S02.E04: The Devil’s in the Details

[Scarlett45]

 Tommy and Diamond keep dangerous secrets from each other, Jenard clashes with his crew, and Vic teams up with Claudia one last time; D-Mac ends up entangled deeper in the drug game than he ever intended.

 

Air Date: September 22, 2023

[mxc90]

In the beginning, Difranco told the other agents, Grandma didn't talk when she had to ID Lil K's body. Later, we hear from Grey Skull Grandma is asking "Where is Lil K" and then they find out on the internet he was found murdered. Why is Grandma asking if she already knows he is dead?!! Unbelievable the inconsistency with this plot in this episode.

Now Grandma is afraid to talking to the police after she was talking really spicy to Jenard last week about his cauliflower ear. Now she has full load of cauliflower and toll house cookies in her mouth to keep quiet.

Did Grandma get her SUV back??!!!!!

So, Grey Skull was with Lil K when Jenard called for the ride and didn't bother go him and keep an eye on Jenard? Now he wants to spin the block to find his killer or hurt some innocent people. He should take some blame for Lil K's death.

"I'm Treason...this is my movie....I'm the star". LOL! I'm surprised the rest of them didn't leave Treason after hearing those pathetic words. 

Only in the Power Universe, the grade crossing gates are not already down as the train approaches for Mireya to easily speed by.

Rojas' solider just happens to see Tommy at the zoo and decides it was a good time to attack him without checking in and ignore his date. I'm sure he had gotten the word to stay away from CBI.  I think his date is still waiting for him to come out the bathroom after so many hours standing by the fence.

I'm impressed Tommy recognized the tattoo to know it was Rojas' gang.  

It's not confirmed if Kendall is Mireya's boyfriend but hearing his name makes Tommy very upset. Doesn't sound like Kendall will be around much longer.

Tommy turned down getting action with Mireya for Seamus business??!! Priorities for him! Mireya wasn't his kryptonite that night.

How can Mireya easily find Tommy's address and the FBI/DEA/CPD can't find him to know when he eats and shits. Does anyone in law enforcement want to arrest him?

Why did Doyle have to open his mouth about Paulie? He couldn't tell from the conversation with Paulie the money exchange was on the hush and word should not get back to Walter. Or maybe that was Doyle's plan to cause friction.

Why did Gianna have to bust in the barber shop and demand from the crowd "Who is Diamond????". Her son Leon is right there and could have pointed him out quickly.

Last week, Leon was tough talking at the Gun Violence rally and now he looks like a weakling in front of his mother.

Leon looked so nervous as he sensed his mom was on the prowl to be Dickmitized. I guess we'll be seeing her in the basement soon.

All those people in Diamonds barbershop and Diamand and the other barber are not cutting any hair. Just one guy in the back. 

DMac's talking "he will never get caught slipping again" as the gun is far away tucked in his bag. DMac doesn't have super speed to get it if something happens.

That was embarrassing to Dmac when Genesis' friend told her he is a loser and DMac just stood there with a goofy look/grin.

Was Dmac going to cut off his dreads for Genesis? Is that why he went to Diamond's barber shop? 

So DMac ghosted Genesis when he was young and now don't show up to the movies. How many chances is she going to give him?

Genesis looked a little like Effie??

See ya Bennigan. You had to be greedy and ask for $25k more. Now your sister is really screwed as there will be no more money coming.

So Bennigan is the last of the first season's loose ends to get rid of. It seems like the show hated what they started with Dahlia, the chemist, and Bennigan.

Alicia is saved by Tommy and Vic and she rats them out to protect herself and her boyfriend. Some gratitude!

Damn! Walter turned Gloria's bar into a strip club in "her honor". He couldn't bother build private rooms in the back for girls to give head or other naughty business. 

Walter is complaining about money issues but has enough to renovate Gloria's bar.

Jenard is now mixing baby powder and taking hits right in front of his crew.

For all Paulie earns, he doesn't live in a better neighborhood.

Drunk Walter can't even say hello to his sister-in-law.

Now Walter is firing Paulie and Gloria Claudia is making deals with/lying to the Serbs, Gloria Claudia and Vic are scheming to undermine their father. These Flynns are reckless. Please let them go away soon! I don't care if it's the Serbs or Tommy to do it. They have to go!

Tommy doesn't come off as a NY Mets fan. Tommy seems more like a Yankees fan. 

Diamond talking to Leon about nonverbal clues and didn't use that knowledge to stay away from CBI business or stay away from Tommy.

"Maybe if I cut out your left eye, you will see right". I'm shocked Jernard didn't get Miguel's obvious sense of humor. Jenard owes Mireya some Ya Ya's Tacos for saving him.

Edited September 23, 2023 by mxc90

[Ladybugnine]

FYI, Gloria's dead. You mean Claudia.

[mxc90]

1 hour ago, Ladybugnine said:

FYI, Gloria's dead. You mean Claudia.

Thanks. Since the last season, I always get their names mixed up.

[AntFTW]

Shanti is really feeling Jenard. Are those feelings mutual? I just get the feeling after watching their interaction in this episode that Shanti only a place for Jenard to park his penis and that he is emotionally manipulating her to keep her loyalty.

I find it interesting that we're learning that all of our crime bosses that we're introduced are turning into mid-level soldiers. Miguel, introduced to us as a boss but he has people to answer to. Papa Flynn has people to answer to. Jenard is just getting his ass kicked all over the place by Miguel and the Serbs.

12 hours ago, mxc90 said:

In the beginning, Difranco told the other agents, Grandma didn't talk when she had to ID Lil K's body.

I don't know why but I thought he was bullshitting. Again, I'm not sure why I thought he was full of shit right off the bat but I did. I thought that he was lying about talking to Grandma just to have a reason for the task force to go out and scoop up as many mid-level drug dealers as possible. With no clear target, it gives them an excuse to grab everyone they could.

13 hours ago, mxc90 said:

Why did Gianna have to bust in the barber shop and demand from the crowd "Who is Diamond????". Her son Leon is right there and could have pointed him out quickly.

Last week, Leon was tough talking at the Gun Violence rally and now he looks like a weakling in front of his mother.

Leon looked so nervous as he sensed his mom was on the prowl to be Dickmitized. I guess we'll be seeing her in the basement soon.

Her demeanor changed soooo quick after Diamond identified himself. Could they have made that any more obvious? It's gonna be "ass o'clock" soon.

13 hours ago, mxc90 said:

That was embarrassing to Dmac when Genesis' friend told her he is a loser and DMac just stood there with a goofy look/grin.

Was Dmac going to cut off his dreads for Genesis? Is that why he went to Diamond's barber shop? 

I did not connect those dots, that the reason he was at Diamond's barbershop was because Genesis don't fuck with dudes with messy dreads.

13 hours ago, mxc90 said:

See ya Bennigan. You had to be greedy and ask for $25k more. Now your sister is really screwed as there will be no more money coming.

So Bennigan is the last of the first season's loose ends to get rid of. It seems like the show hated what they started with Dahlia, the chemist, and Bennigan.

He was such a useless character to bring back. Maybe his death moves the plot in future episodes but... it seems like a wasted time in the episode.

Bennigan don't have any other drug dealers to shake down? He wasn't asking for a small amount of money.

13 hours ago, mxc90 said:

Now Walter is firing Paulie and Gloria Claudia is making deals with/lying to the Serbs, Gloria Claudia and Vic are scheming to undermine their father. These Flynns are reckless. Please let them go away soon! I don't care if it's the Serbs or Tommy to do it. They have to go!

When are the Flynn kids not scheming to undermine their father? They've been making side deals and scheming since we met them.

The Flynns now seem pretty useless to Tommy's storyline. They are pretty much separate now. They don't move the story in any way, and therefore that makes them a waste of space.

13 hours ago, mxc90 said:

Alicia is saved by Tommy and Vic and she rats them out to protect herself and her boyfriend. Some gratitude!

Why are you so good at remembering these people's names? 😭😭😭

Is this from season 1?

14 hours ago, mxc90 said:

Later, we hear from Grey Skull Grandma is asking "Where is Lil K" and then they find out on the internet he was found murdered. Why is Grandma asking if she already knows he is dead?!! Unbelievable the inconsistency with this plot in this episode.

Now Grandma is afraid to talking to the police after she was talking really spicy to Jenard last week about his cauliflower ear. Now she has full load of cauliflower and toll house cookies in her mouth to keep quiet.

Did Grandma get her SUV back??!!!!!

The only reason why this didn't stand out to me is because I thought DiFranco was full of shit.

A second thought came to mind is that she was hoping for some retaliation on Jenard by telling the others Lil K didn't come home.

[mxc90]

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

Shanti is really feeling Jenard. Are those feelings mutual? I just get the feeling after watching their interaction in this episode that Shanti only a place for Jenard to park his penis and that he is emotionally manipulating her to keep her loyalty.

I think he likes her for more than that. He wouldn't have confessed to shooting Lil K after she told him it would be a wrong move. Jenard is too fucked up on drugs to play mind games now. He can't go to Diamond anymore, so she is the only one he can talk too.

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

I don't know why but I thought he was bullshitting. Again, I'm not sure why I thought he was full of shit right off the bat but I did. I thought that he was lying about talking to Grandma just to have a reason for the task force to go out and scoop up as many mid-level drug dealers as possible. With no clear target, it gives them an excuse to grab everyone they could.

We should have had a scene of DiFranco going to Grandma to deliver the news. Writers messed this up with the dialogue that came later. Maybe get rid of the "Tommy going to zoo and killing a guy there" scene.

DiFranco is a "By the Book" cop. He isn't like the other corrupt/shady ones in the Power Universe. I think Det. Burke in Kanan is not corrupt too. The Task Force is formed, there shouldn't be any motivation about Grandma to get them moving. They will catch someone, of course it won't be Tommy. 

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

Her demeanor changed soooo quick after Diamond identified himself. Could they have made that any more obvious? It's gonna be "ass o'clock" soon.

She changed quick.

Surprised he didn't give her a tour of the basement right then and told Leon to wait in the car.

I guess her intent was to make sure Diamond is giving boxing lessons for "free" because paying for comics books and sneakers are expensive. They will come up with some other form of payment.

Also, where does the C.O. fit in with Diamond? I thought they were a couple.

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

I did not connect those dots, that the reason he was at Diamond's barbershop was because Genesis don't fuck with dudes with messy dreads.

Yes. He was going to get a cut.

But that is no quick job with his hair. So what time was the movie date? Midnight? Diamond and Tommy met Bennigan at around 10 PM and D-Mac showed up at that time. 

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

He was such a useless character to bring back. Maybe his death moves the plot in future episodes but... it seems like a wasted time in the episode.

Bennigan don't have any other drug dealers to shake down? He wasn't asking for a small amount of money.

He was useless.

I think they wanted to give him a sendoff, so the "Six" fans can finally stop asking his whereabouts.

Bennigan was being paid by Vic last season, not sure why he couldn't get money from him.

His death could tie in with the Task Force investigation. Let's hope the Diamond's PO makes a surprise visit as they are trying to hide the body.

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

When are the Flynn kids not scheming to undermine their father? They've been making side deals and scheming since we met them.

The Flynns now seem pretty useless to Tommy's storyline. They are pretty much separate now. They don't move the story in any way, and therefore that makes them a waste of space.

Walter and Claudia are the most annoying. I hope this season is their last.

At least, we see the Tejadas doing something. We never see the Flynns out making money.

I might be impressed if Walter is killed next week.

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

Why are you so good at remembering these people's names? 😭😭😭

Is this from season 1?

I still get Gloria and Claudia mixed up.

Alicia is from Season 1, Episode 3. She was partying too hard, did a lot of drugs with drug dealer Colin. Tommy and Vic arrived to do a drug deal but it went wrong as Colin was high and crazy. Then they and Fat Tony (Colin's bodyguard) helped her get out of Colin's apartment and Vic killed Colin.

But she never witnessed Vic shooting Colin as she was taken away in the freight elevator. I think the writers retconned this part to make it seem she witnessed Vic shoot him.

8 hours ago, AntFTW said:

The only reason why this didn't stand out to me is because I thought DiFranco was full of shit.

A second thought came to mind is that she was hoping for some retaliation on Jenard by telling the others Lil K didn't come home.

This part didn't make sense. Why bother have the one guy say Lil K is dead after seeing the news on his phone. Seems they never knew he was gone until that moment. 

Greyskull should have already pieced it together when he said he was with Lil K at the time Jenard call for a ride and grandma asked him earlier where is Lil K (but she had already Identified the body earlier???!!). They lost me.

Edited September 23, 2023 by mxc90

[luckyroll3]

13 hours ago, AntFTW said:

Alicia is saved by Tommy and Vic and she rats them out to protect herself and her boyfriend. Some gratitude!

She was smart enough to keep Tommy's name out of her mouth! This episode did a good job of reminding us viewers that Tommy is a fucking psycho! 

6 hours ago, mxc90 said:

But she never witnessed Vic shooting Colin as she was taken away in the freight elevator. I think the writers retconned this part to make it seem she witnessed Vic shoot him.

I felt from the lines and acting that they very heavily implied that she was lying and both hot detective and his wife knew it (yeah, I don't remember either of their names). That's why he pushed on her to be truthful and she pushed on her to double down on the lie. That's also why the wife thought she could coerce her into placing Tommy there too. 

Mireya sure did fall for Tommy real quick. What happened to her rule of not dating people in her brother's business? This will not end well for either of them. 

Jenard is spiraling! Also, how he let those 4 dudes just walk away after not following his orders AND kicking his ass?!?!?! He's a bad drug boss. He got no business being in charge. 

[AntFTW]

2 minutes ago, luckyroll3 said:

(yeah, I don't remember either of their names).

I don’t either 😭😭😭

I’m not joking when I say reading @mxc90’s posts are the only reason I learn these people’s names.

[mxc90]

1 hour ago, luckyroll3 said:

She was smart enough to keep Tommy's name out of her mouth! This episode did a good job of reminding us viewers that Tommy is a fucking psycho! 

 

1 hour ago, luckyroll3 said:

I felt from the lines and acting that they very heavily implied that she was lying and both hot detective and his wife knew it (yeah, I don't remember either of their names). That's why he pushed on her to be truthful and she pushed on her to double down on the lie. That's also why the wife thought she could coerce her into placing Tommy there too. 

Yes. She lied about seeing Vic kill Colin. 

She didn't do Tommy any favors by mentioning "there was another white guy there" and "Fat Tony" (Colin's Bodyguard) to Bobby Difranco and Stacy Marks to bring in and question about Tommy's involvement. She didn't need to mention Tony to them. Now Tony will have to lie or die.

When the knife dropped, Tommy could have knocked the kid out and leave the restroom. Nope, he stabs him in both kidneys (the kid could have been an organ donor), gutted him and then went on to see Mireya as if nothing happened. He was out in the public; the kid would not have attacked him. Tommy and Mireya could have kept walking.

1 hour ago, luckyroll3 said:

Jenard is spiraling! Also, how he let those 4 dudes just walk away after not following his orders AND kicking his ass?!?!?! He's a bad drug boss. He got no business being in charge. 

Bragging about killing Lil K didn't help Jenard.

Once people start complaining about his bad "baby powder" product, it's over for Treason. He will have no choice but to run back to Diamond.

1 hour ago, luckyroll3 said:

Mireya sure did fall for Tommy real quick.

I wonder if she is just keeping an eye on Tommy for her brother.

[Joimiaroxeu]

Wow, was Jenard trying to unalive himself with all those drugs?

Diamond's David's getting a new girlfriend, hah hah.

Trying to play chicken with a moving train is not smart, especially while driving stick. Too easy to stall out accidentally, right in the path of the oncoming train. Meanwhile, there's a theory over on reddit that Mireya noticed the cops watching Tommy and made a run for it to lose the tail.

Claudia better hope telling lies to the Serbs about Jenard and Diamond won't bring her trouble. The Tommy kind of trouble.

Diamond finally did the right thing and brought Tommy in on the Bennigan situation. But now they've got a bigger problem because D'Mac just had to be gangsta. Sheesh. They need to send that wannabe away to military school or something before he gets them all killed.

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"I'm Treason...this is my movie....I'm the star". LOL! I'm surprised the rest of them didn't leave Treason after hearing those pathetic words.

I'm surprised they didn't tell him Denzel called and wants his Training Day scene back.

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Genesis looked a little like Effie??

Yes! I kept looking at her hard like I'd seen her before but I couldn't make the connection.

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See ya Bennigan. You had to be greedy and ask for $25k more. Now your sister is really screwed as there will be no more money coming.

Yeah, I wondered about Seamus' sister. Maybe Diamond will do something for her. Or maybe he'll find out she's dead and Seamus was taking the money for other reasons.

[AntFTW]

30 minutes ago, mxc90 said:

Bragging about killing Lil K didn't help Jenard.

I wouldn’t call it bragging but this guy was about to go around stirring up some shit, and making the block hot. I imagine he was going to go around terrorizing the neighborhood until he find out something about Lil K. Jenard was telling him not to do anything rash but he wasn’t listening to Jenard either had to fess up or put the blame directly on someone else.

38 minutes ago, mxc90 said:

I wonder if she is just keeping an eye on Tommy for her brother.

2 hours ago, luckyroll3 said:

Mireya sure did fall for Tommy real quick.

Are we all thinking Mireya is gonna be dead by the end of the season?

17 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Yeah, I wondered about Seamus' sister. Maybe Diamond will do something for her. Or maybe he'll find out she's dead and Seamus was taking the money for other reasons.

I feel like Seamus was acting like a junkie, but for money rather than drugs.

18 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Diamond finally did the right thing and brought Tommy in on the Bennigan situation.

I think should have brought Tommy in the loop on that from the start. I didn’t see the downside of telling Tommy about Seamus.

43 minutes ago, mxc90 said:

Yes. She lied about seeing Vic kill Colin. 

She didn't do Tommy any favors by mentioning "there was another white guy there" and "Fat Tony" (Colin's Bodyguard) to Bobby Difranco and Stacy Marks to bring in and question about Tommy's involvement. She didn't need to mention Tony to them. Now Tony will have to lie or die.

Now I gotta go back and watch this episode 😞

[mxc90]

36 minutes ago, AntFTW said:

I wouldn’t call it bragging but this guy was about to go around stirring up some shit, and making the block hot. I imagine he was going to go around terrorizing the neighborhood until he find out something about Lil K. Jenard was telling him not to do anything rash but he wasn’t listening to Jenard either had to fess up or put the blame directly on someone else.

I see. So, Jernard has a heart in there. Shanti did warn him what will happen if his crew found out.

36 minutes ago, AntFTW said:

Are we all thinking Mireya is gonna be dead by the end of the season?

I don't think so. The streak of all Tommy's love interests/Liliana dying has to stop. I think there is something more to be reveled about Mireya.

58 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Meanwhile, there's a theory over on reddit that Mireya noticed the cops watching Tommy and made a run for it to lose the tail.

I saw her peek in the review mirror after crossing the tracks. Not sure if it was about the cops or just seeing the train.

If it was about the cops, she has great foresight to make sure the Feds didn't follow them to the zoo and witness/take pics of Tommy and the Rojas member go into the restroom. She just may be Tommy's lucky charm.

 

[AntFTW]

18 minutes ago, mxc90 said:

I see. So, Jernard has a heart in there. Shanti did warn him what will happen if his crew found out.

So Shanti should be running the operation, huh? 😂

… but maybe not a heart, but I do think it’s about the money. It’s harder to make money if they’re dropping bodies in every neighborhood… especially if the Serbs and Miguel are trying to get theirs from him. They may have gone out and started a war that Jenard can’t afford to fight.

I guess the question is which one hurts less, telling them or not telling them?

They might go back to Diamond and CBI 😂

[mxc90]

26 minutes ago, AntFTW said:

So Shanti should be running the operation, huh? 😂

… but maybe not a heart, but I do think it’s about the money. It’s harder to make money if they’re dropping bodies in every neighborhood… especially if the Serbs and Miguel are trying to get theirs from him. They may have gone out and started a war that Jenard can’t afford to fight.

I guess the question is which one hurts less, telling them or not telling them?

They might go back to Diamond and CBI 😂

Well! Shanti is putting extra time in the gym ready to knock out Jenard if has to come to it. Just saying!

It may be harder soon to make money when they are mixing baby powder in the product. Jenard can't afford to take on the Serbs, Miguel, Tommy and the others that left Treason. It's a no win for him. Word is going to spread; he is losing or has already lost his grip.

[luckyroll3]

1 hour ago, mxc90 said:

Well! Shanti is putting extra time in the gym ready to knock out Jenard if has to come to it. Just saying!

Her gym is also floating most of his business. 

 

3 hours ago, mxc90 said:

Bobby Difranco and Stacy Marks

Everyone's giving out government names now, huh! 😂