S03.E05: What Happens in Victorville

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As Mickey sets a daring plan in motion involving a cartel boss, Lorna urges him to reach out to a besieged Andrea. Cisco tracks a witness in Las Vegas.

Premiere Date: October 17, 2024    Netflix

[Anela]

Damn. 

[AZChristian]

Haven't liked or trusted Eddie since episode 2. In spite of the end of this episode, I still didn't trust him.

[Raja]

Is there a prison in America where enough correctional officers don't work for the gangsters? 

With Eddie flooring the Lincoln what was under the hood of that tow truck.

This can't be just a rogue cop and federal agent doing all of this damage.

[HerkyJerky]

1 hour ago, Raja said:

With Eddie flooring the Lincoln what was under the hood of that tow truck.

I was wondering that same thing!

[peeayebee]

10 hours ago, Raja said:

Is there a prison in America where enough correctional officers don't work for the gangsters? 

I was just sayaing this to my sister. I don't know how much TV shows and movies exaggerate this, or maybe it's just that we see it all the time in any show/movie with prison scenes, but it sure looks like this goes on all the time, so no one should be surprised about it.

And I too wondered how that tow truck could catch up to the SUV. (Anyone flash back to the TV movie Duel?)

[Anela]

1 minute ago, peeayebee said:

I was just sayaing this to my sister. I don't know how much TV shows and movies exaggerate this, or maybe it's just that we see it all the time in any show/movie with prison scenes, but it sure looks like this goes on all the time, so no one should be surprised about it.

And I too wondered how that tow truck could catch up to the SUV. (Anyone flash back to the TV movie Duel?)

I was thinking about that movie, before I even saw the episode, but yes. I knew it was going to ram their car. 

[shrewd.buddha]

On 10/20/2024 at 12:09 AM, Raja said:

With Eddie flooring the Lincoln what was under the hood of that tow truck.

And was Eddie not wearing a seatbelt for some reason? 
This was not a great in-show advertisement for the performance or safety features of the Lincoln SUV model. 

[Raja]

1 hour ago, shrewd.buddha said:

This was not a great in-show advertisement for the performance or safety features of the Lincoln SUV model. 

I was impressed with the safety features since we saw the multiple flips, but the acceleration

[peeayebee]

2 hours ago, shrewd.buddha said:

And was Eddie not wearing a seatbelt for some reason? 

I noted that, too. The airbag was deployed, but that's not always going to save you. 

There was definitely foreshadowing to Eddie telling Mickey early on to put on his seatbelt. (I'm curious if Mickey never wore a seatbelt in early seasons.)

I was reminded that when my future husband and I were dating, I got him to put on his seatbelt. This came in handy when a couple of years later he was in an end-over-end accident where his Bronco was totaled. 

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On 10/19/2024 at 6:55 AM, AZChristian said:

Haven't liked or trusted Eddie since episode 2. In spite of the end of this episode, I still didn't trust him.

Hahahaa same! 

 

On 10/22/2024 at 1:33 PM, shrewd.buddha said:

And was Eddie not wearing a seatbelt for some reason? 
 

I went back to the episode to check and he definitely was. It was a pretty bad crash, like someone else said sometimes wearing a seatbelt is not enough. I'm actually more surprised Mickey crawled out of the wreck not only alive but basically unscathed.

[abbyzenn]

Glad that I read this thread before watching this episode.  As someone involved in a fatal car crash last year (for which I spent 7 months in hospital, skilled nursing facility and to this day walk with a cane), I was prepared for that final scene but it was still tough to watch.   

Eddie was a bit of lightness among all the bad going on.

 

 

[tkc]

Sorry to hear about your terrible accident. I’m sure scenes like that last one could be difficult to watch.

At this point, with regard to who is targeting Mickey, I am wondering if it is actually Hector Moya engineering things to make it seem like the DEA agent is responsible…

[TV Anonymous]

Yeah, I call BS on the last scene. Unless it has been thoroughly modified, there is no way the tow truck can not only outrun the Navigator, but also outrun it with slow-speed start that ends with enough velocity to flip it.