Forensic Heroes V Episodes

[Giorgio Aguilar]

ForensicHeroes III is a 2011 police procedural television drama serial set and filmed in Hong Kong. Produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Mui Siu-ching serves as the drama's executive producer with Choi Ting-ting and Leung Man-wah as the executive writers and editors. The drama closely follows a team of technicians and professionals from the Forensic Science and Forensic Pathology departments of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. Working closely with the Kowloon West District Crime Unit, they use high modern technology and scientific analyses to solve crime. Forensic Heroes III is a reboot of the Forensic Heroes franchise, which was in turn inspired by Hong Kong's 2002 costume drama Witness to a Prosecution and the CBS on-going television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Pro Sir comes from a single-parent household. His mother died young, and his father worked as a massage therapist with low pay, who spent all of the money he earned to Pro Sir's education. Through Pro Sir's hard work and intelligence, he got accepted to one of the most prestigious colleges in the world. His father's strong sense of justice influenced Pro Sir to be a forensic chemist. Pro Sir is educated and consistently receives learning in many other professional subjects such as firearms forensic. His knowledge earns him the nickname "the human encyclopedia" by his co-workers and friends. Courteous and polite, Pro Sir is outgoing and is friends with a lot of people in the forensic department.

Angel Chiang Cheuk-kwan (蔣卓君) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. Angel is a Chinese American, and previously worked in New York City, United States as crime scene investigator (CSI). Angel decided to work in Hong Kong after she lost out to a less-outstanding Caucasian co-worker in a promotion opportunity, believing that her loss was due to racial discrimination by the review board. After joining the Forensic Science Division of the HK Police Department, Angel often complains of her "boring" work in Hong Kong, where she is unable to use a gun or get hands-on crime solving experience like New York. Ken Ho takes pleasure in frequently reminding Angel that she's in Hong Kong and must follow Hong Kong's rules, often annoying Angel.

Through their constant bickering, Angel and Ken eventually become close partners at work. Ken also gives Angel her first kiss on the lips. In Episode 8, Angel accidentally spills coffee on herself and is forced to wash up in the Gents, as the Ladies was under maintenance. Ken barges in by accident and sees a near topless Angel. That following night, Angel mistakenly thinks Ken was talking about their restroom encounter to their colleagues, and decides to spike Ken's drink with some Long Island Iced Tea to get him intoxicated. Ken gets drunk and kisses Angel on the lips.

Ken Ho Ching-man (何正民) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. He has a master's degree in forensic chemistry and has an interest in computer technology. He is self-disciplined, articulate, and has strong work ethic. Ken gets rather annoyed with Angel Chiang, a new addition to the forensics team, who often finds Hong Kong forensic work as "boring" in comparison to those in New York City, where she used to work as a crime scene investigator (CSI).

Ken has extremely low alcohol tolerance and goes on dangerous "kissing sprees" when he gets drunk. As a result, Ken never orders alcoholic drinks to avoid embarrassment and upsetting others. In Episode 8, Ken accidentally saw a near topless Angel while she was washing her shirt in the men's restroom. That night Angel, who mistakenly thought Ken was talking about their restroom encounter to others, spiked Ken's drink with some Long Island Iced Tea. Ken immediately got drunk and kissed Angel on the lips.

Later, Ken started to have feelings for Angel. When Angel told him she was intending to move to New York City, Ken employed various stratagems to make her stay. Finally, he took her to a bar and confessed his love to Angel, and they eventually become a couple.

Dr. Mandy Chung Hok-sum (鍾學心) is a Senior Forensic Pathologist from the Forensic Pathology Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. She is best friends with Pro Sir and Ada Ling, who is also her roommate. Mandy is extremely committed to her work as a pathologist. Like Pro Sir, she has a strong sense of righteousness and justice, and the two often collaborate to solve crimes together. They become extremely close friends and share impeccable chemistry at work.

Mandy's interest and talent in the sciences have been apparent since youth. Her father was a well-known college science professor and her mother was a doctor. Mandy is extremely close to her grandfather Bok-si, who raised her after her parents died. Since youth, Mandy has an obsession with the Sherlock Holmes series and is especially impressed with the chapter where a Chinese medical expert uses medicine and technology to solve a crime, sparking her interest in becoming a forensic pathologist. Mandy's innate curiosity, intelligence, and persistence were key characteristics that helped her become one of the two only female forensic pathologists in Hong Kong.

Mandy's grandfather constantly invites her to matchmaking dinners, causing her friends to joke that Mandy has an obsession with men. She later meets Jim Fong, a clinical psychologist, through one of her grandfather's matchmaking dinners. They are mutually attracted to each other and become a couple.

Ada comes from a single-parent household and is raised by her mother. Her mother dislikes her working in the police force and often comes up with excuses for Ada to quit. However, through Ada's consistency and high case closure rate, her mother slowly begins to accept Ada's career.

Sergeant (SGT) Lee Chin-fung (李展風), better known as Wind, is a DCS sergeant who usually partners up with Ada Ling on the field. Before he joined the DCS, Wind was a trained SDU paramilitary officer, and is extremely experienced with combat. He is also a karate expert and participates in annual contests.

Wind comes from a wealthy family that owns an international business. He has no interest in working in the business sector and decides to follow his dream of becoming a police officer, much to his family's disappointment. Due to Wind's humble personality and modest behaviour, none of his teammates know about his wealth. In episode 7, Wind lent HK$100,000 to Chan, who was troubling over his sister's college tuition, without hesitation. In later episodes, he becomes Ada Ling's boyfriend.

Eva earning the title as "Long-winning General" by friends and colleagues because she has never lost one single case at court. Pro Sir begins to take notice of Eva's calculating and cunning behavior when Eva was the defense barrister for Amanda Cheung Mei-fan but she overheard Pro-Sir conversation with Ada and she decided to make her to suffer an allergic reaction to miss her lawyer appointment for Amanda Cheung which led Amanda dismiss Eva as her defense barrister which causes Pro Sir to doubt her as he overheard Mandy recalling Eva ordering some dessert that she is allergic to; but he was proven when Eva employed to be the defense barrister of Wilson Yu, a wealthy businessman sued for murder. Eva is willing to overstep boundaries and procedures to ensure that she keeps her long-winning title. Because of her willingness to cross the line, she decides that she and her husband have grown too far apart and have deferring opinions. She files for divorce and takes up a position as a corporate lawyer for a wealthy business man in America, leaving Pro Sir and Ka-man behind in episode 14. She returned at the end of episode 25 but was later found dead at the end of episode 28.

Jim Fong Sai-yau (方世友) is a clinical psychologist. He became Mandy Chung's boyfriend after meeting her through a matchmaking dinner arranged by Mandy's grandfather, who is also Jim's hiking buddy. After the case of his missing brother, Jay, was solved, he broke up with Mandy stating that he was not prepared to be Mandy's Mr. Right. After that, he went abroad furthering his studies.

The series first installment, Forensic Heroes, originally ran for 25 episodes on TVB Jade from 13 June to 16 July 2006. The drama met critical acclaim and became a popular hit, with the episode finale peaking to 43 points with over 2.7 million viewers. Two years later, TVB released the subsequent sequel, Forensic Heroes II, running for 30 episodes from 19 May to 28 June 2008. Though the sequel proved successful, ratings did not break 40 points.

The series follows a group of forensic professionals from the Hong Kong General Laboratory and police officers from the Kowloon West Police Headquarters. Working under the hot urban environments of Hong Kong, the investigators use scientific evidence obtained from the forensic scientists to solve crimes. The first two installments stars Tim Sir (Bobby Au-yeung), a senior forensic chemist, and his best friend Sam Koo (Frankie Lam), a senior forensic pathologist and a popular detective fiction novelist. The two work closely with Senior Inspector Nicole Leung (Yoyo Mung) and Sergeant Sum Hung (Raymond Cho) of the Kowloon West District Crime Squad. In the sequel, two new characters, science evidence officer Ivan Yeung (Kevin Cheng) and Senior Inspector Isabella Ma (Charmaine Sheh) were added to the cast.

The third and fourth installments are separate reboots, each following a similar outline to the original duology but features different cast and characters. The third installment stars Pro Sir (Wayne Lai), a senior forensic chemist, and his close friend Mandy Chung (Maggie Cheung Ho-yee), a senior forensic pathologist. The two work closely with Senior Inspector Ada Ling (Kate Tsui) and Sergeant Lee Chin-fung (Ron Ng) of the Kowloon West District Crime Squad.

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