Series synopsis
D.I.E., also known as 古靈精探 is a comedy television series that premiered on TVB Jade on March 17, 2008. It ended on September 21, 2009. It stars Roger Kwok Chun-On, Sonija Kwok Sin-Nae, Nancy Wu Ting-Yan and Derek Kwok Jing-Hung.
In the police force, "Death Investigation Extension" or "D.I.E." was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. Yue Chi-Long (Roger Kwok), who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. because his superiors find him strange for falling asleep constantly on the job. New appointee Ying Jing-Jing (Sonija Kwok) is a good-looking ...
Premise
In the police force, "Death Investigation Extension" or "D.I.E." was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. Yue Chi-Long (Roger Kwok), who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. because his superiors find him strange for falling asleep constantly on the job. New appointee Ying Jing-Jing (Sonija Kwok) is a good-looking girl but she takes an uncompromising stand over every case she deals with. Initially unaccepting of a division made of incompetent detectives, she is tricked into staying by her former supervisor, who claims that she was placed there to eventually replace the head and whip the team into shape. Chi-Long proves himself a capable detective but has a laidback attitude. The relationship between Jing-Jing and Chi-Long is deteriorating day by day, but also improving in a way...
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Roger Kwok Chun-On as 于子朗
- Sonija Kwok Sin-Nae as 刑晶晶
- Nancy Wu Ting-Yan as 刑珮珮 (Momoko)
- Derek Kwok Jing-Hung as 张正义
- Mimi Lo as 彭美云
- Thomas Sin Ho-Ying as 谢小凤
- Samuel Kwok Fung as 罗有恒
- Margie Tsang Wah-Sin as 于子晴
Supporting cast
- Stefan Wong Cheung-Hing as 文龙 (Pierre)
- Teresa Ha Ping as 金三顺
- Kitty Yuen Siu-Yee as 吴小宜
- Chun Wong as 刑楠
- Suet Nei as 张沐兰
- Teresa Lee Fung as 吴淑德
- Joe Junior as 费格逊
- Eric Chung as 黄树基
- Wong Ching as 陈继英
- Bryan Leung Kar-Yan as 于大海
- Kenneth Ma Kwok-Ming as 成家隽 (Hugo)
- Lee Tin-Cheung as 甄向荣
Guest cast
- Alice Fung So-Bor as 爱斯梅达
- Candy Cheung Shuet-Kan as Daisy Lee
- Po Ming-Nam as 韦柏桥 (Michael)
- Gordon Siu as 马华良 (Eric)
- Mak Ka Lun as 于家伦 (Alan)
- Wong Cho-Lam as 袁伟平 (Theo)
- Sam Leung Kin-Ping as 关德文
- Pauline Chow as 陈芷茵
- 朱婉儀 as 电波美少女
- 黄俊伸 as 陈继英手下
- Lo Meng as 祝年邦
- Cheng Ka-Sang as 程威
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 50 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 25 | March 17, 2008 | April 18, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 25 | August 18, 2009 | September 21, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The gangster “EAGLE” CHAN KAI YING is doing illegal affairs in a restaurant. CHEUNG CHING YEE and YING CHING CHING work closely together to arrest him. At the same time, YUE CHI LONG is carrying out investigation on a stealing case in the restaurant as well. Without realizing the presence of the other side, LONG and CHING run into each other during a chaotic moment and they mistakenly point their guns towards each other. Coincidentally, reporters arrive at the site and they take pictures of the whole scenario. LONG and CHING are therefore scolded by their boss harshly for ruining the image of the police force. LONG possess extrasensory ability. While investigating a murder case with his boss LAW SIR, they discover a plate of dog’s food in the murder site. When LONG touches the dog’s food, he suddenly feels the endless barking noise of a dog…… |
March 17, 2008 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 LONG and CHING are transferred to the Death Investigation Extension which is actually a unit to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors and their duty is to investigate unsolved cold cases. LONG’s colleagues SIU FUNG and MEI WAN are startled by the strange incidents happened in the old police station and LONG tries to resolve the riddle by logical thinking. YEE feels that he is responsible for CHING’s transfer and he voluntarily asks to join D.I.E. as well. The team receives a new request to investigate a case of HO WING SUM. SUM is the wife of a rich trader KWAN TAK MAN but MAN has been kidnapped three years ago. SUM blames MAN’s younger brother TAK MO for asking the psychic ELSIE MURDOCH to bring MAN’s spirit back. She feels emotionally hurt by his action and decides to call the police. During the Spirit Returning Ceremony, MAN’s testament is found which stated that all his fortune would be assigned to MO…… |
March 18, 2008 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 TSUN and LONG carry out investigation on MURDOCH’s death. LONG speculates that MURDOCH is killed by a scarf. TSUN appreciates LONG’s wittiness but CHING believes that he is just showing off. While the police move the dead body, they discover the word SUM on the ground. LONG asks YEE to replay the flow of the case and believes that it is impossible to write a word while the person is fighting to death. LONG recalls the memory of MURDOCH before her death by his extrasensory ability and discovers lots of suspicious points. LONG tries to question MO and discovers that MO was unable to pay the ransom money for MAN three years ago because their company was having financial problems during the time. LONG finds that the clown shape logo on the testament is same as MO’s company logo, he suspects that MAN is still alive. MUK LAN finds that YEE concentrates himself fully on works and martial arts…… |
March 19, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | August 18, 2009 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | August 19, 2009 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | August 20, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 17, 2008 |
| Last aired | September 21, 2009 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes |
| Status | Ended |