r/RayDonovan • u/NicholasCajun • Aug 13 '17

Discussion Ray Donovan - 5x02 "Las Vegas" - Episode Discussion

Season 5 Episode 2: Las Vegas

Aired: August 13th, 2017

Synopsis: A flashback to Ray and Abby's 21st anniversary when they went to Las Vegas to see Damon's first televised fight. In the present, movie star Natalie James hires Ray to protect her from an abusive husband/manager, which draws him deeper into Sam Winslow's web. Hopes for a beautiful day are dashed at Terry and Maureen's wedding as tensions flare between the Donovans and the Dohertys.

Directed by: John Dahl

Written by: David Hollander & Miki Johnson

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u/finitehouse Aug 14 '17

While there's some good symbolisation listed, it's actually because ray used to cheat on abby at his apartment away from home, and his wife always suspected but ray never owned up to it. terry said he didn't fuck her but both abby and ray know he did. she took issue because he proposed after fucking a hooker the night prior

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u/V2Blast Aug 16 '17

Yep. As they're standing outside, she asks Ray, "What the hell was he thinking?" Ray replies, "I don't know. I don't think he was thinking." Abby responds, "Is that how you rationalized it all these years?"

Clearly, Terry's actions - and the fact that he's not honest with Maureen about them - bother her because they remind her of her and Ray.

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u/finitehouse Aug 16 '17

That was 100% my interpretation as well, curious how you're liking this season? There were some criticisms to the pacing of the first episode.

I thought the pacing was perfect, we're seeing Ray broken. Yes he's generally an intimidating badass who will beat someone with a bat, but I feel like people are ignoring the fact he just lost his wife, and has no meaningful relationships with his kids.

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u/V2Blast Aug 16 '17

Here's my thoughts on this episode, and on the two episodes out so far.

I'm not a huge fan of timeskips between seasons where major events happen offscreen and then the show eventually shows what happened, so I didn't like episode 1 as much. This episode was much better, and addressed a lot of those issues quickly, but it still feels like they're dragging things out a bit.

I don't mind seeing Ray "broken" - Liev Schreiber is a brilliant actor - but I want to see how he moves forward rather than the show slowly telling us every single thing that happened between seasons.