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So what is Dot Lyon, in animal terms?
Her surname suggests a lion, but its not the name she was given at birth.
Early on, Lorraine called her a wolf in sheeps clothing, which issortof right.
But the wolf in such scenarios wants to prey on the sheep.
Dot seemingly just wants to hide.
Its a little precious, if precious is the right word for the violence and mayhem the voice-over accompanies.
But it also feels dead-on.
Fierce, wily, and protective, Dot most resembles a tiger for real.
It doesnt work, which she probably anticipates.
Without much trouble, Dot makes her escape from her high-security floor, then starts performing nurse-ly duties.
But first, Lorraine has to take down some good-ol-boy bankers who arent comfortable negotiating with a woman.
Then she gets even nastier.
As a bargaining tactic, it works, but she also doesnt really need it.
She has these guys at a disadvantage before she even sits down.
She wants to buy their bank.
But, more urgently, they need to get rid of it.
She wants to diversify, moving from debt into credit.
And theyre going to help her, whether they like it or not.
Another meetingdoesnt go nearly as smoothly.
He has the Bible on his side when it comes to matrimonial obligations.
Listen, Slick, Lorraine replies, before noting that her son loves Dot, so thats that.
Also, theres a granddaughter in the picture.
Theres no deal to be made.
This is kind of a curious development and one that casts Lorraine in a different light.
Sure, Dots a problem.
But shes Lorraines problem, not this North Dakota sheriff.
So, you want freedom with no responsibility.
Son, theres only one person on earth who gets that deal, she tells him.
Roy suggests its the president, before being told, A baby.
Youre fighting for your right to be a baby.
At this point, Roy vanishes into a cloud of dust in shame.
Or should, if he had any sense.
Instead, he tries to keep negotiating, then realizes theres no deal to be struck.
Danish is not having a great day, and it gets worse when he learns Dot has escaped.
But perhaps this makes Roys day a little better.
Theyre an intimidating crew, this North Dakota bunch.
Meanwhile, Gator vapes and watches as FBI agents Joaquin and Meyer roll up to the hospital.
Its getting crowded inside Mondale.
No worries, though.
They dont have to worry because they have Wayne.
(They dont.)
After agreeing to go with the FBI, Dot makes yet another escape.
(Is there a bang out of animal thats really good at getting out of traps?)
Not content having verbally eviscerated both Roy and a pair of bankers, Lorraine turns her attention to Indira.
(Everyones an animal in this episode, it seems.)
Lorraine wants Indira to look for Dot.
Everything else is a waste of time.
Although Lorraine thinks Dot is not at her house, shes wrong.
This makes her escape seem even more urgent and takes her to Indiras.
Counting on her help might seem like a Hail Mary, but it works.
(Indira has a nice face, so Dot plays the hunch.)
I was 17, Dot tells Indira, referring to Roy, Fifteen when they took me in.
Thats a whole other story.
They never hate you when its going their way, you know, Dot tells her host.
Its when theyre weak and just pretending to be strong.
And they need something small to climb on to feel big.
Indira wants to know who they are.
Though Dot doesnt tell her, she seems to understand.
To the befuddlement of her husband, Indira agrees to take Scotty in while Dot continues to lam it.
Shes lamming it as another tight, suspenseful, and, in many ways, unpredictable episode ends.
But Dot has her own ideas and intends to slip away from all of them.
Thats, apparently, something else tigers do.
Okay Then!
Im more of a let-the-orphans-fight-each-other-for-sport kind of guy.
The rest kind of fills in itself, doesnt it?
No Ole this week.
Hes presumably still eating pancakes.
Roy refers to his marriage to Dot/Nadine as my second, her first.
What became of the first Mrs. Tillman?
(Probably nothing good.)
Im not sure I can negotiate with a man named after a breakfast pastry.
Danish does not seem like someone its smart to underestimate.
He certainly holds his own (for a while) against a much-larger security guard.
You tell em, Scotty.
