Lives of Omission is a 2011 Hong Kong action crime thriller television series produced by TVB under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The drama is a spin-off of TVB's successful television crime drama E.U. and a distant sequel to the 2009 film Turning Point, with Michael Tse reprising his role as "Laughing Gor." Lives of Omission premiered on 1 August 2011 and ended on 9 September 2011 with a total of 30 episodes. It is Hong Kong's second highest-rating serial drama of 2011, and won Best Drama at the 2011 TVB Anniversary Awards. Lives of Omission takes places two years after the events of E.U., and centers on a squad of undercover officers from the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB) of the Hong Kong Police Force, who are closely following the activities of Yee Fung (義豐), a large triad society. Experienced undercover officer Laughing (Tse), a station sergeant of CIB, promises to help gangster Michael (Bosco Wong) move up the ranks within the triad under the circumstance that he works as Laughing's informant. Plot Laughing (Michael Tse), who presumably died during the events of E.U., used his death as a cover to perform a long term undercover mission in Dongguan, China. After completing his mission, Laughing returns to Hong Kong where CIB's superintendent, Harry Kung (Damian Lau), recruits him into his department to become team leader and teacher to new police recruits. On Laughing's very first day, he encounters a woman that greatly resembles his former lover, Karen (from Turning Point); she is Laughing's new commander and second lead in CIB, Senior Inspector Jodie Chau (both played by Fala Chen). Together, their assignment is to recruit and train rookies in the art of undercover and espionage. However, things do not go as smoothly as desired. Laughing exhibits an unprofessional attitude in CIB headquarters and does many things without informing his fellow agents; it often causes everyone to question his motives. While recruiting for new agents, he manages to reserve one agent for himself to choose. He ultimately chooses Lap Ching (Jin), a talented, but problematic rookie under his wing. With their team assembled, they begin training them in the art of undercover police investigation and the methods of the trade. For years, the CIB has been trying to crack down one of Hong Kong's largest triad organizations, Yee Fung. As both a means of training and to investigate against Yee Fung, Laughing