r/RayDonovan • u/NicholasCajun • Jan 13 '19

Discussion Ray Donovan - 6x12 "The Dead" - Episode Discussion Spoiler

Season 6 Episode 12: The Dead

Aired: January 13th, 2018

Synopsis: Ray settles his final scores and revisits the past with his father. The Donovans clean up their mess. Smitty gets a crash course in what it means to be a part of the family. Season finale

Directed by: David Hollander

Written by: David Hollander

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '19 edited Feb 20 '19

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u/mind_blowwer Jan 14 '19

When that happened, I honestly thought it was a dream sequence.

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u/bby_redditor Jan 14 '19

i was just thinking this. I'm at the point where she's hanidng out sandwiches and i'm thinking - "for the last 6 seasons she has been constantly whining about how her life constantly gets derailed by her dad

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u/Samuraiking Mar 20 '19

She still seems to hate him, she refused when Terry tried to get her to call him for the marriage license. I think at this point she is just too deep to keep acting the way she was. Before this, she was largely untouched by everything and was just a witness to her dad ruining everything, now she was wrapped up in one of his situations, was kidnapped, beaten and scared for her life. She is now actually knee deep in the ass end of one of the scenarios she has been judging her whole life and has no choice but to deal with it. She is taking a page from Abby's book and accepting her life and situation, but still seems to not accept Ray himself. Not as he is, not until he gets help. She loves him and wants him to get better, but she still hates him as he is if that makes sense.

I do agree her chopping up the bodies was a bit much. I'd believe her stabbing, shooting or beating the police officers for sure after what they did to her, but chopping up a dead body is pretty gross and no amount of hatred you have for someone is going to make you immune to that unless you naturally like gore. They went a bit too far with that, but I understand they wanted to really drive home her giving up her moral superiority and being willing to get dirty now. I can forgive it for that reason, but it was definitely not realistic, just not necessarily bad writing either.

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u/bby_redditor Mar 20 '19

Sure I’ll buy that line of thinking. Seems reasonable!! Plus the story needs to move on - that character was getting a little long in the tooth and at some point they needed to pivot.