Not many bloggers reviewing TVB dramas anymore

I've come to the realisation that more and more bloggers are losing interest in TVB dramas nowadays. It seems like hardly anyone is tempted to do episode thoughts and reviews on series like 'Madam Cutie on Duty' and etc. 

Even though I am becoming more busy and attracting with study and work and social life and so on I am still a TVB fan. Just maybe that I also like watching mainland shows now such as 'The Virtuous Queen of Han' and 'The War of Beauties' and 'The Legend of Zhen Huan' and before 'The Empress of China'. 

About 'The War of Beauties' mainland series though, that series got me addicted to it because I've never seen so much scheming in a television series before. Before I watched it for Jessica Hsuan, now I watched it for the busy storyline. Seriously have a go at watching this series if you are looking for a genuine scheming series!!! 

When is TVB's No Reserve going to be broadcast?!?!

I am eager to watch TVB's 'No Reserve' for some reason. Maybe it is to monitor Myolie Wu's performance in a supposedly challenging role, or maybe how will they make it different to the 'No Regrets' version that I extremely enjoyed watching and whether Wayne Lai would make a breakthrough performance with his dual role.

TVB please make it anniversary series or something and broadcast it soon la!

Watching TVB's Version of 'Empress of China' at the moment - Comparing the differences between China and Hong Kong's version

Haven't updated my blog for a while and at the moment I am watching TVB's version of the highly popular 'Empress of China'. I looked at what was my last post and it was the episode thoughts for TVB's 'Eye in the Sky' that I did not get to finish (and did not regret so since it was a series that turned out to be promising but nothing more).

As some people may have realised that I have already watched the mainland's version of 'Empress of China' by FanBingBing ever since it was released. Frankly despite all the budget and grand-looking costumes the plot itself is nothing spectacular and way too long for my taste. Nevertheless I enjoyed watching the whole series. 

Want my opinion on TVB's version? I initially did not get used to the cantonese dubbing and then different angle shots but yes I think TVB did a decent job by cutting down the unnecessary scenes and fast-forwarding the pace of the series. 

For those curious viewers out there wanting to know the differences between the mainland and HK version, here we go:

1. The most notable change was that TVB's version cleverly covered the cleavages with computer generated effects. 

Did TVB do the CGI effects to cover the cleavages? If so that was some pretty good editing and I shall tell you why:

-The cloths covering the cleavage don't look fake if you don't pay special attention to it because it's got shading and folds that makes it look convincing. 

-The cloths are colour co-ordinated according to the colour of their orginal costumes which blends in with the appearance in general. 

-Even when the characters are moving with the cloths the cloths seem to move at nearly the same pace, so amazingly it does look real. 

2. Thus, the camera shots that you see in TVB's version are much more varied and medium and long shots are much more plentiful with cleavages covered. 

I tell you that there were some shots that I definitely did not see from the original version, like the background and the whole costume of the female characters. It allows you to see much more scenery and yes at the expense of seeing the 'you-know' parts (not that you could see the cleavages in the censored mainland version anyway). In short, TVB's version is better. 

3. The title of the TVB's version is called 'Wuzetian', whereas the mainland Chinese title is 'Wumeiliangzhuangqi'.

Although strange there is nothing much to fuss about since this is just a name change. I suspect TVB decided to use the former name because it's more concise and straight to the point as in Wuzetian was the title for the first female emperor in China's history? Even though I get what TVB might have done but I think the latter name is more appropriate because the series itself was about FanBingBing's journey from nobody to empress and emperor. Despite how many episodes there were, there were only very very very few scenes of her actually as Wuzetian. 

4. The sound effects and background music is different in TVB's version. 

Wasn't sort of expecting this but in TVB's version they used TVB's mundane sound effects. At the first few episodes you could immediately tell that TVB used some dramatic sound effects from the 2012 TVB series 'King Maker' and then some sad sound effects from the 2014 TVB series 'Storm in a Cocoon'. I would have liked it more if TVB could of just left the sound effects as they were since I prefer the sounds from the mainland version instead. 

5. The theme song, opening and closing credits are all different. 

So Joey Yung replaced the original theme song in TVB's version. Not much comment expect while both theme songs are ok the mainland one was more dramatic and grand whilst Joey's one was more emotional. The two versions have different opening and closing credits and I don't mind either. 

Also did someone say Linda Chung's singing voice will somehow appear in the series? So far nowhere to be seen (more like heard). 

6. TVB trimmed down many scenes (worth episodes long). 

TVB definitely did the right thing by quickening the pace of the series (only if they cut the unnecessary parts and keep the important turning points in the series - in one of the episodes on TVB's version they cut the scene of Consort De actually falling to the river which was odd because I thought it was a rather necessary scene to show). According to Wikipedia, the Hunan version (that I watched) was 96 episodes, the original version was 82 episodes and TVB's version is 70 episodes. 70 episodes is still draggy in my opinion but better than 82 and 96 I suppose haha. So kudos to TVB. 

7. Needless to say, TVB's version has cantonese dubbing.

Obviously for everyone in HK to understand and listen comfortably their own language TVB's version put in cantonese dubbing with traditional chinese subtitles. I wasn't used to the dubbing at first but now I think the voice actors did well. Whoever did the dubbing for Emperor Lishimin did an excellent job since it sounded similar to the original version as sharp and authoritative. The dubbing for FanBingBing was fine and so were the other dubbing for other characters like Kathy Chou, etc. 

8. Lips look weird on TVB's version.

I realised that some netizens complained about the lighting of the series being too bright and my eyes did notice the over-brightness of the lips on the female characters, especially Kathy Chou. It looked quite artificial and looked like it was some photoshopping error or something (I'm pretty since the overbright lips weren't there on mainland's version). Strange. 

OK so basically 8 notable changes in TVB's version. In my opinion TVB did some nice adaptations but if you really want to hear their original voices and not miss out some scenes (trust me most were just talking scenes) then mainland version it is. Other than that I am impressed with how TVB handled the footages! 

I might comment more about this series as I watch more of TVB's version. 

 

TVB Eye in the Sky Episode Thoughts (Episode 11,12)

Episode 11:

Start. Back to the scene where Szeto was interrogating Terry and then Nik rushes in.

I will repeat what Nik said:

"Leave Terry alone, it's got nothing to do with him. I am your twin brother".

Pause. Kevin Cheng was impressive again with his expressions. He gave the "what the hell" look, then his eyes were examining Nik's face and body, going, "no way, this can't be true. We don't even look alike". He gave the reaction that every shocked brother would.

Continue. Anyway Szeto asks why didn't he tell him before and Nik said that it was because he knows Szeto is a righteous person and like what he did to his old classmate, he would arrest Nik for committing a crime. Before Nik could say any more Terry urges to take him back to the hospital where he is still in pain of course.

Pause. I've come to the conclusion now that Nik's character is someone who is somewhat insecured and it's realistic. Even though his been with Shun and the family for a while he doesn't know how they would react knowing his their son/brother and a son/brother who committed crime and took plastic surgery.

In the hospital Szeto's parents come and Szeto go, "Hey mum and dad, I've found little brother".
Szeto's parents go, "What are you on about? Your little brother died ages ago. Don't mention about this anymore!" Szeto explained that what happened and teary mum and dad now know everything.

Pause. They did look surprised but I would say short from shocked or astounded. It was like, "Ohhh really!" rather than "What the hell? This is crazy. I need time to accept this fact!" sort of reaction.

Continue. Nik notices that Shun appears to be cold and not smiling even though he's finally found his little brother. Nik goes to Shun what's wrong and Shun said,

"I am still suspicious about you. Why are you following Hon Sheng. What is your intention of spying her?"

Nik basically explains about how he suspected she was the one who caused his face to be badly burned and he wants to find the truth.

There was a line that I particularly sounds true:

"Shun, you have not experienced what I have experienced. You will never be able to understand all the pain that I went through and the fear from seeing the surgeons slicing my skin here and there. You will not understand what it feels to look in the mirror and see a stranger's face."

Yes guilt trip him and Shun obviously felt bad.

"Listen to me. I am sorry as well. I placed a spy cam in your room. We are brothers and we shouldn't be mistrusting each other. As long as you don't commit crime along we will always be bros."

Doesn't seem like Nik will stop committing crime though.

Anyway Shun's parents now pay special attention to Nik. They buy him everything and tell him to ask for whatever and they will get it for him to repay what he missed out in his childhood, etc. They even offer Nik to sleep in the same room as Shun now. Shun obviously didn't mind.

Nik comes back to the room after taking a shower and sees Shun spying on Hon Sheng.

Pause. I'm pretty sure Shun is off-duty now given that he is in his room now. Isn't he being unethical or committing a crime or invading other people's privacy? I'm just being petty here but the irony is there.

Continue. Nik comes to a cafe with Terry and they are now worried that if Shun finds out more about Hon Sheng he will eventually find out about their major crime, which is tre-passing and thief of a jewllery worth 5 billion dollars.

Thus, Nik tells Shun no need to follow Hon Sheng and Shun goes fine.

With Hon Sheng aside, Nik now intends to date Jenny who he made love with. Nik takes Jenny to a beach at night and takes photos with special effects.

Pause. That was a good light-hearted moment but I know it wouldn't last. Jenny would eventually find out that Nik likes her and she doesn't like Nik because Nik does not look like the Shun she made love with and imagined in her memories despite it is indeed the Szeto she met. How silly anyway.

Continue. What was more silly though was when Nik was dreaming about Jenny dressed up as an angel and smiling, Shun was too - (because they are twin brothers and they can dream the same thing due to the special connection). Shun noticed that this dream was what Nik was imagining and from then he knew that Nik was in love with Jenny who he started to like.

Pause. If Shun and Nik share similar dreams and share the pain they endure, how come Shun didn't have nightmares of getting plastic surgery, or feel constant pain on his nose, chin and face in general from all those operations? And how about having dreams of living a rough life? How irony yet Shun could see Nik's dreams of Jenny as an angel but not Nik's past experiences that were probably more memorable and unforgettable. Silly I say.

In the meanwhile, the hotel guest portrayed by Susan Tse could hear creepy wailing sounds resembling of a baby crying (that's pretty scary I say) and she complains to the manager who approaches her and said she's the only one who could hear it. The hotel manager suspects that Susan didn't get enough sleep and Susan said, "What. You saying I am a maniac?" The hotel manager didn't mean that but she was busy so she left not believing whatever Susan said.

Poor Susan.

Continue. If we rewind back to the scene where Nik and Terry were in the cafe. They actually decided to put false rumours of Hon Sheng having the jewellery so Mr.Pittman and the gang would target her instead of Shun and thus they will have a fight themselves.

Subsequently, Hon Sheng received a call from Mr.Pittman and the gang to meet up. She arrives dressed in cool clothes.

One of them said, "Did you bring what I wanted?"

HS: "No".

"Two years ago I ordered the jewellery."

HS: "You can only blame yourself for taking a wrong order".

"How dare you"

They have a fight and Hon Sheng mystically takes out all four of them and holds the guy.

HS: "Tell me, why did you try and catch the security guard last time?"

"He's not a security guard. He's a big thief who stole my jewellery. Weeks ago I saw him again so we decided to get him."

All of a sudden, someone shots Hon Sheng's gun off her hand. Armless, the white guy takes control of her and grunts, "Give me the jewellery or die".

"Kill me. Even if you kill me you won't get the jewellery."

Just when he was about to shoot her a mysterious guy from the background shoot both of the guys dead. Hon Sheng looked around and saw him and grasped, "Boss!"

The episode ends showing the mysterious man whose face was dimmed. End.

Suspenseful ending I say. My favourite parts of this episode was of course Nik reunioning with Shun and the Szeto family and then the end. There are several questions viewers are probably asking now:

"Who is boss?" - I suspect it is the hotel boss but his blind.
"So then if it is the hotel boss he is really blind or just pretending to be blind?" - No idea.

One thing that I am not getting is why didn't Hon Sheng recognise Shun's face as the thief back in Manilla? Surely she would of seen a glimpse of his face or recognise Shun's voice (the Kevin Cheng voice) when he yelled, "let's go".

I am liking this series more and more now because of the impressive performances by both Ruco and Kevin, only to be dragged down by Jenny's rather pointless character and the wannabe smart and clever storyline when it is sometimes rather silly, inconsistent and illogical.

Episode 12:

I frankly don't have much to comment about this episode as I am not interested about the Nik-Jenny-Shun love triangle which basically consumed a large proportion of this episode.

The only thing I wanted to comment on was why the hell did the hotel boss come downstairs to Hon Sheng's room????? Wouldn't Hon Sheng warn the hotel boss about Susan Tse who has access to her room?

Poor Madam Chik who is now the one framed for killing her auntie.

After watching episode 12, my thoughts about this series is pretty much still the same.

TVB Eye in the Sky Episode Thoughts (Episode 7,8,9,10)

In order to catch up with my episode thoughts I have decided to cram these four episodes into one post and it will be as succinct as possible.
Episode 7.

So back to the scene where the hotel boss arrives at his room and looks at Terry directly! He goes, "Who's is it?" and it was Miss Zhu who was trying to vacuum his room. He tells her "No need I am a bit tired now you can clean tomorrow" and then Miss Zhu walks off but then the hotel boss could hear her heavy steps and she explains, "Oh it was because I am hearing high heels and I went to the 'Meeting you in the dark' event'. Hotel boss replies, "Oh that's good you went but did the guy who tried to flirt with you go as well? It's good to meet people but make sure that he is a good person. Last time just by hearing his voice I could already told that he's not a good bloke." Miss Zhu then went, "Of course. He has a flat nose, terrible smile and thinks his top stuff. Why the hell would I fall for him?"

Pause. Quite a funny moment after the climax. Tony again is effective with his expressions as "Really? What did you go?"

Continue. Anyway Terry urges Miss Zhu to not tell anyone about what happened and she goes, "Don't worry I don't want you to get into any trouble".

Poor Miss Zhu.

Terry then has a discussion with Nik back at the house. Nik now said there are three possibilities:
1. The diamond is not at the hotel
2. The diamond is at the hotel but don't know where it is
3. The diamond is at the hotel but don't know where it is on the hands of who

Terry visits Agatha's detective agency and tries to flirt back with her. Nothing much to comment from here so I shall digress. Jenny tries to follow the daughter and follows her all the way to her residence. Jenny got stopped by the security guard and she said she was looking for her dog when in fact she was looking at where the daughter was living. Jenny reports this back to Agatha and Agatha urges Jenny to investigate more first before telling the mom.

The episode moves on with a scene of a car driving by and detecting the dead body of a young lady. It turns out she was badly tortured and malnourished. Madam Wong a.k.a Scarlett a.k.a Lin Xia Wei tries to get advice from Szeto Shun as to how to solve the case and Shun gives her a few tips and she eventually finds out the identity of the dead girl.

In the meanwhile Madam Wong visits Szeto Shun as a plan to get Madam Chik to convince him to return back to the police force. Madam Wong pleads, "Please Szeto, come back. We really need you. It is such as pity for a talent like you to not be a policeman." Szeto Shun of course said, "I will not return until the day I retrieve my innocence".

Anyway Jenny follows the daughter again and it turns out her boyfriend cheated on her. Later on the daughter tells Jenny to get lost and stop following her. Jenny tells Szeto that the daughter is nowhere to be seen and they suspect she was kidnapped by someone.

Jenny visits the plan where you get an abortion and they didn't tell her much about what happened to the daughter. Jenny then notices that there's a CCTV near the cafe stall and a taxi woman approaches her and said that she drove the daughter to her destination and offered Jenny a lift to the place.

Meanwhile, Szeto and Scarlett were visiting a place where they suspect it was the guy who killed the dead lady and it turns out it wasn't him. Szeto calls Jenny and asks her where is she and Jenny said she is with a taxi driver going to the daughter's place and the taxi woman tells her that she's there soon and Jenny ends the call...

Jenny goes in the place and she finds the daughter locked and badly hurt in the dark. Jenny switches on the lights and tries to cut the lock but as she was checking through the items she found a photo of the taxi woman and her daughter! (Meaning the taxi woman was the one who kidnapped the daughter) and immediately we see the taxi woman behind Jenny with a bat or whatever and it ends!

Another cliffhanger. A very exciting episode. My opinion about everyone's performances hasn't changed so kudos to everyone. The only thing is for maybe Jenny to look more shocked when she saw the photo. In all honesty I would of been shaking my legs with my jaw dropping and going, "Oh Shit!" but she didn't.

Episode 8: 

The taxi woman hits Jenny and Jenny becomes unconscious. Szeto tries to call her but no answer from Jenny and he suspects that she is in danger. Szeto eventually finds out about the taxi woman and they go to her place. They meet the taxi woman and she tells him that they go find Jenny and the daughter themselves, whom are both going to die from starvation.

Szeto hears from the taxi woman, "Rain, rain, the more rain they more quickly they will die!" and then realises that Jenny and the daughter must be close near the house and he finds them. Happy ever after right?

The series moves on with the appearance of Vivien Yeo who potrays the a mysterious sexy looking girl. Fan Fate and the senior hotel manager gets wowed by her entrance and they realise from the staff members that she does yoga nude. Yes nude yoga. Fan Fate tries to deliver room service to her and the senior hotel manager gets punched out by her.

Nik and Terry now knows about Vivien Yeo who is 'Hong Shen' and they suspect that she was indeed the mysterious girl who shot fire at them back at Manila.

Anyway both Shun and Nik's birthday are soon and Nik wanted to celebrate his birthday with Shun and the family but they decide to have their own birthday dinner without Nik. Nik then calls Terry so he can hang out with him for birthday celebration but Terry was going to hang out with Fa (Agatha).

What about grandma?

Nik was celebrating by himself at home and he gets excited when he got a phone call from his dad and who asked him where he was and he said, "Oh just hanging out at home" and happily waits for daddy to invite him to dinner but he said back, "Oh that's good. Remember to record Mei Dek Ma's program for us." and Nik was highly disappointed.

Turns out they were giving a surprise birthday and Nik got moved by the three of them. Shun's parents then even told Nik to make him as their stepfather and stepmother and Nik becomes teary and touched. They then decide to take a family photo and Nik smiles happily.

Pause. A very very very good acting moment by Ruco who again did a great job by looking moved. All he really used was his eyes and facial expressions and that was enough to show his emotions.

Continue. Nik happily visits Terry and tells him about his happy day and then asks, "Where's my birthday present now".

Serious music is on and we see Hor Yee Gu (the former midwife who sold Nik) and she got a phone call that her son was arrested but in the police station she wasn't and then she got scolded by her son. Hor Yee Gu looked upset and heartbroken when her son told her to not call her again and hanged up. What was more heartbreaking was when she returned home and Terry whose face was covered ran away with all her money and threw all the cash down. Hor Yee Gu runs over in distress and she loses all the money with the homeless people taking it.

Ruco watches looking satisfied.

End. What a contrast. From Nik being happy and acting like a child to being cruel and acting like a person who is filled with hatred. Whilst I don't pity Hor Yee Gu for what she's done I don't agree with Nik. She was basically living a rough life now and Nik really wanted her to have no money, homeless and no support at all. You may say that she deserved it but it just shows Nik is someone who doesn't like to move on. He already got his wish to sort of reunite with his family again and everything would have been happy ever after if only he stopped but he has no intent of doing so.

As for Episode 9, I don't have much to recap or comment since I can't remember much about this episode except for the last part where:

The hotel boss invited Hon Sheng for a dinner to apologise for the senior manager who was trying to perve at her and she walks out of her room. This gives an opportunity for Nik to sneak into her room. Meanwhile Szeto calls Nik to ask him where he is and to remind him to go to his place later and Nik lied that he was patrolling the swimming pool when indeed he was at Hon Sheng's room.

Szeto becomes suspicious with Nik and we see Szeto installing a spy cam at Nik's room. He looks at the monitor and Nik's was on his phone that was buffering and Szeto was eager to find out what he was trying to load...

Not much to comment except finally some progression with the story and how impressive Kevin Cheng is as Szeto. Will explain more later on.

Episode 10.

Szeto was spying on Nik to see what he was doing and Nik was only viewing a game. Nik is not dumb and he knows that Szeto knows.

Nik plays dumb on the coming days where he just exercises with Szeto spying on him the whole time until he got tired of doing so and stopped spying on him.

What more do I remember? Susan Tse was having a discussion with Nik and she was curious about how come Hon Sheng was so mysterious. Nik promises to help Susan and he follows Hon Sheng at the mall who  changed clothes as someone else. Nik got Susan to come to the scene and made Hon Sheng realise that Susan was following her only and then left.

Nik goes back to the hotel and notices three mysterious dark skinned men who was following Szeto. They followed Szeto who was on his way to go to a dinner date with Jenny. The three men trap Szeto and say, "Don't move!!!". At the trash site Szeto says, "I am not the person you are looking for" (obviously they are looking for Nik when he looked like Szeto. Nik comes to the rescue and they manage to escape with Terry.

One special moment to take notice of was when Nik got shot in the arm Szeto could feel it as well and he got an expression of, "Why am I feeling this as well. Why is this happening?!?!" and Kevin Cheng proves how he does having acting chops.

Szeto knows that Terry knows Nik and he follows Terry to his place and then tells grandma to stay at her room while she talks to Terry. Jenny who was at the cinema tried to call Szeto but no reply. Tavia did well in the sense he was becoming worried, disappointed, feeling hopeless, waiting anxiously and just in a low mood... Szeto tried to interrogate Terry and then it Nik came running and went,

"Leave Terry alone. This has got nothing to do with her.

Yes I am not called Nik. I am called Cheung Gok Fai. I am your biological twin brother."

and Szeto looks shocked, speechless and trying to grasp what he just heard.

End.

I am liking this series now as it is becoming more entertaining to watch. I'll let you guys know more what about I have to say about this series once I get to watch Episode 11 and see what happens!

TVB Eye in the Sky Episode Thoughts (Episode 6)

I am finally back with my recaps! After a busy weekend with a conference trip and now I have to catch up with uni, I am seriously exhausted but there's a lot of things I want to comment about this series so here we go:
Note: I will refer to Kevin Cheng's character as Szeto Shun and Ruco Chan's character as Nik. In the series Tavia Yeung is called 'Jan' but I'll refer to her as 'Jenny' because it suits her Chinese name better.

Episode 6.


Back to the scene where Terry, Nik and grandma go 'phew'. Nik has a headache and Terry grabs him ice water. "I'm terribly sorry. If only I knew that she was the gangster's girlfriend I wouldn't have touched her".

A bit too late to say that now.

Nik dives his head to the bucket and we get flashbacks to when Nik didn't have plastic surgery yet. Flashbacks show the scene when the fake Szeto Sir (a.k.a Nik) committed arson. The people from that unit rush out of the place and Nik goes inside to rescue Terry whose legs were badly beaten.

They manage to escape and head towards Manilla, Indonesia. They now want to steal a very precious jewellery worth five billion dollars and it jumps to the scene where they manage to steal the jewellery even with fires of bullets behind them.

Well, they didn't become billionaires for long as a mysterious person shoots towards their car and they to leave.  They try to run away except the mysterious figure shoots the car and it explodes, and a flare lands on Nik's face!


90% of Nik's face is badly burned and it took twenty operations before he got the Ruco face.

Pause. Even with plastic surgery this doesn't explain why Nik's voice suddenly changed. The answer is obviously because Ruco's voice is different to Kevin's. One may ask why can't you just dub Ruco's voice to when Kevin was acting the fake Szeto and I agree they could of dubbed his voice but that would mean we would know that Ruco was the twin brother from the first minute. Anyway I don't care about this anymore so let's move on.

Continue. Flashbacks gone and now they explain why they are staying at the hotel now. They heard news that the jewellery was located at the hotel boss's place and while they were taking photos of the hotel they see Szeto Shun. Frankly I didn't think Ruco looked shocked enough and neither did the script do better. Wouldn't Nik know about Szeto's existence with news of Szeto's trial on the press or news or whatever? This didn't make much sense, especially when Jenny was talking to Nik about his experience as a policeman and Nik should of found it weird how Jenny thought he was someone.

Anyway Nik was deliberately trying to meet Szeto Shun (the scene in the shopping mall) where he tried to chase a creepy guy trying to film a girl. Nik also deliberately ate in the same place as Shun and as Shun went to pay he would of taken a sample of his germs by wiping his chopsticks to a tissue. He would also deliberately pretend he badly needs to go to the toilet when in fact he wanted to go to his house and get a sample of a hair from the bathroom. Nik takes these samples to the doctor and tests prove that they are indeed biological twin brothers.

Hong Kong must have hardly any hotels for Nik to target a hotel where Shun was working.

Moving on Nik visits Shun's house and he now becomes close with his parents who of course don't know Nik is their son. Nik looks at a photo of Shun as a policeman and Shun's parents talk about how he was born to be a policeman but what a pity he is not a policeman now.

Pause. Ruco did well by looking like he looks sorry for how he's caused all this trouble to Szeto from the arson case.

Continue. Shun's parents then talk about how Shun's life was outstanding and how he outshined people. Ruco thought back about the memories of how his adopted parents passed away and he lived a rough life by himself until he meet Terry. Shun's parents see him looking teary and go "Sorry we forgot your childhood was an orphan in the welfare centre". They try to make Nik happy again by inviting him for a game of Wii and they play tennis til midnight.

Nik looks at his watch and goes, "Late now, need to head back home now" but they urge him to stay and offer him to sleepover the house. Nik happily accepts their offer and at midnight Nik holds the Szeto family photo and goes, "I hope one day I will eventually get to reunite with you all".

Pause. A short but nice scene that proves Ruco is masterful when it comes to expressing his emotions and thoughts without having to go overboard or exaggerate. If he consistently shows his fine acting I know one day he will get TV King (that's only if he gets a signature role that everyone likes).

Continue. The scene jumps to Jenny visiting the grand-opening of Agatha's detective agency and the promotion clip was indirectly insulting and criticising Detective George's method to investigate cases (I found that quite funny). Detective George was actually there and he tried to snatch Agatha's potential customer who wanted them to follow her daughter.

They make a deal that whoever gets to know about the daughter's mysterious agenda will win and both parties agree. Game on.

Szeto visits Jenny and recommends her to venture out somewhere to make good use of her photographic memory and Agatha says so as well. Detective George heard them and tells Jenny "Fine leave my detective agency and you work for Agatha." Jenny of course goes "No I want to be with you daddy".

Pause. I like how Jenny is a fillal daughter who wants to stick to her daddy no matter what and I know Daddy George deliberately did that so Jenny can enhance her career.

Continue. Back to some serious stuff and in the hotel they host a social event known as "Meeting you in the dark". The hotel boss had to go to a charity event that night so he told the security guards to take care of the event. Nik visits Terry's room and tells him that this is the best opportunity to sneak into the "blind man's" room to find the precious jewellery.

Terry tries to flirt with Miss Zhu who basically tried to resist his flirtation but eventually got charmed by all those compliments and walks away secretly smiling and decides to attend the "Meeting you in the dark" social event.

Szeto and Nik was trying to investigate a cigarette smell in a room and they got locked out by Fan Fate and the hotel manager. The two of them (Fan Fate and hotel manager) activate their so-called materplan to lock Shun and Nik out so that when something goes wrong in the social event they can blame them for not being there and thus get fired.

Their plan obviously didn't work as Nik knows how to open doors using a wire (useful when he was a thief). Terry and the Miss Zhu have a dinner date and Nik tells him to hurry up and get her drunk. Terry asked if she likes the hotel boss's bed and she said yes it's very comfortable and so Terry takes her to the hotel room. Nik tries to distract everyone by giving him tasks and keep their eyes off the Eye in the Sky (CCTV) and manipulates the cameras by trimming the time Terry took her to the room. Terry manages to get inside the room and was trying to hack into the safe. Suddenly, the hotel boss arrived at the hotel since the charity event finished early. Nik tried to hog time by reporting the hotel boss about the incident in the hotel but the girl hotel worker said she already reported the incident to the hotel boss. The hotel boss subsequently got back into his room and he was directly facing Terry!

End. Nice cliffhanger.

Everyone did well so kudos to everyone but Tony Hung got some screentime during the last scene where he displayed some decent acting. His flirting scenes were convincing, his panicking seemed real when the hotel boss was arriving. Tony can sure act and I think he is doing a good job with a supporting role.

I am still buttsore as to how Tavia's role is now a boring fillal daughter even though she is doing ok. Ruco and Kevin are still the highlights of this show.

This series is now like still enjoyable and entertaining to watch but the storyline and sequence of events has all been too convenient that makes it look unrealistic and half-baked. Am still tempted to watch the rest of this series though.

Eye in the Sky Episode Thoughts Update

Update: I have been very very very busy lately with the start of college and all these social events and lectures and seminars and tutorials and TVB! I am up to date with the episodes except I don't have much time to do episode thoughts for now and plus I will be away from home all until Monday. So I will try to get my episode thoughts back on track by Monday. Stay tuned!

Brief comments at the moment: Tavia's character is a disappointment, Ruco's character is intriguing and three-dimensional, whilst Kevin's character is also interesting! Even though the plot pales in comparison compared to the others series I've seen last year like BHWS, ROE, NDA, etc, acting-wise everyone is doing fine. Plenty to comment soon.