# Don't Dare to Dream

Don't Dare to Dream, also known as Jealousy Incarnate (Korean: 질투의 화신), is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Gong Hyo-jin, Jo Jung-suk, Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Mi-sook, Park Ji-young, Lee Sung-jae, and Seo Ji-hye. It aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) on SBS from August 24 to November 10, 2016, for 24 episodes.

## Synopsis

Weather caster, Pyo Na-ri (Gong Hyo-jin), and news anchor, Lee Hwa-shin (Jo Jung-suk), are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri had a crush on Hwa-shin three years ago but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won (Go Kyung-pyo), a chaebol heir and close friend of Hwa-shin.
Meanwhile, Sung-sook (Lee Mi-sook) and Ja-young (Park Ji-young), who are rivals in both love and career, get entangled with Kim Rak (Lee Sung-jae), a restaurant owner and landlord of the building where Na-ri lives.

## Cast
### Main

* Gong Hyo-jin as Pyo Na-ri
    Na-ri is a weather broadcaster with an optimistic personality. Graduating from a third-rate college and having no money or connections, Na-ri is full of insecurities, but continues to persevere and work hard to keep her place at the station. She used to have a crush on Hwa-shin for 3 years.
* Jo Jung-suk as Lee Hwa-shin
    Hwa-shin is a star reporter and news anchor with a great education and family background. He has a proud, competitive and macho personality; and gets jealous when Na-ri is with Jung-won as he starts developing feelings for her.
* Go Kyung-pyo as Go Jung-won
    A polite, friendly man who is serious when it comes to love. Jung-won is the boss of a publishing company, and a chaebol heir of a large corporation that manages several luxury clothing brands. He falls for Na-ri at first sight.
* Lee Mi-sook as Kye Sung-sook
    A reporter-turned-anchorwoman. Jong-shin's first wife and Ppal-gang's mother.
* Park Ji-young as Bang Ja-young
    Department head of SBC station and announcer. Jong-shin's second wife.
* Lee Sung-jae as Kim Rak
    Chef and owner of a restaurant, and landlord to Nari and her family. A kind and caring man who cares for his tenants like family. Jung-won's uncle.
* Seo Ji-hye as Hong Hye-won
    The daughter of the Senior Secretary to the President for Public Affairs and a news anchor for the 7PM news. She's intelligent and capable in her career. However, in her 29 years of life, she hasn't had one ordeal to deal with and she doesn't believe people are equal, making her conceited.

### Supporting
#### Crazy 18

* Moon Ka-young as Lee Ppal-gang, Hwa-shin's niece
* Kim Jung-hyun as Pyo Chi-yeol, Na-ri's brother
* Ahn Woo-yeon as Oh Dae-goo

#### People around Hwa Shin

* Park Jung-soo as Hwa-shin's mother
* Yoon Da-hoon as Lee Jong-shin, Hwa-shin's brother and Ppal-gang's father

#### People around Jung Won

* Choi Hwa-jung as Kim Tae-ra, Jung-won's mother and Kim Rak's sister
* Park Sung-hoon as Secretary Cha

#### People at SBC broadcasting company

* Kwon Hae-hyo as Oh Jong-hwan
* Jung Sang-hoon as Choi Dong-ki
* Yoo Jae-myung as Uhm Ki-dae
* Park Hwan-hee as Keum Soo-jung
* Park Eun-ji as Park Jin
* Seo Yu-ri as Hong Ji-min
* Kim Ye-won as Na Joo-hee
* Jun Ji-an as Im Soo-mi
* Yoo Jung-rae as Kan Mi-young
* Lee Chae-won as Yang Sung-sook
* Park Seo-young as Jang Hee-soo
* Sung Chang-hoon as New agency staff
* Lee Myung-haeng as 7 o'clock news anchor

#### People at Rak Villa

* Seo Eun-soo as Ri Hong-dan, Na-ri and Chi-yeol's step mother
* Sul Woo-hyung as Pyo Bum, Na-ri's step brother
* Suh Hyun-suk as Lee Seung-han

#### People at Sun Hospital

* Bae Hae-sun as Keum Suk-ho, Oncologist
* Park Jin-joo as Nurse Oh Jin-joo

### Extended

* Min Jung-sub
* Song Ha-rim as School office clerk who attended the festival
* Yeo Un-bok as surgeon
* Choi Kyu-sik as Taxi driver
* Lee Do-yeop
* Jang Hae-min
* Lee Yoon-sang as Executive Officer of Yonee Group's hotel
* Kwan Eun-soo

### Special appearances

* BamBam as Guy in Thailand nightclub (Ep. 1)
* Vivian Cha as Guy's girlfriend (Ep. 1)
* Yoo Jae-myung as news anchor
* Lee Jung-eun as Orthopaedist
* Oh Se-deuk as Chinese restaurant chef
* Jung Kyung-sun as Pyo Na-ri's mother
* Han Ji-min as Han Ji-min, Hwa-shin's blind date (Ep. 11)
* Kim Kyung-ran as announcer open recruitment judge (Ep. 14)
* Ahn Hye-kyung as announcer applicant (Ep. 14)
* Jun Hyun-moo as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14)
* Oh Jung-yeon as announcer applicant (Ep. 14)
* Kim Yoon-sang as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14)
* Lee Sun-kyun Na-ri's blind date (Voice) (Ep. 15)
* Ko Sung-hee as Hong Soo-young, Hwa-shin and Jung-won's first love (Ep. 17)

## Broadcast rights bidding

KBS 2TV and SBS both expressed interest in broadcast rights for Don't Dare to Dream. When the casting was first announced in February 2016, the drama was then in talks to air on KBS 2TV, but SBS decided to join the bidding war. In April 2016, it was announced that SBS won the drama's broadcast rights.

## Original soundtrack
### Charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Remarks |
| Title | Year | KOR Gaon | Sales | Remarks |
| "Lovesome" (Ra.D) | 2016 | 95 | KOR: 21,269+ | Part 2 |
| "Step Step" (Suran) | 2016 | 90 | KOR: 90,593+ | Part 3 |
| "Would You Come to Me" (Brother Su) | 2016 | 87 | KOR: 42,407+ | Part 4 |

## Ratings

| Ep. | Broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Broadcast date | TNmS | TNmS | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | August 24, 2016 | 6.9% (NR) | 8.8% (12th) | 7.3% (19th) | 8.1% (17th) |
| 2 | August 25, 2016 | 7.9% (18th) | 9.1% (12th) | 8.3% (15th) | 9.2% (13th) |
| 3 | August 31, 2016 | 8.0% (20th) | 10.3% (11th) | 8.7% (13th) | 10.1% (9th) |
| 4 | September 1, 2016 | 8.6% (14th) | 10.0% (7th) | 9.1% (10th) | 9.9% (8th) |
| 5 | September 7, 2016 | 8.2% (18th) | 10.0% (11th) | 9.9% (7th) | 11.2% (5th) |
| 6 | September 8, 2016 | 8.2% (17th) | 10.0% (11th) | 9.2% (11th) | 10.7% (6th) |
| 7 | September 14, 2016 | 7.6% (NR) | 9.1% (8th) | 8.1% (11th) | 9.1% (9th) |
| 8 | September 15, 2016 | 10.3% (7th) | 11.5% (4th) | 10.1% (4th) | 11.9% (4th) |
| 9 | September 21, 2016 | 10.1% (10th) | 13.1% (4th) | 12.3% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 10 | September 22, 2016 | 10.2% (8th) | 12.9% (4th) | 13.2% (4th) | 14.8% (4th) |
| 11 | September 28, 2016 | 10.2% (12th) | 11.9% (5th) | 12.1% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 12 | September 29, 2016 | 11.4% (6th) | 13.6% (4th) | 12.3% (4th) | 13.5% (4th) |
| 13 | October 5, 2016 | 9.5% (13th) | 11.6% (5th) | 11.9% (5th) | 13.2% (4th) |
| 14 | October 6, 2016 | 11.8% (7th) | 14.1% (4th) | 12.6% (4th) | 13.9% (4th) |
| 15 | October 12, 2016 | 10.2% (11th) | 12.8% (4th) | 11.2% (6th) | 11.8% (5th) |
| 16 | October 13, 2016 | 11.2% (8th) | 13.1% (2nd) | 11.7% (6th) | 12.9% (3rd) |
| 17 | October 19, 2016 | 9.8% (13th) | 12.7% (4th) | 11.3% (6th) | 12.9% (4th) |
| 18 | October 20, 2016 | 10.4% (11th) | 12.6% (5th) | 11.8% (6th) | 13.1% (4th) |
| 19 | October 26, 2016 | 8.8% (15th) | 11.7% (5th) | 10.2% (6th) | 11.5% (5th) |
| 20 | October 27, 2016 | 10.0% (11th) | 12.1% (5th) | 10.2% (7th) | 11.4% (5th) |
| 21 | November 2, 2016 | 9.1% (15th) | 11.3% (5th) | 9.7% (7th) | 10.7% (5th) |
| 22 | November 3, 2016 | 10.0% (14th) | 12.1% (8th) | 10.6% (7th) | 11.6% (4th) |
| 23 | November 9, 2016 | 8.0% (16th) | 10.4% (5th) | 9.4% (11th) | 10.2% (8th) |
| 24 | November 10, 2016 | 9.8% (14th) | 11.7% (5th) | 11.0% (5th) | 11.8% (4th) |
| Average | Average | 9.4% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 11.7% |
| In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. ||||||

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | 1st Asia Artist Awards | Best Artist Award, Actor | Jo Jung-suk | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Jo Jung-suk | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Jo Jung-suk | Won |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Go Kyung-pyo | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Gong Hyo-jin | Won |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Lee Mi-sook | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actor in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Jung Sang-hoon | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actress in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Seo Ji-hye | Won |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actress in a Romantic Comedy Drama | Bae Hae-sun | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | K-Wave Star Award | Jo Jung-suk | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | K-Wave Star Award | Gong Hyo Jin | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Couple | Jo Jung-suk and Gong Hyo-jin | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Couple | Lee Mi-sook and Park Ji-young | Nominated |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Top 10 Stars Award | Jo Jung-suk | Won |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Go Kyung-pyo | Won |
| 2016 | SBS Drama Awards | Idol Academy Award – Best Kiss | Jo Jung-suk and Gong Hyo-jin | Nominated |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Jo Jung-suk | Nominated |

## Miscelleanous

The show has been analyzed as "a case study of the application of the Tie-Up Theory to a romantic narrative as a form of simulation of human mating processes with social cognition valence".