Cop falls for his boss, loses everything, and plots a robbery—Hong Kong melodrama goes absolutely feral.
Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestTrainee Inspector Yuan Hui is well-known in government departments and the underworld. He is friendly and unconventional. He is on good terms with his subordinates Yeh Chiu and Shih Kou-kung and often appeases them, winning their respect. Lin Hsi-wei, returned from overseas, becomes Yuan Hui's superior. A stickler for forms who exercises strict control over Yuan's subordinates, she often quarrels with Yuan. Shih Kou-kung reaching retirement age, applies for extension, but Hsi-wei turns it down due to dissatisfaction with his working attitude and plans to have a new man Ma Jo Chi replace him, thus earning their hostility. On the wedding day of Yen Chiu, his girlfriend Yuan Chiu-yen, resenting his change of heart, kills herself in public, causing him much embarrassment. Subsequently, they discover a videotape recorded by Yuan alleging vengeance on him even at death……
Inspector YUAI HUI (Lui Leung wai) and girlfriend CHU PAO WEN (Kiki sheung Tien ngor) are close to getting married, but they break due to a minor row. Hui subsequently develops an affair with Lady Senior Inspector LIN HIS YA(Cally Kwong Mei Wan), but their engagement is trouble-ridden. HUI’s sister LI HUNG, a juvenile delinquent, cherishes an unrequited love for HUI’s subordinate MA JO CHI (Wong Shi Ki). LI KUNG accidentally hurts someone and is caught red-handed by her brother. He sets her free and is exposed and gets fired as a result. HUI runs a tourist agent and PAO WEN ruins it out of vengeance, making him bankrupt. HUI then conspires with his cousin YUAN AN to rob. When AN Kills a passer-by in a car accident, HUI bears the brunt and gets jailed. Learning of this, LI HUNG often blackmails AN. AN sends someone to threaten LI HUNG, indirectly causing her death……
Acting
Ray Lui's descent from upright cop to broken con is deliciously unhinged.
Writing
Every episode adds fresh catastrophe; writers feared restraint.
Production
Peak 80s Hong Kong—neon, saxophones, and suits you could land planes on.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Lui was fresh off his iconic role in 'A Better Tomorrow' (1986), making this TV turn a fascinating glimpse of HK stardom crossing formats.
Cally Kwong was primarily a Cantopop singer; her casting as Lady Senior Inspector added musical star power to the police procedural format.
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