Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 5)
Phua Chu Kang Season 5 is the 22 episode fifth season of Phua Chu Kang. Phua Chu Kang is the shortened name for Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, a Singaporean sitcom which aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 between 25 September 1997 and 11 February 2007. The series is about the Phua family, headed by Phua Chu Kang, portrayed by Gurmit Singh.
| Episode | Airdate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 November 2002 | The Zen of Chapteh |
Kang’s long standing primary school chapteh record has just been broken. Kang can’t get over the fact that he’s no longer the Chapteh King and challenges the boy who broke his record to a ‘play off’. Unfortunately Kang discovers that he can’t chapteh any more because he’s lost his ‘juju’. Bobo steps in as his spiritual advisor guiding Kang on his road to rediscover his ‘juju’. Meanwhile, Beng tries to convince Margaret to have another baby and Rosie freaks out when the hawkers at the market call her ‘Ah Soh’. |
| 2 | 12 November 2002 | Not the 7 o'clock news | Kang is asked to re-model the sets for a TV news channel studio. As is standard practice, his goofy workers mess up the job completely, causing the regular newscaster to trip and fall unconscious in the process. Not wanting to spoil his chances of getting a regular contract, Kang decides to take on the news reading role himself. |
| 3 | 19 November 2002 | The Parent Trap | Margaret notices that Aloysius and Lynette have been dating for a year now, and it’s high time she formally meets Lynette’s parents. It also happens to be a good excuse to get to know Lynette’s high society parents a little better and hopefully, this will lead to invites to posh functions and high profile receptions with the beautiful people Margaret is just dying to rub shoulders with. But Margaret’s plan falls flat when Lynette’s parents end up having more in common with Kang and Rosie than her and Beng! |
| 4 | 26 November 2002 | Toto Day | Kang, to his shock and amazement, wins the Toto grand prize of mydollarxml 10m! Everyone starts making plans on how they’re going to spend it. But he bursts their bubble by declaring he’s keeping all the money for himself, closing down PCK Pte Ltd and moving to a seaside bungalow in Perth.
The family slowly falls apart from greed and mistrust. And there is another minor complication. Every time Kang tries to collect his mydollarxml 10m winnings, he keeps getting knocked unconscious, and waking up to the very same day... over and over and over again. Kang’s curse is that only he realises it’s the same day being repeated. How will he ever get the money? |
| 5 | 3 December 2002 | The Revenge of Frankie Foo | The HDB is launching an island-wide upgrading of public toilets program and Kang is desperate to land this money-spinning contract. He’s convinced that Frankie Foo is out to undercut PCK Pte Ltd with his usual underhand tactics. Rosie isn’t too bothered though, as she’s certain Frankie has migrated to Perth and poses no threat to Kang.
However King Kong has started dating Frankie’s niece, Betsy. Kang is positive that she’s only going out with him is so that she can spy on PCK Pte Ltd. After all no woman in her right mind would want to date King Kong! |
| 6 | 10 December 2002 | Chilly Crabs | Kang invites a ‘discount obsessed’ client home to a free chilly crabs meal to clinch a deal. One thing leads to another and soon the Phua house is overflowing with angry ‘customers’ clamouring to have a taste of Ah Loon’s famous chilly crabs. Rosie’s father, Heng Peck comes to visit hoping to persuade his wife to return to Pulau Ketam. He goes crab catching with King Kong and Bobo, and Bobo discovers his hidden gift for attracting crabs. |
| 7 | 17 December 2002 | Christmas Story | In this re-working of the classic Charles Dickens short story, Chu Kang, who has become more miserly by the day, is visited by 3 angels of Christmas (of varying eccentricities) and learns the errors of his ways. |
| 8 | 7 January 2003 | Study No Enough | Bobo fears he’s going to fail his Electrical Engineering exams that are coming up in a week. His home is too distracting and he hasn’t been able to get past page 1 of his text book. Kang inadvertently invites Bobo to stay and study at the Phua home.
This turns out to be more trouble than it’s worth and Bobo finds it even more difficult to study. There’s Rosie’s constant spring cleaning around him, Aloysius and Lynette flirting on the phone, Margaret trying to get him to lose weight, King Kong trying to oust Bobo from the home in a fit of jealousy, and Kang and Beng’s constant interruption with their lifelong feud over which superhero is better - Batman (Kang’s favourite) or Spiderman (Beng’s favourite). It’ll be a miracle if Bobo gets to page 2! |
| 9 | 14 January 2003 | Lord of the Bengs | Kang bumps into his old neighbourhood buddy, Lee Kok Peng. Kok Peng’s your typical ah beng, a little crude and coarse in his ways but good at heart. His bengness is still very much intact unlike Kang who over the years has shed several layers of bengness as he endeavoured to upgrade himself. This worries Kang and with Kok Peng’s help, he embarks on a program to regain his bengness! |
| 10 | 21 January 2003 | Cinema Phua-radiso | Kang buys some pirated VCDs from JB and thinks he’s got a copy of Lord of the Rings. Instead it turns out to be a rather risqué movie. He gets an even bigger surprise when the lead actress in this movie of dubious artistic merit looks a dead ringer for Margaret! Things get worse when the VCD falls into Beng’s hands. Now what do the brothers do? Keep quiet about the whole thing or confront Margaret about her acting debut? |
| 11 | 28 January 2003 | Lucky Luohan | Chu Kang complains about slow business despite the economic turn around. Rosie buys an expensive Luo Han fish to remedy the situation. Chu Luo Han and seeksKang becomes horrified by the fact that Chu Kang's dear Koi fish Mimi and Jasper will become jealous. Rosie believes in the a 4D number from its markings, only problem is that she can't see the number and only Margaret can. Rosie starts to spoil the fish by buying premium aquarium and fish food. Oh, the life of a well-loved pet! |
| 12 | 4 February 2003 | Year of the Goat | It's Chinese New Year again, and Kang owes a supplier money and has trouble returning the money. He fears this will bring him bad luck in the new year. This drives him to greater desperation by the day, until he takes the most extreme measures. Meanwhile Rosie is also in her own way trying to promote good luck in the family by looking for an elusive yu-sang ingredient, only to find out later that all that glitters is not necessarily gold. |
| 13 | 11 February 2003 | The Girl Next Door | Kang and Beng reminisce about Ting Ting (guest star Zoe Tay), the girl who used to live next door, and how she changed their lives. They both discover that they made the same promise to marry Ting Ting when they grew up, and end up arguing over who she would have chosen. Rosie and Margaret hire a private investigator to find her. They panic when they find out that Ting Ting is not only beautiful and successful but still single. They vow to make sure their husbands never get to meet Ting Ting. One day, Ting Ting shows up at their doorstop… |
| 14 | 18 February 2003 | I Want My HDB (Part 1) | King Kong is homeless and Kang reluctantly takes him in. He overstays his welcome and now Chu Kang has to find a way to get rid of him. Ah Loon suggests that King Kong gets married so that he can apply for his own HDB flat. Ah Loon even arranges for a girl, Wei Wei to marry him. All King Kong has to do is show up at the ROM.
Rosie and Margaret pose the question ‘Do you love me enough to give me your liver?’ to their husbands. |
| 15 | 25 February 2003 | When King Kong Met Wei Wei | King Kong regrets not marrying Wei Wei and tries to win her back. But he has to overcome Wei Wei’s mother who wants to “pour hot water” on him. Chu Kang reluctantly becomes the couples’ chaperone when they go out on their 1st date.
Margaret wants Aloysius to plan for his future and is shocked when he tell her that he wants to quit school and work for his uncle Chu Kang. |
| 16 | 4 March 2003 | Sabo You, Sabo Me | When Chu Beng puts down Chu Kang’s ‘Contractor of the Year’ Award, and Chu Kang humiliates Chu Beng in front of a high class client in return, it kicks starts a series of pranks between the Phuas: Chu Kang and Rosie vs Chu Beng and Margaret.
The pranks soon escalate from spiking drinks and making crude sounds, to serious sabotage when Chu Kang eats his pet koi, Jasper, Rosie gets stuck to the toilet seat, Margaret nearly loses her job, and Chu Beng’s precious antique vase goes missing. |
| 17 | 11 March 2003 | At WITS End | When a new construction competitor rears it’s ugly head, Chu Kang institutes WITS (Work Improvement Teams), a cash incentive scheme to generate ideas on how to improve PCK Pte Ltd. But when the incentive cash goes missing, it starts a war between the distrustful and petty Phua Brothers, literally splitting the house in 2.
Meanwhile, Rosie’s bitten by the gambling bug. Having won a few mahjong games in a row, she’s under the impression that she’s on a hot streak, which sets her off on a high-stakes gambling spree! |
| 18 | 18 March 2003 | The Adventures of Captain Contractor & Plumber Boy | It’s a hammer! It’s a screwdriver! It’s… Captain Contractor!
When the world is in peril, when danger is imminent, when all hope is lost, who are you going to call? Captain Contractor and Plumber Boy of course! In this alternate reality episode, our dynamic crime fighting duo (Chu Kang and Chu Beng) must battle the evil Dr. Bungkus (Bobo), dastardly Diva Man (Ralphie), their incompetent yet wicked henchmen, Stinko Man (King Kong) and Stupid Boy (Ah Goon), while contending with the desperate SDU Woman (Margaret) and love interest, Lois Lian (Rosie). Has the world gone mad? Probably... |
| 19 | 25 March 2003 | Centrefold | Chu Kang and Chu Beng go all out to get themselves featured in the
'Best Looking Men in Construction' calendar. But only 1 brother makes the grade! Meanwhile King Kong and Ah Goon chance upon a durian tree that bears strange fruit. |
| 20 | 1 April 2003 | An Offer You Can’t Refuse | A pressured Chu Kang inadvertently insults the Godfather, Vito Koh. In return for his life, Kang has to baby-sit the Godfather’s 8-year old son Michael, for him. Ordinarily, looking after a little kid should be a stroll in the park for Chu Kang. But because Michael is the son of the ruthless Godfather, Chu Kang knows he has to keep both eyes on the boy - which is exactly what he doesn’t do. Things come to a head when he leaves Michael in the care of the clueless King Kong and Ah Goon and the boy disappears! |
| 21 | 8 April 2003 | PCK Goes To Malaysia - Part 1 | The roof of the Phua household is full of leaks and this turns out to be the perfect opportunity for Chu Kang to whisk the family away for a holiday. Margaret is expecting to go to a 5-star resort on Pangkor Laut but they end up on a small and rickety shack on Pulau Ketam where Rosie’s parents live. The living conditions turn out to be rather too spartan for Margaret’s liking and they eventually all cry off to a luxurious spa resort on Langkawi followed by an eating tour of Penang. But disaster looms when King Kong, together with everyone’s luggage, takes the ferry to KL instead of Penang, with the rest of them stranded on Langkawi! |
| 22 | 15 April 2003 | PCK Goes To Malaysia - Part 2 |
Chu Kang, Rosie, Chu Beng and Margaret arrive in KL in hopes of tracking down King Kong and their suitcases. Margaret in particular is desperate to retrieve all 9 pieces of her exclusive Louis Vuitton luggage. As things would turn out, when the 4 of them split up in their search for King Kong, they only succeed in getting lost in 4 different parts of KL! |
See also
- Phua Chu Kang
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 6)
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 7)
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 8)