Lives of Omission: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Working as an undercover for many years, Laughing escapes from all calamity. Two years ago, he underwent special training to become a mute and worked in mainland China as an undercover. Closely working with the mainland Chinese police, Laughing successfully busts an illegal armed weaponry organization and resumes his identity as a police officer in Hong Kong. He is appointed as head instructor of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB), specializing in seeking and training CIB recruits in undercover work. Laughing, however, is unable to adapt to the stress in the discipline of police life and becomes a rogue cop. To get his jobs done quicker, he hires the gangster Michael So as his informant. On the surface, Laughing and Michael appear to be good brothers, but in fact both have their own purpose, mutually taking advantage of one another. Feeling as if Laughing is holding him back from "moving up" in the triad, Michael betrays Laughing and decides to work alone. To tackle down the triad's crimes, Laughing applies to be an undercover once again.

Series details

• Title: Lives of Omission
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Action, Crime
• Premiere date: 2011-08-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-09-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVB Jade
• Network country: Hong Kong
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48049
• IMDb ID: tt6280520
• TVDB ID: 250573

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Tse — Leung Siu Tong
• Bosco Wong — So Sing Pak
• Fala Chen — Chau Mong Ching
• Kate Tsui — Yiu Ho Ho
• Cheung Kwok Keung — Mok Yat Lit

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-08-01; final listed air date 2011-09-09; episode order: 30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lives of Omission on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.