The Homecoming (TV Series)

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The Homecoming(Chinese: 十三鞭 ) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which would be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It will make its debut on 3 April 2007. The show consists of a total of 20 episodes.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Main Cast
- 1.2 Supporting Cast
2 Synopsis
3 Criticism
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

Li Nanxing as Dong Wei Hong
Constance Song as Sessy

[edit] Supporting Cast

Ong Ai Leng as Sandy
Zheng Geping as Huang Zhen Fa
Vivian Lai as Qing Yi
Rayson Tan as Chen Han Yuan
Brandon Wong as Lai Guo Qiang

[edit] Synopsis

Dong Weihong (Li Nanxing) returns to Singapore from the United States with his 9-year-old son after many years. He catches up with his old-time buddies, Chen Hanyuan (Rayson Tan), Lai Guoqiang (Brandon Wong) and Huang Zhenfa (Zheng Geping) to reminisce the past. Although they shared a secret past, they have now taken different paths in their life. Weihong, who is jobless, helps out in Zhenfa's car dealing business, while Hanyuan is a successful lawyer. On the contrary, Guoqiang earns a living by becoming a professional "scapegoat" for criminals. Before too long, the past catches up and the old feelings of betrayal start to brew among them.

The four friends committed arson and were sentenced to jail many years ago. But Hanyuan was given a heavier sentence after he failed at pleading against the crime. He was given an extra stroke of caning. Deeply traumatized, he vowed to find out which of his friends betrayed him. To find out the real culprit, Hanyuan stops at nothing, causing harm to those around him. Will he stop in time before he causes more harm to others and to himself as well?

[edit] Criticism

Many audience did not like the trailers of the show, as some were saying the trailers were like a movie trailer or a crime show trailer, not like the normal drama serial trailers.
Many audience also said that this show did not have a single lead actress. MediaCorp replied that the lead actress of the show is actually Constance Song. But the audience replied back saying that Constance Song had all along been doing supporting roles, so it was surprising that Constance is now the lead actress of the show.
Many also said that every single cast, with the exception of Li Nanxing, was not popular at all. Many expressed their thoughts that the ratings of this show might be low as no one wants to watch this show since there is none of their favourite idols, except Li Nanxing, whose popularity has already dropped.
Many also said that this show's content and cast seemed like a replica of The Undisclosed, just that the lead actress of The Undisclosed, Huang Biren, was not in the cast.

[edit] Trivia

In this show, one of the cast, Rayson Tan, would be baring his butt on screen, with full frontal nudity as well. Parents are advised not to let their child see that scene when Rayson Tan's penis and genitals are exposed to the public in the show.