List of Tiger Mum episodes
MediaCorp Channel 8's television series Tiger Mum is a family drama series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2015. It revolves around a senior prison officer whose nickname is ‘Tigress’ due to her stern tiger mother behaviour and demeanour. As of 6 May 2015, all 20 episodes of Tiger Mum have been aired on MediaCorp Channel 8.[1] In addition, during the credits at the end of each episode, scenes of the show were available for viewing on Toggle as epilogues.
Episodic guide
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | April 9, 2015 PG | |
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Liu Jinmai, a repeat offender, returns to prison. He is so brash that he even teases the new prison wardens. Just then, someone shouts “Tiger is here!” Expecting a burly prison officer, Jinmai finds instead a female prison warden named He Xuemei (Huang Biren). Jinmai tries to show off his bravado and is in for a shock when she details his record and subdues him in a few moves. She then sends him off to a detention cell. Xuemei is strict but she cares about the inmates and encourages those with potential to study hard. One of these is Zhang Guoqiang (Jeffrey Xu), who has just been accepted by a university. He views her as his idol and hopes to court her when he is released. Epilogue: As Xuemei proceeds to the office after rejecting Guoqiang's question, she recounts her previous role as a neighbourhood police officer and how her fierce look led to many complaints, resulting in her transfer as a prison officer. Meanwhile, viewers take a look at Chen Kai's family in the past before his wife died. | |||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | April 10, 2015 PG Some Sexual References | |
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Without realizing Haolian (Aloysius Pang) and Abigail (Jayley Woo) are in cahoots to extort $5,000 from him, Chen Kai (Yao Wenlong) rushes out to meet the caller. Haolian needs the money to repay Abigail’s debts, so that she need not work as a prostitute. Chen Kai goes to the ATM with Abigail. Xuemei appears; assuming Chen Kai is a customer of Abigail’s. Realizing Xuemei is a police officer, Abigail runs off. Haolian’s ploy fails. Xuemei assesses Haolian’s attitude towards his father and tells him off. Haolian is in a foul mood for failing Abigail. His brother, Haowei (Ian Fang), is also upset; he has been bullied by his manager, Ivan (Rayson Tan). Back home, the two brothers quarrel. Xuemei’s sister, Shengmei, asks her to babysit her two kids while she travels to Hong Kong to expose an affair. Shengmei’s kids are unhappy, as Xuemei does not allow them to sleep late, choose their own food, and play computer games. Instead, she takes them outdoors for some fresh air. Epilogue: Xuemei kicked Chen Kai for a total of two times, and is lucky that she prevented herself from giving her own first kiss. It was revealed that Haolian had caused Haowei to wake up late, and even swopped money from his wallet. Meanwhile, Haowei's relationship with Rouya begins when she helped him plaster his injury. | |||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | April 13, 2015 PG | |
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Going berserk after two hours without their computer games, Shengmei's children bang their heads against the sofa, giving their maid, Rose, a frightful scare. Xuemei declares the children are addicted to computer games. Rose reveals that Shengmei and her husband stare at their computer screens more than they look at their children. Xuemei promises to let the children play computer games if they complete their homework properly. Huixin (Julie Tan) gets herself discharged from hospital, and mistakes Shengmei’s home for her own. Xuemei is shocked. Huixin runs off when she realises her mistake. Observing Chen Kai's frenzy, Xuemei deduces that Huixin is his missing daughter. Epilogue: Chen Kai mentions how Huixin liked to go out in the past, and also took care of their family while he was working and stood up late to do her homework. Guoqiang is grateful for how Xuemei helped him with his studies in prison and proclaims he will court her upon his release. Meanwhile, Chen Kai meets three potential helpers, one being Robert's beau, but none of them suits him. | |||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | April 14, 2015 PG | |
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Chen Kai is busy at work when he remembers Xuemei's observations. Realising he has not had a good meal with his family for a long time, he decides to cast work aside and buy food from their favourite stall before reminding everyone to return home for dinner at 7pm. Haowei puts up with Ivan’s bullying and does not dare say a word. It is Rouya who goes to his aid yet again. Haolian tries hard to earn money at the snooker table but is beaten by his opponent. Huiyan (Bonnie Loo) likes her classmate, Nat, and tries to catch his attention. When she succeeds, she invites him to watch a movie with her. Epilogue: Xuemei wanted to say that she has not found herself a suitable partner, as she herself has matchmade eight dates before, which did not suit her. Haolian remembers his childhood memories with Abigail and expresses his desire to take care of her. | |||
| 5 | "Episode 5" | April 15, 2015 PG | |
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Xuemei is not eager to go on a blind date with the man Mary has recommended. Shengmei returns home with many purchases from Hong Kong and gives her a makeover. Xuemei sets off for the date and is surprised when she meets Chen Kai again. He is also at the restaurant for a blind date. Xuemei’s date is the chief of an MNC (Chen Hanwei). His arrogance turns her off. Chen Kai’s date does not mind that he has four children, but wants the elder two to move out of the house. Epilogue: Xuemei proposes to Chen Kai and gazes at him in order for him to become her love boyfriend. Meanwhile, Guoqiang and Chen Kai met at the toilet and sees each other's flaws. | |||
| 6 | "Episode 6" | April 16, 2015 PG | |
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Shengmei is flabbergasted that Xuemei wants to date a man with four children, but Xuemei trusts her instincts. Meanwhile, Robert tells Chen Kai off for picking a plain-looking woman who is dying to get married. Xuemei turns up at Chen Kai’s shop. Robert has no idea who she is, and tries to sell a sales item to her at the original price. Chen Kai objects, and discovers the customer is Xuemei. Robert is certain Xuemei is hiding an ulterior motive in dating Chen Kai. Chen Kai is discussing his first date with Xuemei when Tony calls, because Haolian cannot pay him $1000 for losing the snooker games. Epilogue: Haowei gets locked up by Ivan in the toilet with only his underpants on and tries to get out of the toilet, only to fail. In addition, Xuemei reveals herself to be the head of a female gang in her teenage years and how she fought with three rivals who were beating the teenage Chen Kai up. | |||
| 7 | "Episode 7" | April 17, 2015 PG | |
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Haowei is locked up in a public toilet with no clothes and mobile phone. He is worried, as the CEO hates tardiness. Desperate, he uses the cleaner’s mobile phone and is taken for a thief and pervert. Huiyan notices Haowei in his pathetic state. She snaps a photo of him and sends it to Chen Kai. Chen Kai is on a date with Xuemei when he receives the photo. He rushes to Haowei’s rescue. Xuemei is infuriated. She tells Haowei to confront Ivan, but the latter would rather bear with the situation and keep his job. He does not enjoy the job, but he does not want to leave Rouya. Xuemei encourages him to stand up to Ivan. Epilogue: Taking Xuemei's advice, Chen Kai tries to work out in the gym, but the exercises are tough to him. An angry Huiyan tries to get back at Angel, by getting money from Judy to buy coke cans. | |||
| 8 | "Episode 8" | April 20, 2015 PG | |
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The "lonely girl" Huixin has been chatting with online turns out to be a strange man in his 30s. She tries to call Chen Kai for help, but the man takes away her mobile phone. Chen Kai assumes she has pressed his number by mistake, but Xuemei senses something amiss. Haowei is fired by Ivan. Only Rouya shows concern and asks him why he is leaving. Epilogue: Shengmei gets Xuemei to learn Internet lingo, after sending her messages with lingo on them when Shengmei thinks her husband is having an affair again. Xuemei then uses them on her colleagues in the office. | |||
| 9 | "Episode 9" | April 21, 2015 PG | |
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Haolian and his siblings are bent on chasing Xuemei away, to avoid acquiring a Tiger Mum. Haowei, the eldest, is an honest person. He has no idea how to deal with Xuemei. Haolian uses his account to post the video of the embrace online and announces that the Chens will never accept a Tiger Mum. Xuemei’s colleagues see the video, but dare not tell Xuemei. They are surprised when she stumbles upon it and is more concerned about how stiff she looks than anything else. Epilogue: Huixin learns the arrest of Mr M, and goes mad after learning he lied to her. Xuemei recalls how Chen Kai tried to hold her hand after the embrace. | |||
| 10 | "Episode 10" | April 22, 2015 PG | |
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Xuemei prepares dinner and assures Chen Kai she will make all four children return home for the meal. She suspects Haolian is behind the video upload and worries his keen intelligence will get him into trouble if he veers onto the wrong path. Haolian manages to get Abigail a cheque of $50,000 from Robert. When she asks Haolian why he is so good to her, he grabs the opportunity to express his love for her. Epilogue: Haolian exits the house after he was beaten by Xuemei, and expresses his hurt secretly; back at home, Chen Kai faints after Xuemei hits him in the chest. At the bushes in the beach, Chen Kai tries to prevent Xuemei from finding out what is happening inside, but accidentally kisses Xuemei slightly. Both rushes out of the bushes hand in hand. Huiyan tries to extort money from Chen Kai, but Xuemei and Chen Kai extorts from her in turn. | |||
| 11 | "Episode 11" | April 23, 2015 PG | |
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Haowei ponders over Xuemei’s advice and decides to confront Ivan at the office. He insists Ivan should let him serve the required seven-day notice. He is well aware Ivan will pick on him. However, he is anxious to find out about Rouya. Haowei learns something has happened to Rouya and he seems to be associated with it. He tails Ivan to the hospital and discovers Rouya has a fractured leg. Epilogue: Haowei sneaks into Rouya's ward by "lending" one of the doctors' clothes in the toilet. The all-mighty Xuemei leapfrogs Haolian in basketball, and she reveals how she entered the national basketball team. | |||
| 12 | "Episode 12" | April 24, 2015 PG | |
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Nat leaves with Angel, and Huiyan gets upset. Xuemei tells her that someday, she will be glad she lost him to Angel. Huiyan’s attitude changes when she learns Xuemei is at the school in Chen Kai’s place. She relates how she had caused Angel to trip and lose her front tooth. The principal is in awe of Angel’s father, who is a lawyer, and turns a blind eye to how Angel has been bullying Huiyan. Mo Xiaoling (Belinda Lee) arrives from Australia with her daughter, Margaret. Epilogue: Guoqiang tries to win Xuemei's heart during her morning exercise. In addition, at the office, she finds out Guoqiang has prepared meals for the prison warden officers. Meanwhile, Huixin, her ex-boyfriend and her friend are conversing at the cafe, before the latter two became a couple. | |||
| 13 | "Episode 13" | April 27, 2015 PG | |
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Haowei seeks help from Xuemei, who takes him to a hawker centre to watch how others prepare traditional coffee. He later realises she is trying to tell him that he has to gain his boss' recognition, so that even if the manager abuses his authority and fires him, the boss will step in. Haowei visits Rouya, who is working on a proposal for a project the CEO is very concerned about. He refuses to help her but changes his mind when he remembers Xuemei's advice. He promises to do his best to help Rouya. Epilogue: Three years ago, Huiyan learns that Huixin has broken up and sees her throwing the teddy bear gift her ex-boyfriend had sent to her. Huiyan, Haowei and Haolian met up with the couple in the campus to stand up for her and teach them a lesson the next day. | |||
| 14 | "Episode 14" | April 28, 2015 PG | |
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Xuemei and Chen Kai take Huiyan to see the school principal again. They are hoping the principal will reverse the decision to force Huiyan to transfer schools. Angel’s father, Jimmy, turns up as well and asks for a harsher punishment to be meted out. As Jimmy is a barrister, the principal takes his side and refuses to believe Angel had bullied Huiyan. Jimmy himself insists Angel would never do as accused. Xuemei gets Judy to produce evidence against Angel, and Jimmy is shocked by the revelation. Tongue-tied, Angel is regretful and apologises to Huiyan. Peter insists Abigail should entertain clients, even though she is ill. Haolian stands up for her, and Peter warns that he should not meddle in Abigail’s debts or the gang’s activities. Epilogue: This is not the first time Haolian ran away from home, as he stole Chen Kai's money three years ago. Haolian learns that Abigail was abused again by her father, and he promises to help protect her. The family starts dinner when Haolian returns home and that's when he decides to learn taekwondo. | |||
| 15 | "Episode 15" | April 29, 2015 PG | |
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Haolian goes to the supermarket to eat free samples, as he has no money. When Abigail calls him, he rushes off to confront Peter. However, Peter and his men have weapons, and he has no choice but to flee. Haowei and Huixin witness Haolian being attacked. Xuemei tells them to wait for the police to turn up. However, to Haolian's surprise, Haowei rushes to his rescue. When Peter notices Xuemei, he runs off. He has been in prison before and is well aware how capable she is of making sure he is put back there. Epilogue: Chen Kai and Xuemei come out in couple clothes made by Huixin. They take selfies while going for an outing. The children and Xiaoling see these selfies on their phone and are amazed. Guoqiang prepares many variations of pasta for Huixin, who finds them tasty. | |||
| 16 | "Episode 16" | April 30, 2015 PG | |
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Xiaoling collapses. Her health issues stem from a lack of physical exercise. She laments that she had given up her own pursuits to take care of her family, but ended up with an unfaithful husband. Xuemei learns from Margaret that Xiaoling is at fault too, as she had refused to admit her mistakes and often threatened her husband, David, with divorce. Believing David will beg her to return home soon, Xiaoling is stunned when she receives signed divorce papers from David. She pretends to accept them in high spirits. Epilogue: Huixin gets depressed again after realizing Guoqiang cheated her feelings again, and went to the supermarket to buy instant noodles again. Meanwhile, Chen Kai teaches Xuemei to drive, which turns out to be rather nauseating. Xuemei then takes him to the arcade to play a racing game, which she ironically is good at. | |||
| 17 | "Episode 17" | May 1, 2015 PG | |
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Abigail tries to run off when she sees Xuemei in her grandmother’s house. Xuemei stops her and asserts that she wants to help. Realising Abigail is at her wits' end, Xuemei relates how her own parents died in an accident while they were on holiday in Australia. If not for an old lady who saved her, Xuemei would have been dead long ago. Abigail learns of Haolian's encounter with Robert. Haolian is not afraid Chen Kai will find out; he is prepared to sever ties with his father. Abigail reminds him that compared to her junkie father, Chen Kai is a good parent. She urges Haolian to return the money to Robert and stop meddling in her affairs. Epilogue: Leo offers Huixin a hotel room, but he has other plans. Three years ago, Haolian realized that Abigail went into prostitution. | |||
| 18 | "Episode 18" | May 4, 2015 PG | |
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Haowei senses something amiss when Ivan starts treats him very well. As expected, Ivan soon reveals his true colours. He tells Haowei to betray Rouya by leaking details of the new business proposal. He even insinuates that Rouya is just making use of Haowei's feelings for her, as she already has a boyfriend. Haowei is compelled to reveal the contents of Rouya’s proposal to Ivan. However, he refrains from disclosing the amended portions. When Rouya learns what Ivan has been up to, she vows to expose him the next day. Epilogue: Ivan, who stepped into Haowei's shoes, is reduced to being a worker under another boss. Three years ago, to take care of her sickly grandmother, Abigail looked for jobs. | |||
| 19 | "Episode 19" | May 5, 2015 PG | |
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It is clear Guoqiang blames Chen Kai for not taking good care of Xuemei. On her part, Xuemei assumes his bruised eye is Chen Kai's fault, until Guoqiang explains that he was beaten up by his father's loansharks. She drags him to the police station to file a report. Xuemei gets even more worried about Huixin when Guoqiang reveals she is in contact with Leo. Margaret calls, too. She tells Xuemei that Huixin returned to pack her bag and get her passport. Xuemei urges Margaret to stop her from leaving. Epilogue: Xuemei wants Guoqiang to drive her to the police station, but it turns out to be a rather bumpy ride. Chen Kai and Guoqiang duel at the park. | |||
| 20 | "Episode 20" | May 6, 2015 PG | |
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Chen Kai has informed David of Xiaoling’s suicide attempt. David rushes to Singapore planning a reconciliation, but Xiaoling pretends not to care and chases him away. When he leaves for the airport despondently, Xuemei tells her off for not treasuring what she has. Xiaoling rushes to the airport to make amends, and Margaret is grateful. Xuemei tells Haolian to help take care of Abigail’s family. He manages to win over her brother, Darren. Abigail returns home and is surprised Darren is doing his homework diligently. When she learns of Haolian's role in this change, she warns Darren not to reveal that she returned home and left after changing her clothes. Epilogue: One year later, Haowei's date turns out to be successful; Huixin and Guoqiang are together; Haolian gets his hairstyle done by Abigail; Huiyan, Judy and Angel are volunteering together at an old folks' home; and Xuemei gives birth to a baby. | |||
See also
- List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s)
- Tiger Mum
References
- "Tiger Mum 虎妈来了 - MediaCorp Advertising". MediaCorp Advertising. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.