The name Thalassa came from the Greek meaning, "the sea". She is the goddess of the sea. I tried to look up more information about her but there is not much. It is said she take the shape of the sea itself, which was shown in the drama. Furthermore, she was blamed by humankind because of the dangers of the sea. You can read the brief summary of her here (https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/thalassa.html).

Back to the drama, we were first introduced to Thalassa (Zoie Tam) when Tsz-Yeuk (Mandy Wong) got transported back to see what the life of an exorcist's wife is like. At that time, the exorcist went to sea to fight Thalassa but never returned. In the end, the wife "went to find him" by jumping into the seas. Fast forward to the present time, Ma Gwai (Kenneth Ma) bumped into Ms. Law (Zoie Tam). She is always drunk when he meets her and is constantly saying she is waiting for someone. They soon developed a friendship.


As we get to know more about her, it is revealed she is Thalassa who took the face of the exorcist's wife back then and has been waiting for him because they never finished their battle back then. Lastly, Ma Gwai turned out to be the reincarnation of the the exorcist she has been waiting for for 700 years. This lead to their final battle in episode 25.

The anticipated battle was lackluster as it showcases nothing from Ma Gwai's side and very little from Thalassa as well. I was expecting a fight but that wasn't the case. When Ma Gwai could've drive into her and 'win' the battle (which would've been lame anyways), flashbacks of them spending time together came up and he just couldn't do it. In the end, she decided to be the one who loses and gave up her powers to him. As she said, she wants him to be the one who remembers her for the next 700 years this time. When you think about it, I think this continues with Ma Gwai's curse. His friends and family will continue to leave him and he will never to be happy. He will always be alone.
In conclusion, Thalassa HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL to be more than what was given to her. In particular, she has a very powerful ability. Everytime she hums her song, it would compel humans to act on their greatest desires. The tune is so addictive! It's interesting how Ma Gwai was never affected by it though? He was usually with her when she hummed it but acted normal. While others, like Bear Bear, were greatly influenced. I was hoping that this would turn out more exciting so it's a pity she had to disappear in the end.

Bear Bear: "This world is fake...but the feelings are real. In reality, this will never come true. She's already dead, can't she continue to dream?"

Bear Bear's last wish is to to spend a day with Ma Gwai as the girl he loves the most. To make it come true, she asked Tsz-Yeuk (Mandy Wong) to lend her her human body for a day. Tsz-Yeuk agreed and Bear Bear was able to spend a day with him. For some reason, the time they spent together kept on rewinding. After he realized that things kept on repeating, he thought it was this ghost (played by Jeannie Chan) who was trapping them inside. He was about to exorcised her when Bear Bear stopped him.

Up to this point I did not realize that Bear Bear was the one who created this alternate universe. Later it was explained she was affected by the water demon, which caused her to act on her greatest desire and that is to stay with Ma Gwai. She did not want to leave him and gladly, he played dumb and went along with it until the very end.

Ghost: No, I feel like you're much more unfortunate than me.
At least he remembers me and I can feel it. But when you're beside Siu Ma, he never knew that it was you. He does not truly love you. Right now you're just using someone else's identity to stay with him.
If you never wake up from this dream, is that eternal happiness or an eternal punishment?

That last line by the ghost HIT. To be with someone you love is a blessing but what if you're just a replacement. If Bear Bear was not in Tsz-Yeuk's body, would it still be the same? It's hard to love someone who cares for you so much as friend but can never see you more than a friend. It's heartbreaking. It hurts. And moving on is almost impossible because you want to stay by their side. Sigh, it's a cycle of sadness and tears!

Bear Bear: There's something I want to ask you. I want to ask....do you have any...just a little...very little...feelings for Bear Bear?
Ma Gwai: I don't have the right to love her.
Bear Bear: Does that mean love or no love?
If I did not caused her to die. If she is still alive...bickering with me. If she still rides my car every night. If I knew her feelings earlier. I would have cherished her and give her happiness.
Bear Bear: Then that means its not fated.
If only we can go back in time and start all over again.
Ma Gwai: There's no if in reality.

Since the beginning, we all believed that the one Ma Gwai loves the most is Tsz-Yeuk. Bear Bear also knows this as well. While this was established in the first season, I don't think it was a strongly presented in this season. I personally felt that his relationship with Tsz-Yeuk in here was more like friendship (from his side) than the infatuated love in the first season. That is why this episode made Ma Gwai's feelings even more unclear! As he said, he didn't realize how important Bear Bear is to him until it's time for her to leave him. I do not think he said it to be nice but did he mean it romantically or like a family member? So confuse.



In conclusion, I think Ma Gwai doesn't really feel love any more. Tsz-Yeuk is more like an old friend/memory and Bear Bear is a question mark. Maybe it's because he lost too much in the first season and he knew that he can no longer love anyone due to the curse in the previous season. On the other hand, it may be just the writers failing his character cause he has zero development ON ALL DEPARTMENTS. Either way, I'll choose to believe that he feels like his character cannot love any more because that's what he has been saying.

One of my favourite character from season 1 is Bear Bear (Moon Lau) and she remains to be my favourite in season 2 as well. Maybe due to her popularity in season 1, she got a pretty hefty screentime in season 2. I don't want to say that it draagged, but it definitely dragged. Despite that, I enjoyed every time her story shows up. You can feel how much she does not want to leave and it hurts to know that her feelings for Ma Gwai (Kenneth Ma) will not be reciprocated.

I have done a few posts on Bear Bear already and will do one more, but before that I wanted to say how much I LOVE Hana Kuk's subtheme. Whenever a sad part of Bear Bear's story was onscreen, this song was in the background! AND it HITS every emotion strings! I think one of the charms of the first season is the quality of their songs and the second season definitely does not lack in that department either.

I Can't Forget About You 我未能忘掉你 by Hana Kuk

I don't think I have cried so much before! This episode evoked so many emotions and that's big credits to the actors who played Bear Bear's parents.

Starting off, we were introduced to Bear Bear's (Moon Lau) parents. We see how heart broken the mother is and she went to confront Ma Gwai (Kenneth Ma) about it. On the other hand, the father wanted everything to go on as normal and ignore Bear Bear's death. This has put a strain on their relationships and they were ready for a divorce.



Husband: Dear, we can never be like before...
Wife: ......let's end it here.

*both walks off to the opposite direction*

This scene was sooo well done! The way they separated off and the background music, everything was was perfectly done. Bear Bear's death did not tear them up individually, their relationship was no longer rectifiable. Literally broke my heart.


I feel like this story arch could've made a good ending for Bear Bear but in the end, Ma Gwai is her sole purpose for staying and so it does not just end here.