Downstairs Season 3, Episode 8: Genie In A Toilet

1

A Couple of Bros

Uncle Dong and Sammy try to dress trendier and end up in an inclusivity event, Pink Circle. Mistaken as an older gay couple, they become the talk of the town, all the while thinking it's just another 'Family Day' event for the public.

7 min

2

Charles Returns

Song Boh finds an abandoned robot in a scrap yard and realises it’s the old tray return robot Charles (from Season 1). He brings it back and upon learning of Charles' sad story after tray-return laws were intoduced, asks Meta for help to give the robot a second lease of life.

7 min

3

Kampung Spirit

The neighbourhood is being haunted by a wandering spirit. The gang team up to confront and drive out the ghost - who has a sad story of her own.

7 min

4

The MP

Witness the story of Singapore's youngest MP (at 8-years-old) and his meteoric rise from baby scholar to army general to political superstar.

5 min

5

Kosong Movement

Uncle Dong is fat-shamed online after a public incident. To salvage his image, JoJo rebrands Uncle Dong and the whole Kopitiam to 'Kosong' - a movement where the less you eat, the better.

5 min

6

Big Trouble In Little KL (Part 1)

Kopi Soh and Uncle Dong travel to KL to visit her sister. Dong and his borther-in-law, John, have never seen eye to eye and this time is no different. The usual banter escalates into an extreme sambal eating contest that ends horribly.

6 min

7

Big Trouble In Little SG (Part 2)

Having angered their wives with their sambal-eating antics, John follows Uncle Dong back to Singapore to help him clean up the Kopitiam in time for an inspection by the Food Agency. Panic sets in when the inspection is brought forward by 2 days.

7 min

8

Genie In A Toilet

Uncle Dong meets a genie who is trapped inside a toilet bowl in a public restroom. He offers to grant Dong three wishes if he releases him. Dong consults with Sammy and Shafiq on this chance of a lifetime.

8 min

9

Who Let The Dogs Out?

Song Boh convinces Kopi Soh to employ his robot dogs as servers in the Kopitiam, despite their questionable A.I. programming. After being overworked and physically abused, the robot dogs stage a protest.

6 min

10

Enter The Kopiverse (Part 1)

Meta Chan gets Uncle Dong and Sammy to try out his prototype 'Kopiverse' where a virtual life can fulfil their every desire. The two get so sucked in, they begin to lose touch of reality.

6 min

11

Enter The Kopiverse (Part 2)

Kopi Soh and Priya gatecrashes Meta's Kopiverse to get their husbands out. However, the Kopiverse overloads and starts to collapse, threatenng to imprison Uncle Dong, Sammy, Kopi Soh and Priya forever. Their only hope is a secret figure hidden deep within the Kopiverse who could provide an exit.

8 min

12

Uncles In Space (Part 1)

Meta offers Uncle Dong, Sammy and Western Bar a trip to space in his space capsule. Things get out of hand when West brings beer onboard and the whole crew get epic drunk. Dong accidentally turns off the autopilot and unwittingly sends the ship hurling towards the sun.

7 min

13

Uncles In Space (Part 2)

The crew learn that their ship is damaged and on a perilous path towards the sun. After drawing the short straw, it's up to Uncle Dong to go outside the ship to repair it as the world awaits the fate of the uncles in space.

6 min

14

Fruits Attack (Part 1)

Uncle Dong, Sammy, Shafiq and Western Bar create a TokKok channel 'Naked Fruit Ninjas', slicing up fruits using fancy kungfu moves. The videos become so popular, their signals reach far into space and are met with horror by a race of fruit-looking aliens who launch an attack on planet Earth.

7 min

15

Fruits Attack (Part 2)

Uncle Dong and Sammy think their army days are over. But when the fruit aliens invade Singapore after watching the Naked Fruit Nanja videos, they find themselves back in their army uniforms and reporting for duty.

6 min

16

Sex And the Kopitiam

A copius amount of public making-out between Ah Po and her new toy boy gets everyone talking and self-evaluating their own relationship and sex life - or lack thereof.

7 min

17

Sotong Game

Uncle Dong, Kopi Soh, Sammy, Priya, Jamie and Joe are invited to a private event at a secret location. However, they soon find themselves in a game of life and death where $1 million is up for grabs and there can be only one winner.

7 min

18

Dayung Sampan

Uncle Dong, Kopi Soh, Shafiq and Siti follow Jojo out to sea on a boat he borrowed from his friend (without permission). The gang find out that Jojo doesn't have a boat license. They are soon stranded out at sea with a dead engine and encounter sirens who try to enchant them with their singing.

6 min

19

The Otter Whisperer

A gang of otters have taken nuisance to the extreme by actually robbing people and kidnapping pets for ransom. JoJo - an 'otter whisperer' who can speak to otters - is tasked to negotiate with the thug otters for the release of a pet dog they've kidnapped.

7 min

20

A Christmas Downstairs

Santa crashes his sleigh into the Kopitim on Christmas Eve, injuring himself. It's now up to Uncle Dong and Sammy to take over and finish delivering presents to children before sunrise.

7 min