Forensic Heroes III is a 2011 police procedural television drama serial set and filmed in Hong Kong. Produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Mui Siu-ching serves as the drama's executive producer with Choi Ting-ting and Leung Man-wah as the executive writers and editors. The drama closely follows a team of technicians and professionals from the Forensic Science and Pathology departments of the Hong Kong Police Force. Working closely with the West Kowloon District's Serious Crime Unit, they use high modern technology and scientific analyses to solve crime. Forensic Heroes III is a reboot of the Forensic Heroes franchise, which was in turn inspired by Hong Kong's 2002 costume drama Witness to a Prosecution and the CBS on-going television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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Jack Po
Dr. Jack Po Kwok-tung (布國棟), better known as Pro Sir, is a Senior Chemist and the laboratory supervisor from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong Police Department. Before becoming a chemist, he worked as a Firearms Analyst at the Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau. He lives with his father Shun-hing, his wife Eva Chow, and their daughter Man-man. Pro Sir is extremely close friends with Mandy Chung, a senior pathologist under the Forensic Pathology Division. Due to their similar personalities and interests, the two share impeccable chemistry at work.
Pro Sir comes from a single-parent household. His mother died young, and his father worked as a massage therapist with low pay, who spent all of the money he earned to Pro Sir's education. Through Pro Sir's hard work and intelligence, he got accepted to one of the most prestigious colleges in the world. His father's strong sense of justice influenced Pro Sir to be a forensic chemist. Pro Sir is educated and consistently receives learning in many other professional subjects such as firearms forensic. His knowledge earns him the nickname "the human encyclopedia" by his co-workers and friends. Courteous and polite, Pro Sir is outgoing and is friends with a lot of people in the forensic department.
Later, due to their disagreements, he gets divorced with Eva, and develops a relationship with Mandy Chung.
Mandy Chung
Dr. Mandy Chung Hok-sum (鍾學心) is a Senior Forensic Pathologist from the Forensic Pathology Division of the Hong Kong Police Department. She is best friends with Pro Sir and Ada Ling, who is also her roommate. Mandy is extremely committed to her work as a pathologist. Like Pro Sir, she has a strong sense of righteousness and justice, and the two often collaborate to solve crimes together. They become extremely close friends and share impeccable chemistry at work.
Mandy's interest and talent in the sciences have been apparent since youth. Her father was a well-known college science professor and her mother a doctor. Mandy is extremely close to her grandfather Bok-si, who raised her after her parents died. Since youth, Mandy has an obsession with the Sherlock Holmes series and is especially impressed with the chapter where a Chinese medical expert uses medicine and technology to solve a crime, sparking her interest in becoming a forensic pathologist. Mandy's innate curiosity, intelligence, and persistence were key characteristics that helped her become one of the two only female forensic pathologists in Hong Kong.
Mandy's grandfather constantly invites her to matchmaking dinners, causing her friends to joke that Mandy has an obsession with men. She later meets Jim Fong, a clinical psychologist, through one of her grandfather's matchmaking dinners. They are mutually attracted to each other and eventually become a couple.
Jim moves to Canada, and wants to take Mandy with him. Mandy stays, and Jim and her decide to be good friends. While Jim left, Mandy have feelings for Pro Sir, and they eventually become a couple
Ken Ho
Ken Ho Ching-man (何正民) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong Police Department. He has a master's degree in forensic chemistry and has an interest in computer technology. He is self-disciplined, articulate, and has strong work ethic. Ken gets rather annoyed with Angel Chiang, a new addition to the forensics team, who often finds Hong Kong forensic work as "boring" in comparison to those in New York City, where she used to work as a crime scene investigator (CSI).
Ken has extremely low alcohol tolerance and goes on dangerous "kissing sprees" when he gets drunk. As a result, Ken never orders alcoholic drinks to avoid embarrassment and upsetting others. In Episode 8, Ken accidentally saw a near topless Angel while she was washing her shirt in the men's restroom. That night Angel, who mistakenly thought Ken was talking about their restroom encounter to others, spiked Ken's drink with some Long Island Iced Tea. Ken immediately got drunk and kissed Angel on the lips.
Later, Ken started to have feelings for Angel. When Angel told him she was intending to move to New York City, Ken employed various stratagems to make her stay. Finally, he took her to a bar and confessed his love to Angel, and they eventually become a couple.
Angel Chiang
Angel Chiang Cheuk-kwan (蔣卓君) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong Police Department. Angel is a Chinese American, and previously worked in New York City, United States as crime scene investigator (CSI). Angel decided to work in Hong Kong after she lost out to a less-outstanding Caucasian co-worker in a promotion opportunity, believing that her loss was due to racial discrimination by the review board. After joining the Forensic Science Division of the HK Police Department, Angel often complains of her "boring" work in Hong Kong, where she is unable to use a gun or get hands-on crime solving experience like New York. Ken Ho takes pleasure in frequently reminding Angel that she's in Hong Kong and must follow Hong Kong's rules, often annoying Angel.
Through their constant bickering, Angel and Ken eventually become close partners at work. Ken also gives Angel her first kiss on the lips. In Episode 8, Angel accidentally spills coffee on herself and is forced to wash up in the Gents, as the Ladies was under maintenance. Ken barges in by accident and sees a near topless Angel. That following night, Angel mistakenly thinks Ken was talking about their restroom encounter to their colleagues, and decides to spike Ken's drink with some Long Island Iced Tea to get him intoxicated. Ken gets drunk and kisses Angel on the lips.
Angel and Ken started dating and was thinking of going on a vacation. Angel was shot and died in episode 29.
Ada Ling
Senior Inspector (SIP) Ada Ling Sin-yee (凌倩兒) is the head of the West Kowloon District's Serious Crime Unit. She is best friends with Mandy Chung, who is also her roommate. Ada possesses outstanding leadership qualities and maintains friendly relations with her subordinate officers. She is especially close with Wind, and often partners up with him when doing field work. They end up becoming a perfect pair after pretending to be together to stop Ko Sir from liking Ada. (Episode 17)
Ada comes from a single-parent household and is raised by her mother. Her mother dislikes her working in the police force and often comes up with excuses for Ada to quit. However, through Ada's consistency and high case closure rate, her mother slowly begins to accept Ada's career.
Lee Chin-fung
Sergeant (SGT) Lee Chin-fung (李展風), better known as Wind, is a CID sergeant who usually partners up with Ada Ling on the field. Before he joined the CID, Wind was a trained SDU paramilitary officer, and is extremely experienced with combat. He is also a karate expert and participates in annual contests.
Wind comes from a wealthy family that owns an international business. He has no interest in working in the business sector and decides to follow his dream of becoming a police officer, much to his family's disappointment. Due to Wind's humble personality and modest behaviour, none of his teammates know about his wealth. In episode 7, Wind lent HK$100,000 to Chan, who was troubling over his sister's college tuition, without hesitation. In later episodes, he becomes Ada Ling's boyfriend.
Eva Chow
Eva Chow Yik-fei (周奕霏) is a defense barrister. She lives with her husband Pro Sir, their daughter Man-man, and her father-in-law Shun-hing. Eva is ambitious, confident, and extremely self-assured of her abilities. She is extremely strict but also loving on her daughter, and takes an effort at obtaining the best education for Man-man.
Eva earning the title as "Long-winning General" by friends and colleagues because she has never lost one single case at court. Pro Sir begins to take notice of Eva's calculating and cunning behaviour when Eva is employed to be the defense barrister of Wilson Yu, a wealthy businessman sued for murder. Eva is willing to overstep boundaries and procedures to ensure that she keeps her long-winning title. Because of her willingness to cross the line, she decides that she and her husband have grown too far apart and have deferring opinions. She files for divorce and takes up a position as a corporate lawyer for a wealthy business man in America, leaving Pro Sir and Man-man behind in episode 14. She returned at the end of episode 25 but was later found dead at the end of episode 28.
Jim Fong
Jim Fong Sai-yau (方世友) is a clinical psychologist. He eventually became Mandy Chung's boyfriend after meeting her through a matchmaking dinner arranged by Mandy's grandfather, who is also Jim's hiking buddy. After the case of his missing brother, Jay, was solved, he broke up with Mandy stating that he was not prepared to be Mandy's Mr. Right. After that, he went abroad furthering his studies.