Mrs P.I.
| Mrs P.I. | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Women Investigations Idol drama / Comedy |
| Starring | Michelle Chong Cynthia Koh Apple Hong Zhang Zhenhuan Zheng Geping Yao Wenlong Cavin Soh |
| Opening theme | 等 by Liu Hui Qi & Wang Min Hui |
| Ending theme | 后退 by Liu Hui Qi |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 8 November – 3 December 2010 |
Mrs P.I. (Chinese: 查某人) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 8 November 2010 and ended on 3 December 2010. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. The encore is being made from 2 November 2011 to 29 November 2011 at every weekday at 5:30pm.
The series title (pronounced "zha boh lang") is the Teochew word and Singlish colloquialism for "woman".
Synopsis
At the funeral of a woman who has mysteriously fallen to her death, three housewives become acquainted with each other. Dai Xiumei is an ex-policewoman who has a penchant for serving the neighbourhood, Yun Feixue is just an ordinary "auntie" and Phyllis is part-timing in cosmetics sales. The trio finds the woman's death suspicious and decides to investigate further.
Xiumei then decides to start a private investigative (P.I.) agency and ropes Feixue and Phyllis in to help her. Together, the trio opens for business and began to solve cases of neighbourly issues.
Cast
Main Cast
- Michelle Chong as Dai Xiu Mei
- Cynthia Koh as Yun Fei Xue
- Apple Hong as Qiu Shuang Xi (Phyllis)
- Zheng Geping as Xiu Mei's husband
- Zhang Zhenhuan as Fly (Gao Xiang)
- Yao Wenlong as Chen Wei Zhong
- Cavin Soh as Yong Jun
Other Cast
- Alan Tern as Zhang Jia Qiang (ep 1-4)
- May Phua as Tiffany
- Joey Fung as Narong (You You)
- Zhang Wei as Chen Cai Fa
- Kimberly Chia as Jia Xin
- Zong Zijie as Tian Yang
Trivia
- Although its daily average viewership is 830,000, this drama was only nominated for one award in the Star Awards 2011.
- Yao Wenlong and Cynthia Koh were nominated for the Best Onscreen Couple award, but lost to Christopher Lee and Jeanette Aw in Breakout.
- This drama's original name was Goddesses of Justice (simplified Chinese: 正义女神).
- Zhang Jiaqiang's lover's name, Pan Lingling, comes from the TV artiste.
- The series is used as television broadcast in other drama series. For instance, in episode 10 of 118, Chen Tianwen commented how the lines were so similar, he can write these lines for other drama series.