A Great Way to Care


A Great Way To Care is a Hong Kong medical crime drama television series produced by Marco Law and TVB. It stars Alex Fong as Dr. Ko Lap-yan, a senior psychiatrist who has a specialty in diagnosing mentally ill criminals.
Produced in 2008, the first series premiered on Malaysia's AOD on 8 June 2009. Originally scheduled for a summer 2009 release in Hong Kong, the broadcast of the series was put on hold after the success of Lee Tim-sing's period serial, Rosy Business. Lee's sister production, Sweetness in the Salt, was aired in place of A Great Way to Care.
With a total of 20 episodes, the series finally premiered on Jade in Hong Kong on 10 January 2011. A sequel series of 25 episodes was renewed in early 2012, and premiered on TVB's Jade and HD Jade channels on 18 March 2013.

Series overview

Dr. Ko Lap-yan heads a team of senior psychiatrists and residents at the Yan Wo Hospital in Hong Kong. Most episodes revolve around the team diagnosing patients. With a specialty at diagnosing criminals, Ko also has close ties with the Serious Crime Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force, a unit headed by Senior Inspector Chung Kwon-ban. The second series sees Ko's resignation from the Yan Wo Hospital; he is later transferred to a new psychiatric department, the Forensics Psychiatry Department, of Bok On Hospital, where he formally diagnoses criminals.

Cast and characters

Series 1 characters

Ko Family

Lin Family

Yan Wo Hospital
Hong Kong Police CID

Medical cases

Post-traumatic stress disorder (Chapter 1)
Antisocial personality disorder (Chapter 2–3)
Compensated dating girl (Chapter 4–6)
Personality disorder (Chapter 6–9)
Policemen Murders (Chapter 10–12)
Obsessive compulsive disorder (Chapter 13–17)
Dissociative identity disorder (Chapter 17–20)

Others

Series 2 characters

Bok On Hospital

Sui Oi Psychiatric Clinic

Major Case Unit

Season 1 viewership ratings.
WeekEpisodesAverage PointsPeaking PointsReferences
110–14 January 2011 1–5 29 31
217–20 January 2011 6–9 31 35
324–28 January 2011 10–14 30 —
431 January – 2 February 2011, 4 February 2011 15–18 27 —
45 February 2011 19–20 23 27

Season 2 viewership ratings.
WeekEpisodesAverage PointsPeaking PointsReferences
118–22 March 2013 1–5 26 28
225–29 March 2013 6–10 27 31
301–5 April 2013 11–15 28 —
416–20 April 2013 16–20 27 —
515–19 April 2013 21–25 29 —

Awards and nominations

45th TVB Anniversary Awards 2011