Ray Donovan
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Lets talk a minute about why this memory has been so important this season and for Ray in general.
Its formative for the way he sees himself and his father.
Hes the caretaker; his father is the thief.
Its the turning point that defined his personality.
The flashbacks continue, setting up the coin heist that has become the defining plot of the season.
After those excellent, tone-setting flashbacks, the episode blazes back to the present.
Jon Voight has always excelled at capturing what Jim knows is his two-faced nonsense.
No one has ever quite nailed Mickeys personality than when Jim calls him a piece of shit whos righteous.
It is littered with dead bodies and broken promises.
Before then, she works with Ray to take a stab at track down her dad.
In one of the episodes best schemes, Ray uses Sandys credit card to get her attention.
But Sandy isnt scared of Ray.
Hes not messing around.
Meanwhile, Jim and Mick seem to come to terms.
Mickey starts by wanting half of the Sullivan empire, but settles closer to 20 percent.
Can we talk for a minute about how much this years plot illustrates about Mickeys deluded view of life?
Hes convinced that if he had a haul of coins in 1977, he would be a billionaire today.
As Jim says, he didnt just plant the coins and grow a money tree.
But Mickey blames everyone else for his failures.
Watching Daryll and Mickey do compounded interest math on what Mick would be worth today is almost tragic.
We all know Mickey would have spent the money by the end of 1978 on stupid schemes.
And this one is especially foolish.
What does he think will happen when he gets shares of Sullivans company?
Are they going to give him a corner office?
Moments later, Ray bursts down the door to find his father pointing a gun to Jims head.
Jim says what everyone is thinking: Ray-Ray should have killed his dad years ago.
Bill Heck is spectacular as young Mickey, even getting some Voight mannerisms down.
Heck was great last year inThe Ballad of Buster Scruggsand will star in NetflixsLocke and Keyin February.
Do you think Smitty said anything he shouldnt have said to the cops?
Terry and Bridget seem a little worried, but he seems to be sticking to his story.
It will be interesting to see where this goes.
Bridget has been sidelined lately, but I bet that changes soon.
