Momentary Lapse Of Reason — Season 1, Episode 8: Episode 8
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 20 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
After KAM WAH informs LEUNG SUM that YING-YUET is detained, LEUNG SUM manages to borrow $30 to bail her out. LEUNG SUM then takes YING-YUET back to her home, but the others refuse to accept YING-YUET, leaving LEUNG SUM no other choice but to leave her place together with YING-YUET. NGO-SHAN invites YAT-YIN back home to discuss his family affairs, and their conversation is eavesdropped on by MAN-TO. In order to help YING-YUET to start anew, LEUNG SUM volunteers to take a 50 per cent cut in her salary, hoping that SOPHIE will hire both of them at the same time. LEUNG SUM is informed that her biological father shows up, however KAM WAH discovers that the so-called father is in fact a swindler. With the bank robber, BIG GUY YING, being transferred to court for trial, SAI-CHEONG has someone free him in transit and arranges a getaway ship to send him away……
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.