In the first episode posted on Apr 15, Lee’s Xinniang was seen berating Chew’s Anna for pursuing his heart’s desire by guest-DJ-ing with Yes 933 on Apr 1, which was where Chew had his radio career start in real life.
“Don’t forget, you now belong to 972!” lectured Lee, who also accused Chew of shamelessly crushing on Yes 933’s DJ Zhong Kunhua.
Of course, you can’t have drama without a good, ol-fashioned love triangle. In the second episode on Apr 21, Lee and Chew were pitted against each other over Zuye, the love interest of Xinniang and Anna in Emerald Hill – until Chin broke up the fight with some shocking news.
“I have settled your betrothals,” Chin proclaimed. Pointing at Chew, Chin announced he was to marry 958’s Pan Jia Biao. “And you, you will marry 958’s Qiu Sheng Yang,” he said to Lee – at which point, the DJs broke character and guffawed.
The cross-dressing hosts also did not waste the opportunity to poke fun at each other. Lee marched into one episode and called Chew “Ne Zha”, the character in the hit Chinese animation, who is known for his double-bun hair style.
Chin’s matriarch was also the butt of their jokes with Lee’s and Chew’s characters sucking up to their “neo” with a hilarious rhyme that played on his “perky posterior”.
Fans of Emerald Hill will also recognise the series’ slow-motion opening sequence set to Kit Chan’s Flowers Falling Like Rain. Except in the parody, the reverie is broken by Chin’s sharp retort: “Don’t know how to close the door ah?”.
Emerald Hill’s original actors such as Tasha Low, Chantalle Ng, Jesseca Liu, Romeo Tan and Zhang Zetong have reacted with laughing emojis.
They have another reason to stay laughing – Emerald Hill has maintained its place in Netflix Singapore’s 10 most watched series list since it premiered on Mar 10.
