The sixth and last episode of “Expats” on Prime Video concludes the captivating tale of Margaret, Hillary, and Mercy heartbreakingly.
The basic concerns of each of the three women’s stories were so intricately connected that it was difficult to comprehend one without also understanding the other two.
By the time the episode ends, all three of the women have undergone substantial life changes as a result of important life decisions they have made. What does it signify moving ahead for them?
‘Expats’ concludes with Margaret, Hillary, and Mercy eventually facing one other and confronting the complex events and sentiments between them after all the heartache and anguish. Margaret schedules a meeting with Mercy before her family departs for the United States.
Mercy found out she was pregnant a few months ago, and she has decided to keep the baby. Nevertheless, it has an impact on her nascent connection with her girlfriend.
After returning home and seeing her father, Hillary eventually confronts her anger against him for what he did to her and her mother all those years ago.
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Although losing a kid is unfathomable, one must finally move on—if not for oneself, then at least for other people in their lives. Margaret will never fully recover from the death of her youngest son, Gus.
Maybe she might have had the courage to move on if Gus had passed away. She would have been able to emerge from the shell she had put herself in with the closure. But what gets to her is the ignorance.
She hopes against all hope that she will one day locate Gus and wonders where he could be all the time. Even if the rest of her family has made the decision to move on, she stays in Hong Kong because of this dream.
Following her husband Clarke’s promotion, Margaret’s family made a temporary move to Hong Kong. It was not intended for them to remain there for more than a few years. They were planning to return shortly, but after Gus vanished, everything fell apart for Margaret.
She would fiercely object whenever Clarke discussed going to the States, claiming that leaving Hong Kong would mean leaving Gus behind. But eventually, Margaret is compelled to take into account what is directly in front of her.
She lost one child when Gus vanished, but her other two children also lost their mother. Her family began to feel the effects of her disappearance.
Her feet failed her as she was about to board the plane, despite her having given it a lot of thought and deciding to leave Hong Kong if not for herself then at least for her children.
Even though her daughter detested her and it might lead to the dissolution of her marriage, she realized that she couldn’t leave Hong Kong just yet. Ultimately, the very fact that Gus remains in Hong Kong is what keeps Margaret there—not her hope.
She believes he is still out there somewhere in the streets of Hong Kong, and that if she goes, his mother would have left him behind to be lost and alone in this alien land forever.
Margaret feels reassured that she and Gus are still connected because they are in the same nation. She is incapable of telling herself or the outside world that she is ready to move on from Gus, which is what would happen if she left.
