Ray Donovan: Season 1, Episode 5 “The Golem “(B+)
This show is moving fast as some of its primary characters start to lose a grip on reality and others end up much closer to each other than they should ever have been. Ezra driving at night and hitting someone (or rather, something) was an eerie start, and, as if seeing him talking with a wired Mickey wasn’t worrisome enough, watching as Mickey was transformed into the golem in front of his eyes was downright terrifying. The revelation that he has a brain tumor doesn’t come as much of a surprise given his behavior lately, but it is sure to have a profound impact on Ray’s daily life, and will severely decrease Mickey’s worth since his number one target is hardly in top physical condition. Only on this show would a girl showing up insistent on sex result in him turning music up to cover her screams while she had fun trying to get out of the handcuff she had so cleverly attached to the toilet, and it was intriguing to see Lena and Ashley interact, though their time on screen together was all too brief. Abby finding the handcuff and Ashley’s initials in blood on the mirror at Ray’s apartment was not a positive development, and catching Ray crying and asking him who he is indicate that she really has no idea who she’s married to. Her presence, however, suggests that she wants to know, and maybe she can be useful to Ray if he’s more honest with her. It’s a shame that Terry’s romance seems to be close to ending given his latest discovery, and I’m concerned about how Ray is going to react when he finds out just how much time his daughter is spending with Marvin, especially considering the disturbing information he and Avi found in his dead mother’s basement.
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