Serangoon Road
It's 1964. The world is changing, the global balance of power is shifting, and Singapore is at a crossroads. British colonial rule has finally come to an end and independence is on the horizon. It's an exciting time in which the island state can finally forge its own identity. The nation's heartbeat stems from one main artery that runs through the island. Whether it is culture or crime, politics or patriotism, espionage or enterprise, all paths lead to Serangoon Road (2013). This is the world of Sam Callaghan (Don Hany), Kang (Alaric), Patricia Cheng (Joan Chen), and the clients of the Cheng Detective Agency. Sam Callaghan agrees to help Patricia Cheng after her husband is killed while working on a case. Patricia might not be a detective, but she knows that her company needs a good investigator with contacts in the various local communities as well as among the ex-pats. Sam is all of that. But after a childhood in a POW camp and a checkered career in Military Intelligence during the Malay Emergency, he also carries so much baggage. The Cheng Detective Agency's cases range from the usual (straying spouses and petty fraudsters) to conspiracies and events with international implications. Sam's contacts from his military days are useful, but they drag him back into a dark world that he would prefer to leave behind.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Acorn TV
- Suspense, Drama
It's 1964. The world is changing, the global balance of power is shifting, and Singapore is at a crossroads. British colonial rule has finally come to an end and independence is on the horizon. It's an exciting time in which the island state can finally forge its own identity. The nation's heartbeat stems from one main artery that runs through the island. Whether it is culture or crime, politics or patriotism, espionage or enterprise, all paths lead to Serangoon Road (2013). This is the world of Sam Callaghan (Don Hany), Kang (Alaric), Patricia Cheng (Joan Chen), and the clients of the Cheng Detective Agency. Sam Callaghan agrees to help Patricia Cheng after her husband is killed while working on a case. Patricia might not be a detective, but she knows that her company needs a good investigator with contacts in the various local communities as well as among the ex-pats. Sam is all of that. But after a childhood in a POW camp and a checkered career in Military Intelligence during the Malay Emergency, he also carries so much baggage. The Cheng Detective Agency's cases range from the usual (straying spouses and petty fraudsters) to conspiracies and events with international implications. Sam's contacts from his military days are useful, but they drag him back into a dark world that he would prefer to leave behind.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
Shotgun
Mon, Dec 1, 2014 56 mins
When the Cheng Detective Agency is hired by the CIA to investigate the murder of a US sailor, Sam is asked to help out as a favour to the widowed owner, Patricia. But as Sam tries to save the life of an innocent man, he is also forced to re-visit memories of the killing of a childhood friend, wrongly accused of stealing food while both boys were prisoners in Changi Prison during WW2.
Episode 2
Reach Out
57 mins
When Feng, arrives from China looking for the husband she hasn't seen since the war, no-one but she is even certain that he is still alive. But Sam knows what it's like to lose family and Patricia knows what it's like to lose a husband: both will move heaven and earth to solve the mystery of what happened to Feng's husband - but the case becomes even more immediate and mysterious when Feng is poisoned.
Episode 3
Ball of Confusion
56 mins
While delivering some photographs to a former Agency client Patricia is caught up in one of riots sweeping through the streets of Singapore. She is hurt. But this was no accident - she was deliberately attacked and the photographs stolen. Hafiz, a Malay photo journalist takes her to safety. When Hafiz is accused of being involved in the riots Patricia and Sam work to prove his innocence. The trail leads them to a secret MI6/Special Branch operation against subversives.
Episode 4
Give Me Money
56 mins
While trying to sort out Kang's gambling debts to Kay Song (the Red Dragons heir) Sam is reluctantly drawn into the detective agency's investigation into whether Claire Simpson's husband Frank has been taking kickbacks from clients. If the allegation is proved Frank's boss, Maxwell Black, will kick Frank out of the company (and Singapore), separating and Sam and Claire forever.
Episode 5
Heatwave
56 mins
When Claire finds the medicines Maxwell Black's company is providing to children in a small village hospital aren't working, she insists that the company investigate the problem. Sam proves that the genuine drugs are being diluted and that once the medicines are shown to be ineffective the worried families turn to expensive black market substitutes. It is all part of an elaborate scam run by the Secret Society. Finding the answer is one thing. Claire discovers that her quest creates problems that affect Sam, Frank and others.
Episode 6
Tracks of My Tears
56 mins
When a newborn baby is left on the doorstep of the Cheng Detective Agency, Patricia and Sam have to figure out what they're meant to do with him. Su ling confronts her fear and desire over a relationship with Conrad. Patricia receives a package containing Winston's fob watch which was believed stolen when he was murdered. And Kang does a deal with the Devil.
Episode 7
My Girl
56 mins
Caught transporting explosives, Kang is facing the gallows if Sam cannot track down and get the truth from a leading trade unionist, Lim Chee Kit, whose organisation is suspected of being involved in a recent bombing. The case is further complicated because Chee Kit's brother is James Lim, a well-connected businessman with political aspirations. Although estranged from his brother and disagreeing with Chee Kit's politics, James Lim has hired Sam and the Agency to find and help his estranged brother before the police arrest him.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
56 mins
Sam agrees to investigate on the disappearance of two Australian girls from a freighter at the Singapore harbour. The investigation leads him into Singapore's criminal underworld and Sam gets involved in a dangerous game that could cost the girls their lives. Meanwhile, Patricia is confronted by a painful truth of Winston's past. Miller forces Conrad into going double, while Sam and Claire's relationship gets pushed to a breaking point.
Episode 9
Episode #1.9
56 mins
When Sam goes out on a limb for an ex-World War II Australian soldier who had been accused of murder, no one understands why he is so adamant on the man's innocence - least of all Macca, who had been in love with the girl who was murdered. Either gaol the accused man for life or Sam has just made a very big mistake about his hero and friend.
Episode 10
Episode #1.10
56 mins
With new leads to follow, the team focuses on investigating Winston's murder. The evidence trail leads to Winston's elusive last client, a hired assassin, and treachery among Singapore's power players. Finally, Sam and Claire come to a decision about their relationship.
