Crazy Rich Asians

Astrid’s parents come with their security team to find her at the hospital. She has been there for two days, but both she and Cassian are fine. Michael signs Cassian out of the children’s ward while Harry and Felicity Leong scold Astrid for not telling them where she was. Harry insists that Astrid allow one of his drivers to drive Cassian, but Astrid says it’s unnecessary. Michael comes in with Cassian, and Harry scolds him for not being there to protect his wife. He simply says that he was working late, and Astrid stops her father from scolding him and asks Michael to take her and Cassian home.

Back at their apartment, Astrid finally confronts Michael about her suspicions, revealing that she knows about the charm bracelet, the dirty text, and all his trips to Hong Kong. He apologizes and offers to leave, and she asks him to tell her the truth. She asks him if the boy he was seen with is his son. He deflects but tells her that they should break up because they are not happy in their marriage. “Yes, I don’t want to live with you anymore. And I think that for both our sakes, I should move out today” (303). Astrid is heartbroken and dumbfounded as he packs his things to leave.

On Bernard’s yacht, Nick escapes to the library and is joined by Mehmet, his and Colin’s mutual friend. Both are trying to avoid the wild partying happening elsewhere on the yacht. They plot to rescue Colin from Bernard, who has thrown a bachelor party to his taste instead of planning something that Colin would like. Colin joins them in the library moments later, having fled after Bernard tried to make him eat hot fudge off a naked woman. They all laugh at Bernard’s wild weekend, agreeing that they’d rather be having a nice, flat-white coffee like the ones they could get in Australia. They devise a plan to get them off the yacht without offending Bernard: They pretend that Colin is very sick and needs to be airlifted to the nearest hospital. Nick convinces the yacht’s captain to give him their coordinates, and they roll Colin out on a stretcher before putting him in the helicopter. Nick convinces Bernard to keep partying and keep quiet about Colin’s “illness” so that nothing leaks to the press. Then, Mehmet, Colin, and Nick fly off together to Australia, and happily drink flat whites in the desert.

Wye Mun and Peik Lin, curious to learn more about Nick’s family, take the information and names that Peik Lin has gathered in conversations with Rachel and go to an elderly man named Dr. Gu, who knows a lot about Singapore’s history. Dr. Gu has them participate in a tea ceremony before he asks why they came to see him. Wye Mun asks if he knows of Dr. James Young, and sure enough, he does: He met James during World War II. He explains that the Youngs come from a long line of royal physicians and that Sir James Young was the first Singaporean doctor to be educated at Oxford. Wye Mun asks where their fortune came from and how they got such a big house. Dr. Gu explains that Tyersall Park has been there for a long time, and it is just one of what used to be several very large estates where the Botanic Gardens now are. James Young did have generational money, but most of the family’s wealth came from his wife, Shang Su Yi, Nick’s grandmother. Her father was a banker named Shang Loong Ma, who moved all of his money to Singapore and made his fortune in shipping and commodities. Dr. Gu explains that the Youngs are one of the most powerful families in Asia.

As Wye Mun and Peik Lin leave, Dr. Gu recalls that Dr. Young saved his life by telling soldiers he was just a servant on a pig farm when they were looking to kill him. Dr. Young trained him in one of his classes, so he knew that Dr. Gu wasn’t a servant, but he wanted to save one of the few doctors they had left. Wye Mun, in his haste to learn about the Young family’s money, misses the true story of what made Dr. James Young great. 

Rachel calls her mother and tells her about the bachelorette trip. She also tells her that every single person she has met in Singapore is very rich. Kerry worries that Rachel is not presenting herself correctly, asking what Nick’s parents are like. Rachel reveals that she hasn’t met them yet, which alarms Kerry. However, Rachel reassures her that Nick’s parents have just been out of the country and that she will meet them soon. Kerry suggests she bring a basket of mandarin oranges to greet them as a kind and respectful cultural gesture.

Nick and Rachel arrive at his parents’ condominium for dinner. Rachel greets Eleanor with a big basket of mandarin oranges, just as her mother suggested, which Eleanor accepts judgmentally. Nick and Rachel are surprised when other guests join them for dinner, including Francesca, who bullied Rachel during the bachelorette trip. The guests include Astrid, Carol Tai, Lorena Lim, Nadine and Francesca Shaw, and Daisy Foo. The women interrogate Rachel at Eleanor’s behest, and Francesca uses the time to both bully Rachel and obsess over Astrid. After answering a series of questions about Rachel’s work, her background, and the bachelorette trip, Rachel, Astrid, and Nick all leave.

Eleanor asks the women what they think of Rachel. Philip and most of the ladies all agree that Rachel seems lovely. However, Francesca embellishes things that Rachel said and did during the bachelorette trip to make her seem as if she is after Nick’s money and status. Afterward, Eleanor and the ladies agree that they must get rid of Rachel, though Eleanor knows that she has to do it carefully so that she doesn’t damage her relationship with Nick.