The Outsiders II

The Outsiders II (Traditional Chinese: 鬥魚2, Pinyin: Dou Yu Yi), is a 2004 romance and action Taiwanese drama starring Dylan Kuo, Ady An, Show Lo and Michael Zhang. The drama is a sequel of 2004 "The Outsiders". The storyline backtracks the years Blue Lan's character "Shan Li Jie" is serving a prison sentence so Blue Lan does not appear in this drama. Actor-singer Show Lo, who was not part of the first series is part of the main cast in the second series. The drama began airing on channel GTV on September 9, 2004, every Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM. It finished airing on December 1, 2004, with 20 episodes total.

Show Lo received a 40th Golden Bell Awards nomination for Best Actor for his role as the undercover police officer Yuan Cheng Lie.

Synopsis
The story backtracks the years not covered in the first series when Shan Li Jie (Blue Lan) was serving a prison sentence.

Yu Yan (Ady An) decides to change her delicate, weak image in order to not be Yu Hao's (Dylan Kuo) burden anymore. Yu Hao is not happy with her transformation, as she has become a different person and not the same girl he feel in love with, but he is unable to stop her in becoming a "big sister" triad. Due to arguments and conflicts between the two they gradually grow apart.

On the other hand, Yu Hao is also facing conflict from his triad boss Xiong Ge (Ken Lo) from the Eagle gang, due to his growing popularity with the other members. Xiong Ge feels that Yu Hao wants to usurp his position as the head of the Eagle gang and causes conflict between Yu Hao and rival gangs. This causes Yu Hao to be faced with a decision, if he should continue to be loyal to his gang or betray them. During this time an undercover police officer, Ah Lie (Show Lo) becomes good friends with him Yu Hao. But he is really there to gather information and destroy the Eagle Gang.

Main cast

 * Dylan Kuo 郭品超 as Yu Hao 于皓 - Male
 * Yu Yan's boyfriend and love. He has raised in the ranks in the triad world. His former mentor and triad boss Xiong Ge is out to destroy him because he is afraid Yu Hao has gained too much power within his organization.


 * Ady An 安以軒 as Pei Yu Yan/Yan Zi 裴語燕 - Female
 * Yu Hao's girlfriend and love. Ever since the horrific incident that happened to her in the first series she goes through a drastic change in personality and appearance to no longer make herself a burden for Yu Hao.


 * Show Lo 羅志祥 as Yuan Cheng Lie/Ah Lie 袁承烈/阿烈 - Male
 * Has known Yu Hao when they were younger. Uses their past acquaintance to get close and join Yu Hao's gang, but he is really an undercover police officer sent to infiltrate and shut down the triad gangs.


 * Michael Zhang 張勛傑 as Yang Xun Qi 楊勳奇 - Male
 * Hong Dou's boyfriend. Yu Hao's childhood friend and most trusted subordinate. He follows all orders given to him by Yu Hao diligently without asking questions.


 * Joelle Lu 陸明君 as Hong Dou 陸绮红 - Female
 * Xun Qi's girlfriend. Yu Yan's best friend.

Supporting cast

 * Angus Hsieh 謝承均 as Ah Bao 阿豹 - Male
 * Originally in the same gang as Yu Hao, Li Jie, and Xun Qi, he later betrays their boss and joins a rival gang.


 * Pang Yong Zhi 龐庸之 as Pang Rui Guo 龐瑞國 - Male
 * He is in a rival gang against Yu Hao, Li Jie, and Xun Qi.


 * Carmen Tang 唐以菲 as Hong Lie Lie 洪蕾蕾 - Female
 * Geng Ji Xiong daughter.


 * Xue Yuan Cong 薛渊琮 as Fan Yi Bin 范奕斌 - Male
 * A coward young man who wants to join the triad gangs because of Hong Lie Lie.


 * Zhang Guo Zhu 張榮華 as Senior Official 學務主任 - Male
 * Lie Lie school director.


 * Ken Lo 盧惠光 as Geng Ji Xiong 耿濟雄 - Male
 * Yu Hao, Li Jie, and Xun Qi's original triad boss. He is unhappy with Yu Hao's growing power in his organization and plots together with Ah Bao to rid of Yu Hao but gets betrayed by Ah Bao in the end.

Original soundtrack
The Outsiders II Original Soundtrack (CD) (鬥魚2電視原聲帶) was released on October 22, 2004, by various artists under Warner Music Group Taiwan record label. It contains 17 tracks, in which 7 tracks are various instrumental versions of the songs and original classical pieces. The opening theme is track 5 "Grey Space 灰色空間" by Show Lo 羅志祥, while the closing theme is track 2 "You Say 你說" by Chen Ke Hao 陳科好.