
Master of Play ·心戰
Master of Play is a 2012 Hong Kong psychological crime thriller produced by TVB. It stars veteran actor Adam Cheng and internationally acclaimed 2007 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor Moses Chan in the lead role, portraying characters playing a cat-and-mouse game of deceit, suspense and intrigue.
- Created By
Jonathan Ki-Yee Chik
- First Aired on
May 21, 2012
- Popularity: 12.5941
- 0 votes
- Networks
- (HK)
- Production
TVB (HK)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Jun 29, 2012
Last episode: Episode 30
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 30 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 145 min
One rainy evening, inspector KONG SING-YUE comes to a village house to carry out investigation. The murderer leaves a camcorder with video showing the murdering scene and everybody is terrified. The only survivor LEE CHOR-KIU loses her left hand and she is sent to the hospital. While sleeping in the hospital, CHOR-KIU senses that the murderer is coming back… Encouraged by the magician CHEUNG SAI-YIN, CHOR-KIU eventually recovers from the trauma. Three years later, theatre master KUN SIU-NAM receives lots of flower baskets at the dressing room to celebrate his success in a performance. Private detective SHUN-CHUEN is visiting SIU-NAM with an envelope but theatre director CHONG CHUN-TO stops him. CHUN-TO learns that SIU-NAM is still searching for his missing daughter CHI-YING and he feels sorry for him. SIU-NAM’s good friend CHAN YAT-KEI invites him to dinner at home.… ...
Episode 2Episode 245 min
SIU-NAM is busy doing rehearsal in the theatre. LAI-HING learns that the water pipes in SIU-NAM’s house have burst so she helps him to take care of it but this reminds her of the pain when she lost her daughter. A TV station invites SAI-YIN to be the consultant for a magic show. SIU-NAM is also invited to be the guest for a charity show in the station. After work, SAI-YIN returns home with CHOR-KIU and his younger sister SAI-TING. SAI-TING learns that they are getting married and she is very upset. CHOR-KIU invites SAI-YIN to dinner with her mother YIM-KING. SAI-YIN suggests preparing an abalone feast for CHOR-KIU’s family members and CHOR-KIU is deeply touched. When SAI-YIN is preparing the dinner, the uninvited guest Uncle TIN suddenly arrives… SAI-YIN prepares a great dinner for CHOR-KIU’s family. When he accompanies YIM-KING home, YIM-KING humiliates him and comments that he doesn’t even have money to buy a car.… ...
Episode 3Episode 345 min
SIU-NAM returns to the theatre group and everybody is talking about BING-CHING for he doesn’t want their theatre piece to go public. SIU-NAM discovers that BING-CHING has left his wallet there so he decides to send it back to him. SIU-NAM fails to find BING-CHING so he tries to figure out his whereabouts by thinking in BING-CHING’s perspective. BING-CHING is deeply touched that SIU-NAM is sending him the wallet as well as his heart disease medicine. He feels that SIU-NAM really understands him and he changes his mind. SAI-TING is still upset with SAI-YIN’s wedding plan but SAI-YIN doesn’t notice it. SIU-NAM visits BING-CHING and he discovers that BING-CHING is a very detail-minded person. BING-CHING has moved back to his old home and SIU-NAM is deeply touched to learn about the reason behind. He further confirms that he should continue his search for his missing daughter as well.… ...
Episode 4Episode 445 min
SAI-YIN is keeping Uncle TIN’s mobile phone and he discovers that ERIC is leaving a message to Uncle TIN. SAI-YIN manages to find “Jekyll” Pub and he discovers a customer MARTIN hitting the bartender HENRY angrily. EDWIN offers a drink to him warmly while MICHELLE is fooling around with a man in the toilet. SAI-YIN believes that one of them is Uncle TIN’s partner. The bar owner ERIC suddenly approaches SAI-YIN. He calls SAI-YIN with his childhood nickname and SAI-YIN is shocked. After knowing BING-CHING for a period of time, SIU-NAM begins to read BING-CHING’s mind in another perspective and he starts to wonder if BING-CHING has really killed his wife. While eating with BING-CHING in a restaurant, SIU-NAM finds some prostitutes arguing with each other. SIU-NAM is shocked to discover the woman who sent him tansy there and her name is WAI-CHING. He questions her why she has pretended to be deaf and dumb.
Episode 5Episode 545 min
BING-CHING follows WAI-CHING for he wants her to stop fooling around anymore but WAI-CHING’s gang members beat him. SIU-NAM persuades BING-CHING to stop intervening and he points out that BING-CHING has treated WAI-CHING just like his past wife. SAI-TING suddenly wants to break up with her boyfriend HOK-LAI. CHOR-KIU tries to console her but SAI-TING reveals to CHOR-KIU angrily that she doesn’t like her at all. Typhoon signal number 3 is hoisted. WAI-CHING and the other women are waiting for KIN to have drug transaction but BING-CHING suddenly arrives to abduct KIN with a knife. After a theatre performance, SIU-NAM is disappointed that BING-CHING didn’t show up. Later, SIU-NAM learns from SING-YUE that WAI-CHING was killed and he is shocked. ERIC discovers that HENRY has overheard his conversation with SAI-YIN and he kills HENRY heartlessly. SAI-YIN has no choice but to clean up the place with ERIC.