The Stew of Life — Season 1, Episode 26: Episode 26
Drama, Family, Comedy • 45 min • 1 season, 30 episodes
Episode synopsis
During breakfast, TAK finds that LAI is acting strange… SO NGOR suddenly flies back to HK and bumps into MEI. Outwardly they get along well and have a great chat… NG family welcomes NGOR and gives her a banquet. LAI finds it hard to tolerate and blames NGOR for keep taunting MEI. Instead of getting mad, NGOR smiles… KAI suddenly proposes to MEI and without any psychological preparation, MEI decides to lie and reject KAI. KAI seems to have a load on his mind and NGOR finds out from him that MEI is suffering from a brain tumor… When CHARLIE is out for an interview, her beauty attracts the client. CHARLIE has the flu and when she calls RYAN, he is staying out late in a bar to watch football matches with his friends. CHARLIE is being sexually harassed and the client refuses to let her go. Luckily BILL is there to help her out. Meanwhile, RYAN appears and in the mistaken belief that BILL is taking advantages of CHARLIE…
About The Stew of Life
Upon returning from a trip with her husband NG MAN TAK (Chung King Fai), cookery teacher LO SIU LAI (Lee Sze Kei, Louise) is shocked to find that her little daughter NG CHOI NI (Chen Fala) has started cohabiting with a homosexually inclined colleague LAU TAT YAN (Hung Tin Ming) while her divorced sister LO SIU MEI (Ng Wing Mei) is seemingly caught up in a love triangle between tenant YAU KAI (Mak Cheung Ching) and her ex-husband. By and by TAK is forced to retire early and stays at home all day with nothing to do. LAI, on the other hand, is lucky enough to have the opportunity to host a culinary show on TV. Everything seems to have happened too fast but this does not leave LAI frustrated and accursed. Instead she tries to get round every problem with even more patience and dedication, which however is not appreciated by TAK. The bickering continues until LAI eventually thinks of a good way to tackle TAK…