Twenty years lost to addiction, one wife's stubborn love, and a family name to reclaim.
Season 1 • Episode 24
LatestGao Zhaoliang, his father's favorite child, was invited by his friends to try drugs during his rebellious period. Since then, he has spent more than 20 years of drug abuse and more than ten years in prison. The Gao family has always been a clean family, and no one has ever been imprisoned. The good-looking Zhao Liang’s father died of depression. Zhao Liang was in a car accident and faced life and death. With the trust and companionship of his beloved wife Shu Ya, Zhao Liang got rid of the temptation of drugs... After 20 years of "wandering", he finally got back on track. After that, Zhao Liang won the Xu Qing Award and actively participated in anti-drugs, starting his life as a white man...
Acting
Mike Lee's physical decay is devastatingly precise.
Writing
Refuses easy redemption beats, earns every tear.
Production
Prison and home spaces feel lived-in, suffocating.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'clean family' (清白人家) concept carries crushing weight in Chinese honor-shame dynamics; Zhao Liang's imprisonment stains generations.
Based loosely on real rehabilitation advocates in Taiwan's 1990s anti-drug campaigns; the Xu Qing Award mirrors actual civic honors for recovered addicts.
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