There were a lot of Finallys in the episode of this week. Gaitok and Mook finally had their first meeting, which presented an excursion from Muay Thai, doubtfully romantic. And finally, Greg, alias Gary, in the square with Belinda. Yes, he is who she thinks he is, and yes, her poor beloved wife, Tanya, met a violent-Did you say suspect? – End Italy. But he lives big in Thailand is what Tanya wanted! He is not hiding from the authorities, you see: it is just to avoid, uh, “legal shit and lawyers and people who make assumptions”. But just in case, in the spirit of Tanya’s posthumous generosity, how would Belinda like $ 100,000 to drop it and never talk about it again? (She wouldn’t do it, thank you.)
In addition, finally, someone finally realized that Tim was not so hot. Unfortunately for Tim, that someone was his eldest son, Saxon, whose capacity (in) to express empathy can be read as a clinical explanation of psychopathy. More specifically, Saxon doubles more or less on Victoria’s declaration earlier this season that she simply could not live if she stopped being rich. “Dad, I have nothing other than that,” says Saxon about his work in Tim’s convicted business. “I have no interest, I don’t have a hobby, ok?” If I am not a success, then I am nothing. And I can’t manage to be nothing. ”
As you would expect, it didn’t do much to calm Tim; He lies and tells Saxon that everything is just fishing at the family’s office in South Carolina. “Kid, we are all good,” he breathes during an evening (day? Week?) Whiskey and Lorazepam.
In Bangkok, Rick and Frank, the first Hollywood filmmakers, finally, finally, Finally Go to Sritala and Jim Hollinger, the residence of the Jim Hollinger river to discuss their Sritala star vehicle. Frank quickly throws his sobriety through the window while Rick convinces Jim to join him in private. Rick, finally, can face the man who, according to him, killed his father – to discover that Jim, played by Scott Glenn (whose Wikipedia page lists his age somewhere between 83 and 87 years old – saturated!), Has no idea of what he is talking about. It is neither a denial nor a confession, and when Rick takes out the pistol that Frank provided for him, it seems that he could finally avenge his pops. Instead, however, he is satisfied by overthrowing Jim’s chair and taking off with Frank for a night in town – and he rejects the weapon in an unused bin. Chelsea would be proud.
Piper and Lochlan are still in their monastery pajamas, and Lochlan – get away from having unearthed memories of his nautical attachment with their big brother – annoy in Piper that he also wants to join the monastery. But Piper is far from being happy that the little magician wants to browse his year of creating souls.
Speaking of the little magician: Chloé leveled with Greg at night with the Ratliff boys. In response, he proposed a trio with Saxon. It would be strange, but the foreigner is still the extended Oedipal explanation involving memories of wanting to win his father’s mother while the two had sex. Normal stuff!
Saxon, alas, is not favorable. But Chelsea has the plan with all my heart:
Who is the corpse?
Let’s start with who is not– Probably – the corpse. T‘sand pTo Jim Hollinger: Rick seems satisfied with their unmatricity meeting and threw his weapon. Presumably, next week, we will see Rick come back, finally, to Koh Samui. (The only wrinkle is that, even if Rick chose not to shoot Jim, their meeting was barely friendly, and Jim and Sritala know that he remains in white lotus. Rick thinks he had the last word, but he?)
Also probably sure: Tim and the rest of the Ratliff clan. After Tim imagined killing his wife in a suicide murder last week, he now extended the fantasy to also eliminate Saxon – which would be more disturbing if he had not finally realized that the weapon he had slipped from the security checkpoint was stolen.
Vlad and Aleksei, the funny friends of Valentin, Valentin, Valentin, Valentin, Valentin. Alas, it turns out that they are also apparently jewelry-Moving: During Muay Thai’s match with Mook, Gaitok sees the Russians with Laurie and realizes that it was Vlad and Aleksei who assault it in front of him to steal the white lotus jewelry while Valentin distracted it. Gaitok is a sweet soul, but he has his weapon back and is a good early blow. Even more worrying for Vlad, Aleksei and Valentin is the insistence of Mook that Gaitok must embrace violence to get into the world.
“Pee Lek thinks I’m sweet,” said Gaitok to Mook of his boss. “He says I have no killer instinct.”
“But you can prove it the opposite,” said Mook. Gaitok replies that the Buddha condemns violence – only for Mook to intimidate him more or less.
“It’s good that you have a strong moral,” she says. “But you have to live in this world.” Come on, baby, shoot someone to prove that your love is true!
Laurie, on the other hand, seems to have made an enemy in the form of Nadja, the girlfriend of Aleksei, who catches up with them in bed and blows a joint. He is not the only person that Laurie raged against her: the Cold War between her, Jaclyn and Kate heats up. Jaclyn in particular – whose marriage could be endangered by the revelation that she connected with Valentin – is preparing for violence.
Although it can go in both directions. “If you still choose the short stick, is it unlucky?” Ask Jaclyn. “Are you the victim of life?” Or do you do it for yourself? ”
Kate joins Jaclyn: “You know, when you know someone long enough, you start to see some models.”
Belinda, who has been on Death Watch for about three minutes after the first of the season, is now downright in Greg. She tells Zion that she does not intend to take the silent money, which Greg is sure to see as a direct threat. However, it is difficult to imagine that the spectacle goes there.
Although I would like to think that Rick’s closure with Jim in Bangkok means that Rick is now safe, I fear that Mike White has something else in mind. If you fold your eyes, you can distinguish the form of a metaphor inspired by Buddhism in his journey: the long journey through suffering, the search for peace and (more on this subject in an instant) the realization of inner harmony. I am not sure that the celebration feast of Rick and Frank and Frank is the best possible representation of Nirvana, but for Rick, it could be.
A retroactive advocacy: please, oh please let Rick and Chelsea be the new Tanyas and continue to appear in future seasons. Let our bizarre orientals flourish!
A well-being verification on guests
Tim is in free fall. Saxon and Lochlan are in the troubles. Laurie, Jaclyn and Kate are knives and extremely unlikely to spend a vacation together – or, perhaps, to speak – again. Belinda is frightened.
And then there is Rick, who did not sell his father because he discovered that he did not need it. Look at his happiness! If the white lotus could guarantee a well-being result like this for everyone, it could invoice double.
Microagression of the week
While Rick is busy questioning Jim, Frank and Sritala plunge into a mine of his former credits. “It’s folk music and rap music,” she explains.
“I mean, it’s like Mc Hammer, Peter Pan,” says Frank, obviously mystified as he turns his first glass since his wagon jump.
The nicest bad thing pronounced in episode 7
Saxon remains obsessed with Chelsea, who has only eyes for Rick and, moreover, seems to be the only person who can see Saxon for what he is. He tries to plead in question: “I’m not only one thing,” he said. “I mean, I could be someone else if I wanted.”
Finalist:
What are the monkeys trying to tell us?
Again – no monkeys. Mysterious!
I leave you instead with this: according to our Russian translation team Crack (the translate application on my phone), Aleksei’s tattoo states “Think in other formats”. Even more mysterious!
Claire McNear
Claire covers sports and culture. She wrote on Malört, Magic, Fandom and Seasickness (hers). She lives in Washington, DC
