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S03.E02: Special Treatments

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Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory

Two women talking about a third woman can get brutal.  The fact that they all do it is interesting.

I absolutely love when characters in a show dump on acting.  I find it kind funny in a dark way.

A douche from a family of wankers…..Does kinda sum them up.

You rob a jewelry store in a hotel you gotta take off your sweatshirt before you hit security gate.   That is robbery 101. 

“I almost died but I got the room comped” could be the theme if the entire series.  

I think I am rooting for the monkeys.

 

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yesferatu

yesferatu

Wait, who was the robber?

I'm loving watching the three best friends brutally backstab each other. It's cracking me up because I find none of them likable.

I would hate to go to this kind of resort. Random monkeys? Open windows so bats, bugs and birds fly in? No thank you!

The siblings continue to gross me out.

The sweet security guard should walk away from Mook and not look back. I think she's going to cause a lot of damage to him.

I really love Walt Goggins and I was thoroughly delighted to watch his unexpected transformation in the space of one episode. I'm a cheap date.

 

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iMonrey

iMonrey

27 minutes ago, yesferatu said:

I'm loving watching the three best friends brutally backstab each other. It's cracking me up because I find none of them likable.

The dress Jaclyn wore to dinner was hideous. It looked like something a drag queen would wear to Mardi Gras.

I'm starting to think Mike White has a big problem with women. First the "funny" mean girls of Season 1 and now these three catty female friends. It's like the only women he knows are all on Bravo reality shows. 

Still have no idea what Rick's issue is. Maybe he's tied up in the same money scheme as Timothy.

Who is Valentin? I'm blanking on him.

I'm viewing this basically as a soap opera. If I don't expect more of it than that, it's OK. Polished and slick for sure, and lots of money thrown at it, but it doesn't much rise above the level of any other soap opera. Which is fine. I've indulged in several soaps in my day.

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thuganomics85

thuganomics85

Of course Saxon would be the first character to make some kind of crack about women in Thailand secretly being men/boys.  He would definitely be all over that stereotype.  He really manages to go under my already low opinion of him.  He is the worst but honestly, I do think this episode showed why he is the way he is, because he clearly seems to be the golden child and his parents; especially Victoria; go out of their way to encourage and maybe even reward his bad behavior.  Not excusing him, but he was probably always destined to be this kind of fucked up with those two raising him.

On the flip side, I'm kind of curious to see what is in store for Lochlan/the youngest son, because there are moments where he does seem disgusted with his families' behavior, but then there are other times where he is laughing along with it or being inappropriate as well (the way he started questioning Piper about her sex life.)  I can see him either freeing himself from his family at the end, or maybe becoming just as bad.  Piper though seems to have a good head on her shoulders and just needs to get the fuck away from them ASAP.  

Timothy is in deep shit, it seems.  And the internet seems to be confirming that it was in fact Ke Huy Quan playing the nervous accountant/money launder over the phone.  Fun cameo, but I hope he isn't off the table for a future season.  He'd be great on here!  Really, just get the entire Everything Everywhere All At Once gang for a season.  Quan!  Michelle Yeoh!  Jamie Lee Curtis!  Stephanie Hsu!  James Hong!  Make it happen, Mike White!

The best friends group continues to be going out of their way to gossip and pit one against another: all under the guise of fake concern and "friendship."  Noticed that it seemed like it was Leslie Bibb's character who was really going out of her way to stir the pot.  Still find this group to be more cliched than norm, but I can still see this all going in a wild direction.

I'm guessing Rick's interest in the hotel owner and her husband might be connected to whatever happened to his father.  Certainly seems to want to follow her to Bangkok.  At least he showed a little emotion over Chelsea being in danger, but he's still kind of a wet rag at this hotel.  I mean this in the best way possible that Walton Goggins is kind of doing a great job toning down his natural charm and charisma, and just making Rick come off pathetic and unlikable.

Belinda recognizes Greg... err "Gary's" face, but doesn't quite know yet where she's seen him before.

I wonder if something will come out of Victoria and Kate/Leslie Bibb meeting each other in Texas ten years ago?

Gaitok, buddy, just stop!  Nothing against Mook or anything, but history has shown that this will not end well for you!  It looked like he recognized the second person who was in that getaway car, so I imagine this isn't the last we'll see of the robbery story.

More ass-shots from Schwarzenegger Jr., and Mike White must have felt the breaths of HBO execs breathing down his neck and threw in Aimee Lou Wood's breasts this time as well.  HBO has a quota to fullfill!

I swear, even the monkeys seem to be thinking "These motherfuckers!" anytime they popped up.  Smart animals.

Season is still young, but I'm still mainly on Team "Belinda, Chelsea, and Piper make it out in one piece: the rest can suffer!"  Gaitok and Lochlan might have shots too, depending on their actions in future episodes.

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txhorns79

txhorns79

1 hour ago, yesferatu said:

I'm loving watching the three best friends brutally backstab each other. It's cracking me up because I find none of them likable.

They feel so real to me, and shows the danger of traveling in a group of three.  First you start off by talking about how wonderful the missing person is, then it turns into trash talking, followed by a restatement of how wonderful they are! 

The North Carolina family remains the worst.  The lack of boundaries between the kids is creepy.  At this point, I'm just preparing to be disgusted by all of them.

Not sure what to make of that robbery.  I'm surprised a resort that seems so expensive doesn't have better security.

As a small note, I did want someone to give Jason Isaacs a second take when he was screaming into the phone at his business partner.  His real accent came out pretty clearly! 

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aghst

aghst

Lochy stared at Saxon’s bare butt a little too long.

Timothy “only made $10 million” from the shady deal that he’s worried about.  Time zone difference is inconvenient but didn’t he choose to bring the whole family to Thailand?  Piper doesn’t even like this kind of resort, she’s so spiritual — though she’s taking advantage of the amenities.

Saxon adds racist stereotypes to his repertoire, the Thai massage happy endings and there being a lot of lady boys.

Victoria thinks she’s too good for actresses and non Tar Heels, blows off Kate.

Resort has all that bling?  Gaitok may get in trouble for letting the robbers in.  Will Mook give him a chance?  Doesn’t seem like she’s going to, maybe concern for him being okay gets him out of the friend zone?

He may not want to have heard Tim’s conversation.

Rick is on a mission though he gave  half-hearted try to be civil with “Gary.”

 

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kittykat

kittykat

Holy wow the interactions between the Victory Lap ladies is too real.  I found it interesting that for the rest of that day Jacqueline seemed to cozy up to Laurie that day and Kate was the outlier especially after the Biometric test comparisons.  But then it ended with Kate and Laurie shit talking together.  And Jacqueline seemed to be somewhat aware of what they were doing.  Interesting.  Future girl trip planners: four!  The magic number is four.

Walton Goggins knocked it out during his treatment giving the character some extra dimensions.  He also seems to know what Greg is about even if Belinda hasn't quite placed him.

The Ratliffs continue to pile on the cringe with Saxon at the foreground.  Not only do we have Lannister vibes but possible Oedipal vibes with Saxon and Victoria? Still looks like Timothy's financial shenanigans are coming to a head.

We definitely haven't seen the last of the robbery storyline. I also want to know about the infamous 10 year ago baby shower Victoria and Kate attended.

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AntFTW

AntFTW

4 hours ago, thuganomics85 said:

Of course Saxon would be the first character to make some kind of crack about women in Thailand secretly being men/boys.  He would definitely be all over that stereotype.  He really manages to go under my already low opinion of him.  He is the worst but honestly, I do think this episode showed why he is the way he is, because he clearly seems to be the golden child and his parents; especially Victoria; go out of their way to encourage and maybe even reward his bad behavior.  Not excusing him, but he was probably always destined to be this kind of fucked up with those two raising him.

Yeah, as of right now, I’m kind of hoping that he’s the one that’s gonna get shot in the ass when we get to the shooting.

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Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory

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I know a few people are saying that the friend group is cliche and not very realistic but I know friendships that are exactly like this.   My sister had one all through highschool and they remained “friends”  until they all started to have families of their own.   That is the thing.  This kind of friendship only works when everyone in it is kind of bored and miserable.   They talk a couple times a year and my sister just got a rambling text about how she was a terrible friend but then she is the only one with a functioning marriage and family.    I think there were hints that the friends only see each other periodically so I can see them growing apart as their lives moved on but instead of helping each other through the hard times they gossip and bsckstab.
 

One of the things I noticed about the Ratliff is how they all laughed like hyenas (or maybe since the theme is monkeys -like a group of wild monkeys) when Saxon made an inappropriate joke during dinner.   

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Harvey

Harvey

I just love every Parker Posey scene. Her interaction with Kate was so uncomfortable.

I feel like every season things gradually develop until the last two episodes when it goes crazy so I was actually surprised we already had a robbery here.

I think the sibling vibe is just Saxon being super uncomfortably overly sexual and trying to coach his brother how to grow up, Piper seemingly normal for now trying to stay out of the weirdness, and Lochlan very inexperienced and curious trying to figure things out with help from an older sibling who's a bad influence.

NeenerNeener

NeenerNeener

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9 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

The North Carolina family remains the worst.  The lack of boundaries between the kids is creepy.  At this point, I'm just preparing to be disgusted by all of them.

Yeah, I'm expecting and dreading an incest story line for them based on what seems like foreshadowing in this episode. I hope the kids are all adopted from different families.

And the Thai lady's husband may be Goggin's father or know something about him. When he heard the man was ill he suddenly had to leave the resort.

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