One Good Deed, One Bad Man Episode 1

Episode 1 · Xiaoxue, Jianguo, Sister Zhang

Episode 1 recap

Suffering from suspected food poisoning, Zhang Jie carries her feverish baby Xiao Bao down the stairs and phones her husband. He ignores her call while gambling at a mahjong table. Zhang Jie collapses in the hallway outside Xiaoxue's apartment. Xiaoxue offers to drive them to the hospital in a borrowed car. An illegally parked yellow taxi traps them in the alley. When calls go unanswered, Xiaoxue reports the plate. The furious taxi driver grabs her arm.

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Episode 1 scene by scene

00:00: Ignored Phone Call on the Stairs
Zhang Jie struggles down the stairwell carrying her sick infant, Xiao Bao. Both suffer from food poisoning symptoms. She desperately calls her husband for help, but he is gambling at a mahjong parlor and hangs up on her right away.
00:30: Xiaoxue Steps in to Help
Zhang Jie knocks on Xiaoxue's door and collapses in the hallway. Xiaoxue opens the door and sees the sick mother and child. Learning that the husband is unreachable, Xiaoxue decides to drive them to the hospital in a client's borrowed car.
01:27: Yellow Taxi Blocking the Alley
Xiaoxue helps Zhang Jie and the baby into the car and starts driving toward the hospital. As she approaches the alley exit, an illegally parked yellow taxi blocks the narrow path entirely, leaving no room for her vehicle to pass.
01:48: Unanswered Calls by the Taxi
Xiaoxue gets out of the car to check the move-car phone number on the taxi. She dials the number repeatedly, but nobody answers. Inside the car, Zhang Jie and baby Xiao Bao become increasingly weak and critical.
02:05: Confrontation Over the License Plate
Xiaoxue calls the traffic police, reports the license plate number, and requests a tow truck. The taxi driver, who just lost money gambling, walks up cursing. Hearing his plate number, he grabs Xiaoxue's arm and confronts her with fierce hostility.

Key lines from episode 1

“小雪，我和小宝……好像食物中毒了。我现在一直吐个不停。小宝现在……也高烧不退……他爸爸去打麻将，我打电话都没人接……”
张姐 · Zhang Jie explains her emergency after collapsing outside Xiaoxue's door in the hallway.

“张姐，你别急啊。正好这两天我客户把车借给我了，我马上送你们去医院。”
小雪 · Xiaoxue reassures Zhang Jie and offers to drive the sick mother and infant immediately.

“车牌号是方C·77456，麻烦你们……”
小雪 · Xiaoxue reports the taxi's plate to traffic police after nobody answers the phone.

“你他妈谁啊？报老子的车牌号干什么？”
出租车司机 · The taxi driver storms out from gambling and furiously grabs Xiaoxue by the arm.

How episode 1 ends

The taxi driver corners Xiaoxue in the alley, seizing her arm tightly after hearing her read his license plate to the traffic police. With Zhang Jie and baby Xiao Bao fading quickly inside the trapped car, will Xiaoxue break free from the aggressive driver and get them to the hospital in time?