I didn't pick up on it at first, but near the end when they really juxtaposed Ellen's statement that she regretted what they did with Patty's offering to let her stay over - yeah, I kind of get it. We've already seen that Ellen is purely a tool for Patty. And then suddenly she's a threat, and at a time when Patty is actually kind of off balance from Ray's suicide.
What didn't really ring true to me was the whole baby reveal and what I assume is supposed to be Patty identifying Ellen with the baby. It seemed kind of left field, and not particularly necessary. One of the few things that sort of screamed "plot device" to me.
What I did like was how the 'hiding place' made Ellen's picking up the murder weapon something more than stupid tv plot device.
As to why she ordered the hit - I get the feeling that it's not the first one she's ordered. She clearly has a wetwork network in place with Uncle Pete and those strange not!investigators who keep popping up everywhere. Ellen was a loose end on the Ray Fisk matter, and when she started expressing regret Patty realized it was just a matter of time before Ellen broke and ratted Patty out.
Would Ellen have broke? Ellen is just as complicit (if not more so) in Fiske's suicide. Also, she compromised the investigation of the murder of Moore - directly. It just seems to me that Patty overplayed her hand. WAY.
What I did like was how the 'hiding place' made Ellen's picking up the murder weapon something more than stupid tv plot device.
Agreed!
Anybody watching Nip/Tuck?
Kind of.
Christian is a sad, sad individual.
And even more orange than before!
He is sad. I'm just not sure how I feel about the show. In some ways it feels fresh because of the locale and their new challenges to build the practice. But in other ways, it feels like the story-lines are retreads and every character's behavior is predictable and boring.
Also there's nothing fresh about another boob job, tummy tuck, face lift etc. Are they out of shocking surgeries?
However, I find the show-within-a-show really amusing. "Nobody has a tie? Why did this guy have to bleed out on casual Friday?"
And even more orange than before!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that's noticed Julian McMahon's startling transformation into an Oompa Loompa. Dude, step back from the body waxing and sunless tan—you have passed the point at which they go from showing off the physique to highlighting flaws.
I thought that the MORE ORANGE was an acting choice to show how insecure Christian has become.
I hope so, but I can't recall if he's been looking like that since the premiere or not.
I thought last week's ep was hilariously funny.
