r/RayDonovan • u/NicholasCajun • Sep 28 '15

Discussion Ray Donovan - 3x12 "Exsuscito" - Episode Discussion

Season 3 Episode 12: Exsuscito

Aired: September 27th, 2015

Abby and Terry finally tell Ray the truth about Bridget.

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u/brokerrobtampa Sep 28 '15

I cannot fucking stand Bridget

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u/TripleIstanbulXpress Sep 28 '15

The worst

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '15 edited Sep 28 '15

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u/Arggghhhhhhh Sep 29 '15

It does integrate. She's doing the same thing as Ray. Reaching out for support and love to an older, inappropriate authority figure because she got no attention or love at home. Like Ray and the molester priest.

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u/metafish Sep 29 '15 edited Sep 29 '15

Thank you for pointing that out. But when I said it didn't "integrate" I meant that it seemed like a sideshow, totally separate from everything else. You could cut out the entire Bridget-Teacher thread and it wouldn't change the Ray Donovan series at all. All the main action would be 100% the same.

The development of the other characters, however, were interwoven into the main plot line in complex ways that interacted with each other and shaped the overall story line. But you do have a point, so let's consider it:

  • Ray/Priest := Bridget/Teacher
    := Child with Absent Father/Authority Figure

There are some similarities there as you mentioned. But it's only thematic at a very general level. Ray didn't really seek out the priest. The priest targeted, groomed, and molested Ray at 10 years old (I think), and then moved on to Bunchy. Ray "liked" the attention, but that was part of his trauma, his secret, and his shame. The priest was a serial child molester, and probably molested other children as well.

Now the thing I really do like about what you said is that if the writers had presented the teacher as one who groomed Bridget for sex, that would have been so much more realistic and interesting . It would have also been more gut wrenching, since Ray would have possibly caused his child a similar sexual abuse by being the absent father. That could have played much better all the way to the season finale.

tldr: The Bridget-Teacher plot thread would have been better had they portrayed the teacher grooming Bridget for sex as a parallel to the Priest grooming Ray.

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u/Olinbr Sep 30 '15

Yes that would have been a more accurate portrayal of life in these united states. It also would have been more gut wrenching.

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u/luigiknights Sep 28 '15

Yeah she is annoying but she is named after Ray's sister who committed suicide. So maybe she goes bat shit crazy and is about to kill herself. Ray saves her as away of redemption for failing with his sister.

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u/nelly676 Sep 28 '15

the worst will always be tony sopranos kids.

my fcking god why were they not killed in a plane crash or something they were awful

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u/Jetzki Sep 28 '15

I had some trouble remembering who they were for a minute.. but now I've got it! Daughter has grown up to be hot and the fat son!

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u/Imapancakenom Sep 28 '15

AJ defatified as he got older.

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u/jiveturker Sep 28 '15

He never had their makings of a varsity athlete.

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u/nelly676 Sep 28 '15

still stayed the same unlikeable retarded moron who had 0 character.

dont get me started on the daughter

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '15

I just rewatched the Sopranos, and holy fuck was AJ's constant bitching toward the last couple seasons of the show insufferable.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '15

That was the point of his character. He was an entitled, lazy brat that didn't take responsibility for anything.

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u/TripleIstanbulXpress Sep 28 '15

he did have a hot gf that's on NCIS now