UMaggie Siff njengoWendy Rhoades kunye noDamian Lewis njengoBobby Ax Axelrod.UMark Schafer / Ixesha lokubonisa Kule veki iphelileyo umdlalo wekati-kunye ne-mouse wawukhona Iibhiliyoni ’Elingana ne Imidlalo yeethrone Iziqendu ezinje ngeBlackwater okanye Imvula yaseCastamere: uvuthondaba oza kwisiqendu sokugqibela ukuze umsebenzi wokugqibela wokugqogqa ube negumbi lokuphefumla. Kodwa ibhola esesandleni, isiphelo sexesha lemali elonwabisayo lababulali besibini, lenza okungaphezulu kokuchola iziqwenga. Idlala nabo, ibenze ijogging, kwaye ilungelelanise kwakhona ngaphambi kokuba ihambise indawo yayo yokugqibela. Kuyamangalisa ukubona. Lo mboniso ulunge kakhulu ekudlaleni kumandla abalinganiswa bawo kangangokuba ukubona umboniso utyhila abatsha kwisiphelo sonyaka kuyamangalisa ukuya kwinqanaba lokulunga, ngoku uyabonisa nje.
Cinga ngomsebenzi kaBen Shenkman noJeffrey DeMunn njengoIra Schirmer noChuck Rhoades Sr.ukufunda kwabo ukuba uChuck Jr., umfana abamthandayo bobabini, wayitshabalalisa ngabom inkampani yabo wababiza izigidi zeedola ukuze babambe uBobby. Asikuqhelanga ukubona olu hlobo lwentlungu kunye nokungcatshiswa kulo mboniso-inkathazo yomtshato ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ukukhathazeka kwentliziyo kabawo kunye nomhlobo oye wafunda ukuba umntu abamkhathaleleyo ubabona njengabantu abanokulawulwa? Olu luhlobo olutsha lwentlungu, kwaye uShenkman wothukile, wanqunqa iscadence njengoIra-Kuya kufuneka wenze ngokungakhathali, hayi imvakalelo, uChuck Jr umxelela ngelixa bezama ukumthoba; Ngoba? Awenzanga, waqhekeza njengesabhokhwe esidityanisiweyo ngaphambi kokungena ngaphandle kwegumbi ngokuphendula-uyathengisa. Ngaba i-benumbed iyamchaphazela u-DeMunn xa esayina i-afidavithi u-Chuck Jr. emnika ukuze afihle ukubandakanyeka konyana wakhe kwisikimu-into yokugqibela anokuze ayenze kuye. Naxa ethatha isigqibo sokuyincamathisela emntwaneni wakhe ngokumbonisa iifoto zikaWendy kunye nokuma kwakhe kobusuku obunye ukusuka ekuqaleni kwesizini, wenza njalo nangomoya wokoyiswa, ngathi esi sidlo sempindezelo sinikezelwa kubanda kakhulu kuyonzakalisa izandla.
Ngapha koko, ngaphandle kokungazenzi into engeyonto ngaphandle kokusongelwa kwezicwangciso ezabekwa kwakudala, esi siqendu sasikhona ilayishiwe ngemiboniso endandingayiboni iza. Khange ndithembele kuLara Axelrod otyelele u-Orrin Bach-mhlawumbi umlinganiswa ekuphela komdlalo ongafikelelekiyo kunaye-ecela ukumelwa kwaye eze engenanto ebusweni bukaTom Hagenesque ndiphatha ukunyaniseka komthengi omnye kuBobby. Khange ndibone uBach ejongene no-Oliver Dake, efumana indawo yakhe eqhushumbayo xa i-Ax ikhwaza umfana ngefowuni ayisebenzisayo ukuya kwi-evesdropp kwincoko, kwaye ehamba egxotha ngokupheleleyo i-Dake's Grand Inquisitor bluster. (Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ikhowuti etshabhisayo ilungile emva koko, ndiyaqikelela ndiyazibetha ndisoyika.) Khange ndibone uLara ekugqibeleni eshukunyiswa hayi xa iFBI ingena emnyango kwaye ijika indlu yakhe ijonge ezantsi, kodwa xa eqonda uBobby uyisebenzise njengesithiyelo kumzamo wokuphepha ukubanjwa. Xa esithi kuye Bekuyi-bullshit-akabuyi ekhaya kwaye ikhamera ibonisa ukuba uyayithetha phambi kwabantwana bakhe, yinto eyinyani yokwenyani; yonke le ntsapho ibaleka kukungafezeki kukaBobby, kwaye ngequbuliso ukwalatha ukungabikho kwayo kanye phambi koonyana bakhe abathandayo. UMalin Akerman, uGlenn Fleshler, kunye noChristopher Denham banetalente ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungabaphosela omnye komnye kwaye ujonge kwiziphumo zokucofa kakhulu nokuba yintoni, yiyo loo nto befumana isiqwenga esikhulu sokugqibela sokuthengiswa kwezindlu nomhlaba. Kufanelekile kakuhle.
Kodwa ye Iibhiliyoni , oku kuyinyaniso kwibhodi ngeli nqanaba. Ufuna i-bank yase-Eric Bogosian i-bank-snitch u-Lawrence Boyd abonakale emnyango ka-Axe ukumkhumbuza kwangoku ngentshabalalo ezayo kunye nokukhala ngendima yakhe ekuyiziseni? Yeyakho-yonwabele ukubona iBogosian yenza isidlo sokuba Ubanjiwe namhlanje, URoberto… Yonwaba ukubamba iwotshi yakho, kwaye ubone umzabalazo kaDamian Lewis weZembe usiginya. Ngaba ufuna olunye uluvo lukaMary-Louise Parker ekhaba izithende zakhe eziphakamileyo kwaye ekhaba iesile njengomcebisi kwezopolitiko uGeorge Minchak-ubukho besikrini obunamandla kangangokuba usebenza ngokukuko njengendlela yokulahla ivumba lokuhlangana kukaChuck noWendy kamva kwesi siqendu? Uyifumene, ugqibile ngokuqhula. Ungathini nge-Terry AuCoin's Dollar Bill Stearn ekwamkeleni ukunyuka kwe-Asia ka-Kate Dillon ka-Taylor Mason ukuya phezulu kwi-Ax Capital xa engekho u-Bobby ngobabalo olulungileyo olungcolileyo kunye nenkxaso enyanisekileyo? Qhubeka, uyonwabele le ntlanganiso ingathandekiyo yeengqondo, kwaye uqaphele inyani yokuba aba ngxowankulu babini bahluke kakhulu banenwele efanayo ehlengahlengisiweyo ngelixa ulapho. Ngaba ufuna ukubona i-Terry Kinney's fixer Hall isingatha ukuwa kukaBobby? Ewe, apho uphume ngethamsanqa-unqamle inombolo yakhe kwaye wanyamalala, olona phawu luyoyikisayo lokuba kukho into embi kakhulu malunga nokuhla.
Izinto ezintle ziyenzeka nazo, nangona kunjalo, kwaye yeyona nto ndiyithandayo malunga nesi siphelo. Awufumani nanye, hayi ezimbini, kodwa zintathu iziphelo ezivuyisayo. Kuqala, ukubekezela kukaBryan Connerty kuyaphela, bobabini ngokobuqu- sifumanisa ukuba ulwalamano olonwabisayo lothando kunye nomlindi wendiza kaLawrence Boyd ukusukela ekuqaleni kwesizini- nangobuchwephesha- uthathwe nguChuck ukusingatha ityala lika-Axelrod Iofisi kaDake ngokutshintshiselana nokunceda i-axist ephezulu yokubamba amabhola, kwaye Ufumana ukunika uKate Sacker iindaba zokuba wenziwe intloko yesikrelemnqa kwiSithili esiseMazantsi. Ukuhlekwa kukonwaba uToby Leonard Moore ukhupha njengoBryan xa esiva zonke ezi ndaba eziva ezuze kakuhle emva kokuba echithe ixesha lonyaka njengeziko lokuziphatha lomboniso. (Ngelishwa, kusekho amaxhoba: u-Malon Weir uyathandeka uLonnie Watley uyaqonda ukuba uyintsalela kwiimfuno zase Mzantsi kwaye upakisha izinto zakhe ngelixa amaqabane akhe ebhiyozela.)
Okwesibini nokwesithathu, uWendy Rhoades uxolelanisa nawo omabini la madoda ebomini bakhe. Ngaphandle kwenye indawo anokujika kuyo, uBobby ulungiselela intlanganiso kunye naye ekupheleni kosuku lwakhe olude ebaleka kwi-FBI; Uthembisa ukumnceda afumane indlela yakhe yokubuyela ekwenzeni into elungileyo kwaye amwange, amyeke ahambe kuphela xa iiFeds (ezilandelele uWendy ukuya kudibana kwincam kaChuck ngokwakhe) ziyabahlula. Ngumzuzu owenza ukuba uzibuze ukuba ingaba izinto ziphelile kuye no-Chuck, nto leyo emenza abuyele ekhaya ayokumhlangabeza ekupheleni kosuku-imbuyekezo ebethe uyayilindela kodwa engabali ngaphambili kwesi siqendu -Ngomzuzwana wow. Uyakhathala ngoBobby kunye ne-Ax Cap, kodwa uyakhathala ngomyeni wakhe nangomtshato wakhe kunye nosapho lwakhe. Uya kusebenza, kodwa uya kubuya ekhaya ekupheleni kosuku. Uncedo lukaChuck luyabonakala; ngolwimi lomzimba kaPaul Giamatti, ungambona ngokwenyani eshiya uloyiko lokushiywa emnyango kwindlu yabo, ngokungathi ulahla ibhokisi yeencwadi ezazinzima kakhulu ukuba angaziphatha kwasekuqaleni.
Phakathi kwezi ziganeko zibini kukho ukungqubana okukhulu phakathi kukaChuck noBobby, le ibekwe ejele apho iAxe izakuchitha khona ubusuku. (I-eyeroll yakhe yakufumanisa ukuba iRhoades ifike yancumisa yinto exabisekileyo.) Yindawo enomdla ukubukela, ngakumbi ekukhangeleni utshintshiselwano olufanayo oluphele kwisizini ephelileyo, kuba bazithembile ngokufanayo kwizikhundla zabo. Ilungelo likaBobby lokubona idini likaChuck likaIra kunye notata wakhe njengesiqhelo, kunye nelungelo likaChuck lokubona icebo likaBobby lokuceketheka ngokungxama ngokufanayo. UBobby uza kwenza intetho enkulu malunga nendlela aza kuyenza ngayo injongo yobomi bakhe yokufumana ezona mfihlo zingathandabuzekiyo zikaChuck kwaye azitsalele ekukhanyeni, kwaye uChuck uyidubule ezantsi esithi konke okwenzekileyo okanye okuza kwenzeka, ukuthatha i-Ax phantsi kuye ibifanele. Zombini zithetha onke amagama, njengoWendy xa ebuyela kunye nabo bobabini ngemini enye. Ekugqibeleni, Iibhiliyoni Ubunzima bayo bulinganiswe ngokulinganayo; kumnandi kangakanani ukubabukela bejikela ngapha nangapha lonke ixesha lonyaka ngaphambi kokuba baphumle kwindawo elungileyo.
