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.

1x246 - Episode 246

April 12, 2004

SAU invites SING to the pub to watch a significant football match together. Thinking that pubs are not good places to hang around, GUCCI suggests SING bringing his friends home to watch the match instead. CHRIS finds that the photo that he took with YEE has gone missing. He vents his anger on SING, who is so upset that he has decided to move out. CHRIS finds the photo later. SING is crossing the road when CHRIS calls and apologizes. All of a sudden, SING is knocked down by a car head-on. Although he has regained his consciousness, he suffers from temporary blindness because some of a damage to his optic nerve. The KIMs take turns looking after SING, which moves him a lot.

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.

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.

1x297 - Episode 297

June 22, 2004

SAU runs away from home. LAM regrets what she has done to him. GEORGE advises SAU to leave the street and move to a motel. However, the condition of the motel is so awful that he sneaks into HELENA’s flat. HELENA suddenly comes back home and nearly discovers SAU. GEORGE goes out to buy SAU some underwear and leaves him having a bath. HELENA comes back unexpectedly again. She thinks that it is TAI TSUN in the bath and suggests joining him. She undresses immediately and scares SAU.

1x298 - Episode 298

June 23, 2004

HELENA orders SAU to pay her compensation for seeing her naked, but her demand is denied by GUCCI and the others. LAM visits SAU at where he stays, but he refuses to return home and insists on staying on the street. She gives MARCO money to buy SAU some daily necessities and food. When HELENA learns about it, she forces SAU to move into TAI TSUN’s home and then blackmails LAM with fake receipts. LAM pays her unquestioningly and asks her to buy expensive high calcium low fat milk powder for SAU.

1x299 - Episode 299

June 24, 2004

MARCO and the others persuade SAU to go home so as not to be blackmailed again. He claims that he only agrees to do so in order to take care of LAM. LAM is delighted about his decision. KELLY is criticized about the fact that her figure is similar to a housewife who has given birth. She and MARCO are also invited to model for middle age clothing, which outrages them. She deliberately dresses up for work and proposes to meet MARCO’s client for him. She starts off the meeting really well. Yet when the client finds out that she is married, he loses interest in her in no time.

1x300 - Episode 300

June 25, 2004

All the colleagues laugh at her saying that even though MARCO dresses up like an old man, she still cannot hide the fact that she is a housewife. TODAY goes to see a fortune-teller who foresees that big trouble will happen to MARCO. One big client captures KITTY and the others’ attention. KELLY finds out that he is her ex-boyfriend RICHARD. She has a game of golf with MARCO and RICHARD. During the game, she deliberately shows off how happily married she is. RICHARD gives some durian chocolate to KELLY. She mistakes it as a love proposal. KEI SUM tries to persuade KELLY to leave MARCO for RICHARD, not know that MARCO…

1x301 - Episode 301

June 28, 2004

MARCO is very upset by the rumour that KELLY and RICHARD are having an affair. KAM claims that KELLY and RICHARD are together again, and urges MARCO to call KELLY on her mobile. MARCO’s face turns white when he hears KELLY panting on the phone. RICHARD is named as one of the most influential businessmen. GUCCI and the others praise his success. When he visits the Kims, everyone welcomes him. MARCO is ignored and feels bitter.

1x302 - Episode 302

June 29, 2004

MARCO is deliberately attentive to KELLY in front of RICHARD. She is embarrassed by his unusual behaviour. RICHARD takes some tea to visit KA YAN. He accidentally breaks MARCO’s beloved robot. KELLY tries to find some replacement parts among a pile of broken robots, but fails. RICHARD presents MARCO with a brand new robot. MARCO loses his temper and tells RICHARD off.

1x303 - Episode 303

June 30, 2004

KELLY is scheduled to meet RICHARD at a hotel to sign a contract. She is shocked when she overhears RICHARD telling a barman that he loves her and is determined to come between her and MARCO. She meets RICHARD, who appears exhausted, on the way home. MARCO knows that RICHARD is after KELLY, so he decides to talk to him at his hotel. KELLY waits for a long time, but MARCO does not show up, so she goes to the hotel to look for him. She is shocked to see MARCO and RICHARD fighting on the bed.

1x304 - Episode 304

July 1, 2004

At a hand imprint ceremony, GEORGE finds out by chance that PIK TAI was selected as a Star because she is having an affair with her boss SZE. He hates her for it. SARAH feels it is unfair on GEORGE, so she tricks TAI and forces her to give up the seat for him. GEORGE is frightened by SARAH’s unexpected appearance when the press are taking photos of him, and falls on to the cement. Everyone’s attention is drawn to this funny scene.

1x305 - Episode 305

July 2, 2004

GEORGE chokes on a fish ball. SARAH sucks it out for him. In order to thank her, he decides to do something for her. The Kims and the Sheks are meeting in a restaurant. SARAH is happily waiting for GEORGE to announce his marriage proposal to GUCCI. However, he pulls out a gold bowl and a pair of gold chopsticks and asks to be SARAH’s sworn brother. SARAH cries out loud in her heart.

1x306 - Episode 306

July 5, 2004

A picture of GEORGE and KA YING meeting in a restaurant is printed in a newspaper. There is a rumour of them getting back together. SARAH thinks that GEORGE is KA YING’s kept man and is heartbroken. She goes up to KA YING’s hotel and begs her to let GEORGE go. KA YING is confused and cries for help. They fight, and SARAH pulls KA YING’s wig off when they are fighting. Meanwhile, a group of reporters arrive and take some pictures. GEORGE knows that the situation is tricky when he arrives.

1x307 - Episode 307

July 6, 2004

Several newspapers publish photographs of KA YING’s eczema-ridden scalp. GEORGE blames SARAH for hurting KA YING’s feelings. He tells her he wants to cut off any relationship with her. She leaves sadly. KITTY and SARAH meet a man who they think is their old class master Mr. KAN, whom SARAH secretly loved before. The man denies that he is KAN. SARAH chases after him and suddenly blacks out.

1x308 - Episode 308

July 7, 2004

The Kims visit SARAH in hospital and ask KITTY what happened. When GEORGE returns home, he is surprised to see SARAH waiting at his door. She appears to have something to tell him. In order to keep her calm, he takes her to the seaside and sings to her. He asks her what she wants to tell him the next morning. She says that she has to report herself to the police for her past sins. She asks two passing policemen to arrest her.

1x309 - Episode 309

July 8, 2004

GUCCI and KEI SUM go shopping. KEI SUM scolds GUCCI for not being sensitive after a man molests her and she does not even realise it. When KEI SUM is wandering aimlessly on her own, she sees an old lady wearing a branded watch. A secret plan is formed in her head. KITTY tries on many pieces of new clothing. LAM KAM knows that KEI SUM has brought a fake watch for ,000 for KITTY, but he does not say a word.

1x310 - Episode 310

July 9, 2004

Six of the Kims have a pimple on a different part of their bodies. AH WONG says if they gather seven people with the same condition to bet on the Mark Six, they might have a chance to win. GUCCI and the others decide to apologise to KEI SUM on KAM’s behalf. Unfortunately, they swap the apology letter with the ferry tickets by accident. They fear that KEI SUM and KAM might end up fighting. However, they come back being nice to each other, which surprises everyone.

1x311 - Episode 311

July 12, 2004

LAU KAM fills in the wrong combination on his lottery ticket, but unexpectedly he wins the Mark-Six first prize. KEI SUM suggests splitting the money with him. They check into a hotel room in order to keep the ticket safe. They also use ropes to tie all the furniture in the room to stop each other from running away with the ticket. MARCO and KELLY see them in the hotel lobby and suspect that they are having an affair.

1x312 - Episode 312

July 13, 2004

KITTY and LAM SIN are looking for LAU KAM and KEI SUM at the Honey Cave. GUCCI tells them to stop being paranoid. She accidentally pours some sweet soup on LAU KAM. When she goes to the kitchen, LAU KAM takes the ticket out nervously and dries it with newspaper. Later he finds that the ticket has gone missing. He and KEI SUM suspect that GUCCI has stolen it.

1x313 - Episode 313

July 14, 2004

LAU KAM and KEI SUM ask GUCCI for their lottery ticket. Meanwhile, the KIMs, LAM SIN and KITTY suddenly appear. They are relieved to find that LAU KAM and KEI SUM are not having an affair, but are together only because they won the lottery. They march to the lottery ticket office together to claim the money. However, they are shocked when they are told that the ticket is invalid.

1x314 - Episode 314

July 15, 2004

NAM suggests becoming KELLY’s sworn sister, which surprises KELLY. MARCO reminds KELLY that NAM and her are very different in many ways, so she should avoid her. NAM buys KELLY some breakfast. KELLY rejects her kindness and spills some coffee on her shirt. KELLY accidentally drops her wedding ring into a ditch. While she is panicking, NAM shows up.

1x315 - Episode 315

July 16, 2004

NAM is a workaholic. Everyone is scared that she might overwork them. LAU KAM swears that he can tackle her. He notices that the deliveryman is sneezing and coughing, so he approaches him deliberately to catch his germs and pass them onto NAM. GUCCI makes fun of NG SAU’s bad health. He is annoyed and challenges her to play a basketball game. They compete fiercely in the game. The doctor is surprised that NG SAU’s blood sugar level, blood pressure and cholesterol level are normal. When NAM hears him shouting at GUCCI, she understands the reason and devises a plan.

1x316 - Episode 316

July 19, 2004

The KIMs learn that NAM is planning to move into their building and worry that she will be watching them constantly. The KIMs and the SHEKs are shocked to see NAM and NG SAU moving in.

1x317 - Episode 317

July 20, 2004

LAU KAM sighs that he has no excuse to be late for work and leave work early anymore after NAM moves into the same building. GUCCI bumps into NG SAU on the back stairs. Neither will give way, so they slip and fall down the stairs together. Someone plays a practical joke on NG SAU and NAM by ringing their bell. They are very annoyed. NG SAU comes to the Honey Cave to try to find out who did it. Someone suggests that he might have offended someone. He suspects that GUCCI is the one.

1x318 - Episode 318

July 21, 2004

ATHENA is going on holiday. Everyone fights to take care of her dog, Cheque. KELLY uses some tricks to become Cheque’s caretaker after seeing the amount of swift nests and abalones that ATHENA has prepared for Cheque. Cheque runs away. MARCO, KELLY and LAU KAM are responsible, but KELLY thinks that anyone who has eaten some swift nests and abalones should also be responsible. However, GUCCI, SARAH and TODAY ignore her.

1x319 - Episode 319

July 22, 2004

MARCO and KELLY take a bath with some pomelo leaves in order to get rid of their bad luck. SARAH asks everyone to give her household money. KELLY wonders why LAU KAM takes no action. She then finds out that he has not been paying household money for a year. She blames GUCCI for keeping him in the flat for nothing.

1x320 - Episode 320

July 23, 2004

KELLY is enraged and refuses to give GUCCI any more spending money. GUCCI swears that she will do no more cooking. When LAU KAM comes home and finds everyone having a cup noodle for dinner, he has no choice but to eat some mouldy dry beef. It is boiling hot in the flat. GUCCI has banned anyone from turning on the air-conditioners, fans or TV. LAU KAM stills refuses to pay her any money. She looks everywhere to check if he has some hidden money, but fails. She pretends that there is a fire in the building and tells him to run with all his important belongings. He takes a wooden box with him up to the roof. The KIMs get hold of his box and are shocked by the contents.

1x321 - Episode 321

July 26, 2004

TAI TSUN feels that his lucky drawn ticket number is not lucky, so he secretly swaps it with SARAH’s. SARAH wins the first prize. He asks BOON YAT SIN for help. SIN advises him that he will only be rich if he gets away from a mountain. TAI TSUN thinks that SIN is telling him to find a partner, so he tries to approach HELENA. He notices that she has a patch of leg hair shaped like a mountain. He secretly burns off her leg hair and wins some money the next day. HELENA finds that her leg hair has been burnt off and asks BOON YAT SIN for help. He tells her the same thing. The next night, TAI TSUN wants to burn her leg hair again.

1x322 - Episode 322

July 27, 2004

HELENA breaks TAI TSUN’s head. They end up in a police station. The KIMs settle the argument. HELENA hears TAI TSUN cursing her out loud while he is dreaming, so she draws some magical words on his face. The next day, he gets beaten up in a betting branch. He then gets drunk and asks GEORGE to find him a hitman to kill HELENA. When he wakes up and remembers his drunken talk, he races home with GEORGE and finds a man holding a bloodstained knife standing in the flat.

1x323 - Episode 323

July 28, 2004

HELENA stays at the KIMs’ flat to hide from the hitman, much to their annoyance. GUCCI asks TAI TSUN to beg for HELENA’s forgiveness. He serenades her with a love song outside the flat. She demands that he quit gambling, which he feels is quite harsh. GUCCI asks all the KIMs to help him. KELLY and the others pass TAI TSUN’s bankbook to HELENA and promise her that TAI TSUN has successfully given up gambling. They tell her that he is waiting for her in a restaurant for dinner, which delights her. However, when she gets to the restaurant, she sees a man who shocks her.

1x324 - Episode 324

July 29, 2004

HELENA meets her father Sir Chan outside the restaurant. She begs GUCCI to lie to her father that HELENA is the owner of the Honey Cave. Unfortunately, LAM SIN and KEI SUM ruin her plan. Sir Chan leaves angrily. He asks MARCO and KELLY to break up HELENA and TAI TSUN, but TAI TSUN has lost interest in gambling, leaving no weakness for MARCO and KELLY to exploit. TAI TSUN falls into a trap when he returns to the hotel. Some loan sharks look for him at the Honey Cave. HELENA is heartbroken and demands a divorce.

1x325 - Episode 325

July 30, 2004

TAI TSUN falls ill after HELENA decides to divorce him. GUCCI interrogates MARCO and KELLY. HELENA returns to the Chans’ mansion and feels more comfortable with servants around her. Sir Chan sends TAI TSUN a cheque to buy him out of the marriage. TAI TSUN swallows the cheque and refuses to consent to a divorce. He keeps having nightmares, from which GEORGE and FRANCIS suffer. Sir Chan invites TAI TSUN to his mansion to gamble on his marriage. TAI TSUN loses at last and leaves sadly. Sir Chan laughs hysterically after winning the bet and tells HELENA the truth that he wants her to sacrifice her marriage for his face.

1x326 - Episode 326

August 2, 2004

MARCO, KELLY and LAU KAM feel exhausted after having a night out, but a Black Storm Warning is hoisted, which cheers them up. Unfortunately, NAM demands that they have a meeting in the office. LAU KAM deliberately gives himself food poisoning and requests sick leave. He irritates NAM with his loud noise. The KIMs find a wooden box at their front door. They think it is SARAH’s and carry it in. SARAH calls up to say that she will be back in Hong Kong later and tells them that the wooden box is not hers. When they open the box, they find lots of burial tablets. They are scared and move the box outside. They find the tablets lined up on the dinner table the next day.

1x327 - Episode 327

August 3, 2004

The KIMs think that they might have offended the dead, so they clean up all the tablets. Meanwhile, NAM and NG SAU arrive and annoy everyone when they explain that the tablets are NG SAU’s props. TODAY gets a worrying chest pain while she is shooting a public awareness film about breast cancer. She goes to see a doctor in Yuen Long. NAM gives her a lift. The two are robbed on the way. They fight the robber off together and become sworn sisters afterward. LAU KAM takes away a notice about a traffic diversion from the management office and NAM’s mailbox. All the staff wait for NAM the next day, believing that she will be late.

1x328 - Episode 328

August 4, 2004

The KIMs all fall ill. LAU KAM thinks they are cursed. NAM gives the KIMs a homemade cake, but it is so hard that GUCCI’s false tooth is knocked out when she tries to eat it. TODAY is invited to join a beauty pageant. NAM encourages her and they join together. They reach the semi-final together. They both pick the same costume, but NAM lets TODAY take it. At the press conference, NAM gets all the attention and her picture is put on the newspaper front page. LAU KAM tries to cause discord between NAM and TODAY.

1x329 - Episode 329

August 5, 2004

Everyone guesses that ROGER might find a replacement for NAM, so they pretend to work hard in front of him. They even set up eight-trigram battle arrays to defend against each other. NAM and TODAY have an interview in the TV station. Many reporters surround NAM to ask her questions, which upsets TODAY. NG SAU reminds NAM to be careful of TODAY. GUCCI learns that TODAY is upset, so she and NAM secretly help publicising TODAY. TODAY is surprised. When she finds out that NAM and GUCCI have helped her, she decides to compete fairly with NAM.

1x330 - Episode 330

August 6, 2004

LAU KAM, KELLY and MARCO want to avoid NAM and TODAY meeting each other at the Honey Cave, so they get NAM to leave the restaurant. TODAY scolds them for being mean. MARCO appears looking like an executive after KELLY has transformed him. KITTY shows up looking like a first lady. ROGER is forced to reveal what it means by “Internal promotion”. On the first audition, TODAY sees a real competitor, so she plays a trick, which unfortunately backfires on NAM. They are both disqualified. GUCCI wants them to get on again, but everyone else has doubts.

1x331 - Episode 331

August 9, 2004

TAI TSUN takes the largest present from SARAH’s trip, but is disappointed to find that it is a toy dinosaur egg. He and HELENA are annoyed, so they pretend to be sick. When they are out, WONG sees them. TAI TSUN buys a big bag of lychees and decides to make himself sick by eating them all. GUCCI and SARAH are furious. ROGER is bothered by his ex-girlfriend in a park. WONG helps him out of kindness. He is late for work and everyone gives him a hard time. He resigns angrily. Meanwhile, ROGER arrives and wants to hire WONG.

1x332 - Episode 332

August 10, 2004

WONG arrives at Ka Yan early. ROGER can find no suitable position for WONG and realizes that he should not have hired him, so he runs away from him and hurts himself. ROGER suddenly has the idea of appointing WONG to be the safety officer. Everyone tries to please WONG. GUCCI worries about WONG’s new job, and everyone thinks that WONG is her illegitimate son. Everyone lines up to have a medical check-up by WONG. WONG announces that only one person in the company has failed the medical requirement.

1x333 - Episode 333

August 11, 2004

WONG points out problems in ROGER’s personal hygiene, which troubles him. ROGER takes ATHENA’s advice and tries to frame WONG for stealing his crystal ball. Unfortunately, he accidentally breaks the ball himself before he executes his plot. WONG is attracted to NAM. ROGER and ATHENA tell WONG how to pursue her. He shows up looking like a racing driver the next day and forces NAM to go out with him. While ROGER and ATHENA are imagining how it will look when WONG is arrested by the police, WONG faints on the street.

1x334 - Episode 334

August 12, 2004

MARCO, KELLY, LAU KAM and FRANCIS receive ROGER’s instruction to stop WONG from delivering some goods, so that he can fire him. GUCCI learns about it and secretly tries to help WONG. The whole issue turns into a joke. ROGER thinks that WONG has not finished his task and is about to fire him. NAM speaks up for WONG, forcing ROGER to keep him. Unexpectedly, WONG hands in his notice. TAI TSUN and HELENA are overworked when WONG is not at the Honey Cave. When they see WONG wandering the street, they beg GUCCI to re-hire him.

1x335 - Episode 335

August 13, 2004

GEORGE reveals LAU KAM’s waist size and WONG’s height. He also points out that MARCO is a penny-pincher. LAU KAM, WONG and MARCO are outraged and interrogate FRANCIS to find out GEORGE’s shortcomings. FRANCIS accidentally tells them GEORGE’s age. They ask GEORGE about some historical events to test him. GEORGE learns that a TV station is planning to produce a new version of ‘The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre’, so he tries to slim down to get on the cast. TODAY tells him that he looks like a real martial arts hero. He goes confidently to the audition.

1x336 - Episode 336

August 16, 2004

GEORGE quits filming for the TV series because he is unhappy with his character. He insists on changing his hair style to make him look younger, but with the opposite result. Meanwhile, TODAY passes by and helps him. They show up in water skiing outfits and change the producer’s impression about them. They are asked to join the cast of a soap about young people. TODAY cannot get hold of a script. She finds out that her lead actress position has been taken by a young new actress. The film crew plays tricks on her. She makes lots of mistakes and gets bruises all over. FRANCIS is heartbroken to see her get hurt, and proposes to her.

1x337 - Episode 337

August 17, 2004

TODAY announces her wedding. All except SARAH and GEORGE aren happy for her. GEORGE tells NG SAU that if FRANCIS gets married, it will make him feel old. NG SAU laughs at his silliness. TODAY takes FRANCIS for crazy shopping, which costs him a lot. The KIMs and the SHEKs argue about where TODAY and FRANCIS should live after they get married. GEORGE learns that TODAY is horrified by the idea of having a baby, so he tells her that FRANCIS wants to have a baby as soon as they get married, which brings her nightmares every night.

1x338 - Episode 338

August 18, 2004

TODAY is stressed by the wedding preparations and takes it out on FRANCIS. Some sponsors learn that TODAY is getting married and want to cancel her their contracts with her. FRANCIS tries to comfort her by saying that she can retire and have babies after getting married. However, she is scared by the thought of having babies and has an argument with him. GUCCI wants them to make up again, so she deliberately causes FRANCIS to have an accident. TODAY rushes to the hospital to see him, which delights GUCCI. Unexpectedly, TODAY and FRANCIS have to make a big announcement.

1x339 - Episode 339

August 19, 2004

GUCCI feels very unsettled. She worries that something bad has happened to SING. He suddenly appears at the KIMs’ and criticizes GUCCI’s radish cake, which she worked overnight to make for him. SING tells ATHENA that MARCO and KELLY have photocopied some personal letters at the office, and LAU KAM sleeps during work hours. SING keeps behaving strangely and seems to be attracted by red objects. All his colleagues interrogate SING about the snitching. He admits that everything is a practical joke. SING tells NG SAU that he wants to cut off all links with GUCCI. SAU asks him why, but he finds it hard to explain.

1x340 - Episode 340

August 20, 2004

NG SAU sees the KIMs turn their backs to each other through selfishness, so he supports SING for wanting to leave them. SING tells GUCCI that he wants to set up his own business and asks her to get a mortgage with the Honey Cave and her flat, which shocks everyone. GUCCI finds a note saying ‘I hate GUCCI’ in SING’s room. Everyone keeps their distance from SING. GUCCI feels sick and is hospitalized after drinking some soup that SING has prepared. SING tells everyone that he can only marry an island princess if he becomes an orphan. No one believes him, which annoys him.