Mind Game (TV series)
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| Mind Game | |
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| Genre | Crime Drama Suspense Psychological Romance |
| Starring | Tay Ping Hui Joanne Peh Zhang Yaodong Paige Chua |
| Opening theme | 心迷 by 伍佳丽 & 漾薇恩 |
| Ending theme | 心迷 by 伍佳丽 & 漾薇恩 |
| Country of origin | Malaysia |
| Original languages | Mandarin, with English and Chinese Subtitles |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations |  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Production company | MediaCorp Studios Malaysia |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 7 May – 17 June 2015 |
Mind Game (Chinese: 心迷) is a crime drama produced by Mediacorp Channel 8, produced by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia. It is shown on weekdays at 9pm.This drama involves many plot twists and cases that requires strong thinking to solve the cases. This drama stars Tay Ping Hui, Joanne Peh, Zhang Yaodong and Paige Chua.
Plot
The drama contains many cases which has unexpected twists and suspense. On every cases, a paralegal, a police, a psychologist and a mysterious woman with the ability to predict the future will help and solve difficult cases. Li Wenjie (Tay Ping Hui) is a paralegal with a sharp mind and he is determined to find his long-lost sister who turned out to be dead. While finding his long-lost sister, he met Feng Xuezhi (Paige Chua) who helped him with many things.
Guo Yongyan (Zhang Yaodong), a psychologist, met Zhao Anni (Joanne Peh) and helped each other in cases. Together, four of them remain successful in solving cases until they realize a traitor among four of them...
Cast
Main Cast
| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tay Ping Hui | Liang Wenjie | A paralegal with a sharp mind who helps in solving cases Zhao Anni's ex-boyfriend Feng Xuezhi's boyfriend Liang Huixin's long lost brother who got kidnapped when they were little |
1 - 30 |
| Joanne Peh | Zhao Anni | A police madam who cares and loves her family a lot and would do anything for them Liang Wenjie's ex-girlfriend Guo Yongyan's girlfriend but break up when she realized Yongyan manipulated her Pregnant and give birth to hers and Yongyan's child |
1 - 30 |
| Zhang Yaodong | Guo Yongyan | Main Villain Psychologist who's expert in hypnosis Arrested in Episode 30 and given the death sentence (Deceased - Episode 30) |
1 - 30 |
| Paige Chua | Feng Xuezhi | A woman with a supernatural ability to predict the future Liang Wenjie's girlfriend Works in a flower shop Guo Junrong's love interest Liang Wenjie's fiancee Died at episode 30 due to brain tumor (Deceased - Episode 30) |
3 - 30 |
Supporting Cast
| Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akit Tay | Wu Ke'er | Wu Yuan's daughter Liang Wenjie's godsister A patient of Guo Yongyan Hong Junrong's girlfriend Zhao Anni and Feng Xuezhi's friend Diagonsed with dissociative identity disorder |
4-8, 11-30 |
| Jack Tan | Hong Junrong | Hong Dali's adoptive son Guo Jinming's son |
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| Terence Cao | Li Zhengbang/Wang Dawei | Villain A murderer who is out to get Feng Xuezhi |
1-5 |
| Apple Hong | Linda | Guo Yongyan's fiancee | |
| Ye Shipin | Uncle Chen | Police | |
| Yuan Shuai | Jason | Police | |
| Henry Heng | Wu Yuan | Lawyer Liang Wenjie's superior Wu Ke'er's father |
Trivia
- This will be Zhang Yaodong's comeback drama after Love at Risk and second villainous role after On the Fringe 2011.
- The series is shown on television in episode 4 of C.L.I.F. 4. Tay Ping Hui, who starred in the original series, makes a second appearance on television.
- The Series repeat its telecast on Channel 8 at 5.30pm.
- This is Tiffany Leong last drama before she passed away in 2015.
Controversy
- Malaysia's satellite channel Astro Shuang Xing was to air the show first in Asia, beginning from 30 April 2015, Sundays to Thursdays. When The Journey: Our Homeland aired on 9 July, Our Homeland had to be pulled out temporarily for a week on 16 July due to the discretion of MediaCorp. This caused Taiwan SET's Be With You 2 episodes back-to-back telecast to be pushed forward to 5.00pm from 16 to 23 July. Our Homeland resumed airing the show on the same day as Singapore from 23 July 2015, Mondays to Fridays. In fact, Astro shouldn't have aired MediaCorp dramas first before Singapore does so beginning with Mind Game, as it did not perform well in Singapore and is also nominated for only one technical award in Star Awards 2016, and that only Super Senior and The Dream Makers II were the only dramas in the planned First Global Premiere to win performance categories.
2016 Accolades
Mind Game was nominated for only one technical award category in Star Awards 2016. Ng Lai Huat was nominated for Best Director, but lost to Loh Woon Woon from The Dream Makers II.
| Awards | |||
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| Award | Category | Recipients (if any) | Result |
| Star Awards 2016 Backstage Achievement Awards 红星大奖2016之幕后英雄颁奖礼 |
Best Director 最佳导演 | Ng Lai Huat 黄来发 | Nominated |