S03.E08: What is Happening to America

[PrincessPurrsALot]

The crew makes elaborate plans to pay back the casino's debts only to find out they have a long way to go before they are out of the woods.

Original air date 2019.07.28

[SimoneS]

Oh Desna. All her criminal enterprises end up being debacles and full of death. She looked fierce in that black and white jump suit though.

The theft from the White supremacist was hilarious. Melba, UncleDady, and Roller as the neighborhood watch had me rolling. I miss shirtless Roller, but he is looking sharp in these suits. 

I can't believe that I felt bad for Melba when Mac died, but I really did. They were/are horrible people, but they loved each other and were devoted to each other. Now I don't want Desna to kill her, but I don't see anyway out of it unless the feds take down the triad.

Poor Quiet Ann. I hope that she doesn't lose the baby. And they got married too.

The killing of the governor was dark comedy, but I can't stand Polly and Joe.

I did like UncleDaddy dumping Brenda to be with Toby.

UncleDaddy said that he was going to string up the White supremacist and Roller responded that was what they were against. Hilarious!

Edited July 29, 2019 by SimoneS

[Ohwell]

This episode was about people losing someone they love.

Desna finally finds out that it's serious business being a gangsta.  Eventually, someone she loves will die as well. 

[GodsBeloved]

51 minutes ago, SimoneS said:

The theft from the White supremacist was hilarious. Melba, UncleDady, and Roller as the neighborhood watch had me rolling. I miss shirtless Roller, but he is looking sharp in these suits. 

I can't believe that I felt bad for Melba when Mac died, but I really did. They were/are horrible people, but they loved each other and were devoted to each other. Now I don't want Desna to kill her, but I don't see anyway out of it unless the feds take down the triad.

I thought Roller was going to break ranks and choke out the guy and said Stay in character Roller. Stay.In.Character! 😂 

I felt bad for Melba too and think she might snap and go after the Triad guy and get herself killed.

I didn’t start watching this show till literally last Sunday when I had the tv on TNT and muted while watching something in my laptop. Desna and Roller caught my eye and I scrambled and found clips on YouTube then watched episodes on demand. 

This show is crazy but fun and I like all the main characters which is a plus for me.

[AnimeMania]

1 hour ago, Ohwell said:

This episode was about people losing someone they love.

The only one that seems to be handling it well is Dean. Okurrr!

[MelloYellow]

Carrie Preston should direct more episodes.

[Poohbear617]

I love this show and it's over the top ways, but 1 thing bugged the living shit out of me tonight....and it was Desna's CLAWS!  Several times in the episode they showed Desna looking at her blood stained hands. Right after Arlene died and she is still in her black/white jumpsuit her nails were ruby red with silver and crystals. She is panicking about having only 24 hours to get the money...skip 2 the robbery and rest of the show and at the end Desna now has  a bright blue with different stones and they did the 2nd close up of her hands.  I know they showed the blood on the hands close up for dramatic reasons ..but all it did was make yell " you r under the gun and u stop to change your nails? How long did that take?"  

I know it sounds snippy but it took me out of the moment. 

Also..how do people in blood stained clothing get to just walk thru casinos, the streets, strip malls etc..without drawing attention.

Edited July 29, 2019 by Poohbear617

[Joimiaroxeu]

Did Quiet Ann go to the sunken place to meet Arlene?

OMG, you have to be real scum to tell a Native American to go back to their own country. Though it's doubtful Mac really was Native American...

That didn't look like a historical plantation house. It looked like a regular suburban tract house to me.

It's funny how Jenn is a stone expert on Civil War memorabilia.

Desna goes to commit a robbery while wearing a Desna necklace. And how did they know there weren't security cameras inside the house?

Was that Christina Milian playing the hooker version of Virginia? Hilarious. Great casting.

Okay, the governor was looking kinda tasty in that leather daddy getup.

Nice cover of Bad Company during Desna's stroll down murderous memory lane.

Poor Quiet Ann. I hope her pregnancy survives all this stress. She definitely needs to get out.

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I miss shirtless Roller, but he is looking sharp in these suits. 

He is!

Edited July 29, 2019 by Joimiaroxeu

[AnimeMania]

55 minutes ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Was that Christina Milian playing the hooker version of Virginia? Hilarious. Great casting.

Yes

[TiffanyNichelle]

The best part of the episode was the group robbing the racist, well until Mac got killed. But even that was ok cause I'm over Mac and Melba. I'm also over Dean and Not So Quiet Ann. Can we just have Desna and the rest getting into wacky hijinks and dump those two?

[tennisgurl]

This might actually be a new low point for Desna as everything is finally hitting her, that all of her schemes have just ended in violence, heartbreak, and death. She has increasingly found herself in over her head, and not its almost impossible to dig herself out of that hole. That was a pretty great cover of Bad Company though, so theres a silver lining there, Desna! 

Poor Less Quiet Ann, I hope this wont affect her pregnancy. I feel terrible for her, and its inevitable that she will find out the truth eventually and that will make it even worse. 

The Professor is still creepy, and still hot. 

As sad as I am to see Roller in those shirts that cover his whole chest, he is certainly working those nicer clothes! He almost broke character about three times when he was pretending to be one of the racists, stay in character Roller!

Even Mack and Melba hate white supremacist Alt Right assholes! Mack and Melba are terrible awful people, but I did actually feel bad for Melba when Mack died. If nothing else, they really did truly love each other. 

The racist heist was great, even if its only a temporary fix. It also got everyone in the same plot again, when Uncle Daddy and Ken and company have kind of been doing their own thing this season. Probably for the best that Uncle Daddy chose Toby. Not only does he love him, he knows where the figurative and literal bodies are buried. 

[MelloYellow]

What was the point of the gang taking Mac to Ken instead of the hospital?

[PrincessPurrsALot]

Gun shot wounds need to be reported to the police.  It would be hard to explain how Mac got shot in the chest.

[link417]

On 7/29/2019 at 12:39 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Desna goes to commit a robbery while wearing a Desna necklace. 

I thought the same thing so I took a closer look and I think it actually said “Believe.” However, it was very late so I could be wrong, LOL. I never get a chance to watch the episodes in real time.

[AnimeMania]

2 hours ago, link417 said:

I never get a chance to watch the episodes in real time.

I never watch anything in real time, it saves me 15 minutes each hour, I use to watch something else.

[GodsBeloved]

On 7/29/2019 at 11:09 PM, tennisgurl said:

The racist heist was great, even if its only a temporary fix. 

Yes that heist was great. 

My question is why doesn't Desna have a nest egg. She asked if Clay had one. The doctor had the casino but he also had a race track, convention center and at least 1 other property. So what happened to those? Desna was his next of kin so why doesn't she have those properties as well?

[dubbel zout]

9 hours ago, link417 said:

On 7/29/2019 at 12:39 AM, Joimiaroxeu said:

Desna goes to commit a robbery while wearing a Desna necklace. 

I thought the same thing so I took a closer look and I think it actually said “Believe.” However, it was very late so I could be wrong, LOL. I never get a chance to watch the episodes in real time.

Desna's necklace did say "Believe."

[PrincessPurrsALot]

The heist was to me the kind of thing this show does well.  Everyone dressed oddly, showing how inept they can be while still having weirdly specific knowledge, solving one mess creates another and never really being prepared, the over the top amount of confederate items the man had, whacking someone with a nazi statue - that is Claws at its best.  

The Professor is really good looking.  Hi gorgeous man!  No! Don't kill Arlene!  You are a horrible, but still gorgeous man. 

[link417]

3 hours ago, PrincessPurrsALot said:

The heist was to me the kind of thing this show does well.  Everyone dressed oddly, showing how inept they can be while still having weirdly specific knowledge, solving one mess creates another and never really being prepared, the over the top amount of confederate items the man had, whacking someone with a nazi snowflake statue - that is Claws at its best.  

The Professor is really good looking.  Hi gorgeous man!  No! Don't kill Arlene!  You are a horrible, but still gorgeous man. 

FIFY. (™️ Virginia)

I’ve already said this but it bears repeating:  The Professor is FOINE. 🤤

[Ilovepie]

On 7/29/2019 at 8:09 PM, tennisgurl said:

Probably for the best that Uncle Daddy chose Toby.

But at least he left Brenda his purple dildo......

On 7/31/2019 at 10:07 AM, PrincessPurrsALot said:

The heist was to me the kind of thing this show does well.  Everyone dressed oddly, showing how inept they can be while still having weirdly specific knowledge, solving one mess creates another and never really being prepared, the over the top amount of confederate items the man had, whacking someone with a nazi statue - that is Claws at its best.  

I totally agree - probably my favorite scene this season. From Desna telling Bryce to search upstairs - "Oh good, I can get my steps in" to Roller's suit and  "Red is my best color!" I loved all of it. I don't know how this show went from Mack and Melba trying to kill Desna's crew, to now all working together, but I think it's actually worked pretty well. The enemy of my enemy is my friend apparently is true, for now at least.......

My least favorite: Polly and Joe. I wish they had left Polly with Ken - they were neurotic gold. Joe is boring and makes Polly boring, and her speech to him after killing the governor was stupid, which is really saying something for this show.

[VelvetDreaming]

I loved the robbery scene. I thought they all dressed terribly for people who were trying to be discrete but that was the point. I laughed at Roller, Melba, and Uncle Daddy trying to keep the racist busy and I'm glad that Roller was able to stay quiet. I feel like he looks a little different this season but I can't put my finger on it. Not to be sadistic but they should've knock out the maid again after they tied her up and she woke up. I almost felt bad for Mac but I've been over them. I'm confused for if the Professor has the whole police department or if it's just a one time bribe.

The scene with Virginia's doppelganger was uncanny. I'm worried what chain of events Polly will get everyone into...