#593 D.I.E. - Final

Chinese: 古靈精探
English: D.I.E.
Genre: Mystery/Police/Comedy
Episodes: 25
Country: HK [TVB]
Year: 2008

Also finished it very fast!
I love police cases and mystery!

Nancy really got a small role!
That was pity!
I really though it will be more!
Maybe in D.I.E II

I like Sonija & Roger in here!
They were funny!
And for Sonija was it a new challange i think!
Because this role is different!

I really hate Queenie Chu!
She can't act!!
And why TVB offered her this role?
It was kind of big!
Because she had many scenes with Kenneth Ma!
Also don't like Kenneth Ma in here!
Well he won't be in D.I.E II LOL

Margie don't return in part II too!
Actually like her in here!
With Derek Kwok!
Who got a bigger role than normal!
Quite funny with that Bruce Lee case

Stupid that you don't see how Mimi & Stephen [Mee Yan & Pierre] relationship started!
You never seen there before and they just started:S

There were 2 endings!
Only watched One yet!
Don't like it!
More info @ Alternate Ending Part

OK LETS D.I.E. II COMING!!

Summary:
In the police force, "Death Investigation Extension" or "D.I.E." was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. Yu Chi Long, who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. because his superiors find him strange for falling asleep constantly on the job. New appointee Ying Ching Ching is a good-looking girl but she means to act tough and sassy in front of others. Believing that she will get promoted soon, she solves a lot of intriguing cases. Later Ying finds out that her supervisor still has a long way to go before he reaches retirement age. She takes an uncompromising stand over every case she deals with, which leads her into constant quarrels with Long. The relationship between the pair is deteriorating day by day.

Long's elder sister, Yu Chi Ching, has been living with him. While investigating an old case, Long gets to find his long-lost father Yu Tai Hoi. Through close collaboration with Long, Ching-Ching has gradually developed affection for him. As she is still torn between Long and her two-timing boyfriend Hugo, Long has started to try to avoid her without rhyme or reason. Feeling so confused about what is happening, Ching-Ching decides to do some probing and is shocked to discover that Long has been dogged by a female ghost called Siu Yee.





Cast:
Roger Kwok - Yu Chi Long
Sonija Kwok - Ying Ching Ching
Kenneth Ma - Sing Ka Jun/Hugo
Derek Kwok - Cheung Ching Yee
Margie Tsang - Yu Chi Ching
Nancy Wu - Ying Pui Pui/Momoko
Bryan Leung - Yu Dai Hoi
Mimi Lo - Ho Mei Wan/Mei Yan
Stephen Huynh - Man Lung/Pierre
Rain Lau - Kan Chi Mei/Sa Yee
Kitty Yuen - Ng Siu Yee
Rachel Kan - Man Wah
Chun Wong - Ying Nam
Lee Fung -Ng Suk Duk
Teresa Ha - Kam Sam Sun
Suet Lee - Cheung Mok Laan
Sin Kin Ying - Tse Siu Feng
Joe Junior - Fai Sir/Fai Ka Sie?
Chung Chi Kwong - Wong Sir/Wong Su Ke
Wong Ching -Chan Gai Ying/Dai Hau Ying
Wong Cho Lam - Yuen Wai Bing/Theo
Queenie Chu - Cheuk Kei/Jacqueline
Kwok Fung - Lo Sir/

Wu Fung - Yuen Man Cheung
Mary Hon - Kan Ching Yee
Akina Hong - Ho Wing Sum
Savio Tsang - Lo Fong Gor
Eric Li - Yan Heung Wing/Fred
Brian Wong - Yan Heung Kwong/Roy
Leanni Li - Wu Ka Yung
Lee Kwok Lun - Sie Do Ping
Mannor Chan - So Sie Na

Cameo:
Bobby Au Yeung - Chai Foon Cheung [EP25]
Power Chan - the truck driver [EP25]

Love Charachter:
Chi Long
Ching Ching
Pierre
Mee Yan
Ching Yee
Momoko
Siu Yee

Chi Long & Ching Ching [Partners/Lovers]
Mee Yan & Pierre [Lovers]

Hate Charachter:
Jaqueline
Hugo

Soundtrack:
Theme: Variated Cases 花樣奇案 by Roger Kwok


Alternate ending
The original ending of the series has Roger Kwok's character, Yue Sir, dead as a result of the car accident. However, the TV audience voted for a happy ending. As a result, another ending was created by TVB.

The alternate ending is of "mo lei tau" style of comedy.

-Siu Yi transported members of the D.I.E. team to the moment before the car accident; the driver involved was Bobby Au-Yeung's character Chai Foon-Cheung from 2006's Dicey Business.
-Members of D.I.E. tried various ways to stop Chai Foon-Cheung, but to no avail.
-At the last moment, Chai Foon Cheung stopped the truck and said to the D.I.E. team that he was moved by their sincerity to save Yue Sir from dying, thus asking them to arrest him for pirating movies. (However, it was not addressed regarding how Chai Foon-Cheung knew about the plot.)
-Yue Sir and Madam Ying were in the hospital room, with Yue Sir holding their newborn son. Yue Sir commented why their son weighted 14lb and a head full of hair. Siu Yi appeared telling them that their curse had been taken care of, and the reason that their son was so big was because she fed him a bowl of rice before he was born.

Neither endings address the fate of criminal Dai Hao-Ying, who started the series as a Triad boss and ended up being a petty thief.





Award nominations
41st TVB Anniversary Awards (2008)

"Best Drama"
"Best Actor in a Leading Role" [Roger Kwok - Yu Chi Long][Top 5]
"Best Actress in a Leading Role" [Sonija Kwok - Ying Ching Ching][Top 5]
"My Favourite Male Character" [Roger Kwok - Yu Chi Long][Top 5]
"My Favourite Male Character" [Derek Kwok - Cheung Ching Yee][Top 10]
"My Favourite Female Character" [Kitty Yuen - Ng Siu Yee][Top 10]

Memorable Scene:
-When Ching Ching always want to catch Dai Hauw Ying! Very Funny ^^
-Siu Yee borrow Ching Ching's body to make fun with Chi Long! Def. NOT for Sonija in that kind of clothes BUT so funny! ^^
-Chi Long was drunken en telling in front of Ching Ching He loves her! After they began their romance!
-Ching Ching thought Chi Long is dead! And Chi Long thought that Ching Ching died! But they were alive! And were happy! But than Chi Long hit by a car! Was so tragic!
And after u know he just do that because he want to spare Ching Ching´s life! He sacrifice his self!
-Ching Yee loves Chi Ching! But he never told her! And when he told that to an cat and Chi Ching hear it! He only said that he was acting! But when he heard that Chi Ching gonna married and go to US! He gonna stop her! But it was all a mistake! But atleast he got the power to say to her that he love her! And started their romance!
Very funny actually HAHAHA
ETC

[Credits to TVB & Wiki]