E.U. (TV series)

E.U. 學警狙擊
E.U. official poster
Also known as	The Academy III
Genre	Drama Crime thriller
Written by	Chu King-king Lee Yee-wah Leung Yan-tung
Starring	Ron Ng Sammul Chan Michael Miu Kathy Chow (actress) Michael Tse Elanne Kong Kaki Leung King Kong Dominic Lam
Opening theme	Hak Bak Bin Jau (黑白變奏) by Ron Ng, Michael Tse, Sammul Chan
Ending theme	Sau Cheung Yan (手掌印) by Elanne Kong
Composer(s)	Chow Wing-hang
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	Wong Wai-sing
Location(s)	Hong Kong
Camera setup	Multi camera
Running time	45 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	TVB
Release
Original network	TVB Jade
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	16 February – 27 March 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	On the First Beat (2007)
Related shows	Turning Point (2009) Lives of Omission (2011) Turning Point 2 (2011)
External links
Website

E.U.

E.U. title card

Traditional Chinese

學警狙擊

Simplified Chinese

学警狙击

Literal meaning

"Police Cadets in Action"

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xúejíng Jūjī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Hok6 Ging2 Zeoi1 Gik1

Emergency Unit, better known as simply E.U. is a 2009 Hong Kong television drama created and produced by Wong Wai-sing. It is the direct sequel to 2007's On the First Beat and the third installment in the The Academy series. E.U. stars Ron Ng and Sammul Chan from the original series, with the addition of Michael Miu, Kathy Chow, Michael Tse, and Elanne Kong. The popularity of Tse's role, Laughing Gor, spawned two film spin-offs and a television drama spin-off of the character.

Unlike the two previous installments, E.U. focuses on one particular secret triad, while the first two focuses more on the general lives of the characters. E.U. stands for Emergency Unit, a traffic and criminal operation wing under the Hong Kong Police Force. The series was meant to be followed by a sequel, however, production dropped the sequel, but reused the majority of its cast in an alternate series, Relic of an Emissary.

Synopsis

After ten years behind the bars in Taiwan, Kong Sai-Hau (Michael Miu) finally returns to Hong Kong. Other than the hope to find his daughter Yau-Yau (Elanne Kong) to mend their relationship, he also plans for revenge. On one hand, he pretends to surrender to triad boss To Yik-Tin (Lam Lee), the man who caused him to be jailed. On the other hand, he tries to gain trust from police officers Chung Lap-Man (Ron Ng) and Lee Pak-Kiu (Sammul Chan). Lee refuses to have a criminal as his friend, but Chung becomes close to Kong to gain inside information about To's activities. Laughing (Michael Tse) doesn't trust Kong at first, but Kong uses To's wife Ching Yeuk-Sam (Kathy Chow) in the organization as an influence to help him rise up the ranks. To is killed and Kong ascends to become the head of the triad. Later, Chung becomes an official undercover agent for the police force with the intention of exposing Kong's triad crimes. He isolates himself from Lee in order to protect his undercover identity. He meets Kong's daughter Kong Yau Yau, and Yau Yau starts to fall in love with him. Chung uses this to his advantage, gaining trust and higher rank in the triad.

Later on, Kong falls deeply in love with Sum and vice versa causing him to be distracted with his drug business. Kong eventually trusts Chung and almost hands parts of his drug business to Chung to take care of. But just when Kong thought that he was in control, his drug business fails. Kong discovers that the people he trusted the most had betrayed him, including Laughing. He also misinterprets that Sum betrayed him, so he kills her. His daughter Kong Yau Yau finds out and hates him for killing Sum, whom she thought of as a mother. Chung and Lee find out that Laughing was actually also an undercover cop, and both are wracked with feelings of guilt and gain a renewed sense of responsibility to take down Kong.

In the end, Kong's paranoia of betrayal causes him to be immobile for the rest of his life.

Cast

The Kong family

Cast	Role	Description
Michael Miu	Kong Sai-Hau 江世孝	Triad leader(main villain)
Elanne Kong	Kong Yau-yau 江悠悠	Kong Sai-Hau's daughter Chung Lap Man's girlfriend

Police unit

Cast	Role	Description
Dominic Lam	Wu Cheuk-Yan (Wu Sir) 胡卓仁	Senior Superintendent Of Police Department Head of OCTB Chung Lap Man's Superior SSP39384
Sammul Chan	Lee Pak-Kiu 李柏翹	PI66341 Probationary Inspector of Police Emergency Unit (E.U.) OCTB Team Leader Fa Yeuk-Bo's husband
Ron Ng	Chung Lap-Man (Lucky Prince) 鍾立文	PC66336 Special Duties Unit Kong Yau-Yau's boyfriend (distant) Undercover Police Organized Crime and Triad Bureau Lee Pak Kiu's best friend
Leung Ka Ki (梁嘉琪)	Fa Yeuk-Bo 花若葆	WPC66914 Police Constable Emergency Unit (E.U.) Ching Yeuk-Sam's younger half sister Ma Ying Oi's daughter Lee Pak-Kiu's wife
Lee Ka Sing (李家聲)	Lam Suk-Chuen 林叔泉	PC66340 Police Constable Emergency Unit (E.U.)
Casper Chan (陳思齊)	Yiu Ling Ling (Cho Ling) 姚玲玲	WPC66550 Police Constable Emergency Unit (E.U.) Kwok Kai-Bong's Wife
Jason Pai (白彪)	Si To Chiu 司徒超	SGT38401 Sergeant Emergency Unit (E.U.) Leung Siu Tong's and Fa Yeuk-Bo's mentor
Aimee Chan	Chiu Wan-De (Wendy) 趙雲迪	WPC66349 Police Constable Leung Siu Tong's ex-girlfriend Dies in episode 16
Felix Lok	Kwok Pui 郭培	Senior Superintendent Of Police Kwok Kai-Chiu's and Kwok Kai-Bong's father
Ellesmere Choi	Kwok Kai-Chiu 郭啟超	Senior Inspector Of Police Kwok Kai-Bong's older brother

Triad

Cast	Role	Description
Lam Lee (林利)	To Yik-Tin 杜亦天	Boss of Chun Hing Triad Shot and killed in Episode 6
Kathy Chow	Ching Yeuk-Sam 程若芯	To Yik-Tin's wife, later Kong Sai-Hau's fiancee Fa Yeuk-Bo's older half-sister Ma Ying Oi's daughter Shot and killed by Kong Sai-Hau in Episode 28
Michael Tse	Leung Siu Tong (Laughing) 梁笑棠	Triad Leader Shot in Episode 23. Undercover cop. Has a crush on Ching Yeuk Sam
Joel Chan	Fai Wing-Lun 費永倫	Fai Hung's son Triad Leader
Kam Kong (金剛)	Zhong 韓志忠	Kong Sai-Hau's most trusted assistant
Alex Lam (林子善)	La Ba 劉國強	Kong Yau-Yau's roommate Chung Lap-Man's mate
Chun Wong (秦煌)	Fai Hung 費雄	Fai Wing-Lun's father Triad Elder
Dexter Young	"Chicken" (Lat Gai)/Chu Wing-Fuk 朱永福	Triad Boss of New Territories

Other

Cast	Role	Description
Angelina Lo (盧宛茵)	Fa Ma Ying Oi 花馬英愛	Fa Yeuk-Bo's and Ching Yeuk-Sam's mother
Wada Hiromi (裕美)	娟	Student
Jess Shum	Ho Wing-chi 何詠芝	Fai Wing-Lun's wife
Oscar Chan (陳堃)	Kwok Kai-Bong 郭啟邦	Yiu Ling Ling's (Cho Ling) husband Owner of bookstore
Annie Chong		Shopkeeper
Chiu Shek Man (招石文)		Chiu Wan-Di's father
Fung So Bor (馮素波)		Chiu Wan-Di's mother

Reception

The series has received many positive responses, particularly for Michael Tse's performance. His performance in E.U. is regarded as one of the best performance in his career. He is also favored to win Best Supporting Actor award in 2009's TVB Anniversary Awards. Due to overwhelming criticism of Tse's character's demise, Tse appeared and spoke in the last scene of the series and a prequel of E.U based on Laughing's life, entitled Turning Point, was produced. It was premiered on August 10, 2009 and was released in cinemas on 13 August 2009.^[1]

However, Leung Ka Ki's role as "Fa Yeuk-Bo" receive almost complete negative response from viewers, who many of them state that they hate her in the series; this is somehow odd given that Ka Ki's role in the series is supposed to be a "Good person" role, although one possible reason is her stereotypical attitude towards the triads.

Notes

Joey Yung didn't reprise her role as Cheung Nim-Yan, Chung Lap-Man's (Ron Ng) girlfriend. To end her involvement in the series, it's been explained that the couple had separated and she left HK after getting married to another man.

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)

Won

Best Supporting Actor (Michael Tse)
Most Improved Actress (Aimee Chan)

Nominated

Best Drama
Best Actor (Michael Miu)
Best Actress (Kathy Chow)
Best Supporting Actor (Joel Chan)
Best Supporting Actress (Elanne Kong)
My Favourite Male Character (Michael Miu)
My Favourite Male Character (Michael Tse)
My Favourite Female Character (Kathy Chow)

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	February 16–20, 2009	1—5	29	31	^[2]
2	February 23–27, 2009	6—10	29	32	^[3]
3	March 2–6, 2009	11—15	30	31	^[4]
4	March 9–13, 2009	16—19	29	31	^[5]
5	March 16–20, 2009	20—24	30	33	^[6]
6	March 23–27, 2009	25—30	34	43	^[7]
6	March 27, 2009	29—30	36	43

References

External links

TVB.com E.U. - Official Website (Chinese)
K for TVB E.U. - Screen Captures and Summary (English)

TVB series in 2009

First Line Series	Off Pedder

Second Line Series	Pages of Treasures Royal Tramp The Winter Melon Tale Man in Charge Just Love II Sweetness in the Salt A Bride for a Ride You're Hired The Stew of Life Beyond the Realm of Conscience A Chip Off the Old Block A Watchdog's Tale

Third Line Series	The Gem of Life E.U. The King of Snooker Rosy Business The Threshold of a Persona Burning Flame III D.I.E. Again In the Chamber of Bliss Born Rich The Beauty of the Game

Warehoused Series	The Greatness of a Hero A Great Way to Care

Saturday Series	ICAC Investigators 2009

2008 ← 2009 → 2010

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