The Pupil (TV series)

The Pupil
StarringRebecca Lim
Adrian Pang
Janice Koh
Elfaeza Ul Haq
Lim Kay Tong
Vadi Pvss
Carmen Soo
Lin Ru Ping
Jeff Catz
George Young
Country of originSingapore
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerLee Thean-jeen
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 5
Release7 January 2010 (2010-01-07) –
8 November 2011 (2011-11-08)

The Pupil is a Singaporean drama series that aired on MediaCorp Channel 5, revolving around the legal profession of Singaporean lawyers and the cases they take on as civil litigators. During its span of two years, the first season premiered on 7 January 2010, while the second season premiered on 18 August 2011, which concluded on 8 November of the same year.

The show received favourable reviews and multiple spin-offs were created based on the series, including Code of Law, Derek, and Forensik.

Characters

Cast Role
Rebecca Lim Wendy Lim Hwee Ling
Adrian Pang Dennis Tang Teng Soon
Janice Koh Angela Ang Yi Mei
Elfaeza Ul Haq Nisa Muhd Noor
Lim Kay Tong Harris Fong Weng Kiong
Vadi Pvss Seelan Ramasamy
Carmen Soo Rachel Sung
Lin Ru Ping Lim Gaik Kim
Jeff Catz Razak Muhd Noor
Bernard Tan Vincent Leong
George Young1 Benjamin Wong
Fang Rong

^1 George Young joined the cast in Season 2.[1]

Episodes

Season 1

Episode Title Guest Star(s) Note
1 “A Matter Of Service”
2 “Let The Right One In”
  • Karen Lim as Margaret Eng
  • P. Logan as Ramesh Veerasamy
  • Laurence Pang as Mr Tang
3 “The Customer Is Always Left, Right?”
  • Utt as Dr Gregory Lee
4 “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”
  • Lin Meijiao as Mdm Wong
  • Utt as Dr Gregory Lee
  • Beh Min Yan as Li Ming
  • R Chandran as Anthony Silva
5 “Cry Wolf”
  • Amy Cheng as Jacqueline
  • Timothy Nga as Edwin
  • Lee Yern-wei as Ben
6 “As I Lay Dying”
  • Tracy Tan as Charlene Gwee
7 “Going Going Gone”
  • Catherine Sng as Karen
  • Bernard Tan as Vincent Leong
  • Henry Heng as Ah Wong
  • Ong Siew Lin as Lily
  • Brendon Fernandez as Sam
 Part 1
8 Part 2
9 “Blog Out”
  • Andie Chen as Andy
  • Jessica Tan as Kay
  • Adele Wong as Jacy
10 “Family Feud”
11 “Funny Money”
  • Pamelyn Chee as Pam
  • Alaric Tay as Tuck Meng
  • May Oon as Siew Sim
12 “Medium Rare”
  • Richard Low as Chan Chong Wai
  • Melody Chen as Jeannie Wong
  • Karen Tan as Rita Mun
 Special two-hour season finale.
13 “Final Verdict”

Season 2

Episode Title Guest Star(s) Note
1 “Old Habits Dying Hard”
2 "Lucky Charm”
3 “The Truth Out There”
4 “Driven to Distraction”
5 “Security Deposit”
6 “Maid in Singapore”
7 "The Big Pay-Off”
8 “Falling Out of Favour”
9 “The Silent Client”
10 “Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender...”
11 “Scar Tissue”
12 “Extra Curricular”
13 “Staying Abreast of the Game”

References

  1. ^ "The Pupil 2: Pupils Old and New". Channel News Asia. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.