IPartment 5

"IPartment 5" is the fifth and final season of the mainland Chinese urban romantic sitcom Love Apartment. Directed by Wei Zheng, the scriptwriter was changed from Wang Yuan to Wei Zheng and Zou Jie. The actors are Lou Yixiao, Li Jiahang, Sun Yizhou, Li Jinming, starring Zhang Yiduo, Cheng Guo, and Wan Zilin, with special appearances by Chen He and Zhao Wenqi.

"IPartment 5" started filming and production on April 11, 2019, and officially finished on August 24 of the same year.

IPartment 5
Season season five
Starring	Leading starring Lou Yixiao, Sun Yizhou, Li Jinming, Li Jiahang Starring Zhang Yiduo, Guo Guo, Wan Zilin Specially starred in Chen He, Zhao Wenqi
No. of episodes	36
Release
Original network	IQIYI
Original release	January 12 (2020-01-12) – January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
Season chronology

playback platform

broadcasting platform	location	broadcast date	show time
IQIYI	China	January 12, 2020	2 episodes are updated every Sunday to Tuesday at 20:00
iQIYI（Page archive backup, stored in） YouTube（Page archive backup, stored in）	Hong Kong; Taiwan; Malaysia;Singapore; Myanmar ;Malaysia ; Thailand; Indonesia; Cambodia ; Philippines	January 12, 2020	2 episodes are updated every Sunday to Tuesday at 20:00
IQIYI频道300	Malaysia	May 18, 2020	Monday to Tuesday 22:00 - 00:00 (2 episodes consecutively)

Introduction

After many years in the long marathon for love, all the old residents of iPartment have achieved their goals, some of them have reinforced their relationships, while others have decided to get married. Everyone's love has entered a new stage one after another, and new surprises and new troubles are coming one after another. Some people have bumps and bumps in the process of dating, and some people are flying around in the process of preparing for marriage. The iPartment seems to be a magical place, where every couple who truly loves each other can get blessings and live happily ever after. As the romantic reputation of the apartment spread farther and farther, new residents also came here. The new residents brought many new concepts and new ways of playing, which made the old residents who were once the trendsetters of the times feel ashamed. Compared with the youthful vigor of the new residents, the old residents have experienced more mature and stable attitude towards love and life after years of experience. New and old residents try their best to understand each other, help each other, and hug each other even if they bump into each other. Iron-clad apartments, flowing love, and new romantic stories are constantly being staged here.

Actor list

starring

actor	role	role profile
Li Jiahang	Zhang Wei	Nicknamed Zhang Yida. The kindest man in the iPartment, a lawyer. Zhuge Dali's boyfriend, Zhao Haitang's love rival. Born in an orphanage, his character is stingy, and his favorite cartoon character is SpongeBob SquarePants. Opened his own law firm this season.
Lou Yixiao	Hu Yi Fei	The only post-doc and teacher in the Love Apartments. Wife of Zeng Xiaoxian, teacher of Zhao Haitang and Zhuge Dali. She registered her marriage to Zeng Xiaoxian a year before the story begins. Her skill is "flicking a flash".
Sun Yizhou	Lu Ziqiao	Nicknamed Lui Siu Bou. He is the husband of Chen Meijia and the father of Lu Jiayi. A retired love interest, he runs an online shop this season and sells "Hey Pineapple" cupcakes through a live streaming platform.
Li Jinming	Chen Meijia	Lu Ziqiao's wife is pregnant, and later gave birth to a daughter, Lu Jiayi. Mathematics is not sharp, I run an online store this season, and I suffered from prenatal depression when I was pregnant.

starring

actor	role	role profile
Zhang Yiduo	Zhao Haitang	Her real name is Zhao Lihua. The rich second generation, the president of the university flash mob club. Literary youth, usually likes to write novels and can play guitar. I like Zhuge Dali very much, so I regard Zhang Wei as a love rival and often mock him. There is a sentimental line with curry paste.
Cheng Guo	Zhuge Dali	Graduate student, majoring in economics. Zhang Wei's girlfriend. The idol is Max Planck. The last episode revealed that he will study abroad at the University of Berlin in Germany.
Wan Zilin	Curry Paste	Her real name is Scarlett, but she rarely shows her real name because she doesn't want to be called "Smith". A foodie with a carefree personality, he likes nympho handsome guys. His parents divorced since he was a child, and he worked hard as an internet anchor. After moving into the apartment, he became Zhang Wei's assistant. He also worked in the convenience store and cafe downstairs. study further.

special star

actor	role	role profile
Chen He	Zeng Xiao Xian	The host of the radio show "Your Moon My Heart", Hu Yifei's husband. The vice-chairman of the Residential Committee of the apartment under the former Love Apartment was dispatched to the Alxa Desert this season.
Zhao Wenqi	Qin Yumo	Hu Yifei's high school classmate and former tenant of the love apartment. An intellectual, beautiful, sensitive and generous white-collar office worker in a cosmetics company, the last episode revealed that his career is getting better and better. There is a relationship line with Du Jun.

other actors

actor	role	role profile
Liu Yijun	Xiao Hei	Formerly known as Bai Kai. Lives inIPartment 3502 (that is, downstairs), inventor, septuplets, the entity of "Downstairs Xiaohei" in the first four seasons. Individual Xiaohei speaks with a Shandong dialect accent.
Liu Hao	Ajie	The takeaway guy from Suning's small shop, the former crush of curry sauce.
Wang Yunfan	Du Jun	She has a sheep beard and speaks very slowly. The former tenant Guan Gu's magical elder brother was also a guest actor in the previous work. Have a relationship with Qin Yumo.
Banyan	Lisa Rong	Producer of the radio program "Your Moon, My Heart", guest starred in the previous work, Zeng Xiaoxian and Nuo Lan's boss, but the first episode has left. Episodes 1, 7, 11, 29, 36 appear.
Wang Ziyi	Da Huilang	Episode 3 appears.
Kenichi Miura	Kenjiro Sekiya	Sekiya's amazing father, who runs a soba noodle shop. Episodes 1, 18, 19, 36 appear.
Liu Mengmeng	Nolan	Zeng Xiaoxian's colleague and ex-girlfriend. Episodes 1, 33, and 36 appear.
Yu Li	Jason Yu	Psychologist. He starred in the episode "Inception" in the fourth season. Episode 25 appears.
Li Sheng	Zhuge Dasheng	Zhuge Dali's mother, one of the top ten outstanding lawyers in the city. Episode 33 appears.
Chen Ruoxuan	Jack	interior designer. Designed the wedding room decoration for Hu Yifei. Adept at underwater hide-and-seek. Episode 21 appears.
Cheng Guo	Rose	Zhao Haitang's blind date, a lover of Hanfu, looks exactly like Zhuge Dali. Episode 21 appears.
Cui Yihan	little cloth	Her real name is Lu Jiayi, the daughter of Lu Ziqiao and Chen Meijia. Episode 24 begins to appear.

Episode

On January 12, 2020, the episodes of the fifth season will be launched sequentially on iQiyi, and VIP members will be able to watch 6 episodes in advance, and will start to order in advance on January 28, 2020.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
89	1	"next level in life"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
90	2	"Vigorously miracle"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
91	3	"most kind man"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
92	4	"A Pear Blossom Pressed Begonia"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
93	5	"my treasure"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
94	6	"Matchmaker's Curse"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
95	7	"where is mika"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
96	8	"have something to say"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)
97	9	"shopping colors"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 13, 2020 (2020-01-13)
98	10	"leave the grass on the table"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 13, 2020 (2020-01-13)
99	11	"i cheer for you"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)
100	12	"average looking glasses"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)
101	13	"Barrage space"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 19, 2020 (2020-01-19)
102	14	"Awaken, super power!"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 19, 2020 (2020-01-19)
103	15	"The Ultimate Survival Test"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20)
104	16	"Pig apartment"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20)
105	17	"decoration master"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)
106	18	"My Best Friend's Wedding (Part 1)"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)
107	19	"My Best Friend's Wedding (Part 2)"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 26, 2020 (2020-01-26)
108	20	"best gift"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 26, 2020 (2020-01-26)
109	21	"new dating era"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)
110	22	"a good show"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)
111	23	"Desperate to live"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
112	24	"Desperate Express"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
113	25	"your name"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
114	26	"legal family"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
115	27	"win at the starting line"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
116	28	"Plan B"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
117	29	"League of Keepers"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
118	30	"I have a date with AI"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
119	31	"simulated family"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
120	32	"True Love Travels Around"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
121	33	"Meet my mother-in-law"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
122	34	"laughter in heart"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
123	35	"WeChat war"	Wei Zheng Ni Hongyi	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)
124	36	"get married"	Wei Zheng	Wei Zheng Zou Jie	January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28)

According to the plot setting, some titles of this season are different from the usual ones: the titles of the 15th episode "Ultimate Survival Test" and the 31st episode "Simulated Family" Zhao Haitang's self-imagined titles, the introduction and photos of the main characters are all replaced by Haitang x Dali (similar to In the 21st episode of the fourth season, Hu Yifei's Nolan apartment); in the 34th episode "Laughter in the Heart", after learning that the apartment is about to be demolished, the opening title changes to a cool tone, and the title song becomes "The Lonely Corner" sung by director Wei Zheng ", and Chen He (Zeng Xiaoxian) appeared in the leading role, not a special performance; the 35th episode "WeChat War" has no regular title, only the episode name and the approval number of the radio and television.

All 13 leading actors from all five seasons are listed in the credits after the finale of Episode 36, "Finally Married".

Episode 13, "Pop-Up Space", is the first interactive episode in five seasons, where viewers choose different pop-ups that will correspond to different episodes.

In episode 20, "The Best Gift", after Zhao Haitang and Curry Paste have a drink together on Valentine's Day, there is a scene where Curry Paste falls asleep on Zhao Haitang's shoulder; and in episode 24, "The Best Gift", there is a scene where Zhao Haitang, who was stuck in a delivery port when Chen Meijia's baby was born, finally gets out and shouts "I'm finally out! " Although the scene was not aired in the main film, the cut footage from episode 24 appeared at the end of the set clip released by director Wei Zheng after the end of the film, which some netizens speculated was a teaser for the new film to follow.

Music

Compared with the previous work, this work uses more music and adds the form of musical drama. The following table records all the music used in this work.

Among them, the songs with bold text are all included in NetEase Cloud Music: Parting Moment IPartment 5 TV Series Original Soundtrack (page archive backup, stored in)

In addition, the piano soundtrack in the film is selected from: Qin Sifeng's album "To Petunia", "The Sky of Dun Morogh"

Anecdote

• Due to the work schedule, Chen He (Zeng Xiaoxian) has reduced roles, only for the special appearance of this season.
• The actor Li Sheng who played the role of Zhuge Dasheng is actually the spouse of Li Jiahang (Zhang Wei).
• Some of the leading actors in the previous four seasons did not participate in the show, including Wang Chuanjun (Guan Guwei), Jin Shijia (Lu Zhanbo), Zhao Ji (Lin Wanyu) and Deng Jiajia (Tang Youyou).
• The actor who played the big brother in the previous four seasons was replaced by Du Jun and Wang Yunfan this season.
• The youngest protagonist in the drama is the only post-00s Zhuge Dali, but in fact the results of the cast are not post-00s; the youngest lead actor is Wan Seilin, who plays Curry Sauce.

Evaluation and Controversy

Douban score

After its launch, IPartment 5 has a rating of 4.6 out of 10 on Douban, making it the lowest rating in the history of the IPartment 5 TV series, while the previous four Love Apartments TV series have all scored above 7 on Douban, and even the extras have scored above 6. However, as the drama progresses, the audience's praise for the episodes increases and they can gradually understand the director's original intention for the musical and other new forms. The Douban rating has risen slightly. By mid-February 2020, the Douban rating for Season 5 had risen back to 6.7, and by early June, it had risen to 7.0 points.

Launch scene blocks

IPartment series TV series were once accused of plagiarizing the American sitcom "Friends". In 2019, "Friends" and Lego jointly launched the 25th anniversary building blocks of "Friends"，And iPartment 5 launched a commemorative building block, which is the same as the 25th anniversary building block of "Friends".

Props sketches suspected of plagiarism

After the broadcast of "IPartment 5", some netizens pointed out that the 39 minutes and 20 seconds hand-painted manuscript in the 8th episode Speak Well and the video Old Tomato Teach You submitted by the well-known Bilibili UP host "Old Tomato" in 2017 The works appearing in Becoming a Soul Painter (Part 1 are similar, The crew of IPartment 5 apologized on Weibo, and made corrections to the relevant clips on January 15, 2020, and went live.

IPartmen5 has received mixed reviews, but the show has made a lot of new attempts to get a better broadcast, not only by injecting a lot of new blood, but also by innovating the broadcast format. There were a number of Broadway-style "songs and dances + lines" and a lot of location filming, which was rarely seen in previous episodes of Love Actually. At the same time, the series has been plagiarised in a way that has not gone unnoticed.