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.

 One of our most beloved character returns in The Exorcist's 2nd Meter! Moon Lau plays Booi Booi Na/Bear Bear, an aspiring reporter. Now she is staying in the real world to continue to work on her dream and to stay by Ma Gwai's (Kenneth Ma) side. There were so many chances up util episode 18 where they could have finished her story and help her move on, but she could never leave because of Ma Gwai.

In this scene above, we have Bear Bear questioning if she should let Ma Gwai go or not. To him, she isn't as important as his mother, Ho Jai (Hubert Wu) or Dr. Chong Tsz-Yeuk (Mandy Wong). Despite that, all she wants is to stay by his side. Love is interesting isn't it? Bear Bear is completely devoted to him even though she knows he would never be able to reciprocate her feelings. It can be seen as foolish but soooo relateable! LOL

On the other hand, Ma Gwai is always looking Bear Bear to help him and just wants their relationship to be as it is. In one scene, Ho Jai confronted him about this issue. Ma Gwai knows that Bear Bear is unable to move on to the next world because of him. So if he truly wants her to be happy, he needs to understand that their current relationship is not ok. I guess you can say Bear Bear's behaviour is enabling him to act that way because it is also her choice to stay beside him. Base from how things are going, I am foreseeing a very tragic ending for Bear Bear. She will probably sacrifice herself for Ma Gwai somehow.

Comment: I am glad that 'My Ages Apart' received the award. For a 50 episode drama, I was pleasantly surprised at how it remained entertaining until the very end. It was quirky, comedic and engaging throughout the whole drama. I remember laughing out loud at a few parts of the series and honestly, I have not done so with a TVB drama in awhile :) The whole cast also gave a great performances with a group of endearing characters. I personally loved Moses and his random spurts of English, along with Paris' ditzy but pure-hearted character. The trio of Bobby, Moses and Louis was also a charismatic bunch to watch whenever they appeared together.

My memorable mentions for 2017? The other hot contestant for best series in the media was 'The Exorcist's Meter'. Honestly I would've been happy if this drama won as well. While 'My Ages Apart' kept me entertained on every episode, the latter was endearing, emotional and managed to pull a few of my heartstrings. In particular, the music scores in here were especially memorable.

My personal runner-ups for this year would also include 'Destination Nowhere' and 'My Dearly Sinful Mind'. Kristal Tin and Kevin Cheng were just great in their roles in 'Destination Nowhere'. Honestly, Kristal Tin performance in here should've earned her the Best Actress award as it was phenomenal in my opinion. As for the drama itself, story was engaging and the anticipation to see how it would unfold was rewarding. For 'My Dearly Sinful Mind', I found Kenneth Ma's character so odd with the obsession over his girlfriend's death but rather enjoyable as he began to find more clues to his questions. Grace Wong's character in here was especially intriguing to watch and was probably the highlight for me.

Anything else? I did not watch 'Tiger Mom Blues' or 'Legal Mavericks', where both series were very popular as well.
Comment: I did not watch 'Legal Mavericks' and so cannot comment on Vincent's performance in here. On the other hand though, he has been a very capable and dependable actor so I am very happy for his win! Personally a fan hehe :D

Special mentions for this year? Moses Chan in 'My Ages Apart'? I personally loved him in there and thought he did a great job. After so many bad roles, I'm so glad to see him taking on a more interesting role. He does so well in roles that has a mixture of comedy and drama.
Comment: Wait what? I thought she was a supporting actress in there? It is so sad how few real contenders there are in the Best Actress sector, whether it's this year or prior years. Kristal Tin hands down got my vote for this award.

Comment: Yups, can't argue here haha
Comment: Interesting...was her character popular from here? My personal favs are Moon Lau in 'The exorcist's Meter', Grace Wong in 'My Dearly Sinful Mind' and Ali Lee in 'My Ages Apart'.

Comment: cool

Comment: I just can't anymore....I am not happy with any of the female recipients this year.

Comment: Interesting...he've been acting way too long for this award I think haha. Was definitely expecting Matthew Ho cause there was just so much rave over him.

Comment: Who is she? Q.Q


Comment: I have it downloaded onto my phone so yes, I approve of this award haha

Comment: yehhhh

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