The Silver Chamber of Sorrows Ep. 1

I just finished the first episode of The Silver Chamber of Sorrows. It seems like a typical pre-modern series about a disordered, wealthy family who experiences financial difficulties as the series progresses. Basically, it is a series revolving a rich family, consisting of the father, several wives, and the children. The father, played by Paul Chun is ruthless, yet smart. Nancy Sit is his “official” wife while Rebecca Chan plays the petty-minded, selfish, and notorious second-wife. Finally, Christine Ng plays the third wife. While Rebecca is the only wife who has a son, she tends to brag about it due to the fact that he will inherit the family’s wealth in the future. Nancy has a daughter, played by Charmaine Li while Christine Ng is childless. While Nancy treats Christine kindly, Rebecca is takes every possible chance to deteriorate her reputation in front of her husband, Paul. Shirley plays Christine’s maid.

Ng Wai Kwok is Paul’s younger brother and have left the family eight years ago. In the past, Ng Wai Kwok and Christine Ng were dating while Paul took her in as his third wife knowing that he stole his brother’s lover. Ng Wai Kwok, from that point on, married Winnie Yeung and left the family. Only recently did he return to celebrate his father’s 70th birthday. Unfortunately, one day before his birthday, Rebecca’s son (sorry, I do not know the actor’s name) caused him to have a nervous breakdown and died. Everyone in the family looked towards Rebecca and her son while she blamed it on Ng Wai Kwok and his affair with Christine.

Comments. The series sounds interesting. Hmm… Jack and Nancy haven’t appeared yet and I hope to see them soon. I’m not a fan of Christine, Nancy, Ng Wai Kwok, Paul, and Winnie even though they are all good actors and actresses. On the other hand, I am overhyped about Shirley, Jack, and Nancy’s performances. I hope TVB promote Nancy more. Look at her roles. It’s just like a guest star in all series. Although the series seems very common, like all other pre-modern series, TVB haven’t done a series like this for a long time. Every series contains some comedy while this seems more like a tragedy. Let’s see WOIL II is a comedy. D.I.E. has many funny scenes as well. Gentle Crackdown is another comedy. Master of Tai Chi is not a comedy, but I haven’t seen that one yet.