Triple Nine
Triple Nine is an English language television police procedural telecast on what was then the Television Corporation of Singapore's Channel 5 from 1995 to 1999. The station's earliest attempt in an action-based drama series, it revolved around the lives of a group of police officers, namely Inspector Mike Chin, Inspector Elaine Tay, and Sergeant Alan Leong from the Special Investigation Section of the Criminal Investigation Department. The cast changed in subsequent seasons, notably with the inclusion of Inspector Sean Han, Inspector Herbert de Souza, and Sergeant Yeo Lay Kim from the third season, and Sergeant Sarah Chan from the 4th season. Season 2 was written by Amos Kwok. The first season was also dubbed into Chinese and aired on Channel 8 in 1996.
Seasons
1. Drink If You Dare
Air Date: 1995-01-01
James Lye and Wong Li-Lin star in this 13-parter police series as dedicated inspectors who go about solving cases such as drunk driving, missing children, organ sales and rape. The show's selling point is its distinctly Singaporean setting, so expect a prominent backdrop of HDB flats and hawker centres. As befits a cop drama, there are many adrenaline-pumping action scenes as well.
2. Price Of Blood
Air Date: 1995-01-08
James Lye and Wong Li-Lin star in this 13-parter police series as dedicated inspectors who go about solving cases such as drunk driving, missing children, organ sales and rape. The show's selling point is its distinctly Singaporean setting, so expect a prominent backdrop of HDB flats and hawker centres. As befits a cop drama, there are many adrenaline-pumping action scenes as well.
3. Silent Victims
Air Date: 1995-01-15
Jaleen is brutally beaten and raped not long after a similar case. However, instead of cooperating with the police she is persuaded by a dominant sister to remain silent and avoid the shame of adverse publicity. Inspector Tay and Corporal Halim are up against time to nail the culprit before another girl gets raped.
4. Missing Children
Air Date: 1995-01-22
Before inspector Chin and Sergent Leong can solve the case of a missing nine-year-old boy, an eight-year-old girl is abducted. The puzzle: there's no motive or demand for ransom and no bodies are found.
5. Singthroat
Air Date: 1995-01-29
James Lye and Wong Li-Lin star in this 13-parter police series as dedicated inspectors who go about solving cases such as drunk driving, missing children, organ sales and rape. The show's selling point is its distinctly Singaporean setting, so expect a prominent backdrop of HDB flats and hawker centres. As befits a cop drama, there are many adrenaline-pumping action scenes as well.
6. Movie Madness
Air Date: 1995-02-05
Raymond, an unsuccessful and frustrated film director tries a comeback which he hopes will make him famous again. In his attempts to achieve ultimate realism, he kills a couple of budding actresses one after another.
7. Ring Twice For Vice
Air Date: 1995-02-12
Inspector Elaine Tay and Corporal Halim find difficulty tracking down a call-girl outfit. Inspector Tay goes undercover to trap the syndicate head honcho but things go awry and she finds her life in jeopardy.
8. Misfortune Teller
Air Date: 1995-02-19
A convict comes out of prison only to put into action what he has plotted for the past 15 years. His target, a slow and painful death for Sergent Alan Leong with Alan's teenage daughter Cindy as bait. Either Inspector Mike Chin solves the case soon or someone dies.
9. A Long Wait A Slow Kill
Air Date: 1995-02-26
A convict comes out of prison only to put into action what he has plotted for the past 15 years. His target: a slow and painful death for Sergeant Alan Leong. He cunningly uses Alan's teenage daughter Cindy as bait. Either Inspector Mike Chin solve the case real quick or someone dies.
10. Babies For Sale
Air Date: 1995-03-05
Greedy midwives and ex-nurses are involved in a baby-for-sale racket. Inspector Mike Chin and Sergeant Leong are no way near cracking the syndicate until a baby dies...
11. Spellbound
Air Date: 1995-03-12
Inspector Mike Chin's mother loses her savings after being hypnotised. It appears there's a syndicate involved but Mike and Sergeant Leong do not have sufficient evidence to arrest them.
12. Skin Deep
Air Date: 1995-03-19
Christina, an ex-SIA girl, kills a beautician because she believes the latter had scarred her. What's worse, she feels she's losing her sugar daddy to another woman. Can Inspector Mike Chin and Sergeant Leong nab her in time before she commits Singapore's most gruesome crime of passion?
13. Hell For Elaine
Air Date: 1995-03-26
Poor Inspector Elaine Tay is suspended after shooting a girl in a raid to wipe out a teenage gang. And she's got nothing to back up her self-defence. Inspector Mike Chin and Sergeant Leong set out to find the gang. But the question remains: will the gang tell the truth.
1. Rest In Peace Asp Ganesh
Air Date: 1996-01-01
In the first episode, Elaine quits the force. Will she return? You bet!
2. Right Time To Die
Air Date: 1996-01-08
An elderly woman is found suffocated to death in her HDB flat, her room ransacked. It looks like an ordinary robbery/murder until other suspects start to crop up. Inspectors Mike and Alan also meet their new boss, ASP Ganesh.
3. Tough Choices
Air Date: 1996-01-15
Oh, the perils of Ecstasy pills. The latest victim is a party girl who dies after an overdose. Was it an accidental death, or was she pushed into it? Mike thinks it's routine investigation until he discovers Sergeant Alan Leong's daughter is somehow implicated.
4. None So Blind
Air Date: 1996-01-22
A college student is found hanged in his hostel. Is it suicide or murder made to look like suicide? Meanwhile, Elaine returns to the force only to find she isn't allowed to work in Vice....
5. Terminal Death
Air Date: 1996-01-29
James Lye and Watch out, Elaine Tay (Wong Li-Lin), Inspector Mike Chin (James Lye) will have a new love interest in the form of broadcast journalist Tracey Teo (Jamie Lee) who really is there to ‘spice things up and complicate matters’.
6. A Time To Kill
Air Date: 1996-02-05
A gruesome discovery in the burnt-out remains of a building calls for the expert skills of Dr Soo. And a reporter (Jamie Lee) singles Mike out to help her on a story.
7. Acid Justice
Air Date: 1996-02-12
Elaine vamps it up - all in the name of work. She infiltrates the seedy world of vice to track down the person responsible for disfiguring the face of a call girl. As she plunges deeper into the investigation, she develops a greater understanding - and sympathy - for the 'profession'. Mike, meantime, has to fend off Tracey who has been hounding him to assist her on a TV project. Lucky man!
8. If Looks Could Kill
Air Date: 1996-02-19
Elaine sets out to expose a flasher, Halim must infiltrate a pornoring, and a robber who smothers his victims to death by placing a plastic bag over their heads must be brought to justice.
9. Backfire
Air Date: 1996-02-26
A man with a brain tumour runs amok and holds a TV studio under siege. Claiming to have wired the entire area with bombs, he demands for two hostages. Is he lying or can Inspector Chin call his bluff?
10. Till Death Do Us Part
Air Date: 1996-03-04
Dr Soo, the expert pathologist, is used to cutting up dead bodies until one day, he discovers the body on the table is his wife's! Errr, grisky! Mike and Alan now have to investigate the murder of their friend's wife - and the possibility that Dr Soo himself might just have done the job.
11. All I Want For Christmas
Air Date: 1996-03-11
Just when Elaine and Mike think they can take time out to relax at the police force's Annual Dinner and Dance, a kidnapping crops up and mars their holiday mood.
12. Resort To Murder
Air Date: 1996-03-18
In an effort to work out their relationship, Mike and Elaine take a short break to Bintan over the New Year holidays. It's supposed to be an easy time. Not so, when Tracey tags along, and when a group of holiday-makers face a murderer lurking at the resort...
13. Silent Witness
Air Date: 1996-03-25
A body is discovered in a Nature Reserve. Mike investigates and finds it has been abandoned there for more than a decade. Elaine, meantime, has her hands full with a sexual assault case.
14. Sins Of The Father
Air Date: 1996-04-01
The dead body of a nice young man, Alvin, is found washed on the beach. Mike and team are puzzled by the wound on the head, apparently caused by a strange weapon. Meanwhile, Elaine finds out the guy pursuing her isn't in it for the romance.
15. Crazy For You
Air Date: 1996-04-08
A top model is garroted while at a dinner party. The police suspect she might be the victim of a jealous rival. But as Mike continues the investigations, he finds out that the next victim may be Elaine herself.
16. Recipe For Murder
Air Date: 1996-04-15
A top chef is found drowned in a pot of sauce.
17. Surf For A Kill
Air Date: 1996-04-22
A businessman is shot dead. The only clue is some melon seeds found at the scene of the crime.
18. Death Of A Lion
Air Date: 1996-04-29
Death of a lion: a gongfu master and head of a lion-dance school is found stabbed to death.
19. Death Before Dishonour
Air Date: 1996-05-06
Elaine and Halim break up an illegal gambling ring.
20. It Happened One Hot Day
Air Date: 1996-05-13
James Lye and Watch out, Elaine Tay (Wong Li-Lin), Inspector Mike Chin (James Lye) will have a new love interest in the form of broadcast journalist Tracey Teo (Jamie Lee) who really is there to ‘spice things up and complicate matters’.
21. Guns & Roses
Air Date: 1996-05-20
Mike and Alan bust a drug-smuggling ring whose dealings take place aboard bumboats. Meanwhile, with the help of Elaine, ASP Pang digs into the suicide of a good friend, an ex-officer. Alan and Swee Chin wed - a good reason for the man to finally take leave and go for his honeymoon.
22. Dead Man's Hand
Air Date: 1996-05-27
With Alan on leave, Mike has to work closely with Elaine to track down a serial killer on the loose. The case brings them, ahem, closer together and the two finally reconcile after a period of love-hate tension.
1. Pilot
Air Date: 1998-01-01
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
2. Parental Guidance
Air Date: 1998-01-08
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
3. Stab In The Dark
Air Date: 1998-01-15
Internal conflicts abound - Sean and Kim are looking for the murderer of a dead cabby. But they don't see eye to eye in everything and that hampers their investigations. Meanwhile, Herbert and Alan, too are at odds. When a teacher abducts a boy from class, Alan believes it's a case of kidnapping but Herbert begs to differ.
4. Face Of Horror Part 1
Air Date: 1998-01-22
Murder he wrote - Herbert and Alan nab a killer who plays out the murders from a series of books called Shocking Singapore Stories.
5. Face Of Horror Part 2
Air Date: 1998-01-29
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1998-02-05
Sean and Kim are assigned to investigate the murder of a loan shark, from whom Sean's father borrowed money as well. As Herbert is always on Alan's back, the latter challenges him to a boxing match.
7. Killer Instincts Part 1
Air Date: 1998-02-12
Sean and Kim investigate a string of murdered women found along MacRitchie reservoir. Meanwhile, everyone is placing bets on Herbert and Alan's upcoming boxing match
8. Killer Instinct Part 2
Air Date: 1998-02-19
A forensic psychiatrist called to help with the investigation of the MacRitchie Reservoir killings. Meanwhile, Sean is thrown out of the house by his father after an argument.
9. Mind Games Part 1
Air Date: 1998-02-26
Irene Ang plays Mrs Keong whose family is being accused of murdering their neighbour. Meanwhile, Sean and Kim try to solve a murder case when a teenager is killed by her tutor.
10. Mind Games Part 2
Air Date: 1998-03-05
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
11. Token Angel Part 1
Air Date: 1998-03-12
When Kim's sister is raped, the sergeant is determined to take up the case despite Sean's discouragement. As a complaint has been lodged against Sean for brutality during his interrogation, he's investigated by an inspector (Amy Cheng) from the Internal Investigation Department.
12. Token Angel Part 2
Air Date: 1998-03-19
Lay Yoon finally admits that she's not raped but cried wolf because she felt that the man had played her out. Meanwhile, Sean is in deep trouble with Inspector Emily Cheng.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 1998-03-26
Sean and Kim investigate the murder of a woman. Their inquiries lead Kim to go undercover to reveal the killer. Meanwhile the relationship between Herbert and Su-Lyn reaches a new level of understanding.
14. Episode 14
Air Date: 1998-04-02
Herb surprises Su-Lyn by taking her on a cable car ride. He tells her he takes the ride to get some perspective on life. Su-Lyn is touched. He's trying his best to open up. Sean gets badly wounded during his case. He breaks a leg and ruptures his spleen.
15. Unreasonable Sacrifices Part 1
Air Date: 1998-04-09
Mike reports for duty. Pang welcomes him back warmly. She puts him to work, investigating the murder of an NUS student. But he's unsure of himself and goes after the wrong suspects. He thinks he ought to give up being a cop but Pang and Alan talk him out of it. Sean recovers in hospital. Gets visits from Alan, Kim and Jacintha. Chin Huat asks for Kim's help in convincing Mr Han to visit Sean. Kim starts playing with the Internet ICQ and finds an interesting guy she can chat with. Su-Lyn takes Herb to her place where she likes to think about things. They share a kiss there.
16. Unreasonable Sacrifices Part 2
Air Date: 1998-04-16
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
17. With Friends Like These Part 1
Air Date: 1998-04-23
Sean is discharged from the hospital. Jacintha is there as well as Mr Han. He gives her the cold shoulder. Su-Lyn asks Alan for a favour. Can he help her find out more about Herb. Alan says Herb is like that to everyone. She has to accept him the way he is or forget it. Su-Lyn says Herb is very obviously hiding from people and actively pushing people away.
18. With Friends Like These Part 2
Air Date: 1998-04-30
Kim's father is killed in a hit and run accident. Pang refuses to let her be part of the investigation. Herb and Alan are assigned to it instead. Alan keeps her updated about the case. Mike tries to comfort her. The Yeo family fight over the father's property. With no will, everyone is squabbling for a share of the estate. The brothers don't think Ah Heng deserves a share. Lena shows up too. Kim talks to her, finds out her father's secret life. Kim feels sorry for her and gives her some money.
19. Red Debts Part 1
Air Date: 1998-05-07
Unlike their predecessors, Robin Leong and Chong Chia Suan have martial arts in their blood. In the third season of this locally produced cop drama, we see more than one side to Inspector Sean Han and his sidekick Sgt Yeo Lay Kim's personalities.
20. Red debts Part 2
Air Date: 1998-05-14
Herbert and Alan can't produce evidence to prosecute a lawyer who's behind the murder of a prostitute. So, Sean and his new partner (MTV host Mike Kasem) take over the case.
21. Episode 21
Air Date: 1998-05-21
Following the murder of two young men, the gang of four intrepid detectives race against time to arrest an Australian suspect.
22. Episode 22
Air Date: 1998-05-28
Our vigilant foursome finally apprehend the Australian suspect linked to the killing of two young men, but they become embroiled in his dangerous mind games.
23. Who Needs Enemies Part 1
Air Date: 1998-06-04
A woman dies in a hit-and-run accident, and Sean and Kim suspect her lover, her husband, and her husband's lover of the crime. Meanwhile, Herbert and Alan investigate a couple's murder near Su-Lyn's flat. In the midst of it, Su Lyn is kidnapped.
24. Who Needs Enemies Part 2
Air Date: 1998-06-11
James Lye rejoins the series, reprising his Mark Chin role. Wong Li Lin's character Elaine Tay is found dead and mike, now a PE instructor is questioned by Sean. Mike evades Sean's questions and does his own investigation instead, much to the chagrin of the latter. Meanwhile, Herbert searches everywhere for Su-Lyn.
25. Episode 25
Air Date: 1998-06-18
Sean and Kim have to rein him in when Mike goes beserk chasing after the serial killer he thinks is responsible for Elaine's death. Meanwhile, a little boy is found murdered and Herbert and Alan suspect a molestation-cum-murder case.
26. Episode 26
Air Date: 1998-06-25
In this season finale, Sean Kim, Mike, Alan and Herbert team up to nail Jack, the serial killer presumed to be responsible for Elaine's death. Having managed to do so, they realise the real culprit is still at large. Mike Chin then decides to re-join the police force in order to pursue the case.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 1999-01-01
James Lye is back on the team and Annabelle Francis joins the cast. Mike (Lye) is still dealing with Elaine's murder from the last season. Sarah is like a breath of fresh air. Annabelle Francis who plays her role describes Sarah as ‘funky, lively, and very sweet.’ She adapts to people very well. This season will explore the characters in greater depth. This season also promises more humour in the stories.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 1999-01-08
Sean partners Sarah in a ‘dog-man’ case, Mike and Kim go in search of an underwear thief, and Su Lyn tries to get Herbert to see his mother.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 1999-01-15
Sparks fly between Mike and Kim when they team up on a case together. Meanwhile, Sarah gets Herbert to loosen up as he, softening to Su Lyn's attempts to reconcile him with his family, finally makes contact with his brother.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 1999-01-22
James Lye is back on the team and Annabelle Francis joins the cast. Mike (Lye) is still dealing with Elaine's murder from the last season. Sarah is like a breath of fresh air. Annabelle Francis who plays her role describes Sarah as ‘funky, lively, and very sweet.’ She adapts to people very well. This season will explore the characters in greater depth. This season also promises more humour in the stories.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 1999-01-29
James Lye is back on the team and Annabelle Francis joins the cast. Mike (Lye) is still dealing with Elaine's murder from the last season. Sarah is like a breath of fresh air. Annabelle Francis who plays her role describes Sarah as ‘funky, lively, and very sweet.’ She adapts to people very well. This season will explore the characters in greater depth. This season also promises more humour in the stories.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1999-02-05
Mike and Kim investigate the murder of a rag and bone man. While working on a drug-related case, Sarah finds herself attracted to Inspector Seah, a narcotics officer.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 1999-02-12
Mike and Kim try to nail a man who's been going around, threatening people with an HIV-tainted needle. Also, Mike finds out that Kim likes him but turns her down.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 1999-02-19
Alan and Herbert investigate a case involving a teenage girl gang. Meanwhile, Sean sets into motion the undercover plan to infiltrate a drug syndicate and find out who the top dogs are.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 1999-02-26
Mike and Sarah investigate a businessman's murder and discover that some foreign workers had been paid to kill him. Meanwhile, Sean helps Martin with some drug deals to win the latter's trust.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 1999-03-05
Herbert and Alan investigate the murder of a man who organises the Children Karaoke Competition. A dismayed Alan learns that he's not being promoted.
11. Pride
Air Date: 1999-03-12
Sean is told to kill an informer, which he does so as to gain respect from the gang. But it's also the start of his emotional downfall.
12. Hero
Air Date: 1999-03-19
Sean has nightmares after killing an informer and, in his desperation, turns to drugs. Mike suspects something is wrong with Sean. Meanwhile, Kim and Alan draw closer to each other.
13. The Cleansing
Air Date: 1999-03-26
Mike investigates a murder where the abused wife is suspected of killing her husband. Sean manages to crack the syndicate and discovers that the corrupt officer turns out to be Inspector Lee. Meanwhile, Kim invites Alan out for a date.
14. Episode 14
Air Date: 1999-04-02
Alan confides his disappointment at being passed over for a promotion to Kim, who thus feels closer to him. Mike takes Sarah out so as to help her get over Sean's betrayal. Meanwhile, Sean gets addicted to drugs.
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 1999-04-09
While investigating a case with Alan, Sean loses control of himself and his drug problem is exposed. Meanwhile, Helen tries to court Mike who turns her down.
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 1999-04-16
Sean goes on cold turkey and Kim helps him get over his addiction. Meanwhile, a spurned Helen threatens Mike.
17. Episode 17
Air Date: 1999-04-23
Alan and Mike investigate a case where a series of women are being killed. Meanwhile, a spurned Helen freaks out and Mike tries to contain her, but to no avail. Later, she goes missing.
18. Episode 18
Air Date: 1999-04-30
Mike and Sarah investigate the case of a dead abandoned baby. Meanwhile, Sean suffers a relapse and starts drinking again.
19. Episode 19
Air Date: 1999-05-07
Mike and Sarah investigate the murder of a man who was found strangled in the restroom of a rundown hotel. Sean seeks help from Alcoholics Anonymous.
20. Episode 20
Air Date: 1999-05-14
Mike and Sarah investigate a series of brutal murders of young women. Eventually, they uncover a con operation that lures women with fengshui and black magic.
21. Episode 21
Air Date: 1999-05-21
James Lye is back on the team and Annabelle Francis joins the cast. Mike (Lye) is still dealing with Elaine's murder from the last season. Sarah is like a breath of fresh air. Annabelle Francis who plays her role describes Sarah as ‘funky, lively, and very sweet.’ She adapts to people very well. This season will explore the characters in greater depth. This season also promises more humour in the stories.
22. Episode 22
Air Date: 1999-05-28
A teenager holds a woman hostage in a supermarket. When Kim fails to talk him into releasing his victim, she shoots him dead. A police inquiry into the matter eventually lets Kim off the hook, but she's stabbed by an assailant on her way home.
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Rating
0.0/10
Release Date
1995-01-01
Episodes
83 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
MediaCorp