Margaret, her son Gus, and the rest of their family are on a sunset cruise on a luxurious boat. Gus is a spoiled brat and I disliked him from the first scene. Misty, the Korean snotty, morose young woman is also at the party, making a fool of herself and telling uninterested guests how she's cursed.
Margaret takes a shine to her because Misty likes children. In the following scene, Gus is shown not liking his mom, pining for the nanny, and spitting the food Maggie prepared. Consequently, Maggie locks him out of the apartment. Much as I do not lament the loss of such a brat, I find the disciplinary stance of locking a child outside his house kind of weird.
Third expat Hilary is shown taking a pee and we can see the gold-tinted results because the toilet doesn't flush. What's the point of that scene? To show that Hong Kong orphanages are neglected? Isn't there any other way? Do we have to see cr*p floating in toilets to understand that HK is a dirty place? Anybody who visited knows what's like.
After the short meeting on the boat, Maggie decides to have dinner with Misty and her children and go to the night market. Question - would you trust with taking care of a toddler someone you met twice, and who seems unpleasant, gloomy, and distracted by non-stop messaging?
Finally whomever is in charge of Hilary's costumes must hate her because she's wearing only tight trousers or jumpsuits that make her hips and backside look positively enormous. Unless the purpose is to distract from other body parts...
