Momentary Lapse Of Reason — Season 1, Episode 7: Episode 7
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 20 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Apart from being demoted to uniform police officer, YAT-YIN is also dispatched to patrol the cemetery area on night shifts. LEUNG SUM goes to the Ping On Inn to visit YING-YUET, who instead warns LEUNG SUM to keep her nose out of her business. When YING-YUET goes to meet up with YUK-KIU, YUK-KIU introduces her to be an escort girl. After an Indian security guard is killed by a criminal during a bank heist murder case, YAT-YIN successfully solves the case, however, YIU-WAI implies that YAT-YIN is doomed to be a uniform police officer for the rest of his life. Summoning KAM WAH, SAI-CHEONG commands him to rescue the bank robber. Boss KEUNG arrives at the warehouse of the Shui Fung Nin Rice Store for purchasing negotiations, during which MAN-TO mistakes low quality rice for the high quality one and tries to sell him the low quality rice. After the incident, NGO-SHAN lays the responsibility of educating MAN-TO on WAN-FONG's shoulders……
About Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Gam Wah appears to be a cop who can easily betray his own dignity and accept bribes. While investigating a human trafficking case, he meets Leung Sam, a woman who has taken a vow of celibacy. Leung Sam and her friend, Fa Ying Yuet, had been kidnapped when they were young, thus, they hate human traffickers. They equally hate corrupt public servants, with the exception of Gam Wah's colleague, Sum Yat Yin, whose upright and honest character catches Leung Sam's eye and she even falls in love with him. Gam Wah and Sum Yat Yin are initially polar opposites, but after Gam Wah's acceptance of a bribe causes the death of a witness, it starts to touch his conscience. However, at the time, the police and the underworld each had their own unbreakable, unwritten laws. Sum Yat Yin is demoted amidst the power struggle of businessman and detective. It puts his relationship with Leung Sam to the test. Seeing all of this, Gam Wah's heart aches, but all he can do is stay silently by Leung Sam's side and secretly hope that he can make up for his past mistakes.