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Ripley Recap: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold
Inspector Ravini is on the case, sending things are starting to spiral out of Tom’s control.
As we open on “Some Heavy Instrument,” the sixth episode of this eight-episode season, it’s clear that we’ve arrived at the end of the second act, which, in screenwriting speak, means that shit has officially hit the fan. Earlier in the season, I brought up the idea that Tom is committed to this grift because he wants to live a tranquil life of privilege, buoyed by the allowances that the world makes for a man with a trust fund and a dream. The enrapture that Zaillian had sacrificed for a moody tone comes back with a vengeance; this is the strongest episode of the season yet, for the way it keeps a controlled balance between humor and gravity and confidently advances the plot with the breathlessness of a thriller.
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