Scripted series · Hunan Television
Go Ahead
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Go Ahead actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Go Ahead reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Three friends from troubled families form a unique, lasting bond — but their pasts soon cast a cloud over their lives.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 40 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202040 episodes
8.0IMDbGrowing up in dysfunctional households, three individuals who are unrelated by blood treat each other like family as they yearn for the love that they cannot find at home. Eldest brother Ling Xiao, second brother He Ziqiu, and youngest sister Li Jianjian grow up together, experiencing life’s joy and strife as they support each other’s chosen paths. As Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu graduate from high school, they return to their original families. Five years later, the three are reunited, but the heartaches from their complicated family past becomes a shadow that constantly lingers. Can they finally fix their personal issues to become better versions of themselves?
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Xiqing YangExecutive Producer
- Gong ZhengwenExecutive Producer
Writing
- Shui QianmoWriter
- Wang XiongchengWriter
Direction
- Ding ZiguangDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- iQIYIStreaming
- Toku Amazon ChannelStreaming
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