EPISODE 19

Vincent, probably at his ugliest, emotionally and yet the most vulnerable. The scene where he pleaded to the judge on behalf of his father in his Obtruction of Justice charge was not just emotional to the core, but so very sad. I had tears when Vincent ran to his father, sentenced to a very light sentence of 6 months imprisonment and he grabbed his father, almost crying saying "I have failed! I have failed! I am a lawyer, I helped countless others but I can't help you father, I am sorry, I have failed!". But his father looked at him smiling that "I have learned a lesson, and I hope you have to, I could not sleep with peace on my mind, I am proud of you, you did very well!" and his father smilingly but tearfully walked away as Vincent tried to remember what was the lesson he was supposed to learn because he felt not happiness that his father was sentenced so lightly but hatred at Ben for putting his father in this position in the first place and himself for failing his father.



Actually Ben tried very hard not to put Cheuk Sir in a bad position. He questioned Cheuk Sir, he managed to avoid the important question about that drug package but prosecution had to confirm and Cheuk Sir himself admitted his wrongdoings. My sister brilliantly argued where got obstruction of justice or perverting justice since that package was from the drug dealer's house but BUT Cheuk Sir put it there after it was taken out. In away Cheuk Sir was wrong but he did it with good intentions. Ben felt guilty but knew he had to do what he had done.



Vincent couldn't understand, so he blamed Ben. It became uglier when Ling came over to console him and Vincent took that as reconciliation, tried to force himself on her until Ling screamed that their relationship was all over. I tell you, this girl had everything except tact AND timing. Talk about bad timing! And Ben was there after hearing the sounds in Vincent's office and Vincent took that as Ben challenging him, mocking him when Ben meant well. Ling told off Vincent, saying he changed for the worse (thus making the situation worse) and Ben tried to explain but Vincent was beyond listening. He screamed at Ben, saying he was acting in front of Ling to make himself look good whilst Vincent looked bad, Ling was angry that he hurled such accusations at Ben, Ben was silent and Vincent finally said "You stupid woman! He has always been in love with you!" and Ling didn't believe it and again Ben was silent. LIng left angrily and Ben tried to talk to Vincent who simply threw Ben out of his office.



The next day Jess called Vincent and Vincent coldly said he was leaving for his holiday and he left, just like that.



Ben was shocked to hear Vincent went for a holiday since he was so emotional then but he felt it was good for Vincent to do so, to calm himself down and Ling confessed to someone (I can't remember Jess or Ben) that at first she felt she could almost rekindle her love for Vincent and when she saw how ugly he was emotionally, she knew she did the right thing by breaking off with him.



She teased Ben about her crush on her which Ben readily confessed it was true, but it was a long time ago. Ling felt ackward. I believe once Vincent saw how close they were, things only get worse.



Meanwhile Homer had to run away from Sister Na who was bent on pursuing him. Money was so concerned about this that she was considering selling her property to lend money to Homer to repay Sister Na so that he can stop avoiding her. What is it about Homer that he has 3 women loving him and a cute guy like Ben had none??



Anyway acting wise the best was Liu Kai Chi who looked at his son, crying and smiling, relief and yet pain. This man is a maestro in acting. Sammul Chan for someone new did quite alright but next to this maestro, you can see his flawed acting. It could have been a very emotional scene, an even more angry scene later on as he accused Ben of everything but Sammul lacked that something I can't pinpoint right now. There was anger, there was jealousy, there was unreasonableness but he should have let go and give his extreme you know because I imagine Vincent losing his mind right then, at first with guilt next with anger and jealousy and this feeling that he must win, he blamed Ben and refused to look into reasons. A better actor could have given those scene more depth, a deeper look into Vincent that I hate to see but knew existed from day one but submerged beneath the coolness, suaveness. That should be the scene that a viewer will feel how ugly Vincent could be as he accused poor Ben, perhaps the most innocent of all in this mess with his father. But Sammul Chan gave just an emotional performance, but there was little depth. You have to really watch him to know what I mean.



Myolie Wu is wasted in this episode as she basically looked demure, playful and then angry. Her Ling is beginning to have less and less things to do.



Bernice Liu is the same, acting wise but her Jessica is getting stronger in personality and in conviction as the episodes go by.



Ruby Wong is the worst actress/actor in here.



Raymond Lam, last but not least was very good. The way his Ben looked at the mad Vincent filled with inner rage, the way he looked at Cheuk Sir, the way he looked at Ling, he did it all by basically doing nothing. He did not have any outbursts of emotions nor did he raise his voice or even talked at all, and yet through his eyes you could see such wonderful varied emotions. He has improved in his acting since Golden Faith and he gave Ben such depth for a basically boring nice guy character.



In his Ben, you can see he basically agrees with Jess who said she wished the four of them could go back to how they were before. In his eyes held a tiny hope that when Vincent comes back things will be ok but in that monentary gaze into emptiness as I think Jess told Ben Vincent left, you could see he realised maybe things may not be the same again.



Am I reading too much into his gaze? Maybe yes, but it's all sublime. That is the kind of acting I like. One gaze says it all. A lovely performance but Liu Kai Chi, whose face wrecked with guilt really looked the part.