The Shell Game (II) — Season 1, Episode 7: Episode 7
Drama • 47 min • 1 season, 20 episodes
Episode synopsis
YOUNG gets hold of all substantial testimony to charge TO's inability to take care of the child. The court is convinced and passes a verdict in favor of YOUNG. TO buries himself in misery. When JUN learns the news, he too locks himself in the bedroom and refuses to leave with his mother. That very night, JUN is carried away from the house by his father. TO has decided to give up his business in Shanghai and flee with the boy. But they get arrested before they can ever slip out of the city. YOUNG warns to press charges on the man of kidnapping, but withdraws it on the request of the child. Now JUN goes to live with his mother, but things are not as settled as it seems. The. boy remains hostile and constantly plays nasty tricks on his mother and step-father. At the end, he even runs away.
About The Shell Game (II)
This series about gambler-rivalries in China. It was 1935 in Shanghai, a young country lad, Ah Long, who just arrived the city then to challenge Tu Yi Xiao (King Punter of the North) but soon he found himself insufficient and humbly begged to serve Tu as his master. Soon, Tu's gambling business expanded so fast cause other gangs felt annoyed and rivalries began.