Catch Me If You Love Me (2025)

iQIYI produces a lot of crap and this is no exception...

OMG was that bad. While the script makes at least some sense, the acting is bad and especially the editing is the worst. Even all 53 episodes cut together made this not a movie with any flow. It's just a hack fest, the next scene had nothing to do with the scene before.

Of course with an unpolished script and no clear vision from the director there comes bad acting... The small "boy" is too young to be a police officer from the get go, so it's completely unbelievable to begin with. His acting is also very rough. The side characters slide off into soap opera characters, all over-dramatized and over-acted.

So this series is a bad joke and even the chemistry between the leads leaves something to be desired. The only positive note is, that this is one of the few vers couples ever in BL, but that does not help the series at all. Also the production quality was not on par with similar productions. There are some sound problems which also don't help the series and makes me derank it even more. Just don't waste your time with this crap and do something more productive. 🤣

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This was rough. It’s overdramatic and cheesy, to a soap opera level. The dialogue is terrible, the acting is terrible, the plot is terrible, the editing is terrible, the fake fighting is terrible. It’s filled with kisses / NC scenes, but probably 70% of them are noncon or dubcon, and that doesn’t even account for all the sexual harassment, manipulation, and outright violence between the couple. I’m not even going to try to list all the instances - there are too many to count. I know it’s a common trope in BLs, but the minute consent becomes questionable, the romance is dead for me. And there weren’t enough sweet or redeeming moments between the couple to even begin to compensate. Soap opera type shows can be done well, but this one just wasn’t.

The only redeeming thing I can pinpoint is this is the only BL I have ever seen that has vers representation. Both characters top and bottom. I would love to see that in more BLs. People don’t always have strict roles in the bedroom, and people’s personalities and appearances aren’t related to their sexual preferences.

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A police officer is a booty call to a gangster

That about sums this show up, lmao. This was fine; it was a little random, but overall an okay watch. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10, which is high for these lmao. The plot is random as hell, and it's a police officer x gangster love story with a bunch of random ass twists. I am going to say the pros and the cons, and then that's it.

Okay, so the pros for this show are that they are hot. Just starting right off the bat. The guys, at first glance, aren’t the best looking, but they grew on me, so it was okay. The police officer guy lowkey looks like Mad Tsai and Lykns Tui had a baby, and then this guy was that baby's cousin lmao. I know ball apparently, so I did halfway enjoy this show. Also, this show is all types of fucking addictive because I was on the edge of my seat, excited about what was gonna happen next in this weird ass show. They lowkey have good ass fucking chemistry, I can’t lie. So I guess that plays into them being good actors as well. Well, okay, actors, I think I put that in my cons as well lmao. Yeah, their sex scenes were pretty gnarly. I also love when they have drug problems because these shity ass shows always portray them very interestingly and make it seem like, well, what an actual drug problem is. Addicting and consuming, and this show was no different. Ignore the fact that he only stopped doing drugs to get that cookie, but that's fine. All progress is good progress...I guess. They switched positions on episode 39. It was completely left field but fucking awesome, because as much as I love set positions, I also love when they flip or change it up. That’s always nice to see. Daniel, after catching 2 bodies just straight up for the love of the game. I don’t really know where to put that, because it's like a weird middle ground between pros and cons. So, Daniel catching 2 bodies in the final episodes will be a pro, I guess. Yeah, I don’t know. They are good at kissing, well, at least they are really into it. I was laughing my ass off, like dang bro, y'all not going nowhere, why are we kissing so aggressively and so passionately? I thought the ending was pretty cool. A little weird but still cool. And that’s all I have for my notes on the pros of this show. It's a pretty fun short drama.

WHAT DOES THE TITLE EVEN MEAN? Catch me if you love me? Like, he didn’t love you to begin with, I mean, he did, but that's a grey area. And Daniel literally harasses him for the majority of the show, and we wanna talk about Catch Me If You Love Me. What about leave me the fuck alone if you love me? That's a better fucking title. If you have seen marry a ceo or whatever the fuck that bullshit show is called, these start the same. So you know, I was already pissed off. It's the same exact scene, I swear to god. This show did go a different route, but they still have some similarities. Just wrote my recommendation on this lmao. THE FORCED SHIT. Daniel spends most of the show, I think, until they switch positions, forcing himself onto Louis, like fuck. Like we found out later that he has been in love with this whole time, BUT WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. LOUIS WAS GETTING BORDERLINE SEXUALLY ASSULATED FOR MOST OF THE SHOW. Especially their first sex scene, his face was just like he didn't want that (even though he did because he was really into it). Does the guy who plays Daniel have a wig on? Like it looked fine and then in one scene, it looked like he had a lace front on, and then I couldn't unsee it for the rest of the show lmao. There feels like a really random time jump in the middle of the show, and that just made me fucking confused, like I don't know why he did that, and also why we didn't connect that better? The plot folds in on itself like towards the end, and I was just so fucking lost, and then finally at the end, I understood, but they should have written that out better and not let the plot just completely fold. The last thing is, I needed more lore. Especially with him being an undercover cop, that was a nice twist, but I just need a little more lore with that because I am like, what the hell are we even doing? Bull shit, I swear. Uh, okay, that is it.

Uh, if you already pay for IQIYI, just watch it, but this feels oddly long for a short drama lmao. It's fun, so just turn off your brain and get ready to be confused and intrigued. Okay bye!

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mafia heir and good cop vertical series

Overall: this was a soap opera-like vertical series. Note: I rate vertical series against others in the same genre. 53 episodes about 2 minutes each. Available on the iQIYI app.

Content Warnings: held against will, violence, non con kissing, homophobia, slap, punch, self harm, addiction, manipulation, non con picture taking/sharing

What I Liked
- verse/no negative connotation with type of preferred position
- grandma
- ongoing intimacy

Room For Improvement
- hobbling around afterwards
- sound effects and corny music
- nonsense stuff
- supportive coworkers

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Esse BL me lembrou muito o drama vertical chinês "Ai Zai Yun Zhi Nan" com o Zhao Zhen Dong e a Bai Ye, e os dois pecaram muito em coisas básicas de polícia/investigação/infiltrado.
A história pode ser até interessante, mas as atuações deixaram muito a desejar, a Tailândia ainda não está preparada para os verticais.
Gostei de ter visto os dois personagens sendo versáteis, acho que para um BL, não gosto quando fazem um ser "a esposa" e o outro o marido e todo esse estereótipo, gostei que os dois mostraram que poderiam ser ativos, o que importava era o momento juntos.
Gostaria de ter visto essa história com uma produção um pouco mais elevada, talvez a experiência fosse melhor, eu estava ansiosa por causa do pôster.

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