206 - "Church in Ruins"

Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser
Writer: Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser
Is this going to be the week the stage two boosters kick in, or is it going to flame out? That's the real mystery at the heart of this season.
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I know we flogged this to death but I saw that Mulholland Drive made 21 on the British list of top 100 American movies.
So much cool shit in this episode. Frank and Ray's moments with those kids. Ray's coke/whiskey bender montage. Ani's mysterious mdma fuelded flashbacks to what I'm presuming is some childhood sexual abuse.
And that meeting at the factory should've been held at Taco Cabeza. See what happens when you don't meet in public: chicks get their throat cut.
"You knew what I'd do"
-"I know what I'd do"
"You used my wife's tragedy to get me to kill someone."
He doesn't actually say he did it. I'm also very suspicious of what you're saying about failure to deny murder. That would mean that when the cops interrogate you they can pin whatever they want on you if you use your right to remain silent.
AFAIK they have to actually get you on tape saying you did something for it to be admissible evidence. Otherwise you can just deny it under oath in court and walk out.
its admission will [] create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues,
or of misleading the jury." (352)
With a not-guilty plea defense the defense lawyer could easily argue those remarks only pertained to what Frank wanted him to do while he didn't actually do it. Because Frank is a criminal it would be logical for Ray not to deny he did it in their conversation because of the pressure and because of the nature of his job for Frank. Because this would be a perfectly plausible scenario the recording would create undue prejudice.
Same with the prison visit. Ray threatens the inmate so saying he didn't murder the other guy would make those threats less real. He has lots to gain in both cases to make it seem like he did it. (Nobody fucks with a blowfish)
Because it's not explicit and because of those motives the probative value of these involuntary 'confessions' is extremely low.
I think it was a great episode and like firewalker601 indicated I am wondering too why Ray keeps admitting to everyone "Hey, you know... committed brutal murder back then, don't forget please.."
Looking forward how the Mexican gang thing evolves
Secondly, I wish Colin Farrell was directed to do a bit less in his confrontation with Frank. His constant eye twitching and bulging routine just didn't work, especially since Vince was just crushing it across the table from him. I think I could have done with a bit more dead eyed Farrell. A bit more of a restrained performance would have taken that scene from 8/10 to 10/10, up there with anything else from the past year or so.
I do really like Ani's knife attack. It was a reverse "Old Bear" mutiny scene from Game of Thrones. Jeor's scene was like "FUCK YEAH! FUCK YEA-- Oh, shit. Well, that's about right." This one was "NO!!! NOOOO!!! NO--FUCK YEAH!"