S02.E08: Part 21

[Artsda]

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Kevin finds a possible solution to his financial problems. Marco checks up on Meg's explanation for her suspicious behavior. Sally makes Eve an offer.

[KaleyFirefly]

Meg was colossally stupid to tell Marco that guy was at her house -- a fact he could easily check on.

I liked John not backing down in his talk with Marco.

[Artsda]

The daughter is really annoying and bratty. 

The dirt on Marco needs to be released. He's picked the side of the sheriff. Loved John telling Marco he knew.

Edited June 1, 2016 by Artsda

[Maysie]

Wow, but Sally really changed her tune. I don't know if it's because of her guilt or what, but it is an interesting transition (especially after assuming that he wasn't included in the Rayburn family dinner a few weeks prior). I may be a sucker, but I like Nolan; I feel so sorry for him because he's never been more than an afterthought. The actor is very good and his resemblance to Sam Mendleson is almost startling - combine the two and I get the feeling of what Danny was like and see the potential in him before life kicked him around and he gave in to his worse tendencies. And maybe that's what Sally sees in him.

Eve, however, is still a big question mark to me. But she has to do something about that hair. It's TOO cheap looking.

I like Beau Bridges' character, but man oh man, is Meg racking up some serious payback points. He's going to want something in return for all this cash, information and basic bailing out he's doing for the Rayburn siblings. If any/all of them think it's because he's a good guy who wants to help out another good guy they're incredibly naive. If John wins, he's on the hook, I'm sure.

[knaankos]

Annoying episode for me. Very slow I thought. It also overused the "cutaway before the big talking point" in each scene that this show loves to do. 

 

it's funny how for the interrogations with Marco, Meg was all worried about Kevin but Kevin actually spin his story perfectly and threw Marco completely off. Then Meg was an idiot and put Marco right back on their case with her terrible lying and with her getting so defensive at simple questions.

 

Then later the horrendously dumb lie about the guy being with her. She could have even given Marco a fake name, I mean did she forget what Marco had been asking her that day in the interrogation room? Or did she think she had just sexed her way to invincibility? So stupid 

[knaankos]

On May 31, 2016 at 11:39 PM, KaleyFirefly said:

Meg was colossally stupid to tell Marco that guy was at her house -- a fact he could easily check on.

I liked John not backing down in his talk with Marco.

Say what you want about John but his resiliency in this season has been incredible. Kevin broke ages ago, Meg has now broke, Danny broke decades ago and John is still soldiering on somehow. He's shown very few signs of weakness at all. While still calling the shots with his broken siblings and maintaining a public face to run for sheriff. 

Edited June 3, 2016 by knaankos

[thuganomics85]

Really am surprised that Meg was that dumb.  I had wonder if maybe she was going to try and call Alex and convince him to cover for her, but nope, I guess she thought Marco would be satisfied with sex?  Yeah, no.

Still, I guess credit to that bastard John, for holding firm.  Marco knows now, but John didn't seem to give him any ammo to use, and even let him know that Marco has dirt of his own, he can use against him.  Everyone on this show has it, I think.  I'm not sure who is going to come out ahead here.

Beau Bridges character is too good to be true.  He seems to have all the answers to everyone's current problems now, but I have a feeling they'll regret being in his debt.

Why do I have the feeling Ozzy isn't going to take the money and run like a smart person?

The scene with Danny and Nolan in the prison was well-done.

Sally has had a change of heart about Eve?  Hmm....

[TaurusRose]

On 6/1/2016 at 0:20 PM, Artsda said:

The daughter is really annoying and bratty. 

The dirt on Marco needs to be released. He's picked the side of the sheriff. Loved John telling Marco he knew.

Between this little bitch and Paige on The Americans, I have reached my tolerance for rude, disrespectful teenagers.  If this is truly the way parents are allowing their kids to behave and talk to them these days, I don't hold out any hope for the future.  Had I talked to my parents like Janey did, I wouldn't be alive to write this now.  Double down on that for talking to a grandmother like that.  WTF does she think she is?  Also, I think Diana is a sanctimonious cow, never liked Meg and Sally is just stupid.  

[missy jo]

I was shocked that it was Nolan who burned down the restaurant. I knew that Danny's investors torching their own investment (clearly looking like arson, so no insurance money) didn't make sense, but Nolan never occurred to me. 

Not for nothing, but being a chef and owning and operating your own restaurant in Miami Beach is a big accomplishment. Danny had it in him to succeed under the right circumstances.

Papa Rayburn bought Kevin's marina and paid for Meg's law school. Too bad he was so bitter about Nolan the bastard child. Which still doesn't make sense to me. How is that a big deal in this day and age? 

I agree that the actor who plays Nolan is fantastic. They did a great job casting this show. 

I was proud of Kevin for pulling it together and acing that police interview. When he said, "I can't do this anymore," I totally fell for it and thought he was confessing. 

Lastly, I kind of chuckled at Ozzy, the sympathetic blackmailer: "Look, I've been here, and I know it sucks..." 

[teddysmom]

I told a friend of mine since beginning of Season Two that John killed the wrong brother. 

Why didn't any of them, including Meg the attorney, think to have a lawyer present when Marco kept wanting to question them??!  

I figured Beau Bridges would end up owning the Reyburn siblings lock stock and barrel. He has given them a ton of $, and knows their secrets. 

[MsJamieDornan]

13 hours ago, teddysmom said:

I figured Beau Bridges would end up owning the Reyburn siblings lock stock and barrel. He has given them a ton of $, and knows their secrets. 

Hopefully Kevin got the money for the boatyard sale upfront. His wife will need it when he goes to jail for being an accessory to killing his brother. Even tho Kevin and Meg seem to think they had nothing to do with it.

[Clanstarling]

@MsJamieDornan, I can understand Kevin thinking he had nothing to do with it - he's a reactive idiot. But Meg, a lawyer for goodness sake, she absolutely should know better.

[millennium]

On 6/19/2016 at 6:30 PM, taurusrose said:

Between this little bitch and Paige on The Americans, I have reached my tolerance for rude, disrespectful teenagers.  If this is truly the way parents are allowing their kids to behave and talk to them these days, I don't hold out any hope for the future.  Had I talked to my parents like Janey did, I wouldn't be alive to write this now.  Double down on that for talking to a grandmother like that.  WTF does she think she is?  Also, I think Diana is a sanctimonious cow, never liked Meg and Sally is just stupid.  

A strong, silent type like John Rayburn wouldn't have raised such a rude and disrespectful child.    I would go so far as to say his kids would love him but also fear him.    No way would they ever pull the shit Jane does.  And live.

[peggy06]

On 7/21/2016 at 6:38 AM, millennium said:

A strong, silent type like John Rayburn wouldn't have raised such a rude and disrespectful child.    I would go so far as to say his kids would love him but also fear him.    No way would they ever pull the shit Jane does.  And live.

You're forgetting Diana. Her kids can do no wrong in her eyes.

[Armchair Critic]

After all the shit they have done I am still pulling for John, Meg, and Kevin to get away with this and now I want Marco to go down.

[kassandra8286]

Interesting that everyone here is rooting for John and Meg. I was thinking the other day, wow, I actually don't like ANYONE on this show, and yet I'm obsessed with it, how can that be? Then I realized after watching this episode, I do actually like a few people. I feel sorry as hell for poor Nolan, he may be rude but he's a good kid at heart despite the shit hand he's been dealt in life.  And Kevin, of all people! I was so done with him and his ridiculous fucked-up pathetic behavior for for most of this season, but now I find myself in his corner as he tries to turn his life around. I feel like he's one of the only Rayburns with a conscience. 

I don't care for Marco all that much, but I find myself hating John and Meg and their sociopathic lying smugness so much that I'm hoping he finds a way to take them down. Frustrating that he has most of the pieces but isn't putting them together correctly, which is giving John added confidence as he watches Marco draw all the wrong conclusions. I know Marco won't succeed (now that the show's been renewed for a third season), but oh, how I would love to see John's murdering, lying ass arrested for murder, along with brilliant lawyer Meg as an accessory. And if that were to happen, it would be delicious irony that John's hubris in insisting on running for Sheriff would be what screwed him.

Like y'all have said, no way is Beau Bridges the sweet, cuddly benevolent uncle he appears to be. Heh.

[cleo]

Nolan has really been breaking my heart the last few episodes. I grew up in an abusive family, and they have really nailed the emotional beats of a kid growing up with parents that just don't care enough. (Although I never burned a restaurant down).

Loved the scene with John and Marco. It was really nice for once not to see the standard interrogation scene where the crook gives in at the second psuedo-clever question and tell all. Makes total sense too, bc as a cop John should know all the tricks Marco was using to get info and be able to resist. 

He is tougher than his siblings and maybe more ruthless, maybe he is more like his father than he thinks. 

It's unrealistic that Meg wouldn't wonder why Beau Bridges is being so helpful. Everyone wants something in return, especially in politics. 

Edited April 17, 2017 by cleo