''When a Snail Falls in Love'' () is a 2016 Chinese television series directed by Zhang Kai-zhou and produced by Daylight Entertainment. It stars
Wang Kai,
Wang Ziwen, Xu Yue, and Yu Heng. It is based on Ding Mo's novel of the same title, who also wrote ''
Love Me If You Dare'' starring Wallace Huo.
The series aired on
Dragon TV
Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV () is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television
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from 24 October to 12 December 2016.
The series saw 200 million online hits the first week, and on 15 November the production team announced that the show had reached 1 billion views online. The show is also popular with international viewers, with a 9.4
out 10 score on Viki, and has been praised for its suspenseful storyline and tightly woven plot.
Synopsis
Ji Bai is a stone-faced team leader of the Violent Crime Unit. Xu Xu is a new intern specializing in
offender profiling
Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is an investigative strategy used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and has been used by investigators to link cases that may have been committed by the same perpetrator ...
. Tasked with solving a series of crimes that are somehow mysteriously connected, the two develop feelings for each other. Xu Xu draws comic panels of their relationship, portraying herself as a snail and Ji as a lion.
Cast
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Wang Kai as Ji Bai (季白) - Detective of at Ling Police Department
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Wang Ziwen as Xu Xu (许诩) - Profiling intern at Ling Municipal Police
* Xu Yue (徐悦) as Yao Meng (姚檬) - Police intern at Ling Police Department
* Yu Heng (于恒) as Zhao Han (赵寒) - Police Officer at Ling Police Department
* Zhao Yuanyuan (赵圆瑗) as Ye Zixi (叶梓夕) - Member of the Ye family and Ji Bai's childhood friend
* Wu Xiaoyu (武笑羽) as Ye Qiao (叶俏) - Heiress of the Ye Corporation.
* Zhang Yanyan (张棪琰) as Brother Lu (噜哥) - Head of a drug cartel
Soundtrack
Ratings
* Highest ratings are marked in
red, lowest ratings are marked in
blue
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
References
External links
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Chinese crime television series
2016 Chinese television series debuts
Television shows based on works by Ding Mo
Dragon Television original programming
Television series by Daylight Entertainment
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