[TVB-A] The Herbalist's Manual

**sweet_angel** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 03:11 AM

Episode: 25
Year: 2005

* Reviewed by Alena
Main Characters:
Frankie Lam, Michelle Yip, Selena Li, Kenneth ma, Rebecca Chan, Law Kwoon Lan, Lau Kong, Ai Wei, Lui Kai Gee
Plot... very confusing… its long... bear with me….
Frankie plays the son of a doctor, and he himself is very interested in medicine, but his father (played by Lau Kong) forbids it because he wants Frankie to be a government official and once you become a doctor, you have to be doctor for the rest of your life.When Frankie was younger, he passed the first test that is need to become a government official but he never passed the second test, after trying many times. When he passed the first test, he and Selena Li became engaged, Selena, living with her uncle because her parents died, is not allowed to marry Frankie because he is of low rank, and both her uncle and his parents both agreed that they would only get married when Frankie passes the second test and becomes a government official, that way the can take care of her.
But because Frankie is really interested in medicine, he doesn't study and sneaks, out when his father is out looking at a patient.
Michelle plays a girl who at first pretends to be a medicine fairy but Frankie discovers that she is not a fairy.
Frankie and Michelle fall in love from the same interest in medicine and they want to complete Frankie's dream, to rewrite the Herbalist Manual, but at the same time, Frankie's brother (played by Ai Wei) had also fallen in love with Michelle. They both don't know that they have fallen in love with the same person. On the other hand, Frankie is engaged but his doesn't tell Michelle. Selena meets Kenneth in town and he falls in love with her. Kenneth also bumps into Frankie, and they have an argument, but they both have a love of medicine also, Kenneth being in training to be an imperial doctor.
So, Frankie goes off to take the test but is disqualified because he was framed for cheating. While he in the capital, his brother proposes to Michelle with the jade that belongs to Frankie, Michelle, mistaking that Frankie's brother is proposing for him, agrees. This misunderstanding leaves Frankie, Michelle, Selena and Kenneth in a love rectangle where no matter what happens, some one gets hurt.

**amy** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-03-2007, 02:03 AM

this is wasn't that good in my opinion because frankie didn't end up with michelle

**star's blink** · #3 (**permalink**) 20-04-2007, 02:33 PM

this drama is quite interesting..i have learned something from ere that i really dunno its atly can be likdat..haha..he is quite smart..and everyone acted very well..