>The premiere didn't do a lot for me but last night's episode
>was much better. We're getting into some weird, cult shit like
>Bohemian Grove and the Jonestown massacre, which should be
>even more mysterious and engaging than the first season's cult
>references.
Yea but where last season the cult stuff seemed to be tied to the case, this season it just looks likes this mysterious piece of Ani's story and why she is who she is.

>Just want to make sure I've understood everything right:
>
>Paul, the state policeman, is supposed to find out info on the
>corruption in Vinci, which will get him out of the blowjob
>accusation and them looking at his past.
Yeaup, besides his other issues (extreme homophobia, possible molestation, and) His past is obviously some Blackwater type shit. I'm tired of him being cast as current or ex-millitary

>Ani, the county sheriff, is supposed to do the same and keep
>an eye on/try to flip Ray. She's in charge of the
>investigation.

>Ray, the crooked Vinci detective, is supposed to steer those
>two away from Vinci corruption. His alcoholic partner is
>presumably there as another body, who naturally holds back the
>investigation.


>Frank is trying to go straight and paid $5 mil to Caspere,
>contingent on $5 mil from the Russian, to invest with Catalyst
>and be part of this huge development deal. Frank thinks
>Caspere's murderer is making a move on the deal and has his
>money. Not sure who he had beat up, was that just some small
>time guy Frank was trying to shake down?
>
>Don't think Ray is dead. It's too early and risky in the
>season to kill off a major character. People want to compare
>it to GoT but Ned Stark didn't get it until 3/4 of the season
>was finished. Probably bean bag bullets or something that's
>not fatal. I bet he wakes up the next day in the empty house,
>which was scrubbed of evidence. He struggles to understand why
>he's still alive, but dedicates himself to the case and finds
>redemption in the end.
Naw Ray is dead, they even hinted at it in the preview for next week and the crow put two shotty rounds in him, one at close range. He's not coming back from that

>Paul might be the most messed up of the 4. It was pretty clear
>that he was molested by his mother and has some repressed(?)
>gay stuff going on too. Not to mention all that Black Mountain
>Security talk that he's still traumatized by. He's going to
>ride like thunder & crash like lightning.
Mentioned up above (I feel like him and Ani have more in common than the other detectives on the case)

>Wonder if Ani's mother died in the Jonestown Massacre. I liked
>the Ani & Velcoro scenes where they're feeling each other out,
>they have good chemistry. Excited to see Ani use her knives.
I was hoping that it would be the two of them working the case, the chemistry seemed the best when they were together.

>I would say Farrell has had the best performance so far, he's
>the most believable. McAdams is 2nd best, and sadly I have to
>give Kitsch #3. I like Vince Vaughn a lot and was excited to
>see him play a dramatic character, but after two episodes I
>just can't see him as the big bad organized crime boss who is
>finally trying to go straight. Maybe when his character gets
>more fleshed out I'll see it more.

I gotta go Farrell, Vaughn, McAdams and Kitsch last, he's acting is just too stiff.