Overall I like this series better than many of the reviewers and I was anticipating Episode 5, which is touted as "Lulu Wang's vision" and "the only one you need to watch" in multiple articles.

What I found in this 1 hour and 40 minute episode is the kind of directorial self-indulgence that routinely annoys me. I get that it's the middle of a storm & HK is in the midst of a political crisis but we DON'T need constant thunder - cut that by 50% please. And scenes go on endlessly, making me crave access to the editor.

There's some interesting stuff in there about the domestic workers and their families but cut it to an hour, maybe an hour and ten minutes, and it would be sharply better.