# E.U. (TV series)

Emergency Unit, better known as simply E.U. is a 2009 Hong Kong television drama created and produced by Wong Wai-sing. It is the direct sequel to 2007's On the First Beat and the third installment in The Academy series. E.U. stars Ron Ng and Sammul Chan from the original series, with the addition of Michael Miu, Kathy Chow, Michael Tse, and Elanne Kong. The popularity of Tse's role, Laughing Gor, spawned two film spin-offs and a television drama spin-off of the character.
Unlike the two previous installments, E.U. focuses on one particular secret triad, while the first two focuses more on the general lives of the characters. E.U. stands for Emergency Unit, a traffic and criminal operation wing under the Hong Kong Police Force. The series was meant to be followed by a sequel, however, production dropped the sequel, but reused the majority of its cast in an alternate series, Relic of an Emissary.

## Cast
### The Kong family

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Michael Miu | Kong Sai-Hau 江世孝 | Become boss of Chun Hing Triad after To Yik-Tin died (main villain) |
| Elanne Kong | Kong Yau-yau 江悠悠 | Kong Sai-Hau's daughter Chung Lap Man's girlfriend |

### Police unit

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Dominic Lam | Wu Cheuk-Yan (Wu Sir) 胡卓仁 | Senior Superintendent Of Police (SSP) Department Head of OCTB Chung Lap Man's undercover handler SSP39384 |
| Sammul Chan | Lee Pak-Kiu 李柏翹 | Police Constable (PC) Later promoted to Probationary Inspector of Police PI66341 Emergency Unit (E.U.) OCTB Team B Leader Fa Yeuk-Bo's husband |
| Ron Ng | Chung Lap-Man (Lucky Prince) 鍾立文 | Police Constable PC66336 of CID Unit Kong Yau-Yau's boyfriend (distant) Undercover Police Officer Joined OCTB Team B at the ends Lee Pak Kiu's best friend |
| Kaki Leung (梁嘉琪) | Fa Yeuk-Bo 花若葆 | Police Constable WPC66914 Emergency Unit (E.U.) Ching Yeuk-Sam's younger half sister Ma Ying Oi's daughter Lee Pak-Kiu's wife |
| Lee Ka Sing (李家聲) | Lam Suk-Chuen 林叔泉 | Police Constable PC66340 Police Constable Emergency Unit (E.U.) OCTB Team B Constable |
| Casper Chan (陳思齊) | Yiu Ling Ling (Cho Ling) 姚玲玲 | Police Constable WPC66550 Police Constable Emergency Unit (E.U.) Kwok Kai-Bong's Wife |
| Jason Pai (白彪) | Si To Chiu 司徒超 | Sergeant SGT38401 Emergency Unit (E.U.) Leung Siu Tong's and Fa Yeuk-Bo's mentor |
| Aimee Chan | Chiu Wan-De (Wendy) 趙雲迪 | Police Constable WPC66349 Leung Siu Tong's ex-girlfriend Dies in episode 16 |
| Felix Lok | Kwok Pui 郭培 | Senior Superintendent Of Police (SSP) Kwok Kai-Chiu's and Kwok Kai-Bong's father Leung Siu Tong's Undercover handler |
| Ellesmere Choi | Kwok Kai-Chiu 郭啟超 | Senior Inspector Of Police (SIP) Kwok Kai-Bong's older brother |

### Triad

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Lam Lee (林利) | To Yik-Tin 杜亦天 | Boss of Chun Hing Triad Shot and killed in Episode 6 |
| Kathy Chow | Ching Yeuk-Sam 程若芯 | To Yik-Tin's wife, later Kong Sai-Hau's fiancee Fa Yeuk-Bo's older half-sister Ma Ying Oi's daughter Shot and killed by Kong Sai-Hau in Episode 28 |
| Michael Tse | Leung Siu Tong (Laughing) 梁笑棠 | Triad Leader Shot and killed in Episode 22 Undercover cop Has a crush on Ching Yeuk-Sam |
| Joel Chan | Fai Wing-Lun 費永倫 | Fai Hung's son Triad Leader |
| King Kong Lee (金剛) | Zhong 韓志忠 | Kong Sai-Hau's most trusted assistant |
| Alex Lam (林子善) | La Ba 劉國強 | Kong Yau-Yau's roommate Chung Lap-Man's mate |
| Chun Wong (秦煌) | Fai Hung 費雄 | Fai Wing-Lun's father Triad Elder |
| Dexter Young | "Chicken" (Lat Gai)/ Chu Wing-Fuk 朱永福 | Triad Boss of New Territories |

### Other

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Angelina Lo (盧宛茵) | Fa Ma Ying Ngoi 花馬英愛 | Fa Yeuk-Bo's and Ching Yeuk-Sam's mother |
| Wada Hiromi (裕美) | 娟 | Student |
| Jess Shum | Ho Wing-chi 何詠芝 | Fai Wing-Lun's wife |
| Oscar Chan (陳堃) | Kwok Kai-Bong 郭啟邦 | Yiu Ling Ling's (Cho Ling) husband Owner of bookstore |
| Annie Chong | | Shopkeeper |
| Chiu Shek Man (招石文) | | Chiu Wan-Di's father |
| Fung So Bor (馮素波) | | Chiu Wan-Di's mother |

## Reception

The series shifted into a much darker theme compared to the last two instalments with its focus more on triads. It received mostly positive responses, particularly for Michael Tse's performance. His performance in E.U. is regarded as one of the best performances in his career. He is also favored to win Best Supporting Actor award in 2009's TVB Anniversary Awards. Due to overwhelming criticism of Tse's character's demise, Tse appeared and spoke in the last scene of the series and a prequel of E.U based on Laughing's life, entitled Turning Point, was produced. It was premiered on August 10, 2009 and was released in cinemas on 13 August 2009. The television spinoff Lives of Omission was released in 2011 based on his character.
However, Leung Ka Ki's role as "Fa Yeuk-Bo" receive almost complete negative response from viewers; this is somehow odd given that Ka Ki's role in the series is supposed to be a "good character", although one possible reason is the character's stereotypical attitude towards the triads.