To Catch the Uncatchable (2004)

Original title

棟篤神探

Genre

drama television series

Country

Hong Kong

Length

1 season, 25 episodes

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A physically weak but brilliant detective with asthma teams up with a strong-willed insurance agent to solve unusual crimes in Hong Kong. The series mixes comedy with crime solving and takes an unexpectedly somber turn at the end.

funnywittylightheartedquirkysurprisingmelancholicoffbeatfast-paced

What happens

To Catch the Uncatchable (棟篤神探) is a 25-episode TV drama series produced by TVB of Hong Kong, which stars Dayo Wong as the genius (albeit physically weak and with asthma) CID Mok Tsok Tung (莫作棟) and Ada Choi as Vivi Lee Wai Wai (李慧慧), an insurance agent, with Marco Ngai and Michael Tong as major background characters. The title of the series is of Cantonese word-play and innuendo (the title itself means "The Hilarious God Detective"), and the series itself sets itself apart from other TVB comedies before it thanks largely to the comedic stylings of Dayo Wong, plus new styles of acting and directing and camera work, different styles of plots unheard of before in comedies, and a surprisingly tragic conclusion. The conclusion was met with mixed reception with many complaining it was too upsetting for a comedy. An alternate ending featuring a happy ending was later released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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