May Day (2020) Episode 5

While the plot/storyline progressed on Episode 5, everything else didn't. Screenplay was cringy, irritatingly long, and repetitive (cases in point, scene where Moira confronted Sky in his room, bar drinking scene with Sky's friends, etc.). Because of his near death experience, Ace's character development and redemption arc should have started in this episode (not on Episode 3) which would have made the overall narrative more believable. There's still no explanation why Moira's the way she is other than the sexist explanation that she's a bitch. Gay representations were still bad. In terms of acting, Aki and Shanice were equally poor while Miko was just ok. Similar to previous episodes, what went well for this episode were the production technicals. Production design was good [some may even say, comparable with some of the top-notch Thai boys' love (BL) series]. Although simple techniques were employed, cinematography was generally decent. Taking all of these together, this episode still didn't impress me. I hope next week's episode is better.

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