mo and Wang Yang were talking by the river, Shen Mo told Wang Yang that his little finger had four horizontal stripes.
This is completely consistent with the characteristics of the deceased.
Moreover, it is related to Shen Mo's tragic life.
Shen Mo's uncle has treated her as a plaything since she was a child, and has abused her in various ways, and her aunt has turned a blind eye to this.
In order to get out of control, Shen Mo proposed to solve it with money, and threatened him with his uncle's son, and as a result, he was severely beaten.
Even, the uncle threatened Shen Mo, saying, "Sooner or later, you will die in my hands."
Therefore, Shen Mo's death was completely expected.
In the latest plot, the police believe that Shen Mo has been killed, and the uncle and aunt also go to the public security bureau to confirm.
However, there are indications that the truth is not so simple.
In the first episode, a shot gave a clue, that is, the person who threw the corpse was actually Fu Weijun.
If the deceased was Shen Mo, given Fu Weijun's feelings for her, then it was impossible for him to make the act of throwing the corpse.
In this way, the conjecture that the victim was Shen Mo was further denied.
2. Who is the murderer of Wang Yang?
Regarding Wang Yang's death, his father Wang Xiang told the truth, claiming that his son did not commit suicide.
In the first 6 episodes, the biggest suspect is Shen Mo's uncle.
After all, his desire to control Shen Mo is likely to kill Wang Yang.
However, suspicion was quickly ruled out.
And Wang Xiang only looked at a back, and said that the person who was hit by the deck car was the one who harmed Wang Yang.
The reason why he is so sure is that it is very likely that the murderer is someone he knows.
Through the dialogue between Ma Desheng and Wang Yang, Wang Yang said that the murderer was Fu Weijun.
Why did Fu Weijun go to kill Wang Yang?
At that time, his son Wang Yang was called by the police for questioning, which aroused Fu Weijun's suspicion and killed the killer.
As for the reason, with Fu Weijun's impulsive personality, there is only one possibility, that is, it is related to Shen Mo.
Not only that, Ma Desheng also said that Fu Weijun has been in prison, how could he come out and be hit by a car?
Moreover, Ma Desheng also went to the prison to inquire about Fu Weijun's situation, saying that he had already died in prison.
In the trailer, Shen Mo has this line:
"He could have been immortal, but he saw me, a man who had died, and I had no choice."
Who does this "he" refer to?
In my opinion, it can only be Wang Yang.
3. Who is the real murderer of the shredded corpse case?
I think that's most likely.
At that time, the criminal investigation technology was relatively backward, and it was impossible to determine that it was Shen Mo who was crushed.
According to the routine in "Hidden Corner", Shen Mo is likely to be the mastermind of the corpse crushing case.
Shen Mo's childhood experience made her hate her uncle to the bone, and her heart gradually darkened.
Therefore, she took advantage of the deaf and mute Fu Weijun's liking for herself and came to exchange a tanuki for the prince.
In the trailer of episode 8, a girl who looks like Shen Mo appears.
This girl is the real deceased.
Back then, in order to fake the truth, she ruthlessly cut off her finger to make others think that the deceased was her.
He himself uses the identity of the deceased to continue to live in this world.
Originally, this plan was seamless, but there was a problem with Wang Yang's link, and there was that line in the trailer.
In this way, she used Fu Weijun, who liked herself, and Wang Yang, who she liked, to successfully get rid of her uncle's control and realize a free life.
In general, "The Long Season" is more than halfway through, and the truth is still confusing.
Let's see how the director connects the three timelines, and so many clues, in the end.