Madam Cutie On Duty

Madam Cutie On Duty
師奶MADAM

Madam Cutie On Duty official poster
Also known as Housewife Madam
Genre Modern, Romance, Comedy, Action
Created by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written by Ma Ting Man 馬靜雯
Gu Yi Lai 顧依麗
Yung Si Ying 翁善瑩
Lui Ting Ching 呂正清
Lee Man Yun 李敏媛
Directed by Cheung Wing Ho 張永豪
Starring Priscilla Wong 黃翠如
Edwin Siu 蕭正楠
Raymond Cho 曹永廉
Mandy Wong 黃智雯
Kaki Leung 梁嘉琪
Rachel Kan 簡慕華
Junior Anderson[1] 安德尊
Opening theme I'll Always Be Yours by Edwin Siu 蕭正楠
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Catherine Tsang 曾勵珍
Producer(s) Lee Yim Fong 李艷芳
Editor(s) Wong Gwok Fai 黃國輝
Location(s) Hong Kong
Camera setup Multi camera
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) TVB
Broadcast
Original channel Jade
HD Jade
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original run 12 January 2015 – 6 February 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Officer Geomancer
Followed by My "Spiritual" Ex-Lover
External links
Website
Madam Cutie On Duty
Traditional Chinese 師奶MADAM
Simplified Chinese 师奶MADAM
Literal meaning "Housewife Madam"

Madam Cutie On Duty (Chinese: 師奶MADAM; Jyutping: Si1 Naai1 MADAM; literally "Housewife Madam") is a 2015 Hong Kong modern comedy romance action drama produced by TVB. Starring Priscilla Wong and Edwin Siu as the main leads with Raymond Cho, Mandy Wong, Kaki Leung, Rachel Kan and Junior Anderson as the main supporting cast. Filming of the series took place from November 2013 till January 2014. The series began airing January 12, 2015 and will be broadcast weekly from Monday to Friday on TVB Jade channel 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot.[2]

Synopsis

Apple Fa Ping (Priscilla Wong) was born into a wealthy family but unfortunate for her she has unflattering looks and was made fun of when she was younger. An accident forced her to under go cosmetic surgery that made her appearance more attractive. Ever since than her former appearance has given her nightmares making her believe being beautiful is the way of life. Even though she is a materialistic person she still choose to become a police officer for the excitement. When she accidentally volunteers to go undercover, she is partnered with Law Dai Shu (Edwin Siu), a former high school classmate of hers who she had a crush on but broke her heart when he made fun of her looks. The two must pretend to be husband and wife in order to infiltrate housewives that might have been victims of a notorious public housing pimp/loan shark living in the same complex as them. However Fa Ping and Dai Shu can't stand each other but are forced to pretend to be a loving couple in order to gain the trust of the housewives they suspect worked as prostitutes on the side and borrowed money from the pimp/loan shark.[3]

Cast

Main cast

A rich girl who is superficial and materialistic. She cares deeply about her appearance due to her unattractive appearance when she was younger. Being involve in a bike/stairs accident that damaged her face when she was younger she had to under go plastic surgery that changed her appearance and made her more attractive. Even with her attitude she choose to be a police officer, which her mother highly objects to, because of the excitement. She volunteers to go undercover because her crush Ying Sir was originally suppose to be her partner but due to him injuring his leg, Law Dai Shu from another squad unit is reassigned as her undercover partner. Fa Ping had a crush on Dai Shu when they were in high school and was going to confess to him but she overheard him making fun of her appearance. From that day on she has hated him and vowed to make him eat his words. She starts off on the wrong foot with the entire housing village because of an argument she had with the village "big sis" Dan Dan, but later gains their trust when she acts as a friend in need.
A crass CID sergeant who starts off on the wrong foot with Fa Ping when she unexpectedly foils a prostitution/loan shark case he was working on. He and Fa Ping accidentally puts their suspect, a notorious pimp and loan shark operating at a public housing village, in a coma while trying to capture him. The two are force to partner up and go undercover as pretend husband and wife in order to find victims of the pimp as witnesses to charge and prosecute him. However he doesn't know that Fa Ping is the same unattractive girl that he made fun of in High School. Once undercover his occupation to mask his real identity is a building maintenance person in charge of clearing the building sewer drain pipes. He also becomes popular with all the older housewives in the building because they think he looks like Hong Kong actor/singer Edwin Siu, who he thinks is super ugly. The housewives call him "Paul" because they say it is not modern to not have a English name.
Hung Dan Dan's husband and Tong Ling Lei's father. General Manager at a office supply company. He has issues when his wife wants to get intimate with him which leads her to suspect that he might be straying. When his wife hears him speaking English and in the company of a foreign woman she suspects he is having an affair but he was only taking English lessons to improve himself. He feels inferior to his wife because she handles everything for him. Unhappy with his job at the office supply company he quits and gets a new job.
Tong Hon Si's wife and Tong Ling Lei's mother. She borrowed money from Wan Bun in order to help pay for her father-in-law's medical bills. Wan Ban blackmails her and tries to push her into prostituting herself to pay off her loan with scandalous pictures he has of her. She is the "big sis" running the housewives cliche in the building and uses her power to get all the housewives and staff from the building to turn against Fa Ping when Fa Ping confronts her about rummaging through her suitcase and taking her pillow, which she denies.
Chu Yung Chung's wife and Lee Ho Choi's daughter-in-law. Her husband works in mainland China and only comes home once in awhile. Her mother-in-law treats her badly and doesn't trust her even though she is a filial daughter-in-law to her. She borrowed money from Wan Bun in order to buy her own facial spa business from her former boss. She and Mak Ga Lun are childhood friends from the same village in China.
Dung Dai Zit's mother. A divorcee with a teenage son that she raises on her own. She works part-time as a stock clerk at the village supermarket. She is highly superstitious and a self proclaimed fortune teller who gives feng-shui advices and fortune readings to the village residences. Not wanting to be an inconvenience to her ex-husband, she borrows money from Wan Bun in order to register her son for university overseas, but she doesn't bother to ask her son if he wants to study abroad causing them both to have arguments and misunderstandings.

Law family

Law Dai Shu's father and Ga May Yung's estranged husband. He works as a building security guard. He holds a grudge against his estranged wife for stealing the home down payment fund and running out on the family. Later he is promoted and transferred to the same housing village Dai Shu is working undercover at. Desperate for a daughter-in-law he quickly gets over Dai Shu's break up with his girlfriend when he finds out Dai Shu and Fa Ping are pretending to be husband and wife in an undercover assignment, and starts seeing Fa Ping as his actual daughter-in-law.
Law Dai Shu's mother and Law Bak's estranged wife. She became over obsessed with plastic surgery because she feels her husband does not find her attractive anymore. She stole the family home down payment money in order to have plastic surgery and then left her young son and husband when a botched surgery left her face disfigured and too embarrassed for her family to see her. She has been living in Japan with the doctor who saved her from suicide all these years and recently returned to Hong Kong.

Fa family

Fa Ping's father and Wu Dip's husband. An understanding father who spoils his daughter because he wants her to be happy. He is also a very supportive husband who helps his wife with her troubles. When he and his wife run into Fa Ping at the housing village they think their daughter really married a sewage plumber, but unlike his wife he is willing to accept Dai Shu for his daughter's sake.
Fa Ping's mother and Fa Sum's wife. An overly protective but loving mother who doesn't approve of her daughter being a police officers because of the dangers the job bring. She sings Hong Kong opera as a hobby and for her charity club. She sorts out "Piu Hung" to be her duet partner because her charity assigned partner is arrogant and terrible at singing.
Fa Ping's younger cousin.
The Fa family chauffeur.

Housing village residence

So Fung Nei's mother-in-law and Chu Yung Chung's mother. Everyone at the housing village calls her "Mother Chu". She does not appreciate her daughter-in-law nor trust her. Always thinking Fung Nei will cheat on her son because he works up in mainland China. She feels neglected by her son because he pays more attention to his wife. She was a former Hong Kong opera singer under the stage name "Piu Hung", but gave it up to raise her son when her husband died.
So Fung Nei's husband and Lee Ho Choi's son. He works in mainland China as a factory supervisor and is hardly ever home due to his job. When he returns home his mother constantly via for his attention with his wife which causes him to have conflict on who to side with.
Lau Lin Hoeng's teenage son. He does not appreciate his mother making his life decisions for him, because of this mother and son do not get along and he hardly comes home for dinner. Though he sternly talks to his mother, he still loves and cares for his mother very much which causes him to worry about her when he sees her spend so much money on him.
Tong Hon Si and Hung Dan Dan's young daughter. She steals Fa Ping's precious pillow when both her and her mother rummage through Fa Ping's suitcase. Later when Fa Ping babysits her she returns the pillow. She is actually a very caring and filial daughter who does well in school.
A housewife that is gossipy and becomes friendly with Law Dai Shu because she thinks he looks like Hong Kong actor/singer Edwin Siu. She is one of the "Four beautiful Maiden's" in the housing village, a nickname she and her friends gave themselves.
A housewife that is gossipy and becomes friendly with Law Dai Shu because she thinks he looks like Hong Kong actor/singer Edwin Siu. She is one of the "Four beautiful Maiden's" in the housing village, a nickname she and her friends gave themselves.
A housewife that is gossipy and becomes friendly with Law Dai Shu because she thinks he looks like Hong Kong actor/singer Edwin Siu. She is one of the "Four beautiful Maiden's" in the housing village, a nickname she and her friends gave themselves.
A housewife that is gossipy and becomes friendly with Law Dai Shu because she thinks he looks like Hong Kong actor/singer Edwin Siu. She is one of the "Four beautiful Maiden's" in the housing village, a nickname she and her friends gave themselves.
A little girl left home alone while her single mother has to go to work. Law Dai Shu becomes friends with her. After almost being kidnapped by a deranged child pedophile, the housewives in the housing village band together and offered to look after her while her mother is at work.
A pimp/loan shark that forces housewives into prostituting themselves when they are unable to repay their loan. While fleeing Dai Shu and Fa Ping from being arrested he gets involve in a traffic accident and becomes comatose.
Wan Bun's younger sister from the mainland. She acts innocent and nice but like her brother she is also shady and a con artist. She uses So Fung Nei and her facial spa as a cover up to collect her brother's unpaid loans.

Housing village staff

A cleaning lady at the housing village cafe and the garbage lady in charge of the housing village grounds. She is also a residence at the housing village.
A cook at the housing village cafe.
The cashier at the housing village cafe.
A stock boy at the housing village supermarket. He likes to flirt with attractive female customers. He is later found involve in a baby formula smuggling scheme.
The security guard in charge of the building where the village residence live in. He is also a housing village resident.
A security guard at the housing village that is under Law Bak's supervision.
In charge of the building maintenance department and Law Dai Shu's supervisor when his undercover job is a plumber.
A receptionist in the building maintenance department and Henry's assistant. She is attracted to Law Dai Shu at first sight because she thinks he is handsome.
Owner of the housing village mall Chinese and western pharmacy. He helps building security nab the local racketeer.
Owner of the housing village mall electronic and repair shop.

Hong Kong Police

Fa Ping's soft spoken and understanding supervisor. He becomes in charge of Fa Ping and Law Dai Shu's undercover case which he code names "Apple Tree". He likes to dress up in disguises and act out in different characters every time he meets up with Fa Ping and Law Dai Shu to secretly discuss their undercover assignment.
Law Dai Shu's police partner. He has gastric issues that causes him to fart and digest when he becomes nervous causing him to have the nickname "Jinxed Lun". He is later switched to Wu Sir's squad unit and sent to go undercover as a building security guard in order to provide back up for Fa Ping and Law Dai Shu, also to trail Dai Shu's father. As a security guard he encounters and reconnects with his childhood friend So Fung Nei.
A police officer that Fa Ping has a flirtatious relationship with. He was originally Fa Ping's undercover partner but because he injured his leg Law Dai Shu took his place in the undercover operation. He is also a materialistic person like Fa Ping's former self. He becomes jealous after seeing how close Fa Ping and Dai Shu have become.
A tomboyish and butch female cop in the same squad unit as Fa Ping.
A CID officer in Wu Sir's squad unit.
A CID officer in Wu Sir's squad unit. He and fellow officer Law Gei On likes to take bets on what Fa Ping will wear to work.
A CID officer in Wu Sir's squad unit. He and fellow officer Chu Sing likes to take bets on what Fa Ping will wear to work.
Law Dai Shu and Mak Ga Lun's original police supervisor.
A Police officer that Wu Sir hired to train Fa Ping and Dai Shu for their undercover assignment.

Extended cast

Law Dai Shu's girlfriend, later ex-girlfriend. Dai Shu's father Law Bak likes her a lot because she does household chores for him. She breaks up with Dai Shu because she feels she is more a mother to him than a girlfriend.
Liu Fong's co-worker and later new boyfriend.
A triad boss who is also Wan Bun's loan shark boss.
A racketeer trying to collect protection fees from So Fung Nei when she opens her facial spa.
Law Bak's real estate agent who tries to sell him an apartment next to the apartment he really wants.
Tong Hon Si's co-worker at the stationary company. She is gossipy and scantily dressed.
Tong Hon Si's father. He lives in a nursing home and is wheelchair bound because of a heart attack.
Lau Lin Heung's ex-husband and Dung Dai Zit's father. He is remarried and has another family. He is a coward that lets his current wife bully his ex-wife unreasonably, which causes his son Dai Zit not wanting to have anything to do with him.
Deng Dai Si's current wife who is pregnant with twins. She is a petty and bitter person who does not want her husband providing for and having any contact with his son Dung Dai Zit, by his ex-wife.
Owner of an retro antique store that Fa Ping's mother Wu Dip frequents.
Ga May Yung's Japanese doctor who talked her out of committing suicide when her face becomes disfigured after a botched surgery.

Development

TVB 2015 calendar, month of April image. From left to right: Edwin Siu, Priscilla Wong, Raymond Cho and Mandy Wong.

Viewership Ratings

WeekEpisodesDateAverage PointsPeaking Points
101－05Jan 12-16, 2015 25 26
206－10Jan 19-23, 2015 25 27
311－15Jan 26-30, 2015 24 25
416－20Feb 2-6, 2015 26 30
Total average 25 30

References

  1. ↑ (see page 6 of the list)
  2. ↑ “Madam Cutie On Duty” soompi page. Retrieved 01-16-2015
  3. ↑ “Madam Cutie on Duty” Synopsis. Retrieved 01-16-2015
  4. ↑ Edwin Siu and Priscilla Wong at “Housewife Madam” Costume Fitting. Retrieved 01-16-2015
  5. ↑ Edwin Siu and Priscilla Wong Affectionate at “Madam Cutie on Duty” Promo. Retrieved 01-16-2015

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