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Hell on Wheels 4.1-2: Rolling Again

Hell on Wheels came back for its 4th Season Saturday before last, and has chugged in with two fine episodes.

Most appealing is Cullen's devotion to his new wife and baby.   Cullen's even sleeping with Naomi in season 3 was a breakthrough for the character, who was much more circumspect - and boring, in this regard - in previous seasons.   We could only assume that Cullen felt some kind of deep attraction to the Mormon farmer's daughter, and, if that was the case, it was satisfying and not surprising to see Cullen not only standing by but enjoying his new family in episodes 4.1-2.   (There's a new actress playing Naomi, but that's fine.)

Cullin's confrontation with the Swede ("I'm Norwegian!"), masquerading as the bishop he killed, was also satisfying.   As cannily demented and dangerous as the Swede is, he has never been a match for Cullen and his intelligence face to face.

The other big news in season 4 is Ulysses S. Grant's appointment of Campbell as provisional governor of Wyoming, the current forward point of the railroad.   Campbell is well-played by Jake Weber (last seen to good effect as Joe on Medium, and to not such good effect as a lunatic cult-leader on The Following), and the character will provide a good opponent to Durant, and likely Cullen as well, before this season is over.  Indeed, Durant will need Cullen to stand up to Campbell and his well-dressed men, the cutting violent edge of civilization.

One looming question is what happened to Elam, last seen at the end of season 3 on the wrong end of a bear.  We learn that his horse came back but not Elam, and since Common's name is not in the credits, it's not unreasonable to conclude that the bear consumed him.  However, I think Elam is far too important and powerful a character leave the series this way, or in any way at this point.   I'm looking forward to seeing Cullen go out and find him.

And I'm looking forward to this season of Hell on Wheels in any case.  The series continues to get better, was good in the first place, and is a pleasure to see.

See also Hell on Wheels 3.1-2: Bohannan in Command ... Hell on Wheels 3.3: Talking and Walking ... Hell on Wheels 3.4: Extreme Lacrosse ... Hell on Wheels 3.5: The Glove ... Hell on Wheels 3.6: The Man in Charge ...Hell on Wheels 3.7: Water, Water ... Hell on Wheels 3.8: Canterbury Tales ...Hell on Wheels 3.9: Shoot-Out and Truths ... Hell on Wheels Season 3 finale: Train Calling in the Distance

And see also  Hell on Wheels: Blood, Sweat, and Tears on the Track, and the Telegraph ... Hell on Wheels 1.6: Horse vs. Rail ... Hell on Wheels 1.8: Multiple Tracks ... Hell on Wheels 1.9: Historical Inevitable and Unknown ... Hell on Wheels Season One Finale: Greek Tragedy, Western Style

 
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Falling Skies 4.8: Spike

Finally, a decent episode of Falling Skies - 4.8 - on TNT last night.

The best part was the Maggie story.  As I suspected, she was not killed last week, only badly wounded and paralyzed.   The only way to save her is by grafting some alien spikes into her back, which Ben is more than willing to provide, at great risk to himself.  Maggie tells Hal she'd rather die than have anything alien be a part of her, but Hal correctly ignores this, and Maggie recovers.

Two significant things happen after that.  Maggie slaps Hal for ignoring her wishes, then passionately kisses him for saving her life.  That was the right response.  (Anne, in one of her better lines, comments "back to normal" as she watches this with Tom.)   Meanwhile, a beat or two before, when Hal thanks Ben, we get this significant line from Ben in response: I didn't do it for you.   So Hal is now aware of how Ben feels about Maggie, if he wasn't before.  That's a good thing for the narrative arc.

Meanwhile, the other person who struck me as really notable in this episode was Weaver.  He has evolved from the gruff military man into perhaps the most sympathetic and supportive characters on the show.   His support of Matt, digging for Tom, when Weaver himself didn't have much hope, was commendable, winning, and quietly moving.

So what's left for this series?   Speaking of Weaver, you can see just how far the human military response to the aliens has declined in the past few years.  Our heroes are little more than a rag-tag group of survivors, holding on for dear life.   What can we see, now in evidence, that will enable a human victory?

Maybe Lexi will revert her loyalty once again, this time back to her mother.  Maybe our people will discover some weakness in the bad aliens that they and we don't already know.   Or maybe there won't be a victory at the end at all.

But I think not, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this all plays out, this year and next.

See also Falling Skies 4.1: Weak Start ... Falling Skies 4.2: Enemy of my Enemy ... Falling Skies 4.3: Still Falling ... Falling Skies 4.5: Cloudy ... Falling Skies 4.7: Massacre Indeed

And see also Falling Skies 3.1-2: It's the Acting ... Falling Skies 3.3: The Smile ... Falling Skies 3.4: Hal vs. Ben ... Falling Skies 3.6: The Masons ...Falling Skies 3.7: The Mole and a Likely Answer ... Falling Skies 3.8: Back Cracked Home ... Falling Skies Season 3 Finale: Dust in Hand

And see also Falling Skies Returns  ... Falling Skies 2.6: Ben's Motives ... Falling Skies Second Season Finale

And see also Falling Skies 1.1-2 ... Falling Skies 1.3 meets Puppet Masters ... Falling Skies 1.4: Drizzle ... Falling Skies 1.5: Ben ... Falling Skies 1.6: Fifth Column ... Falling Skies 1.7: The Fate of Traitors ... Falling Skies 1.8: Weaver's Story ... Falling Skies Concludes First Season

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Ray Donovan 2.5: Wool over Eyes

A good Ray Donovan last night, in which the biggest event in the narrative is the way that Ray, Mickey, and Cochran get on the same page and manage to pull the wool over Kate's eyes.

She's a sharp cookie, so it's not clear how long this wool will be pulled, once she gets back to Boston, or even if she decides at the very last minute not to board the plane.   Cochran's presence, and the gravity of his office is what sold the phony story. There's no way that Kate otherwise would have believed what Ray and Mickey told her - she has Ray's number down pretty well.

That Ray and Cochran could unite for any common cause is itself almost amazing.   It shows that, when it comes to his pursuit of power, nothing will stand in Cochran's way, including playing ball with someone who Cochran is beginning to see is his most dangerous adversary, Ray.

At this point, Cochran doesn't know the half of it, and certainly not that Ray is moving towards decisive leverage over Cochran with the information about Cochran's affair.   That information, if it ever got out, would easily blow Cochran's ambitions sky high.  We've already seen that Cochran is more than willing to kill to protect his interests, which means that Ray, everyone in his family, in addition to Cochran's agents are at risk if he gets wind of what Ray is looking into.

Otherwise, this was a good Abby episode, not least because of the nude from the waist up selfie she sends along to the cop who's her new infatuation.  Ray, as always, is beset by dangers and provocations in every facet of his life.  With Mickey somewhat in tow now - and, again, I have to say this is Jon Voight's best performance since Midnight Cowboy, really exceptional (and all acting in this series is top notch) - Ray will sooner or later have to deal with his own marriage, now even more on the verge of spinning out of control.

See also Ray Donovan 2.1: Back in Business ... Ray Donovan 2.4: The Bad Guy

And see also Ray Donovan Debuts with Originality and Flair ... Ray Donovan 1.2: His Assistants and his Family ... Ray Donovan 1.3: Mickey ... Ray Donovan 1.7 and Whitey Bulger ... Ray Donovan 1.8: Poetry and Death ... Ray Donovan Season 1 Finale: The Beginning of Redemption


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The Bridge 2.5: The Soul of the Not-Killer

Lots of welcome coalescing in The Bridge 2.5, including the two reporters pulled into the DEA (and now CIA) investigation, all relating to the bank and Fausto; and Linder finally connected to Robles and Hank.

But the heart of this powerful episode focused on Marco finally exercising his revenge option - revenge on David, for killing Gus - helpfully provided by Fausto.  As I've been saying throughout this season, Marco is so far the much more pivotal, Greek-tragic, Shakespearean character in this drama than is Sonya.   It was already pretty clear, last week, that ultimately he would be siding with the good guys, i.e., not Fausto and Robles.   But Fausto's providing Marco access to David in the prison, where Marco could easily kill David once and for all, placed Marco on the razor's edge once again.

If Marco had killed David on these terms, he'd be unalterably in Fausto's debt.  So Marco's decision only to further hurt David - by further damaging David's damaged eye - is a good strategic move for Marco, because it keeps him at least a little away from complete indebtedness to Fausto.

Marco tells David that he wants David to suffer, and that's why Marco won't yet kill him, but is that the real or truest reason for Marco's not putting David out of his misery, and giving David the death he so eminently deserves, especially from Marco, a father whose son was killed by David?

On balance, I think not.  The truest reason for Marco's not killing David is that, after all, Marco is not a killer.   Which is not to say he won't kill in the heat of battle or fury.  But it is to say that he just can't bring himself to kill David under these circumstances.   Or put otherwise, the pleading that Sonya did with Marco last season, not to kill, found an audience in Marco's soul.

Marco may yet kill David before this season ends.  But I've got a feeling that, if David is killed, it will be by someone else's hands.     Maybe Fausto will do it - speaking of which, we've yet to see Fausto's reaction to what Marco didn't do in the prison, as this fine, taut season of The Bridge continues.

See also The Bridge 2.1: What Motivates Sonya? ... The Bridge 2.2: First-Class Serial Killer ... The Bridge 2.3: Marco's Dilemma ... The Bridge 2.4: Marco Redeemed and Mr. Writ Large

And see also The Bridge Opens Brooding and Valent ... The Bridge 1.2: A Tale of Two Beds ... The Bridge 1.6: Revelations ... The Bridge 1.7: A Killer and a Reluctant Professor ... The Bridge 1.8: Some Dark Poetic Justice ... The Bridge 1.9: Trade-Off ... The Bridge 1.10: Charlotte's Evolution ... The Bridge 1.11: Put to the Test ... The Bridge Season 1 Finale: Marco Joins Mackey and Agnew

 
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Rectify 2.8: The Plea Bargain and the Smart Phone

Hey, have you ever been involved in a plea bargain for, say, a speeding ticket?  Heres's how it works:

You're pulled over for speeding, let's say, 20 miles over the speed limit.  You come to court, ready to plead Not Guilty.   An attorney or a police officer pulls you aside, and says, if you're willing to plead guilty to a lesser offense - speeding only 10 miles over the limit, or driving with a broken tail light - we'll put aside the original charge.  Never mind whether you were guilty or not in the first place, or - if you're inclined to accept the offer - that you never had a broken tail light in your life.  If you accept the offer, everything's all wrapped up for you. No further prosecution on the original charge.  And it doesn't matter in the slightest if you're guilty or not.

Crazy, isn't it?  But this in effect is what Daniel is being offered.  A lot worse, actually, because he has to admit that he killed Hannah - just as you'd have to admit that you were driving with a broken tail light, even if you weren't, in the speeding example - but the dynamics are the same.  Guilt or innocence doesn't matter.  It's all wrapped up, forever, once you accept the terms.   It was therefore gratifying and right that Daniel in effect rejected the plea deal offer.

Several other profound and excellent threads in Rectify 2.8.

The conversation between the current sheriff, Daggett, and the previous sheriff was priceless.  It's good to see Daggett settling in to his role as protector of the truth.   And the revelation that George came to see the previous sheriff after the law had dealt with Daniel is very significant.   In addition to committing suicide, we now have another reason to see George as a crucial character in this story.  Let's assume George came to see Daggett's predecessor and committed suicide for the same reason.   Is that reason because he was the killer, or did he just feel overwhelmed with guilt because he let Daniel go to prison for a crime George knew Daniel did not commit?

On that score, it was good to finally hear Daniel's recorded confession.   No wonder the original sheriff thought that maybe it was coerced.   Sure didn't sound even the least bit convincing.

The other profound moment was the conversation Daniel had with Tawney.  It looks as if there's perhaps some closure in their sudden relationship, with Daniel speaking from his heart to her.  I'm hoping Daniel can find someone he can relate to like this in a subsequent season, who is not married to his step-brother.   In the meantime, you can't beat their conversation as far touching points in philosophy and religion that would have made Thomas Aquinas proud.

And the series continues to excel in memorable lines pertaining to someone who has been locked away from the world for two decades.  The standout in 2.8 is Daniel opining about a pay phone - which indeed, as he says, is rare to find - that he likes talking on a phone that isn't smarter than he is.   Classic media observation!  (For more on the evolution of smart phones, see my New New Media.)

See also Rectify 2.1: Indelible ... Rectify 2.2: True Real Time ... Rectify 2.3: Daniel's Motives ... Rectify 2.4: Jekyll and Hyde ... Rectify 2.6: Rare Education ... Rectify 2.7: The Plot Thickens

And see also Rectify: Sheer and Shattering Poetry ... Rectify 1.5: Balloon Man ... Rectify Season 1 Finale: Searingly Anti-Climactic

 
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The Killing Season 4: Masterpiece Finale

I just saw the final season of The Killing on Netflix - all six episodes of Season 4 - and it is a masterpiece.

Not because of the new murder story, which was excellent in its own right, with all kinds of brutal twists and turns.   With a much shorter arc than the earlier murders in this series, this one - about a family execution with only the son surviving - had to be tighter, and it was.

But the part of season 4 of The Killing which will make it, and the whole series, something which will be watched and remembered through the ages was the Linden and Holder story.  Part of that is the continuation of the Skinner story from Season 3.  But the even more important part is the toll that takes on Linden and Holder, and the aftermath.  Don't worry, I won't give anything specific away.  But if you'd rather not get any inkling that even a generality can give, don't read any further.

First and foremost, the ending was something I often want to see in a television series, but never do, because most television is afraid to deal with the realities of human nature, ugly, beautiful, destructive, redeeming, and all together. The final season shows Linden and Holder at their best and worst.  They support each other magnificently when one or the other is down, and they turn on each other like nearly rabid dogs when the going gets impossibly tough.   They're both deeply flawed but brilliant.   And the kicker is they're brilliant not only as detectives, but in their understanding of human relationships, often occluded but always on the verge of breaking through.

The last 10 minutes of the very last episode are like nothing I've ever seen on television - hell, that's true of the last 50 or more minutes, but the last ten are something else.  If you think you'll know how this is going to end, I promise that you don't, unless you have even more sensitivity than Linden and Holder in their best moments.

And, by the way, all six episodes are superbly acted. Joel Kinnaman is better than ever, and Mireille Enos is never anything short of fabulous (hey, she was even the best part of that big bad Schwarzenegger movie earlier this year).  Joan Allen puts in a strong performance, and Gregg Henry is excellent.  And there are nods to events from the first three seasons - just what you'd want in a final season - including a crucial appearance from Richmond.

But most of all, as I already said, it's just great and uniquely satisfying to finally see a finale to a television series that in its very last seconds its right where you always wanted it to be.

See also The Killing 3.1-2: Poe Poetic Po-po ... The Killing 3.3: Hitchcockian Scene and More ... The Killing 3.7: "Opiate of the Masses" ... Killing 3.8: The Kidnapping, and a Prediction ... The Killing 3.9: Suspect Elimination and Incompatible Components ... The Killing 3.10: Capital Punishment ... The Killing Season 3 Finale: We Need Another Season

See also The Killing Season Two Premiere ... The Killing 2.2: Holder ... The Killing 2.11: Circling Back ... The Killing Season 2 Finale

And see also The Killing on AMC and The Killing 1.3: Early Suspects ... The Killing 1.5: Memorable Moments ... The Killing 1.6: The Teacher ... The Killing 1.8: The Teacher, Again ...The Killing 1.9: The Teacher as Victim, Again ... The Killing 1.10: Running Out of Suspects ... The Killing 1.11: Rosie's Missing - from the Story ... The Killing 1.12: Is Orpheus the Killer? ... The Killing 1.13: Stretching Television

 
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The Medium of the Book: Fifty Years After Understanding Media

In case you're in Waco, Texas on September 25, 2014, come see my Keynote Address at Baylor University's symposium, to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media.

An abstract of my Keynote follows.   My lecture will be recorded, and up on YouTube and other venues sometime after.

The Medium of the Book: Fifty Years after Understanding Media
A half century after the publication of McLuhan’s Understanding Media seems like a good time to examine the recent evolution of the book itself as a medium.   In Understanding Media, McLuhan quotes the French poet Alphonse de Lamartine’s circa 1830 observation that “the book arrives too late”.  Today, in a revolution as important as the introduction of Gutenberg’s press, books can arrive instantly anywhere in the world, via Kindles and other ebooks. But the most significant part of this development may pertain not to readers but authors, who can now can publish books without a publisher and within an hour or less after the book has been written.  The advantages and disadvantages of this bypassing of the traditional gatekeeper for authors and the world at large will be explored -- they are mostly advantages -- as well as the decline of gatekeeping in other media. Current conflicts, such as the dispute between Amazon and the traditional publisher Hachette will be examined. Connections between the evolution of the book and other facets of writing on the Web will be traced, including the capacity of readers to communicate directly and easily with authors, in modes akin to the “intelligent writing” that Socrates yearned for in the Phaedrus.
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The Bridge 2.4: Marco Redeemed and Mr. Writ Large

Well, Marco didn't really have to be redeemed.   There was no way he would have ultimately sided with Fausto in the complex web in which he found himself.   Yes, he owes Fausto, but he owes more to his profession and even to the El Paso police who, while no angels, are truer to the profession than his own Capitan Robles in Juarez.  And so it was not surprising, but nonetheless satisfying, to see him commit to Prosector Pintado before the end of the 4th episode.

Meanwhile, Sonya continues her development as one of the most compellingly peculiar cops on television.   But what makes her so compelling and odd is not her police work, but her personal life as a woman whose sister was murdered.  She wants some sort of closure on this trauma, and understandably reacts when the killer dies.   But she continues to sleep with the killer's brother, which is certainly giving a lot to maintain contact with whatever is left of the killer, and apparently enjoys it, including the rough sex she initiates.  Asking the brother of the man who killed your sister to choke you during sex -- that's far more unsettlingly grey than fifty shades.

Speaking of grey, John Billingsley starred in just about every episode of Intelligence on CBS this year, including one called "The Grey Hat," before the series was unfortunately cancelled (I liked it, it was a good series).  He only made it to the 4th episode of The Bridge, in which he blows his brains out as Mr. DeLarge.  He has some upcoming appearances in the popular Masters of Sex, which I'll be watching carefully to see if Mr. Mortality Writ Large survives.

The continuing characters most involved in DeLarge's death, so far, are the pair of reporters - who, I've got to say, are my least favorite characters on the show.  It's not that I don't like reporters and stories about them - to the contrary - but these two barely add up.   With any luck, they'll be woven into the central action in a less idiosyncratic way.  Though, come to think of it, idiosyncrasy could be the middle name of this strange and appealing series.

See also The Bridge 2.1: What Motivates Sonya? ... The Bridge 2.2: First-Class Serial Killer ... The Bridge 2.3: Marco's Dilemma

And see also The Bridge Opens Brooding and Valent ... The Bridge 1.2: A Tale of Two Beds ... The Bridge 1.6: Revelations ... The Bridge 1.7: A Killer and a Reluctant Professor ... The Bridge 1.8: Some Dark Poetic Justice ... The Bridge 1.9: Trade-Off ... The Bridge 1.10: Charlotte's Evolution ... The Bridge 1.11: Put to the Test ... The Bridge Season 1 Finale: Marco Joins Mackey and Agnew

 
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Falling Skies 4.7: Massacre Indeed

Falling Skies 4.7 on Sunday was entitled "Saturday Night Massacre," and it was a massacre indeed, with at least two and maybe three major characters falling in one way or another.

Lourdes, loyal to a fault to Lexi, pays for that with her life, when she asks Lexi to make her life better. The blond hybrid's way of doing that is to kill Lourdes, making Lexi probably not the best person to approach when seeking spiritual guidance and healing.  So Seychelle Gabriel, who played Lourdes, is gone from Falling Skies like a sea shell on a windswept beach.

Next up for disposal is Dr. Kadar, played by Robert Sean Leonard, seen to such good effect on House for so many years.   Unfortunately, Anne's medical skills are not on a par with House's, and not up to the task of saving the cracked Kadar.

And then there's Maggie.  She's been one of my favorite characters on the series (well played by Sarah Carter), always willing to speak her mind, and, even more impressive, to change it with presented with new facts - reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' quip, "when the facts change, I change my mind, what do you do, Sir?" - and I'd hate to see her go.   And, maybe we won't have to.  No one has pronounced her dead.  She's clearly stretched out in the rubble, injured and unconscious.   But when it comes to television deaths, I've learned over the years never to count someone out unless his or her head has been blown clean off, or a reliable character says the person in question is dead, even then ...  Think about Tony on 24.

So this is what Falling Skies has come to.   No real progress in the story line, and the only real interest now is seeing who dies and who does not.   Ah, if only we could be back in Massachusetts again, where this series began so well.

See also Falling Skies 4.1: Weak Start ... Falling Skies 4.2: Enemy of my Enemy ... Falling Skies 4.3: Still Falling ... Falling Skies 4.5: Cloudy

And see also Falling Skies 3.1-2: It's the Acting ... Falling Skies 3.3: The Smile ... Falling Skies 3.4: Hal vs. Ben ... Falling Skies 3.6: The Masons ...Falling Skies 3.7: The Mole and a Likely Answer ... Falling Skies 3.8: Back Cracked Home ... Falling Skies Season 3 Finale: Dust in Hand

And see also Falling Skies Returns  ... Falling Skies 2.6: Ben's Motives ... Falling Skies Second Season Finale

And see also Falling Skies 1.1-2 ... Falling Skies 1.3 meets Puppet Masters ... Falling Skies 1.4: Drizzle ... Falling Skies 1.5: Ben ... Falling Skies 1.6: Fifth Column ... Falling Skies 1.7: The Fate of Traitors ... Falling Skies 1.8: Weaver's Story ... Falling Skies Concludes First Season

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Ray Donovan 2.4: The Bad Guy

If it wasn't clear already, we see in Ray Donovan 2.4 just who the bad guy really is this season.   Actually, it was pretty clear by now, but in 2.4 we see just how bad LA FBI Bureau Chief Ed Cochran is.  In a nutshell, he has one of his agents kill poor Tiny, and when Cochran gets the phone call that that's been accomplished, he's so buzzed that he grabs Megan's breast, in the kitchen, while her husband, FBI Agent Tom Volcheck, is sitting in the next room at the Scrabble board with Cochran's clueless wife.

About Tiny, we could say that his craving for a rotisserie chicken is what ultimately cost him his life. But speaking of cost, I'm wondering why Ray didn't keep an eye on him, seeing what Tiny witnessed, and help him out with a few bucks, so Tiny wasn't reduced to stealing a chicken?   The one flaw in Ray Donovan is that just about every character seems to have worse luck than they rightly ought to have, with the occasional exception of Ray. Or maybe that's the charm of the series.

Cochran, for example, caught a bad break when Tiny's fall injured a passerby, whom Tiny's killer - the corrupt FBI Agent Frank Barnes - then has to also kill to keep quiet.   How many killings in one night can Cochran get away with?   On the other hand, he got away with the breast grab - in a fine little piece of acting by Andrea Bogart, Megan seems a bit surprised but not unwelcoming about what happened in the kitchen.

The moral of Season One and the killing of Sully shows that the worst of the worst end up dead on Ray Donovan.  So the only question about Cochran, unless he changes his ways, is who will kill him?  My guess is it won't be Mickey and will probably be Ray, with an outside chance of it being Megan's husband.

Meanwhile, though it's good to see Abby perhaps starting a relationship with another man, that can't end well, either, for anyone.  And while Ray is no boy scout, and is enjoying sleeping with the Boston reporter a little too much, you can't really blame him, given that Abby let that idiot shrink talk her into thinking that Ray was raping her when he made love to her, albeit in his own way.

This season of Ray Donovan is shaping up as even nastier than the first - certainly Cochran is a more surprising monster than Sully, who was nonetheless pretty chillingly cold - and that's all to the good for this television series.

See also Ray Donovan 2.1: Back in Business

And see also Ray Donovan Debuts with Originality and Flair ... Ray Donovan 1.2: His Assistants and his Family ... Ray Donovan 1.3: Mickey ... Ray Donovan 1.7 and Whitey Bulger ... Ray Donovan 1.8: Poetry and Death ... Ray Donovan Season 1 Finale: The Beginning of Redemption


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