1x196 - Episode 196

February 2, 2004

In order to decline KWAI’s courtship, TODAY claims that she indulges herself in delights of leisure. But KAM presses FRANCIS and MARCO to lend KWAI money in order to please TODAY. TODAY is stunned. Yet when KWAI learns that TODAY loves to have a big family of her own, he backs off instantly. FRANCIS misconceives his eagerness to end the courtship as a marriage proposal and declares to everyone that he has been dating TODAY for a long time. KWAI regards MAY as his ideal partner upon learning that she loves pets rather than kids.

1x197 - Episode 197

February 3, 2004

MAY promises to take care of the lizard “DICE” for KWAI who has been evicted by his landlord. But MAY’s three suitors who send her lavish gifts come to him as a setback. In fact, the three men only use MAY to please their respective girlfriend and their gossips behind her back sadden her. Fearing that she will grow old alone and lonely, MAY plans to buy a flat. Short of money, she takes KELLY’s advice to enter a lucky draw that offers a flat as the grand prize. She asks KWAI to send out the ticket but KWAI has another idea….

1x198 - Episode 198

February 4, 2004

With DICE gone missing and the lucky draw fantasy shattered, MAY is later inspired to study Chinese medicine. KELLY and others find the idea hilarious. In aiding MAY through the examination, KWAI hurts his angle but doesn’t voice any complaints. MAY suspects that ATHENA has killed DICE and prepared a soup of the creature. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, KWAI confesses that he has set the creature free to nature. When KAM tells MAY that KWAI has a crush on her, she is determined to reject his love…

1x199 - Episode 199

February 5, 2004

Rumor has it that a mistress has come to Honey Cave from the mainland to look for her husband in Hong Kong. HELENA chances on TAI CHUEN together with a mainland woman and a child and suspects that he has a second wife across the border. She seizes TAI CHUEN’s savings and interrogates him. GUCCI offers to find the woman for HELENA. Yet the woman has qualities that outshine HELENA in every way. In her desperate moment, HELENA snatches ,000 from GUCCI to send the woman away. HELENA returns to Honey Cave and realizes her grave mistake….

1x200 - Episode 200

February 6, 2004

TODAY is found out to be the person to blame for the SEKs’ skyrocketing expenditures. HELENA seeks compensation from GEORGE. Someone has offered three million to buy HELENA’s flat, but the property is jointly owned by TAI CHUEN and GEORGE. Much to her disappointment, GEORGE refuses to sell the flat because of fung shui. Though according to fung shui, it is also HELENA’s auspicious year: she gets robbed and beaten by a robber. As she investigates into the matter, she finds out that TODAY is her unlucky star. GEORGE suspects that the flat is haunted. The idea of selling the place again comes to HELENA’s mind. However…

1x201 - Episode 201

February 9, 2004

No one in the KIMs believes that the SHEKs’ house is haunted. In the middle of the night there comes a crying which sounds like a ghost’s. Everybody is scared to death and uses all kinds of holy items to exorcize the ghost. HELENA uses an old trick to scare GEORGE and it works like it did last time. GEORGE blacks out. Meanwhile, TAI TSUN returns home. Seeing what is happening, TAI TSUN follows the instructions in the “Exorcist Handbook” to exorcise the ghost. HELENA’s mask comes off. She has no choice but to claim that she is possessed. TAI TSUN does what the book teaches and forces HELENA to drink some “Holy water” – burnt paper water. As a result, HELENA suffers from an attack of diarrhoea.

1x202 - Episode 202

February 10, 2004

TODAY brings a frog to the SHEK’s and asks FRANCIS to take care of it. HELENA is in a state of undresses when she sees the frog hopping around the bathroom. Scared, she runs out of the house naked, and accidentally locks herself out. FRANCIS and the KIMs come home to see a naked HELENA. She is completely humiliated and swears to break up FRANCIS and TODAY.

1x203 - Episode 203

February 11, 2004

BOON YAT SIN has helped HELENA lie to FRANCIS. He asks HELENA to pay him, but she refuses. Furious, SIN curses that she will have to pay for what she has done. CHOI TING TING points out that people who are born in the Yang month of the Yang year will bring luck to people who are over 40 and born in the Yin month of the Yin year. And that whoever forces them away will have bad things happen to him. HELENA is shocked to hear this.

1x204 - Episode 204

February 12, 2004

LAU KAM drops his Mark Six ticket into a gutter. KITTY goes into the gutter to pick it up for him. Everyone praises her for her bravery. KITTY is elected to be the “Best Girlfriend”. She shows off in front of SARAH and grabs the chance to humiliate her. Both KITTY and LAU KAM have heard staff from another company gossiping in the toilet, saying that KITTY is an old maid. On the other hand, SARAH is also looked down upon in the wet market and is given the name “ill-fated woman”. When KITTY and SARAH meet each other in the Honey Cave, a battle begins.

1x205 - Episode 205

February 13, 2004

Anything related to the word “bitter” has been wiped out from the menus and newspapers at the Honey Cave. When SARAH appears at the Honey Cave with a big smile, everyone knows at once that SARAH wiped out every word that implies the meaning of bitterness in order to get rid of her ill-fated life. GEORGE is outraged when his scenes are cut from the show. GUCCI laughs at him and tells him to find a girlfriend. SARAH is upset by what GUCCI said. She decides to express her love for GEORGE by writing him a note. Poor her, it does not turn out as she has expected.

1x206 - Episode 206

February 16, 2004

To help KAU KAM pay off his debt, KITTY takes a part-time job as a wine promoter. Ashamed, LAU KAM decides to turn a new leaf. KAM learns that a dirty-minded director is looking for some extras. SARAH makes an excuse to deliver some soup to TODAY at the TV station so that she can see GEORGE. In her haste to sneak out, she puts on a Mushroom Monster costume by accident and is dragged to play in a show. In the show, GEORGE will fall down a cliff and be poisoned. The Mushroom Monster is supposed to suck out the poison. GEORGE is shocked to see that SARAH is the Monster.

1x207 - Episode 207

February 17, 2004

At the Honey Cave, everyone laughs hilariously at the scene of SARAH dressed up as a Mushroom Monster and sucking out GEORGE’s poison. When she shops in the market, all the hawkers scream. She is embarrassed and leaves, but a group of children and their mothers ask for her autograph and to take pictures with her. She is flattered. LAU KAM fawns upon her because he wants to be her manager. She is willing to sign the contract only if KITTY will be at her service. KITTY agrees to work for her which delights her. She calls her CHUN MUI. At the studio, she shouts at KITTY a lot.

1x208 - Episode 208

February 18, 2004

GEORGE is depressed about SARAH being popular. He wants to retire from the entertainment business and open a restaurant. LO MONG feels it is a shame for him to give up and tries to convince him not to. He regains confidence after talking to MONG. He makes an enthusiastic appearance at the studio, which comforts SARAH. Unfortunately, the producer informs her that the senior staff’s wife has complained about her show and they have decided to drop it completely. SARAH goes to the market and finds herself no longer popular. GEORGE takes the chance to humiliate her. She does not mind his attitude and looks at his back with love.

1x209 - Episode 209

February 19, 2004

SARAH’s entertainment life ends. LAU KAM is back to normal. SARAH passes a tennis court and sees two girls playing tennis, reminding her of her relationship with KITTY twenty years ago. She weeps at the thought. She learns that KITTY has given all her savings to LAU KAM to dabble in the stock market.

1x210 - Episode 210

February 20, 2004

SARAH scolds LAU KAM for being secretive. GUCCI intercedes to point out that she should be celebrating that she is close to KITTY again rather than scolding LAU KAM. KITTY drops hints to let LAU KAM know that it is her birthday. When she gets home and sees the table is full of dishes, she thinks that they are from him and waits for him. Midnight arrives and she is so hungry she has stomach ache. She slips when trying to get some medicine and loses consciousness. SARAH takes KITTY to the emergency room. KITTY finds out that the food was a birthday present from SARAH. Three days later, LAU KAM shouts at KITTY when he sees her. All the colleagues scold LAU KAM for his misbehaviour. He is shocked and stunned.

1x211 - Episode 211

February 23, 2004

MARCO and KELLY return from a business trip, and cannot believe it when they see SARAH and KITTY are good friends again. When they see LAU KAM treating KITTY like a queen, they think that he must be possessed. GUCCI sighs that nothing is impossible. LAU KAM accompanies KITTY to buy some underwear, which embarrasses her girlfriends. HELENA and her husband are uncomfortable with LAU KAM changing from a pest to a good person, which worries the others.

1x212 - Episode 212

February 24, 2004

MARCO and KELLY are interviewed on the street for a magazine. The conclusion is that they form a perfect couple with beauty and wisdom. When her female colleagues discover that KELLY wants to get pregnant, they don’t hesitate to provide her with opinions. MAY reminds her that educating a child is a difficult task, which shakes her confidence. She uses the excuse of further studying to postpone having a baby. The KIMs points out that they have already invested a huge fund for the baby and try to convince her to have one. They also order MARCO to drag KELLY into the bedroom.

1x213 - Episode 213

February 25, 2004

MARCO wants KELLY to get pregnant, so he prepares a sexy bath for them, which shocks her. While they are fighting, the water tap breaks and sprays cold water over MARCO, as a result of which he falls sick. MAY tells KELLY she will have a big surprise if she takes care of LILY’s crying daughter OI for a day while they are on holiday.

1x214 - Episode 214

February 26, 2004

KEI SUM tries to find out more about KELLY’s birth plan at the Honey Cave. MARCO dishes out a bowl of medicinal soup with a grin and says it will help her to get pregnant. He scares KELLY who swaps the soup with LAM SIN’s Chinese soup from SUM. SIN and SUM come for dinner at the KIMs. She announces that she won’t cook again and will join the KIMs for meals in future. KAM deliberately says how tiring it will be for them to come over all the time and forces KELLY to go home and take care of SUM. She is shocked to see how messy SUM’s home is. While she is busy tidying up the house, the KIMs are having a barbeque on the roof.

1x215 - Episode 215

February 27, 2004

The KIMs are surprised to see SUM when they come home with lots of hotpot ingredients. KELLY announces that SUM has pre-natal depression and decides to move in. KELLY rushes to see KONG when he calls for help. All of KONG’s belongings have been thrown out to the sitting room. He complains that SIN has kicked him out in order to use his room for the new baby. KELLY is supposed to pay for all the renovation costs.

1x216 - Episode 216

March 1, 2004

SUM moans suddenly in the middle of the night. Everyone is scared and they take her to the hospital. When they arrive, SUM complains about what everyone has done wrong. Apparently, she has faked the incident to rehearse for the actual labor. GUCCI takes SUM to buy some dried plums. Suddenly, all the illegal hawkers start running, and GUCCI throws herself on the floor to protect SUM from getting hurt. SUM feels stomach ache and GUCCI sends her to the hospital. The doctor explains that SUM has no more baby because she is not really pregnant. She only has gastroenteritis, and is already in her menopause, which shocks everyone.

1x217 - Episode 217

March 2, 2004

GUCCI walks in with a friend CHAN. He is surprised that the power bill at the Honey Cave is over thirty thousand dollars a month. He suggests that she checks the meter. That night, SARAH drops her clothes at the back of the Honey Cave, so she goes to the restaurant with GUCCI and they find lots of electrical appliances at work. TAI TSUN and his wife are having a bath and washing a pig’s lung at the back. They are scared when they see GUCCI and SARAH.

1x218 - Episode 218

March 3, 2004

AUNTIE LAU comes to the Honey Cave to thank GUCCI for telling her to give her staff shares in the company to keep them working hard. HELENA overhears GUCCI saying she is going to give her staff a pay rise and some shares. GUCCI has decided on the matter even though SARAH strongly opposes it. The staff is puzzled when GUCCI explains that the shares are in bags and have an expiry date. They end up disappointed when SARAH takes out bags of flour and explains those are their shares.

1x219 - Episode 219

March 4, 2004

TAI TSUN and his wife pretend to be ill, and take sick leave. They like to imagine how chaotic the Honey Cave will become without them. They are ecstatic when they hear that the Honey Cave is closed for a day for the first time, and celebrate with a shark fin dish. They meet PING who has just retired and wants to open a restaurant. He invites them to work for him with 20% extra pay. They hand in their resignation letters and warn that if GUCCI wants to keep them, she has to give them 50% pay rise plus bonus. KAM scolds them for losing their minds. SARAH is delighted to eliminate these two pests.

1x220 - Episode 220

March 5, 2004

The KIMs celebrate the fact that TAI TSUN and his wife will be leaving in 12 days. They ask PING how his restaurant is getting on. He points out that they have to bring AH WONG with them. When they all meet up, PING reveals that he only plans to pay AH WONG monthly. Even with a pay rise, it will only be . The whole transfer is called off. TAI TSUN has no option but to beg GUCCI to take them on again. However, she has already hired CHUEN, and makes them feel completely hopeless.

1x221 - Episode 221

March 8, 2004

TAI TSUN and HELENA try to make money from cheating after they leave the Honey Cave. AH WONG witnesses their behavior and they try to shut him up by bribery. MAY comes home and reminds herself that she is not suitable to be a boss. TAI TSUN and HELENA try to read MAY’s future and learn that they cannot rely on her for retirement. Luckily SIN applies some tricks to save them from disaster.

1x222 - Episode 222

March 9, 2004

KELLY’s friend invites her to a business meeting and proposes bringing their partners to join an archery competition. KELLY wants MARCO to do well in the competition and forces him to practise day and night. MAY cannot tolerate it and helps MARCO secretly. KELLY tells MARCO to bark like a dog in front of everyone, which upsets him. MAY argues with KELLY because of it.

1x223 - Episode 223

March 10, 2004

MAY wants to make up with KELLY, but she refuses. Then KELLY overhears LILY and some other female colleagues gossiping about her in the toilet, with only MAY speaking up for her. KELLY then forgives MAY. KELLY has a business trip, and asks MAY to keep an eye on MARCO. MAY takes good care of him. He praises her as a very fine woman, which delights her.

1x224 - Episode 224

March 11, 2004

MARCO tries to find MAY a boyfriend, but she turns him down saying she only likes pilots. Suddenly, MAI KWAI appears in a pilot’s suit. Apparently, he is trying to get a pilot license in order to win her. She then tells him that she is in love with someone. KWAI is furious and rips off his pilot suit in a rage, which scares MAY.

1x225 - Episode 225

March 12, 2004

KWAI and LAU KAM stalk after MAY to find out who her lover is. ROGER appears holding MAY’s hand, so they think that he is her lover. MARCO is surprised to learn that ROGER is MAY’s boyfriend. KWAI uses tricks to torture MAY. When MARCO is sick, MAY takes good care of him and KWAI realises who she really loves.

1x226 - Episode 226

March 15, 2004

KWAI disappears. MAY and MARCO look everywhere for him. MARCO finds him sitting on the stairs and reprimands him for making everyone worried. KWAI tells him that MAY is in love with him and blames him for ruining MAY’s life. MARCO tests MAY’s feeling and finds out that KWAI did not lie. He becomes irrational and says that he does not deserve her love, which hurts MAY’s feelings.

1x227 - Episode 227

March 16, 2004

MAY avoids MARCO at work. He hides from her by leaving home early and coming back late. MAY takes her annual leave. MARCO senses that something is wrong from her expression and follows her to Lamma Island in case something bad happens. When he hears that someone is trying to commit suicide by burning charcoal, he rushes up to stop her, but passes out during the struggle. When he regains consciousness, MAY tells him that she does not love him anymore. She used the excuse of a boyfriend to stop KWAI from hassling her. They have a barbeque at a beach and are seen by ATHENA. KELLY cannot believe it when ATHENA tells her about MARCO and MAY.

1x228 - Episode 228

March 17, 2004

KELLY monitors MARCO secretly and finds something suspicious about him. When she interrogates MAY about it, she firmly denies it. Meanwhile, MARCO pays more attention to KELLY, which eases her worries. ATHENA thinks that KELLY is having an affair with her boyfriend, which bothers KELLY. She is furious when she overhears MARCO’s conversation with MAY.

1x229 - Episode 229

March 18, 2004

KELLY moves back to her family home and refuses to see MARCO. SIN and SUM see their chance to blackmail MARCO. MAY explains to KELLY that she has always had a crush on MARCO. KELLY slaps her face and scolds her for having ideas about her good friend’s husband. KELLY is heartbroken. She pays no attention to the traffic but luckily MAY pushes her over to the side of the road and saves her. KELLY then forgives her. MAY makes plans to study abroad.

1x230 - Episode 230

March 19, 2004

KELLY books the President Suite for a client. However, the client cannot make it, so she brings MARCO and the KIMs to use the Suite. She is shocked when she finds she has to pay the extra ,000, so she puts the bill in with other company expenditures. ATHENA finds out and exposes her abuse of company resources in front of all the staff. KELLY’s face turns grey immediately.

1x231 - Episode 231

March 22, 2004

ATHENA covers for KELLY’s misdemeanour in front of ROGER. He asks her to sign more contracts to cover the loss. When she learns that he wants to lay off some staff, she tells him that she has a million project in hand. However, she loses the contract afterwards, so she sends the staff out to look for a renowned designer SING SIR to join the company in the hope of keeping their jobs.

1x232 - Episode 232

March 23, 2004

They lose SING SIR eventually. When ATHENA is worrying about her future, a man claiming to be SING SIR suddenly appears. She drags him to sign a contract immediately. He invites everyone for a meal. They worry that something might go wrong, so they do not dare to eat too much. ATHENA finds out later that the man is not SING SIR, and foresees big trouble ahead.

1x233 - Episode 233

March 24, 2004

In order to get rid of the so-called SING SIR, ATHENA steals ROGER’s necklace and tries to put the blame on SING. However, the necklace appears on her desk again. When ROGER tries to find out who took his necklace, she says that he has a bad memory. He uses the excuse of having a bad memory to take away ATHENA’s new mobile phone. LAU KAM claims that he has a sure-win 3T combination. SING stakes on it and wins back. LAU KAM becomes the idol in the office. Many people bet heavily on his tips, but they all lose.

1x234 - Episode 234

March 25, 2004

They hate KAM after SING tells them the reason. KAM treats SING like his enemy after everyone turns their backs on him. He follows SING to a room called the “Luck Charm”, but regrets going in there.

1x235 - Episode 235

March 26, 2004

LAU KAM’s friends realise that SING is not SING SIR. KAM wants to expose him, but ATHENA stops him for the sake of their jobs. She even asks someone to be his bodyguard. ROGER sends SING to meet a big client. He cannot avoid it and flees eventually. When the staff learns that SING is gone, they worry that they will be laid off and start looking for new jobs. ROGER tries to send ATHENA to meet the client, but she pretends to be ill.

1x236 - Episode 236

March 29, 2004

Meanwhile, SING reappears, to everyone’s relief. TODAY loses her necklace in the TV studio. GUCCI promises to find it for her, but turns the whole thing into a joke. TODAY lies to GUCCI, saying that she has found her necklace back. But she cries after turning her back. The KIMs try to comfort her and GUCCI hears everything.

1x237 - Episode 237

March 30, 2004

GUCCI tries to find TODAY’s necklace by using high technology. She makes up a picture of the necklace and asks everyone in the studio. She sees TODAY and a producer fooling around in a car. She is about to rush up to scold her when she hears “Cut”. Apparently, TODAY is just acting. On the way home, GUCCI meets SING sitting at the pier and thinks that he is about to commit suicide. She tries to persuade him not to end his life and leaves him with some money.

1x238 - Episode 238

March 31, 2004

NG SAU comes for tea at the Honey Cave. GUCCI is convinced that he is a thief at first sight. Surprisingly, SAU comes up to greet her. The KIMs are curious and ask GUCCI who he is. She tells them the story from 32 years ago. Apparently, SAU was GUCCI’s lifesaver and colleague. Later when he went undercover for the police, GUCCI accidentally deleted his file and they had a misunderstanding afterward.

1x239 - Episode 239

April 1, 2004

SING sees someone following GUCCI, so he follows behind. The man tries to mob GUCCI but luckily SING scares him off, although GUCCI is hurt. SING carries her to the hospital. He is stunned when she reports her name to the receptionist. Afterward, SING tries to find out more about GUCCI from KELLY. He thinks that he is GUCCI’s son.

1x240 - Episode 240

April 2, 2004

SING hires SAU to carry out an investigation. They find out that GUCCI had a son who had three moles on the sole of his foot, which matches with SING’s appearance. In consideration of the KIMs’ feelings, SING decides not to reveal the truth. In the hospital, SING discovers that GUCCI has leukaemia. He announces that he will donate his bone marrow to her, which shocks everyone.

1x241 - Episode 241

April 5, 2004

GUCCI tells SING how she got pregnant with him and how she decided to give birth to him secretly because she did not want to ruin his father’s family. SING often had high fever when he was a baby and he was taken after by GUCCI’s mother. Later, GUCCI’s mother lied to her that he had died. GUCCI was devastated. SING gives GUCCI a few words of comfort by saying that grandma decided to give up on him only because she did not want him to be GUCCI’s burden. GUCCI decides to become SING’s sworn mother. Suspecting that SING is coveting GUCCI’s money, LAU KAM plots to drive him away.

1x242 - Episode 242

April 6, 2004

LAU KAM and KITTY spread rumors that GUCCI is heavily in debt from gambling and that the Honey Cave is going to close down in the restroom, lift lobby, and restaurants. However, much to their annoyance, SING does not hear any of their lies. GUCCI and SARAH are puzzled by the neighbors’ response on their way to the market. When they get back to the Honey Cave, TAI TSUN and his wife demand compensation for being lay off. To make things worse, some suppliers demand that GUCCI pays off all remaining bills. GUCCI and SARAH are shocked. Only until now do LAU KAM and KITTY know that they are in big trouble and they do not know what to do.

1x243 - Episode 243

April 7, 2004

SING persuades the suppliers into leaving. He points out that it was LAU KAM and KITTY who spread the rumors, but LAU KAM accuses him of seducing GUCCI in return. The outraged GUCCI reveals that SING is KAM WAH’s and her illegitimate son, which shocks everyone. CHRIS comes back from Shanghai and offers his room to SING. SING turns him down nevertheless saying that he is used to living alone. GUCCI takes every care of SING and causes a lot of amusement.

1x244 - Episode 244

April 8, 2004

CHRIS has installed a web-cam at home and one at SING’s place. GUCCI is thrilled and look at SING at the web-cam all the time. GUCCI sees NG SAU chatting to a young woman SHIM on the mini-bus and following her off the mini-bus. GUCCI thus suspects that he has bad intentions. News reports that a female body with missing limbs has been found. GUCCI suspects that SAU has something to do with the case. There are bloodstains outside SING’s apartment. GUCCI suspects that SAU has killed someone there. Meanwhile, SAU shows up out of the blue with blood all over his clothes.

1x245 - Episode 245

April 9, 2004

Sensing that there is something wrong with SAU’s behavior, GUCCI runs out of Honey Cave under the pretext of going to the washroom. SING smells something strange when he gets home. It turns out that SAU is cooking cow’s penis soup in the kitchen. Quick as a flash, some SDU officers break into the apartment and subdue both SING and SAU. As a result, SING is kicked out by his landlord. GUCCI is very sorry about this; CHRIS suggests he should move into the KIMs’. At night, SING finds the noise that the KIMs make annoying. Yet he finds it not right either to complain. CHRIS tells him not to force himself to fit in.

1x247 - Episode 247

April 13, 2004

LAU KAM suspects that SING is pretending to be blind when he sees him having no difficulties in picking up dim sum or pouring tea in a restaurant. He tries to trick SING to test him, but he suffers from his own tricks. A fire breaks out in the building. SING leads the crowd to flee by the stairs. GUCCI slips. When SING tries to pull her up, he hits the back of his head on the wall, which brings back his eyesight. The KIMs takes a family picture. GUCCI makes three copies of it. One is for CHRIS to bring to Shanghai and one is for SING. GUCCI feels lost when SING leaves with SAU. SING misses the KIMs when he looks at the family picture. The KIMs hold a farewell party for CHRIS. When the doorbell rings, GUCCI is most surprised to see SING.

1x248 - Episode 248

April 14, 2004

KEI SUM sees a couple having an argument at Honey Cave. She tries to give them some advice but somehow exacerbates the argument. Everyone thinks that she has done this deliberately. She then complains to the restaurant manager for no reason and draws lots of attention, which humiliates the KIMs. KEI SUM and her good friend KUEN have a fight. GUCCI is hurt in the face by accident. KEI SUM thanks GUCCI for defending her and treats her like a good friend. KELLY tells GUCCI that what she has done is no different than asking for trouble. KEI SUM forces GUCCI to wear a jade bracelet and demands to be her sworn sister, which shocks her.

1x249 - Episode 249

April 15, 2004

GUCCI meets SIN in the market. He points out that her bracelet is cursed, which will bring her bad luck. She is scared and tries to take it off, but fails. Suddenly a big group of customers arrive at Honey Cave. GUCCI worries that she can’t manage all of them, but KEI SUM appears to help. GUCCI is grateful for her help. However, she immediately says that GUCCI owes her a favor, which bothers her.

1x250 - Episode 250

April 16, 2004

The kitchen cupboard and the cooker are broken at the KIMs’ home. Everyone is unwell. They think that something bad is going to happen. KEI SUM demands a favor from GUCCI. GUCCI is glad and promises to do whatever she wants. KEI SUM asks if she can borrow ,000. She tries to pick up the checkbook, which is jammed under a chair, but her right hand is stuck. When she tries hard to pull it out, the bracelet comes off. She is ecstatic. SARAH finds that ,000 is missing from GUCCI’s bank account. GUCCI has no choice but to tell her the truth. Meanwhile, two female customers are discussing the three characteristics of a fool, which fits GUCCI’s description. GUCCI cannot find KEI SUM anywhere. Hearing that someone has seen KEI SUM buying suitcases, booking air tickets, and closing bank accounts, GUCCI fears that KEI SUM has taken her money and run off.

1x251 - Episode 251

April 19, 2004

The KIMs conclude that KEI SUM has run off with GUCCI’s money, but KELLY defends her. KELLY interrogates KEI SUM and she admits that she has invested the money in some stocks. However, the stock prices have dropped hugely that she can’t return the money to GUCCI yet. KELLY lies to the KIMs that KEI SUM has returned to her home village for three days, and insists that she stays home in case anyone sees her.

1x252 - Episode 252

April 20, 2004

KELLY learns that GUCCI and SARAH have bought some sea produce to visit LAM SIN. She asks him to take KEI SUM out. Unfortunately, KEI SUM sleeps so deeply that she will not wake up. LAM SIN has to put her inside a big bag. He bumps into GUCCI and SARAH downstairs… KEI SUM proposes to pay GUCCI back with her losing stocks. GUCCI has no choice but to accept it. Meanwhile, the news is on. KEI SUM blacks out immediately upon hearing the news.

1x253 - Episode 253

April 21, 2004

TODAY is filming at a hillside. She treads on a bone jar, which she thinks is a prop, by accident. GEORGE takes her back to the site to ask for the ghost’s forgiveness. While she is praying, he is desperate for the toilet, so he goes into the bushes. Suddenly, someone hits him on the head. When he regains consciousness, a mad woman demands that he marries her dead sister.

1x254 - Episode 254

April 22, 2004

GEORGE thanks SAU for helping him out and agrees to be his matchmaker. He thinks that SARAH is in love with SAU, so he deliberately shows her how to perform a “Love Curse” to test if SAU is her target. When he checks out the “Love Tree”, he is shocked by what he sees.

1x255 - Episode 255

April 23, 2004

GEORGE avoids SARAH and uses SAU as his shield. He arranges a romantic candle-lit dinner, but disappears as soon as SAU arrives. SARAH realizes then that GEORGE is pushing her to SAU, which hurts her feelings and angers her. She dashes to the “Love Tree” only to find that GEORGE’s clothes have been moved to the “Separation Tree”. She deduces from this that GEORGE has found out that she loves him.

1x256 - Episode 256

April 26, 2004

When GEORGE shows up at Honey Cave with all fingers injured, she knows that the injury must be from digging up the clothes, which she had buried under the “Love Tree”. She is heartbroken thinking that he has rejected her. GUCCI objects to SAU going out with SARAH. Annoyed, he invites SARAH to a candle-lit dinner. She accepts his invitation when she sees GEORGE.

1x257 - Episode 257

April 27, 2004

SAU and SARAH dress up for dinner in a high-class restaurant. He has not been well ever since he started dating her. He feels dizzy and nauseated whenever he talks about her. SING visits him and finds out that he doesn’t love SARAH. He is dating her as a joke. The KIMs try to stop SARAH from picking SAU up from the hospital. Lots of amusing misunderstandings are created. SARAH and SAU confess later that they don’t love each other; the KIMs feel relieved.

1x258 - Episode 258

April 28, 2004

GUCCI queues up in a restaurant early in the morning to get a table. The KIMs arrive late and complain about the location of the table, which enrages GUCCI. She leaves her keys, bankbooks, and some other things behind. Everyone thinks that she is angry and has decided to go back to the home village for good. They rush to the outward-bound pier.

1x259 - Episode 259

April 29, 2004

ATHENA is away on a business trip. LAU KAM and the other staff take the chance to be late for work. When they arrive at the office, they receive a warning letter, which puzzles them. While they are wondering whom the letter is from, ROGER introduces them to the new manager of the European production line HUNG PAK LAM. ROGER receives a very urgent order. He promises to give everyone a bonus if they can complete the order within seven days. LAM agrees to take the challenge.

1x260 - Episode 260

April 30, 2004

LAM gives everyone a document which is full of mistakes. They then find out that the document was issued by them. She insists that everyone has to take a “Work Proficiency Test” in two weeks time, which worries them immensely. MARCO and the others are laughed at that their ability is below primary four, so they decide to study hard.

1x261 - Episode 261

May 3, 2004

LAU KAM advises MARCO and the others to lie to GUCCI so that she can dress up as a beggar to beg LAM not to fire them. TAI TSUN and his wife show up unexpectedly and ruin the plan.

1x262 - Episode 262

May 4, 2004

SING is surprised to see LAM become the new manager. ATHENA gains support from her subordinates, so she requests leave for them to avoid the test. She also wants ROGER to know how much the staff hates LAM. During grouping, SING wants to join ATHENA’s team, but LAM objects. ATHENA is warned by her horoscope to beware of tigers. When she learns that SING was born in the year of the Tiger, she pushes him to LAM, which hurts his feelings.

1x263 - Episode 263

May 5, 2004

LAU KAM and the others worry about their test results. On the day of result announcement, LAM accuses ROGER of cheating for the staff. ROGER tries to explain to her, but she is enraged and decides to quit. ROGER agrees to give her a 30% pay rise. SING and LAM meet a client Mr. HUO in Shenzhen. SING is drunk. When he wakes up, he thinks that HUO has raped LAM, so he punches him in the face and accuses LAM of selling herself for business.

1x264 - Episode 264

May 6, 2004

SING is prepared to quit when he gets back to the office. HUO comes up to interrogate him if he had punched him. He then suddenly smiles and thanks SING for saving his life because by hitting him SING had also prevented something bad from happening on him. LAM forces SAU to have a check up in the hospital. The nurse tells him that he is pregnant which shocks LAM. Apparently, SAU swapped his urine sample with a pregnant woman. WONG delivers an order to a park and meets LAM there. WONG’s three girlfriends look for him at Honey Cave, where he demands to break up with them. SAU arranges to meet LAM at Honey Cave. WONG’s hand and mouth start to shake when LAM arrives. SING realizes then that WONG is obsessed with LAM.

1x265 - Episode 265

May 7, 2004

The KIMs are discussing WONG’s falling in love with LAM. WONG has an interview at the Ka Yan Company. SING advises him to quit pursuing LAM. LAU KAM receives a warning letter from LAM. When he leaves, he swears to take revenge. He tries to help WONG to pursue LAM and teaches him a plot – “Hero saves the Beauty”. SING warns LAM not to fool WONG.

1x266 - Episode 266

May 10, 2004

LAU KAM regards himself as LAM’s matchmaker and tries to play tricks on her, only to suffer from his own tricks. He then finds out that WONG has failed in pursuing her. The boss of B & W, JOE, arrives at the Ka Yan Company. She is distracted when LAM appears. She invites SING for a meal in order to learn more about LAM. SING spills some wine. When he has a wash in the restroom, JOE comes in and starts touching him. SING yells at her and she leaves. LAM scolds SING for offending JOE, and goes up to JOE’s home with him to apologize. SING leaves immediately after apologizing and LAM stays behind. He meets JOE’s secretary and learns about her secret. He rushes back up to her flat.

1x267 - Episode 267

May 11, 2004

Roger asks JOE why she does not want to sign the contract. SING takes all the blame. LAU KAM and the others want to visit Taiwan. Unfortunately, LAM asks them to hand in an urgent proposal when they are about to leave the office. KELLY and the others want to leave with an excuse. SING asks for sick leave. LAM thinks he is faking it and scolds him. LAU KAM and the others miss the plane and go home. LAM visits the KIMs and demands to work at their home. SING falls asleep on the sofa after taking some medicine. LAM realizes that he is really ill. LAU KAM reads about how to curse the boss from a magazine and wants to try it out on LAM. He is thrilled to see it works.

1x268 - Episode 268

May 12, 2004

ATHENA knows that LAM has a rash and uses the excuse of fearing catching it to take some leave. SING finds out from SAU about the curse and feels very uncomfortable about it. LAM uses some tricks to punish the staff. LAU KAM is appointed to clean the toilet. The female staff fears that LAM will torture them in other ways. When LAM invites them to try out a free slimming programme, they worry that it is a trap.

1x269 - Episode 269

May 13, 2004

LAU KAM and MARCO advise KELLY and KITTY to form a “Handbag Team” with LAM so as to get closer with LAM. When the four are late the next morning, they receive a warning letter from LAM threatening to punish them. ATHENA asks the staff to handle her personal business. LAM deliberately assigns them work to help them out. They are friends with her afterward. TODAY and FRANCIS go to shop for some cosmetic items and FRANCIS is mistaken for a woman. When they go to buy some clothes, he buys a woman’s outfit the same as TODAY’s and a paparazzo takes a photo of him. He takes some soup and an embroidery cardigan to the TV station for TODAY. MAY sees him and laughs at him being so feminine. He is pulled in to act as a woman extra at a scene. TODAY sees him dressed up in woman’s clothing and gets in a rage.

1x270 - Episode 270

May 14, 2004

TODAY later finds out from GEORGE that FRANCIS was not like that when he was little. She goes to Sai Kung with GEORGE to simulate the scenes. Then they decide to hypnotize FRANCIS to ease his psychological fear. They take him to Sai Kung and repeat the scenes.

1x271 - Episode 271

May 17, 2004

TODAY and GEORGE find out that FRANCIS was once bitten by a snake. Then he had a fever caused by GEORGE. FRANCIS finds out by chance that TODAY does not want him to be so feminine, so he goes to a fitness centre and sunbathes on a beach. However, things do not work out. TODAY suggests he should learn from another man. They find out that all the girls think that LAU KAM is the man of all men. FRANCIS decides to learn how to be a man from him.

1x272 - Episode 272

May 18, 2004

FRANCIS buys movie tickets for LAU KAM and KITTY and follows them around. KITTY gets annoyed when he constantly leans against LAU KAM. LAU KAM thinks that FRANCIS fancies him, so he tries some tricks to put him off, but fails. KITTY suggests LAU KAM dress up like a gay man to date FRANCIS, which scares him off. They then find out that they have misunderstood FRANCIS. LAU KAM dresses up like a woman the next day. SING laughs at him saying that he has gone too far. LAU KAM ignores him.

1x273 - Episode 273

May 19, 2004

LAU KAM cannot shed his feminine inclination. Everyone tries hard to help him, but in no avail. LAU KAM asks KITTY to marry him. She refuses at first but agrees eventually. When they go to a restaurant, he is harassed by a gay man in the toilet. He throws the man out of the toilet. Then he comes out with machismo which pleases KITTY.

1x274 - Episode 274

May 20, 2004

1x275 - Episode 275

May 21, 2004

LAU KAM and MARCO follow LAM SIN and find out that he was a dancing king. LIN wants him to enjoy dancing again, so she asks him to practice at her dancing school, but he refuses. When LIN’s daughter CINDY shows up, LAU KAM and MARCO are surprised by her beauty. They try to persuade LAM SIN to join the dancing class. They also pull in FRANCIS and SING to join the class. They all become very flexible and healthy looking which surprise everyone.

1x276 - Episode 276

May 24, 2004

KELLY, KITTY, and TODAY suspect that MARCO, LAU KAM, and FRANCIS are having an affair. They follow them to a train station and are shocked to see LAM SIN is also involved. KITTY forgets to bring her home visit permit and they have to return home. LAU KAM and the others go up to Shenzhen to make some dancing outfits. They have a game meal in a restaurant. They then return to the KIMs’ home. Their partners are particularly sincere to them and prepare a hotpot dinner for them. They all have a nose bleed as soon as they see the hotpot. TODAY, KITTY, and KELLY have another action plan.

1x277 - Episode 277

May 25, 2004

KEI SUM learns from TODAY, KITTY, and KELLY that LAM SIN is fooling around with the others, so she follows the girls to track down their men to the dancing school. LAM SIN asks the others to leave first and let him handle the women. When the women interrogate him, he does not say a word. KEI SUM humiliates him in front of the others. He picks up LIN’s hand and dances like a tiger, but blacks out from exhaustion afterward. MARCO and the others worry about what their partners are going to do to them. Fortunately, they are not angry but only ask them not to dance again.

1x278 - Episode 278

May 26, 2004

KELLY, KITTY, and TODAY put down MARCO, LAU KAM, and FRANCIS’s names for a hiking competition. The next day, they receive a call from the hospital. Apparently, their partners ran out of water and food during the hike. They were also stung by bees and robbed by thieves. Finally, the women allow them to go dancing. They are glad to return to the dancing school hoping to see some new girls. However, the new classmates are KELLY, KITTY, TODAY, and GUCCI. ROGER and LAM have a meeting with Sir CHAN. They learn that his dancing partner has not shown up, so ROGER demands that LAM dance with Sir CHAN in order to close the deal.

1x279 - Episode 279

May 27, 2004

ROGER orders all his staff to join Sir CHAN’s dancing competition. KELLY and KITTY are very skilled at dancing after GUCCI teaches them some tricks. MARCO and LAU KAM are jealous seeing them dancing intimately with ROGER. During the competition, MARCO and LAU KAM insist on dancing with KELLY and KITTY. MARCO and KELLY win “The Funniest Couple” award and LAU KAM and KITTY win the championship. ROGER completes his mission to have a big contract with Sir CHAN.

1x280 - Episode 280

May 28, 2004

During a meeting, ROGER praises LAM and SING and wants to reward LAM with the “Best Staff” award. ATHENA objects to his proposal, but he turns around to scold her for not performing well lately. She swears that she will impress him within a month. MARCO and KELLY plan to have a holiday. Unfortunately, ATHENA orders everyone to work with her and will not allow anyone to take leave. LAU KAM decides to find her a boyfriend to give everyone a break. When he gets on a matchmaker website, he finds out that she has already been blacklisted. LAU KAM, MARCO, and FRANCIS ask SING to be the sacrifice, but he refuses. LAU KAM then thinks up a plot.

1x281 - Episode 281

May 31, 2004

MARCO persuades ATHENA to do a prayer in a temple. Although SIN the fortuneteller is bribed by LAU KAM, he still manages to accidentally give SING’s birthday information to GUCCI, who is praying for health, and to give LAU KAM’s to ATHENA, who is praying for love, saying that he is a good match for her. GUCCI gives SING special treatment which puzzles LAU KAM. ATHENA uses an excuse to get close to SING. KELLY advises SING to accept ATHENA for her money and body. LAM is upset and objects to whatever SING does.

1x282 - Episode 282

June 1, 2004

SING pretends to be ill to avoid ATHENA. However, she goes to visit him and turns the KIMs’ upside down, which bothers the KIMs. SING wants to make everything clear with ATHENA. He meets LAM who is meeting a client Mr. CHAN and gets jealous. He kisses ATHENA by mistake. ATHENA slaps him on the face and announces that LAU KAM is her target. LAU KAM, who is tailgating and photographing them, loses consciousness immediately after hearing that. LAU KAM has a taste of his own medicine. MARCO and the others persuade him to change his image and accept ATHENA.

1x283 - Episode 283

June 2, 2004

ATHENA demands that LAU KAM marries her within three months and leaves KITTY in a week. When KITTY comes back after a business trip, everyone tries hard to hide the fact. LAU KAM and ATHENA have a dinner in a high-class restaurant. She is very picky. He ends up paying for the dinner. KITTY finds out that his credit card is overdrawn and asks him about it. He lies to her saying that the money was lent to his friend TAI HAU KEUNG, but she doubts him. Then, the restaurant manager delivers one of ATHENA’s earrings. KITTY stares at LAU KAM who knows he is in big trouble.

1x284 - Episode 284

June 3, 2004

ATHENA tries every way to let KITTY know that she is dating LAU KAM, but she just cannot get it. SING deals with all ATHENA’s plots and saves LAU KAM. KITTY believes that love is selfish and swears to live and die with LAU KAM, which stops him from confessing to her and bothers him immensely. ATHENA uses more tricks to arouse KITTY’s suspicion. She orders LAU KAM to work overtime and arranges for KITTY to come back to the office to see him and her hugging together dressed untidily.

1x285 - Episode 285

June 4, 2004

To ATHENA’s surprise, KITTY thinks that LAU KAM has been ordered by ROGER to please ATHENA. ATHENA is annoyed and uses LAU KAM as her punch bag. He is hurt. MARCO and the others pretend to be hawkers and plan to knock her down in order to let her know that LAU KAM is not her luck charm. However, things turn out opposite. LAU KAM saves her life. She decides she wants to marry him which terrifies him. GUCCI tries to help him out by telling ATHENA all his shortcomings. ATHENA is slightly worried.

1x286 - Episode 286

June 7, 2004

ATHENA decides to help LAU KAM to quit all his bad habits. She delivers some engagement presents to the KIMs and discusses the wedding with them. KITTY loses consciousness and is rushed to the hospital. LAU KAM and ATHENA meet a thief. LAU KAM flees, leaving her helpless. He seeks out SIN for revenge. ATHENA learns about their deal and announces she is breaking up with LAU KAM, which pleases him. Apparently, KITTY had too much “Chinese cold food” and passed out. She did not hear ATHENA talking about the marriage. Everyone is relieved. When they go back to the office, ATHENA is waiting for them.

1x287 - Episode 287

June 8, 2004

ROGER’s home is under renovation, so he has nowhere to put his luck charm. Everyone wants to be lucky and fights to take over the charm. The KIMs are selected at last. MARCO comes to welcome the charm and finds out that it is ROGER’s nephew CHIU CHOI. ROGER deliberately sends SING to Germany, so that CHOI can have his room. CHOI is hard to live with and annoys the KIMs.

1x288 - Episode 288

June 9, 2004

CHOI grew up in the States, but he does not speak any English. His eating and living habits are not very westernized at all which surprises everyone. He does not like going out, but he chooses to visit Shaolin. When he sees GEORGE acting in a Martial Arts movie, his Kung Fu dream vanishes. LAU KAM thinks that CHOI has a suitcase full of US dollars, so he makes everyone leave and pretends to be a Shaolin monk and hopes that CHOI will beg him to be his mentor and give him all his money.

1x289 - Episode 289

June 10, 2004

GUCCI and the others are shocked to see CHOI cutting LAU KAM’s toe nails when they come back home. LAU KAM wants to take advantage of CHOI but he ends up paying to buy him an abalone meal. He betrays also the fact that he does not know any Kung Fu when he is robbed. The KIMs order him to apologize to CHOI. CHOI eats too much festival food and takes some wrong medicine, so he passes out and is rushed to the hospital. MARCO and the others think they are taking care of CHOI, so they have an excuse to be late. However, they receive warning letters all the same. LAU KAM and the others find out that CHOI is not really ROGER’s nephew. Therefore, they try to kick him out.

1x290 - Episode 290

June 11, 2004

CHOI stands up for a woman. LAU KAM and the others are beaten up as a consequence. CHOI is scared of ghosts. LAU KAM and the others dress up as ghosts to try to scare him. When they learn that CHOI plans to stay until the end of the year, they decide to escalate their action. They all dress up as the characters from a TV show. At first, CHOI thinks they are rehearsing. He is scared when he sees LAU KAM eating a joss stick.

1x291 - Episode 291

June 14, 2004

CHOI is scared off by the KIMs and runs away. They find him unconscious in a rubbish bin later. GUCCI acts as CHOI’s tour guide, causing rumors of her having an affair with him. They wear matching watches and go traveling in Macau together. CHOI even calls her “Silly Piggy” which shocks the KIMs. SARAH tries to discover whether GUCCI wants to be re-married. GUCCI scolds her for being silly. When she learns that CHOI has prepared three things for a proposal to go to Macau with, she is scared.

1x292 - Episode 292

June 15, 2004

GUCCI falls ill. CHOI takes even better care of her. When GUCCI goes to visit her dead husband’s grave, LAU KAM has an idea. He wants to take CHOI to a nightclub to find a replacement, but CHOI tells him that GUCCI, who is short and fat, is his ideal partner. The KIMs force GUCCI to shed some weight, but CHOI finds her attractive all the same. GUCCI prepares to tell CHOI that she does not love him. Meanwhile, there is news of a maniac in Texas who killed people with an electric saw, who fits the description of CHOI. When CHOI comes home with an electric saw, everyone is horrified.

1x293 - Episode 293

June 16, 2004

GUCCI and the others do whatever CHOI says in fear of provoking him to kill. However, TAI TSUN calls him “Cockeyes” and makes him angry. The next day, CHOI shows up covered in blood with TAI TSUN’s new mobile phone. He tells everyone that TAI TSUN has gone back to Shun Tak to visit his dead mother’s grave. But HELENA knows that TAI TSUN is from Chiu Chow, not Shun Tak. They find a bloodstained electric saw in CHOI’s room and suspect that TAI TSUN has been murdered. They want to escape from the house. However, the number 8 typhoon signal has been hoisted and they are forced to stay home. CHOI demands to have a game of Mah-jong. They fear making him angry, so they try hard to let him win. But he finds out. He goes back into his room to get the electric saw and scares everyone.

1x294 - Episode 294

June 17, 2004

LAM is beautiful and kind and is welcomed by everyone. When she is suspected of torturing SAU, GUCCI will not believe it. LAU KAM and the others gather some money to buy him a hotpot dinner. He suddenly passes out and is sent to the hospital. They then realize that he is diabetic and buying him a good meal is equivalent to murdering him. They take him home to apologize to LAM. However, she does not mind at all and buys him replacement sugar and an exercising machine, which moves him.

1x295 - Episode 295

June 18, 2004

SAU wins the “Best staff” award. LAM is very excited about it. When she sees all his colleagues are rough people, she worries for his future. She thinks that he goes to Shenzhen with some bad friends to visit the prostitutes there. Luckily, SAU proves that he is innocent. He has made a dangerous prop – “Blood Dripper” – for a show. Coincidentally, GUCCI is on the same mini-bus. He is not happy about her watermelon being in his way, so he decides to test the sharpness of his prop with the melon and splashes red juice all over GUCCI’s face. The police point guns at him and order him to drop the weapon.

1x296 - Episode 296

June 21, 2004

GUCCI is scared at seeing the “Blood Dripper” and becomes paranoid. When the director of the show decides to stop using the prop, SAU is mad and gets drunk. When GEORGE takes him home, LAM is sarcastic and annoys SAU. The executive producer thinks that TODAY is not very fit, so he bans her from filming at the Amazon. When SAU learns about it, he hides the fact that he is ill and ignores LAM’s objection to join the crew. On the departure day, he is expelled from the group for his medical history of contracting dengue fever. He knows that LAM has betrayed him and they hate each other after that.