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AN UNEXPECTED TOP SHELF DRAMA

I really was not sure what to expect but I enjoy Xiao Zhan so I thought I would watch the first episode. I ended up watching every episode back-to-back...it was that good. Medical dramas tend to follow a standard formula. Small Town Remedy falls into this category, but it is so very well done that I didn't care. I know a drama is good when it makes me involuntarily and spontaneously laugh/ and or cry. This one did that.

The acting of everyone is brilliant. I have never seen Xiao Zhan give a bad performance. The main female lead, Jiang Yan, is inspiring in her "you-can-accomplish-anything-you-set-your-mind-to" character. My very favorite actor in this drama is, Ni Da Hong, the hospital director whose name is Long Dong Dong. This actor has been starring in dramas for almost 40 years.

The storyline is a routine formula with a couple of twists. The OST was perfect and the setting of the run-down local community hospital (formula), in an old and a wee bit dreary city, was perfectly woven into the storyline.

You know how Pursuit of Jade was an absolutely perfect drama? Well, this drama, although not perfect, gave off the same kind of vibe although on a much smaller scale. If you don't like the hospital drama genre then you possibly wouldn't like this. I'm not sure if I would rewatch this, but it is definitely worth a watch.

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