Overview:
Angel In The Making is a Hong Kong television series produced by TVB released in 2015. Also known as Intern Nurses, this series is under the genre of medical and modern drama. Having 25 episodes in total, this drama stars Tony Hung, Eliza Sam, Pal Sinn, Alice Chan, Moon Lau and Jinny Ng.
Main Cast
Tony Hung（洪永城） as Ray Yeung/ Death Ray (杨志明）
Eliza Sam（岑丽香） as Halley Kei （祈乐）
Pal Sinn（单立文） as Kennedy Tong （唐日俊）
Alice Chan（陈炜） as Defea Cha（卓芷君）
Moon Lau（刘佩玥） as Abby Tang （邓励帧）
Jinny Ng（吴若希） as Alison Yu （俞玥爱）
Song Thoughts:
Theme Song/ Interlude 主题曲/插曲 — 《我们都受伤》Jinny Ng 吴若希
Given that this song is BOTH the theme song and the interlude, it may get too overplayed after some times, but since I’m watching this series 3 years later, online, I am able to easily skip through the theme song which is why I personally like this song. I like the fact that the lyrics are generally quite relevant to the theme of medical. One thing that I like about this song is that fact that different sections of this song has different dynamics which makes this song really versatile for more light-hearted scenes as well as more serious and dynamic scenes. The scene which this song really made an impact was the death of Patrick, this was the scene where the song hits harder than the scene and makes this scene so impactful since the lyrics were so heart-wrenchingly `close to heart`.
Review:
Overall I thought that this drama was really well-written amongst all of the TVB dramas that has been out since then. This drama kind of `stands out` amongst the rest due to the `lackluster` cast as compared to other TVB dramas, in a sense that none of the casts weren't rising siu sangs or fa dans whom they wouldn't usually do without. The plot was well-written and had a reasonable pace to it in order to keep the audience engaged. Honestly, I went into this series thinking that this was just going to be a ‘The Hippocratic Crush’ rip-off. 😝But I was pleasantly surprised because of the way that they presented the hardships of working as a nurse without trying to ‘glamour-fy’ it and keeping it real. There were definitely times where things just seemed to coincidental which just ruins the illusion of these celebrities being the character and makes this whole thing seem like a TV series again where everything just seems to be perfect but afterall, it IS a TV series. I really liked the dynamics of the rookie casts together as TUNS 6, their scenes together were light-hearted and each of these characters represented a friend that we all have in real life. The actors didn’t try to outshine each other and pull off each of their individual characters perfectly. I was really impressed by Jinny Ng’s acting in this series, I really hope that she pursued/ ‘continued’ her career in acting instead, because too be honest, her place isn’t the most ‘stable’ singer in her company right now after her maternity break and with new singers joining. Let’s move to individual character reviews：
Tony Hung（洪永城） → Ray Yeung（杨志明）
I think that Tony did amazing in this series pulling off the devil-came-alive and serious Ray. His acting was great in a sense that his character was consistent throughout the majority of this series and is able to pull off the responsible nurse look during the hospital scene and using those ‘medical-ly’ terms in his lines. Since this character is vastly different from his actually personality, it was a great opportunity for his to showcase his acting skills and I have to say that, he is quite amazing fro pulling this character off. However, something that he does need to improve on is his crying skills, it wasn’t BAD per se, it just could’ve been improved on to make his overall performance better.
Eliza Sam（岑丽香） → Halley Kei （祈乐）
Honestly, this story was written completely just for Eliza Sam and her character. This character was honestly tailored for her which explains why she completely NAILED this character! Eliza Sam is perfect for the damsel in distress and kind-hearted character and her ability to gain the audience’s sympathy is like through the roof. Her acting skills wasn’t PERFECT, but there has been a significant improvement from when I last saw her which was in Hippocratic Crush 2 as Che Che. Despite a lot of people preferring her role as Che Che over this, I really liked her character in this and thought that her performance in this series is better than it was in HC 2. Her acting and crying scenes were natural, the way she delivered her lines were suitable for her feelings at the moment which makes her performance throughout this series extremely pleasant to watch. To be completely honest, I think that this is Eliza Sam’s best character I’ve watched so far, including her role in Heart and Greed as this character is so much more multi-dimensional and deep. Overall, I think that Eliza Sam did amazing in this series in the execution of Halley Kei.
Ending:
This series was AMAZING… that is until the last episode. The finale for this series is one of the most messed up ending for a series that I have seen in a very long time. Prior to the ending was the marriage of Noddy (Toby Leung) and Chi Fung (William Chak), like what the hell, this couple literally had nothing between each other whatsoever and just decided to get married out of the blue behind the counters of the ER Department. Like honestly, there is zero logic to that. The final episode eventually had a scene where it fast forwarded two years honestly because there was way too much loose ends to be explained and tied up in the remaining 15 minutes of the series. What happened in the last 15 minutes was something else. First of all, Sylvia just casually comes back from Canada after two years in time for Defea and Kennedy’s wedding just to tell Kennedy that she has his 2-years-old daughter right after Defea gave birth to their child in the ER. Lastly… WHAT IS THE FINAL SCENE OF THE SERIES? We waited 25 episodes. 25 EPISODES, for 2 minutes worth of ‘cute couple’ scene between Ray and Halley. And what’s with the papayas in the ocean? Another question that I have is how Ray could’ve held his breath underwater for so long for Halley to shout into the ocean and collapsing in the ‘sea of papayas’ (get it? 😉.. Sorry for that bad pun) before appearing.
Phew… end of rant. All in all, I still really enjoyed this series as well as the performance of the actors in the series.
insert cute picture of Ray and Halley 😉
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