Recaps

Zhou Quan uncovered the forces behind an assassination attempt, rescued trafficked girls, and turned Jing Jinxian into an undercover agent as he built a broader campaign against organized crime. The stretch ended with police fighting off an armed terrorist assault at a jewelry exhibition while searching for accomplices still inside the hotel.

• Zhou Quan traced the attempt on his life to the Aether Society and Madam M, arrested the conspirators, rescued the abducted girls, and learned that Mr. Dong led the organization training female agents.
• Zhou Quan investigated Cheng Tao and Jing Jinxian, exposed Jing as Cheng Tao’s childhood friend Little Scrawny and a Headquarters operative, then recruited him under the codename Tomb Tiger.
• Zhou Quan coordinated the Security Department, O Division, and the Anti-Narcotics Squad to dismantle Sun Yee On’s drug operation and publicly announced the Crouching Tiger Plan.
• Zhou Quan met Chiang Tin-yeung, who promised to steer Hung Hing toward legitimate business, while Lam Wai Lok and other gangs also cooperated with police efforts to reform.
• After Interpol warned that Doctor’s terrorists might target the Kum To Hotel jewelry exhibition, Zhou Quan organized a security operation and enlisted police districts and local gangs to search for them.
• Zhou Quan and his teams secured the exhibition, watched suspicious staff and visitors, and identified two trucks carrying suspected terrorists as they entered the hotel garage.
• Rabbit’s men attacked when Chow Sing Sing’s team demanded an inspection, but the police and Flying Tigers fought back, stopped the trucks, and captured Rabbit and several other terrorists.
• Superintendent Zhou ordered officers to question the prisoners about accomplices who might still be inside the hotel.

Zhou Quan rescued Li Ju from Zhang Ziqiang and then led the Security Department through a hunt for Professor, uncovering help from inside Interpol and the foreign garrison. The criminals were captured and transferred to the Motherland’s agents, while the Police Force dismissed Kwan Yuet-sing and Zhou Quan arranged promotions and a new posting for Chu Wah-biu.

• Zhou Quan killed Doctor during the Kum To Hotel hostage crisis, then defended his decision at an internal hearing.
• Li Ka-shing told Zhou Quan that Zhang Ziqiang had kidnapped Li Ju, and Zhou Quan’s teams traced the gang to a village house and rescued Li Ju.
• Li Ka-shing donated police vehicles after Li Ju returned safely, while the Security Department helped Interpol seize heroin and cash in a separate operation.
• Attackers freed a suspect during the convoy transfer, and Zhou Quan investigated the possibility of a Police Force mole while pursuing Professor’s gang.
• Zhou Quan took over the Professor cases from the Central District Major Crimes Unit, confronted Kwan Yuet-sing, and ordered him to surrender his weapon and certificate.
• Lok Kai-cheung’s team captured Professor and Little Bird at Interpol Headquarters, and Professor identified Steve Brittingham and Michel Lambert as suppliers who had helped the gang escape.
• Zhou Quan confronted Richard Parkin at Shek Kong Camp and secured Steve and Michelle’s arrest, then arranged for the four criminals to be handed to the Motherland’s agents.
• Lau Kit-fai’s Administration Group dismissed Kwan Big Gang and Kwan Yuet-sing, while Zhou Quan promoted Jiu Sai-wing, restored Chu Wah-biu’s standing, and accepted his transfer into the Action Group.

Zhou Quan pushed a national security law while leading investigations into a major robbery and a terrorist plot involving sarin. After his officers stopped the attackers and secured the Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Motherland’s delegation credited his work with helping resolve the Hong Kong Garrison handover dispute.

• Zhou Quan recruited Oswald and Lai Wing-lim to secretly draft a national security bill, arguing that normal legislative channels would not protect the Motherland’s interests before the handover.
• After armed criminals stole TNS security records, Zhou Quan’s investigators identified former Vietnamese special forces soldiers and arrested Cheng Feng’s crew as they attempted to rob Sumitomo Bank.
• Terrorists from the Path of the Holy Multitudes attacked the Japanese Consulate, killed Chief Inspector Lin, and threatened Hong Kong Island, prompting Zhou Quan to launch a counterterrorism operation.
• Zhou Quan’s officers traced the terrorists to a chemical industrial area, where they killed or captured the attackers and Zhou shot Takizawa Ryūichi twice to free his hostages.
• Under interrogation, Takizawa revealed the group’s plan to make five kilograms of sarin and identified Vice Consul Narita as their accomplice, while Zhou Quan sought to keep Yoshinaga Hideaki and Takizawa imprisoned on Hong Kong Island.
• Lok Ming-wah assigned Zhou Quan to guarantee security for the September 27 signing and ordered Lau Kit-fai to investigate corrupt officers and foreign operatives inside the Police Force.
• Zhou Quan oversaw security at the Convention and Exhibition Centre as the delegations completed their talks, then helped Old Mr. Zhou and Old Mr. Wang into their ceremonial car.
• Old Mr. Zhou and Old Mr. Wang credited Zhou Quan’s leverage over the foreign garrison with helping the delegation secure the agreement for the Hong Kong Garrison to take over defense six hours before Hong Kong Island’s return.

Zhou Quan helped expose Richard Rivers’s illicit network, bringing Richard and other senior figures to trial while protecting witnesses and the prisoner convoy. He then turned to securing the Chief Executive selection, which Mr. Dong won with 320 votes.

• Old Mr. Zhou told Zhou Quan that Brother Hanbin would take over the Hong Kong Island work and warned him to prevent any mishaps in the return.
• Lau Kit-fai asked Zhou Quan to investigate Richard Rivers and his links to Lam Yiu-cheung, and Zhou Quan agreed to help.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing and T Squad to investigate Wo On Lok while coordinating with Lau Kit-fai and the Kowloon City District officers.
• Lam Yiu-cheung admitted his past crimes and gave Zhou Quan evidence against Richard’s network, while Zhou Quan assigned him and Lok Chi-ming to gather further evidence.
• Zhou Quan and Lau Kit-fai arranged arrests of Richard, Hawking, Kenneth, and other officials, then Zhou Quan led the arrests and organized protection for the witnesses.
• Zhou Quan escorted Lam Yiu-cheung and Tony Man to court, where their testimony helped secure Richard Rivers’s life sentence and prison sentences for Hawking and Kenneth.
• Lok Ming-wah assigned Zhou Quan’s team security for upcoming meetings, and Zhou Quan cooperated with candidate vetting while avoiding taking sides in the election.
• Zhou Quan, Chow Sing Sing, and Kwan Man Chin secured the Selection Committee meeting where Mr. Dong won with 320 votes, then supervised the attendees’ departure.