EPISODE 7

Eric did it because he wanted to hurt Mark for hurting Anna whom he loved and he ended up hurting Anna herself. He was arrested but what happened to Anna? No clue.



New case today, a rather predictable one but my previous prediction was all wrong so maybe this time it is wrong again.



Rich Man's Wife Charged With Assault of Husband's Mistress

Mrs Cheung's old mom took her quiet aloof daughter to HK Law Firm because she was charged with assaulting a girl named Ivy with a golf stick (or whatever you call them). Ben and Vincent asked for more facts but Mrs Cheung just said; "I am pleading guilty, I don't want to talk more". What B&V know is Mrs Cheung reportedly saw husband (congressman or senator I think) having a row with a girl named Ivy and out of anger wife took club and beat the crap out of Ivy. Mrs Cheung felt guilty and wanted to plead guilty. When Mr Cheung was asked about this he said; "I worked hard not for money but to give us a comfortable life but she spoilt it all. I don't want to talk about it" and he left.



So we have a guilty wife, unknown mistress and a cold uncaring husband. My guess was wife was having a homosexual affair with woman then discovered by husband who hurt the mistress. My family's guess was ... Mrs Cheung's mom knew little about her daughter's marriage but told Ben that her daughter often saw a psychiatrist ... so my family's guess was she was having an affair with psychiatrist and Ivy was psychiatrist's wife. The answer will be revealed shortly.



So B&V went to look for Mrs Cheung and surprise surprise, saw Mrs Cheung hugging and kissing Ivy intimately. But still not concrete proof of their relationship so my guess may be correct until the conclusion next week.



Vincent wanted to use this point to get Mrs Cheung an aquittal because she suffered from sleepwalking induced by her guilt towards her husband about her lesbian affair. Ben said we must respect client's wishes and let Mrs Cheung reveal it when she is ready. Jessica couldn't decide who was right whilst Ling took Ben's side. The conclusion? Next week.



Back to relationships plot.



Vincent was slightly hurt that Ling took Ben's side because earlier, he pursued her (as in wooed her) with an icecream van (he rented the whole van, drove the whole van to Ling and gave her her ice cream-he drives a BMW-he dresses in nice suits -he dines in expensive restaurants-where has he got the money?). He then went for a dinner with Ling. Jess at the meantime thought she could ask Vincent out for dinner and SMS-ed him to wait for her at a restaurant. He never showed up but amazingly Ben so happened walked past that restaurant and they had a nice dinner together. Ben knew Vincent was pursuing Ling and he almost gave up until he saw Jess who told him one day she will give Vincent the gift she bought him; a heart shaped pink crystal. Ben didn't have the heart to tell Jess Vincent was having dinner with Ling.



They ended up very drunk and went back to Jess' place and interrupting Sister Na's romantic dinner with I think the character's name is Marco but not quite sure. They staggered into her room and Jess fell onto her bed and fell fast asleep whilst Ben fell onto the floor and slept. When morning, Jess woke up and saw a tie on the sofa. She chastised her aunt for bringing a man home BUT her aunt said her so indiscretion was only a bottle of wine and that the tie belonged to Jess' own man. Jess ran into her room and found Ben fast asleep. She woke him and asked if he saw her changing her clothes just now and well, he was still asleep then. They ended up going to work together and on the bus talked about using the towels, toothbrush and all. It so happened HK Law Firm's staff was sitting at the bad (I do not know her name) and she called office and everybody heard their conversation. Once at office, everybody thought they slept with one another. Whilst Jess tried to deny, Ben just laughed it off.



Much much later into the series, Ben saw Ling's car passed by. He quickly bought his chee-cheung-fun and jumped into Ling's car. He has a bad habit of car pooling. Anyway Ling wasn't pleased but she was not mean to him anymore. He offered her the chee cheung fun but she said she wa driving. He made her stop by the side and they both quickly shared the chee cheung fun whilst the police was slowly approaching Ling's car. Once finished, she drove off and arrived at the office together. In perhaps the funniest scene today, the staff asked Ben why his mouth was bleeding and then they saw Ling who was smiling and asked why her lips was bleeding too. Both looked stunned and then credits roled. I like this scene because Ling is so uptight and with Ben she was willing to bend the rules. Ben as usual is so goofy and happy go lucky. Vincent may be gentleman but he is getting a bit calculative today.



Oh by the way, Jess' SMS was wrongly sent to Juno which explained why Vincent never called. Whilst Vincent may be ruthless in handling his case as illustrated today, he was never really mean to Jess.



As for performances, very tired to keep repeating who's good. So I thought maybe say who's not and who improved.



Bernice Liu gave an improved performance today and I find her even cuter today as her hair was so messy when she rushed out to work. Her Jess is really sweet and nice. A pity Ben never liked her the way he liked Ling. They would make a great couple.



Juno is still the worst actor in this series. Expressionless. Totally blank look. He should consider maybe playing a teenager who lost hope in life. He looks lost.



Sammul Chan is still the most overrated actor in this series in the sense heavily promoted, people may think he can act but the truth is, HE CAN ACT but someone else can do better. I am getting bored with Vincent sniggering or smiling to himself or smiling whilst talking. And by smiling I mean smugly. So I like the little change of direction in his character today as he stared at Ben and Ling when Ling agreed with Ben's way of handling Mrs Cheung's case. I can see jealousy brewing and that will spice things up.



If my prediction is correct, today's case is nothing special. Of course in every series nowadays, there must be a hint of homosexuality some where. It's the in thing. Just a bit surprised Ben didn't have a gay friend because that was the in thing in some series before this. Interesting case though and I hope with an explosive ending. I was very disappointed with Eric's case.



Now the problem with this series is they have interesting cases, they fought well, they won by sometimes devious means or unconventional ways and yet no follow up. The story ends in victory and then the next scene is our heroes. But what about those people they represented? I was hopeful for a better closure to their cases. True representation perhaps end when the case finishes but in TV world, viewers may like a more complete ending. Draw the intestines you know?



Overall an uneventful episode but still interesting to watch.