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Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dustin Hoffman | ... | Chester Bernstein | |
Dennis Farina | ... | Gus Demitriou | |
John Ortiz | ... | Turo Escalante | |
Richard Kind | ... | Joey Rathburn | |
Kevin Dunn | ... | Marcus | |
Ian Hart | ... | Lonnie | |
Ritchie Coster | ... | Renzo | |
Jason Gedrick | ... | Jerry | |
Kerry Condon | ... | Rosie | |
Gary Stevens | ... | Ronnie Jenkins | |
Tom Payne | ... | Leon Micheaux | |
Jill Hennessy | ... | Jo | |
Nick Nolte | ... | Walter Smith | |
Michael Gambon | ... | Michael | |
Joan Allen | ... | Claire Lachay |
While Ace tours a prison outreach horse retirement farm with Claire, Israel tries to convince Smythe that his boss is on the level. Jerry and his erstwhile card dealer, Naomi, try to win their way into a poker tournament. Lonnie decides to "go it alone" by putting in a claim for another horse, a filly named Niagara's Fall. Walter meets with Hartstone, a lawyer, to defend his ownership of Gettin'Up Morning, and has to make a decision about which jockey will ride him next. Rosie asks Joey to be her advocate; Ronnie attends AA in an attempt to get his life, and career, back on track. Written by HBO Publicity
This show is really starting to drag. I mean I don't have a problem with complicated plots, especially when the acting is as first-rate as it is here, to say nothing of the colorful writing, a mix of Hemingway & Runyon with maybe a splash of the Bard here & there.
As I say, it doesn't bother me at all to have to follow multiple plot threads, but I start getting lost when a lot of crumbs get tossed in amongst the threads, and I have to say, sadly, in this episode the crumbs bury the threads.
Sorry, I care more about the gangsters & the gamblers than I do about an orphan boy or a horse farm run by convicts.
So if they could just wind this up with the same style & pizazz that began the season, then I'll wish for a second season.