Love Me If You Dare
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Also known asClose Your Eyes and Close to Me
Simplified Chinese他来了请闭眼
Hanyu PinyinTa Lai Le Qing Bi Yan
GenreCrime
Suspense
Romance
Based onWhen He Comes, Close Your Eyes by Ding Mo
Written byHai Yan
Directed byZhang Kaizhou
StarringWallace Huo
Sandra Ma
Zhang Luyi
Wang Kai
Yin Zheng
Ending themeObsessed With You (为你沉迷) by Juno
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerHou Hongliang
ProducerKong Sheng
Production locationsChina (Qingdao), New York City
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesSohu TV
Shandong Media Group
SMG Pictures
Daylight Entertainment
Original release
NetworkSohu, Dragon TV
Release15 October 2015 (2015-10-15) –
4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)
Related
When a Snail Falls in Love (2016)
Memory Lost (2016)

Love Me If You Dare (Chinese: 他来了，请闭眼) is a 2015 Chinese television series that is adapted from Ding Mo's novel of the same name published in July 2014. The series is produced by Kong Sheng and Hou Hongliang, with the screenplay written by Hai Yan. It stars Wallace Huo, Sandra Ma, Zhang Luyi, Wang Kai and Yin Zheng.[1] The drama was aired simultaneously on Sohu and Dragon TV from 15 October 2015 to 4 January 2016.

The drama was praised for its storyline and character development, rating 9.6 out of 10 on viki.com with a significant following abroad, becoming one of the highest rated television series on Viki.[citation needed]

Synopsis

Simon/Jin Yan (Wallace Huo) is a psychologist who returns to China from the US after a close encounter with a serial killer, but his ordeal is not over yet. Together with his assistant, Jenny/Jian Yao (Sandra Ma), police officer Li Xunran (Wang Kai), and friend Fu Ziyu (Yin Zheng) they solve mysterious and violent criminal cases.

Cast

Role Cast Brief description
Simon / Bo Jinyan
薄靳言		 Wallace Huo Male, age 30. He is a criminologist, the youngest visiting professor of the University of Maryland (US). He works as an analyst/advisor for the serious criminal cases in the police department. He lost his father at an early age and moved to the United States with his mother. He has a high IQ but low EQ, and this dramatic contrast adds a lot of humour and emotion.
Jenny / Jian Yao
简瑶		 Ma Sichun Female, age 23. She graduated from the University of Foreign Languages. She is deeply influenced by her father, a veteran police officer of criminal investigations who died on duty. She has a great sense of justice and is very observant. She works as Simon's assistant and his translator, and ends up helping Simon in the criminal investigation.
Jabber / Xie Han
谢晗		 Zhang Luyi Male, age 30. He is the son of a rich American businessman. His parents were divorced when he was young and he was abandoned with his alcoholic father, who later abused him violently. He is smart and was a literature student at Princeton University. However, due to his distorted personality, he was expelled from the school before he could finish his studies.
Li Xunran
李熏然		 Wang Kai Male, age 28. Li grew up with Jenny and he is from a police family too. He has become a policeman and is an excellent shooter， and is knowledgeable in handling weapons. He is tough, talented, and an outstanding policeman.
Fu Ziyu
傅子遇		 Yin Zheng Male, age 30. Kris graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is known as an outstanding medical student as well as being extremely proficient in software design and coding. He is tall, gentle, smart, and is the only friend of Simon, willing to help Simon and stay with him whenever he needs.

Susan

Emilie O'hana

 She is a police officer/a friend of Simon, who helps Simon to capture the Killers.[2]

Dr. Barnes

Matt William Knowles

 He plays a doctor who also helps Simon with his plan of capturing the serial killer.

Ratings

Episode # Air date Dragon TV Premiere CSM50 City Rating[3] Sohu broadcast traffic (cutoff)
Ratings (%) Audience share (%) Rank
1-2 2015.10.15 0.675 3.450 1 -
3-4 2015.10.22 0.653 3.729 1 100 million
5-6 2015.10.29 0.655 3.771 1 200 million+ by 1 November
7-8 2015.11.05 0.667 3.466 1 300 million+ by 8 November
9-10 2015.11.12 0.663 3.291 1 400 million+ by 15 November
11-12 2015.11.19 0.615 3.092 1 500 million+ by 20 November
13-14 2015.11.26 0.477 2.625 1 600 million+ by 27 November
15-16 2015.12.03 0.548 2.660 1 700 million+ by 3 December
17-18 2015.12.10 0.511 2.668 1 800 million+ by 9 December
19-20 2015.12.17 0.578 3.044 1 900 million+ by 13 December
21-22 2015.12.24 0.535 2.708 1 1 billion+ by 20 December
23-24 2016.01.04 0.318 2.264 1 1.1 billion+ by 27 December

Awards and nominations

Award Category Nominated work Result
1st China Quality Television Drama Ceremony Innovative Themed Drama of the Year Won
Most Popular Actor Wallace Huo (also for The Imperial Doctress) Won
Most Marketable Actor Won
19th Huading Awards Best Actor (Contemporary) Wallace Huo Nominated
Best Newcomer Yin Zheng Won

References

  1. ^ "《他来了请闭眼》开机 霍建华马思纯演情侣". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Love Me, If You Dare "TV Series" Review | K-Pop Amino". K-Pop | aminoapps.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ^ "电视剧收视率排行榜 | 收视率排行" (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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