Dope Thief
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Its the morning after Ray and Mannys fateful robbery gone wrong.
Theyve torched their van and now theyre hucking the license plates into the river.
And the first order of business on that front is getting Theresa out of her house and somewhere safe.
More, uh, mortal tasks are on the priority list, you know?
You went for a capillary; you got an artery, Son tells Ray in his office.
Life is a shapeshifting organism whose constant movements will not be wrangled by mortal hands.
That means all youve got is your heart and your wits, elaborates Son.
That last part is the real stinger.
He might also be the loose lip that sank their good ship of a hustle.
So is the next scene where hes playing opposite Rhames like gangbusters.
I didnt address this in the first recap, but theres a definite FX-show tone to this shows dramaandhumor.
Youre welcome for them cigarettes, smoke all them other fuckers at once.
(The classic Alfred exasperation and rapid-fire delivery had me cackling.)
Ray shakes his fist at the ghost of his old man and it jogs loose a memory.
Queue smoking-gun money shot.
Do I look like Im in control, Manny?
And there is a slight misdiagnosis there on Sherry and Mannys part.
Stay on top of everything the best you could.
Sift through the elusive sands beneath your feet with an ever-keener eye for the shiny kernels.
Fight or flight, always.
Never known or given the opportunity to know another way.
Has Manny already been apprehended?
Props to director Jonathan van Tulleken for exceeding the bar of the first episode in the action sequence department.
After all that, Ray still has an appointment to keep.
The irony of the $10,000 being for his father runs even deeper and crueler than he thought.
Report from the Crime Scene
Better check in on the feds real quick before next week.
Mina is still stuck in a hospital bed but no less, uh, vocal about the case.
And maybe track down Ray and Manny from the cloaked vantage point of an assumed criminal identity.
