Islanders
Season 1
A wealthy entrepreneur's tangled love life with his wife, mistress, and girlfriend spans four decades and generations. But when a social media scandal costs him everything, their true values and worldviews are put to the test.
Where to Watch Islanders • Season 1
7 Episodes
- Episode 2
E2Episode 2Xianhong meets Lilian, a young woman who has just returned to Taipei after living in New York for several years. To impress Lilian, Xianhong even sets up a social media account he used to despise. Hanrong notices a change in Xianhong and grows suspicious of Lilian’s intentions as she grows closer to him. - Episode 3
E3Episode 3Lilian reunites with college friends at a welcome party. As friends reminisce about the old days, Lilian thinks about Jay, her college crush who quit school to pursue a deep-sea fishing career. Back to the present, the friends are debating career choices when Xianhong unexpectedly shows up, sparking a heated debate on generational justice. - Episode 5
E5Episode 5Xianhong is hit by a series of setbacks, both in his professional and personal life. Through it all, Lilian stands by him, even guiding him about steering public opinion through social media. Xianhong seizes the student movement as an opportunity to connect to the youth, successfully reinventing his public image and regaining popularity. - Episode 6
E6Episode 6As the generational debate fades, Xianhong is hailed as a youth advocate. He later makes a drastic decision and asks Lilian to start over with him in Shanghai. Struggling to accept it, Hanrong travels to China in search of answers but returns even more confused. Xiaowen also confronts Lilian in Shanghai, but after Xianhong chooses Lilian, she returns to Taiwan heartbroken. - Episode 7
E7Episode 7Xianhong’s actions ultimately shatter Hanrong’s long-held admiration for him, prompting Hanrong to walk away for good. Moved by Xiaowen’s final words in Shanghai, Lilian begins to reconsider her future with Xianhong. On a beach in Hualien, Hanrong unexpectedly crosses paths with Jay again, and a quiet conversation slowly begins to heal years of loneliness and pain for them both.
