Sheesh. Could they have Barbara hit a few more branches on the Trope tree on her way down? All that's left is to have her discover she's pregnant with psycho-guys baby (and trick Jim into thinking it's his I suppose, cause that would just be awesome). Have to get rid of the competition somehow though. Her storyline is just weird.
One of the things that is annoying me with this show (I've actually noticed it with a few shows recently, so maybe it's a thing) is showing preview scenes from several episodes ahead. Traditionally, you show scenes from the next episode, but we've been being teased with the bat door thing for like a month now. Ditto on a number of other scenes they've shown. Not sure I like this, since I keep waiting for the scene to be in the episode, and it's not. Then I'm waiting for it to be in the next episode, and it's still not. So it's less anticipation as it is disappointment.
Also kinda thought the whole multi-directional power struggle thing was a bit ridiculous. I get that they want to show shifting alliances and confusion and whatnot, but there's a point at which you're dealing with organized criminals and they're just not going to put anyone they don't trust 100% in any position of power. And at this point, no one trusts anyone. Which, I suppose, is the point. But it makes one wonder what Fish was thinking in the first place. Unless her plan was to kill Maroni and Falcone all along, her actions make zero sense. And Cobblepot, while still awesome in his own way, has basically burned every single bridge along the way. Again, probably the point from a storyline pov, but you have to question what his motivations were. Why attempt to kill Falcone? Did he think this would buy him any favor from Maroni? We have to assume not. So again, unless his plan was to take them both out all along, the action makes no sense. And there's no indication that he had such a plan in place. Getting them to fight? Great. But then why stick his head up in the middle of things at all? He should have just let Maroni kill Falcone, and then wait in hiding to take out Maroni immediately afterwards. Dunno. Maybe he's just crazy enough that he wanted to kill them both personally.
Honestly though, that brings up the next question. Wasn't Butch brainwashed by Falcone's assassin guy (can't remember his name). I get that he's working for Cobblepot, but isn't he ultimately going to be loyal to Falcone then? Why would he be along to help Cobblepot kill him then? That bit made no sense to me at all. Speaking of which, where was that guy anyway? He was the big bad muscle for Falcone up until now, and he just disappears? It's not even like they forgot he existed, since Cobblepot used the fact that the other guy was second fiddle to move the whole botched assassination plot forward in the first place.
There was a lot that didn't make sense in that episode. Very very contrived set of actions designed to arrive at a story destination, but I think it could have been done much better.
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