Expats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

+1 I thought this was the best ep by far. Really good writing and acting across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

+1 I thought this was the best ep by far. Really good writing and acting across the board.

Brian Tee was always my favorite in Chicago Med. Glad he's getting better parts now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

He is fantastic. Nicole Kidman is always great. I do not care about Hilary and her horrid mom or her dh and Mercy.

I actually like Hilary, especially when I get tired of watching Nicole playing Nicole.

Agree, I have less than zero interest in her DH. Maybe that plotline is to show us he’s fertile so the issue must be with Hilary, although that’s not much of a plot line for Hilary, “hey I’m infertile and Margaret is awful to me about not understanding losing a kid.”

I thought Hilary was on the pill but not telling her husband. He assumed he was infertile, but she was secretly not trying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

He is fantastic. Nicole Kidman is always great. I do not care about Hilary and her horrid mom or her dh and Mercy.

I actually like Hilary, especially when I get tired of watching Nicole playing Nicole.

Agree, I have less than zero interest in her DH. Maybe that plotline is to show us he’s fertile so the issue must be with Hilary, although that’s not much of a plot line for Hilary, “hey I’m infertile and Margaret is awful to me about not understanding losing a kid.”

I thought Hilary was on the pill but not telling her husband. He assumed he was infertile, but she was secretly not trying.

Pp here and I think you’re right. Still, not a very dramatic character arc. I don’t want her back with her slimy husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I couldn’t tell some of the people apart. But did Hilary’s husband have an affair with Mercy? I was thinking that the nanny was distracted by the husband and lost the kid. That’s what his lying was about, where he was that night, and why Margaret doesn’t like Hilary's husband.

Hilary is insufferable. What’s the point of her character?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

+1 I thought this was the best ep by far. Really good writing and acting across the board.

Brian Tee was always my favorite in Chicago Med. Glad he's getting better parts now.

He’s very handsome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

He is fantastic. Nicole Kidman is always great. I do not care about Hilary and her horrid mom or her dh and Mercy.

PP here. Agree. Hilary's mom is a piece of work. I don't know how she didn't tell her to just go back to India when they got out of the elevator. As for David and Mercy - ugh. What a toxic relationship. And her disgusting little apartment makes me feel sick everytie they show it.

Hilary is so sanctimonious and unwatchable, I enjoyed her mother

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watch the latest episode? Excruciating. The actor who plays her husband is incredible.

He is fantastic. Nicole Kidman is always great. I do not care about Hilary and her horrid mom or her dh and Mercy.

PP here. Agree. Hilary's mom is a piece of work. I don't know how she didn't tell her to just go back to India when they got out of the elevator. As for David and Mercy - ugh. What a toxic relationship. And her disgusting little apartment makes me feel sick everytie they show it.

Hilary is so sanctimonious and unwatchable, I enjoyed her mother

Seriously? I like Hilary. Her mother was a complete pig, however.

[Anonymous]

I really enjoyed the woman with the short platinum hair in the elevator. She dealt with Hilary and her mom's weird drama well and I thought it was funny when it turned out she was the first expat on the show who actually spoke Chinese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoyed the woman with the short platinum hair in the elevator. She dealt with Hilary and her mom's weird drama well and I thought it was funny when it turned out she was the first expat on the show who actually spoke Chinese.

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I find it absurd that none of them (except that blond woman) speak even a little Chinese. And they act like it’s beyond belief that they aren’t being understood when they speak English. I was surprised that even Margaret’s husband doesn’t speak it at all, considering his parents do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really enjoyed the woman with the short platinum hair in the elevator. She dealt with Hilary and her mom's weird drama well and I thought it was funny when it turned out she was the first expat on the show who actually spoke Chinese.

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I find it absurd that none of them (except that blond woman) speak even a little Chinese. And they act like it’s beyond belief that they aren’t being understood when they speak English. I was surprised that even Margaret’s husband doesn’t speak it at all, considering his parents do.

Yes but that is pretty accurate for some Expats, especially in Asia.

[Anonymous]

It’s Hong Kong. That was UK

[Anonymous]

Nicole does speak cantonese to some shop owners (I remember when she bought the kettle), but it seems minimal. On the mainland they were speaking mandarin, so even if her husband spoke cantonese he may not understand mandarin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s Hong Kong. That was UK

What?

[Anonymous]

Great episode. Each story line took place in a confined, airless, claustrophobic space (locked room, elevator, tiny apartment) which gradually heightened the tension until the end when windows were opened and wind and rain were let in. It felt like a relief.

Nicole Kidman's character seemed at the beginning to have some redeeming qualities. She had at least learned a few phrases to do her errands and chided one of her friends over the way the talked about the "helpers." But it's obvious now that she's entitled and horrible. Essie must be grieving as much as she is, given that she's the one who was mothering that little boy.