The Act
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Lets just say I admire the blurbs commitment to understatement and leave it at that, shall we?
But its no less dark.
Dont let her gruff exterioror her gruffinterior,for that matterfool you, though.
Its culture clash as much as anything else that makes Nick and Gypsys brief time together so tumultuous.
The fact that he made that list is, again, both very funny and deeply sad.
And so it goes.
as his first draft and Dee Dee is dead!
Its gang-that-couldnt-shoot-straight shit from top to bottom, really.
(Nicks moms reaction when she hears about this genius move from the cops: Are youserious?)
The chicken can wait, right?
…Well, not really, because then itll get cold.
Crime of the century, folks!
Your moms passed away, okay.
Shes deceased, all right.
Her main concern is getting out of jail in time to catchThe Force Awakenson opening weekend.
Nicks affect is similarly off.
(According to his mother, he has the mind of a 15 or 16 year old.)
Its like the Before photograph in a Before and After piece on people who realize theyve been grifted.
Because thats at the heart of it all, right?
The episode ends with montage that uses off-kilter editing to grab our attention.
Later, they see Gypsy walkingwalkinginto court for her arraignment.
But when she hears the word death, she breaks down sobbing in the courtroom.
Happily ever after is over.
All that remains is The End.
