Dowel Jones

I'm always interested in the significance of episode titles. Riptide is an ocean current that tends to pull people offshore after a wave breaks. Any guesses as to how this effect applies to the episode? Does OA get pulled "offshore" by his loyalty to Clay?

Well, maybe a short role in a crime drama as "Kid who gets run over by a bus in the opening scene."

Everyone knows that TV Doctors, police, etc. are protected from liability under the Writers Code of Ethics. The only exception to this (subparagraph 5c), is when it serves the plot.😝

Plus the snapback question "Are you profiling me?"

I knew Clay was dead as soon as I saw him drive away from the scene. Hero or goat, nobody gets two appearances on this show without consequences. He was just too cavalier about the situation, anyway. In reality, OA should have let him put the gold in the truck and try to drive away. The radio is always faster and that way he's isolated. A quick search shows that $25 million in gold probably weighs about 800 lbs. (depending on market price). Ain't nobody going nowhere fast with that load, don't let Wahlberg fool ya'. One flaw they missed was that the sender also knew where and when the gold was going, but it would be tough pursuing overseas leads unless they had, say, an international branch of the FBI. Wait... That CBP officer was dumb, dumb, dumb. And dead. Again, let them go, put them in the truck by themselves, and have the backup take them down. No amount of theft is worth getting killed, and he should have observed that he was outgunned. So, the four bent cops were going to somehow remelt all that gold, sell it, and use the proceeds to help out their fellow cops who also lost money at the investment agency? Riiiight.

"I really wish there wasn't a secret plot by Matty against the law firm or that she wasn't rich." (Sorry, quote didn't copy as I had wished) This is often the pitfall of series that rely on a secret. They paint themselves into a corner. You can't maintain the facade around the secret forever, and once it's exposed, the foundation of the series is shaky unless the writers can navigate to a new theme.

Beth is the type of person that needs an enemy. She'll never morph into a rancher getting along with the other ranchers. She'll make her enemies whenever and wherever. I can see her screeching to a halt in her $80,000 car at that little country bar, waltzing in wearing high dollar clothes, and ordering a Tito's. I'm sure everyone will say, "Yep, there's a Montana girl. Not at all like those high=falutin' Californians." I'm going to guess that the house itself was purpose-built for the series on the actual ranch, which is located some miles south of Missoula. If so, of course, it wasn't built to code for anything and had to be removed as per contract, probably with a lot more machinery off camera. I thought it was kind of neat that they wrote that into the script. I can see that happening, though. The kids have probably grown up listening to the adults bashing the Duttons all the way back to 1883 and regarded those graves as desecrating tribal land.

Alfie is going to grow up to be that criminal hacker that we all see in TV shows and movies that can control every aspect of city life from his home computer. Traffic lights, water supply, 911 service, you name it.

I've been wondering the whole time about the marriage license thing. I know Rip and Beth got one because they mentioned it. How did it read? Husband - Rip Dutton and Wife - Beth Dutton. That might have raised a few eyebrows. 😝 A wholly owned subsidiary of Dutton Ranch, Inc. That would bring in the FBI, complete with a network crossover. Maggie and OA will travel to Montana to suss out everyone involved. A chase scene is mandatory, but it will be on horses. Scola and PNL (Partner to be Named Later) will butt heads with Rip and Beth and we'll see which writers will get the best.

I don't know how Beth actually purchased that other ranch without Rip, unless she meant that she made an offer and it was accepted. Don't both married parties have to sign the various papers? Option B, I suppose. Most of them were outlaws already, and that was the only port in the storm. Sheridan is writing as though "the cowboy life" is just so free and easy and fulfilling that people were lined up to work for the Dutton ranch. Next season, which I'm not watching, should involve the accidental discovery of the train station, perhaps by a firefighter during a lightning strike, and the entire season can be a spinoff of some CSI activity as identifications become more clear and connections to the Dutton family are made.

Ahhh, that was so cute. Everybody got a happy ending, and all it took was decades of greed, corruption and murder. Let's not forget that these are not the Cartwrights. They're the Corleones. Agreed about Beth. The alcohol will overtake her in time, as it respects neither wealth nor status. I notice that barely a few months into the new place, she's already hitting a bar. Rainwater must have some serious healing powers. That was a pretty deep cut on his hand (worst possible place too - try and close your hand) yet no bandage in the next scene. Was it intended that the entire ranch complex be dismantled, or only the house? I'm rather surprised they did that much, to tell the truth. Rainwater had been shown early on to be rather craven in his lifestyle, and I wouldn't put it past him to appropriate the house for the new tribal headquarters. Nitpick: It's not called the Department of Forestry. It's the US Forest Service. You don't think anyone at Billy Bob's Texas noticed the hot blonde lead singer leading a cowboy off to the bus, do you? Noooo. It would take a whole lot of money to make my self-esteem go low enough to work for a jerk like Travis.

If my memory is correct, the massive DNC/Hillary Clinton email meltdown of 2016 started when a hacker sent an spoof email to the DNC chief requesting the password for security reasons, and he handed it off to the AA, saying "Handle this, please." (Sound of small rocks rolling downhill, increasing in size and volume...)

Maybe Alfie runs Google AI.

Sure, no problem, except for some smoke inhalation. A deep in-ground pool isn't going to absorb enough heat to parboil any occupants. In fact, residents of Maui who sheltered in the ocean were afflicted with hypothermia afterward. Back in 1870, I think, the infamous Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsing burned through several towns and killed a lot of people. Some were killed when they took shelter in a raised water tank, but that was different. Of course, Bode can probably breathe underwater so he would be fine. Avery, being a mere mortal, might be in trouble. Bode would have to do mouth to mouth to save her, right? The kiss at last!

Investments in pharmaceutical companies, maybe?