I don't get Marty's deal here. We get this whole theme of marriages falling out and "really messing shit up", but he's just getting freaking spiteful, it is getting out of hand. Maybe he needs a good lay to chill him down a little. Don't like his sabotaging one bit.
I mean, the one thing we "know" is that he doesn't like to have a deal with Navarro and thinks it's safer if they stay as far away from him and the mafia as possible.
But I don't think that's all. He's been acting spiteful towards Wendy ever since season start, what with just saying no to her general ideas from the beginning and paying their therapist to vex her.
... I used to like him. :cry:
Thanks Ruth to telling him where it's at. Somebody not his wife had to. Him not treating her with the respect she deserves triggered this whole thing they're in now. Had she known WHY he didn't want to purchase another casino instead of just telling her right out "no" as if she had no say in any of their life, I'm sure she wouldn't have gone so far. Instead they have an almost marital war at their hands, because he is spiteful and shit at communicating. He says her decisions are risky? He should look at himself. And stop paying a therapist, he needs to hear the hard truths.
Little side note... Jonah losing control over the drone both when he overhears what the girls are saying about losing virginity, and seeing Ben buttnaked... is this foreshadowing he's possibly bi? :grimacing:Either way, I'm loving it. Lovely for them to end this much tension on a split second of humour.
God damn that slot machine scene
Jason Bateman is really mastering his directorial skills, those first two episodes laid the ground for the upcoming conflicts.
The guy wants out. The lady has tasted money and power and is intoxicated. I can relate to that.
Marty is being so selfish and annoying. He always complains when Wendy makes unilateral decisions, but his problem seems to be her making any decisions at all. The fact that he's paying their therapist to "be right" all the time, hacking Wendy's phone, and going as far as getting Frank to blow the other casino, while he's hearing his wife being threatened if not closing the deal... WTF? He talks about not wanting risk, but he seems to be wiling to take all the risk necessary to undermine Wendy. I used to like him, but he's being too much of an asshole.
Loving the team Wendy + Ruth though!
I feel like Marty’s wife is gonna go power crazy or something
I have a love hate relationship with Ruth
I also feel like Ben gonna be another Cade type character. some how looking for a free handout or trying to take the byrds money
I'm liking it that this season is becoming about Wendy vs Marty. Troubles are now in the house.
I ajust hope that at the end of the show they all suffer unimaginably.
75 | Ruth becomes a more loveable character in this season. After her dad no longer exists, she becomes a free and mature woman. Might be there was still a little bit of Langmore there, but its curse slowly disappear. Ruth just said facts in Marty's face about getting things together with Wendy. Their relationship does not work perfectly just like in season one. Besides that, it was nice to watch Sam in the picture again.
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Rating: 74.96
Plot
P1: 0.6
P2: 1.5
P3: 1.8
P4: 2.0
Director: Jason Bateman
Favorite Characters
1.5: Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore
1.4: Janet McTeer as Helen Pierce
1.3: Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde
1.1: Tom Pelphrey as Ben Davis
0.9: Jason Bateman as Martin 'Marty' Byrde
0.8: Lisa Emery as Darlene Snell
Character Score Meaning
Terrible : 0
Bad : 0.6 - 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 0
Average : 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 0.9 - 0.8 - 0.7
Good : 1.4 - 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.8 - 1.9 - 2
Great : 2
God damn that slot machine scene
Shout by dewdropvelvetBlockedParent2020-03-28T06:29:43Z
I'm on Marty's side- his wife's actions feel risky.