Monday, March 16, 2009

TVB The Winter Melon Tale 大冬瓜



20 Episodes

Cast
Sunny Chan
Louisa So
Liu Kai Chi
Nancy Wu
Ellesmere Choi
Rain Lau
Rachel Kan
Angelina Lo
Fiona Yuen
Chun Wong

synopsis
FAN TUNG (Liu Kai Chi) is one of the four deities under the Stove God. He has offended the Queen Mother of the West of being ravenous and gets imprisoned for 500 years in the winter melon. By chance TIN TAI KWAI (Chan Kam Hung) and his wife CHUNG PIK YUK (So Yuk Wah) free him from constraint. TUNG has crashed with KWAI's older brother TIN TAI FU (also played by Liu Kai Chi) accidentally and his spirit enters FU's body inexplicably while losing all his instincts.

TUNG starts living in KWAI's house and getting closer to the family. YUK finds suspicious TUNG and she tries to unmask him by all means. Having failed in his attempt to return to Heaven, TUNG becomes reliant on the help of six little deities who assimilated his instincts released from the melon, and since then TUNG is aware of the fickleness of human nature. One day, FU's truant wife LING FUNG (Lau Yuk Chui) suddenly returns. She ruins everything and even causes the death of KWAI. In order to get his life back, TUNG illicitly breaks into the netherworld.

神仙變兄長
某日,雜貨店老闆田大貴﹝陳錦鴻飾﹞與妻鍾碧玉﹝蘇玉華飾﹞在深山發現一個大冬瓜,貴誤打誤撞下解開了封印著大冬瓜的金鎖,一個自稱是神仙范統﹝廖啟智飾﹞的男子破瓜而出,統見玉手持金鎖,誤會玉乃恩人,願意成全他們願望,作為報答救命之恩。可是,玉以為統是妖怪,帶著貴急忙逃回家。

那邊廂,貴兄長田大富﹝廖啟智分飾﹞遇上債主追債,糾纏之間,富不慎掉下山崖。卻與統撞個正著,統當場暈倒。統醒來,卻見自己躺在床上,原來統被貴救回。統急忙出示乾坤袋中法寶解釋自己是神仙,誰知乾坤袋遺失了,統又想展示法力,卻無法可施。後經玉姐夫名醫屈基﹝蔡子健飾﹞診治,認定統墮崖之時撞傷了頭,以致神智不清,胡說八道。統別無他法,只好於貴、玉家中住下。

六個小神仙
另方面,六小仙找至。原來統是為食神仙,因吃掉仙女紗為皇母賀壽準備之極品蟠桃冬瓜盅,被罰囚禁於大冬瓜內思過,而紗則被貶凡間,要經歷九難九劫方可重回仙界。統被困期間,竟連旁邊依附生長之動植物亦沾染仙氣而成為小仙。小仙們懷疑統之所以失去法力,皆因有恩未報之故,提議統盡快報卻玉解救之恩,好使早日恢復法力,離開富肉身。

那邊廂,玉千方百計籌錢,好贖回雜貨店,更因此事求助外家,卻飽遭基白眼。貴本想於爛地耕種,自力更身,奈何爛地無法耕種,也不宜建屋,玉感氣結。

於是小仙們利用法力幫貴、玉,令鎮上金有福﹝魯文傑飾﹞等惡人以為爛地有寶,以雜貨店換取爛地,玉終於得以做回老闆娘。

真相大白
貴、玉無意中揭穿統非富,統唯有把真相和盤托出,貴得知親兄已死,大受打擊,玉卻不信,認定統是騙子,有心謀財害命,統被逼叫出小仙們展示法力,以證明神仙身份。貴得知真相,求統保守秘密,以免田小康﹝王秉熹飾﹞得知親父已死難過,但對於如何應付大嫂凌鳳﹝劉玉翠飾﹞,卻大感頭痛。

玉得知統之真正身份,心知統要向其報恩,乘機搵統著數,統因玉是恩人,無從反抗。統無意中見到貴身上玉佩,認出正是當年天庭仙女紗之信物,誤會貴是紗轉世,統對貴處處關懷。玉誤會統有龍陽之癖,引來笑話連場。

狐妖報復
偶然下,統從玉弟鍾耀祖﹝胡諾言飾﹞處尋回乾坤袋。原來當日祖拾到乾坤袋,且好奇試用,但因不懂使用法寶,以致烏龍百出。由於祖用過法寶,引起伺機向統復仇之狐妖名妓霍思思﹝胡定欣飾﹞的注意,但因思被照妖鏡所傷,被逼躲回青樓養傷暫避。

恢復法力
統雖已一再報恩給玉,卻仍被困於富肉身之內,統心生懷疑,最終發現貴才是真正把自己從大冬瓜解救出來之恩人。統向貴出示法寶,追問貴有何願望,答應定必幫貴願望成真,誰知此事卻被鳳知曉,搶去法寶,一時口快,竟說出「乜鬼都要」。鳳話口未完,統恢復法力,衝出富肉身,直飛天庭。

統恢復所有法力,正感大喜之際,小仙們卻感到不妥,統急忙打開天眼,果見貴、玉、鳳等正被各種鬼怪包圍。統急忙下凡收服一眾鬼怪,卻見鳳已被嚇死。貴求統相救。統無奈使出偷天換日法力,令鳳起死回生。但生死有命,地府要一命賠一命,找了貴來填數。玉忽然喪夫,指統恩將仇報,害死了貴,統卻心中竊喜,因貴經歷此最後一劫後,便可重返天庭,於是敷衍幾句,便趕回天庭,一心與紗再續前緣。

統於天庭遲遲不見紗出現,追查之下,方知自己搞錯,原來玉才是紗轉世,統心感一時糊塗,竟令貴這個好人枉死。為了救回貴,統不惜硬闖地府,只見貴已半隻腳踏入輪迴,幸得統等施展法力,及時把貴強行拉回。誰知貴重返陽間後,竟性情大變,變了個為求目的不擇手段之奸險小人。

一波未平,一波又起,統為了救貴動用法力,令狐妖得知統正是仇人為食神仙,決向統報仇…