Dope Thief
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Dope Thiefis a classic crime story that deals in reveals of criminal plots and character motivations in equal measure.
Fortunately,Dope Thiefalso moves at an economical pace.
Its not its finest, but its an incredibly affecting and entertaining hour of TV.
We start with a killer flashback that reveals some big missing pieces to Minas side of the puzzle.
He was a prick, Mina had said to Nader outside her partner Jacks funeral service inepisode three.
Just how far down the rabbit hole of his rogue cover has this cat gone?
As Jack explains to Mina, COVID changed the whole economic landscape of the drug trade.
The regular supply chains a fucking mess!
Why would the drug trade be any different?
Its a fucking quarantine stash, acknowledges Mina.Thestash.
For the whole East Coast.
The supply chain evolves with the shifting tides, however sudden and swift.
Profit finds a way.
Winning wars with one clear shot.
And she took the bait.
My goal is to continue the case, she says.
I wouldnt call Mannys current state a particularly complex or culturally sensitive characterization.
So Ray manages to instigate a meetup with Sherry to cut the Manny problem off at the head.
How many different ways do we have to go to Hell, Ray?
Manny asked his best friend in the church right before they rolled up on this Batman-villain-ass gang of thieves.
Apparently enough to get what might be the most effective lizard-brainy action scene thus far under our belt.
You really didnt know what was going to happen next.
And Rays will to survive is only magnified under pressure, however steeply it mounts.
