
Being Twins
- 1992
- Ended
- Comedy
- ~45m / ep
- 1 season
- 10.0/10
On a stormy night, twin brothers are adopted by the Fat and Thin Kam Lan sisters and separated. Thirty years later, the elder brother, Cheung Yan, inherits his father's business and becomes the lord of Wutian Island, enjoying wealth and power. Influenced by customs, he develops a male-dominant personality. On his wedding day, he takes four wives, with the main wife, Yu Ruyu, being obedient and favored by everyone, just as her mother, Lin Xianghua, taught her. On her deathbed, Cheung Yan's mother reveals the truth, and he learns that he is separated from his twin brother, Mou Gin Shu. Surprised and delighted, he sends his trusted friend Charles to find him. It turns out that Shu is in Hong Kong and has a family, running a small shoe shop with his friend Chan King Chuen. Shu's wife, Au Ka-Lai, is dominant and career-driven, while Shu himself is a typical "henpecked husband" who willingly submits to his wife's control...
Latest: Season 1 · 1992
View all seasonsE1. Episode 1
Nov 30, 1992 · 46m
Thirty years ago, a widow gave her twins to two sworn sisters. The elder one followed his. adopted mother who had married a man in an remote island in the South East Asia. The younger one stayed in Hong Kong named MAO KIN SHU. The twins are then apart from each other and do not know the existence of the other. When SHU has grown up, he has married a business-minded wife, AU KA LAI. SHU has joined with his friend, CHAN KANG TSUEN, in managing a small shoe shop. He is not ambitious and lives leisurely. LAI is very business-minded. She is very proud of herself. She is very strict to SHU. SHU fears LAI a lot and obeys what she said. SHU hopes that LAI could give birth to a baby for him. However, LAI thinks that it would obstruct her future. Therefore, they do not have any children. SHUN YAN lives luxuriously in the remote island situated in the South East Asia.… ...
E2. Episode 2
Dec 1, 1992 · 46m
SHU buys over his sister-in-law, KA BO, to destroy LAI's plan of contraception. He even cooks some nutritious food for LAI. However, LAI still does not get pregnant. YAN misses his younger brother a lot. However, he cannot leave the island as he is mourning for his mother. He listens to LEE LUNG Master's advice and sends his servant, CHARLES, to investigate his brother's trace. YAN stays in the island to wait for good news. . SHU has no other way out in order to make his wife pregnant and he resorts to a stranger to get some devices to achieve his target. It makes the family a mess. CHARLES is being sent to Hong Kong to investigate SHU's trace. He eventually discovers his trace and watch him day and night. SHU suspects CHARLES. Meanwhile, WAH is ordered by MEI to investigate her husband. SHU thinks that she has worried too muchCHARLES reports the information to YAN with video-tapes. YAN is very eager to have more information.… ...
E3. Episode 3
Dec 2, 1992 · 46m
LAI has eventually got pregnant. SHU iS very happy. However, LAI does not know the truth and practises aerobic dance. She falls down carelessly and miscarries the baby. SHU's dream has then been shattered. LAI receives the news of her promotion while she is in the hospital. SHU is affected by the rumour and believes that LAI had deliberately taken abortion for the sake of promotion. SHU leaves home angrily. CHARLES takes this opportunity to disclose his identity and persuades him to vi si t his brother. SHU then boards the plane and goes to the South East Asia to meet his brother. YAN and SHU meet each other. They are so amazed that their appearances are the same. However, the life style, hobbies and character are very different. It adds a lot of fun for them. They admire each other's life style after some chat. They even want to exchange their identities for two weeks. YAN then will go to Hong Kong and SHU will stay in the island.
E4. Episode 4
Dec 3, 1992 · 46m
LAI worries a lot for SHU who has disappeared for several days. She regrets that she was too strict to him in the past. However, she treats him the same when he has returned home. YAN is not used to be treated by woman like that, he leaves home angrily. YAN bursts into a nightclub. He is very curious and makes a lot of fun. MEI works in the nightclub as a part-time club girl. She meets YAN and immediately reports to LAI. LAI is very angry. LAI and BO see that SHU (YAN) has changed a lot after his disappearance. They think that he is so irritated that he has suffered from nervous breakdown. Thus, they tolerate him and hope that he could recover. SHU enjoys his luxurious life in the island. However, he gradually finds boring. He then teaches the servant to play mahjong. They are very curious for that. LAI has invited her colleagues to her house for dinner. She demands YAN to be obedient beforehand. YAN is reluctant to do so.… ...
E5. Episode 5
Dec 4, 1992 · 46m
CHARLES forces SHU to practise Kung-fu according to the schedule. Though SHU is reluctant to practise Kung-fu, he still has to follow the strict regulation in order not to disclose his real identity. Later, SHU thinks of a trick to fool the public. The public then dare not to compete with him. MEI finds that TSUEN has changed a lot, she suspects that TSUEN is deluded by other woman. MEI is so angry that she locks TSUEN and SHU up in the mezzanine in the shoe shop. YAN feels annoyed to be locked up and tries to climb down. He has fallen down carelessly and gets hurt. He is then being sent to the hospital. LAl hurries to the hospital but YAN is cool to her. LAl is very angry. LAl has to tolerate his superior's unreasonable and demanding request in the company, she also has to tolerate YAN at home. She is very downcast. When BO witnesses the situation, she sympathizes LAl. BO waits upon a chance to teach YAN a lesson.… ...
E6. Episode 6
Dec 7, 1992 · 46m
When YAN has heard the news in Hong Kong, he is shocked. He has also known that someone wants to kill him. SHU is the scapegoat. YAN is very sad but he cannot tell anyone his grievance. The international cop, Peter Lau, is assigned' to investigate SHU is case and is being sent to Hong Kong. He goes to find YAN and knows that YAN and SHU have exchanged their identities. He advises YAN to stay in Hong Kong and disguises as SHU in order to be saved. The cop will then investigate the case. According to VAN's will, his younger brother will succeed a large part of his property with the condition that he has to take care SEE and his family. LAI is very excited when she heard the news. She spends her own money lavishly. She even quits her present job and aims at living extravagantly. However, the solicitor announces that they cannot inherit the legacy for the moment. LAI is very disappointed.… ...
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