EPISODE 3

I missed Episode 2, so when episode 3 started, it was when Sam's mom and uncle, Isaac (Ron Ng) came back to Sam and Phillip's life. Isaac was obnoxious to the core and tried to order Phillip and Sam around since technically he is Sam's uncle and he is Phillip's brother in law. In actual fact he is Sam's younger brother and Phillip's son. How the mother (Mary Hon) could just pack her bags and leave years before is still a mystery to me, though she did explained she didn't come back to Sam's life because she couldn't locate them. She told Isaac she was his sister instead of mother, why she did that I do not know. I thought Isaac was the half brother as a result of her extra marital affair with anorther man which resulted in her leaving her husband and son, but apparently not. I find the idea of them reuniting happily after all these years, though she did try to locate them AFTER abandoning them was quite far fetched. Wouldn't it be better if Isaac was Sam's half brother and Phillip forgiving the wife?



Anyway Sam was very irritated with Isaac, and did quietly voiced his displeasure but he didn't say much more, I think because he didn't want to offend his mother. Phillip knew Isaac was his son.



Anyway today I found out Phillip worked as the chief of F&B dept, in charge of food. He took Isaac to tour his kitchen and that brat deliberately sneezed in front of the food and dumped his bubblegum every where. Of course Phillip smiled and cleaned up but really, Phillip didn't OWN that dept, he worked in it, so I thought it would have been better to have Phillip giving Isaac one tight slap on both his cheeks, something I am sure Sam wanted to do for a very long time.



Sam's mom is young so I assume she had him very young in life, which explained his father and mother's very 70s approach to raising both sons, BUT Sam seemed to be the only serious, thoughtful one, in fact too serious. One hilarious scene had Phillip, Isaac and mom dancing and playing the saxophone and Sam came home, feeling very irritated and what did he do? He made his point by playing the er-hu! It was very very funny.



Anyway back to that Vincent-Belle-Sam issue. Belle was now seeing Vincent. Vincent narrated how he met and got along very well with Belle's parents whom I think died in some accident and he comforted Belle and how he fell for her but obviously Belle was still in awe with Sam, whom I suspect left abruptly after that Rome's one night stand or something which made Belle think Sam was a no good S.O.B. Not quite sure since I missed Ep 2. But Vincent was convinced Belle was the one for him, whilst Belle was still thinking about Sam. So she left it all up to fate, by AGAIN dropping her bracelet accidentally at the office and guess who found it? Sam but Sam gave it to Vincent who gave it to Belle and Belle thought Vincent was the one and she decided I think to think no more. Sam decided to let go as well but both of them was very shy around each other.



As for Zoe, she met Sam again and I think this little girl had something in mind with Sam. Maybe infatuation but I like watching Zoe. She was very cute and girlish next to Sam's ultra serious demeanour. I found out the staff at the airport didn't quite like Sam because he was very aloof whilst Vincent was the crazy one.



Tomorrow Vincent will find out Sam and Belle had something going on. Wonder when he will die?



Anyway story wise, I like today's episode, thanks to the Isaac-Sam-Zoe thing. Belle is boring, Vincent worse.



Performances of course were well.... I understand why Francis Ng toppled them all. I love how he stared at Ron Ng's Isaac, like anytime he will kill this obnoxious kid and yet tried very hard to stop himself from taking that step. Expressions wise, Sam is one stony faced guy but Francis Ng gave him a very deep emotional depth all through his electric and often scary eyes. I must say, Francis Ng was excellent.



Ron Ng did very well next to Francis but so far he need only be obnoxious so not much to do her. But man, he was irritating.



Joe Ma, thank God didn't speak English today so performance wise, he was average. He laughed too much, almost to the uncontrollable level that I find extremely irritating. But he and Francis Ng really looked like pilots.



As for Flora, she was average since this role was clearly wrong for her. To have two similiar characters but with different age difference (Belle and Zoe) is rather boring to watch. Maybe Belle will go through some problems, like when Vincent died that will make her different.



Myolie impressed me with her one minute scene where she talked to Francis' Sam and her eyes glowing with admiration and awe. Sam has a fan in Zoe! I always liked Myolie, I find her one of TVB's most talented and brightest young star limited only by her young age. As she is now growing older and more mature, she is more suited for more roles that she used to play but didn't quite suit her. Her chemistry with Francis was excellent and I believe she held her own next to a veteran like Francis who is known for his superb acting skill (though he still looked scary with his electric eyes). I really look forward to more Zoe-Sam scenes.



Thus far I am very happy with today's episode except for Sek Sau's performance. Scary. Can't stand him. I look forward to the next episode though I still wonder who cut Francis' hair? Why on earth that hair style??



End credits had Sammul Chan (really looked like a young pilot in training and spoke very credible English) explaining the no. of bars (do you call them that?) on the shoulder of a pilot and what they meant. If I remembered correctly...



4 bars - Captain



The rest I can't remember. Didn't notice though how much bars Sam had so will concentrate tomorrow.



One bad thing though. Don't they ever have office politics in this airport? Everybody is oh so friendly with everybody else! BUT I like the name Solar Airways. Very cool.



I must apologise for over emphasising on everybody's English. I can't help it because I mean I pity the older generations who can't understand English. Every sentence, at least 2 or 3 words in English, reminds me of some Hindi movie like "..blah blah blah GET OUT!!". Of course here it is "Blah blah blah really? Blah blah blah expectation blah blah very blah blah anyways blah blah". If you ask me, a bit pretentious.



I know knows who can play Vincent after thinking over the weekend for someone who is



1. tall

2. good looking

3. can match Francis in terms of close age range but let's face it, Francis is old

4. can speak decent English

5. looks like a pilot

6. doesn't look like Flora's little brother when kissing her



WHO?? Only one bloody name thus far and that is Ellesmere Choi. BUT WAIT! He is far too busy being TVB's highest paid ke-le-fe. I pity this actor. I am sure he can speak English, very sure. But I still feel Bowie could play a pilot in here and any man, thin fat handsome ugly smooth skinned pimple skinned, once in uniform, will look dashing. I long to see Ellesmere in a uniform (not fireman uniform but pilot, something very educated).



Who do you think can play Vincent?



I still feel Charmaine will be perfect as Belle since Belle is supposed to be die hard feminine romantic.



In fact who else can play Sam? Bowie. But I like Francis so he can stay. But Vincent, tell me, who can play Vincent?



Does anyone know the name of the actor who played that young drug addict rich kid, brother of Trammy in Not Just A Pretty Face? Quite good looking, I wonder is he one of the S4? If not he should've been one. Who is he??