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Yeah they set him up as "the nice one" even if he put up the hothead facade. Like in season 1 they show him super outwardly angry around CC when Darlene is late getting back, but then when she does get back and admits she fell asleep watching movies with her client, he just calmly asks a few questions and shrugs. The scene was well-foreshadowed and they did a good job making it tense regardless but I was pretty confident she'd be out and reasonably happy at the end of the season. Lori on the other hand...I'm glad she's alive.
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# ? May 4, 2024 04:12 |
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What happened to the white hippy pimp?
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# ? Nov 9, 2018 01:08 |
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veni veni veni posted:What happened to the white hippy pimp? Gentle Ritchie? Just sorta disappeared between seasons, nobody ever made mention of him. I assume that he couldn't compete with the parlors or the real pimps and gave up the Life.
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# ? Nov 9, 2018 01:42 |
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Yeah I don’t think he had what it took to keep it up in the years between seasons 1 and 2. He probably retired or went to jail in place of one of his girls or something like that. You could say the Hispanic pimp in season 2 (I forget his name) was his replacement and was clearly much more cutthroat and ruthless in what a pimp should be.
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# ? Nov 10, 2018 02:54 |
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Jose Oquendo posted:For porn in the privacy of their own homes people are going to sell their children. Yup, Eileen did.
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 00:40 |
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Did you know that pet costumes are on super closeout right now?
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 01:01 |
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What a weird direction but why not
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 01:30 |
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qirex posted:Did you know that pet costumes are on super closeout right now? [Black Frankie and Bobby trade a look as Frankie walks out of the parlor with a Pomeranian wearing sunglasses under his arm] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-gi9p93ZLs
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 01:49 |
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How did that end up in this thread
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 02:41 |
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We never did find out what happened to Lori's dog.
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# ? Nov 12, 2018 04:04 |
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Okay, when did Ashley get killed, how did I miss that?
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 06:26 |
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she was murdered in the absence, like most prostitutes. it's a harsh, brutal and hosed up truth, there was no other way to tell her story that would have been honest. just another dead body on the street that doesn't end in resolution, just questions that fade from memory.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 06:36 |
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They'll probably reveal who did it at some point. The surprising thing is it likely wasn't CC.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 07:03 |
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veni veni veni posted:They'll probably reveal who did it at some point. The surprising thing is it likely wasn't CC. It actually makes a lot of sense in retrospect--CC was the one telling the other pimps not to gently caress with her, but then CC disappears, so there's nothing stopping them from following through with their plan.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 07:16 |
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For sure. But up until that point I think it's safe to say that we all thought the likelihood of CC killing her was pretty high. :davidsimon:
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 07:23 |
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it'll play out the same way thunder thighs death played out. was it a bad trick? was it a mob hit to scare the women into the parlours? no one will ever know cuz no one responsible cares.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 07:36 |
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She wasn't tricking though, was she?
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 18:23 |
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:She wasn't tricking though, was she? The cops in the precinct talked about recognizing her from the old days and explicitly assumed that she was back to tricking.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 18:36 |
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Straight White Shark posted:The cops in the precinct talked about recognizing her from the old days and explicitly assumed that she was back to tricking. Which showed that CC thought too highly of the police, as Dorothy was “a civilian” and he assumed her murder would bring a shitstorm on them. Turns out nope, cops assume she’s a hooker so Of course, CC never had a chance to appreciate his good fortune.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 21:18 |
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PaybackJack posted:Definitely feels like they wrote out Darlene and Lori. Lori is about to become the biggest porn star going, and she's also owned by the mafia for several films. The natural conclusion for her would be escorting - and likely working for Aileen. I'm thinking of that female pimp of high class hookers with the famous client list that got busted in the 90s. Straight White Shark posted:It actually makes a lot of sense in retrospect--CC was the one telling the other pimps not to gently caress with her, but then CC disappears, so there's nothing stopping them from following through with their plan. It's a show about consequence. CC was one of the worst people, but ironically was keeping Ashley alive. Rodney's smack addiction and hair brained schemes led to Ralph Macchio being a hero cop and keeping the deuce dirtier for longer. The Wire was full of stuff like this, only it explored it more. The last episode of the Deuce had Sgt D'Angelo Barksdale straight up explain what was going on. Very frustrating. More time for Aileen's boyfriend not respecting her (and it not affecting her) We never found out who was shooting at Vince did we? What a weird scene altogether.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 11:57 |
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Padje posted:We never found out who was shooting at Vince did we? What a weird scene altogether. I thought Matty the Horse claimed responsibility on behalf of his guys (which is why he threw Rudy the porn deal as a make-up present.) Which, speaking of consequences, probably saved Harvey and Eileen's asses. I doubt the mob guys would have been so understanding about the double-selling if Matty hadn't owed a favor to Rudy anyhow.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 15:43 |
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poo poo is popping off in this show (just catching up). well worth the wait for certain plot threads to unspool.
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Straight White Shark posted:I thought Matty the Horse claimed responsibility on behalf of his guys (which is why he threw Rudy the porn deal as a make-up present.) Wow I forgot about all of that. My bad, haha.
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# ? Nov 16, 2018 14:01 |
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Just finished burning through the second season. Bad The new intro song, Elvis Costello I think?, loving sucks and doesn't fit with the show at all. All the side stuff with Paul the gay bartender is boring and pointless CC should have been killed at least 2 episodes earlier I don't know if its her acting or her character but I hate Maggie Gylenhall/Candy, loved seeing her dad tell her to gently caress off Also can't stand Abby and her high horse moral bullshit Killing Ashleigh off screen only really works if she was still tricking Good Larry was loving awesome, and his goodbye with Darlene was great stuff Irene is awesome The movie making scenes were really fun Leon is back and awesome as ever Officer Alston is still awesome Emily Meade is acting the poo poo out of this show James Franco still killing it
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ChesterJT posted:I don't know if its her acting or her character but I hate Maggie Gylenhall/Candy, loved seeing her dad tell her to gently caress off She's probably the most selfish, non villainous character on the show, which is saying a lot in the Deuce. I liked her in the first season but I could only watch so much of her being a completely and utterly negligent parent and acting like the world/her parents owe her everything for no reason. Vince is also a terrible parent but he gets to offset it by being the good guy in just about every other scenario.
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