| Native Name: | Chinese: 純熟意外 |
| Alt Name: | Skillful Accident Purely An Accident |
| Genre: | Modern, Crime, Suspense |
| Creator: | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
| Starring: | Lawrence Ng Sisley Choi Lai Lok-yi Joyce Tang Raymond Cho Selena Lee |
| Opentheme: | Unexpected Fate (Chinese: 命運的意外) by Hubert Wu |
| Theme Music Composer: | Chan Tze-man |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Language: | Cantonese |
| Num Episodes: | 28 |
| Executive Producer: | Catherine Tsang |
| Producer: | Andy Chan |
| Editor: | Lam Lai-mei |
| Location: | Hong Kong |
| Camera: | Multi camera |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes |
| Company: | TVB |
| Network: | Jade |
| Presumed Accidents | |
| T: | 純熟意外 |
| S: | 纯熟意外 |
| L: | "Skillful Accident" |
| Y: | Sèunsuhk Yi'ngoih |
| J: | Seon4suk6 Ji3ngoi6 |
| P: | Chúnshóu Yìwài |
| Bpmf: | ㄔㄨㄣˊㄕㄡˊ ㄧˋㄨㄞˋ |
| Showflag: | y |
Presumed Accidents (; literally "Skillful Accident") is a 2016 Hong Kong modern suspense crime television drama produced by Andy Chan for TVB, starring Lawrence Ng and Sisley Choi as the main leads, with Lai Lok-yi, Joyce Tang, Raymond Cho and Selena Lee as the major supporting cast.[1] Filming took place from June to October 2015 on location in Hong Kong. The series premiered May 30, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro On Demand and Australia's TVBJ channels during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot, concluding July 3, 2016 with a total of 28 episodes.[2]
Presumed Accidents plot centers on insurance investigation and fraud with a side plot focusing on past life regression.
Antique and Cafe shop owner George Kiu (Lawrence Ng) has a mysterious life. He is an immortal that has lived since ancient times. He was given a life elixir by Princess Yuet Ngai (Selena Li), a woman he loved when he was a high ranking general during the Yuan dynasty. A minor car accident connects him with Eunice Yan (Sisley Choi). Since Eunice resembles a loved one from his past, with the help of his personal butler the two begin a blossoming friendship which he hopes will bring them closer, but what seemed like romantic pursuing is actually something else as George has his reasons.
Insurance investigator Eunice Yan gives up her promising medical career when her parents are killed in a car accident on the day of her university graduation. When receiving her parents' life insurance payment she becomes curious of the process and decides on her future career path. After meeting George, each of her cases strangely somehow have a connection with him. Due to his connections with the people involved in the cases he becomes a huge help in helping her solve her cases. As the two become closer and closer their true relationship is later revealed and starts to understand why George wants to be part of her life. in order to mend the past he had wronged Eunice, George decides to work for the investigation firm she works for in order to fix their relationship and help her.
When Eunice learns of her complicated relationship with George she starts to pursue a relationship with her former university classmate Mantus Chuk (Lai Lok-yi), who is now an attorney for suspects of insurance fraud. George also meets Faye Lin Yeuk-fei (Selena Li) a woman that identically resembles his late wife Chong Wing-yee (Selena Li) who George loved very much. As Eunice and Mantus relationship progress and Faye and George become closer it is revealed that both Mantus and Faye are part of a sinister organisation and their main targets are George and Eunice. George and Eunice soon learns that all of the insurance cases they have investigated together are somehow connected and everything began the day of Eunice's parents death.
A mysterious man who has lived since ancient times. He meets Eunice when he accidentally scratches her car. Since Eunice resemblance someone in his life he starts to pursue her in order to form a relationship and also see if she really is who he thinks she is. He is somehow connected to all the cases that Eunice investigates. It is later revealed that his interest in Eunice is not romantic as he is Eunice's biological father. After the death of George's wife during child birth he could not accept reality and gave Eunice up to be raised by foster parents whom he hired. After an incident where he is almost accused of murder, he and Eunice starts to form a real father and daughter relationship.
A former medical student whose parents died in a car accident on the day of her university graduation. While obtaining her parents death insurance payment she becomes curious and decides to become an insurance investigator. After worrying that she may have fallen-in-love with him, George finally reveals that she is his biological daughter and that the people she thought were her parents are actually people he hired to take care of her and give her a normal upbringing. Finding out George is her real father she starts to pursue a romantic relationship with her former university friend Mantus.
A lawyer and Eunice's university friend. He and Eunice reconnect when he becomes the lawyer that represents suspects for the Insurance Fraud Organization. Eunice had a crush on him during their university years, after she finds out George is her father she decides to pursue a relationship with him. He pretends to get close to Eunice because he is the real head of the Insurance Fraud Organization. Faye and him grew up in the housing projects together and the two are in a secret relationship. George's staged accident on the death of Eunice's adopted parents caused him to lose a leg and the death of his father. Mad on revenge he kidnaps Eunice and Faye but this ultimately causes his own death.
Head of True Detective (TD) Investigation Limited insurance department. She treats all of her employees like family and gives them all nicknames. She and her estranged husband Jason, have a young son together. After seeing her being bullied by her estranged husband's girlfriend, Lai Yat-ming pretends to be her new boyfriend which gives her the courage to finally divorce her husband. However with Yat-ming pretending to be her boyfriend and dressing more formally she starts to develop a crush on him. With the help of her son, she and Yat-ming starts dating for real at the end.
A former CIB police investigator that currently works as an investigator at TD who is partnered with newbie investigator Smart Ho whom he can't seem to stand. He hates traffic speeding drivers because his police partner died in a car accident due to speeding traffic. Knowing he is a former police investigator, George ask him to help investigate Mantus and the Insurance Fraud Organization. He also helps Jessie by giving her the courage by pretending to be her new boyfriend, to divorce her estranged husband after seeing her being bullied by her husband's girlfriend.
George Kiu's personal butler who knows his secret. He helps George get close to Eunice by setting up circumstances where she has to relay on George for help. He also helps George manage his cafe and online antique dealing. The other secret is he is also George's adopted son whom George found abandon as a baby during World War II.
Eunice's feisty friend and roommate. She is model but is often unemployed and later gets a job as a waitress at George's cafe. She gets killed when she finds out about Insurance Fraud organization, which her boyfriend Tang Chuk-qiu is part of.
A middle-aged man and former investigator who does administrative work at TD.
A new investigator at TD who is partnered with Lai Yat-ming. He is eager and optimistic on every case he takes on, however, Yat-ming can't stand him and decides to take Tse-fung as his new partner.
A new investigator at TD who is partnered with Eunice. He is nicknamed Ah mook (meaning wood in Chinese) because he is slow and stiffed, however he is more intelligent than everyone thinks. He later resigns from TD because he found a better job.
The secretary at TD. He is in charge of filing and submitting case files to the insurance companies once a case has been completed.
Leader of an insurance fraud organization that stages accidents or murder victims with no known relatives in order to collect insurance. He fronts as a home furnishing shop owner. George's staged accident of Eunice's adopted parents caused him and wife to lose their unborn child and later his wife's suicide. Tang Chuk-qiu later kills him in order to avenge for his girlfriend Yeung Yin-ngoi, death.
She poses as a social worker helping the homeless in order to find new victims for the organization. She is actually the cause of May Kwan's death. She was forced into the fraud organization when they blackmailed her after obtaining evidence that she murdered a man who was sexually abusing a retarded girl she was a case worker of. Due to her conscience she later betrays the organization.
Yeung Yin-ngoi boyfriend who she meets when she forces him to take her to see her sick grandmother in the hospital. He fronts as an entertainment reporter but is really the photographer in charge of photographing the organizations target. He kills Blue Yau in order to avenge for Yeung Yin-ngoi, whom he really did love, death. In the process of killing Blue he ends up killing himself.
A mechanic garage owner whose car repair shop is involved in shady business in order to scam insurance companies. He was a teenage juvenile delinquent who tried to steal from Mantus. After Mantus finds out he under the control of an abusive triad boss, Mantus becomes his friend. The two reconnect as adults when Mantus is his lawyer for a hit and run case that he is a suspect of. After proving his innocence Mantas buys him a mechanic garage in order to commit insurance fraud. He is later killed by the organization by raging his car brakes.
A mechanic at Lee King-chiu's garage. For a cut of the money he writes up fake invoices or pretend extra work has been done to a vehicle in order to scam insurance money. He was made a sacrifice of the organization when the police started learning more about their organization.
A doctor that Faye Lin refers her insurance clients too. He misdiagnose his patients as having cancer and purposely makes them sick so the organization can collect their life insurance. He was Blue Yau's died wife doctor. After being blamed for patient neglect due to Blue's wife suicide he gets fired from his hospital job. He decides to open his own practice but since his name as a doctor has been tainted, his business struggling, and also his wife who suffers from liver disease medical expenses building up, Blue recruits him into the organization.
A plain clothes CIB police officer who works with the TD investor team. She is also Eunice's friend.
Jessie Hui's estranged husband. He is a lawyer that works in the same law firm as Mantus. Jessie persistently wants to reconcile with him but he is not interested because he has already moved on with a new girlfriend name Judy. He treats Jessie extremely poorly but later regrets it when she finally divorces him.
Jessie and Jason's young son. He is aware of his parents marriage trouble.
Eunice's supposed father but really her adopted father hired by George to raise Eunice. He and his pretend wife fake their death in order to retire as Eunice's parents. He later becomes a drummer for a Japanese rock band.
Eunice's supposed mother but really her adopted mother hired by George to raise Eunice. After marrying her real husband and becoming pregnant she ask to retire by faking her death to Eunice.
Ted Ching's girlfriend. Injured during the explosion when a window fell on her head she loses her memory.
A wine wholesaler killed when a pot on the stove exploded. She and her much younger husband Simon Yung, seemed like a blissful couple from the pictures they display on their social media accounts, but her maid Hai tells the TD investigators a different story.
Ida Tang's much younger husband. Their maid Hai, describes him as a playboy
May Kwan's long-time boyfriend who was engaged to a much younger mainland girl. Also Ida Tang's across the hall neighbor.
Ted Ching's much younger mainland fiancee.
A maid that works part-time for both May Kwan and Ida Tang.
An office worker who injured his waist two years ago when a co-worker shoved him to the floor. He has been living on worker compensation since he says his waist is too injured for him to work.
Alex Chung's medical clinic receptionist. Ho Ka-wai likes her and gives her expensive gifts to pursue her. She is also in a romantic relationship with her boss Alex Cheung.
The Chiropractor that has been treating Ho Ka-wai and writes up the medical reports requesting to extend his worker compensation.
Widow of the construction worker who died at the worker site. She is left to raise her 7 year old and 6 month old sons alone.
Mrs. Keung's 7 year old son.
A police detective who is also Eunice's university classmate. Due to a gambling debt he works together with Chin Hoi-fung on a jewelry heist to con insurance money.
A jewelry store owner who befriended Ben Suen and racked up a gambling debt on a casino outing with Ben. To pay off his debt he and Ben devise a plan to rob an armor car carrying his jewels.
A robbery suspect who went insane and committed suicide because of the distrust treatment he receives from society and his family due to his criminal past.
An armor car employee who was part of the jewelry heist plan but was double crossed when the robbers killed him.
Former jewelry shop employee who is a suspect in the robbery case.
Ng Yiu-tat's older sister who does not trust her brother's innocence.
Angelina's husband. He works as a popular radio DJ. He has known Angelina since university and knows of her true physical appearance.
A famous celebrity model who is known for her looks, figure and mix Chinese-Korean heritage. Yeung Yin-ngoi is a huge fan of her.
Angelina's mother. She cares more about money then her daughters well being. for money she sells her daughters secrets to tabloids.
Owner of the modeling agency that Angelina and Chloe are signed to. He is in a secret affair with Helen.
A new rising model who is also Angelina's biggest rival. She is ill tempered and obsessively in-love with Hong Kiu.
Angelina's crazy obsessed fan who tried to poison Hong Kiu.
A warehouse stock person with a criminal past. He died falling off a cliff during a work outing.
Chiu Wing-hon's wife of one month. She doesn't know anything about her husband's past. Lai Gwok-nin is her lover. Part of the Insurance fraud organization and was murder by Lee King-chiu who made it look like a suicide.
Chiu Wing-hon's boss who took all his employees on an all expense paid trip even though his business is not profitable. Part of the Insurance fraud organization. Afraid he will be killed like his lover Yuk-hing, he admits to killing Chiu Wing-ho.
A homeless man who was acquainted with Chiu Wing-hon and know of his true struggles.
Chiu Wing-hon's mother who was a prostitute in her youth and had her son out of wedlock. She suspect foul play in her son's death.
Orphaned identical twin sisters separated by adoption. Tsui Man-ting was swindled by a pimp who forces her into prostitution, while Yu Bik-yiu is a university student with loving parents.
She is aware of the twins switching identities.
Yu Bik-yiu's adopted father.
Yu Bik-yiu's adopted mother.
A prostitute that was under the same pimp as Tsui Man-ting.
Yue Wing's husband. A Chinese medical doctor who disappeared to the mountains to learn to heal himself form an immortal sage.
Kong Ka-kei's much younger wife. After her husband's disappearance she becomes a sought after Chinese medical doctor when she heals a tycoon. Since her husband's disappearance she had started a relationship with her brother-in-law Man Wing-to.
Cheng Ho-choi's widowed son-in-law. He started a relationship with Yue Wing while she was searching for Ka-kei. To start afresh he and Wing later immigrated to Canada.
Kong Ka-kei and Ka-lun's mother. Yue Wing and Man Wing-to's mother-in-law. She knows her son Ka-lun is a big spender but she lets him indulge and is always asking her former son and daughter in-law for mother money.
Cheng Ho-choi's youngest son who is a spoiled spender. He tries to blackmail Man Wing-to with his relationship with Yue Wing to get more money from him.
A blind art sculptor who died accidentally when a store sign fell on her. She and Mark was in a loving relationship but he dumped her because he was made fun of by his classmates.
Elaine's roommate who taught Elaine to sculpt. An alcoholic jealous that Elaine's sculptures were better than hers. She lure Elaine under the sign in order to kill her and sell Elaine's sculptures as her own. She was contacted by the Insurance Fraud Organization to kill Elaine.
A university student that was also on the tennis team. Elaine's former boyfriend and Erica's fiancee. He loved Elaine but dumped her because he felt ashamed of her and needed money to pay off his debt.
Mark's university classmate and tennis team member. He fell in love with Elaine at first sight and often made Mark feel ashamed for having a blind girlfriend. He thought he and Elaine could become a couple when she and Mark broke up.
Mark's fiancee. She is a rich girl who had her father pay off Mark's debt and brought her and Mark a luxury home.
Francis Tse's employee who he was also having an affair with. Due to her being raised in a strict home she does anything possible to rebel against her father Ding Yat-kwan.
A son of a taxi driver who liked Whitney but got mad when she rejected him. He hires the Insurance Fraud Organization to kill Whitney when he feels his ego hurt due to her rejecting him.
Tong Tse-wan husband whom she was in the process of divorcing. He was having an affair with his employee Whitney. He fell out the window and killed himself after getting high on Whitney's drugs.
Francis Tse's soon to be ex-wife. She is also squinted with George since both are antique collectors.
Whitney's father. He is extremely strict with his daughter because he is a high court judge and afraid she will become like the criminals he sentences.
Head of TD's accounting department. Maggie Chan Ga-nei husband. A car accident a few years ago left him paralyzed waist down and wheel car bounded. He is extremely bitter about his handicap and becomes paranoid that his wife is having an affair behind his back. He later regrets what he has done when he finds his wife's journal.
Jeff Ho Ken-lap wife. She gave up her medical career in order to take care of her handicapped husband. When she has dinner with her old med school classmate Chung King-to, her husband thinks she is having an affair.
A cat burglar who was burglarizing Jeff Ho's home when Maggie Chan was being killed. He proceeds to rob the home of its priceless antiques but hides an object with the real killers blood.
A doctor who is Maggie Chan's former med school classmate. Jeff thinks he is having an affair with his wife.
Jeff Ho's dutiful secretary at TD. She strikes up a friendship with Yat-ming and tells him the extra work her bitter boss forces her to do such as driving a car to trail his wife.
A black market antique dealer that buys stolen goods from Ma Tse-kin.
A former homeless man that was connected to a previous case. Chan Ka-kei helps him find government housing and brings him to see doctor Ko Tak-shing for a checkup in order to purchase life insurance.
Si Bing-kuen's grown. He is stricken with cancer.
Mok Hei-tung's older sister. She knows of her longtime boyfriend Eric Chow Bak-him's bad business dealings and was willing to help him through it but had no idea that he was willing to kill her to protect himself.
Mok Hei-yue's longtime boyfriend. He receives a phone call for the Insurance Fraud Organization blackmailing him. He chooses to protect himself and have Hei-yue killed.
Presumed Accidents received mixed to positive responses. On Douban, a Chinese media database, the drama received a rating of 6.5 out of 10 based on 1000+ votes.[7] Most of the criticism was directed at female lead Sisley Choi, who was criticised for her annoying acting in the first few episodes.[8] Selena Li's performance, however, received critical acclaim, with viewers citing Li as their reason for tuning into the series.[9]
| Timeslot (HKT) | Week | Episode(s) | Average points | Peaking points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon – Fri (8:30-9:30 pm) 20:30–21:30 | 1 | 30 May – 3 June 2016 | 1 – 5 | 23 | 26 | |
| 2 | 06 – 10 June 2016 | 6 – 10 | 22 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 13 – 17 June 2016 | 11 – 15 | 23 | -- | ||
| 4 | 20 – 24 June 2016 | 16 – 20 | 23 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 27 June – 1 July 2016 | 21 – 25 | 24 | -- | ||
| Total average | 23.2 | 31 | ||||
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | StarHub TVB Awards[10] | My Favourite TVB Actor | Lawrence Ng | |
| My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor | Lai Lok-yi | |||
| My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress | Selena Li | |||
| My Favourite TVB Female TV Character | Selena Li | |||
| My Favourite TVB Theme Song | "Unexpected Fate" (Chinese: 命運的意外) by Hubert Wu | |||
| TVB Star Awards Malaysia | My Favourite TVB Drama Series | Presumed Accidents | ||
| My Favourite TVB Actor in a Leading Role | Lawrence Ng | |||
| My Favourite TVB Actor in a Supporting Role | Lai Lok-yi | |||
| My Favourite Top 15 TVB Drama Characters | Lawrence Ng | |||
| Lai Lok-yi | ||||
| Sisley Choi | ||||
| TVB Anniversary Awards | Best Series | Presumed Accidents | ||
| Best Actor | Lawrence Ng | |||
| Best Actress | Sisley Choi | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Lai Lok-yi | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Selena Li | |||
| Most Popular Series Song | Unexpected Fate (Chinese: 命運的意外) by Hubert Wu | |||