Life Plan A and B
{{Infobox television
| image = Life Plan A and B (植劇場－荼蘼).jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| native_name = 植劇場－荼蘼
| writer = Mag Hsu
| director = Wang Xiaodi
Huang Tianren
| starring = Rainie Yang
Yan Yulin
Johnny Lu
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = "Traces of Time in Love 年輪說" by Rainie Yang
| endtheme = "The Lessons of Love 相愛的方法" by Rainie Yang
| composer =
| country = Taiwan
| language = Mandarin
Taiwanese Hokkien
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 6
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Wang Xiaodi
| producer = Liao Jianxing
An Zheyi
| editor =
| location = Taiwan
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 110 minutes
Fridays 10:00–11:50 pm
| company =
| channel = TTV
| first_aired = {{start date|2016|10|07}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2016|11|11}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
- Love of Sandstorm
- Jiang Teacher, You Talked About Love
}}
}}
Life Plan A and B ({{zh|t=荼蘼|p=Tú mí}}) is a 2016 Taiwanese melodrama created and produced by TTV. It stars Rainie Yang, Yan Yulin and Johnny Lu. It is the second instalment in Q Series. First original broadcast began on October 7, 2016 on TTV airing every Friday night from 10:00-11:50 pm.{{cite web|title=楊丞琳睽違5年回來拍台劇！ 甜笑紅唇照5張先曝光|url=http://star.ettoday.net/news/690675|website=ETtoday新聞雲|accessdate=21 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20160502003561-260404|title=推掉1.2億邀約 楊丞琳只為演荼蘼 - 中時電子報|website=chinatimes.com|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
Synopsis
Ru Wei and You Yan have a simple relationship. But in every simple relationship there are many difficulties. They are not rich, but they try very hard to enjoy life; even if it means for their three meals a day they only eat instant noodles, they can still make hundreds of flavours. They are very serious about their relationship and trying their best to achieve something in life – hoping one day they can become who they want to become. One day, Ru Wei has a 'lucky chance' in life. Her company wants to send her to Shanghai, with a promotion and higher pay. These two who are deeply in love cannot bear to have a long distance relationship. With all the uncertainties in their future, can they still stand by each other? If your life "schedule" suddenly changes and forces you to choose between love and career, how can you choose one? Will you also be swaying between the two, unable to decide what to do? If only we can know the outcomes of both options before we choose one, how much better and easier would that be...
Cast
- Rainie Yang as Zheng Ru-Wei
- Yan Yulin as Tang You-Yan
- Johnny Lu as Rong Yi-Chao, Ethan
- Ru-Wei's supervisor in Shanghai
- Chang Fu-chien as Tang De-Gang
- You Yan's father
- Chen Chi-hsia as Zhou Ya-Qing
- You Yan's mother
- Andy Wu as Zhao Hui
- Ricie Fun as Gao Mei-Yu
- Hsieh Ying-hsuan as Ms. Zhang
- Diane Lin as Tang You-Shan
- You-Yan's younger sister
- Heaven Hai as Real estate agent
Soundtrack
- Opening theme: "Traces of Time in Love 年輪說" by Rainie Yang
- Ending theme: "The Lessons of Love 相愛的方法" by Rainie Yang
- "Being Single 單" by Rainie Yang
- "How Sad 多難得" by Yvonne Hsieh
Episode ratings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Air date | Episode | Average ratings | Rank |
| October 7, 2016 | 1 | 0.57 | 4 |
| October 14, 2016 | 2 | {{colour|blue|0.56}} | 4 |
| October 21, 2016 | 3 | 0.67 | 4 |
| October 28, 2016 | 4 | rowspan=2|0.64 | 4 |
| November 4, 2016 | 5 | 4 | |
| November 11, 2016 | 6 | {{colour|red|0.92}} | 3 |
| colspan="2"|Average ratings|| 0.66 || - |
|---|
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Ceremony ! Category ! Nominee ! Result |
| rowspan=5 | 2017
| 22nd Asian Television Awards{{cite web|title=【恭喜】蔡振南奪亞洲電視奬視帝 楊貴媚獲最佳女配 {{!}} 蘋果日報|url=https://tw.entertainment.appledaily.com/realtime/20171201/1251826/|website=蘋果日報|accessdate=December 1, 2017|language=zh-TW}} | Best Original Screenplay | Mag Hsu | {{won}} |
| rowspan=3 | 52nd Golden Bell Awards
| Best Leading Actress in a Television Series | Rainie Yang | {{nom}} |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series
| Johnny Lu | {{nom}} |
| Best Writing for a Television Series
| Mag Hsu | {{nom}} |
| 12th Seoul International Drama Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.seouldrama.org/EN/infoCenter/InformationView.aspx?pageNo=1&idx=770|website=seouldrama.org|title=Seoul International Drama Awards|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
| Best Mini-series | Life Plan A and B | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/lifeplanAandB Life Plan A and B Facebook]
- {{IMDb title|tt7034962}}
Category:2016 Taiwanese television series debuts
Category:2016 Taiwanese television series endings
Category:Taiwan Television original programming