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Easier said than done.
While Ray is turning up the heat on Scholl, Daryll Donovan is spiraling.
Who can blame him?
Its starting to feel likeRay Donovanneeds another major creative risk to spark it back to life.
More on that later.
Bugs opens with Ray hearing his own voice about the murders from last season.
Forget about taking Ray Donovan down take down one of the most powerful politicians in the country.
Before you know it, Scholl is in a remote cabin, signing papers about Ferratis dirty dealings.
Then gunshots ring out.
So there are beats in which Ray remembers Bridget fighting with Gary and having a lot of money.
What was she doing for Jim?
What did he have to do with her death?
Its almost as if Ray is trying to solve a mystery through his memories.
Will Ray remember something important, or be handed evidence about what happened to Bridget?
It may be time to just come out and ask Jim Sullivan what OMalley meant.
Its also worth asking what happens to Smitty now?
Interestingly, though, she hasnt heard it from Mickey Donovan.
The most unpredictable Donovan comforts Smitty, reminding him that everyone rats at some point in their life.
After all, Ray himself has ratted on his own father.
And Mickey has ratted on people to stay alive in prison.
You do what you have to do.
Will Bridget come to this conclusion too?
Or is she done with Smitty?
Its starting to feel like this is a character that has run his narrative route.
The season has flirted with stunning plot twists, like the fake-out with the death of Mickey Donovan.
Maybe its time to actually go through with it?
Ed Bianchi directed this episode, coming back to the show for the first time since 2015.
