The First Frost

The First Frost has built a devoted audience in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Netflix among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 82 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Bai Jingting sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Netflix.

The First Frost arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The writing in The First Frost treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Wen Yifan, by chance, ends up living with her high school classmate Sang Yan, whom she once rejected. They keep their distance until Wen Yifan learns from Sang Yan that she sleepwalks, intertwining their lives once more. Bai Jingting and Zhang Ruonan lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. The First Frost premiered in 2025. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with The First Frost. If you have already watched Pursuit of Jade, The First Frost is a natural next step. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Bai Jingting's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

The First Frost wrapped up in 2025, created by Zhu Yi — and 1 season is available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro's free voice app makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just say the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.