Just finished the entire 70 episode series (ending with Fatherland Part III - American Dream). My immediate thoughts were "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE."
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Question to HK series experts or those who had seen the series during its initial airing in HK back in 1980, what's the story behind the horrendous ending?
SPOILER!!!
Did (Cantonese) Gow Gun seriously not make it back to his village to see his dying wife? Did he seriously bolt back to America, ditching his family (a family that had waited for him for 6 years). Did he seriously go back to America to live with that woman so soon after his wife died (a wife that died longing for him to come back), a wife that had stayed so true to him?
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END OF SPOILER!!!!
Was there some salary dispute between the producers and ATV, did the main actor Lau Chi Wing not want to film anymore, why in the world would they want to make an ending like that? For the LOVE OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOOD, WHY OH WHY???? It totally destroyed all the good feelings I developed for the series in the first 69 epidodes. After seeing the ending I felt like I just wasted 4 weeks of my life - THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED. This series was on its way to becoming my favorite series of all time, now I would have to slot it as one of the worst.
HK series alfacianadoes who know, please tell me how any why did this happen?