Jewel in the Palace

Jewel in the Palace

2003 8.5 1 Seasons 54 Episodes Ended

Overview

Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.

Seasons

Episode 01 E1

Episode 01

Sep 15, 2003

At the time of King Sung Jong in 1482, a deputy officer delivers the order from the King to bestow poison on deposed Queen Yoon as a death penalty. Ch...

Episode 02 E2

Episode 02

Sep 16, 2003

8 years has passed and the story now takes place in March, 1504. Seo, working as a smith, and Park, as a homemaker, have settled down in a rural vill...

Episode 03 E3

Episode 03

Sep 22, 2003

Not able to bear her hunger, JangGeum enters DugGoo’s brewery to ask for some food. She is falsely charged as a thief but DugGoo’s wife feels affectio...

Episode 04 E4

Episode 04

Sep 23, 2003

Court lady Han prepares a new dish for the King’s midnight meal and serves it. Because of Court lady Han’s exceptional culinary skills, the incident g...

Episode 05 E5

Episode 05

Sep 29, 2003

While JagnGeum is practicing pine nut preparation under the moon light, she gets the chance to talk to GeumYoung. Not knowing who GeumYoung is, JangGe...

Episode 06 E6

Episode 06

Sep 30, 2003

Even after she becomes an adult, because JangGeum still cannot keep her curiosity under control and has to see for herself whatever she needs to know,...

Episode 07 E7

Episode 07

Oct 06, 2003

Every Court Lady and SaengGakSi, including Court Lady Jung, tries their very best to spare JangGeum’s life. Fortunately, JangGeum is released from Nae...

Episode 08 E8

Episode 08

Oct 07, 2003

Every Court Lady and SaengGakSi, including Court Lady Jung, tries their very best to spare JangGeum’s life. Fortunately, JangGeum is released from Nae...

Episode 09 E9

Episode 09

Oct 13, 2003

On her way back to the palace, JangGeum stops by the Royal library to drop off a letter for Jung, WoonBaek and encounters Min, JungHo. On the day she ...

Episode 10 E10

Episode 10

Oct 14, 2003

The jurors of the NaIn Qualification Exam including the Chief Court Lady decide to disqualify JangGeum on the basis of her inability to keep the ingre...

Episode 11 E11

Episode 11

Oct 20, 2003

A cold noodle dish cooked with mineral water is highly praised by King JoongJong, and GeumYoung and JangGeum win recognition from Court Lady Han. Cour...

Episode 12 E12

Episode 12

Oct 21, 2003

Chief Court Lady stops Court Lady Jung while taking JangGeum and GeumYoung to Royal Military office for a trial. Chief Court Lady persuades Court Lady...

Episode 13 E13

Episode 13

Oct 27, 2003

JangGeum proves that the cause of the Prince being paralyzed is not from the food poisoning but from ginseng, maximizing the effect of nutmeg by takin...

Episode 14 E14

Episode 14

Oct 28, 2003

Court Lady Han encourages JangGeum by allowing her the chance to cook smothered prawn and Tofu Casserole. Court Lady Choi reveals to GeumYoung the sec...

Episode 15 E15

Episode 15

Nov 03, 2003

Court Lady Han orders JangGeum to cook bean paste soup to serve King JoongJong. The King is very satisfied with the dish. Court Lady Jung explains to ...

Episode 16 E16

Episode 16

Nov 04, 2003

Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung are stunned when King JoongJong speaks very highly of the whale meat dish JangGeum has cooked. Court Lady Choi suggests ...

Episode 17 E17

Episode 17

Nov 10, 2003

Court Lady Han and JangGeum lose the first competition. Court Lady Han scolds JangGeum for only concentrating on finding good ingredients and recipes ...

Episode 18 E18

Episode 18

Nov 11, 2003

GeumYoung witnesses JangGeum and Min talking to each other in the temple and returns to the palace feeling miserable. GeumYoung looks back into the pa...

Episode 19 E19

Episode 19

Nov 17, 2003

Chief Court Lady reports to the Queen mother that employees are being released from the palace due to the plague and that Court Lady Jung is among the...

Episode 20 E20

Episode 20

Nov 18, 2003

Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung serve ManHanJunSuk (all kinds of oily delicacies) to the chief ambassador and Oh, GyumHo asks him to punish Court Lady H...

Episode 21 E21

Episode 21

Nov 24, 2003

Court Lady Han looks back up on her days spent with NaIn Park, JangGuem’s mother, and decides the dish she will prepare for the Royal Culinary Competi...

Episode 22 E22

Episode 22

Nov 25, 2003

Knowing Court Lady Han has not yet returned, the Queen mother tries to stop the competition but the Queen’s earnest request to continue the competitio...

Episode 23 E23

Episode 23

Dec 01, 2003

Court Lady Jung falls ill and gets removed from the palace as the Royal regulations do not allow anyone but the King and his immediate family to die i...

Episode 24 E24

Episode 24

Dec 02, 2003

Queen announces the rematch between Court Lady Choi and Han to the palace and decides the subject for the competition should be rice cooking. Only two...

Episode 25 E25

Episode 25

Dec 08, 2003

YoungLo steals the account book JangGeum has been working on and takes it to Court Lady Choi. In that account book, the letter which Na-In Park has le...

Episode 26 E26

Episode 26

Dec 09, 2003

JangGeum and Court Lady Han find out that the letter unveiling the secret of the death of NaIn Park has disappeared. Court Lady Han suspects Court Lad...

Episode 27 E27

Episode 27

Dec 15, 2003

King JoongJong falls into a faint after returning from his trip to a hot spring, where he has recovered his health with a hot-spring cure and duck dis...

Episode 28 E28

Episode 28

Dec 16, 2003

As chief Royal Military guard insists, everyone relating to the incident, including Court Lady Choi and JangGeum, gather to the Royal Kitchen. The opi...

Episode 29 E29

Episode 29

Dec 22, 2003

JangGeum tries to escape to HanYang City but fails every time. One day, JangDug, a government servant, tells JangGeum how to escape. However, JangGeum...

Episode 30 E30

Episode 30

Dec 23, 2003

JangGeum finds out the only way for a government slave to return to the palace and goes to JangDug to learn medicine. JangDug teaches the medicine ski...

Episode 31 E31

Episode 31

Jan 05, 2004

Unable to forgive herself for making a mistake in performing acupuncture on JangDug, JangGeum studies hard to better herself. Min, JungHo leaves JeJu ...

Episode 32 E32

Episode 32

Jan 06, 2004

JangGeum is taken to the royal military guard office for interrogation. Min, JungHo visits the royal military guard office to prove JangGeum’s service...

Episode 33 E33

Episode 33

Jan 12, 2004

Entering JeonEuiGam’s (the royal medical department in charge of educating and administration work) training area JangGeum faces difficulties straight...

Episode 34 E34

Episode 34

Jan 13, 2004

While diagnosing patients’ illnesses with SinBi, JangGeum realizes that she has been solely relying on her limited knowledge of medicine rather than d...

Episode 35 E35

Episode 35

Jan 19, 2004

GeumYoung is surprised to see JangGeum at an office of eunuch department. Court Ladies from the royal kitchen and royal medical department gather at t...

Episode 36 E36

Episode 36

Jan 20, 2004

JangGeum questions the result of examination of pulse and prescription for the Queen. Eventually the Queen complains about the pain while YoulI is per...

Episode 37 E37

Episode 37

Jan 26, 2004

The Queen Mother refuses all medical treatment and loses her temper with the King. The Chief Court Lady Choi takes advantage of the situation and uses...

Episode 38 E38

Episode 38

Jan 27, 2004

The Queen Mother starts to receive medical treatments but her condition grows worse as she has waited too long for the treatment. While Shin is busy l...

Episode 39 E39

Episode 39

Feb 02, 2004

The King requests JangGeum to prepare rice cakes for his midnight meal as he misses having it ever since he tasted it at the royal Culinary Competitio...

Episode 40 E40

Episode 40

Feb 03, 2004

Min, JungHo follows JangGeum to save her and finds JangGeum in despair. As they leave the town, they encounter the people who are confined to the vill...

Episode 41 E41

Episode 41

Feb 09, 2004

JangGeum visits Court Lady Choi’s residence to provide medical treatment for food poisoning. Even though he has no alternative, Court Lady Choi feels ...

Episode 42 E42

Episode 42

Feb 10, 2004

While SinBi examines YeonSaeng’s pulse in front of Sin, IkPil, YeolI’s mistakes become obvious. Sin questions YeolI about an erroneous diagnosis but s...

Episode 43 E43

Episode 43

Feb 16, 2004

JangGeum is taken to NaeSiBoo for taking out the daily report on the King’s health but gets released with the help of the Lord SangSun. Thinking this ...

Episode 44 E44

Episode 44

Feb 17, 2004

To unveil the truth about sulfur fed duck incident, they confiscate articles from the royal kitchens and Choi’s business to thoroughly investigate. In...

Episode 45 E45

Episode 45

Feb 23, 2004

With help of JangGeum, Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung clear themselves of a false accusation of using poisonous mushroom in the King’s meal. JangGeum a...

Episode 46 E46

Episode 46

Feb 24, 2004

JangGeum’s prescription betters the King’s health and wins King and Queen’s hearts. Min has found a clue which will unveil Oh, GyumHo’s wrongdoings an...

Episode 47 E47

Episode 47

Mar 01, 2004

YoungLo visits JangGeum with a bill received from Oh and Court Lady Choi, hoping to negotiate, as she cannot trust neither Oh nor Court Lady Choi. Cou...

Episode 48 E48

Episode 48

Mar 02, 2004

In front of SaHunBoo, everyone involved in the incident gathers and the testimony of Court Lady Choi and Oh conflicts. Witnesses are called upon and t...

Episode 49 E49

Episode 49

Mar 08, 2004

JangGeum leaves the palace to look after the community health center. Having tried her best to follow her mother and Court Lady Han’s will, JangGeum s...

Episode 50 E50

Episode 50

Mar 09, 2004

After hearing the news of King JoongJong appointing JangGeum to become his royal doctor in charge, Min hands in a letter of resignation and leaves the...

Episode 51 E51

Episode 51

Mar 15, 2004

The Queen is shocked to find out that her own son, KyungWonDaeGun is suffering from smallpox. The only thing Queen can do to help her son is to hold a...

Episode 52 E52

Episode 52

Mar 16, 2004

Despite the opposition of JoaWeeJung and WooWeeJung, Min carries out King JoongJong’s order and creates a doctrine. Although she was one of her pupils...

Episode 53 E53

Episode 53

Mar 22, 2004

King JoongJong is jealous of Min as JangGeum reveals her feelings about Min to the King. On his way to visit Min, JungHo, King JoongJong eavesdrops on...

Episode 54 E54

Episode 54

Mar 23, 2004

Jang Geum's suggestion to perform surgery on the King is received with displeasure. Jang Geum is reunited with Min Jung Ho as she is sent away from th...