Iindlela zodliwanondlebe zikaRay. (Suzanne Tenner / SHOWTIME)
Ukulungiselela ixesha lesithathu leXesha lokubonisa URay Donovan, siphinda sishicilele impinda yethu kwisizini ephelileyo. Ukujonga zonke izinto iDonovan-esque, cofa apha.
La ngamaxesha anzima. Kwiveki ephelileyo siphulukene netalente encinci ethembisayo kuMarvin Gaye Washington nakwenye inkwenkwezi ekhanyayo eReKon. Inye kuphela indlela yokumisa uCookie Brown, akunjalo? uye ngqo emapoliseni ze abanjwe? Akulunganga. Akufanelanga ukuba ukhulele eSouthie. URay akamvumeli umntwana wakhe ukuba abe nempuku.
Ekupheleni kwesiqendu seveki ephelileyo, uBridget wayekwisitulo esingasemva seSUV ngokulula kakhulu elele phantsi xa uKuki Brown edubula uMarvin noReKon. Ufuna ukuya emapoliseni. Lifikile ixesha lokuba uRay afundise intombazana yakhe encinci isifundo: uhlala usixelela amapolisa ukuba awubonanga nto. UBridget akaqondi ukuba uCookie Brown ungumvelisi we-rap kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba angabulala nabani na nokuba ungathini. Unokudubula abantu ababini kwisitalato se-LA kwaye akanazo iikhamera ezichola nantoni na.
UAbby uqala ukuphambana kuba lixesha kwaye xa esiva ngokubulawa kukaMarvin, uBridget akayibambi ifowuni yakhe. Ubala ukuba uBridget kufuneka abulewe, naye. Ngokuxhalabisayo, uAbby ubiza uRay. Ndinaye. Uyaphila, utsho uRay, echaza ukuba uBridget unaye kwigumbi lakhe kwaye ulele ngoku. Ayilunganga ngokwaneleyo. UAbby ufuna uBridget agoduke kwangoko kodwa uRay uthi bazobuya kamva. UAbby ude abize isoka lakhe, igosa uJim, ukuba liye kuthatha uBridget kodwa uthi eyona nto angabenzela yona kukujonga ityala lokubulala.
UBridget ngokungakhathali ucinga ukuba ukuba angqina ngokuchasene neCookie, uyakuhamba ayokubulala. Akalazi inqaku njengoRay. UBridget ebetshaya imbiza ngoko ke uRay ucinga ukuba ubungqina bakhe buza kuphoswa ngaphandle, kwaye akukho ndlela le yokugweba ngayo i-Cookie Brown… ngaphandle kweyokugqibela eyamgwebayo. Khange aphume nje ejele? Mhlawumbi kunokuba lula kakhulu ukugweba. Okwangoku, ungumfo oyingozi kwaye uRay akanakumkhusela uBridget kuye. URay angabakhusela abantu kwi-stalkers, urhulumente, ihlokondiba, nantoni na engekho Cookie Brown. Ungumfo omkhulu kakhulu.
Oku kubuhlungu kwaye konke kodwa uMickey unezinto eziqhubekayo nazo. UMickey unesicwangciso esiqinileyo sokubuyisela uClaudette ebomini bakhe: mthengele isipaji sokuyila kunye namalungu amabini. Yile ndlela ootatomkhulu noomakhulu abazimanya ngayo. Kuba uMickey wakwazi ukufumana imali eyongezelelweyo kwezinye izinto zesilivere ezibiweyo kwitheko lomvelisi obalaseleyo awayeye kulo kwiveki ephelileyo, uza kuyisasaza. Kubonakala ngathi sisicwangciso esiqinileyo. Kuba uMickey wabona umyeni kaClaudette ephuma nomnye umfazi, lixesha elifanelekileyo lokungena. Sinethemba lokuba uMickey angalubuyisa uthando lwakhe.
Ukufumana uClaudette endaweni yakhe, uMickey umbiza amxelele ukuba kufuneka ambone ngoko nangoko, yinto engxamisekileyo. Tsalela umnxeba kwi-911 kuba ingxamiseko kwiibhulukhwe zikaMickey.
U-Lee ubiza uRay ukuba usebenze ngenxa yokuba ucinga ukuba i-Cookie izakumbulala ngokulandelayo. Wayefanele ukuba amamele uRay aze anike uMarvin kwiCookie njengoko avumile. URay uxelela uLee ukuba avale umlomo wakhe malunga nentlanganiso neCookie.
Ekuphela kwendlela uRay anokuqiniseka ngayo ukuba iCookie ayimbonanga uBridget kukuya kuthetha naye. Ekuphela kwendlela yokuthetha noKuki kukuya endlwini yakhe aze ambethe ngenqindi omnye woonogada bakaCookie ukuze akhutshelwe endlwini emva kokuba ebethwe. Kubonakala ngathi bekufanele ukuba kubekho indlela elula, kodwa icebo liyasebenza. Icookie iqinisekile ukuba akukho mntu umbone edubula uMarvin noReKon. U-Lee akakabikho kwi-hook ngenxa yokuba uMarvin ufile. UCookie ufuna onke amalungelo kumculo kaMarvin noReKon. Akukho ngxaki. Konke kungokwakho.
Yintoni uBunchy phezulu? Intombi yakhe entsha, uPatty, ufuna ukuyifumana, kakhulu. Ingxaki yi-Bunchy yi-anorexic yesondo kwaye ayinakuyenza ukuba yenzeke. U-Bunchy ubuza ukuba bangayithatha kancinci na into uPatty acinga ukuba imnandi. Yigal ekhethekileyo ecinga ukuba iPTSD iyathandeka. U-Bunchy mhlawumbi wayefanele ukuba akhankanye ukuba waxhatshazwa kwaye akanakabelana ngesondo.
Mhle! Ngakumbi uKate. UKate ngoku unobungqina obupheleleyo bokuba uRay waxoka ngoSully - kukho umfana entolongweni owafunda inqaku likaKate wamxelela ukuba konke oko kububuxoki. U-Kate kuye kwafuneka angene kwi-porn ethile kwaye avumele lo mfo aphulula amalungu esini ngelixa emjongile ukuze afumane ulwazi ukuze akholelwe. Baqhubeka behlekisa ngokubuya kukaKate ukuze oko mhlawumbi kungaphepheki.
UBridget akakwazi ukubamba ubuxoki, ngoko uphalaza kuAbby okwenzeka nyani noMarvin. Ungacinga ukuba ngayo yonke iminyaka yakhe noRay, uAbby angazi ukuhlala kude namapolisa kodwa isithandwa sakhe esitsha simenze iblabbermouth. Ukwabelana ngesondo nepolisa iiveki ezimbalwa kuguqula u-Abby wonke umthetho nocwangco. Oku kunokuba yingxaki eqhubekayo. UAbby uye waziphindezela kwaye washushu. Usenokufuna ukuzama ukufaka uRay entolongweni.
Ixesha lokuba uMickey ahambe ayokufumana ukhula. U-Shorty uthatha uMickey aye kwindawo yakhe yesiqhelo yentsangu. Banemali eninzi ngeenxa zonke kwaye u-Shorty ebefuna ukuphanga le ndawo. Nje ukuba uMickey abone ukuba inqaku elingakanani elinokubakho, ungena kwi-heist. Bathenga isalathi sikaClaudette kwaye baphume ngaphandle.
UAbby uyokuxelela ibali likaBridget lonke kuJim. Ugqiba kwelokuba licebo elihle ukuya ngaphaya kwendlu yaseDonovan ukuze athethe noBridget. UJim unika uBridget 'ummi olungileyo, ungaphuli mthetho, uhlale esikolweni' intetho. Emva koko uRay ungena aze axelele uJim ukuba, Phuma endlwini yam.
Uninzi lwabasetyhini banokucinga ukuba ukungakwazi kukaBunchy ukuba neentlobano zesini, indlela aziphethe ngayo njengomntwana kunye nokujikeleza okungaqhelekanga kuya kuba ngumqondiso wokungavumeli uMalume Bunchy ahlambe umntwana. Hayi uPatty. Xa unyana wakhe, uClifford, ekhwaza esithi ufuna ukuba uBunchy amkhuphe ebhafini uPatty umthuma kanye ngaphakathi. Ekuqaleni uBunchy uyathandabuza kodwa uya phambili amkhuphe emgqomeni ebhinqe itawuli. Ngokukhawuleza xa uBunchy enoClifford ezingalweni zakhe uye akhululeke aze amphose phantsi. U-Bunchy ubhekisa ku-Patty ukuba woyika ukuba uzokuhlukumeza uClifford nangona wayengafuni. U-Patty uxelela u-Bunchy ukuba ahambe, kodwa bekufanele ukuba uyakubona kusiza.
I-Poor Bunchy inokuba ngumxhaphazi wabantwana nangona isenokungafuni ukuba yiyo. Ngaba bazakuzama ukuba novelwano lomntu oxhaphaza abantwana kulo mdlalo? Mhlawumbi uBunchy unokuba njenge Ukuxhamla yabantu abaxhaphaza abantwana ngokwesini. Uhlukumeza kuphela ababulali babantwana. Lo mboniso unokuba yintengiso enzima.
URay uzisa uBridget kwisikhululo samapolisa kudliwanondlebe naye. Umphenyi uyazi ukuba ngubani uRay, ewe. Bonke abacuphi abakwi-LAPD bayazi konke malunga noRay ngaphandle kwalowo wayexhomekeke ku-Abby. Umcuphi akamvumeli uRay ukuba angene kwigumbi lodliwanondlebe noBridget. Ungena yedwa ukujongana nemibuzo kwaye enze into elungileyo. Uxoka malunga nayo.
Kulungile, uClaudette ubonakele! Linda ade asibone isipho sakhe esimnandi. Ayisiyo nje isipaji. Yivule. Kulungile, amalungu amabini. Iklasi leyo. Kodwa yintoni ingxaki? Ngelo xesha uMickey uxelela uClaudette malunga nokubona umyeni wakhe ephuma nomnye umfazi. Yiza, Mick. Wazi ngcono kunoko. Leyo yintshukumo ye-rookie. Ungaze uthethe ngomyeni kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ungathethi nto embi ngaye. UMickey uyakwazi oku. Ithumela uClaudette emnyango. Kuza kuba nzima ukumbuyisa.
Njengokuba uBridgett ephuma kwisikhululo samapolisa, kungene uKuki esendleleni engena. UCookie unika uBridget amazwi ovelwano kunye nokumanga amxelele ukuba uza kuba ngcono. Ndiyamangaliswa ngokwenene ukuba uRay avumele ukuba kwenzeke. Wade wangathi uyoyika. URay usenokuba uyatyibilika.
Akukho konke okubi kuMickey. Izinto zijongeka zilungile kwentsangu yokukhuthuza abantu. Kukho ukhuseleko oluxhobileyo oluhlala ubusuku bonke kodwa uCherry, ummelwane we-hooker kaMickey, uya kumgcina exakekile kwaye u-Shorty angaqhekeza isisefo. UMick ubuyile kumdlalo. Mhlawumbi lonke eli xesha lonyaka liza kuba nguMickey, uShorty noCherry abaphanga iibhanki. Umntu othile nceda wenze loo mboniso. Libala malunga naloo mbono mbono bendinawo.
Igosa uJim kufuneka afunde ukungangcolisi ishishini losapho. URay utsibela emva kukaJim kwindawo yokupaka yamapolisa aze amphose kwimoto yakhe. Ufuna ukuntywila umfazi wam, mfeze. Ubeka ubomi bentombi yam emngciphekweni, ndiza kukubulala. Mhlawumbi uRay akatyibiliki. Kutheni le nto eyisabhokhwe eCookie? Ngapha koko, uJim ubuya ne-nerdy bullshit malunga nokuxoka. URay kufuneka amyeke xa amanye amagosa ephuma kwisikhululo. Abo babini bazakuya entloko benyani kungekudala.
Ibe lusuku olunzima ke ngoko into ayithandayo uRay ekuphumleni kukuqhuba enxilile endlwini ka-Ashley ukuze abone ukuba angathanda na ukuba noburhalarhume ngesondo uRay Donovan. Oo, kunjalo, uthandana noSteve Knight ngoku. Ungacinga ukuba ukubonisa ukuzama ukulala ngesithandwa somphathi wakho kuya kukugxotha. USteve unomsindo omncinci ade abone iintlungu emehlweni kaRay. Emva koko uSteve umema uRay ngaphakathi kwaye abuze malunga nomhla wakhe. Yinduna enkulu leyo.
