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 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.
The series was remade in Thai under the same title in 2023.
Synopsis Ji Bai is a stone-faced team leader of the Violent Crime Unit. Xu Xu is a new intern specializing in offender profiling. 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
Wang Kai as Ji Bai (季白) - Detective of at Ling Police Department 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
+Dragon TV CSM52 City Rating StatisticsAir dateRatings (%)Audience share (%)Rank (timeslot)Total rank24 October 20160.6274.0051231 October 20160.7524.768127 November 20160.7335.051314 November 20160.7524.7271421 November 20160.7744.7451728 November 20160.9165.0021 -5 December 20160.9485.1921 -12 December 20160.8884.690 -6
Awards and nominations AwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.2nd China Quality Television Drama CeremonyWeekly Drama of the Year (Dragon TV)Most Marketable ActorWang KaiTencent QQ Star AwardsQuality Network Drama of the YearMost Powerful TV ActorWang KaiTrendy TV ActressWang Ziwen22nd Huading AwardsTop 10 Dramas of The Year5th Annual DramaFever AwardsBest Chinese Language Drama
International broadcast Country Network Premiere Sri Lanka Rupavahini(dubbed into Sinhalese) 2018 GMA News TV (Dubbed into Tagalog) 2019 Tencent Video (Remade in Thai with an entirely new cast and setting.) 2023
References
External links
When a Snail Falls in Love on Tencent When a Snail Falls in Love on YouTube When a Snail Falls in Love on Viki