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| show_name = Honour And Passion <br>''{{lang|zh-sg|宝家卫国}} |
| show_name = Honour And Passion <br>''{{lang|zh-sg|宝家卫国}}' |
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| genre = Contemporary Drama |
| genre = Contemporary Drama |
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| runtime = approx. 46 minutes |
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| starring = [[Tay Ping Hui]]<br>[[Bryan Wong|Bryan Wong Lu Jiang]]<br>[[Felicia Chin]]<br>[[Rui En]]<br>[[Pierre Png]]<br>Dawn Yeoh |
| starring = [[Tay Ping Hui]]<br>[[Bryan Wong|Bryan Wong Lu Jiang]]<br>[[Felicia Chin]]<br>[[Rui En]]<br>[[Pierre Png]]<br>Dawn Yeoh |
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| opentheme = {{lang|zh-sg|跟着我一起}} by Tay Ping Hui |
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| endtheme = Wo Shou De Ju li by Tay Ping Hui |
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endtheme1= Ti Liang by Tay Ping Hui,Bryan Wong,Huang wenyong,Felicia Chin,Dawn Yeoh |
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endtheme2= I believe by Redwan Ali |
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| country = [[Singapore]] |
| country = [[Singapore]] |
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| language = [[Chinese Language|Chinese]], with |
| language = [[Chinese Language|Chinese]], with [[English Language|English]] dialogues |
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| network = [[MediaCorp]] |
| network = [[MediaCorp]] |
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| first_aired = [[July 24]],[[2007]] |
| first_aired = [[July 24]],[[2007]] |
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| last_aired = [[August 20]],[[2007]] |
| last_aired = [[August 20]],[[2007]] |
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| num_episodes = |
| num_episodes = 21 (Including special episode) |
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| followed_by = [[Like Father, Like Daughter]] |
| followed_by = [[Like Father, Like Daughter]] |
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'''Honour and Passion''' ([[Simplified Chinese]]: 宝家卫国, [[Traditional Chinese]]: 寶家衛國) is a [[Singapore]] [[Chinese language|Chinese]] [[drama]] which was telecast on [[Singapore]]'s free-to-air channel, [[MediaCorp TV Channel 8]]. It was hyped for being one of the few Mediacorp series that was sponsored by the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Singapore Ministry of Defence]]. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It made its debut on [[24 July]] [[2007]] and ended its run on [[20 August]] [[2007]], which is then followed by [[Like Father, Like Daughter]]. |
'''''Honour and Passion''''' ([[Simplified Chinese]]: 宝家卫国, [[Traditional Chinese]]: 寶家衛國) is a [[Singapore]] [[Chinese language|Chinese]] [[drama]] which was telecast on [[Singapore]]'s free-to-air channel, [[MediaCorp TV Channel 8]]. It was hyped for being one of the few Mediacorp series that was sponsored by the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Singapore Ministry of Defence]]. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It made its debut on [[24 July]] [[2007]] and ended its run on [[20 August]] [[2007]], which is then followed by [[Like Father, Like Daughter]]. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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===The Po Family<ref>The family's surname appears as Bao (the standard [[Hanyu Pinyin|Pinyin]] translation) on all English subtitles, but is referred to by other characters in spoken English dialogues throughout the series as "Po".</ref>=== |
===The Po Family<ref>The family's surname appears as Bao (the standard [[Hanyu Pinyin|Pinyin]] translation) on all English subtitles, but is referred to by other characters in spoken English dialogues throughout the series as "Po".</ref>=== |
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*Po Pengju (宝鹏举, portrayed by [[Huang Wenyong]] (黄文永))- A |
*Po Pengju (宝鹏举, portrayed by [[Huang Wenyong]] (黄文永))- A Warrant Officer in the army, the father of four had to raise the children alone (with help from Liu Ya-mei) after his wife died years ago. He cares for his children, but maintains a strict regiment in his household, running his family like a military camp, even to his daughter. It did not take long before his own children start to resent his manipulative behaviour. |
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*Liu Ya-mei (刘亚妹, portrayed by Hong Hui Fang (洪慧芳))- The sister of Po Pengju's wife and also a chief clerk in the Army, who promised to help Pengju raise his four children before Pengju's wife passed away. She is effectively the mother figure in the family for years but Pengju does not regard her as a part of the family, merely as a friend. She loves Pengju secretly, and refused all other romantic advances, |
*Liu Ya-mei (刘亚妹, portrayed by Hong Hui Fang (洪慧芳))- The sister of Po Pengju's wife and also a chief clerk in the Army, who promised to help Pengju raise his four children before Pengju's wife passed away. She is effectively the mother figure in the family for years but Pengju does not regard her as a part of the family, merely as a friend. She loves Pengju secretly, and refused all other romantic advances. However, her love was not reciprocated until the very end of the series when Pengju decided to retire. |
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*Po Wenjing (宝文精, portrayed by [[Tay Ping Hui|Tay Ping Hui (郑斌辉)]])- The elder son in the family. He followed his father's footstep, and pursued a professional Army career. He is considered to be an outstanding soldier, but he is crippled on the romance front, being not able to profess his true love to a fellow Army officer, Ouyang Pei Pei. He attempted to woo her several times, each time ending either in comedic failure or disappointment. He eventually achieved success though. |
*Po Wenjing (宝文精, portrayed by [[Tay Ping Hui|Tay Ping Hui (郑斌辉)]])- The elder son in the family. He followed his father's footstep, and pursued a professional Army career. He is considered to be an outstanding soldier, but he is crippled on the romance front, being not able to profess his true love to a fellow Army officer, Ouyang Pei Pei. He attempted to woo her several times, each time ending either in comedic failure or disappointment. He eventually achieved success though by showing his prowess in defeating the world renown terrorist Wu Cheng Yi. |
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*Po Wen Wei (宝文卫, portrayed by [[Rui En|Rui En (芮恩)]])- The only daughter in the family, she was raised as a boy ever since her mother died, and this has caused her to act more like a man than a woman. Her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and broke up with her for that very reason, and this was a source of conflict early on in the series. Her job at an advertising agency allowed her to work with her future love interest - One of them being Wu Cheng Yi, |
*Po Wen Wei (宝文卫, portrayed by [[Rui En|Rui En (芮恩)]])- The only daughter in the family, she was raised as a boy ever since her mother died, and this has caused her to act more like a man than a woman. Her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and broke up with her for that very reason, and this was a source of conflict early on in the series. Her job at an advertising agency allowed her to work with her future love interest - One of them being Wu Cheng Yi, an Islamic terrorist, and another being Picasso, whom she fell in love with much later on. |
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*Po Wenzhong (宝文忠, played by [[Bryan Wong Lok Kiang|Bryan Wong (王禄江]]))- The second son in the family, he works in a computer company after his NS stint. He acts as the mediator in the family during family arguments. His caring personality has attracted love interests, even unwanted ones. |
*Po Wenzhong (宝文忠, played by [[Bryan Wong Lok Kiang|Bryan Wong (王禄江]]))- The second son in the family, he works in a computer company after his NS stint. He acts as the mediator in the family during family arguments. His caring personality has attracted love interests, even unwanted ones like Amy. He was revealed to be a homosexual, who unwittingly aided Cheng Yi in his terrorist plans. However, after learning of Cheng Yi's true nature, he committed suicide. |
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*Po Wenguo (宝文国, portrayed by |
*Po Wenguo (宝文国, portrayed by Nathaniel Ho (鹤天赐))- The youngest son in the family, he is about to serve his NS stint after graduating from school. He is drilled heavily by his father before he has to serve his NS stint, and this has created conflict between Wenguo and his father. However, during the passage of his time in his BMT (Basic Military Training), he discovers that the tough training before he got enlisted helps. |
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===Other Characters=== |
===Other Characters=== |
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*Ouyang Pei Pei (欧阳佩佩, portrayed by [[Felicia Chin|Felicia Chin (陈靓瑄, credited as 陈凤玲)]])- An instructor at the Army Artillery School, she maintains a feisty surface, but is tender and funny inside. She has a crush on Po Wenzhong since Secondary School. Wenzhong's elder brother, Wenjing, has a secret crush on Pei Pei, but she does not appear to be interested initially. Her crush on Wenzhong almost cost her her life, when a |
*Ouyang Pei Pei (欧阳佩佩, portrayed by [[Felicia Chin|Felicia Chin (陈靓瑄, credited as 陈凤玲)]])- An instructor at the Army Artillery School, she maintains a feisty surface, but is tender and funny inside. She has a crush on Po Wenzhong since Secondary School. Wenzhong's elder brother, Wenjing, has a secret crush on Pei Pei, but she does not appear to be interested initially. Her crush on Wenzhong almost cost her her life, when a [[gay]] man who wears makeup attacked her. |
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*Amy Lim (portrayed by |
*Amy Lim (portrayed by Constance Song (宋怡霏))- A mentally unstable divorced woman who crossed paths with Wenzhong during a business venture. She loves Wenzhong, but the love is not mutual due to his homosexuality. Thinking that Ouyang Pei Pei is the one who stole Wenzhong from her, she attacked Pei Pei, and was committed to a mental facility as a result. |
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*Picasso So Jianwei (苏健威, portrayed by [[Pierre Png|Pierre Png (方展发)]])- A worker in Po Wenwei's ad agency, he was hired because of his close relations to Wenwei's boss. Picasso has a rather stingy and slack personality on the surface, and this has brought criticisms from his co-workers. However, it turns out that his stingy demeanors are a result of his fraternal brother's incapacity, in which Picasso promised to save money to help out his brother, so that he doesn't starve. He has crossed path with Wenwei several times before they worked in the same company, each time ending in |
*Picasso So Jianwei (苏健威, portrayed by [[Pierre Png|Pierre Png (方展发)]])- A worker in Po Wenwei's ad agency, he was hired because of his close relations to Wenwei's boss. Picasso has a rather stingy and slack personality on the surface, and this has brought criticisms from his co-workers. However, it turns out that his stingy demeanors are a result of his fraternal brother's incapacity, in which Picasso promised to save money to help out his brother, so that he doesn't starve. He has crossed path with Wenwei several times before they worked in the same company, each time ending in conflict. |
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*Ben Phua (portrayed by [[ |
*Ben Phua (portrayed by [[Vincent Ng (翁清海)]])- The fraternal brother of Picasso So. He got to know Picasso during their NS stints. They were assigned to the same sections, and immediately became best partners. During a shopping trip for his new son, Ben was thrown off a pedestrian bridge after he tried to subdue a thief (Which later revealed to be none other than Cheng Yi), and was crippled as a result. |
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*Liang Xiao Nuo (梁小诺, portrayed by |
*Liang Xiao Nuo (梁小诺, portrayed by Dawn Yeoh (姚懿珊))- Xiaonuo has done some bad deeds in the past to earn money. She walks with a limp. After getting together with Wenjing, she still kept secrets from him, namely her part-time work in a cafe. In the end, she got married with Wenjing, with blessings from Pengju, Wenzhong's father. |
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*Wu Cheng Yi (巫成义, portrayed by [[Ix Shen|Ix Shen (沈倾掞)]])- The antagonist of the series, he is the love interest of |
*Wu Cheng Yi (巫成义, portrayed by [[Ix Shen|Ix Shen (沈倾掞)]])- The antagonist of the series, he is the love interest of Wenzhong. He is revealed to be a homosexual terrorist in the show who tries to threaten Singapore to legalise homosexual marriages, to no avail. However, towards the end of the show he does show that he still has a conscience. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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===Introduction=== |
===Introduction=== |
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Po Pengju (Huang Wenyong), a Regimental Sergeant Major in the Singapore Army, lost his wife many years ago and is now given the burden of bringing up his children. Pengju has three sons and one daughter. His eldest son is Po Wenjing (Tay Pinghui), who is an officer in the Special Operations Force and is the source of Pengju's pride and joy. Wenjing's love interest happened to be another officer that he stumbled upon in camp: Ouyang Pei Pei (Felicia Chin). Pei Pei is a mysterious officer with a past whom even her close friends were not so clear of yet. She wasn't aware of Wenjing's feelings yet. Although intelligent and talented at his work, Wenjing is extremely shy in front of Pei Pei, so much so that his tongue is tied when in front of her. |
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Po Wenwei ([[Rui En]]) is the third child in the family. Her father is Bao Pengju ([[Huang Wenyong]]) and she has two elder brothers and a younger brother. She is the only female in the family since her mother died of cancer when she was only nine years old. Their father, Pengju, a full-time soldier, is saddled with the roles of both father and mother, and though he loves his brood dearly, maintains strict discipline. The household is run under strict rules, and there is no exception for the girl in the family either. |
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Po Wenzhong (Bryan Wong) is a computer engineer. His sense of humor and charming nature makes him popular with women, often giving them the wrong idea. This resulted in Wenzhong having run-ins with psychotic women obssessed with him. This however, does not stop him from having his own ideals of love which his family has no idea of yet. As for Po Wenguo (Nathaniel Ho), the youngest son in the family, he awaits enlistment into National Service but resents it because of the pressure from his father, and often resorts to malingering to escape from camp trainings. |
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The eldest, Po Wenjing ([[Tay Ping Hui]]) is a Commando Officer and Pengju’s biggest pride and joy. The calm, intelligent and highly skilled Wenjing is very much valued by the SAF. Women tend to swoon at the sight of the tall, well-built Wenjing, but when in contact with a lady that he likes, Wenjing’s mind turns blank and he puts on a cool front. This is why he has never had a girlfriend. |
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Po Wenzhong ([[Bryan Wong]]), the second elder brother, is a computer engineer as well as an active NSman. He is also the peacemaker and counselor in the family. Wenzhong is easygoing in nature with a good sense of humour, which naturally makes him the object of affection for many women. However, Wenzhong is full of ideals on the subject of love, and still has not had a girlfriend. This is because he believes he has yet to meet ‘The One’. |
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Pengju's daughter is Po Wenwei (Rui En), an advertising executive. Pengju runs the family like a military camp, with regimental duties like area cleaning and breakfast preparation being the norm. This means Wenwei has little chance of living life as a woman, and thus she became more of a tomboy than a woman. In her working place she faces her archenemy Picasso So Jianwei (Pierre Png), who often gave her trouble, but she also met a friend by the name of Wu Cheng Yi (Ix Shen), who holds a dark secret... |
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The youngest, Po Wenguo ([[Nathaniel Ho]]), has just graduated from a polytechnic and is waiting enlistment for National Service. To help prepare Wenguo for the army days ahead, Pengju forces the frustrated Wenguo to undergo daily physical training. To add on to Wenguo woes, Pengju constantly compares Wenguo to the outstanding performance of his two brothers. This makes Wenguo really resent enlistment. He even tries to escape the call-up by faking illness. Naturally, Pengju sees through all his antics and subjects Wenguo to a round of severe scolding and beatings. After enlistment, Wenguo unexpectedly discovers that his father’s earlier training allows him to excel among the fellow new recruits. During his course, Wenguo gradually realises the significance of military training, and begins to understand the importance of unity and responsibility. He finds himself maturing in the process. |
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A chance encounter with Ouyang Peipei ([[Felicia Chin]]) at the swimming pool, a Captain and an instructor with the School of Artillery, leaves Wenjing infatuated with her. He tries to strike a conversation when he meets her at a familiarization course later on, but his ‘coolness’ acts up. |
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While doing research for the advertisement, Wenwei gets to know female army office Ouyang Peipei. During her interaction with Peipei, Wenwei discovers that Peipei is intricately linked with two of her brothers: Wenjing and Peipei were acquainted during their military training, while Wenzhong and Peipei were secondary school classmates. The very feminine Peipei is the dream lover of many men. Wenjing is merely one of many who have fallen for her. Wenjing wishes to try and win her affection, but every time he comes close to her, his mind turns blank and he is rendered tongue-tied again. This, to Peipei, is a sign of weakness and she forms a bad impression of Wenjing. Touched by Wenjing’s sincerity, she decides to give him a chance and goes on dates with him, but realises that there are considerable differences between them. |
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One night, three intruders armed with loaded M16 rifles inflitrated the Commando camp where Wenjing is training at. They burst into camp during midnight, which was the least expected time for enemies to break into a Singapore military camp. The guards at the gate (Also known as Regimental Policemen) were terrified when they saw the intruders, knowing that the keys to their rifles and ammunition was with the Guard Commander, who has switched off his handphone and is sleeping in the mess. The intruders however understood the plight of the RPs and offered them S$200 each. In exchange for the money, they have to be knocked unconscious with rocks and batons. The guards gladly accepted the bribes and were knocked unconscious, thus allowing the intruders to enter the camp silently without notice. |
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In fact, Peipei has been in love with Wenzhong. The feminine yet tough Peipei has always liked Wenzhong ever since they were in secondary school. However, Wenzhong has only treated her as a friend and is aware of his brother’s affections for this sassy officer. Never one to admit defeat, Peipei believes that she will win his love one day as long as she perseveres. |
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The intruders did not know that Wenjing had been tailing them in the dark. One by one, the elite Commando subdued them before they knew it and woke the Guard Commander up as well, ordering him to inform the Duty Orderly Officer of the break-in. After investigations, it turned out that the intruders were trying to gain access to top-secret documents in the Camp Headquarters, but before the investigators could probe further the three strangers committed suicide by swallowing cyanide pills. To Wenjing, this foreshadows that a major disastrous event about to happen to Singapore. |
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===Rising Woes=== |
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Liu Yamei (Hong Huifang) has been colleagues with Pengju in the army. She has always been secretly in love with him, and takes good care of the four Bao children. She used to frequent the Bao family home, making sure everything was running smoothly, doing everything the lady of the house would. Yamei has often been arranged to go for matchmaking sessions by her relatives, and has come across candidates with good credentials. But she is always picking on everything she can think of, and no one seems to be good enough. This is because she is still waiting for Pengju. The Bao children are also aware of her feelings for their father, and thus do their best to bring them together. Pengju is also aware of her devotion to him, but he simply cannot forget his dead wife. Thus, he is still unable to bring himself to accept Yamei. |
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Wenjing was promoted to Captain because of his heroic deeds. It was during his promotion ceremony were he saw the love interest of his life - Captain Ouyang Pei Pei. Wenjing has a major crush on Pei Pei, but yet he was too shy to approach her. Wu Cheng Yi, a contractor working in Wenjing's Commando camp and is also one of Wenjing's friends, offers to help bring him and Pei Pei closer, although the attempts often fail due to Wenjing's inability to express his thoughts well. At SAFRA, Pei Pei saw Wenjing's brother Po Wenzhong, recognising him to be one of her worst enemies during Primary School - They often fought in the past, and now the quarrels are starting all over again. When the two met again, they almost immediately started to taunt each other, with Pei Pei insulting Wenzhong by calling him gay. Little did she know how true that was. |
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Picasso (Pierre Png) is the new creative director in the advertising firm, and has been assigned to work with Wenwei. Stingy and rebellious in nature, Picasso gets off on the wrong foot with Wenwei right from the start. They are always quarreling about every little thing. Coincidentally, when Picasso attends in-camp training, his commander turns out to be Pengju. Pengju has a bad impression of Picasso because of his slack attitude during training. However, he changes his mind and sees Picasso in a different light when the latter saves a fellow soldier in the face of danger. |
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===Beginning of Troubles=== |
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In a misunderstanding, Wenzhong gets to know Liang Xiaonuo (Dawn Yeoh) from a neighbouring country. Wenzhong has a good impression of Xiaonuo, who is physically disabled and walks with a limp but is a mentally strong and determined girl. He falls for her and decides that Xiaonuo is ‘The One’ he has been waiting for. |
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Women stalkers began to appear in Wenzhong's life, often claiming to be his girlfriend. This is due to Wenzhong's charming personality, which often gave women the wrong idea - Except for Pei Pei. Xiao Nuo happened to be one of his most prominent stalkers whom Wenzhong tried to avoid constantly. Wenzhong actually harboured a shocking secret about himself that not even his family knew: He is a homosexual. Further trouble brews when Wen Wei's new superior Picasso Soh began giving her trouble, often causing both of them to quarrel and backstab each other during work. Wen Wei met Cheng Yi, who was also Picasso's good friend. She decided to hire Cheng Yi for a major project that was entrusted to her, after seeing how good Cheng Yi was in dismantling and setting up computers and air-conditioners. She invited him to dinner with her family, and Wenzhong began to take notice of Cheng Yi... |
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Much to his dismay, the lazy Wenguo found out that he was to be enlisted for National Service on his Birthday. Wenguo resorted to malingering when he went through his BMT (Basic Military Training), as he has no desire to train on to become an Officer or Specialist. His father was infuriated when Wenguo repeatedly took MC before his weekend bookouts. Wenguo eventually managed to get into a slack vocation after his BMT, becoming an RP (Regimental Policeman), whose main role is to do guard duty to protect a particular camp or base. However, a bizarre twist of fate brought him into the Commando camp where his brother is in, and Wenjing was told by his father to keep watch on him whenever he is the Duty Officer. |
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Wenzhong goes all out to woo her. Although touched by Wenzhong’s sincerity, Xiaonuo is unable to forgive herself for causing the death of her ex-boyfriend. On top of it, she is conscious of her handicap and finds herself unable to accept Wenzhong’s affections. Later, Wenzhong risks his own life to save Xiaonuo. His actions finally melt down her defense, and Xiaonuo consents to accept Wenzhong. However, the traditional Pengju does not approve of his son choosing to be with a woman with a physical disability. He objects vehemently, and for the first time, father and son have a falling out. |
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Under Wenjing and Pengju's supervision, Wenguo still has to train hard for his IPPT (Individual Physical Proficiency Test). After some pushing by his brother Wenjing, Wenguo managed to get Gold for his IPPT, and he secretly used the $200 award that he received to buy some illegal 5.56mm M16 rounds at Beach Road. Wenguo also noticed that an apparently fake model of the SFG (Singapore Fragmentation Grenade) was put up for sale at a cost of S$30, and decided to buy it to put on his shelf for display. When he reaches home, he was shocked when he realized that was a real grenade that can kill people! He decided to keep mum about his lucky find. |
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Subsequently, with the encouragement and advice from Yamei, Pengju decides to find out more about Xiaonuo. He secretly checks up on her and discovers that she is in fact a kind and understanding person. He is finally able to let go of his previous prejudice, and grants his approval to the young couple. |
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Wenzhong befriended Cheng Yi and the latter was revealed to be a gay as well. The homosexual relationship between the two men began soon after the revelation, but Picasso began to have doubts about his friend Cheng Yi. Picasso has the special power of sixth-sense, and he sensed that Cheng Yi is hiding something from everybody. He decided to end Cheng Yi's contract, much to Wenwei's dismay when she realises that her project would fail without Cheng Yi. Her mind snapped and she used a knife to injure Picasso, resulting in him being sent to a hospital. Picasso reported her to the police and Wenwei was arrested, awaiting bail. However, the police made a mistake - They thought Wenwei was a man, and sent her to stay in a cell with men! The police realised their mistake only after Wenwei insisted that the Prison Warden check her NRIC. |
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Peipei finds out that she has lost to Xiaonuo. This is a huge blow to her confidence, and she becomes depressed. Wenjing is pained to see her emotionally crushed, and supports her unfailingly in silence. It is only then that Peipei realises the one who truly cares for her is Wenjing. Besides being deeply touched, she also understands that to be loved is a greater fortune than to love, and thus accepts Wenjing. |
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At a Taekwondo practice, Wenjing got to know Wu Cheng Yi (Ix Shen). Although in the beginning Cheng Yi appeared to be a cold, unfriendly person, the ice was soon broken after Wenjing and Cheng Yi worked together to foil a robbery attempt. Soon after, Wenjing gets to exchange blows with Wu Chengyi (Ix Shen). The two men’s skills are closely matched. They then discover each other to be primary schoolmates. Chengyi is a freelance photographer, and has been working in third world countries most of the time. With the air of a philosopher, he would spout a couple of lines on the meaning of life now and then. |
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Wenjing and a few other Commandos were sent to fight a dozen ninjas who were sighted in the forest. After failing to defeat Wenjing with even their great numbers, the ninjas jumped back and declared that they belong to the Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights. Then one of them cast a magic spell, in which suddenly a naked Ouyang Pei Pei materializes before Wenjing! Although Wenjing knew it is an illusion, he instantly got paralyzed by the sight of a naked woman. The rest of the Commandos have no choice but to help Wenjing to get away from the ninjas using smoke grenades and thus escaped successfully. Wenjing began to wonder who on earth are the Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights... |
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Back in camp, Wenjing finally managed to woo Pei Pei successfully after countless tries with undying patience and persistence. The Camp Commander gave orders for Wu Cheng Yi to enter camp without clearance, because he wanted Cheng Yi and the other contractors to fix the Air-conditioners and set up new PCs in his Office as fast as possible. Wenjing who heard of that from Wenguo, became unhappy. Although he knew that Cheng Yi is his friend, he still believes in doing everything by the book - Because that is the true spirit of the SAF (Singapore Armed Forces). However, because he is only a Captain, he cannot do anything to dissuade the Commander, who is a Colonel in rank. Back at home, Wenjing's father Pengju, passed down to him a magnificent suit of Samurai armour, telling him that it is a powerful secret weapon that can be used only at the most critical moment. |
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During an advertisement shoot that Wenwei is charge of, the photographer she engaged backs out due to some food allergies. Chengyi volunteers his service and takes the place of the photographer. Wenwei is extremely grateful and becomes drawn to this talented yet mysterious man. Chengyi is aware of Wenwei’s feelings for him. However, due to the burden of his mission, he tries to keep Wenwei at arms’ length. In an accident, Wenwei mistakenly thinks that Chengyi has died. Her true emotions touches Chengyi greatly and he finally opens his heart to Wenwei. |
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Unknown to everyone yet, Cheng Yi began using his camera phone to take photos around the camp. When his camera phone was found out by Wenguo and is told to surrender at the Guardroom, Cheng Yi decided that bringing in a camera phone isn't such a good idea. One night, he sent a small dog that entered the camp without arousing any suspicions. The dog is actually a cyborg with bionic eyes and is remote-controlled to take photos. Cheng Yi controlled the dog around and it came across some classified documents which it started to take photos of... Cheng Yi then hires [[The Unbeatables|Yan Fei, the King of Gamblers]], and asked him to calculate the chances of demoralising Wenjing the Commando by showing him some shocking truth about his girlfriend Pei Pei. Yan Fei said that since Wenjing is a devoted man to love, he would slip into depression if the truth was revealed. Thus Cheng Yi decided to take this gamble... |
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Picasso and Wenwei are assigned with the task of developing a proposal for the advertisement for the Singapore Armed Forces and get acquainted with Peipei, who has been transferred to do publicity and is overseeing the project. |
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As for Wenguo who happened to be guarding the gate, he saw Cheng Yi trying to leave the camp with a box of wires and what smells like gunpowder. Wenguo ignores the warning bells that were ringing in his head and lets Cheng Yi leave the camp, but yet during the night he was unable to go to sleep, his mind kept going back to the scene of Cheng Yi and his box... Picasso's sixth sense became stronger, and he fears that something big is going to happen in Singapore soon. His fears were confirmed when news of the Singapore Parliament's destruction by a terrorist rocked the entire nation. Wenjing decided to investigate after Wenguo told them about Cheng Yi something which smells like gunpowder, much to the objection of Pei Pei, who said that it is too dangerous. However, Wenjing convinced her, saying that he must find out the truth no matter the cost - It is the true spirit of the SAF. Wenzhong was shocked by Wenjing's intentions, and he secretly informed his lover Cheng Yi. Knowing that people are on his trail, Cheng Yi immediately decided to carry out his plan to destroy the [[Esplanade]]. |
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During the course of working together, Wenwei and Picasso progress from hating to discover the good sides of each other. Picasso subconsciously falls in love with Wenwei, who is a kind and lovable girl. He begins to give in to her every whim, but the careless Wenwei does not notice it. |
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===The Terrorist Saga=== |
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It is revealed from the stolen classified documents that Pei Pei herself is a classified top secret object: Pei Pei is actually a man, cross-dressed as a woman and sent by the Singapore government to replace the death of the real Pei Pei who died during a shootout with a few lackeys of Osama Bin Laden who illegally entered Singapore. The government's logic was that women officers cannot command soldiers well, so a "male Pei Pei" was commissioned to lead the soldiers without causing media attention. This Pei Pei is actually the brother of the original Pei Pei in disguise. A gloating Cheng Yi passed the classified documents regarding Pei Pei's true identity to Wenjing. Wenjing was devastated when he found out who Pei Pei really is. Despite the harsh truth revealed, Wenjing decided not to mess with the classified information of the Singapore Armed Forces - It is the true spirit of the SAF. He broke up with Pei Pei abruptly yet quietly, and resolved not to let his personal feelings get in his way of work, a true professional attitude. |
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Picasso used to be a bomb disposal expert in the armed forces, and had a good colleague and friend Ben (Vincent Ng). One day, Picasso and Ben gave chase when they encountered a robbery. In the process, Ben fell down a flight of stairs while trying to save Picasso. Paralysed as a result, Ben sank into despair and even drove his wife and children out of their house. |
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Cheng Yi soon kidnapped Picasso to prevent him from leaking out his secret - He is actually Qusay Bin Laden, a technological genius and one of the illegitimate sons of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden. He was one of the terrorists that planned and caused the September 11 tragedy in 2001. Later on, he underwent surgery to change his face, and came to Singapore with the false identity of Wu Cheng Yi. Qusay Bin Laden is the founder of The Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights, which aims to create a new haven for gays and lesbians in Singapore, where they would dominate and rule. Cheng Yi did not want to kill his good friend Picasso, instead leaving him in the care of the police before setting off for the Esplanade to blow it up. Wenzhong commited suicide after learning of Cheng Yi's true identity, and his family mourned for him, knowing that at least in heaven Wenzhong would find true peace. |
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Wenwei finds out about this incident by chance. She realises that Picasso’s stingy personality is the result of him financially helping Ben, and he is not the slacker he appears to be. Wenwei has a great change of opinion over Picasso. At the same time, she also feels that Chengyi, being frequently non-contactable, has been keeping some things from her. The couple seems to be drifting apart. |
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After so much tragedy had occurred, Po Pengju cannot help but reveal his own secret to his sons and daughters, as well as his wife's sister, Liu Ya-mei (Hong Hui Fang): The real Pengju died many years ago of a broken heart after his wife died giving birth to Wenguo. The current Pengju is actually [[Zordon]], the founder of the original Power Rangers. Zordon decided to retire from fighting the alien invasions and the supernatural, and conveniently possessed the body of Pengju to live a normal human life. That was why he was so indifferent to Ya-mei, who frequently drop hints about her love for him. Zordon regreted that he failed to bring up Wenzhong into a hetereosexual man, and also apologised to the family for having deceived them for so long. Zordon told Po Wenjing that the samurai armour he gave him earlier is his life's work - It is the morphing device for the ultimate Power Ranger. |
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Though Picasso is by now in love with Wenwei, he hesitates because of Chengyi’s very presence. He decides to give it all up and leave for an overseas posting. The night before his departure, Wenwei and Picasso are unable to put their thoughts into words for each other. After a sleepless night, Wenwei finally admits to herself that the only one in her heart is Picasso. The next morning, she rushes to the airport but misses out in meeting him. As she downs her sorrows with ice-creams, Picasso suddenly appears before her. Not wanting to have any future regrets, he confesses his love for Wenwei, who accepts him with joy. |
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===Finale=== |
===Finale=== |
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A race against time to seek out and capture Cheng Yi, or Qusay Bin Laden, thus began. The authorities and Wenjing failed to find the cunning terrorist, and he successfully blew up the Esplanade. He passed a video to the Media, stating that if the Singapore government refuses to break their alliance with the United States of America on the War on Terrorism and also fail to legalise homosexual marriages, the future consequences will be worse than the destruction of the Esplanade. Intelligence officials managed to find out the location of Cheng Yi and his fellow terrorists: The island of Tekong. Thus the Army sent the Special Operation Forces, led by Wenjing, to deal with the terrorists. Wenjing swore to avenge his brother Wenzhong and the insult dealt to his beloved nation Singapore. Cheng Yi, who is now disguising himself in a heavy cloak, announces his deadliest plan yet - Complete destruction of Tekong with Nuclear weapons, where thousands of Army recruits would be staying there! |
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Wenwei arrives at Chengyi’s home to come clean on her relationship with Picasso. Unexpectedly, she discovers Chengyi’s secret and is held hostage by him and his group. It turns out that Chengyi’s mission this time is to rescue his brother who is on death row. Chengyi has repeatedly used bomb threats to force the government to release his brother, to no avail. The group thus decides to take further extreme action and hold a kindergarten of teachers and children hostage. |
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In Tekong, the Special Operation Forces were ambused by Cheng Yi's ninja warriors. While they were tackling the agile Ninjas, Wenjing himself headed straight for the forest, which is where Cheng Yi would plant and activate the Nuclear Bomb to wipe out all living things in the island. Wenjing managed to catch up with Cheng Yi, but it seemed too late. Cheng Yi shed his cloak, revealing that he has undergone a bizarre surgery, turning himself into a metallic cyborg that can [[Transformers (toyline)|transform]] into an aerial vehicle of some sort! Wenjing was unable to defeat this new Cheng Yi in his current form, and he retreated into a cave leaving the cyborg outside taunting and challenging him. Wenjing resorted to the gift that his foster father Zordon has given him: He took out the magnificent set of Samurai armour from his pack. He don the armour and transformed into a Samurai [[Power Ranger]]. |
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When Picasso discovers that Wenwei has been captured by Chengyi, he dashes around searching madly for her. Almost at the end of his wits, Picasso remembers having met Chengyi at a kindergarten, and rushes to the building with Wenjing hoping to get some clues. As fate can have it, he encounters Chengyi and his group barging into the kindergarten. In a face-off, Wenjing and Picasso successfully subdue the group and rescue the teachers and children. |
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A fierce battle raged between the two super-powered beings, and Wenjing the Power Ranger turned out to be the victor, albeit with a little help from Wenguo who threw the grenade he bought at Cheng Yi to distract him, revealing his vulnerability: The [[Ultraman|flashing red light]] at his chest. Wenjing then used the M16 and live rounds that Wenguo smuggled out of camp to shoot Cheng Yi at the chest and kill him before he could press the control to destroy Tekong. These heroic deeds made Wenjing and Wenguo into the headlines of the Straits Times. Wenguo was however sentenced to 3 months in the Detention Barracks for smuggling firearms out of the camp without permission, and thereafter the Camp Commander personally passed him the award for bravery. |
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With Chengyi’s directions, Picasso finds Wenwei who has been strapped with a time-bomb. The time of detonation draws near but Picasso is still unable to disarm the bomb... With luck, Picasso managed to disarm the bomb successfully - After all, he once worked in the Army as a bomb disposal expert. With Wenwei successfully rescued and Cheng Yi dead, the case was solved. Wenjing and Pei Pei got married, Wenwei and Picasso got married, Wenzhong and Xiaonuo got married, and even Pengju and Ya-mei got married. |
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Honour and Passion | |
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Genre | Contemporary Drama |
Starring | Tay Ping Hui Bryan Wong Lu Jiang Felicia Chin Rui En Pierre Png Dawn Yeoh |
Opening theme | 跟着我一起 by Tay Ping Hui |
Ending theme | Wo Shou De Ju li by Tay Ping Hui
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Country of origin | Singapore |
Original languages | Chinese, with English dialogues |
No. of episodes | 21 (Including special episode) |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 46 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | MediaCorp |
Release | July 24,2007 – August 20,2007 |
Honour and Passion (Simplified Chinese: 宝家卫国, Traditional Chinese: 寶家衛國) is a Singapore Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was hyped for being one of the few Mediacorp series that was sponsored by the Singapore Ministry of Defence. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It made its debut on 24 July 2007 and ended its run on 20 August 2007, which is then followed by Like Father, Like Daughter.
Cast
The Po Family[1]
- Po Pengju (宝鹏举, portrayed by Huang Wenyong (黄文永))- A Warrant Officer in the army, the father of four had to raise the children alone (with help from Liu Ya-mei) after his wife died years ago. He cares for his children, but maintains a strict regiment in his household, running his family like a military camp, even to his daughter. It did not take long before his own children start to resent his manipulative behaviour.
- Liu Ya-mei (刘亚妹, portrayed by Hong Hui Fang (洪慧芳))- The sister of Po Pengju's wife and also a chief clerk in the Army, who promised to help Pengju raise his four children before Pengju's wife passed away. She is effectively the mother figure in the family for years but Pengju does not regard her as a part of the family, merely as a friend. She loves Pengju secretly, and refused all other romantic advances. However, her love was not reciprocated until the very end of the series when Pengju decided to retire.
- Po Wenjing (宝文精, portrayed by Tay Ping Hui (郑斌辉))- The elder son in the family. He followed his father's footstep, and pursued a professional Army career. He is considered to be an outstanding soldier, but he is crippled on the romance front, being not able to profess his true love to a fellow Army officer, Ouyang Pei Pei. He attempted to woo her several times, each time ending either in comedic failure or disappointment. He eventually achieved success though by showing his prowess in defeating the world renown terrorist Wu Cheng Yi.
- Po Wen Wei (宝文卫, portrayed by Rui En (芮恩))- The only daughter in the family, she was raised as a boy ever since her mother died, and this has caused her to act more like a man than a woman. Her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and broke up with her for that very reason, and this was a source of conflict early on in the series. Her job at an advertising agency allowed her to work with her future love interest - One of them being Wu Cheng Yi, an Islamic terrorist, and another being Picasso, whom she fell in love with much later on.
- Po Wenzhong (宝文忠, played by Bryan Wong (王禄江))- The second son in the family, he works in a computer company after his NS stint. He acts as the mediator in the family during family arguments. His caring personality has attracted love interests, even unwanted ones like Amy. He was revealed to be a homosexual, who unwittingly aided Cheng Yi in his terrorist plans. However, after learning of Cheng Yi's true nature, he committed suicide.
- Po Wenguo (宝文国, portrayed by Nathaniel Ho (鹤天赐))- The youngest son in the family, he is about to serve his NS stint after graduating from school. He is drilled heavily by his father before he has to serve his NS stint, and this has created conflict between Wenguo and his father. However, during the passage of his time in his BMT (Basic Military Training), he discovers that the tough training before he got enlisted helps.
Other Characters
- Ouyang Pei Pei (欧阳佩佩, portrayed by Felicia Chin (陈靓瑄, credited as 陈凤玲))- An instructor at the Army Artillery School, she maintains a feisty surface, but is tender and funny inside. She has a crush on Po Wenzhong since Secondary School. Wenzhong's elder brother, Wenjing, has a secret crush on Pei Pei, but she does not appear to be interested initially. Her crush on Wenzhong almost cost her her life, when a gay man who wears makeup attacked her.
- Amy Lim (portrayed by Constance Song (宋怡霏))- A mentally unstable divorced woman who crossed paths with Wenzhong during a business venture. She loves Wenzhong, but the love is not mutual due to his homosexuality. Thinking that Ouyang Pei Pei is the one who stole Wenzhong from her, she attacked Pei Pei, and was committed to a mental facility as a result.
- Picasso So Jianwei (苏健威, portrayed by Pierre Png (方展发))- A worker in Po Wenwei's ad agency, he was hired because of his close relations to Wenwei's boss. Picasso has a rather stingy and slack personality on the surface, and this has brought criticisms from his co-workers. However, it turns out that his stingy demeanors are a result of his fraternal brother's incapacity, in which Picasso promised to save money to help out his brother, so that he doesn't starve. He has crossed path with Wenwei several times before they worked in the same company, each time ending in conflict.
- Ben Phua (portrayed by Vincent Ng (翁清海))- The fraternal brother of Picasso So. He got to know Picasso during their NS stints. They were assigned to the same sections, and immediately became best partners. During a shopping trip for his new son, Ben was thrown off a pedestrian bridge after he tried to subdue a thief (Which later revealed to be none other than Cheng Yi), and was crippled as a result.
- Liang Xiao Nuo (梁小诺, portrayed by Dawn Yeoh (姚懿珊))- Xiaonuo has done some bad deeds in the past to earn money. She walks with a limp. After getting together with Wenjing, she still kept secrets from him, namely her part-time work in a cafe. In the end, she got married with Wenjing, with blessings from Pengju, Wenzhong's father.
- Wu Cheng Yi (巫成义, portrayed by Ix Shen (沈倾掞))- The antagonist of the series, he is the love interest of Wenzhong. He is revealed to be a homosexual terrorist in the show who tries to threaten Singapore to legalise homosexual marriages, to no avail. However, towards the end of the show he does show that he still has a conscience.
Synopsis
Introduction
Po Pengju (Huang Wenyong), a Regimental Sergeant Major in the Singapore Army, lost his wife many years ago and is now given the burden of bringing up his children. Pengju has three sons and one daughter. His eldest son is Po Wenjing (Tay Pinghui), who is an officer in the Special Operations Force and is the source of Pengju's pride and joy. Wenjing's love interest happened to be another officer that he stumbled upon in camp: Ouyang Pei Pei (Felicia Chin). Pei Pei is a mysterious officer with a past whom even her close friends were not so clear of yet. She wasn't aware of Wenjing's feelings yet. Although intelligent and talented at his work, Wenjing is extremely shy in front of Pei Pei, so much so that his tongue is tied when in front of her.
Po Wenzhong (Bryan Wong) is a computer engineer. His sense of humor and charming nature makes him popular with women, often giving them the wrong idea. This resulted in Wenzhong having run-ins with psychotic women obssessed with him. This however, does not stop him from having his own ideals of love which his family has no idea of yet. As for Po Wenguo (Nathaniel Ho), the youngest son in the family, he awaits enlistment into National Service but resents it because of the pressure from his father, and often resorts to malingering to escape from camp trainings.
Pengju's daughter is Po Wenwei (Rui En), an advertising executive. Pengju runs the family like a military camp, with regimental duties like area cleaning and breakfast preparation being the norm. This means Wenwei has little chance of living life as a woman, and thus she became more of a tomboy than a woman. In her working place she faces her archenemy Picasso So Jianwei (Pierre Png), who often gave her trouble, but she also met a friend by the name of Wu Cheng Yi (Ix Shen), who holds a dark secret...
Rise of the Commandos
One night, three intruders armed with loaded M16 rifles inflitrated the Commando camp where Wenjing is training at. They burst into camp during midnight, which was the least expected time for enemies to break into a Singapore military camp. The guards at the gate (Also known as Regimental Policemen) were terrified when they saw the intruders, knowing that the keys to their rifles and ammunition was with the Guard Commander, who has switched off his handphone and is sleeping in the mess. The intruders however understood the plight of the RPs and offered them S$200 each. In exchange for the money, they have to be knocked unconscious with rocks and batons. The guards gladly accepted the bribes and were knocked unconscious, thus allowing the intruders to enter the camp silently without notice.
The intruders did not know that Wenjing had been tailing them in the dark. One by one, the elite Commando subdued them before they knew it and woke the Guard Commander up as well, ordering him to inform the Duty Orderly Officer of the break-in. After investigations, it turned out that the intruders were trying to gain access to top-secret documents in the Camp Headquarters, but before the investigators could probe further the three strangers committed suicide by swallowing cyanide pills. To Wenjing, this foreshadows that a major disastrous event about to happen to Singapore.
Wenjing was promoted to Captain because of his heroic deeds. It was during his promotion ceremony were he saw the love interest of his life - Captain Ouyang Pei Pei. Wenjing has a major crush on Pei Pei, but yet he was too shy to approach her. Wu Cheng Yi, a contractor working in Wenjing's Commando camp and is also one of Wenjing's friends, offers to help bring him and Pei Pei closer, although the attempts often fail due to Wenjing's inability to express his thoughts well. At SAFRA, Pei Pei saw Wenjing's brother Po Wenzhong, recognising him to be one of her worst enemies during Primary School - They often fought in the past, and now the quarrels are starting all over again. When the two met again, they almost immediately started to taunt each other, with Pei Pei insulting Wenzhong by calling him gay. Little did she know how true that was.
Beginning of Troubles
Women stalkers began to appear in Wenzhong's life, often claiming to be his girlfriend. This is due to Wenzhong's charming personality, which often gave women the wrong idea - Except for Pei Pei. Xiao Nuo happened to be one of his most prominent stalkers whom Wenzhong tried to avoid constantly. Wenzhong actually harboured a shocking secret about himself that not even his family knew: He is a homosexual. Further trouble brews when Wen Wei's new superior Picasso Soh began giving her trouble, often causing both of them to quarrel and backstab each other during work. Wen Wei met Cheng Yi, who was also Picasso's good friend. She decided to hire Cheng Yi for a major project that was entrusted to her, after seeing how good Cheng Yi was in dismantling and setting up computers and air-conditioners. She invited him to dinner with her family, and Wenzhong began to take notice of Cheng Yi...
Much to his dismay, the lazy Wenguo found out that he was to be enlisted for National Service on his Birthday. Wenguo resorted to malingering when he went through his BMT (Basic Military Training), as he has no desire to train on to become an Officer or Specialist. His father was infuriated when Wenguo repeatedly took MC before his weekend bookouts. Wenguo eventually managed to get into a slack vocation after his BMT, becoming an RP (Regimental Policeman), whose main role is to do guard duty to protect a particular camp or base. However, a bizarre twist of fate brought him into the Commando camp where his brother is in, and Wenjing was told by his father to keep watch on him whenever he is the Duty Officer.
Under Wenjing and Pengju's supervision, Wenguo still has to train hard for his IPPT (Individual Physical Proficiency Test). After some pushing by his brother Wenjing, Wenguo managed to get Gold for his IPPT, and he secretly used the $200 award that he received to buy some illegal 5.56mm M16 rounds at Beach Road. Wenguo also noticed that an apparently fake model of the SFG (Singapore Fragmentation Grenade) was put up for sale at a cost of S$30, and decided to buy it to put on his shelf for display. When he reaches home, he was shocked when he realized that was a real grenade that can kill people! He decided to keep mum about his lucky find.
Wenzhong befriended Cheng Yi and the latter was revealed to be a gay as well. The homosexual relationship between the two men began soon after the revelation, but Picasso began to have doubts about his friend Cheng Yi. Picasso has the special power of sixth-sense, and he sensed that Cheng Yi is hiding something from everybody. He decided to end Cheng Yi's contract, much to Wenwei's dismay when she realises that her project would fail without Cheng Yi. Her mind snapped and she used a knife to injure Picasso, resulting in him being sent to a hospital. Picasso reported her to the police and Wenwei was arrested, awaiting bail. However, the police made a mistake - They thought Wenwei was a man, and sent her to stay in a cell with men! The police realised their mistake only after Wenwei insisted that the Prison Warden check her NRIC.
The Power of Fear and Uncertainty
Wenjing and a few other Commandos were sent to fight a dozen ninjas who were sighted in the forest. After failing to defeat Wenjing with even their great numbers, the ninjas jumped back and declared that they belong to the Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights. Then one of them cast a magic spell, in which suddenly a naked Ouyang Pei Pei materializes before Wenjing! Although Wenjing knew it is an illusion, he instantly got paralyzed by the sight of a naked woman. The rest of the Commandos have no choice but to help Wenjing to get away from the ninjas using smoke grenades and thus escaped successfully. Wenjing began to wonder who on earth are the Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights...
Back in camp, Wenjing finally managed to woo Pei Pei successfully after countless tries with undying patience and persistence. The Camp Commander gave orders for Wu Cheng Yi to enter camp without clearance, because he wanted Cheng Yi and the other contractors to fix the Air-conditioners and set up new PCs in his Office as fast as possible. Wenjing who heard of that from Wenguo, became unhappy. Although he knew that Cheng Yi is his friend, he still believes in doing everything by the book - Because that is the true spirit of the SAF (Singapore Armed Forces). However, because he is only a Captain, he cannot do anything to dissuade the Commander, who is a Colonel in rank. Back at home, Wenjing's father Pengju, passed down to him a magnificent suit of Samurai armour, telling him that it is a powerful secret weapon that can be used only at the most critical moment.
Unknown to everyone yet, Cheng Yi began using his camera phone to take photos around the camp. When his camera phone was found out by Wenguo and is told to surrender at the Guardroom, Cheng Yi decided that bringing in a camera phone isn't such a good idea. One night, he sent a small dog that entered the camp without arousing any suspicions. The dog is actually a cyborg with bionic eyes and is remote-controlled to take photos. Cheng Yi controlled the dog around and it came across some classified documents which it started to take photos of... Cheng Yi then hires Yan Fei, the King of Gamblers, and asked him to calculate the chances of demoralising Wenjing the Commando by showing him some shocking truth about his girlfriend Pei Pei. Yan Fei said that since Wenjing is a devoted man to love, he would slip into depression if the truth was revealed. Thus Cheng Yi decided to take this gamble...
As for Wenguo who happened to be guarding the gate, he saw Cheng Yi trying to leave the camp with a box of wires and what smells like gunpowder. Wenguo ignores the warning bells that were ringing in his head and lets Cheng Yi leave the camp, but yet during the night he was unable to go to sleep, his mind kept going back to the scene of Cheng Yi and his box... Picasso's sixth sense became stronger, and he fears that something big is going to happen in Singapore soon. His fears were confirmed when news of the Singapore Parliament's destruction by a terrorist rocked the entire nation. Wenjing decided to investigate after Wenguo told them about Cheng Yi something which smells like gunpowder, much to the objection of Pei Pei, who said that it is too dangerous. However, Wenjing convinced her, saying that he must find out the truth no matter the cost - It is the true spirit of the SAF. Wenzhong was shocked by Wenjing's intentions, and he secretly informed his lover Cheng Yi. Knowing that people are on his trail, Cheng Yi immediately decided to carry out his plan to destroy the Esplanade.
The Terrorist Saga
It is revealed from the stolen classified documents that Pei Pei herself is a classified top secret object: Pei Pei is actually a man, cross-dressed as a woman and sent by the Singapore government to replace the death of the real Pei Pei who died during a shootout with a few lackeys of Osama Bin Laden who illegally entered Singapore. The government's logic was that women officers cannot command soldiers well, so a "male Pei Pei" was commissioned to lead the soldiers without causing media attention. This Pei Pei is actually the brother of the original Pei Pei in disguise. A gloating Cheng Yi passed the classified documents regarding Pei Pei's true identity to Wenjing. Wenjing was devastated when he found out who Pei Pei really is. Despite the harsh truth revealed, Wenjing decided not to mess with the classified information of the Singapore Armed Forces - It is the true spirit of the SAF. He broke up with Pei Pei abruptly yet quietly, and resolved not to let his personal feelings get in his way of work, a true professional attitude.
Cheng Yi soon kidnapped Picasso to prevent him from leaking out his secret - He is actually Qusay Bin Laden, a technological genius and one of the illegitimate sons of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden. He was one of the terrorists that planned and caused the September 11 tragedy in 2001. Later on, he underwent surgery to change his face, and came to Singapore with the false identity of Wu Cheng Yi. Qusay Bin Laden is the founder of The Reformed Al-Qaeda of Homosexual Rights, which aims to create a new haven for gays and lesbians in Singapore, where they would dominate and rule. Cheng Yi did not want to kill his good friend Picasso, instead leaving him in the care of the police before setting off for the Esplanade to blow it up. Wenzhong commited suicide after learning of Cheng Yi's true identity, and his family mourned for him, knowing that at least in heaven Wenzhong would find true peace.
After so much tragedy had occurred, Po Pengju cannot help but reveal his own secret to his sons and daughters, as well as his wife's sister, Liu Ya-mei (Hong Hui Fang): The real Pengju died many years ago of a broken heart after his wife died giving birth to Wenguo. The current Pengju is actually Zordon, the founder of the original Power Rangers. Zordon decided to retire from fighting the alien invasions and the supernatural, and conveniently possessed the body of Pengju to live a normal human life. That was why he was so indifferent to Ya-mei, who frequently drop hints about her love for him. Zordon regreted that he failed to bring up Wenzhong into a hetereosexual man, and also apologised to the family for having deceived them for so long. Zordon told Po Wenjing that the samurai armour he gave him earlier is his life's work - It is the morphing device for the ultimate Power Ranger.
Finale
A race against time to seek out and capture Cheng Yi, or Qusay Bin Laden, thus began. The authorities and Wenjing failed to find the cunning terrorist, and he successfully blew up the Esplanade. He passed a video to the Media, stating that if the Singapore government refuses to break their alliance with the United States of America on the War on Terrorism and also fail to legalise homosexual marriages, the future consequences will be worse than the destruction of the Esplanade. Intelligence officials managed to find out the location of Cheng Yi and his fellow terrorists: The island of Tekong. Thus the Army sent the Special Operation Forces, led by Wenjing, to deal with the terrorists. Wenjing swore to avenge his brother Wenzhong and the insult dealt to his beloved nation Singapore. Cheng Yi, who is now disguising himself in a heavy cloak, announces his deadliest plan yet - Complete destruction of Tekong with Nuclear weapons, where thousands of Army recruits would be staying there!
In Tekong, the Special Operation Forces were ambused by Cheng Yi's ninja warriors. While they were tackling the agile Ninjas, Wenjing himself headed straight for the forest, which is where Cheng Yi would plant and activate the Nuclear Bomb to wipe out all living things in the island. Wenjing managed to catch up with Cheng Yi, but it seemed too late. Cheng Yi shed his cloak, revealing that he has undergone a bizarre surgery, turning himself into a metallic cyborg that can transform into an aerial vehicle of some sort! Wenjing was unable to defeat this new Cheng Yi in his current form, and he retreated into a cave leaving the cyborg outside taunting and challenging him. Wenjing resorted to the gift that his foster father Zordon has given him: He took out the magnificent set of Samurai armour from his pack. He don the armour and transformed into a Samurai Power Ranger.
A fierce battle raged between the two super-powered beings, and Wenjing the Power Ranger turned out to be the victor, albeit with a little help from Wenguo who threw the grenade he bought at Cheng Yi to distract him, revealing his vulnerability: The flashing red light at his chest. Wenjing then used the M16 and live rounds that Wenguo smuggled out of camp to shoot Cheng Yi at the chest and kill him before he could press the control to destroy Tekong. These heroic deeds made Wenjing and Wenguo into the headlines of the Straits Times. Wenguo was however sentenced to 3 months in the Detention Barracks for smuggling firearms out of the camp without permission, and thereafter the Camp Commander personally passed him the award for bravery.
Viewership
Week | Date | Average Number of audience in 5 weekdays (Rounded off to nearest thousand) |
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Week 1 | 24 July 2007 to 27 July 2007 | 664,000 |
Week 2 | 30 July 2007 to 3 August 2007 | 696,000 |
Week 3 | 6 August 2007 to 10 August 2007 | 709,000 |
Week 4 | 13 August 2007 to 17 August 2007 | 750,000 |
Last episode | 20 August 2007 | 820,000 |