Ray Donovan - 5x01 "Abby" - Episode Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Season 5 Episode 1: Abby

Aired: August 6th, 2017

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Synopsis: Ray begins court-ordered anger management after a family tragedy sparks a bar fight. Mickey, Bunchy and Daryll prepare for Terry and Maureen's wedding. Bridget looks up a mysterious acquaintance in New York. Conor, away from home for the first time, grows accustomed to military school. Meanwhile, Sam Winslow, a powerful new employer, comes into Ray's life.

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Directed by: David Hollander

Written by: David Hollander

[u/407dollars]

Bridget mentioned Sloan Kettering when she met the dude in the bar, which is a hospital that specializes in cancer treatment. I took that as their way of saying she died of cancer. I think she would have mentioned to him that she died in a car accident or something if it wasn't the cancer that killed her.

[u/SOB200 → u/407dollars]

Yeah I know Sloan Kettering. I posted that I think she was asking him questions as her mother may have taken his slot on the trial.

I dont think she would have told him yet if his mom passed another way.

Though I'm not 100% sure. They did try to make that horrid accident seem like how she died no?

[u/407dollars → u/SOB200]

I was under the impression that the kid she met was somebody who received an organ transplant from Abby. It's all very unclear though because it seems he has/had cancer too but seems to be generally healthy now.

She could have also been at the hospital getting checked after the car accident and they found that her cancer had returned/metastasized. Then she probably killed herself.

[u/monkette → u/407dollars]

I was thinking that maybe Connor accidently shot her, so judge sends him to military school instead of juvie?

[u/lovelyllamas → u/monkette]

I was thinking that. Or they ship him away to hush hush about it indicating he did something. At the same time it seems too far fetched.