

Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief
Police cop Lee Kei is assigned by his lieutenant to go undercover and find the infamous cat burglar, "Black Rose", who has escaped being captured for over twenty years. His first clue leads him to a nightclub where he bumps into a former classmate, Tse Sei. When Lee Kei is threatened with dismissal at his corrupt police precinct and his house is burnt down by triads, Sei helps him out by bringing him to live with Sei's uncle. It is through this apartment where he meets a former neighbour, Siu Fong-fong, and a martial arts performer, Cheng Po-chu. When Kei recognizes the martial arts as a style similar to what the "Black Rose" uses, he suspects that Po-chu and her colleagues could be related to the cat burglar and decides to follow them closely.
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1.Episode 1
03-08-199846mKI, a new CID, is reluctant to go with the stream. His supervisor, LUI KING, sets him up and sends him to negotiate with a kidnapper. Unexpectedly, KI makes the kidnappers surrende...

2.Episode 2
04-08-199846mSZE and FONG hate each other. CHU`s mother, SHEUNG, is very dissatisfied with the boss who deducted their salary, she decides to steal money. However, KI meets her before she slipp...

3.Episode 3
05-08-199846mKI checks everybody`s neck. He arranges spicy hot-pot for everybody in the hope that they have to take off their clothes. However, SHEUNG sees through his plot. SZE asks CHU to br...

4.Episode 4
06-08-199846mKING wants KUNG to return. KI bets with KING that he will arrest BLACK ROSE within three months. KUNG`s daughter, PEGGY, competes with LULU for KI. SZE tells them that KI only lov...

5.Episode 5
07-08-199846mSHEUNG hits KI and places him outside the Art Garden . KI gets a message from BLACK ROSE. She asks KI to distribute the money to everybody. SZE tells them that BLACK ROSE had given...

6.Episode 6
10-08-199846mFONG`s friend ROBERT intends to rape FONG. SHEUNG hits him. ROBERT flees away. FONG wakes up and sees KI. She thinks KI is her hero. KI asks FONG whether she is the Black Rose Gang...

7.Episode 7
11-08-199846mKI looks out through the window. CHU fears that her identity is revealed. Fortunately, it is very dark outside and KI only sees the reflection. KI chases BLACK ROSE to the alley. H...

8.Episode 8
12-08-199846mThe fact that SZE has not suffered from any fatal disease has been disclosed. FONG is so angry that she cried. CHU and KI try to mediate between them. However, master YU spoil thei...

9.Episode 9
13-08-199846mKI buys some fruits to visit his friends in the Art Garden. He continues to search for BLACK ROSE. CHU ignores him, thus, he thinks that CHU must have known that he had peeped at h...

10.Episode 10
14-08-199846mFONG wants to participate in the singing contest. CHUNG strongly opposes. He looks at FONG`s mother`s photo angrily. FONG is very depressed as she could not participate in the sing...

11.Episode 11
17-08-199846mKI uses an anonymous letter to make BLACK ROSE appear. Unexpectedly, everybody appear. CHUNG by chance gets to know that FONG is going to participate in the singing contest because...

12.Episode 12
18-08-199846mThe next day, all laugh at them. SHEUNG decides to kill KI. SZE lies that CHU is pregnant because of KI. SHEUNG forces KI to marry CHU. KI refuses. KI thinks that SZE has made CHU...

13.Episode 13
19-08-199846mFONG wants to go to Japan. However, she feels very touched as CHUNG has arranged a singing teacher for her. When CHUNG heard about the training, he comforts FONG and does not stop...

14.Episode 14
20-08-199846mKI and CHU inspect the murder spot. They reckon that the murderer climbed out from the window. They find a tore-off cheque in the recording room. They suspect LINA is the behind-cu...

15.Episode 15
21-08-199846mSZE tells MING taht he has seen BLACK ROSE once. MING and SZE devise to find her. MING boosts that he is very important in the radio broadcasting station. They visit MING and find...

16.Episode 16
24-08-199846mFONG appoints SZE to be her agent and negotiate on her behalf. SZE suggests FONG to use `Gum Lady` and `Phoenix Legend` as gimmick. It makes FONG very popular. FONG even establishe...

17.Episode 17
25-08-199846mFONG is invited to perform in a movie. She reconciles with KIN. SZE encourages FONG to follow her mum to Malaysia. FONG is very upset. She implores LINA to sell her antique watch s...

18.Episode 18
26-08-199846mUncle RAT always suffer from amnesia. He makes SZE mad.SZE discovers that SHEUNG and CHU are the `BLACK ROSES`. SZE knows that FONG suspected his relation with CHU. When SZE is exp...

19.Episode 19
27-08-199846mKI is heart-broken. He goes everywhere to search for CHU. KI eventually finds CHU in the sea. KI decides to resign. SHEUNG is glad. WING and his subordinate mingle into the Art Ga...

20.Episode 20
28-08-199846mKI and CHU has never kissed with each other though they have become lovers for a long time. SZE advises KI to kiss CHU in the dark. KI is so nervous that he is difficult to breath....

21.Episode 21
31-08-199846mFONG is going to work in Hollywood. SZE shows not much concern. FONG is very upset. CHU tells KI that WING has never kissed her. CHU and KI reconcile. KI then proposes to marry CH...

22.Episode 22
01-09-199846mAll blame KI. KI is very depressed. Fortunately, SZE trusts KI. KING points out that KI is in league with BLACK ROSE. KI got the clue that SHEUNG is set up by someone. KUNG sugges...

23.Episode 23
02-09-199846mWING blurts out that he is in love with CHU. KIN takes advantage of the situation to set a trap for KI and asks WING to find 'EIGHT OZ GOLD'. Following KIN's meticulous plan, SHE...

24.Episode 24
03-09-199846mKI and CHU are going to get married. FONG backs to Hong Kong as CHU`s bridesmaid. FONG then finds out that SZE is for her future`s sake and pretended to go out with LINA. SZE and F...

25.Episode 25
04-09-199846mLINA buys over Art Garden and intends to rebuild it for revenge. LINA will only cancel her `Rebuilding Art Garden` plan with the condition that there are five thousand audience a d...
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