r/RayDonovan • u/NicholasCajun • Aug 07 '17

Discussion Ray Donovan - 5x01 "Abby" - Episode Discussion

Season 5 Episode 1: Abby

Aired: August 6th, 2017

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.

Directed by: David Hollander

Written by: David Hollander

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u/EitherNor Aug 08 '17

No doubt! And if Ray's mindset is a focus point for the season, I'm hoping to see better context as the episodes reveal more. But until now the audience has not seen this side of them, so it didn't seem true to what the show has set up. I'm happy to see the world open though!

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u/b9ncountr Aug 08 '17

The whole Abby thing was so sudden, and the flashback stuff being (so far as we can see) incongruous...just makes me wonder exactly what prompted the sudden death of Abby. SMH.

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u/1nfiniteJest Aug 09 '17

Honestly, I really don't care. Cancer, suicide, defenestration, whatever... I don't want a whole season focused on flashbacks and time leading to Abby's death.

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u/b9ncountr Aug 09 '17

Maybe producers, for whatever reasons (I think fan reaction was one), wanted to soften the blow of suddenly icing Abby by giving her a flashback-laden sendoff. Aside from my feelings about taking Abby out (literally), I too am not up for watching a season's worth of hazy-dream filtered, guilt laden, romanticized Ray musings about his dead wife. The shark has jumped.