Tulsa King
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
(Fargoseason five didnt wrap until January, and thats just for starters!)
Winter has not lost his fastball, as well discuss, but he is playing a less rewarding game.
But I said theres good stuff in this episode, and I mean it.
Casella packs a wallop in his final pair of scenes.
Less emotional but equally effective dramatically is the apparent denouement of the Vince/Chickie power struggle back in New York.
But its not a hit its a firing.
You lost the locker room, pal, says one of the assembled wise guys.
Thats the bottom line.
Indeed, what can he do?
If everyones in agreement that hes no longer the boss, the reality is hes no longer the boss.
Like the Armand material, it all plays out like a late-seasonSopranosmini-arc, which is high praise.
Vince, however, was out at the time making plans, and never got the message.
Chickies not the only king who falls to an uprising in this episode.
Cal Thresher is barely done big-dogging Armand when the same fate befalls him.
What else can he do?
His best bet, he figures, is to look to his business associate Bill Bevilaqua for assistance.
That war has claimed another Tulsa casualty.
Bodhi escapes harm, but Jimmy winds up with a serious-looking chest wound.
They seem to be taking a mulligan on all that.)
But if the attack on Jimmy was fatal, that screws everything up.
Dwight is not a forgiving guy, and hell go eye-for-eye on murder.
And just like that, my hopes for a classic Terence Winter multi-faction bloodbath go up another notch.
