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Mid-Levels

  • Episode aired Feb 2, 2024
  • TV-MA
  • 59m
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Ji-young Yoo and Bonde Sham in Mid-Levels (2024)
Drama

Margaret grows obsessed with solving her son's disappearance, leading to a shady individual. Hilary's marriage crumbles behind her public facade. Mercy has an intense affair with a man who s... Read allMargaret grows obsessed with solving her son's disappearance, leading to a shady individual. Hilary's marriage crumbles behind her public facade. Mercy has an intense affair with a man who shares her trauma.Margaret grows obsessed with solving her son's disappearance, leading to a shady individual. Hilary's marriage crumbles behind her public facade. Mercy has an intense affair with a man who shares her trauma.

  • Director
    • Lulu Wang
  • Writers
    • Vera Miao
    • Lulu Wang
    • Janice Y.K. Lee
  • Stars
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Sarayu Blue
    • Ji-young Yoo
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    423
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lulu Wang
    • Writers
      • Vera Miao
      • Lulu Wang
      • Janice Y.K. Lee
    • Stars
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Sarayu Blue
      • Ji-young Yoo
    • 4User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Margaret
    Sarayu Blue
    Sarayu Blue
    • Hilary Starr
    Ji-young Yoo
    Ji-young Yoo
    • Mercy
    Brian Tee
    Brian Tee
    • Clarke
    Tiana Gowen
    Tiana Gowen
    • Daisy Woo
    Bodhi del Rosario
    Bodhi del Rosario
    • Philip Woo
    Amelyn Pardenilla
    Amelyn Pardenilla
    • Puri
    Ruby Ruiz
    Ruby Ruiz
    • Essie
    Jack Huston
    Jack Huston
    • David Starr
    Bonde Sham
    • Charly
    Connor James
    Connor James
    • Gus
    • (as Connor James Yuet Hei Gillman)
    Blessing Mokgohloa
    • Pastor Alan Mambo
    Poon Pak Shing
    • Sam
    Christopher Price
    Christopher Price
    • Richard
    Rebecca J. Merritt
    • Bethany
    Steven Chan
    Steven Chan
    • Detective Chang
    Man-Wai Poon
    • CK
    • (as Ivan Poon)
    Nina Kwok
    Nina Kwok
    • Art Director
    • Director
      • Lulu Wang
    • Writers
      • Vera Miao
      • Lulu Wang
      • Janice Y.K. Lee
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    7dierregi

    Character study

    Much as I disliked and despised the previous two episodes, I quite liked this one, because we get to know the characters a bit better. Hilary was especially vulnerable trying to fix her broken marriage but that didn't quite work out because of her inability to be untrue to herself. I was hoping for a reconciliation between Hilary, gorgeously dressed in orange, and David, but no way. However, her dinner party wasn't as bad as she told David and I quite agree with the male guest that soon one will be able to talk only about the weather so as not to "offend" anyone... and anyone is so easily offended nowadays.

    During Hilary's dinner party, Margaret crashes in, totally deranged and playing the despicable "mother card" to a non-mother. "You don't know how I feel because you don't have kids", as if only mothers can suffer and anybody else's suffering is second rate. Margaret is an unsympathetic hysterical woman and if I were Hilary, I would have told her never to play the mother card again and would have sent her to buzz off once and for all.

    Instead, Margaret gets the key to the recently deceased neighbor's apartment, and rummaging through his possessions she finds a postcard from Thailand. Margaret cleverly assumes that Dead Guy was in Thailand, stalking her family to plan for Gus's kidnapping, because being in Thailand and sending a postcard to oneself is what anybody would do... On a sideline, something mothers are unable to understand is that most people do not want to kidnap their spoiled brat toddlers, but are perfectly happy to see them with their parents, especially when the parents leave and take them with them.

    Elsewhere, Mercy is more of her morose self, gloomy and obsessing about her being "cursed", feeling lonely and hooking up again with David.
    7indiapaige

    Mid -Levels or Mid - Depths?

    Episode 3 reveals Mercy deep into her depressive guilt over Gus, while Margaret takes her management of guilt to hysterics, and to a lesser extent Hilary's husband does too.

    Self loathing is a natural reaction some say to loss of a child. Statistically 75% of couples won't survive a child's loss. There's no doubt episode 3 is essential for the plots continuity, it does reveal Clarke and Hillary's characters in more depth. I think all women are beginning to wonder if we're actually investing in a Lifetime movie? Unfortunately I might not be the only viewers who is convinced I've already identified the link to Gus' disappearance. I appreciate again the cinematography, the location director's eye for framing. The episode ends drearily with Clarke and Margaret heading north toward New Territories/Kowloon/Shenzhen Bay Hwy before dawn.

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    • Release date
      • February 2, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Amazon Studios
      • Blossom Films
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