Ghetto Justice[E][TVB][2011]

Thank you very much for reading and for your comments. Your feedback and participation has been an inspiration to me to finish this episodic thoughts, and a first I believe since in the past I missed a few. There won't be a review proper for this but I did write a short opinion. You can refer to past episodes in the EPISODES column. The comments are still opened, indefinitely so post away and I will be sure to reply. Thank you again for dropping by!

Basically all my anticipation, all my excitement at my MOST anticipated series ever was right on point. I wasn't disappointed. I can point out this is not the greatest series ever, not is it the best acted but story wise, and characters are all engaging enough to merit this to be one of the best of 2011 and will be a cult classic as well as a popular classic. It has the makings of a very watchable series with repeat value; a keeper except if you really want my honest unflinching opinion;

Myolie Wu quite nearly derailed this series with her inconsistent performance. I find her a capable actress; I used to love her but I feel over time she has degenerated into a rather formulaic actress. Not as formulaic as Jessica Hester Hsuan or Kenix Kwok where I can predict what they will do next but formulaic as in someone who acts with mathematical precision; 1 plus 1 is 2. Nothing exciting, nothing beyond that. Competent but in the end an actress who acts. I do not find her immersed in the role of Wong Si Fu who is quite well written to begin with. I find her too obvious in her body language; anticipating, calculating, like she was expecting something and something as expected did happened. There is no fluidity, nothing natural. I find her court scenes the worst; there is no elegance in her portrayal. She did the arrogance parts well but in the end even as the arrogant Wong Si Fu she was rather obvious; meaning I knew she was acting. She didn't become Wong Si Fu. She was Myolie thru and thru. She used to be able to capture the essence of a character and become that character but nowadays, I find her absolutely lacking. I expected more from her and so yes I was very disappointed with her. But amongst her many performances in 2011, this is considered her best and if she should win any awards it should have been for this.

Kevin Cheng is another anomaly. He is generally a weak actor who has more charisma out of camera than in front of camera. He is a serious person and it shows on screen. I have never seen him livelier than in those production clips of Bu Bu Jing Xin, coming out of his shell. Why he succeeds in this series is in part of the character of Law Ba is well written. And he suits the casualness of Law Ba even if I never bought into his uncouth Law Ba. He was devilishly handsome as Law Lik Ah and supremely cute as Law Ba. But how was his acting you asked? Quite simply, competent. But a better actor would have made Law Ba into an even more memorable one. The truth is Kevin Cheng is just not that great an actor. I find him weakest in court room scenes where the drama is happening. He is best out of court room and being the cute nosy guy. That sort of happy go lucky type. Luckily Law Ba is rarely in court anyway so we see less of Kevin's weakness. Why he is now so popular is in part due to this character, not the other way around. Any actor as Law Ba who is competent and cute enough would have scored a golden goose with this character. I can imagine quite a few in this role which would made Law Ba grittier but I do agree, none can come close to as handsome as Kevin and a certain embedded quality of gentleman in however uncouth Law Ba was.

Sam Lee was impressive in his straight talking way. He plays Teng so straightforward, nothing complicated and it takes a truly good actor to do just that. Some tends to inject too much into a character, some tends not to at all but Sam Lee did it in the right doses. He is believable as the no nonsense righteous Teng, and was perhaps the most consistent actor in this series from ep 1 until the last. At times I felt he was not enough; I felt like he didn't display enough emotionally but then I realised that is Sam Lee's style of acting; no frills, he is what you see he is. Not quite the same as Myolie; whenever I see Kris, I see Myolie. Whenever I see Teng, I see Teng. That is the difference between these 2.

Jazz Lam impressed me the most because he was the most against type. I was so used to see him as uncouth characters, it took me a few episodes to see him as George, the ever gentleman and polite guy. After a few episodes I was convinced Jazz was George. The way he spoke, his manner of speaking, everything was that of a gentleman. A definite against type sort of casting and one which reaped the most reward. I absolutely enjoyed his performance and the highlight of his performance was his trial case in Mrs Leung's assault case. He was convincing.

Eddie Kwan had so little scenes but you know, I enjoyed his every scene. His Butt Chik has little to do than to be the best friend next to the best friend but he did very well, and is very cute to watch. He has some of the best lines, apart from Kevin of course.

Of all the female performances, Joyce Teng was to me the best. Her best scenes were those involving her horrible husband; those tearful eyes, the frustration, the pain. I never quite liked her in the past, never in those Armed Reaction series but I must admit, she matured as an actress in the role of Mrs Leung even if her lines are the same lines repeated again and again. Sharon Chan also did well, eventhough I find her character exceedingly unreal.

Of all the guest performances, 2 stood out.

One is Claire Yiu for her scary Mrs Ma performance although more could have been done for that story. The other is Savio Tsang for his sympathetic Yam Ho Tin, the way he cried in the court, very convincing stuff. And of course the veteran Chan Wing Chun.

Of all the Nameless, my heart is with Yeung Shui Lun for that Ko Wing Leung case because he was badass with his objections! Never seen such a persistent prosecutor who did not bang on the table; I thought he was pretty convincing as a prosecutor although Kwong Chor Fai looked more like a prosecutor than him.

Of all the cases, The Prosecutor Vs Tai Ng Ting's 2nd case was the most emotionally satisfying as the judge scolded Mrs Leung's husband. Many loved Ko Wing Leung's case, and I can understand why but for me the most real case, the most satisfying in terms of legal aspect as well as the moral question is Mrs Ma's case. That woman is scary and I wished more had been done to show that aspect. That case could have go on for 20 episodes frankly. There were many issues which could have been addressed.

For the sequel what I really wanna see is more interesting out of this world case AND at the same time one case which doesn't end in 2 episodes. I mean a court case can go on for some time so I would love to see a case which goes on from ep 1 till the end and at the same time other smaller cases which ends in 2 episodes or 3 episodes. I have had it with personalised death since things don't have to be personal to be personal. You know what I mean?

All in all, Ghetto Justice is a highly enjoyable series that can be at times rather simplistic and casual and yet sometimes highly debatable and emotional. I certainly enjoyed it for what it is worth. I rather like the memorable ending. I mean which series will end with the hero ending up in jail? This one did and it was appropriate. I highly recommend this if you haven't seen this!

The last case, the last episode, that is

And is it the mother of all cases? OF COURSE NOT! I find it...well... not even the cousin of all cases. Anyway, there is Nameless next to Law Ba, and it happens to be my favourite Nameless, the one from Ko Wing Leung's case. I bet he would have done a better job alone.

Recap...

Trial begins. Since it is the last episode, many testimony skipped, like Teng's testimony and zoomed straight to our hero of the day, PK. Why does PK speak like he has got a cactus up his butt? Or rather like he is holding in something, not letting go? Kris is the lead counsel, Victor only had to nod and looked like he knew what was going on. On this I shall have to say Nameless was much better, more impassive and I can't take my eyes off him. Law Ba as usual smirked, etc. Anyway basically PK said he was there to collect wine, was behind Jing and he didn't kill her, how the cufflink got into her hands was due to the fact she grabbed him begging him to help in a court case and he refused and he left.

And I was like

1. what court case?

2. why would Jing suddenly grab him at the back alley and not make a proper appointment as his office? No save consultation fee?

3. PK was identified by the crazy woman and interestingly her testimony was accepted. Did she testify or did PK just admit to seeing Jing? Why would PK admit to seeing Jing? The cufflink? The cufflink had his name?

All unanswered and no sequels will answer all that!

Law Ba's turn and his was more like thunder away than ask a proper full question. He basically tried to force PK to admit to murdering Jing because she saw him dealing with Ho the drug dealer (not just a triad member!) to fix the trial of Ho Tai Keung. I mean what a way to ask; how will PK admit to all that?! Shouldn't he be asking more on more important stuff like you know ... I don't know... just not asking "YOU KILLED JING DID YOU NOT?! YOU KILLED JING!!! ADMIT IT!!!!" sorta way. I am beginning to think Law Ba ain't that great a trial lawyer. Nameless, say something!! How come Kris did not object to these lines of questionings???

Anyway epic fail from Law Ba to extract a confession.

Meanwhile Kris and Victor got scolded by PK and rightly so since you know they should have objected. He basically told Kris to make sure Ho does not appear in court, ever. PK was very angry and looked at his ugly cane and said "And I had to use this ugly cane!".

Kris also found out Jing was knocked by an object, something hard and as Kris and Victor left the prison, Victor apologised to Kris for PK's behaviour, he rarely lose control but without his favourite cane, he lost it big time. Victor basically gave Kris the clue to the murder weapon; Kris remembered his cane had an eagle head on top, all wood and one time when she went to collect his stuff at his home, she went in search and found a box and inside got 2 empty spaces and one filled with the eagle head, except this one had a silver beak. She took it.

In her office, she was pretending to be on the phone with Victor and mentioned about PK burying the murder weapon near the scene of the crime and Law Ba overheard and he quickly left. He called Kris to tell her to keep whatever stuff he had there since he is returning to SSP and Kris followed him and found him and recorded him digging the earth and found that eagle head and Law Ba reburied it and he went to the police and basically ordered them to search that area as he got a hot tip that the murder weapon was there. They did and found it and next day in court...

Kris produced a clip of Law Ba digging the earth for the murder weapon. It was edited in such a way as if he buried the thing instead of digging for it. Kris explained that she ran out of battery and so had to rerecord, thus 2 clips combined as one. She recommended Law Ba to be removed from the case pending investigation and Law Ba objected, said he was being framed but the judge removed him just in case. Kris smiled and Law Ba angrily stalked away and Nameless, how come you didn't object?!?!?

Kris with PK in prison and PK was very happy with Kris' performance but Kris said "But for as long as the real murder weapon is out there, Law Ba will find it. He is that sort, he never gives up. We must close all doors!" and I am not sure if PK wanted to reveal what he said but he made enough references for Kris to know what he was saying. Maybe he did it unconsciously as he said cryptically "You know, we lawyers wear this wig as a symbol of our impartiality, that our mind shall not be clouded and shall be clear. Don't worry; the thing is well concealed and no one will know"

Kris went to PK's place, went to his study room, went straight to that place where he put his wig and below the wig is the eagle head. Idiot! Did he mean to tell her?! Kris cried there, as she said to herself "This thing was used to kill Jing..." and she cried and I KNEW IT! I KNEW SHE WAS PRETENDING TO BE MEAN!! I mean that was like the worst kept secret anyway.

Chik and gang went to search PK's place for the eagle head. Chik knew immediately where to zoom into and he explained he got an anonymous sms. Boss asked him if he knew who told him and Chik said "Errr... it was anonymous so how would I know?!" which was rather funny. But seriously, did he know?

Right now I am wondering;

1. did PK intentionally reveal where the murder weapon was?

2. did Chik know who send him that tip?

But I do know PK will know who since he only told one person.

In court, Nameless handled the case alone and did it magnificently. He got the murder weapon and hammered away at PK and no not shown what he said since it was like music in the background. Finally PK was not guilty of murder, he didn't mean for her to die but he was guilty of manslaughter and got 20 years for it. He was shocked, and he looked at Kris who looked at him and smiled and he knew he was betrayed and as he was dragged away he screamed "I WANT TO APPEAL!! I WANT TO APPEAL!!"

Pause.

Appeal on what?! Kris tricked him? But that murder weapon does exist, forensics said it was used to hit Jing, etc. Like I said motive is not that important, so they didn't really need Ho to be in court to connect the dots. So what would he appeal on?

Continue.

In prison, Kris went to see him and PK stared at Kris and said "Was it worth it, to throw your career away for a whore? You worked so hard to climb this social circle, now you're pushed down to the bottom of the abyss. I hope it is worth it!".

Meaning everyone sorta knew Kris revealed a confidential info between client and lawyer? I doubt it. I think Kris just lost a case and that of PK's case and so now is a pariah. Because if everyone knew the real reason, Bar Council would have invited Kris to a cup of iced lemon tea at their offices. Anyway Kris smiled, a satisfied smile as she said "Well, you will have to ask me that in a couple of years. Meanwhile I will be very much satisfied to know you're lingering away in prison for the next 2 decades. I am in fact very very happy". And she left and PK banged on the glass.

You know I really like this scene; I mean Kris was willing to throw her entire career away for Jing. In fact she is also probably throwing away her freedom as she took out a memory card from her safe and in it she recorded herself burying the eagle head. This she plans to give to the bar council so as to release Law Ba from all implications. It will also mean she will be disbarred AND imprisoned for obstruction of justice or something like that! She said to herself "I deserved it". She put the memory card into a card reader, connect to computer and lo and behold, Law Ba sitting with his leg up onto the table smiling at her as he said to her shocked face "Are you surprised? You should be! You never thought I could find this memory card? That's why I always say never ever use birthdates as passwords! I am however very touched that you used my birthdate as password. I knew it! I knew I still exist in your heart! Anyway don't bother looking for the real clip. It is destroyed. Ok, that's about it!"

Kris rushed to Law Ba's office and found him playing ping pong. She asked him "Where is the clip?" and Law Ba smiled and said "No more..." and Kris said "Why are you doing this? I plan to give myself up! To save your reputation!" and Law Ba smiled widely "Too late! I have forwarded my clip to the Bar Council". Kris said "But how did you know?" and Law Ba said "I was at the office listening to your pretend call to Victor and I knew from then on, because I saw Jing's table lamp next to you. I also knew you were following me so I decided to do exactly what you expected me to do. Except I went back to that place and recorded myself burying the eagle head. I don't expect I have much time.." and right on cue Chik arrived and mournfully said "Law Ba, I need to arrest you..." and Law Ba said "You were never THAT efficient, how come now you're so efficient when I wanted to enjoy one more game of ping pong? Ok ok..." and he followed Chik and outside everybody gathered around and George looked very proud of Law Ba and ran to hugged him and cried as Law Ba said "Hey! Let's the ladies do this heavy duty!!" and George said "Cousin, don't worry, I will look after this place until you're out!" and Mrs Leung promised also as Teng smiled at him and did the same thing and Law Ba smiled, as if it was some happy occasion. Kris ran down and crying to Law Ba and said "NO! NO! It was me!" and to Chik "Arrest me! I buried that eagle head! It was me!!" and Chik looked at Law Ba who pointed to the police van and Chik nodded as Law Ba took Kris into the van and Kris cried "Why are you doing this? Why admit this on my behalf? You will lose your license for this! You will be disbarred. All your career, everything you worked for, will be gone!" and Law Ba smiled and said "I expected that. Don't cry, everything will be fine" and suddenly he grabbed her and kissed her as Kris pushed him away and cried "NO! NO!" and Chik opened the door and said "Hey! Will you guys hurry up?!" and Kris looked at Law Ba and hugged him hard and she went out and looked at the van drove away. Law Ba turned away and he stopped smiling, tears in his eyes. I think he was scared but he didn't want Kris to suffer. Moreover... there is a practical point here...

If Kris did confess then her entire conduct as a counsel for PK will be questioned and PK has a valid cause of appeal and in the end PK might even win and so justice for Jing will be denied. So what Law Ba was doing was a necessity. But doesn't make it less romantic.

Teng opened "Lovers From Paris" French restaurant to fulfil Jing's dream and Mr and Mrs Ting came and Mr Ting said something nice about Jing, that only in her death did he knew how lucky Teng was and he gave Teng his blessing on the restaurant and pledged 10% of his annual profit as donation to Teng's centre, only if he done well to deserve it. Teng hugged his father.

Life goes on at the centre. George gave Mrs Leung flowers on her birthday and shyly she accepted and her children seemed to like him a lot but no clear sign of a relationship. She thanked him for training her to be a legal assistant. They heard ping pong sound from Law Ba's office, rushed in and saw Silvia arranging law books and Kris playing ping pong, dressed in a down to earth manner. Kris explained "Sigh.... I can't go on anymore in central. Thanks to Teng's several recommended cases, I kept afloat but I knew I couldn't last anymore so I have decided to pack up and move into this office until Law Ba comes back!" and her mother said "Dear I am happy for you! I will help you clean up! Didn't you always said this ping pong table is too cluttered?! Here, all help to clean!" and as she removed Law Ba's stuff Kris said "Mother, no! I mean... " and I think someone said "You don't want us to touch his stuff right? You want it the way it is, so as to remind you of him eh?" and Silvia took out a dirty sock and said "HERE! FOUND IT!" and George said "Ahhh I have been looking for that for cousin ever since I cleaned his laundry!" and Kris smiled shyly as she said "You know all of a sudden I like a game of ping pong..." and everyone cleared the table and played ping pong happily.

In prison, PK was playing a board game with someone, he won and it turned out to be Law Ba. Someone asked me how can PK be so relaxed with Law Ba and I replied because his issue is with Kris, not Law Ba. So interestingly they struck up an odd friendship in prison! Kris was at the gates and PK walked away and Law Ba walked up to her and I have never seen a happier or more relaxed prisoner Kris said "You are sentenced to 2 years, with holidays deducted, well... you will be out in 1 and a half years! When you're out you can only be a legal assistant (aka si yeh) since you're disbarred. And the salary will be low.. and I won't have you working elsewhere so .. you will work for me!" and Law Ba smiled and said "WHAT? No way! Won't work for you!" and Kris said "You have no choice... until you're out.." and fellow prisoners walked by and said "Eh Law Ba! Your girlfriend?" and both answered "PARTNER!". Kris smiled and said "I am on my way in so I shall see you in the visiting room" and Law Ba smiled and said "OK" and as she left, she blew a kiss into her hand and stood back and threw the kiss at him and Law Ba smiled widely and jumped back and jumped up to catch her fly kiss. And I swear I have never seen a happier or more livelier prisoner, ever.

And he won't suffer since I am sure he must have helped some of the prisoners in the prison before when he was a ghetto lawyer.

Wahhhhh, what an ending! I already knew the ending actually but I didn't expect to see PK playing board games with Law Ba or that final scene of Law Ba flying up to catch Kris' fly kiss! I find that rather cute! Anyway the last case was rushed but I suppose the point is not the case but Law Ba's sacrifice for Kris and how Kris in the end became the ghetto lawyer. Like I said, Law Ba is better not as a trial lawyer but perhaps as a social worker. I just don't think this series shown enough to justify Law Ba's reputation as the best trial lawyer. I do like the scene where entire SSP went to see Law Ba and there was pride in each of their eyes, as in Teng, Mrs Leung and George, all looked at him with pride.

Performance wise, I agree Myolie did very well in the police van scene as she cried and scolded Law Ba in a girly manner why he had to sacrifice himself. I thought that scene would have been even better if it ended not with her hugging him but she grabbing his face and kissing him passionately, as he did with her just seconds before she hugged him. 

Kevin was cute in the end but one scene he did particularly well was when he smiled in the van and then looked away and he stopped smiling. The heaviest burden on his shoulder. I always thought Kevin Cheng is decent as an actor when he doesn't need to act angry or shout or both. He is best at light hearted dramas with a tinge of heavy drama minus the errrr... drama. So basically he did not disappoint in this last episode.

Shek Sau was terrible! I have said enough! He looks like an easy going guy in real life, so why is he so "cactus up my butt" whenever he is acting? WHY?

Everybody else.. no comment. All I can say is everyone did well in their respective role.

I really have nothing much more to say. The ending sort of gives a clue a sequel is on its way, with Law Ba as si yeh to Kris as the ghetto lawyer. I shudder at that thought because Kris as trial lawyer is awful. But good thing is Law Ba will be up to his usual antics in investigating stuff and this is where Law Ba the character excels. I still don't find him convincing as a trial lawyer. Anyway a sequel is being filmed as I write this and in fact even a movie version. Interesting... very interesting but in movie will Law Ba be serious in a serious crime? I hope to see more heart wrenching serious crimes and no more personalised crime like someone we know die. I know Jing's death is terrible and tragic but the last episode almost became sort of a farce. I felt like I was watching some wuxia series of a woman pledging revenge and all. It felt surreal. BUT the final scene of Law Ba's sacrifice explained the level of Kris' sacrifice for Jing which is rather moving and the ending scene of that super cute fly kiss explained how Law Ba's sacrifice was worth it. I mean he wouldn't care if he lost his license to practice anyway. He is better of not practising anyway. That is why I like the second half of this episode.

Well, that's the end of my thoughts. This is it; the last episode, no more until Ghetto Justice 2.

Still on...

Finally found out Kris and Law Ba acted for Law Bing Hei, the least involved guy. Anyway a very very very tragic episode tonight, almost funnily tragic because it is like those wuxia series where heroine hell bent on revenge, at least that's what I think she is thinking of doing. A very short recap as well since a lot of things happened emotionally but physically not much.

Jing has saved enough to go ahead with her restaurant and found a small place to do her business. Her friends congratulated her and Chik told Teng she still has feelings for him. So Teng decided to meet with his parents and quite simply told them he loved her, he would die for her, that was how much he loved her, they can choose to ignore him or they can choose to gain a daughter so to speak. His father of course said "BUT SHE IS A PROSTITUTE!! SHE IS DIRTY!!" and all Teng asked was for his father's blessing that he does not stop him, just let him be and he said "Father, she has had a hard life but she worked and earned her own money and now has realised her dream. There is nothing illegal or bad about that. Why can't you see that?" and his mother softened and said "Well, she did become a prostitute because of her mother..." and the father snapped "Are you on his side or on my side?" and the mother said "I am on the side to bring our son back!" and finally the father relented and said "French restaurant? Highly specialised, very difficult to do!" and stalked away and Teng knew his father has at least agreed not to butt into his affairs with Jing.

Kris was working late, having fever as Silvia tried to talk sense into her about Law Ba's gesture; that by so openly dumping the case, he has caused his own reputation to nose dive since no one will hire him anymore. Silvia thought that was utterly romantic, since he was trying to help Kris.

Pause.

What nose dive? I mean Law Ba can always go back to SSP. Do they care in SSP who Law Ba is? Or reputation? Of course not! So what nose dive???

Continue.

Kris angrily refused, and said "I will show him, I will show PK, I will show them all!!!"

Yeap, like a kid having a tantrum. And suddenly she figured out a point she can use to help Law Bing Hei. What point we will never know since next day Law's parents dumped her, saying her reputation is over, the judge and jury is doubting her and so on and so forth. Kris lamented "I have lost my career, I have lost my love and now I have lost my reputation. I am officially over".

Fishing, in open sea, Victor was frustrated that he couldn't catch any fish but truth is he was angry ever since Kris got booted out the judge has been favouring the prosecution since even the judge noticed every accused is represented by PK's men. But PK assured him not to worry, they will win. And then the most embarrassing moment in this episode or this series; PK hissing YESSSSSS when he netted a fish. Sorry but I just find it so darn pretentious. And it was funny.

Jing at the restaurant, taking measurements in the kitchen, PK went in to collect his bottles of wine since the owner of that place sells wine. He thought no one was there, and in walked Ho Tai Keung's father, a triad member. Basically PK showed Ho some pictures and said "Hmmm... dealing with drugs..." and he got pictures of Ho selling drugs and Ho is trapped and PK said "Get your son to admit to the murder and I will make sure these... go away..." and Ho agreed. Meaning he is using downright illegal methods to fix the trial. Jing heard everything, recorded everything, quickly left and Pk heard some noise and followed. And what happens next is to me rather illogical; how can a guy who walks with a limp using a crane walk so much or as fast as a healthy bodied young woman? Because he soon caught up with her and Jing called Teng who was buying flowers and Teng said "I will be there soon!" and Jing said "No no, there is something illegal going on. I heard that Cheung Pak Kei doing something illegal and I recorded it all. Wait! I will send to you!" and she stopped to send email when KNOCK! and PK knocked her heard and twice on the head with the bird head of his cane. She was bleeding and disoriented when Teng heard a Jing said "No no no" as PK grabbed the phone from her and then the line went dead. PK left, and Jing's hand got one of his sleeve button or something.

In court, Kris waiting for Silvia saw how PK came out and announced Ho Tai Keung has admitted guilt and so the implication is the others should be let go. Kris very bitter as she saw Law Ba walked by and she said "See? Why someone had to be so damn nosy to destroy own case; when in the end that one guy admitted guilt. How stupid of that nosy idiot!" and as she was about to drive away Law Ba said "You really think it is that simple? don't you think PK would have fixed the trial? And then you will have no choice but to be part of the scheme. Consider yourself lucky that you got out" but I don't suppose she was listening.

Teng and Chik searching for Jing, all the way to the big drain with locked gate and they couldn't find Jing and Chik said "Cheung Pak Kei is a barrister, I don't suppose he will kill. I mean he worked hard for his reputation! Maybe she just went home or maybe the phone ran out of battery. Don't worry, let's look at the other side" and so they went but all these while, Jing was right beneath them in the big drain,she could see them, hear them, her body was bound, she was gagged and alert but she couldn't call out.

What a horrible way to die!!!

Next day, still no sign of Jing. This time everyone is looking and at the back alley they saw the crazy woman who said she saw a 3 legged man following Jing and they went the other way. They saw blood, followed the trail and to the drain, Teng like crazy broke open the gate, rushed in and saw Jing on the floor. He rushed to her, I think George was following close by, Mrs Leung was there. Teng rushed to her, held her as she weakly

passed him a piece of paper, on it the logo and the name of her would be restaurant adopted from Teng's tattoo as logo and she looked at him for one tiniest moment and then her hand fell, the paper fell, she closed her eyes and died. Teng cried and cried "No NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you don't ever want to see me again, you want to avoid me, but you don't have to die to avoid me!!! Please wake up! Please! Please wake up! Jinggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" but she was very dead. George cried, Mrs Leung cried and Teng was shaking Jing but she was very very very dead.

Pause here.

What a horrible way to die!!! Imagine, whole night, under there... what a horrible way to dieeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I was sad but I was also thinking how the hell a crippled man can carry her there and even locked the gates?

Answer is up next...

Pk was walking into his office as he was calling someone and said to unknown person "You can release the girl now. I just want to keep her quiet until I get the case done and since I erased all evidence, no one will believe her anyway, you can release her. I am not a murderer, I don't wish her to be dead" and then he saw the news of Jing's body and all and he said "Ignore my instruction. Clean all traces" and he calmly put the bird head of his cane to the top of his ermmm.. those stand where you hang your clothes.

Teng knew it was PK, he reported to the police, the police immediately invited PK back and they even found PK's button thing and so they charged him as Teng rushed in to beat the crap out of PK but was stopped. Meanwhile without PK that beating case became messy and now every testimony is not consistent and everyone may be in for manslaughter. Law Ba was invited to be the prosecutor since no one dared to take the case against PK in case Pk wins and PK has long memory and someone said "Why are they so afraid of that monster?!" and Law Ba agreed to take the case even if he was pariah in the legal world now since I don't know, maybe HK has no prosecution department because why don't they themselves prosecute?!?!? and he vowed to bring down PK as Teng said "That monster probably killed Jing because she heard something to do with him fixing the case!" as Law Ba said to his friends "Whether they intended to kill or not, those boys did wrong and they deserve their punishment. I don't care about the reason, same goes for PK and I will make sure Jing gets justice and PK gets his due punishment".

Kris went to Jing's place, looked around and remembered their good times as she saw the table lamp she gave Jing and said "Let this lamp be your consoling friend until you achieve your ambition. If you're unhappy, switch it on and the light will shine over you, like me there, comforting you". Kris began to cry as Law Ba walked in and Law Ba gently said "I have been asked to be the prosecutor in Jing's case. Speculation is she died because she overheard Cheung Pak Kei doing something illegal with that beating case. Do you still think it is good to join into his clique? Consider yourself lucky to have left or you will turn out to be like that man. Jing would have been very disappointed if you have. Her death whilst tragic revealed the true nature of Cheung Pak Kei and the way he is handling that case, without him, true justice is being seen to be done. Don't

let her death be a total waste, let her be proud of you" and he left and Kris cried very very hard as she hugged the lamp.

What happened next is of course I feel just a diversion.

Kris went to PK and offered to be his lawyer. He reluctantly agreed since Kris said Jing was just another person, she wanted to win this case to regain her reputation. PK knew she was Jing's best friend but he also knew Kris knew all of Law Ba's emotional side so there would be an advantage. Victor promised to look after her to ensure no hanky panky.

Teng was at the drains, crying very hard as he blamed himself for not looking at that place when he was there the 1st time and he cried "Why didn't I look for you here at that night? Why did I stop? If I didn't stop, I could have saved you! Why? Why didn't I keep looking?". This was because he found out she died not of loss of blood but rather the blood clot in her brain causing a stroke since she was conscious the whole night. This was due to the fact she was saved very late which meant she could have been saved if she had been discovered earlier. WHAT A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE!!!!

Kris went back to Auntie King as Auntie King called her and the moment she walked in, Auntie King and her siblings said "Why? Why are you representing that monster?! Have you no conscience?" and Jing didn't want to explain much as she said "He too deserved legal representation, why not me?" as Teng and Law Ba walked in, Teng raised his hand about to slap a shocked looking Kris as he said "If you were a man I would not hesitate to slap you!!" and Kris looked away and Auntie King slapped her very hard. Kris was shocked, as were everyone else as Auntie King said "Is money and fame that important to you?! Jing was your best friend! She was murdered! Not only did you not seek justice for her, you're acting for that... that monster!!" as Kris cried "Mother, why you too? Why you don't understand? After being set up by my own friend, my career was down in the drains! I was at the top and I worked hard to reach that but then I rolled back down to the bottom. With this case, I can climb back up again!" and Teng angrily said "Be careful you will roll back down to the abyss!!" and Kris said to Auntie King "Here mother, the cheque for this month's allowance" but Auntie King tore the cheque as she said "I don't want your dirty money!!!!" and Kris angrily said "Mother, one day you will understand why I am doing this!!!" and she left as Auntie King shouted "Go! Go! Don't ever come back!! I don't have such an unfeeling daughter!!!!" and everyone looked at Kris left.

Next episode; Law Ba plants evidence and Kris exposes him. WHAT?! Why would Law Ba do that?!?!?? And it is the last episode by the way.

I do believe Kris is planning to avenge Jing's death. It is inconsistent that one minute she is hugging the lamp crying hard and the next acting for the very same man who killed her best friend so I think she meant to find out what happened and do PK in. I mean get justice for Jing. I don't believe Kris to be that unfeeling. But I also think anger may have clouded her judgment and she may end up doing something illegal, destroying her own career to seek vengeance for Jing in the process. So I suppose Law Ba will have to save her from going that route. I mean someone can twist facts to win a case and that is wrong (like how Law Ba was 7 years ago) or destroy a case illegally to uphold justice which is also sorta wrong (like how I think Jing is planning to do). Could be! I mean "Mother, one day you will understand why I am doing this!!!" is a huge clue. Kris is very annoying right now, this is one character I find myself not liking eventhough she is a good person and so she must do something huge to redeem herself.

Performance wise, no comment.

Ok, one and that is Sam Lee. He really plays Teng as someone very straightforward, at times I think he was inadequate emotionally, like he was forcing himself to cry and all and yet... I feel there is a certain sincerity in his performance when he is so "raw". Heartbreaking scene when the moment he discovered Jing and she died in his arms.

Sharon Chan did very well as Jing. She brought Jing to life by playing her as a straightforward person, much like how Sam Lee did with his character. There is nothing complicated the way she interpreted Jing and I think there is sincerity in the way she portrayed Jing who appeared very sincere as well onscreen. I think she deserved her award at the TVB awards.

Myolie did ok. I find her grief, her crying, everything rather forced. Especially crying. Maybe too much makeup. I don't know! I give up!

Next episode is the last episode. I feel the series is ending at a right note meaning any longer it would be draggy. Whilst I feel sad for Jing's death, and I knew this spoiler, but even if I didn't know, I was expecting that. Someone we know must die for drama sake. I just felt the reason for her death and PK's involvement a bit cliche. Why cliche? I mean overhearing fixing of a trial yes of course but come on! That Ho was doing something illegal anyway! PK was threatening to expose Ho for doing something illegal, how illegal can that be? Maybe show PK fix the trial by pushing an innocent man towards something? Maybe that would be more appropriate? I just find Jing's reason for death very insignificant plot wise. It should have been something grander, something worth killing for.

Anyway so the last case will be...

Weird episode. I can understand Law Ba's stand in this case but I thought he could have handled it better. And Law Ba has mixed up two concept; dirty tactics (such as PK's in Miu Yeuk Lai's case) and strategy (such as this case). As lawyers, strategy is expected so Law Ba being so upset to me maybe means he should just quit the law and retire. But again I understand his stand in this case. But beware of overacting by one, underacting by another.

Recap!

After winning her case, Mrs Leung met with George outside the court to thank him. Then MIL appeared with 2 biggest traitors who are now double traitors as they ran to Mrs Leung and cried "Mommy, I am so sorry, I have wronged you!!" and MIL explained she badmouthed Mrs Leung in front of them, hence their initial reaction. And I was like TRAITORS!!! Now double traitor because they have abandoned dad. How fickle children are. Mrs Leung forgave them. I would have given them a beating. Anyway, MIL said she was ashamed of herself for thinking badly of Mrs Leung and wanted to move out and stay alone and advised Mrs Leung to divorce her useless son but Mrs Leung insisted she stays and Law Ba arrived and even like the children grabbed MIL's hand and begged and in the end MIL agreed. I think she likes Law Ba. Anyway Law Ba also teased George about his very open confession in an open court and Mrs Leung turned shy and left and George hit Law Ba for making a fool out of him in front of his goddess and Law Ba ended up chasing George around the street to retaliate. Ahhh... kids...

Anyway poor Chik, finally a story for him and what a terribly sad one. Chik was with Jing, chatting happily when he was chased by loan sharks to repay loan. A policeman chased by loan shark!! Not really chased as in running chased but just you know, urged to repay loan and Chik said he missed only 1 payment but loan sharks insisted. Then Susan appeared and demanded "Where were you?! I waited FIVE MINUTES!! FIVE MINUTES!! You promised to buy me the diamond ring, you want to go back on your promise? Who are these people? Oh god Chik, you lend money to them? How many times I have to tell you to stop lending money to people?!" and loan shark looked at Susan and her expensive stuff and said "Wow, looks good!" and she was disgusted thinking they were looking at her and he said "I am looking at your branded bag, branded clothes, sell some of these to help your boyfriend pay off his loan if not we will send a nice long message to his station and his career will be over!" and Susan suddenly said "What? Did I saw he and I are close? I don't really know him that well" and Jing saw all these and saw poor Chik looking stressed and she came forward and said "Don't you think you guys are too much? Look, I will bear his loan. I will transfer to your account by today!" and loan shark said "Ahhh, Sok Tui Tin Hau, I heard how you chased a thief naked for a few streets just to get back your friend's money. I believe you. Let's go!" and so he left. Susan pushed Jing away and said "Who do you think you are? Don't you prostitute get near my boyfriend. I know you want to just get a man, you being a prostitute, man hungry" and blah blah blah and Jing was getting angrier as she said "What? Just now he was in trouble you wouldn't even sell your handbag to save him, suddenly now he is your boyfriend again?!" and Susan went blah blah blah with more insult when suddenly Chik grabbed her arm, turned her around and slapped her hard. Susan shocked as Chik cried "How could you insult someone who can possibly help me with the loan? Have you ever thought of me instead of just yourself all the time?" and Susan angrily said "Have you ever thought how useless you are? So many years as a cop and still a low ranking one and can't even afford the deposit to a house! Useless! I don't think we can be together anymore!" and she left and for a moment Chik felt like running after her. In a restaurant, Jing and Chik having a meal and Chik thanked Jing who said "It's ok, not that I need the money in a hurry. You want to run after her don't you?" and Chik said "No, it's over...how about you and Teng? Teng is ready to leave the centre and go to France with you" and Jing surprised said "He said that? For me? But I never wanted him to do that" and Chik said "Teng loves you very much, he places you above all else. Me and Susan is hopeless but you and Teng, you two have a chance!" and Jing said "That is why we can't be together. Teng has parents, he should place them first, not me, Teng and I are over" and Chik said "Ok, ok... what about your French restaurant? Still on?" and Jing excitedly said "Yes it is! I have been looking at names and decorations. I originally wanted to use Teng's name as one of the names and his tattoo as the logo but now... I have to think of a new one" and so that was her plan.

Suddenly Chik heard a commotion, he walked out and saw 5 college students seating down, drunk and having war of word with a group of local SSP triad members and anyway Chik pulled them apart and local SSP triad member said "You better watch out, kid!" and the 5 college students, or rather 4 college students with 1 adult friend who was the one who caused the commotion were complaining why come to SSP for a drink, why cause trouble and so they left for Lan Kwai Fong I think.

At night, 5 of them drunkenly walking towards their car in the car park, one of them has a rich father and so was concerned for his father's very expensive car when that local SSP triad member walked by, taunted them to a fight, which one of them, known as Ho Tai Keung did and then 3 more joined in and at last all 5 joined in in beating him, then triad member fell to the floor, already half dead or dead, not sure when Ho Tai Keung yanked 2 more onto his chest and all captured by the security cameras when security guards rushed towards them with Chik and his partner stopping the fight and Chik checked and the guy was dead. All 5 were invited back to the station where we see...

PK representing 1, his 2 students representing other 2, Kris introduced by Mr Ma with Law Ba representing one more and Ho Tai Keung being the most hot headed one represented by some unknown lawyer. Ho Tai Keung was the one with a bad background, spent time in jail before, not a university student and his father some gangster slapped him hard much to PK's surprise, well he looked surprise. Law Ba promised to win the case with Kris and PK accepted the challenge.

New case!

Pk and his 2 students having a drink (wine no less) on a yacht (rich people does that you see, coffee shops are for mere mortals) and he was suggesting they all follow the same route, that is to blame Ho Tai Keung solely for the death of Wong Chi Kin since no one can be sure who delivered the fatal blow. Victor wondered if Kris will be willing to play along and PK said "She is a smart girl, she will know what to do".

Kris, Law Ba meeting their client and Law Ba encouraged client to just tell the truth, something Kris disagrees with. Later Kris met with PK and to cut the long story short, she decided to join PK's strategy and blame all on Ho Tai Keung.

Pause here.

The facts are simple. All 5 beat Wong Chi Kin, but at some point Wong Chi Kin was thrown against a wall and the rest no one can see what happened as obstructed by the view of the wall. Before the wall, Wong Chi Kin was very much alive, but he died after the wall, so whoever delivered the fatal punch will be the murderer and will get murder but since no one saw what happened, it will be 4 university going model students against 1 former bad background jailbird and guess who the jury will believe? PK wants to go for full acquittal, with Ho Tai Keung getting murder.

Meeting with client, who confessed he didn't know who gave the fatal blow since he was too drunk, Kris insinuated in such a way that the client understood he was to blame Ho Tai Keung for everything. Law Ba and Silvia knew what was happening and Law Ba told Kris to go outside and there they had a disagreement that turned into an argument. To Law Ba, if the client is responsible, then all 5 are held equally responsible, so it should be at min manslaughter. I agree with Law Ba. But Kris says their client is young with a good future, why throw it all away just to be fair to an ex jailbird who started it all that is Ho Tai Keung? Blaming him would be the best way. Again I also agree with Kris. And Law Ba retorted "If our client is guilty, all of them are and they share a responsibility, and so all of them are guilty of manslaughter. What you're doing now is twisting the truth! Ho Tai Keung will end up in jail for murder! MURDER! You know the difference between murder and manslaughter! You can't agree to that sort of arrangement!". In the end Kris said "If you're not with me, you can quit! You don't need to attend court!" and as she walked into the room she turned back and softened her tone and said "I already know your principle before I used this strategy and I respect you but can't you for once leave your principle aside in light of over love, just this once?" and Law Ba didn't look too convinced.

At night, Silvia and Kris, the former having facial, the latter a bath and Silvia said "Is it worth fighting with Law Ba over this case?" when the phone rang and Kris urged Silvia to take the phone and it was Law Ba and Kris rushed to take the call but Law Ba has hung up. She looked very disappointed.

Next day Kris, PK and everyone in court and Law Ba was nowhere to be seen. Ho Tai Keung's lawyer basically said no one can be sure who killed Wong Chi Kin, so the max penalty is manslaughter and he was actually urging that, all to bear equal responsibility, which is Law Ba's suggestion. PK stood up and basically said one thing is sure, Ho Tai Keung started it all, he was the trouble maker and so PK's client should bear no responsibility in this case since he didn't deliver the fatal blow. Next up, Kris.

Meanwhile, Law Ba sat in his car, looking at his pictures of his travels to I assume Africa. I also assume those were real Kevin Cheng pictures. Anyway suddenly he appeared in court fully attired, sat down as he and Kris were deliberating "Kris, quit this case now. Quit it for us" and Kris refused as the judge kept calling Kris to make her opening statement when they both stood up together and Law Ba said "My Lord, due to a disagreement in strategy and in principle towards this case with my co counsel, I have no other choice but to submit for your Lordship's permission to withdraw myself from this case" and PK looked shocked, Kris looked hurt and the judge was rather pissed and said "This is too sudden. Adjourned the case and I shall see you all in private".

Private should have been in judge's chamber since they can't clear out the entire courtroom, bringing accused to the back and all but I think they did just that. Judge said nervously "Barrister Law, if you have decided to quit, you should have done so prior to the hearing. To do so in open court casts a serious implication on your co counsel's case, and this may prejudice the case so much that I will have to move for a mistrial. Do you understand that?" and Law Ba said "I understand my lord and I apologise but I cannot against my conscience and ethics continue to act for my client if I disagree with my co counsel on the principles" and the judge said "You do realise how damaging this will be to your reputation to pull a stunt like this?" and Law Ba said "I understand I may be blacklisted by future clients, yes" and the judge sighed and said "Well.. since you're ready to throw away your own credibility for your conscience, I can't say I disrespect what you're doing. Request granted"

Outside the court, Kris met with Law Ba, motioned him to her and immediately gave him one tight slap. Kris cried "How could you do that to me? To quit in court like that? Have you ever thought of my case?! My reputation?!" and Law Ba said "I have, and I know what I am doing. Question is do you?" and Kris said "I am doing what I think is best for my client!!" and Law Ba said "What you're doing was exactly what I did 7 years before. And I came to regret that and I don't want you walking down the same path as I was. That guilty conscience is not easy to live with!" and Kris said "Why must I live with YOUR guilty conscience? I will never be like you! I know myself, I can control myself! Why do you assume we are alike? I am never like you, that weak, that susceptible!" and Law Ba said "You will go down the same route, didn't you say the reason you wanted to be a lawyer is to fight against injustice? After your mother's shop was cheated? Look at you now! You're doing the opposite!" and Kris angrily said "No no it is not your guilty conscience you're trying to sooth. It is the fact that you think I can never be as good as you, that I am beneath you in capabilities. I will show you! I will prove to you I can be better than you! You will see!!" and she stalked away as Law Ba looked on.

Next episode, PK kills Jing, Teng wanted revenge and Kris stupidly volunteered to represent PK. I mean what about Jing, Kris? He killed your best friend!!!

Like I said I understand Law Ba's stand and I understand why Kris is upset. I feel if Law Ba can't deal with such strategy, then perhaps he should quit the law. And I do think Ho Tai Keung deserved to be charged with murder although the rest bears responsibility by manslaughter. But no doubt, Ho Tai Keung started it all and he ended it all.

But it seems Kris is moving towards being totally unreasonable. Law Ba should just let her fall flat on her face.

Performance wise, Kevin, ever more handsome did well tonight although I am seeing less and less the talented lawyer in him. I mean we are to believe he is a great lawyer but I feel so far this series has yet to really show that; we just assume he is. You know what I mean? Like PK, supposedly a very good lawyer but again I just assume he is because the way they talk, the legal arguments, none of which will show they're great at what they do.

Shek Sau is awful as usual.

Eddie Kwan did very well. He is a good actor and I was very happy to see his Chik slapped that Susan. By the way a shoutout to Catherine Chau as Susan.

Now Myolie... luckily need not witness her speeding bullet train mouth in court but that last scene as she argued with Kevin, I notice everytime she argues or giving an angry point, she will point and bend her back forward. I just find that scene overacting, her expression painful. I don't know what to say of Myolie without sounding petty. Amongst her recent performances, this is considered her best and yet I thought she wasn't that great. I find she just overdone certain expressions to the point I felt embarrassed for her. She can do better than this.

Anyway 2 more episodes to go!

A new case today which thankfully gets an ending in this very same episode. But before that I must stress I was pretty shocked at one person for no other reason other than the fact I am rediscovering a fact that I have already stated a long long time ago.

Before that, a recap and this is an episode that can actually be titled THE BASTARD HUSBANDS because it's true, the husbands in here are bastards.

Mrs Leung and George saved the poor trapped lady in the cupboard, whisked her and her son away to the centre and the husband had the nerve to throw her stuff out and said "You said you are leaving, don't ever come back!!!" and the poor woman looked stressed at the prospect of without a home.

At the centre the lady asked if she could ever go back again since her son needs a father although she knows he is a bastard husband.

Pause here.

I am a firm believer that you must be willing to be helped and must help yourself before others can help you and before you are ready to be helped. So when that woman asked if she can go home, it felt like all the effort down the drain. More so when she said ...

"I know he doesn't treat me well but we have been married for so many years, if I don't go back, where can I go? What can I do?"

and George explained about the welfare she can get, job placement, free housing, etc and then Mrs Leung looked at her and said quietly "I was once like you, married to a man who went to China to be with his mistress and never came home for the past 2 years. I was lost too, until I realised I can raise my children, feed my mother in law and take care of myself. I came to realise I didn't need him anymore, I can do it on my own. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you"

and that woman nodded and cried as she said "Yes I think I can..." but sort of in a resigned way. In real life she probably will run back to the bastard husband. And if they die being abused, who can they blame? The son will blame society. That is a fact when she has no one to blame but herself. I know I sound harsh but when you have a young son who loves everyday in terror and in fear, you work to feed that bastard husband, why not leave and work for yourself? If you won't, do it for your son. Is it so difficult to leave that useless loser? Or is it easier to blame him if your life is that of a loser?

Anyway George took Mrs Leung home in his car and Mrs Leung was very quiet as George asked "Thinking of that husband of yours?" and Mrs Leung nodded and she got a call and it was from that useless husband of hers who said "Where the hell are you?!" and Mrs Leung quietly said "I am on my way home, I just finished work" and Mr Leung said "Work or out seducing men?" and Mrs Leung asked "Are you in HK now?" and he shouted "What? Afraid I will check on you doing something wrong on me? Come home now!! I am hungry!! Come home and COOK!!!" and Mrs Leung was very very upset as she dabbed her eyes and George said "Mrs Leung, is everything ok?" and Mrs Leung quietly said "I tried so hard, I worked so hard, I keep the family afloat, I worked hard, and all he does now is throwing accusations at me; seducing men, being a wanton woman, is that what he thinks of me? Why? Why do I bother? Why?" and George said "Mrs Leung if you want to cry, just cry" and Mrs Leung said "Cry? I am so tired, I want to cry, I want... to.." and she cried very very hard and George was shocked as he fumbled for his tissue and gave it to her and she suddenly stopped and said "I am such am embarrassment to myself" and George said "No you're not...". George reached her place, she was fast asleep and George used his coat to cover her and he looked at her, leaned closed to her and in one of the rather romantic kisses ever, he brushed his lips gently and lightly on her cheeks. She didn't know what he did, she was still asleep and George was smiling slightly at his bravery. However bastard husband saw everything and took a photo of George kissing Mrs Leung and said to himself "You will get it you adulteress bitch!".

Mrs Leung got to her place, assuming George woke up shortly after, and she was still wearing George's jacket when she came face to face with her bastard husband, henceforth B.H. B.H cried "You are finally home!" and Mrs Leung said "I cooked those for MIL, if you want to eat, you can cook noodle for yourself".

Pause.

When did she cook for MIL??

Continue.

BH refused and said "You can cook for her again when she asks for it" and Mrs Leung asked "Where is MIL?" and he said she is asleep after taking medicine and then Mrs Leung asked "Eh... where are the children?" and BH said "They're downstairs buying cigarettes for me" and Mrs Leung cried "WHAT?! You know it is illegal for them to do so! They're kids!" and BH cried "and so they won't be able to buy, no big deal!! And just because you now work at some legal centre doesn't mean you can throw legal stuff at me you

know it all!!" and Mrs Leung was fed up when BH said "Where were you so late at night?" and Mrs Leung said "I already said I was working. I just came home" and BH venomously said "Driven by that sugar daddy of yours eh? So I see... dress so nice, seducing men eh?" and Mrs Leung said "I work at an office, I need to look presentable" and BH said "Yeah right. Anyway, got money? I need some, I now am planning my comeback in China, I have a new business plan" and Mrs Leung said "I have no money. If you can find it in this place, feel free to take" and BH said "What? No money? With that rich sugar daddy of yours?!" as he cupped her face in not so gentle way and then push her hard against the side of the table and Mrs Leung was touching her stomach, as if in pain as she cried and BH said "Oh save the crocodile tears! I didn't push you that hard! Why are you damn crying?! Anyway, let's pretend to divorce! Then I take custody of the children and mom, and I can get welfare, I heard it is $10000 or more!" and Mrs Leung cried and said "Fine. Divorce. I agree" and BH was very happy until Mrs Leung said "I want a divorce, this time for real. I will take custody of the children and I will take care of mom. You won't get to use them to get your money!" and BH shocked said "You dare to defy me?! Fine.. fine... when someone is forced to a corner..." and he rushed into the kitchen, took a huge knife and said to Mrs Leung "I will chop you to pieces!" and he rushed at Mrs Leung who took a folded chair to hit the knife away, she grabbed the knife, he grabbed it and somehow in the chaos he got cut in the stomach, not very serious but got blood and MIL opened the door and saw what happened and nosy neighbour also saw what happened and cried "Oh god!! Blood! Blood!! Someone is attacked!!!" and Mrs Leung shaking crying "I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it!"

Pause here.

Get ready for the injustice of a life time. I already expected BH to behave the way he will behave, I already expected MIL to say hang her but I could never believe 2 biggest traitors since Ng Sam Kwai shall exist in this modern age.

Continue.

At the police station, Mrs Leung was interviewed, she told the truth and refuted BH's version and then said to ask MIL, she should hear what happened. What makes her think MIL was ever on her side? BH was interviewed and he lied; said he went to china to work, wife was having affair, she wanted to kill him so that she can run off happily ever after with new boyfriend (Chinese uses the word Kai Ka Lou which is really not a very polite term to use-basically means sugar daddy although Sugar Daddy is also Kai Yeh which is also Godfather and so when a young pretty girl calls a much older man Kai Yeh it can mean real godfather or it can mean not the real godfather - yes very complicated). MIL said she was so drowsy, she heard nothing except when she woke up, she saw her son hurt, Mrs Leung holding a knife. Same thing said by nosy neighbour minus the drowsiness.

Mrs Leung knew she was being screwed and so she quickly asked for a lawyer.

George took her home, said she will pack some stuff and take the 2 children and MIL but once inside the place... oh I am so angry just remembering that scene! BH was a tyrant, MIL as usual told Mrs Leung to get lost and get this; those 2 traitors, saw their mom and cried not of happiness but of fear and they cowered behind MIL and cried "No, mom, don't hurt us, don't hurt us, we can't grandma, not you!" and Mrs Leung cried as BH pushed her out and George saw her lying on the floor crying "Why won't you trust mommy? Why?"

Pause here.

What on earth possess those 2 traitors to turn traitor? Surely years of love and devotion can break through any lies by the BH? I was like "TRAITORS!!! TRAITORS!!!!" Poor Mrs Leung.

Continue.

So.. new case!!

George was at his car when he received a message if I remember correctly and it was the picture of him kissing a sleeping Mrs Leung and then BH approached him and said "I saw you kissing my wife! You seduced her. Pay me and I will keep this quiet, if not all hell will break loose!" and George was very angry but BH was stronger and pinned poor angry George to the car, threatening him when Law Ba saw what happened and shouted "HEY YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" and the BH ran and George didn't say anything, sat in his own car and Law Ba sat inside as well and suddenly George beat the steering wheel very very hard again and again and again and again and again and Law Ba was quite surprised, when George showed him that picture and Law Ba understood and smiled and George said "He wanted to hold me ransom with this picture! Mrs Leung doesn't know!" and Law Ba said "Why did you do it? I mean this picture paints a bad picture..." and George said "I just felt like I had to. She was sleeping, and I just kissed her cheek very very gently, nothing untoward, nothing beyond that! It was an innocent kiss!" and Law Ba said "You like her don't you?" and George said "YES I DO!!" and Law Ba advised "Cousin, you must tell her before he takes out this picture and paint all sort of ugly versions with it. She needs to hear from you first" and George sat there thinking what he should do.

Trial day 1 or whatever day! What wil George do?!

Sorta worried George will stutter. Anyway Law Ba and surprise surprise, Teng in the audience. I thought he went to France?!

Anyway George looking spiffy in his gown and Mrs Leung in the accused dock and first witness was the nosy neighbour.

Pause for a while.

I like the fact that the prosecutor is a young dude. Like in that coroner inquiry, the prosecutor is a young girl although that was not suitable. It was a big case so the representative of the prosecution should be someone senior. This one, such a tiny case will be handled by young dude. Judge is also young. No jury. I am curious about HK legal system; when got jury, when no jury? Murder got jury? Causing hurt no jury? Meaning serious criminal case got jury?

Continue and exciting stuff ahead.

Basically George managed to punch holes into the nosy neighbour's testimony, to the point she had to admit she didn't see Mrs Leung actually hurting BH intentionally and she didn't know what was going on before that. George didn't stutter, he was on fire! And Teng asked Law Ba "How come he is not stuttering now? He is like a different person!" and Law Ba smiled widely and said "That is the power of love!"

Next up MIL and she stated she was too drowsy, she heard nothing, she only saw Mrs Leung with the knife and her son hurt. But all the while she was holding the sides of the dock very hard, like she was lying and trying hard to conceal. No questions from George. I mean what can he ask??

Next up BH. I think this dude deserves some recognition for his performance. Very very vomit inducing man!! Kudos to the actor though. He repeated what he said to the police, painting himself like some great

husband who worked away from children like some sacrifice and kept saying his wife was having an affair with someone rich, making many terrible implications and outright accusations. George's turn to question but BH was repeating the affair thing and he finally said "My wife is having an affair with a lawyer, in fact that very same one defending her! There must be a law against this sort of conspiracy!!" and the prosecution showed the judge the handphone picture which the prosecution said "The defence is free to examine this picture if he so wishes for its authencity" and poor Mrs Leung was so confused she said to George "Please explain to them he is lying! No such thing happened!" and the judge said to George "You will have to explain this" and George said "I intend to" and the BH said "What is there to explain!! That picture says it all! What do you want? A picture of both of you in bed?!" and George quietly said and everyone heard him "I wish you did take a picture of us in bed" and Law Ba and Teng were shocked at what they were hearing, so was Mrs Leung as BH screamed "SEE! SEE! HE ADMITTED!! THERE MUST BE A RULE AGAINST THIS!!!" as the judge annoyed at BH said "Be quiet!" and George said loudly "I said I wished there was such a picture

but the truth is, I am in love with Mrs Leung and it is a one sided love. She never knew how I felt, she never reciprocated. That night, she was very tired. Early morning she had to send 2 children to school. Then she rushed to take her mother in law to the clinic and had to carry her up several flights of stairs because the lift broke down. Then she had to rush to a meeting at the legal aid centre and then had to man the calls and rush to the aid of an abused wife. Late at night she finally finished her work and was in my car when she received a call from the complainant, her husband demanding where she was, screaming for money and ordering her to cook for him. She couldn't stand it. She cried for a very long time and then due to tiredness she fell asleep. I reached her house and I looked at her sleeping, and I was overcome by my emotions. I cannot imagine how she could have coped with a missing husband busy with his own mistress in China, how she alone took care of the family for 2 years, how she was accused of theft at her former employer's restaurant, how she tried contacting her husband who turned up only to spurn her again, how she had to carry everything on her own shoulders and no one to help her carry the burden. And yet she never complained. At that moment, I felt... I felt the deepest respect for her, I admire her and I realised I was in love with her. That was why I couldn't help myself and gently kissed her, just a gentle kiss and nothing more".

Mrs Leung was very shocked at his confession and looked at him, tears in her eyes. I mean who wouldn't be touched? Those were very romantic words. Law Ba and Teng both smiled, Teng said "Who would have thought he would confess such things in an open court?" and Law Ba smiled and said "That is the power of love!" and BH cried "See! See! He admitted!! He was having an affair with my wife!!" and George angrily faced him and thundered "If you so love your wife as you stated, why didn't you rush out to use when you saw me kissing her? You didn't! You hid and took a picture so that you can threaten her!!" and BH was silent, what more to say? And George thundered more "Where were you for the 2 years? Why have you suddenly returned? Did you not suggested a fake divorce so that you can use the children and your mother to get welfare? Do you deny that?! And then when she refused, you took a knife and tried to hurt her, she was protecting herself but accidentally cut your stomach and you now accuse her of hurting you? If she had wanted to leave you, she would have done so ages ago. If she had wanted to be rid of you, why then does she work so hard to keep the family afloat for 2 years when you were missing? Why would she use to much effort so that in the end to hurt you as you allege? You lied! You lied about everything! She didn't hurt you! She was defending herself! She is the victim, not you! You're the cause!!" and BH was basically left green/red/pink faced. Teng amazed, Law Ba smiled as Teng said "Is that George? How come he is like such a different person?!" and Law Ba smiled even more widely and said "That... is the power of love!"

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I find it very amusing to see Teng so shocked and Law Ba smiling widely with his cheeky smile as he said "That is the power of love!". True! True! So happy to see George coming out of his shell. He was on fire!!

George drove to a park and took out 2 small boxes and was carrying them when he saw Mrs Leung, smiling back at him. Surprised he said "Mrs Leung, what are you doing her?" and Mrs Leung said "Barrister Law said whenever you are upset you will come here" and they both sat down by the bench and George proceeded to remove a pair of black shoes and he was brushing them. He said "Whenever he is upset or has something to think about, Papa will take out his shoes and brush them, so that he can calm down and think" and I can see Papa's influence on George. What happened to Papa by the way?! Anyway Mrs Leung smiled and said "That will take a long time, the way you're brushing the shoes. You're worried about my case?" and George after a while said "If you lose, you can use me for appeal. The fact that I breached legal ethics and all"

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Meaning he as her boyfriend cannot act for her, that sort of thing.

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Mrs Leung smiled and said "I don't deserve what you think of me, and I think you did a marvelous job, I wouldn't change you at all. In fact if I was sitting at the gallery I would have applauded your performance" and they smiled and after a while decided to go to dinner together. Nothing to suggest the start of a relationship.

Meanwhile MIL is suffering! YEAH!! She was carrying plastic bags of food and she fell down and someone helped her up and it was Law Ba.

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Remember when I said "I was pretty shocked at one person for no other reason other than the fact I am rediscovering a fact that I have already stated a long long time ago" at the top? I was talking about Kevin Cheng. Shall say more a bit later.

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MIL said "Thanks very much" and Law Ba said "You're welcome Mrs Leung" and MIL said "How did you know my husband's surname was Leung?" and Law Ba said "I am Law Lik Ah, your daughter in law's colleague at the centre?" and MIL said "Oh that Law Ba that Ting kept saying how brilliant he is? I see, I see" and Law Ba said "Your daughter in law asked me to bring you your medicine" and he gave her a pack of medicine and MIL looked stricken and said "I know she is a good daughter in law, and I know why you're here..." as Law Ba said "Don't you think Mrs Leung deserves the truth?" and MIL said "But one is my son, one is my daughter in law, I have to help my son..." as Law Ba said "Old Mrs Leung, you can choose to help

one who uses love as a currency or one that has shown you unconditional love. It is your choice"

True! True!

MIL said she had to leave, she needs to cook if not that BH will make a fuss and scare the children.

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Stupid woman but of course, that is her son but who took care of her all these while and will continue to do so? Anyway that scene, I was pretty surprised at Law Ba who still has that stubble but more clean shaven and he wore a nice shirt with nice pant (not jeans or t-shirt but office wear) and he looks clean and all and for a moment I though WOW SO HANDSOME. True! I am rediscovering how handsome Kevin is, that scene alone, so handsome. I have always thought Kevin as the handsomest actor in TVB, that scene clearly reinforces my belief.

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MIL in court as witness. You might think wouldn't she be charged with obstructing the course of justice and I my answer is the prosecution is very very busy. Anyway her son looked at her in disbelief and as George asked her what happened she said "I wasn't asleep, I heard commotion" and her son shouted "Shut up old woman!!" and the judge said "One more word and I will hold you in contempt!". Yeah!

She continued to narrate what happened as per what we saw and George asked "Why didn't you reveal all these when you were first here?" and she said "He threatened me, he said he will jump off the bridge if I were to tell the truth and now I realise he was just bluffing. His sort of person, he wouldn't even dared jump off a stair, more so a bridge" and I was like laughing so hard at this!! HA HA HA HA HA!!

Judge's verdict, after summation. I was hoping to hear what the prosecution would have said of MIL change of testimony. Anyway this time we get to hear the judge's full verdict which is good.

"I have heard the summation from both side, I have heard the testimonies, I have seen and examined the evidence and here is my judgment..." basically he repeated the facts as narrated by Mrs Leung and then said "I find Leung Fung the complainant to be untrustworthy cowardly selfish man who failed as a father, a husband and a son. He misused Mrs Leung's unconditional love for her children and his own mother for his own selfish gains and I believe he has lied through his teeth in his accusations, which I find to be unfounded. Mrs Leung has proven herself to be a selfless daughter, loving mother and a faithful wife. She worked hard for her family, she sacrificed a lot and I find the complainant not only ungrateful for what she did, but has hurled such serious unfounded accusations that is nothing more than his feeble attempt to extract some advantage from the accused. I did not find her conduct unbecoming of that of what I just said and believe her version of event. I therefore find Tai Ng Ting, the accused innocent of all charges and I shall be recommending to the prosecutor to charge the complainant Leung Fung for obstruction and perverting the course of justice as well as wasting the time of the prosecution and the money of the taxpayers with his false police report"

Law Ba and Teng both looked very happy, BH looked miserable since he will be in jail (YEAH!), George looked relieved as the audience in the court clapped very hard and George looked at Mrs Leung who was in tears, smiling widely and clapping him for a job well done.

Next episode; gang fight resulting in one young man dead I presume and Kris finally realised her dream of working with PK but will she trade her soul with the devil himself?

You know, I like this case's judge. He already disliked the lying BH and he never made any attempts to stop the clapping at all. Good for him! And I also like his decision. If you think how come the judge says things so

emotional, truth is some judgments are THAT emotional. Always remember; judges are human too and if you win their good impression, you have won about 50% of your case. The rest of course depends if you really have a case. In Mrs Leung's case, of course she should win. That BH is such a bastard.

And because of that, I must applaud Ngai Wai Man as Leung Fung for a job well done. That scene where he took the picture and then looked like he was scheming stuff, that look was pure malice and I thought it was a fantastic look. Some ke le fe deserves some mention. I also like the way he put his cigarettes box under his shirt on the shoulder. How typical. Minute details but really helped with the looks.

My wish is of course a show that shows the good balance between the prosecutors and the defence. Not some dramatic stuff but just at least a name. Poor Nameless, no name. The Nameless in here has little screen time but again, looks like a young prosecutor.

Lily Leung was of course fantastic as the MIL from hell. I love the way she said her lines in the court, especially that line "His sort of person, he wouldn't even dared jump off a stair, more so a bridge". I am still laughing remembering how she said it.

The 2 traitors no comment. What a poor scripted script you know? So now how Mrs Leung will look at these 2 and not feel utterly abandoned and betrayed?

Kevin Cheng and Sam Lee had little to do tonight but did well in their own respective roles. Love the court room interaction between friends on George's performance and Law Ba's "That.. is the power of love!" explanation. How true! And Kevin Cheng, tonight, so handsome!

Joyce Tang did a fantastic job tonight. Her burden, her pain, her sorry, her being abandoned, etc, I think she showed all these emotions. She is especially good at those silent moments with tears in her eyes and I do think she has amazing chemistry with Jazz Lam. Who would have thought eh? I like this pair a lot!

And finally, Jazz Lam. I have always said he is being cast against type. In the first few episodes it felt strange to see him so soft-spoken and gentlemanly and yet now I don't think I can imagine him as anyone else but soft-spoken and gentlemanly. I love the fact he hardly raised his voice. Kinda reminded me of Wayne Lai and the way he flirted with Sheren Teng in No Regrets, the way he spoke so gently to Sheren, almost rather sexy. And who would have thought Wayne Lai as sexy eh? No no, Jazz isn't sexy but the mark of a truly good actor is despite appearance he can show he can be someone else. I love his George and I love him more tonight. The way he confessed his love, his difficulties, his worries, everything. I think he did better in those court room scenes than Speeding Bullet Train Myolie Wu! Can Jazz play an emperor? Definitely not.. too much of a stretch but I think he may be able to pull off the role of a scholar. Fantastic performance and a

pity he didn't win the Most Improved at the recent TVB award because I do feel he deserved it! Like I said, Stephen Chow had good taste when choosing new actors. I still remember him from King of Comedy and for a very long time he was always cast in such roles until Ghetto Justice. And I welcome such a drastic change on the condition that the actor can pull it off. And Jazz Lam is a fine actor.

Oh, 3 more episodes and it is the end. Never realised so soon! I mean it is running out of steam so 20 episodes is more than enough. Come to think of it this sort of series work best as a Japanese series concept; 12 episodes, each case 2 or 3 episodes max. For sure Law Ba will be stylo type, maybe too much style though.