Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 7)
Phua Chu Kang Season 7 is the 16 episode seventh season of Phua Chu Kang. Phua Chu Kang is the shortened name for Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, a Singaporean sitcom which aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 between 25 September 1997 and 11 February 2007. The series is about the Phua family, headed by Phua Chu Kang, portrayed by Gurmit Singh.
| Episode | Airdate | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 2004 | Romeo Romeo Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? | While trying get along with his babies, Chu Kang loses Romeo on his way to buy 4D. He seeks the help of King Kong and Ah Goon and hides from Rosie. |
| 2 | 23 November 2004 | He's The Wife | Chu Beng discovers that Margaret has accepted a job offer in New Zealand and is hurt that she did not tell him personally. Chu Kang encourages him to be a man and assert his husbandly rights. |
| 3 | 30 November 2004 | A Breathe [sic?] of Fresh Air | Rosie tries to manage motherhood on top of her usual housekeeping duties, and her slimwrap, mahjong and facials. Chu Kang is left eating instant mee, and losing clients because he has to look after the babies. Rosie finally gives in and allows Kang to hire a maid. But the maid Chu Kang hires turns out to be nothing Rosie expected a maid to be! |
| 4 | 7 December 2004 | A Sip of Whisky | Chu Beng is excited that Margaret will be taking a short break from her filming commitments in New Zealand to celebrate their wedding anniversary together. Unfortunately, on the big day, Margaret calls to say she cannot make it back because of filming delays. Crestfallen, Beng decides not to waste all the food and champagne and asks Brandy to join him for a celebratory feast. She’s swept away by the gentlemanly Beng, touched by his sensitive nature and develops a big crush on him. Brandy confides in Kang about this but doesn’t name any names. Kang thinks Brandy’s hinting to him that she has a crush on him.
In the meantime, the over-imaginative Bobo and King Kong both think they have a shot at dating Brandy. Eventually chaos ensues as Kang, Bobo and King Kong besiege Brandy while she tries to cozy up to Beng. |
| 5 | 14 December 2004 | Workers Inc | Tired of being mistreated and yelled at by Kang, King Kong, Ah Goon and Bobo decide to form their own company (Happy Coconut Pte Ltd) and work for themselves. Kang, a little peeved at their insubordination, hires two ex-PCK Pte Ltd workers – Ah Boon and Ah Soon. PCK Pte Ltd operates out of the office and Happy Coconut operates out of the living room, and the pettiness and jealousy between the two companies reaches a fevered pitch when Happy Coconut, with Ah Goon’s sexy image, gets them a lot of rich, tai tai jobs.
But King Kong, Goon and Bobo are too lazy to actually work on these projects and sub contract it out to PCK. Kang’s ego stops him from taking on the jobs, despite the fact that his company is in financial difficulty. |
| 6 | 21 December 2004 | Full Body Massage | Kang and his workers notice Beng has been acting suspiciously of late. They suspect that he’s having an affair since Margaret is away in New Zealand and besides, who can blame him for straying after being controlled by Margaret all these years. They follow Beng and are shocked to discover he’s actually been going to a spa for facial treatments and body wraps. To them such effeminate behaviour is worse than an affair.
Things take a turn for the worse when Rosie discovers that Beng might be using the spa as a front when she finds Beng’s first girlfriend there posing as Mrs. Phua. Even Chu Kang hides a horrible hush-hush secret – he becomes addicted to the ‘girly’ spa facilities. |
| 7 | 28 December 2004 | TBC | Chu Beng, tired of being constantly humiliated by Chu Kang every time he wants to borrow Kang’s car, decides to secretly buy his own automobile. He loves it like a child and parks it a few doors away on the street, anything to keep the purchase from Kang. However, his secret is discovered by Rosie, Bobo and King Kong. They totally understand Beng’s need for secrecy. Kang gets very petty and jealous when anyone buys anything new and shiny. They agree to keep Beng’s secret from Kang, in return for many, tedious car rides, where Beng acts as their chauffeur. The plans hit a dead end when Chu Kang uncovers Beng’s new purchase (from the loose lipped Bobo and King Kong) and torments Beng in secret by hiding his new car’s engine! |
| 8 | 4 January 2005 | TBC | Margaret returns from her two-month stint in New Zealand, and is shocked to discover Beng has become more brash and confident. His new car purchase (without consulting her first), his new wardrobe (without consulting her first), his new talking back routine, all lead her to signing them up for a couples marriage retreat.
Rosie, tired with Chu Kang taking her for granted and not talking to her the way they used to, decides to make it a foursome couples retreat. The men are not pleased to be at the resort and find ways of annoying their wives and the counselors. Till they discover that their marriages might really be in trouble. King Kong and Ah Goon, at home, tasked with feeding the fish, are bored and decide to step into Kang’s and Rosie’s shoes to sample a taste of how rich bosses live. |
| 9 | 11 January 2005 | TBC | Margaret warns Rosie that her unhealthy eating habits could have adverse effects on her children in the long term. Rosie initially dismisses Margaret’s claims, but then sees the light and goes overboard to prove that she does care about her family’s well-being. She starts a mini-farm in the backyard, rearing healthy animals and growing organic vegetables only.
Kang and Beng feel the brunt of all this healthy living and attempt to escape this torture by secretly stuffing their faces at a hawker centre. However, their plans go awry when a needy client calls them over repeatedly to take care of menial problems like replacing toilet paper and grooming his cat. |
| 10 | 18 January 2005 | TBC | Margaret urges Kang and Rosie to get Romeo and Crystal places in a prestigious preschool even though they’re less than a year old. It’s the only way to ensure their children will get a good educational foundation. Kang and Rosie take her advice and soon learn that enrolling in the school involves a little blackmail as well. Soon the Phuas are constructing a new school wing, helping out in the cafeteria and garden, all in the hopes of getting their children places in the prestigious school.
Meanwhile, Margaret is concerned that Aloysius’s taste in death metal music is too morbid for his own good. Together with Beng, they try to reach out to their son by gaining an appreciation of the darker side of rock and roll. |
| 11 | 25 January 2005 | Rest & Relax | When Chu Kang is hit with a bout of hypertension, brought on by stress, he is forced to stay home and relax. However, he finds this a more difficult task than he had bargained for. From getting stuck in complex yoga positions to struggling with complex jigsaw puzzles, Kang starts feeling even more stressful by staying at home.
Without his supervision, Chu Beng is left in charge of a prestigious project with dire consequences. When the toilet bowls are fixed the wrong way around and a series of mishaps occur, the client threatens to pull the business from PCK Pte Ltd. Not wanting to further stress out Kang, Beng enlists Margaret’s help to schmooze the client and keep the job. However, the client becomes smitten by Margaret’s charms and proposes to her. |
| 12 | 1 February 2005 | TBC | Kang’s ex-boss, Wong Tua Kee, makes a return and announces that he’s retiring from construction. He plans to pass over all his contacts and projects to his favourite ex-worker, Chu Kang. But on one condition: Tua Kee wants Chu Kang to prove he’s a good contractor by working with Tua Kee on a very small security guard hut job. Chu Kang is ecstatic and agrees. What could be simpler? Things take a turn for the worse when Tua Kee makes Kang do menial construction work, makes King Kong and Ah Goon supervise Kang’s work and starts treating Kang the way he used to in the past – with rudeness, insults and smacks to the head.
Meanwhile, Margaret is upset that even though she and Chu Beng own 50% of the Phua house, the entire home barely has an ounce of their influence. She secretly attempts to replace the living room’s ah beng décor with some up-market art pieces. |
| 13 | 8 February 2005 | TBC | It’s Chinese New Year. Kang devises an elaborate scheme to maximise Romeo and Crystal’s ang pow takings. Margaret gets an unexpected visit from her sister Melissa, who makes a shocking request from her. Meanwhile, Beng has to deal with an irritatingly polite hotel clerk. |
| 14 | 15 February 2005 | Are You Man Enough? | Kang and Bobo are out to prove who is the more macho of the two. They embark on a Fear Factor-style bug-eating contest which Kang easily wins. Bobo accepts defeat graciously until he learns that Kang cheated by replacing his real bugs with chocolate bugs. Now Bobo wants to take the contest up a notch. Beng also wants in on the contest but he’s shown little respect by Kang and Bobo so he resorts to a macho contest of his own by baking the lightest, fluffiest chiffon cake known to man.
Meanwhile, Margaret attempts to get Aloysius and Lynette back together, but her plans backfire when she discovers he’s been dating someone new. |
| 15 | 22 February 2005 | Save The Watermelon Part 1 | The Phua family is at a loss when they discover that after 40 years, the renowned institution, Watermelon KTV lounge, will be closed down. The family hold many dear memories at the lounge – it’s where Kang and Rosie first met and fell in love. After considering the options, they decide to buy in and take over the Watermelon lounge. It will soon be ‘PCK Pte Ltd – Construction & KTV’.
However, they don’t have enough cash to make the purchase alone. They enlist the help of Kang’s old friend, Kok Peng, and a successful charming businesswoman – Candy Chew. Candy is an ex-hostess who now runs a Property and Lingerie conglomerate. Things start looking up as the deal is put to paper. But disaster strikes when the Phuas discover Candy has played them out and intends to demolish the Watermelon lounge and build a Spanish restaurant for higher profits. |
| 16 | 1 March 2005 | TBC | The Phua family is in a frenzy as they attempt to un-do the damage caused by Candy and Kok Peng. They go to great lengths to get the lounge back – they use their brains, wit and the art of seduction – but nothing works. The family resigns itself to the fact that Watermelon is no more.
Rosie refuses to accept the fact and soon, she and Chu Kang have barricaded and cuffed themselves to the lounge premises as the bulldozers approach… |
See also
- Phua Chu Kang
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 5)
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 6)
- Phua Chu Kang episodes (Season 8)