Mightiest Mother-in-Law

Mightiest Mother-in-Law
最强岳母
Genre Family
Romance
Comedy
Written by Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源
Chen Yu Ying 陈鈺莹
Directed by Loh Woon Woon 罗温温
Zhang Yuan Ting 张愿庭
Gao Shu Yi 高淑怡
Starring Chen Liping
Thomas Ong
Paige Chua
Tong Bingyu
Jeffrey Xu
Bonnie Loo
Cavin Soh
Lin Meijiao
Johnny Ng
Opening theme 搞定 by 龚振良 (大风吹)
Ending theme 最后才懂 by Bonnie Loo 罗美仪
Country of origin Singapore Singapore
Original language(s) Chinese
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Jasmine Woo 邬毓琳
Location(s) Singapore Singapore
Running time approx. 45 minutes (excluding advertisements)
Release
Original network Mediacorp Channel 8
Original release 18 April – 19 May 2017
Chronology
Preceded by Legal Eagles
Followed by The Lead
Mightiest Mother-in-Law
Traditional Chinese 最强岳母
Simplified Chinese 最强岳母

Mightiest Mother-in-Law (Chinese: 最强岳母) is a 24 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. It is shown on weekdays at 9pm. The series stars Chen Liping, Thomas Ong, Paige Chua, Tong Bingyu, Jeffrey Xu, Bonnie Loo, Cavin Soh, Lin Meijiao and Johnny Ng as the main cast.

Plot

Qi Hongzhe (Thomas Ong) is a married man with two children. He is married to Guan Shuhui (Paige Chua), and he has an affair with Zhou Ke'en (Tong Bing Yu). Family problems come as Zhou Ke'en and Guan Shuhui fight for Qi Hongzhe. Guan Shuhui has the help of her mother, Liew Xiuzhu (Chen Liping) to help her tackle Zhou Ke'en. What does Qi Hongzhe plan to do? Will love spark between Qi Wanling (Bonnie Loo) and Ken Chen (Jeffrey Xu)?

Cast

Qi (Yinghao) family

Cast Character Description Episode(s) appeared
Johnny Ng
黄家强 		Qi Yinghao
齐英豪

Brother Bee (小蜜蜂哥哥)

  • Wu Lanxiang's husband
  • Qi Hongzhe and Qi Wanling's father
  • Guan Shuhui's father-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandfather
 1- 24
Lin Meijiao
林梅娇 		Wu Lanxiang
吴兰香

Goh Hiong Xiang, Old Hag (老太婆)

  • Qi Yinghao's wife
  • Qi Hongzhe and Qi Wanling's mother
  • Guan Shuhui's mother-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandmother
  • (Suffers a stroke in Episode 12)
 1-3, 5-24
Thomas Ong
王沺裁 		Qi Hongzhe
齐宏哲
  • Boss of Lighting store
  • Qi Yinghao and Wu Lanxiang's son
  • Qi Wanling's older brother
  • Guan Shuhui's husband
  • Liew Xiuzhu's son-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's father
  • Zhang Zhongming's NS friend
  • Zhou Ke'en target
 1-24
Paige Chua
蔡琦慧 		Guan Shuhui
管淑慧
  • Younger Version Portrayed by 苏怡妃
  • Liew Xiuzhu's daughter
  • Qi Hongzhe's wife
  • Qi Wanling's sister-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's mother
  • Chen Jian's god-elder sister
  • Zhang Zhongming's employee and friend
 1-24
Bonnie Loo
罗美仪 		Qi Wanling
齐婉灵 		Mad Woman (疯婆子)
  • Qi Yinghao and Wu Lanxiang's daughter
  • Qi Hongzhe's younger sister
  • Guan Shuhui's sister-in-law
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's aunt
  • Chen Jian's love interest and girlfriend
  • Helps Zhou Ke'en betray Qi Hongzhe and Chen Jian in Episode 21
  • Lures Chen Jian out and lets Zhou Ke'en ruin the Christmas decoration unintentionally in Episode 23
 1-3, 5-19, 21-24
Violet Raine Ong
王雍溱		 Qi Zihan
齐梓涵
  • Liew Xiuzhu, Qi Yinghao and Wu Lanxiang's grand-daughter
  • Qi Hongzhe and Guan Shuhui's daughter
  • Qi Wanling's niece
  • Qi Zicong's elder sister
1-24
Cruz Tay
郑凯泽 		Qi Zicong
齐梓聪
  • Liew Xiuzhu, Qi Yinghao and Wu Lanxiang's grand-son
  • Qi Hongzhe and Guan Shuhui's son
  • Qi Wanling's nephew
  • Qi Zihan's younger brother
 1-24

Other cast members

Cast Character Description Episode(s) appeared
Chen Liping
陈莉萍 		Liew Xiuzhu
吕秀珠

Ms Chen (陈太太), Sister Lisa (Lisa姐), Old Hen (老母鸡), Old Witch (老巫婆)

  • Younger Version portrayed by 庄薇霓
  • Guan Shuhui's mother
  • Qi Hongzhe's mother-in-law
  • Chen Jian's god-mother
  • Qi Zihan and Qi Zicong's grandmother
  • Goes to Genting and other parts of Malaysia mentioned by Chen Jian in Episode 15
  • (Suffers from liver cancer in Episode 21)
  • Help Guan Shuhui to reconcile with Qi Hongzhe in Episode 24
 1-2 , 4-5 , 7-14 , 17-24
Tong Bingyu
童冰玉 		Zhou Ke'en
周可恩

Unstable Mentally Main Villain

  • Designer
  • Qi Hongzhe's mistress
  • Zhang Zhongming's best friend and patient
  • Kisses Qi Hongzhe in Episode 3
  • Reveals the plot of getting closer to Qi Hongzhe in Episode 4
  • Instructs a boy to put a toy at Wu Lanxiang's bag and tries to get close to her in Episode 5
  • Gets closer to Qi Hongzhe's family and moves into his house in Episode 6
  • Lies to Guan Shuhui that Qi Hongzhe has been robbed but is exposed by Liew Xiuzhu in Episode 8
  • Sabotages Uncle Bing and helps him buy a new lamp in Episode 10
  • Intentionally topples the soup that Guan Shuhui has brought for Wu Lanxiang in Episode 12
  • Goes to the US and manipulates Zhang Zhongming to help her reconcile with Qi Hongzhe in Episode 16
  • Tell Qi Hongzhe to throw away Guan Shuhui's stuff in Episode 17
  • Suffers from asthma attack and causes Qi Hongzhe to be unable to go to Japan in Episode 18
  • Flushes away Qi Hongzhe's handband brought by Guan Shuhui from Japan and destroys the lantern that she and Qi Hongzhe had made in Episode 19
  • Admits that she wrecked Qi Hongzhe's moon lamp and humiliated Guan Shuhui in Episode 20
  • Makes use of Qi Wanling to betray Qi Hongzhe and Chen Jian in Episode 21
  • Wrecks Qi Zicong, splashes hot water at Yati and rages her anger at a old man in Episode 21
  • Destroys Guan Shuhui's birthday cake and frames Qi Zihan for dropping the cake in Episode 22
  • Her scheming plot and her mental medical report are exposed by Liew Xiuzhu and Chen Jian in Episode 22
  • Ruins the Christmas decorations made by the Qi Family and kidnaps Guan Shuhui in Episode 23
  • Is arrested and sent to a mental hospital after kidnapping Shuhui and letting Liew Xiuzhu eat the whole bottle of medicine in Episode 24
 1-14, 16-24
Wang Yuqing
王昱清 		Brother Ji
鸡哥

Villain

  • John's boss
  • Attempts to kill Liew Xiuzhu but is stopped by Ken Chen in Episode 1
 1-2 , 5
Jeffrey Xu
徐鸣杰 		Chen Jian
陈健 		Ken, Swindler/ Conman (骗子) ,Cheap (犯贱)
  • Liew Xiuzhu's god son
  • Qi Wanling's boyfriend
  • Guan Shuhui's god-younger brother
2- 5, 7-24
Cavin Soh
苏志诚 		Zhang Zhongming
张忠鸣

Dr Chong (张医生), Jim

  • Psychologist
  • Zhou Ke'en's best friend and psychologist
  • Qi Hongzhe's NS friend
  • Guan Shuhui's boss and friend
  • Helps Zhou Ke'en reconcile with Qi Hongzhe in Episode 16
  • Helps Liew Xiuzhu reconcile Qi Hongzhe and Guan Shuhui together again in Episode 24
 4 , 6 , 9, 12-24
Benjamin Josiah Tan
陈俊铭 		John

Villain

  • Qi Wanling's online boyfriend
  • Brother Ji's subordinate
  • Attempts to spike Qi Wanling's drink but it is swapped by Chen Juan in Episode 5
  • Makes fun of Chen Jian and waylays Qi Wanling in Episode 10
 5 , 9-10
Andi Lim
林伟文 		Guoqiang
国强

Unstable Mentally Supporting Villain

  • English name Jim
  • Zhou Ke'en ex-lover and target
  • Zhang Zhongming's patient
  • Is used by Zhou Ke'en to kidnap Guan Shuhui in Episode 23
  • Is arrested after helping Zhou Ke'en kidnapping Shuhui in Episode 24
 4, 22-24
Kenneth Chung
钟坤华 		Himself
  • Host of Win A Car
  • Interviewed Chen Jian
18"-19

Development

Filming started in November 2016 and ended on 27 January 2017.

Trivia

2018 Accolades

Star Awards 2018

Awards
Award Category Recipients (if any) Result

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References

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