List of A Song to Remember episodes
Below is an episodic synopsis of A Song to Remember, which consists of 30 episodes and broadcast on MediaCorp Channel 8.
Episodic Synopsis
Episode | Title | Original Airdate | Encore date | |
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1 | "Episode 1" | November 22, 2011 | July 18, 2012 | |
In the 1930s, Shanghai is in unrest. A songstress Yu Hong is getting more popular and her jealous rival Song Qiao'er tries to harm her. Fortunately, a musician Mo Liguang saves her and both became acquainted. | ||||
2 | "Episode 2" | November 23, 2011 | July 19, 2012 | |
The Li Ming troupe travels to Singapore and Liguang ends up as a stowaway on the ship by accident, and Yu Hong helps him. Yu Hong shares her story about her long-lost love and Qiao'er decides to steal the story to make it her own. | ||||
3 | "Episode 3" | November 24, 2011 | July 20, 2012 | |
Liguang hears of Yu Hong's story and composes a song for her. Yu Hong has the idea of using the song to create a story on stage. Qiao'er steals her ideas and presents it to the troupe leader. Yu Hong is furious. | ||||
4 | "Episode 4" | November 25, 2011 PG | July 23, 2012 PG | |
In Singapore, Xu Kun has taken fancy to Liu Jiumei and wants to have her for the night. Jiumei runs away and bumps into Liguang. Liguang's aunt Ba-jie makes him stay with her tenants to collect rent. He not only fails to collect rent, he gets bullied as well. | ||||
5 | "Episode 5" | November 28, 2011 PG | July 24, 2012 PG | |
Liguang comes down with a high fever and Jiumei sings at a tea house to raise money for medicine. Yu Hong hears and rewards her for her good singing. Xiaoxiao also uses the money for the loansharks to help get more medicine for Liguang. | ||||
6 | "Episode 6" | November 29, 2011 PG | July 25, 2012 PG | |
Qiao'er wants to suppress Yu Hong and prevents Yu Hong from performing on stage. Yu Hong decides she has had enough of the bullying and she plots her own revenge by using a needle to hurt Qiao'er. As such, Qiao'er's performance suddenly ends for the segment. | ||||
7 | "Episode 7" | November 30, 2011 | July 26, 2012 | |
Qiao'er is furious at being set up and says that Yu Hong was the one who caused her bad performance. Xiaoyue jumps to Yu Hong's defense, which angers Qiao'er more. She tells the troupe leader she will not perform unless Yu Hong and Xiaoyue get punished. The troupe leader has no choice but to disallow the two from performing. | ||||
8 | "Episode 8" | December 1, 2011 PG | July 27, 2012 PG | |
Yu Hong seeks Xu Kun's help as she knows that Qiao'er will do harm to her. Xu Kun keeps to his word and protects her when her life becomes endangered. Yu Hong is grateful, unaware that she has already slipped into his manipulative clutches. | ||||
9 | "Episode 9" | December 2, 2011 PG | July 30, 2012 PG | |
Qiao'er's performance at the cabaret is a success and Xu Kun celebrates with her. He discloses that he knows that Yu Hong's attack has something to do with her. Qiao'er knows she cannot hide the truth and seeks Xu Kun's help. He agrees on the condition that she spends the night with him. | ||||
10 | "Episode 10" | December 5, 2011 PG | July 31, 2012 PG | |
Xiaocui is sick but is forced by her father to continue serving customers. Liguang and Jiumei try to save her but Jiumei ends up being caught by Xiaocui's father as well, and both girls are kidnapped. | ||||
11 | "Episode 11" | December 6, 2011 PG | August 1, 2012 PG | |
Hua-gu looks for Opium Dregs Qing to thrash things out. He gets Salted Fish to back him up. Mo Liguang asks Xiaoxiao to look for Uncle Hong and his team for help. Under everyone's assistance, they manage to save Jiumei. | ||||
12 | "Episode 12" | December 7, 2011 PG | August 2, 2012 PG | |
Yu Hong's performance as a lovelorn songstress in the musical receives tremendous popularity. Ye Jun tries to harm Yu Hong by putting medicine in her tea to ruin her voice. Xiaoyue discovers in time and stops Yu Hong from drinking the tea. | ||||
13 | "Episode 13" | December 8, 2011 | August 3, 2012 | |
Jiumei and Xiaoxiao bring Liguang to see Yu Hong at the cabaret. Liguang is nervous and excited. When he finally spots her, she walks to welcome Xu Kun and ignores Liguang. | ||||
14 | "Episode 14" | December 9, 2011 | August 6, 2012 | |
Yu Hong has not forgotten Liguang after all, and even invites him to watch her performance. Qiao'er tries to steal Yu Hong's concept again. This time, Yu Hong doesn't back down. She tells Qiao'er to form her own musical and let the audience decide which is better. | ||||
15 | "Episode 15" | December 12, 2011 PG | August 7, 2012 PG | |
Aunt Sweet Potato is forced to sell herself. Liguang and Xiaoxiao disguise themselves as Sikh policemen to save her. In the process Xiaoxiao grabs the opportunity cause trouble, much to Jiumei's disagreement. However, Xiaoxiao feels he has done nothing wrong and buys roast meat for everyone. Aunt Snake sees the meat and accuses Dada of stealing her meat. | ||||
16 | "Episode 16" | December 13, 2011 | August 8, 2012 | |
Yu Hong and Qiao'er compete and plan their individual dances. However, as Qiao'er seems to know exactly what Yu Hong will perform, Yu Hong is unable to tell what Qiao'er will perform. As a last resort, Yu Hong uses Liguang's new song as her performance piece. | ||||
17 | "Episode 17" | December 14, 2011 PG | August 10, 2012 PG | |
Qiao'er wants to get rid of Yu Hong and plans with Ye Jun to hurt Yu Hong. However, Ye Jun eventually shows his true colours when he grabs hold of Qiao'er instead. Qiao'er reveals that she suspected all along that he could not be trusted. She douses Yu Hong with oil, with the intention of lighting her on fire. | ||||
18 | "Episode 18" | December 15, 2011 PG | August 13, 2012 PG | |
Yu Hong is accused of killing Qiao'er and she needs Xu Kun's help. While Xu Kun claims to help out of his goodwill, Yu Hong realizes too late that she has been manipulated by Xu Kun all along. She has no choice now but to listen to him. | ||||
19 | "Episode 19" | December 16, 2011 PG | August 14, 2012 PG | |
Yu Hong saves Jiumei out with Xu Kun's help, and becomes the number one songstress without Qiao'er. When the troupe leader leaves for Shanghai, Yu Hong is given control of the troupe and she invites Liguang to be part of her team. Liguang is grateful. | ||||
20 | "Episode 20" | December 19, 2011 PG Some Violence | August 15, 2012 PG Some Violence | |
Xiaoxiao comes out to attack Xu Kun again but this time, Xu Kun is prepared. Xiaoxiao is hurt in the process. Xu Kun vows to hunt him down, and Yu Hong is worried for his safety. | ||||
21 | "Episode 21" | December 20, 2011 PG | August 16, 2012 PG | |
An injured Xiaoxiao sends Dada off on his final journey and is spotted by Limping Dragon, who wants to take him in. Xiaoxiao has no choice but to leave. Xu Kun nearly recognizes Xiaoxiao as the bandit but fortunately, Yu Hong distracts him. | ||||
22 | "Episode 22" | December 21, 2011 PG | August 17, 2012 PG | |
Xiaoxiao returns as “Laughing” and wreaks havoc on the rich, and steals for the poor. Limping Dragon tries his best to catch “Laughing” but to no avail. Xiaoxiao even manages to enter Xu Kun’s mansion to give him a good scare. | ||||
23 | "Episode 23" | December 22, 2011 PG | August 20, 2012 PG | |
With the troupe leader away to a foreign land, the troupe is in dire straits and Yu Hong has no choice but to ask Xu Kun for help. Xu Kun tells her that Lin Richuan can help but hints that Richuan will want something in return. Yu Hong understands what she will have to sacrifice and is torn between saving the troupe and sacrificing herself. | ||||
24 | "Episode 24" | December 23, 2011 PG | August 21, 2012 PG | |
Ye Jun secretly dresses Jiumei up to bring her to Xu Kun's mansion. He tells her that if she wants to be famous she would need to pander with Xu Kun. However, Jiumei refuses and tries to hurt herself. Xu Kun pretends to be concerned and tells her that he will not force her to do anything she doesn't want to. | ||||
25 | "Episode 25" | December 26, 2011 PG | August 22, 2012 PG | |
Jiumei appears on stage for the first time and receives praises for her performance. However when she returns to her usual hard labour chores, she gets mocked at. She relishes the idea of being a star and looks forward to going on stage again. | ||||
26 | "Episode 26" | December 27, 2011 PG Some Violence | August 23, 2012 PG Some Violence | |
Aunt Sweet Potato collapses, and Aunt Sweet Potato's daughters are kidnapped. Jiumei decides to sing to collect some money for her family's medical fees. Boss Hong makes trouble to kill Black Snake, and also together with Limping Dragon to lure "Laughing" out. Xiaoxiao is furious. He later reappears as "Laughing" and kills Boss Hong and one of his accomplices. Meanwhile, after Chen Ji killed Aunt Snake, "Laughing" lets Chen Ji be his scapegoat. Limping Dragon shoots the fake "Laughing". He decides to conveniently allow Chen Ji to be "Laughing", to which Limping Dragon announces the case solved. | ||||
27 | "Episode 27" | December 28, 2011 | August 24, 2012 PG | |
Xu Kun sends presents to Jiumei, and even invites her to lunch. Xiaoyue is displeased about it, but however, Jiumei does not like a bit about Xu Kun. After she leaves Xu Kun in the middle of their lunch, Yu Hong receives a telephone call from Xu Kun, and replacing the role of which Xiaoyue was about to act to Jiumei. Jiumei tries to deny the replacement, but however, she gets mocked at for refusing. This even strained Jiumei's relationship with Liguang. Xiaoyue even tries to harm Jiumei by putting medicine in her tea to ruin her voice, similar to what Ye Jun does in the past. Meanwhile, Yu Hong was drugged by Xu Kun's men before sacrificing herself to Lin Richuan. Liguang tries to save her. Not only he fails to do so, he was also beaten up. | ||||
28 | "Episode 28" | December 29, 2011 PG | August 27, 2012 PG | |
Yu Hong shares information about Xu Kun and Lin Richuan as Japanese spies to Chen Guosheng. Ye Jun overhears, and sent a hitman to kill Chen Guosheng. Meanwhile, Hua-gu owes a huge debt and Ba Jie will send Hua-gu to the brothel if she doesn't return the debt. Jiumei cannot bear to see this happen and asks Xu Kun for help, telling him apart from betraying herself, she is willing to do anything in return for his help. Xu Kun immediately buys over the troupe, but however swopped Jiumei and Yu Hong's musical roles, much to Jiumei's disagreement. Yu Hong is devastated, and feels sick afterwards. | ||||
29 | "Episode 29" | December 30, 2011 PG | August 28, 2012 PG | |
Xiaoyue is furious and wants to burn Jiumei. Qiao'er stops her in time and claims that Xiaoyue is acting under Yu Hong's orders. Jiumei cannot believe that Yu Hong would want to destroy her. | ||||
30 | "Episode 30 (Finale)" | January 2, 2012 PG Some Violence | August 29, 2012 PG Some Violence | |
Qiao'er wants to kill Xu Kun, Yu Hong and Jiumei. Mo Liguang rescues both Yu Hong and Jiumei in the nick of time, but leaves the already killed Xu Kun in the raging fire. Qiao'er is nowhere to be found after that. The musical opens and Yu Hong prepares for the main lead. Nobody in the theatre knows that Qiao'er is hiding in the theatre and plotting her next move... |
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See also
- List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8
- A Song to Remember
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