What If

TV SERIES 2025 1 SEASON

Overview

Lok Chak-shun, a man who lives three different destinies shaped by his choices. Born prematurely in 1960s Hong Kong, he grows up passionate about comics. A school prank leads him to a fateful encounter with a mysterious girl, but a broken kite triggers a ripple in time, splitting his life into three divergent paths.

This production, originally released in 2025, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Sci-Fi & Fantasy genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 7.8 across its 1 season.

Storyline Highlights:
• Explores themes within Sci-Fi & Fantasy.
• Produced in Hong Kong.
• Original Language: Cantonese.

Directed By

Jonathan Li Tsz-Chun, Vicky Wong Wai-Kit, Jeff Cheung Ka-Kit

Written By

Ho Chung Ken

Starring Cast

Ernesto de Sousa

Lok Chak-shun

Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Ng Wing-Sze

Ashley Lam

Chrissie Chau Sau-Na

Ben Yuen Foo-Wah

Tony Wu

Tsui Ho-Cheong

Seasons

Specials

10 Episodes • Aired 2025-03-17

No season overview provided for this season.

Season 1

12 Episodes • Aired 2025-03-31

Lok Chak Shun, a 1960s Hong Kong premature survivor, sought escape in street comics where he met Lung, a teen gangster mentoring him into petty crimes. When Shun’s autobiographical comics were altered at school, he publicly shamed the vandal—a reclusive art student departing soon. Overwhelmed by guilt, he then uncovered his father’s infidelity and Lung’s escalating gang war. Amid the turmoil, a severed kite string crystallized his crossroads: embracing Lung’s chaos led to imprisonment; pursuing the girl forged an artistic career marred by her abrupt emigration; confronting his father shattered the family, exiling him into solitude. Each path mirrored Hong Kong’s fractured identity—caught between colonial twilight and generational rebellion. The kite, once a childhood solace, now symbolized life’s irreversible pivots: a single frayed thread unraveling into lifetimes of regret or reinvention, bound by choices made in the breath between adolescence and consequence.