Expats

Margaret and her family prepare to return to the United States. Hilary travels home to Los Angeles to visit her ailing father. Mercy�s mother visits her in Hong Kong for the first time.

CENTRAL, the feature-length penultimate episode of limited series EXPATS, shifts the narrative away from the entangled lives of expats to spend one fateful Sunday with two Filipina domestic workers and a disparate ensemble of Hong Kong locals as a massive typhoon descends upon the city and the 2014 political movement reaches a point of no return.

Our characters find themselves trapped in confined spaces where both physical and emotional tensions escalate. A potential revelation in Gus�s case sends Margaret and Clarke to the Mainland. Hilary�s mother visits from Los Angeles. Mercy makes a shocking discovery.

Margaret becomes obsessed with discovering the truth behind her son�s disappearance, leading her to a person of interest. Hilary tries to keep up appearances while her marriage is falling apart. Mercy is caught up in an intense affair with a man whose trauma mirrors hers.

One year earlier, Margaret and Mercy meet at an extravagant yacht party forging an unlikely connection, as Hilary wrestles with whether she wants to start a family. An incident occurs that will forever change the course of all our characters� lives.

Three expat women living in Hong Kong cross paths at a birthday party where it becomes evident they share a mysterious connection from their past.