Episode 87
Virtues Of Harmony II - S1 - E87
SAM JR. gets involved in another accident when seeing MAY home. During their wait for help, MAY loses her bracelet. While combing the streets nearby for her bracelet, they have found a handful of golden bracelets and necklaces. Back home, everyone believes that MAY has a wealthy suitor. TAI CHUEN forces her to dress up for her dates. YEE will only agree to work overtime if CHRIS buys her disserts, but CHRIS gets a bruise on his head in the process. CHRIS has gone through much trouble to redeem a cute chicken radio for SAM, only to realize that YEE is SAM’s object of affections….
Virtues Of Harmony II: Season 1 - 101 Episode s
1x37 - Episode 37
June 24, 2003
CHRIS realizes that he has wrongly blamed YEE when a nurse sends back the sketches and is overwhelmed by a feeling of guilt. YEE complains to ROGER, but ROGER thinks that the company is too small an arena for two capable persons and asks her to return to England. YEE’s lousy mood results in a loss of an order amounting to millions of dollars. ATHENA badmouths her in front of ROGER, who asks CHRIS to sack YEE. CHRIS listens to YEE’s explanation, and he can’t bring himself to fire her after learning that she is the breadwinner of the family.
1x38 - Episode 38
June 25, 2003
CHRIS and YEE join hands to win the bid, thus sparing YEE from her ill fate. To draw inspirations for her work, YEE stays temporarily with the KIMs. GUCCI revamps her appearance and assumes the air of an educated person. Ever since YEE’s stay at the household, KAM feels awkward about every move he makes. One day, he wakes up and finds himself on the roof, believing it to be some supernatural forces at work.
1x39 - Episode 39
June 26, 2003
Nobody at the KIMs believes in KAM’s encounter with ghosts. One night, while heading to the bathroom, TODAY sees to her horror a woman with long hair walking past her. Her screaming wakes KAM up, but KAM finds himself tied up in his bed. The KIMs cannot be more relieved when KAM asks to move out. CHRIS probes into the matter by recording events at night on a camera but meets YEE’s fists and kicks. It is then known to all that YEE sleepwalks.
1x40 - Episode 40
June 27, 2003
KELLY returns from her business trip and brings the KIMs souvenirs. YEE grabs the presents for herself and infuriates KELLY. Fearing that her place will be usurped by YEE, KELLY makes life difficult for her by snatching the crystal plate a client gave her and showing it off to the KIMs. YEE breaks a glass tumbler. KELLY mistakes it to be the crystal plate and engages YEE in a fight. MARCO is pushed down and lands on the broken glass amid the chaos.
1x41 - Episode 41
June 30, 2003
KELLY realizes that she has wrongly blamed YEE when CHRIS discerns the broken pieces are just glassware. ROGER reminds CHRIS of the importance of securing the order from A&B. FRANCIS overhears their conversations and learns that CHRIS has pledged to see the deal come through as condition to save YEE from getting the axe though YEE has no knowledge of it. FRANCIS asks if CHRIS likes YEE, but he denies it. YEE drags CHRIS to the rooftop in the small hours and talks enthusiastically about her latest inspiration — swapping of clothes among family members. CHRIS praises her originality. CHRIS and YEE go and sign a contract with A&B. The company staffs make life difficult for CHRIS, asking him to try on the clothes himself. CHRIS quietly bears the humiliation but YEE glowers at him. FRANCIS asks again if CHRIS fancies YEE, but CHRIS only says that YEE has a huge burden to shoulder, and asks him to keep the truth from her……
1x42 - Episode 42
July 1, 2003
TODAY works as a part-time model at Ka Yan and makes sharp criticisms on FRANCIS’s tonal designs. FRANCIS rebuts her and derogates her work as amateurish. The two are at odds. TODAY announces her rights to decide, dispute, and be independent. The KIMs take it as her momentary tantrum and abide it. The family pool their money to buy lottery tickets but TODAY decides to act alone, claiming that she will buy a manuscript of the famous playwright FIFTEENTH SON OF EAST SEA if she hits the jackpot. Having won the third prize, GUCCI splits the money among the family. Each member buys a present and neglects TODAY. Dejected, TODAY is at once surprised and overjoyed when GUCCI gives her the much sought-after manuscript. She flips through the script and is stunned to see that the contents are repetitions of the first scene. GUCCI has bought her a counterfeit!
1x43 - Episode 43
July 2, 2003
GUCCI comes upon a picture of TSUI, TODAY’s producer, and photos in which TODAY strikes sexy pose. KAM mentions that TSUI has a liking for taking nudity. Dumbfounded, GUCCI storms the studio and puts the session to a halt. CHRIS beats up TSUI in a fit of anger. But things turn out to be a big misunderstanding.
1x44 - Episode 44
July 3, 2003
TODAY criticizes FRANCIS’s frog T-shirt pattern as banal. But MARCO and CHRIS point out that the frog T-shirts are massive hit in a Southeast Asian country because frog is seen as a lucky charm. The king even writes FRANCIS a letter to offer his compliments. TODAY receives a call from TSUI, who offers her the leading role in his new movie. TODAY is elated and treats everyone to seafood. MARCO hurries to the banquet with the ominous news that the king is furious at the red color FRANCIS used for the fog, which turns a blessing into a curse. The king not only cancels the order but also prohibits TODAY from shooting her new film on location.
1x45 - Episode 45
July 4, 2003
TODAY and the three women work out at the gym and chance on FRANCIS. The old feuds play tricks on each other. KELLY suggests that they find TODAY and FRANCIS a common enemy so that they can turn feud into alliance. KAM is the unanimous choice. TODAY returns home one day and sees MICHAEL waiting downstairs with a bouquet of flowers. Her joy is cut short when FRANCIS returns and MICHAEL declares his love for him, forcing his lips on his. TODAY demands MICHAEL’s explanation. His words infuriate both TODAY and FRANCIS so much that they punch him on his face.
1x46 - Episode 46
July 7, 2003
MARCO and KELLY visit the “Love Bell” and find TODAY and FRANCIS paying obeisance before it. The news reaches a worrying GUCCI. But the truth is finally revealed — she only gets close to FRANCIS to prepare for her homosexual part in her next film.
1x47 - Episode 47
July 8, 2003
CHRIS introduces KITTY to his client ELTON, but ELTON takes MAY fancy and invites her to a cruise trip. MAY makes it clear that she doesn’t like ELTON and will not go to the date. The KIMs wonder what type of guys MAY falls for. MAY hurdles the railing in the middle of the road to retrieve a seemingly worthless plastic watch. TODAY witnesses the incident and believes the watch is a love keepsake. TODAY returns home and finds out that the watch once belonged to CHRIS and arrives at the conclusion that MAY has a crush on CHRIS.
1x48 - Episode 48
July 9, 2003
KAM is running an errand when he meets an elderly woman begging on her wheelchair and decides to give her a hand. GUCCI happens to walk past the place. She brands KAM an unfilial son as neighbors scorn KAM for pressing his mother into begging. KAM’s kind act towards the old lady ironically earns him a good beating. GUCCI suggests the family have an outing to the Hong Kong Botanic Garden. But her eagerness is not matched by her three children. CHRIS and MARCO tempt TODAY with money so that she will company the mother to the outing. TODAY flops at her last scene. To help her immerse in the role, the director and the assistant do a clever trick but get TODAY very drunk on set.
1x49 - Episode 49
July 10, 2003
CHRIS and MARCO return home and realize that TODAY has failed to show up at the outing. The four hear laughter coming out from GUCCI’s room and are stunned when GUCCI and KAM walk out together. The siblings plan to take GUCCI out but GUCCI has set a date with KAM for having Big Bowl Feast in Yuen Long. The siblings are stunned.
1x50 - Episode 50
July 11, 2003
Alarmed by KAM’s lipsalving GUCCI on the phone and learning from SARAH that GUCCI is on the way to the bank to close her time deposit account, the siblings follow KAM hot on his heels to the ferry pier. There, GUCCI hands over to KAM a huge envelope filled with notes. The siblings snatch the envelope and rip it open. The mystery is solved as they see for themselves that the envelope is filled with nothing other than paper money offerings.
1x51 - Episode 51
July 14, 2003
CHRIS, MARCO, and TODAY feel ill at ease as SARAH suspects that she is plagued with a series of illnesses. GEORGE mistakes her for a fat woman and makes her flush in embarrassment. He also boosts about nurturing and giving the first break to TSE SAU MAN, who now makes it to Hollywood. SARAH takes some medicine stealthily at night, thus confirming the siblings’ belief that she suffers an illness she intends to keep dark.
1x52 - Episode 52
July 15, 2003
Prior to the visit of NG MEI LAI, CHRIS’s major client, the staffs at Ka Yan put away little ornaments of love to avoid offending the single woman. While discussing the design sketches with CHRIS, LAI is upset by YEE’s courteous manners toward FRANCIS and storms out. In order to secure LAI’s contract, FRANCIS is forced to either adopt an alias or resign from his job
1x53 - Episode 53
July 16, 2003
CHRIS and others look for clues as to why SARAH falls out with KITTY. KELLY takes out a college annual and finds out that their friendship dates back to high school years. KITTY acts business-like towards KELLY and MARCO deliberately, while CHRIS searches desperately for a solution. KITTY challenges SARAH to a tennis match, and in the court, the two women explain why their friendship turned to feud. It all began from “The Old Virgin” contest….
1x54 - Episode 54
July 17, 2003
ROGER plans to purchase a yacht for his staff’s recreations but is indecisive over naming her as “CHRIS” or “ATHENA”. ATHENA urges her colleagues to work overtime so as to impress the boss. While everyone is working frantically, CHRIS makes a reservation for a candlelight dinner and orders a lovely bouquet. He is in fact taking a client from Africa to dinner in order to expand their market to the continent. The proposals submitted by ATHENA and CHRIS bear some striking similarities. ATHENA angrily points her finger at MARCO for spying for CHRIS…
1x55 - Episode 55
July 18, 2003
CHRIS is convinced that a spy has leaked out information to ATHENA. LILY emerges as the prime suspect after rounds of accusations and heated arguments. But they realize that they blame an otherwise innocent person as ATHENA heaps reproaches upon LILY for making only a minor mistake. GUCCI points out the three distinguished features of a spy. A new search has been launched, and this time, YEE, who winks at ATHENA, becomes the prime suspect.
1x56 - Episode 56
July 21, 2003
Employees at Ka Yan all call in sick and shift their workload onto KAM. Running a fever himself, KAM laments his ill luck with romance when he sees KELLY nursing MARCO meticulously. The idea of marriage also strikes him. KAM evaluates the women of the company and concludes that YEE is the real gem. CHRIS is shocked to see YEE holding KAM in her arms outside a theater.
1x57 - Episode 57
July 22, 2003
YEE seeks CHRIS’s advice on some clothes samples, but for a moment, he mistakes her for seeking counsel on going out with KAM. He advises her against acting compulsively. GUCCI returns home and sees KAM refurnishing his room. Fearing that he might stay for good, she dispatches CHRIS to act as a negotiator. KAM takes YEE to a roadside food stall for dinner. YEE cannot hold back her anger as some rascals refuse to pay their bill. KAM ends up being beaten up for her daring remarks.
1x58 - Episode 58
July 23, 2003
Back at the KIMs household, the siblings discover that KAM has laid his hand on every single possession of theirs. KAM vows to seek out the ‘real culprit’ who has used his shaver to shave leg hair. Acnes scar KAM’s skin around the lips. He visits the clinic and chances on Kelly. KAM is convinced that he gets the acnes from her but the doctor’s diagnosis suggests otherwise.
1x59 - Episode 59
July 24, 2003
KELLY fancies an expensive glass tumbler. She claims that it is flawed and thus presses the shop assistant to sell it at half-price. A robber snatches MAY’s handbag. KELLY gives chase bravely and retrieves the bag. All agree that KELLY has a guilty conscience. MAY gives a rare White Tiger phone card to MARCO. TODAY reminiscences on happenings in their childhood, and before long, it becomes obvious to her that MAY has a crush on MARCO.
1x60 - Episode 60
July 25, 2003
TODAY seeks to verify her assumption with MAY, while encouraging her to show her true feelings. Solemnly, MAY makes her seal her lips. MARCO carelessly steps on MAY’s lunchbox. MAY’s mind travels way back to three years ago, when KELLY first entered Ka Yan. KELLY presents her well-mannered and gentle demeanor in front of MARCO.
1x61 - Episode 61
July 28, 2003
TODAY and KELLY fight for a taxi. TODAY reminds MAY to be on her guard against KELLY, whom she believes has a crush on MARCO. MAY is skeptical. KELLY pretends to engage in a telephone conservation in which she mentions about a rare robot model and misleads MARCO to think that she is an ardent robot collector like himself. KELLY seizes the chance to take him along to collect the goods. Meanwhile, she gives MAY a free ticket to the cinema.
1x62 - Episode 62
July 29, 2003
MAY’s thought travels three years back to the day of MARCO’s birthday: GUCCI had drawn a lucky divination stick for him, which suggested that the new year would be an auspicious year for romance. With her new straight hair look, MAY went to the KIMS. She was shocked to see that KELLY showed up with a curly hairstyle just like her former self. She had brought with her a birthday cake for MARCO and even kissed the birthday boy in front of everyone…. UNCLE SZE has picked up a latest robot model in the samples room. KELLY thinks that MARCO has bought the robot without her knowledge and breaks its head in a fit of rage. MARCO is horrified. MARCO meets a client on Cheung Chau with MAY pursuing all the way to the island bringing the documents he has left behind. But the two miss the last ferry back and have no choice but to stay in an apparently haunted villa. The chilling gusts of wind and the sudden telephone ring leave them in a cold sweat…
1x63 - Episode 63
July 30, 2003
KELLY brings some souvenirs over to the KIMs. TODAY makes a startling statement about the night MARCO and MAY stayed over on Cheung Chau. She is also displeased that MAY didn’t seize the chance to declare her love. MAY explains that KELLY has treated her like a sister and she doesn’t have the heart to break them up. LAM SIN meets TODAY dressed in her rather common makeup and clothes and mistakes her to be a prostitute. TODAY is outraged by his comment. CHRIS and SARAH are hustling against each other. LAM YUK KONG thinks that CHRIS is a bully and punches him with his fist. It turns out that CHRIS is only trying to stop SARAH from munching on the moldy chocolate. SARAH is not pleased with KONG’s addressing her as an old woman. Inside the supermarket, GUCCI meets FA KEI SUM, a glutinous woman goes beyond her imagination.
1x64 - Episode 64
July 31, 2003
SUM sees GUCCI and UNCLE SIU walking side by side affectionately, and thinking that she is an old prostitute, she reports GUCCI to the police who happen to be thrashing prostitution rings in the neighborhood. SIN, SUM and KONG are KELLY’s father, mother and brother respectively. By an odd coincidence, the two families go to the same restaurant. KELLY hastens her family’s exist to avoid their meeting and causing further conflicts. KELLY walks out of the kitchen just as SUM and others enter Honey Cave. GUCCI is stunned when she hears KELLY calling SUM mum.
1x65 - Episode 65
August 1, 2003
TODAY claims that KELLY must break up with MARCO since her family has offended GUCCI. MARCO smells trouble after learning that the oven for baking Honey Cave egg tarts is out of order. At Honey Cave, GUCCI and others gather around the television set and watch the news of contaminated egg tarts with keen attention. The Honey Cave staffs criticize other restaurants for their poor hygiene and jump to their own defense.
1x66 - Episode 66
August 4, 2003
GUCCI explains that because the oven has broken down, the shop didn’t make their own egg tarts on that day. MARCO confesses that he has bought the egg tarts from different shops for sale at Honey Cave. In a moment of impulse, SUM asks KELLY to break up with MARCO, an idea that finds accord with GUCCI. The parents take away their child respectively. KELLY is barred from meeting MARCO, but MARCO rushes to the LAMs against all odds. The lovers catch a glimpse of each other just seconds before the lift door closes. KELLY finds herself trapped inside the lift. When the door finally opens, the lovers embrace each other. SUM charges Honey Cave, believing that KELLY is pregnant.
1x67 - Episode 67
August 5, 2003
KELLY admits being pregnant. GUCCI can do nothing but gives her blessings to the couple. CHRIS offers to furnish for their wedding expenses. MARCO is guilt-stricken. The KIMs discuss dowry matters with the LAMs. As presents for the bride, SUM demands a sumptuous banquet for 600 guests, one million dollars and half of the Honey Cave shares. Meanwhile, KELLY pretends that she miscarries. The doctor advises her to take a three-month leave, but she simply quits her job. KELLY tells SIN to sell his taxi and SUM to work as a domestic helper to support the mother and child.
1x68 - Episode 68
August 6, 2003
KELLY stuffs herself with nourishing food prepared by GUCCI. As a result, she has put on massive weight and acnes grow all over her face. MAY wins a free trip to Japan in a lucky draw. TODAY urges her to go on the trip instead of being the bridesmaid. But KELLY mistakes the coupon for her wedding gift. KELLY takes MARCO to a new flat and expresses wishes for having a home of their own. MARCO worries that it will upset GUCCI. To declare their intention without hurting GUCCI’s feelings, they make an allusion to a pair of butterflies. GUCCI happily offers them financial support to make their dream come true.
1x69 - Episode 69
August 7, 2003
SARAH takes out two jewelry boxes. KELLY is given the smaller one. She hears GUCCI mentioning about a dowry and believes hers is less precious than the bigger one. Much to her delight, the box contains a golden pig pendant. KELLY is so choosy about her wedding gown that none of the many gowns she has tried on seems to please her. But when it comes to selecting the bridesmaid’s dress, she hastily picks MAY a dress that resembles a nun’s gown. At last, the couple finds out that GUCCI is only paying for the refurbishing expenses of the newly-weds room, and not a new flat. KELLY wants to move to Tseung Kwan O, while MARCO fancies a new place in the Yau Tsim Wong district. KELLY hurries to the Housing Authority office where her parents are heading to sell their flat bought under the Home Ownership Scheme. When she sees them walking out of the office, her panic turns into disappointment.
1x70 - Episode 70
August 8, 2003
MARCO summons the nerve to tell GUCCI their plan to move out. To MARCO’s relief, GUCCI is supportive of their decision. Rather unexpectedly, SARAH is very reluctant to see them go. She is so upset that she breaks into tears and cry and goes on to announce her intention to move out with the couple. KELLY and MARCO are jolted.
1x71 - Episode 71
August 11, 2003
KELLY blames herself for engrossing SARAH and decides to give up her ideal marriage life and moves back to the KIMs. The four guys are having their groom and groomsmen talk while they meet BOON YAT SIN. BOON teaches MARCO the trick to make his woman a subservient wife — sitting the bride on a chair under which a spring tied to a pincer is placed. KELLY holds the belief that honesty matters most in a marriage, so she reveals to MARCO her first lover and MARCO to her his.
1x72 - Episode 72
August 12, 2003
On their wedding day, the bridesmaids get a big red packet from the anxious groom. They also demand that MARCO sing KELLY a love song. KELLY rushes out of the room to put the action to a halt. The couple offers tea to GUCCI and other elders. GUCCI asks them to offer tea symbolically to her missing brother. KAM drinks it up advertently. At the marriage registry, the family witnesses a hilarious scene where the bridesmaid declares her love for the groom and thus ruins the day for the two families. When KELLY and MARCO make their vows, MAY storms in.
1x73 - Episode 73
August 13, 2003
KELLY tries concealing some contraceptive pills but has dropped them on the floor instead. MARCO picks them up and tries slipping them back to his trousers but the pills land in a pocket of TODAY’s jacket. The suicide of a lovesick teenage girl makes the news headline. GUCCI is startled by the tragedy. When the family realizes that TODAY heads straight to the roof after returning home after work, they rush to her rescue…. GUCCI and the family gather for a hotpot dinner before the couple leaves for their honeymoon. A guilt-stricken KELLY finally reveals to all her lie about being pregnant. But all along, the family knows the truth even though they keep it to themselves to save her from embarrassment.
1x74 - Episode 74
August 14, 2003
TODAY is displeased that KELLY shirks the housework and treats GUCCI and SARAH like maids. KELLY gets wind that the wooden box is an heirloom bequeathed by GUCCI’s great grandmother and will be passed on to a dutiful and diligent daughter-in-law. KELLY thus offers to do the housework, even prepares desserts and hangs up the laundry. GUCCI decides to bestow the box on KELLY. She opens it excitedly but the content shatters any fantasy she may have.
1x75 - Episode 75
August 15, 2003
KELLY complains about KAM’s idleness and bad habits. She uses his racing papers to wrap mango peels and throws away his stinky socks. But her efforts do not pay off. KAM still leads her by the nose. TAI TSUN and others are trying hard to read the fading words and photo of an old identity card. SARAH comments on the person’s unsightly features. KAM joins in the guessing game. Only later do they realize that the I.D. card actually belongs to KAM. YEE suggests holding a birthday party for KAM. KITTY refuses to pay her share of money. While KAM is getting his round of birthday kisses, he is tripped over by a wine bottle and plunges straight to KITTY….
1x76 - Episode 76
August 18, 2003
ROGER is proposing a wage cut of twenty per cent. FRANCIS gets wind of the news and breaks it to his colleagues. Kitty unwittingly reveals that she is the highest earning staff, though both she and KAM have claimed to receive only a meager salary. Maddened, ATHENA passes out. ROGER summons his staff. All read their letter with sorrow, except KITTY and KAM who are lucky enough to keep their present salaries. MAY opens hers and screams out loud…
1x77 - Episode 77
August 19, 2003
Luck has not been on KAM’s side lately. But SARAH treats him exceptionally kindly. KAM blames KITTY for bringing him ill luck. He gets a fright finding that his peace charm has gone missing. CHRIS advises that KAM takes a few days off. KAM decides to spend his holiday on Cheung Chau where he will also attend a wedding banquet. A dejected KITTY also goes to the island for a break. A drunken KITTY enters KAM’s room. Thinking it is ALEX that is lying on the bed, she throws her arms around KAM.
1x78 - Episode 78
August 20, 2003
The next morning, the naked KITTY and KAM scream and shout at the sight of each other. KITTY feels a sharp pain in her stomach. CHRIS suspects it to be a case of appendicitis. Words just escape KAM’s lips, saying that she already had her appendix removed. Holding a bright red brief in her hand, SISTER OI inquires about its owner. Again without hesitation, KITTY is able to tell that it is KAM’s belonging. It is only when KELLY notices a jade Buddha pendant on KITTY’s neck that KITTY and KAM find out they are wearing each other’s pendant.
1x79 - Episode 79
August 21, 2003
KITTY intrudes the gent’s toilet to retrieve her butterfly pendant. She gets stuck as CHRIS and the other two guys walk in and gossip about the affair between the secretary and the office boy of their neighboring company. KITTY loses her spirit and appetite as she suspects that she is pregnant. Leaving the office, KAM, KITTY and LILY take the same lift. Without any warning, LILY is going into labor with the two assisting her.
1x80 - Episode 80
August 22, 2003
KELLY and MARCO return to the office from hospital. They switch on the video recorder to play the message LILY has recorded for KAM. On the screen, LILY is cursing KAM for bringing her bad luck. During her pregnancy, she has always expected to give birth to a baby boy, which turns out to be a girl. KAM visits KITTY at her home. The two jump for joy when learning that KITTY is after all not pregnant. KAM chances on his ex-girlfriend AH HAN. HAN makes a mockery of KAM at the presence of her current boyfriend SIMON. KITTY shows up posing as KAM’s girlfriend and kisses and hugs him in front of everyone.
1x81 - Episode 81
August 25, 2003
KAM is thankful for KITTY’s passionate kisses that heal his ego wound. But the gesture costs Ka Yan a five million dollar deal. KAM is filled with guilt. The two meet again in a crab specialty restaurant. Though their friendship grows by leaps and bounds, KAM goes shilly-shally at the reminder of an old man. This puzzles KITTY a great deal. The following day, KAM musters up his courage to declare his love to KITTY. But the two still play the odd couple in public. The colleagues eavesdrop on their heart-to-heart talk in the patterns room. The couple covers up their romance by shaking their fist and legs at each other.
1x82 - Episode 82
August 26, 2003
To save face, KAM spends a fortune on a lavish night out with KITTY. Though KITTY’s lifestyle and social circle bear no resemblance to KAM’s, she tries her best to accommodate their differences. She splashes out on expensive clothes for KAM, claiming those to be counterfeits. KAM gives her bargain-basement dresses as gifts. Their swapping of styles takes their colleagues by surprise. Believing that KAM is extorting money from KITTY with pictures of nudity, they follow hot at his heels and find out the truth…
1x83 - Episode 83
August 27, 2003
The KITTY and KAM romance doesn’t look too promising in most people’s mind, but KITTY refuses to dump KAM despite their persuasion. FRANCIS demands to know from GEORGE the identity of his mother but to no avail. To infuriate him further, GEORGE actually believes it is perfectly all right to bear a son out of wedlock. FRANCIS finds out that a Cantonese film star PO LAM used to be GEORGE’s best screen partner. He digs up some old newspaper clippings and a pocket watch and learns that the two had gone missing for twenty-four hours during a trip to Malaysia years ago. Disguising himself as a journalist, he interviews PO LAM. Spotting the same watch she carries, he is convinced that she is his natural mother.
1x84 - Episode 84
August 28, 2003
CHRIS tries to sound GEORGE out but fails. TODAY takes him to PO LAM’s when the two witness her chasing off some swindlers pretending to be relatives of hers. FRANCIS becomes hesitant. GUCCI thinks that a sincere apology is the solution to reconciliation. TODAY hatches a plan in which she asks GEORGE to recite lines of apologies for an assumed audition tape, which will be played to PO LAM. But the lines are turned into chiding by GEORGE, who shows up unexpectedly. FRANCIS’ screaming for mother silences PO LAM and stuns GEORGE as the two engage in fisticuffs.
1x85 - Episode 85
August 29, 2003
The truth about the enmity between the old screen partners is at last revealed. FRANCIS is distressed to learn that his birth mother was a pornography starlet. Though YEE and CHRIS are constantly at odds, they make a perfect couple on the catwalk. YEE is unhappy with CHRIS’ currying favor with their client MR NG. She would rather walk home than sitting in the same car with him. NG wants to ask YEE out. He even attempts to lure her over to his company with big money. CHRIS is alarmed. Thankfully, YEE fends off his advances with wits. Still, YEE’s hostility towards CHRIS has not diminished. She seizes every opportunity to poke fun at him.
1x86 - Episode 86
September 1, 2003
YEE accompanies MAY to deliver a book to a friend of CHRIS’. During MAY’s visit to the bathroom, YEE has an encounter with the friend SAM. Meanwhile, MAY saves SAM JR. in another bathroom incident. SAM takes YEE fancy. But misconceiving that he is courting MAY, CHRIS pledges him his full support. SAM takes YEE to dinner at a curry restaurant. Despite CHRIS’ bribing the waiter, things don’t work out smoothly. SAM’s face turns chilli red from consuming the curries. MAY chances on SAM JR. again. Turns out this SAM is also not a fan of spicy food…
1x87 - Episode 87
September 2, 2003
SAM JR. gets involved in another accident when seeing MAY home. During their wait for help, MAY loses her bracelet. While combing the streets nearby for her bracelet, they have found a handful of golden bracelets and necklaces. Back home, everyone believes that MAY has a wealthy suitor. TAI CHUEN forces her to dress up for her dates. YEE will only agree to work overtime if CHRIS buys her disserts, but CHRIS gets a bruise on his head in the process. CHRIS has gone through much trouble to redeem a cute chicken radio for SAM, only to realize that YEE is SAM’s object of affections….
1x88 - Episode 88
September 3, 2003
The colleagues exclaim what a perfect couple YEE and SAM make. Their compliments earn them a seafood barbecue. FRANCIS eggs CHRIS on to compete with SAM. CHRIS loses three rounds in a row and almost gets drowned. FRANCIS cannot but blame CHRIS’ ill luck. While YEE is hunting for an out-of-print pictorial, she learns that CHRIS has been giving SAM a hand in his courtship. She believes it to be another of his business tactics to sell her out. She gives CHRIS a smack on the face and joins SAM to a trip to France. CHRIS looks dispirited. YEE returns to the office out of the blue, because…
1x89 - Episode 89
September 4, 2003
Not able to enjoy a convenient lift as he used to, MARCO shows up late for a meeting and loses his client. ATHENA chastises him with harsh words, while his colleagues call him a loser. KELLY vows to buy a new car to address the injustice done to MARCO, by saving on dining out and going to work on foot. KELLY’s food in her lunchbox has turned bad. She insists to attend a meeting on her empty stomach and passes out on the street.
1x90 - Episode 90
September 5, 2003
No sooner she strikes lucky and wins a car in a lucky draw, but she cautiously asks MARCO to keep it from his family and colleagues in case they all scramble for a ride. MARCO is filled with guilt. MARCO has left his car key in the house. KAM’s nonsensical utterances on the key almost expose their lie. One day, MARCO gets stuck in a traffic jam and has to crouch down the driver’s seat when his family walks past him. MARCO drives the LAMs to Sai Kung to have seafood and is shocked at the sight of GUCCI and others.
1x91 - Episode 91
September 8, 2003
MARCO rakes his brain to conceal his ownership of a new car from GUCCI. But a clash later costs him a fortune to repair the vehicle. A ferocious-looking KONG is mistaken to be a pickpocket. Doubling KELLY’s embarrassment, ATHENA believes she has subdued a molester. Taking SHEUNG for a cleaner, KONG recites to him a list of Ka Yan’s top ten shortcomings. SHEUNG is outraged. KELLY loses no time to chase KONG out. KONG and MAY get trapped inside a lift. While the two try to find a way to escape, MAY gets hurt as KONG stumbles on her….
1x92 - Episode 92
September 9, 2003
KONG is sacked for making irredeemable mistakes and injuring his co-worker. He idles away his leisure time by wrecking all the home appliances. SHUM hints at KELLY to find him a job at Honey Cave but the idea is tactfully turned down by GUCCI. KELLY finds it hard to get a job for KONG at Honey Cave: there is no way to get rid of the influential and high incoming earning TAI CHUEN and HELENA, nor can she find flaws in AH WONG’s work. Just then, AH WONG is held under the suspicion that he has stolen money for paying a friend’s debt. Angry at the unfounded accusation, AH WONG resigns. KELLY breaks the good news to KONG, but he rejects the offer…
1x93 - Episode 93
September 10, 2003
KAM is on the verge of exposing KELLY’s conspiracy of posting fake recruitment ads for SARAH. She misleads KONG to believe that TAI CHUEN has been maltreating her in order to convince him to take up the job at Honey Cave to keep an eye on him. KONG’s thunderous voice gives the customers a flight. GUCCI and SARAH are victims, too. KONG purchases a set of advanced equipment to keep close surveillance on TAI CHUEN and gather evidence of his bullying acts. His silly acts make KELLY boil with anger. TAI CHUEN and wife attempt to get KONG sacked by adding laxatives to his food but their plan backfires….
1x94 - Episode 94
September 11, 2003
TODAY is displeased with KELLY for taking advantage of the family. KELLY lines her own pocket by taking small changes from purchases she does for her colleagues, though she won’t admit it. KONG’s parents drop by at Honey Cave and entrusts some abalones to their custody. A hospitable KONG treats them to a big meal. TAI CHUEN comes seeking revenge and demands that KONG’s parents pay for their food. The situation soon turns into a farce. A furious GUCCI orders that no one should give away free meals from then on. KELLY’s colleagues teach her a hard lesson for taking advantages of them. The abalones have gone missing. KONG tells the police that TAI CHUEN is the real culprit, but the truth is…
1x95 - Episode 95
September 12, 2003
The alumni decide to present the ‘Old Virgin’ golden plague to SARAH now that KITTY has a boyfriend. Frustrated, SARAH tosses the plague down a wishing well and curses that KITTY gets beaten up by KAM. When SARAH sees bruises on KITTY’s body, a fear for her curse and swear sends a shiver down her spine. She goes down the well to retrieve the plague and gets injured. She meets KITTY in hospital and at once rebukes KAM. Meanwhile, the plague slips out of the pocket….
1x96 - Episode 96
September 15, 2003
GUCCI insists that SARAH take a few days off; SARAH enters a TV game show and beats GEORGE to become the champion. But because she has resorted to violence at one point, she is disqualified. KELLY teaches SARAH the invincible ‘Laugh, Fawn and Fake’ discipline of dealing with people but she proves to be a bad student. BOON YAT SIN prophesizes that SARAH’s man is an oddball, but SARAH takes it to mean its homophone ‘American’, and reassures herself that it is where her future holds when CHRIS introduces her to an American returnee. Gradually SARAH begins to realize that the man has…
1x97 - Episode 97
September 16, 2003
SARAH avenges her insults on the KIMs one by one. KAM becomes the scapegoat of her misfortune. SARAH seeks a ‘bachelor women’ house but her unrefined speech repels the residents, who turn down her application. Ignoring the gossips rampant in the press, GEORGE coaches a newcomer PING PING on an intimate scene. This incurs SARAH’s displeasure. Later, she and GEORGE are wired up and lifted to mid-air and cannot get down. SARAH recalls her dream and is stunned to realize how similar it is to her predicament now. As a media hype, PING PING falsely accuses GEORGE of taking liberty with her.
1x98 - Episode 98
September 17, 2003
GEORGE cannot prove his innocence and comes under fire when trying to save a little girl. SARAH learns of PING’s scheme and seeks to expose it, but her action only makes things worse. GUCCI and others cannot think of a solution. SARAH takes a page from an old Cantonese classic and prepares a casserole for GEORGE. It gives him diarrhea, but also because of this short break from filming, PING cannot apply her old trick on him. PING’s lie is exposed. But rather strangely, GEORGE only shows his gratitude to HELENA.
1x99 - Episode 99
September 18, 2003
SARAH is torn between her dream and the reality. GEORGE emerges in her dream as her life-saving hero, but in reality, he never stops heaping criticisms on her. To get even with KAM who has inflicted injury on LILY’s daughter, CHRIS seeks to expose KAM’s phoniness in assuming the air of a highflyer in front of his mother SISTER SEVEN. But again, KAM turns the tables on CHRIS. GUCCI mentions something that arouses KAM’s suspicion of the real identity of his father. He follows SISTER SEVEN to her meeting with SHEUNG. SHEUNG gives her his promise to take care of KAM. KAM can’t help but think that the man is….
1x100 - Episode 100
September 19, 2003
KAM tries to justify the secret held between his mother and SHEUNG, and convinces himself that SHEUNG gives him the book as a gesture to show concerns for his staff’s future. KAM has got a split headache. Remembering that SHEUNG has kneeled to pick up a book in front of him, he fears that it is the jinx for having the father to kneel down before the son. KAM closely observes their small gestures and is even more convinced that they are related in blood. KAM takes SHEUNG to Temple Street and teaches him to resort to the fist under difficult circumstances. Getting caught between two rivalry gangs, SHEUNG puts on a bold front. KAM shivers, as a massive fight is about to break out…
1x101 - Episode 101
September 22, 2003
SHEUNG is worry about the head injury that KAM receives. KAM unexpectedly gets a pay raise and a promotion. At Ka Yan, he supervises everyone’s work as if he is the boss’ son. KITTY is perturbed about bringing KAM into trouble as she has the same clothes as ATHENA. KAM eases her of anxiety by revealing his identity as the boss’ son. LILY happens to overhear it. Believing that SHEUNG is going to buy him a big house, KAM threatens to move out the KIMs. CHRIS makes him sign a lease termination paper as confirmation. SHEUNG meets a traffic accident. Thinking he is critically injured, KAM rushes to his bedside.
1x102 - Episode 102
September 23, 2003
SISTER SEVEN can hardly bear to hear KAM calling SHEUNG dad. She faints at the scene. Regaining her consciousness, she explains to KAM that he is only an adopted son and is not in any way related to SHEUNG. SARAH tidies up KAM’s room and declares the rebirth of the place. The KIMs amuse themselves by addressing KAM as the boss’ son while waiting for the most opportune moment to play trick upon him.
1x103 - Episode 103
September 24, 2003
KAM consumes food of the entire KIM family in one single night and wakes up the next morning sick with a tummy ache. The KIMS pay no attention to his complaint and continue their countdown to his departure. KAM raises his arms and screams out. Everyone shouts out ‘Uncle’. A hair-removing cream has revealed a distinguished birthmark on his arm, from which they learn of his real identity as FU, GUCCI’s brother.
1x104 - Episode 104
September 25, 2003
To save up for a golden watch for her future mother-in-law’s birthday present, SUGAR eats only leftovers. It startles KITTY, who reveals to KELLY and others that she has actually never met SEVEN SISTER. KELLY thinks that KITTY has no formal status in the family. They arrange for KITTY to meet SEVEN SISTER. The mother forms a good impression of her, thinking she is about the same age as KELLY. KAM welcomes the mistakes and dares not tell the truth. During dinner at the KIMs one night, SEVEN SISTER at last finds out about KITTY’s age and denounces her openly. The meeting ends on an unhappy note. The family reprimands SARAH for smirking at KITTY’s misfortune without knowing that she has a very good reason to.
1x105 - Episode 105
September 26, 2003
SEVEN SISTER’s rejection makes KITTY brokenhearted. KELLY, TODAY and MAY try hard to think of a solution. The mother is startled by the bruises all over KAM’s body. BOON YAT SIN prophesizes that KAM will meet head on with a life-threatening crisis unless he is protected by a python. KAM tells the mother that luck has not been on his side ever since he broke up with KITTY. A man takes down the fortune-teller’s signboard, calling him a sham. SEVEN SISTER also believes that the fortune-teller is a swindler until she learns it to be a ploy of KITTY. KITTY gets her just scolding.
1x106 - Episode 106
September 29, 2003
FRANCIS has a crush on TODAY. GEORGE jokingly says that he has a tempting heart. FRANCIS criticizes the wardrobes of the various women. Though TODAY has no distinct style of her own, she wins FRANCIS’ praises, which surprises everyone. FRANCIS intends to purchase TODAY’s star photos but has bought an adult VCD by mistake. He goes to visit TODAY on set but instead bumps into GEORGE, who embraces him and mistakes it to be a friendly visit to him. Seeing TODAY harassed by her match TAI TAU MAN, FRANCIS could only fantasize playing against her in a film.
1x107 - Episode 107
September 30, 2003
FRANCIS feels rejected and loses his appetite having watched over an intimate scene between GEORGE and TODAY. GEORGE understands the young man is troubled by an unrequited love and invites him to vent his anger on him. FRANCIS simply ignores him. Getting wind that the KIMs are offering disserts on the house, He hurries to his next-door neighbor. No one compliments KELLY’s red bean soup except MARCO; similarly, TODAY receives no applause for her puddings except from FRANCIS. TODAY is furious after learning why FRANCIS washes down her disserts. She sets out criteria for an ideal lover and indicates she won’t choose FRANCIS as her boyfriend. FRANCIS is upset.
1x108 - Episode 108
October 1, 2003
TODAY asks him to behave as usual since the last thing she wants is to let others know of his love for her. Still KELLY senses something unusual is going on between the two. Back at Ka Yan, a lovelorn SUGAR is reduced to tears. As no one dares to keep her company, TODAY makes FRANCIS stay by SUGAR’s side. Remembering FRANCIS’ encouraging words, TODAY pulls off a fine performance and accomplishes a very challenging scene. She treats FRANCIS to dinner but he leaves halfway through the meal and rushes to SUGAR’s side. TODAY burns with jealousy when she sees SUGAR weeping on FRANCIS’ shoulders.
1x109 - Episode 109
October 2, 2003
FRANCIS looks exhausted after staying up with SUGAR the whole night. While others think that FRANCIS is taking advantage of her vulnerable state, TODAY is convinced that SUGAR will not fall for him. TODAY arrives at Ka Yan and sees SUGAR holding FRANCIS’ hand. The colleagues announce the birth of a new office romance. TODAY returns SUGAR’s complimenting remarks on FRANCIS by listing out his weaknesses. It’s only then TODAY realizes there is nothing going on between SUGAR and FRANCIS. Meanwhile, FRANCIS, who has been sitting at a table behind, hears TODAY’s accusations and storms out the place. TODAY tries to offer her explanations but to no avail.
1x110 - Episode 110
October 3, 2003
CHRIS sees YEE buying rotten fruit from a hawker and thinks she is broke. He chances on a former staff and learns that he lost his job owing to his poor marketing skills. CHRIS worries for YEE and specially arranges her to meet a client alone. An ill-prepared YEE is all of a tremble but denies she is not up to the task. She uses nervousness as an excuse and blames CHRIS for setting her up.
1x111 - Episode 111
October 6, 2003
YEE is upset with CHRIS for making a fool of herself. But the women consent to his challenge given to YEE. ATHENA’s rebukes to CHRIS seem to find accords with YEE. YEE is to meet a client but is forced to get off the taxi which breaks down on the road. She drops her sketches when trying to hail another taxi. TODAY and FRANCIS are taking a ride on CHRIS’ car when they happen to see her. Frightened, they drive off in full speed, creating a gust that swirls the sketches up the air. CHRIS gives YEE a warning letter for failing to turn up at the meeting.
1x112 - Episode 112
October 7, 2003
The superiors of FRANCIS and YEE are swapping places. FRANCIS is glad that he no longer has to put with up ATHENA’s temperament. YEE is also pleased that she will work under a new boss. Before long, she is taught a lesson or two by ATHENA’s nasty tactics. Meanwhile, KITTY’s and KAM’s affair goes stealthily. KITTY is worried when KAM is pressed by the mother to visit a fortune-teller. She follows KAM and his new acquaintance to an apartment. Flying into a rage, she charges the room and gives KAM a good scolding. It is but a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, the mother also learns thereby that the couple has never broken up.
1x113 - Episode 113
October 8, 2003
SEVEN SISTER has been showing KAM the cold shoulder for days. KAM receives a big parcel one day. He opens it and an awful stink fills the air…inside the box were the presents that KAM had given SEVEN SISTER over the years. YEE complains to SHEUNG about ATHENA, also requesting to launch a new product line on her own. SHEUNG tries to pacify her by saying that he needs time to think it over. When SEVEN SISTER asks SHEUNG to sack KITTY, SHEUNG proposes to fire KAM instead.
1x114 - Episode 114
October 9, 2003
SHEUNG challenges YEE by making her pledge to find a job in two weeks or return to her studies in England. ATHENA has FRANCIS labor for her work, even doubling his workload. His colleagues are concerned. When CHRIS discusses with SHEUNG about FRANCIS’ situation of working under two bosses, ATHENA demands he hire a new designer. Without luck to land a job as the deadline approaches, YEE is anxious. She gives GUCCI some woolen yarn as a farewell present. The idea inspires CHRIS, who hatches a plan to get her reinstated. YEE successfully seals a deal and returns to Ka Yan with a big smile on her face. Her colleagues are shocked.
1x115 - Episode 115
October 10, 2003
KAM claims talking to ‘KITTY’ despite the telephone line has been cut off. CHRIS and others agree that KAM suffers from hallucinations. KAM insists that the best cure is to immerse himself in work, though he misses KITTY even more terribly. KAM deduces from the incoming phone number left on MAY’s phone that KITTY is calling from Cheung Chau. Having found KITTY, an emotional KAM shouts at her, asking her to come back with him. While the think tankers gather to find a solution for the star-crossed lovers, SEVEN SISTER drops by and shows a radically different attitude. They wonder what she is up to.
1x116 - Episode 116
October 13, 2003
On the roof, SARAH overhears GEORGE and WU YING reminiscing on their past. YING was GEORGE’s mentor and gave him his break in the showbiz. She is moved by their friendship. Later, GEORGE is implicated by YING’s troublemaking at the station. The press dubs the duo ‘The Dumb and Dumber’. TAI CHUEN blames YING for smearing GEORGE’s reputation and fears that nobody will offer him a job again. Turns out it is a blessing in disguise. The TV producer drops by at the family with an invitation to GEORGE and YING to co-host a comedy show.
1x117 - Episode 117
October 14, 2003
GEORGE receives full support from the family for hosting the show with YING. SARAH prepares him breakfast but is scolded by him. During the shooting, the duo is subject to the director’s yelling and the production assistant’s bullying. BROTHER TAI DEI, allegedly an established actor in Hollywood, returns to Hong Kong to look for actors. He tells GEORGE that his stature will give him an edge in the overseas market. GEORGE is overjoyed, believing that he is in luck. While waiting to make his successful comeback, he watches the news and realizes that he has lost ,000 to a swindler.
1x118 - Episode 118
October 15, 2003
To pay his debts, he resorts to making adult movies despite the discriminations his family and friends hold against him and the jeers of his peers. Finally, a fan letter brings him surges of joy and surprise. In the letter, the devoted fan said that the money needed to pay his loan has been deposited into his bank account. GEORGE has no idea who that person is. GUCCI urges him to take good care of himself and suggests they take care of each other. GEORGE believes that GUCCI is the fan without knowing that it is in fact someone else.
1x119 - Episode 119
October 16, 2003
FRANCIS notices GEORGE’s strange moves as he puts away a huge box of ‘tempting hearts’. GEORGE thus tells him that GUCCI takes him fancy. The rumor reaches FRANCIS, who then shares it with TODAY. The lovers ponder on the weird idea they will become siblings by marriage when GEORGE and GUCCI tie the knot. TODAY investigates into the truth of GUCCI’s transfer of ,000 to GEORGE’s account, but her plan is discovered by CHRIS. She tells him her concerns, with KAM eavesdropping on their conservations. The rumor finally reaches KITTY and MAY. All give their blessings to GEORGE and GUCCI, except TODAY and FRANCIS.
1x120 - Episode 120
October 17, 2003
GEORGE accompanies GUCCI to a Cantonese Opera performance but dozes off and twists his neck. GUCCI suggests having Chiuchow food or curries after the show. GEORGE is troubled to learn that they have no common interests. CHRIS and KAM urge GEORGE to find a way to end their relationship before further damage is done. TODAY and FRANCIS decide to tell GUCCI about their love. Despite the many setbacks in life, SARAH is determined to take fate in her own hands and contends with GUCCI for GEORGE’s love.
1x121 - Episode 121
October 20, 2003
Francis has prepared an exquisite dress for TODAY’s new commercial. However, LOI HEI appropriates the dress and makes a pass at FRANCIS. Her advances infuriate TODAY. FRANCIS makes up an excuse to visit the KIMs, hoping to placate TODAY, but she slams the door at his face. Several days later, GEORGE moans about FRANCIS’ negligence of him since he has a girlfriend. This serves to confirm TODAY’s suspicion of FRANCIS’ unfaithfulness. She follows him to a meeting with a girl and bawls out at him.
1x122 - Episode 122
October 21, 2003
HELENA’s application for a credit card is met with TAI CHUEN’s opposition. She tosses out in a fury. The next day, TAI CHUEN goes to the waterfront and sees the body of HELENA floating on the water. Dumbfounded, he returns home to see a completely soaked, pasty-faced HELENA sitting on the couch. GEORGE and FRANCIS get a fright as they see UNCLE MING and a glamorous-looking HELENA going out on a date.
1x123 - Episode 123
October 22, 2003
KAM shows off a golden necklace he has bought for KITTY. SARAH comments sarcastically that the necklace is so light that it can be blown away effortless. HELENA maintains that only a two-carat diamond will impress her. FRANCIS and GEORGE again chance on HELENA and UNCLE MING walking arm in arm in the streets. They can’t help but notice the glittering diamond ring on her finger and decide to tell TAI CHUEN about their affair.
1x124 - Episode 124
October 23, 2003
TAI CHUEN and the father and son speed to UNCLE MING’s home to expose their adultery, but the trio get beaten up in a park en route. HELENA returns home and finds her ring missing. She banishes the trio. SISTER OI fends off TAI CHUEN’s advances on MAY but realizes that it is a misunderstanding on her part as the two are in fact father and daughter. Already distributed by the dissimilarities between his daughter and himself, TAI CHUEN is further frustrated by his failure to obtain MAY’s hair for a genetic identification to prove their biological relationship.
1x125 - Episode 125
October 24, 2003
MAY has secretly prepared TAI CHUEN a present for his upcoming birthday. Incognizant of MAY’s thoughtfulness, TAI CHUEN becomes critical of her. He cuts a lock of hair from her head for the DNA test while she is asleep. But the scene of a father and daughter enjoying familial bliss reminds him that love is thicker than blood. He decides to ignore the test whatever the result is. FRANCIS and GEORGE take TAI CHUEN to launch a raid at UNCLE MING’s flat. Spotting the two dancing, the trio is determined to catch the adulterers red-handed, but more surprises are installed for them.
1x126 - Episode 126
October 27, 2003
YEE wants to find herself a referee for competing in a design contest. CHRIS thinks that she is deemed unsuitable for a contest and tries to dissuade her, but her convincing words change his mind. YEE struggles to come up with a design, and in her extremely confused state, she ruins all the office appliances. She loses the contest, despite being the favorite. Still, YEE is grateful for CHRIS’ comforts.
1x127 - Episode 127
October 28, 2003
YEE is moved when learning that CHRIS nearly lost his job because of her mistake. Love breeds from gratitude. CHRIS is alarmed by news report of flooding in YEE’s neighborhood. He rushes to the temporary shelter but YEE is nowhere in sight. The two meets in the rain, and their love grows by leaps and bounds. CHRIS wants to take YEE out on her birthday but is stunned to see her walking on SHEUNG’s arm on that day.
1x128 - Episode 128
October 29, 2003
KELLY and MARCO return from a business trip. The office folk find fault with the stingy couple, who hasn’t brought them any souvenirs. A gorgeous PAULINE offers CHRIS a generous contract. YEE pleads with SHEUNG to retain CHRIS, but with no success. To remedy the impacts of CHRIS’ departure, SHEUNG hires DICKSON to serve as CHRIS’ assistant. YEE makes her fondness for the new guy known, much to CHRIS’ disappointment.
1x129 - Episode 129
October 30, 2003
DICKSON each gives MARCO, KELLY and others a gift. His generosity wins the colleagues’ unanimous praise. This fills CHRIS’ heart with distaste. YEE asks CHRIS if he is to join PAULINE’s company. Instead of answering her question, CHRIS asks her if she is leaving. Their dialogues are ended abruptly by FRANCIS’ sudden appearance. YEE bitterly announces her plan to organize CHRIS’ farewell party after overhearing his conversations with PAULINE. However, CHRIS indicates his staying at Ka Yan for a special person. The following day, CHRIS discovers that DICKSON is sneaking sketches out from Ka Yan. SHEUNG fires DICKSON and reinstates CHRIS.
1x130 - Episode 130
October 31, 2003
CHRIS plans to take YEE out for celebration, but while shopping for a present, he sees YEE buying a men’s watch which later appears on SHEUNG’s wrist. While all female colleagues have voted CHRIS as the “Sexist Man of Ka Yan’, YEE casts her vote for SHEUNG. She even kisses SHEUNG as he gives her a necklace as present. CHRIS is astounded by their intimacy.
1x131 - Episode 131
November 3, 2003
CHRIS is heartbroken to see YEE kissing SHEUNG. YEE waits eagerly for CHRIS in the restaurant, only to realize that he will not show up after reading a cell message he sent out. Feeling numb and rejected, YEE stands in the streets in the pouring rain. When SHEUNG seeks to learn a trick or two from CHRIS on how to dump a young woman, he receives a good scolding. However, as CHRIS tries to verify if the young woman is in fact YEE, SHEUNG is visibly offended by his suggestion and warns him to guard his tongue. MAY is going through a spell of bad luck. BOON YAT SIN asks her to find a ringer before calamity strikes.
1x132 - Episode 132
November 4, 2003
MAY hesitates to find a scapegoat to drink a concocter made with ashes of a charm, AH KONG gravely downs the potion by mistake. MAY asks SIN for an antidote. SIN instructs her to keep pestering KONG, but KONG mistakes her to have a crush on him.
1x133 - Episode 133
November 5, 2003
GUCCI misconceives AH WONG’s help rendered to a friend as his scheme to smuggle illegal goods and fires him. But she takes pity of WONG and rehires him after seeing him feeding on leftover French fries in the streets. KONG thinks that MAY takes him fancy as she takes surreptitious glances of him in a diner, offers him an umbrella in the rain, and rolls about in his bed.
1x134 - Episode 134
November 6, 2003
When KONG shows up to pick her up from the night school, MAY is so shocked that she nearly faints. She finds out that CHRIS has sold her out and makes him treat her to dinner as compensation. Upset that MAY would rather have dinner with CHRIS than with himself, KONG vents his anger on CHRIS by punching him to the ground. MAY has no choice but to spill the beans to KONG about the potion and her backfired plan.
1x135 - Episode 135
November 7, 2003
Business at Honey Cave is bogged down by overstaffing and skyrocketing costs due to AH KONG and AH WONG’s repeated mistakes. GUCCI decides that Honey Cave will be split into two zones and designates KONG and WONG to each oversee a section. SHUM asks leniency from GUCCI on KONG’s behalf and urges her to give him an important position. But when KONG offers help to a passer-by at the expense of losing the company’s money, the KIMs’ unanimously agree to sack him. This decision seems to agree with KONG’s determination to leave and to work for a “Big Brother”.
1x136 - Episode 136
November 10, 2003
SIN, SHUM and KELLY go to a teahouse. SIN tries to reason with the manager as they spot a fly in their tea but gets beaten up as a result. As SHUM is denouncing SIN’s meekness, a ,000 note slips out of her pocket. SIN picks up the note. KELLY and MARCO pity his dire circumstances and give him several thousand dollars respectively. SIN’s heart goes astray.
1x137 - Episode 137
November 11, 2003
SHUM gets wind of KAM’s taking SIN to a mahjong game. Irrespective of the right or wrong, she rains blows on KAM and starts a feud with him. SHUM deliberately chooses to lodge with the KIMs to contend with KAM for the family’s favor. SEVEN SISTER arranges to take KAM to meet with their benefactor, who is none other than SHUM. SHUM exploits their meeting to poke fun at him, but KAM tolerates it.