WEBVTT - The Penguin 106: The Beer Summit! 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:05.640 Worrying. Today's episode Today spoilers for the sixth episode of 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.840 The Penguin The Gold Summit. Watch that before you listen 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:28.280 to this. Hello, my name. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:30.720 Is Jason Kenseepsion and on Marsday Night. 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.159 And welcome back to x Ravision of the podcast where 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:34.880 we dive deep into your favorite show's movies. Colleagues of 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:38.440 pop culture. 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As 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:31.720 we see Vic on his brand new, beautiful, shiny motorbike 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:33.960 arriving back in the tunnels. 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.160 I thought it was Catwoman. It looks a lot like 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:37.360 Catwoman's bike. 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.440 I was like, okay, pretty cool. How long do you 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:41.240 think this has been. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.040 I think it's been like two months. 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:45.600 Okay, three months makes sense. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:53.400 Oz uh is telling his his minions that the opportunity 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.800 is there to grab the city. The falcones are teetering. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.920 It's just Sophia now calling herself Sophia Gigante. The Maroni's 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.440 or they're weak, they're almost nothing. There's an opening for 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:08.720 an upstart organization like theirs. Bliss is booming, street level 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:15.200 crews profiting off this rising red tide of Bliss, and 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.480 it's Vic's job on the back of his motorcycle to 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:22.040 run product to the streets and then collect cash. Meanwhile, 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.440 oz is, of course double dealing. He shakes Vic into 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.600 his little office, he shows him the map, He tells 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.639 him about all the street gangs that he's working with, 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.400 and he says, listen, of course I'm allied with this 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.440 one and this gang hates that gang, and they don't 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.440 know I'm working together. But let's keep them out of that. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.480 They don't have to know that right now, because you 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.600 know this is benefiting everybody. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.440 He's such a short sighted man. 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:44.840 That is like my favorite. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.680 I think it's I think he's actually got a pretty 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:53.840 good long viewing his plan. No, well, I will say 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.520 that I do think there's significant improvisation. Yes, yes, yet right. 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:58.920 I would say that's a good way to put it. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.400 But I think I would put it this way. He's 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.600 looking as far ahead as he can. He is not 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.640 at the top of the mountain like Sofia and the 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:10.960 Maronis and the rest. They can look down at their 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.440 the gangs and see them coming. He's at the bottom 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.799 at the valley, and he can't see around the corner. 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.240 He can only see too the corner. And so I 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.919 think I agree with you that he is somewhat short sighted, 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:26.560 but he's trying to see as far ahead as he 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:32.240 possibly can. And Oz mentions to Vic that with all 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:36.200 these deals that he's forged, with all this kind of 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.680 patchwork network of gangs, the most important, the most crucial 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.840 among them is the Triads. He has to get them 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:43.880 on his side. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.760 Because they can go into national. 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.800 Yeah, and one of the most powerful that can go 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:50.960 against the Maronis and the Falcons. They're the ones that 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.880 he needs. Big problem for the underground headquarters and for 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:59.600 Crown Point in particular, is power. There's not enough electricity 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.880 how we're still off all throughout Crown Point. This is 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.600 now how long do we think this has been now? 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.280 So if it's three months ish since the last episode, 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:10.240 it's been six months. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:10.600 No, no, no. 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.800 The show started like a week after the Batman, so 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.200 it's literally been like three or four months with no power. 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.159 So it's been four months, four months no power and 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:23.040 Crown Point City Hall apparently is rationing electricity. Meanwhile, you 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:24.839 can look at the skyline see the rest of the 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:30.000 city is lit up like a Christmas tree. Vic tells Oz. Hey, 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.120 by the way, when I was running product, there's people 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.440 watching like I don't know if they're Falcone. I don't 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.760 know if they're Maroni, I don't know if they're Giganty whatever. 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:42.320 They're trying to locate us. Nobody knows we're underground thus far. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:46.719 And I says, listen, here's what's important, keeping the love 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.599 of the streets. You got to keep the love of 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:50.280 the street. He wants to be. 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:52.440 The Rex Calibrazy of his life. 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.120 That's why he wants more than anything. 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.039 That's what will protect us, Oz tells Vic. And I 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.919 think he really believes it that what they're doing right now, 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.800 it's gonna go down and legend, Are you kidding me? 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:09.040 And Vick is definitely yeah, he's he is drinking the 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:10.520 kool aid at this point, like he. 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:14.200 A little silver plated nickel plated gun now, yeah, yeah. 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.800 And his grin is like he feels like he believes 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.400 Oz and he trusts OZ and that there's this version 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.200 of his life now where he'll be able to, you know, 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:27.080 be remembered. And also Oz is using that classic Mobs 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.000 the line, which you know, in this case is at 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:32.240 least partially true, where he's like, we're looking after the streets. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.320 Everyone in your community has money. Now you're giving them jobs. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:36.480 You're making that happen. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.120 It's an interesting point. Let's return to this because I 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.760 want to talk about that. We go to Falcone Manor, 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:47.120 where our ourf wolf wolf Sophia has officially turned doctor 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:58.359 Rush into doctor Fido Dogs right. He is obedient to 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.520 her and he loves it. 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.200 And for all the bad. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.680 Things he did, he's done so many bad things and 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.680 he needs to be punished. He's tied to a chair, 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:07.800 he's all scratched up. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.679 She's wearing a delightful design a slip once again. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:16.680 She's she's uh, you know, using him for her own 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:25.080 sexual pleasure, and Oz just a complete, you know, completely 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:31.240 subservient to to. Sophia even offers up, hey, if you 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:33.800 get a hold of Oz, I'd love to I'd love 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:35.720 to help you essentially torture. 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.680 Yeah. He's like, I'll use my skill training. 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:43.880 Yeah. Salmaroni is staying at the house. 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.800 He's cooking dinner and she's like, stay in your rem bro, 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:53.760 and he's like, no, I need to cook this dish 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.720 to remind me of my wife was also cooked. 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:01.120 Yeah, gave me some pointers on the on the on 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:07.120 the yogurt level and whatever. This sauces and he clearly 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:12.640 is hurting for his family and and thirsting for some 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.400 feeling of family. He looks to so feel like how's 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:15.880 it taste? 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.680 Like yeah, like is this that? And she she can 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.240 see I actually, there's so many great moments in this 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:24.840 episode that are just double handers, like two people in 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.040 a room together just chatting. And this is a great 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:32.320 one because she can immediately see how to ingratiate herself 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.720 with him because she eats it and she says, Taj 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.640 was right, is really delicious, Like she sees that he 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.560 sees her. Could she be a potential daughter. She's someone 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.720 whose father abandoned her. Now she now this guy's missing 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.280 his son, and she already we see throughout this episode 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:53.600 has like the clear power in this Maroni Jigante kind 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.280 of collab, let's call it. 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.280 They talk about what Oz is up to. Sal has 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:03.200 some idea, but about the various gangs that he might 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.360 be trying to alie with, and Sofia's like, no, no, no, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.800 the Triads, or we go after the Triads because he 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:08.520 needs them. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.520 And she knows because she had the meeting, right, that's 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:12.280 exactly right. 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:16.760 And the problem, as Sally puts it, is the Triads 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:20.120 have been screwed by both the Maronis and the Falcon Gigantes, 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.480 So what are they gonna do? Sofia's plan is really simple. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.760 It's just like we kill their guys on the street. 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.840 We just lean on them really hard. In the East 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:32.400 Side Crash Pad Oz is struggling to keep the power 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.240 going in the apartment. The generator clearly isn't up to 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:39.520 the job. It's clear also that Mom Cobb, Francis Cobb, 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.480 has grown fond of Vic and at the same time 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:47.680 she's her mental state is deteriorating pretty fast. 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.760 Yeah, she's had dementi is clearly. 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.520 It's clearly gone. Yeah, it's in control. She thinks Vic 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:59.360 is one of the boys. She thinks Oz is her husband. Meanwhile, 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:03.000 Vick is kind of playing into it. He's like it, 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.120 kind of plays along in order to keep things peaceful, 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:07.280 and Oz hates that. 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.680 Well, you know what's really funny about that is actually 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:14.760 there is a belief within certain like you know, Carara 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:18.160 communities of people who have Alzheimer's or dementia, of like 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:23.800 a compassionate lie where where you don't constantly retraumatize someone 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.440 by saying, actually your sons are dead. You go, yeah, yeah, 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.480 they've just gone out, and then that memory is gone 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.080 the next time you talk about it. You can deal 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.160 with it in a different way. So Vic is actually 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:36.680 keeping the peace and keeping mum Cob happy. Vic is 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.079 doing that, and Oz is really unhappy about it. 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:39.880 He finds it. 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.040 I can see immediately there that this kind of friendly 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.240 face that he has put on with Vic is only 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:47.040 it's just that it's a mask. 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.520 He does believe it is. He does care for Vic. 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:53.480 A little, but the moment he sees his mum feeling 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.679 tenderness to Vic, he is like consumed with jealousy. 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:01.640 I don't know if it's jealousy so much is its protectiveness. 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:07.600 I think he thinks, having seen situations like this, people 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.920 dealing with a family member who is slipping. Yeah, my 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.920 read on it is VIC thinks she's going to come back. 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.440 He thinks if we keep telling her what the truth is, 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.680 she'll snap out of it, she'll get better. 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:22.160 Yeah. 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:27.800 And I think Vic, you know, obviously, without any kind 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.560 of expertise or understanding, purely on instinct and a kind 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:35.400 of you know, a generous instinct, is just playing along 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:39.760 in order to keep her placated and keep her happy, 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.120 thinking quality of life is what matters here. But I 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:47.280 think that it could be jealousy. Maybe there's some of that, 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:51.640 but I think primarily what's happening is is thinking, oh 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:53.800 Oz can't let go of his mom, he can't let 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:57.439 go of who she was, and he thinks that that's 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:01.000 coming back, and that Vic. What VIC is doing is 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.280 is allowing her to slip further into the dream. I 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:05.920 think that's dementia. 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:13.280 That's a great point. 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:15.239 Os Get's call that the triads are they're pulling out underneath, 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:19.800 understandably because the guys are getting fucking murdered on the street. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.480 You throw it on the news and there's just guys 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:25.440 hang it upside down from like from the side of buildings, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.079 very Cartel's. 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:30.640 Specifically, there's a hanging element and they chop off the 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:35.000 little finger. So Oz immediately knows this is morony, and 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:38.760 Sophia like, this is them saying, remember when you cut 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.120 off Alberta's finger to make it look like I did it? 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.960 Oh remember how you you know, framed me up for 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:49.120 being the hangman? Like, this is very intentionally pointed. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.040 I talk about this because later on Sofia in her 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:57.200 pitch to Eve kind of skipping ahead, but she basically says, 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.760 I'm not the hangman. My dad killed all those women. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:10.560 OZ knew and he didn't say anything. I think that 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.400 is an interesting tack from Sophia and also an extremely 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:16.320 self serving one. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:17.760 Yeah, of course, stopping. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.040 Her from going to the press right now and saying 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:19.800 I'm not the hangman. 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:23.280 Yeah no, I think I think specifically. 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:29.040 She's using her image as the hangman exactly to project 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:35.040 terror across the streets, meanwhile putting the majority of the 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:40.240 blame on Oz to try and split his allies from 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:44.080 him by saying, oh, well, it was Oz who mainly 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:44.680 framed me. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.040 But it works in the case. 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.880 It works Eve because the truth is that Oz could 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.720 have told her at any point the real person who 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.640 killed her friends. That's why it is because there is 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:59.200 personal and if he's proclaiming that they have this truth, 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:03.040 this honest relationship, and and then she. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:03.840 Finds out that. 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.200 Now, obviously it's not that easy because you can't just 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.400 like randomly rat on you know, Carmi and Falcone to 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:12.760 a woman that you don't know if you can trust. 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:14.400 But it's a very clever attack. 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.880 From Sofia, and it's also a smart move because it 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.680 does just confirm Also the fact that Sofia turns up 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.480 at Eve's door shows that Oz can't protect her in 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.320 the way that she wanted, you know. But yeah, it's 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:29.400 it's definitely interesting. 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:30.480 We'll get we'll get to that. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.360 We'll get well, we'll get to that. We'll get Oz 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.240 comes up with an idea to offset this. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:36.559 This is crazy and I love it. 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:40.640 The Giganti Maronis. He basically says, let's just flood the streets. 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:46.120 Flood the streets with free bliss, get people loving it, 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:47.479 get them hooked. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:51.680 In every area, in every tough and when they. 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.480 Go looking for it, we will be the only source. 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:58.080 You and I our operation. Vic after this has a 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.800 run in with Squids. Squid's trying to muscle in on 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.080 whatever it is that Vix got going. Vix got new shoes, 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.120 Vix got new clothes, Vix got a nice motorcycle, Vix 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.320 got money. A lot of people an what's up? 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.160 Yeah, she wants in. 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.560 And what about that old lady I've seen you with? 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.000 Who's she? I bet it? You know what if I 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.920 go looking for her, give me an introduction to the 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.680 people you're working for, Squid says, Vic walks away. Sal 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.480 and Sophia then break into Oz's apartment and there they 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.680 find out about Eve, to which I say, what took 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:30.920 you song? You're just now going there? 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:32.560 Yeah, also as well, not just that. 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.920 I love the moment where Sal is like so angry 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.520 because there's nothing OZ cares about. 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.840 She's like break break, break ship. 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.680 She's like, just distract yourself while I go and find 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.560 out what actually is going on. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.080 Oz returns to the apartment. He finds that Mom has 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:54.800 has been this is terrible. The water has gone cold, 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.680 She's been trapped in the tub. She can't get up 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.880 she lost motor control. She's trapped in the in the 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.760 tub for hours, who knows, freezing. He covers her up, 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:09.560 helps her out, and in a moment of clarity, his mom, 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:14.080 distressed at the progression of this disease, tells Oz that 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.120 she can't live like this Anymore's she doesn't want to 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:21.920 be a vegetable. He's got to help her die. Essentially, 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.840 Oz doesn't want to do it, doesn't want to do it, 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.680 doesn't want to do it, but eventually it kind of agrees. 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:36.920 But then, in a kind of heartbreaking final tag to 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.200 this scene, he helps her get dressed really nice with 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.920 his jewelry and make up so that she can look 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.880 like the powerful woman that she was. 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:50.360 Yeah, like mospy queen that she aspired to be. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.920 Vic comes home to the apartment. Oz is working on 0:15:54.960 --> 0:16:00.080 the power and obviously still hurting over the conversation he 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.160 just had with Mom, but he's he's taking it out 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.240 on his frustrations about the electricity. Yeah. 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.240 I think there's like an interesting kind of like regression 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.880 here for Oz, where like we always see him trying 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.720 to dress as smart as possible, trying to show that 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.440 he's like above everyone else, But here we see him 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.880 like almost back in the role of the driver, the mechanic. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.960 He's fit, he's working on the generator, he's wearing overalls, 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.640 and he kind of can't get out of this fear 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:27.880 that he has about what's happening to his mom. Like 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.200 he he can't hear what Vick is saying. When Vick 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:32.720 is trying to tell him that there might be a 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:34.080 serious problem. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.200 That's an interesting I have a take on that too. 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.200 Let's talk about that in a second. Vic tells Os 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.080 about Squid that this is a problem we're gonna have 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:44.200 to deal with. This guy's he's sniffing around. He's I 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.400 don't know what he's going to do. Oz completely blows 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:47.920 past this. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:49.440 And event he's just like deal with it. 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:54.640 Yeah, events about mom and the illness and how powerless 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:59.040 it all makes him feel. And Vic says, well, you know, 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.280 the good thing is that she here with us, She's 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.600 here with you, And then Oz is like, what did 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.080 you say about that guy? And then Vick is like, 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:11.320 don't worry, I'll deal with it. I think to your point, 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.800 I do think that Oz is obviously consumed with what's 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.359 happening to his mom. I think this is the thing 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:21.399 that's behind everything that he does is protecting her, keeping 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:26.560 her safe and in his mind the way she sees him. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.760 At the same time, I think this is the moment 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:35.440 that on a different criminal level, that he pushes vic 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:37.720 like a motherbird from the nest. 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.440 And oh absolutely, I. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.800 Think this is the moment where he's like, I think. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.479 He he knows what the probable outcome is. 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:46.960 Yeah, I think he's well aware of it. And I 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:50.000 think he's say and I think to your point, he's saying, 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:57.600 his ignoring the topic is sincere. But there's also another 0:17:57.640 --> 0:17:58.520 element to it when. 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.040 Yeah, like a Machiavellian light, what are you going to 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:01.720 do about it? 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.320 Deal with it? This is your problem. 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.000 It's also very ironic when he's like so consumed with 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.400 what's happening with his mom. You know, there's this kind 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.600 of like duality there. But yeah, I love Vick and 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.120 VICX like, I'll deal with it. I'm like, don't do it, bro, 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.879 this quit's crazy. We're gonna take a quick break and 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:18.680 we'll be right back. 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.639 We're back, sop he asks around for even Eventually, Roxy, 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.440 one of the girls from that night at the club 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:43.560 with the Bliss giveaway, speaks up and basically gives up 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:48.399 Eve's apartment. Oz, determined to get the power turned on 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:53.399 in Crown Point, goes and a costs counselman Hayden. He 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.200 basically says, hey, how would you like if everybody found 0:18:56.200 --> 0:19:00.280 out how you paid off your gambling losses? He puts 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.480 pliers in his nose, he like pulls it his septum, 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:05.879 and then he's like yeah, you know, and threatens him, 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:07.720 and then Hayden eventually is like, fine, I'll turn on 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.000 the power, and Iz was like, you have until morning 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:14.600 the power better fucking Beyond immediately gets a call from 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:18.359 his gang leaders, the distribution his street level distribution network, 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.720 and it's the leader of the Sullivan's, the Irish gang, 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:24.639 and he's fucking scared as shit and he's and Oz 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:28.320 is like, fine, meet me here with everybody. 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:30.720 And he's also like well why, He's like, why is 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:34.159 that drugs in my area when my people have already 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:37.040 been killed, like my kids on the corner. Why is 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.040 that happening? And I was just like, don't worry, don't worry, man, 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:41.399 just come and let meet me. Not it's all going 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:43.159 to be good, you know. He smoothed over, as he 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:43.960 so often does. 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:48.960 Vic goes to meet Squid and basically tries to say, hey, listen, 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.480 I can't get you in the gang, but here's a 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.720 here's an envelope of money, and you know, maybe we 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.919 make this like a monthly thing, pay you off, you know, 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:00.439 until a spot opens up, and maybe we can you in, 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:04.119 you know. And Squid is like, no, fuck the money, 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:07.720 like I want in. You're gonna let me in no 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.800 matter what, like thinking that he's still the guy that 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.840 can bully them mm hm, and you know, Vic tries 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:17.880 to warn him, like, listen, this is danger, Like don't 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:21.840 you're playing with this is bad like that they'll they're 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.840 not gonna take it the right way, and Squid doesn't care. 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:30.560 So eventually Vic shoots Squid with his fancy new Nickei 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:35.280 plated nine millimeter and immediately feels really, really fucking. 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:37.840 I think the most interesting thing about this moment is 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:42.320 I think what actually drives him to finally make a 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:45.679 choice to shoot him is Squid keeps insisting on coming 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:51.080 up to the house where Oz's mom is, and Vic 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:53.320 is so pushed into a corner by that and not 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.880 wanting to put Mama Cobb in danger and not wanting 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.680 to obviously face the raft of oz if Squid finds out. 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:02.280 And I think from the moment that Squid said what 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.840 about that old lady I saw you with, Vic kind 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:06.240 of was considering this. 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.560 But it's really so sad to kind of see it happen. 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:12.880 And I think something I love about the show, and 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:16.959 this sequence in particular is like a great example of it. 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:18.800 It's not like some neat you shoot him in the 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:20.960 head and then you just feel kind of bad about it, 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:21.880 like a video game. 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:23.120 He shoots him in. 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:26.040 The neck and like hits a vein and and it's 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:30.240 just flooding with blood spurting out like a horror movie death. 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:31.600 There's a death rattle. 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:33.280 There's a death rot and Vic has to watch it 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:36.320 and he just feels you can see he's just absolutely 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:37.600 torn up about it. 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.520 Yeah, I think it's a really important moment. It reminds 0:21:41.560 --> 0:21:45.480 me of in season four of The Wire, you know, 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:49.520 the one that's centered around these young men on the 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:53.040