Episode Summary
Lau Yim investigates a child abuse case, which reveals a flawed nanny service and her own pregnancy. Man Wai-sam locates a potential cure for Mrs. Fong, but the owner hesitates to help. At SNK, a fake video of Mrs. Fong causes the company's stock to crash, and George's computer is revealed to have been hacked. The episode culminates in Ivan confessing to Man Wai-sam that he planted the fake video and is now her ally against George.
Spoiler Alert
Lau Yim's Nanny Investigation
The First Lead Goes Cold
The episode kicks off with a woman showing up at the hospital. She says she's the baby's mother. Lau Yim immediately lays into her for abandoning and abusing her child. But the mother shuts that down fast. She explains she has to work. She hired a nanny from a community service to watch her baby. She had no idea any of this was happening.
This sends Lau Yim down a new rabbit hole. She wants to expose the whole community nanny service. Her boss, Yu Ying-fei, thinks it’s a bad idea. He points out the service probably fired the nanny already. Also, Lau Yim and Ma Ka-ming have been all over the news. They would be recognized instantly. Lau Yim has a plan, though. She gets Siu Chun-kit to go undercover. He pretends to be a new dad looking for a nanny and keeps Lau Yim on the phone to record everything.
Trying to Get the Old Team Back
Lau Yim tracks down Cheung Ka-yin. You'll never guess what Ka-yin is doing now. She's a tour guide. Lau Yim tries to convince her to come back to journalism. She wants her to join the online platform. Ka-yin says she just isn't ready yet. Lau Yim invites her to dinner instead. Later that night, we find out why. Lau Yim and Ma Ka-ming are getting married. They want Ka-yin and Chun-kit to be their official witnesses.
Man Wai-sam's Hunt for a Cure
A High-Tech Hope
Man Wai-sam is still trying to find a treatment for Mrs. Fong. A hospital she used to fund gives her a tip. They tell her to look into something called "tissue fragmentation technology." Man Wai-sam does some digging online. She discovers a rich Hong Kong businessman bought the rights to the tech. She pulls some strings and finds him.
The buyer is none other than Pak Shu-wan. He confirms he owns the technology. But he says Hong Kong doesn't value scientific innovation. The tech is just sitting in a hospital, completely unused. Man Wai-sam begs him to use it to save Mrs. Fong. Pak Shu-wan is hesitant. He's worried it will stir up a huge public fight about class and privilege. More importantly, he knows if he cures Mrs. Fong, Man Wai-sam will go right back to SNK.
Chaos at SNK News
The Fake Video Bomb
Things get messy over at SNK. Kelly Tang goes live with a shocking video. It appears to be Mrs. Fong, in the hospital. In the recording, she accuses Man Wai-sam of spreading fake news about her health. She even threatens to sue.
George Koo sees the report and calls Kelly immediately. He asks where she got the video. Kelly tells him it came from the USB drive he gave her. This sets off alarm bells for George. He starts to suspect someone has been on his computer.
The fallout is immediate. All the wild rumors cause SNK's stock to be suspended. The news director is furious. He sends Cathy Hui to give George a message. From now on, only SNK is allowed to report on Mrs. Fong's health. George tries to use the chaos to his advantage. He again pushes for an election to name a new chairman. The other board members tell him to forget it. Their only priority is stabilizing the stock price.
Big Reveals and New Alliances
The Real Nanny Story
Lau Yim keeps handing out flyers for the missing nanny. She gets almost no response for days. Then Ka-yin shows up to help. She takes Lau Yim to see Siu Tin and Lau Chun-pong. They are the two tech guys SNK fired. They agree to use their AI skills to help the search.
Lau Yim finally gets a lead and corners the first nanny. She even takes a tumble during the chase. The nanny tells her she didn't abuse the baby. She says the nanny service app has a major flaw. It allowed her to accept two jobs at the same time. She kept one and outsourced the other to a different nanny to make a profit.
Back at the office, Ma Ka-ming sees Lau Yim's scraped knee. He gets upset and tells her to be more careful with the baby. That's how everyone finds out Lau Yim is pregnant. Man Wai-sam and Ka-yin both think it's a terrible time for a reporter in her prime to get pregnant. Lau Yim insists she can balance her career and a family.
With help from Siu Chun-lok, Lau Yim finally finds the actual abusive nanny, a woman named Leung Yuet-wah. Ka-yin comes to the online platform's studio to help Lau Yim with the live broadcast. During the report, Man Wai-sam deliberately messes with the teleprompter to test them. Ka-yin doesn't miss a beat. She expertly guides Lau Yim, and the two work together perfectly. Man Wai-sam and Yu Ying-fei watch, both clearly impressed.
Ivan Finally Shows His Hand
This was the biggest shock of the night. After work, Man Wai-sam finds Ivan Poon waiting for her in the lobby. He tells her that George ordered him to run a smear campaign against the tissue fragmentation technology. Then he drops the real bombshell. He was the one behind the fake Mrs. Fong video. He had Lau Chun-pong hack George's computer and plant the file. Ivan makes his position clear. He is officially on Team Man Wai-sam.
Soon after, SNK airs a report painting the tissue fragmentation tech as a dangerous "cancer-causing device." Kelly Tang jumps on the story to get some attention. George got exactly what he wanted.
The episode ends with Ka-yin at the hospital doing a follow-up on the nanny story. She runs into Chun-lok. They talk about Lau Yim's commitment to her relationship, and Ka-yin seems to soften. Chun-lok tells her she is most attractive when she's in the director's chair, just like old times.
