Tommy’s relationship has been on borrowed time for a minute now.
The minute Tommy began flirting with Mireya, he was taking part in with fireplace. And he is solely fallen deeper for Miguel’s little sister, ignoring her worries in favor of constant their relationship, penalties be dammed.
However up till Energy E book IV: Drive Season 2 Episode 7 they’d been capable of hold their relationship off the radar of anybody on the streets, however that luck lastly ran out.
What precisely was Jenard doing?
Jenard will without end be a messy man who lives for drama. And I might recognize them diving into the actual results of drug abuse and exhibiting Jenard’s continued wrestle with withdrawal and cravings, however I didn’t recognize his random plan to kill Tommy.
As a result of that is what he was going to do, proper? Sitting exterior Tommy’s place, psyching himself up, he appeared to let Raheem get into his head.
Was Raheem proper to be annoyed with the obvious backslide they’d taken? Certain. However Treason wasn’t viable, and Jenard had put himself ready when he broke away from Diamond the place he both needed to succeed or fail.
And he failed with Treason. Becoming a member of CBI was the one choice, and making an attempt to take out Tommy with nary a plan in place would have led to catastrophe. I’ve little doubt about that.
So, he is really fortunate he noticed Mireya and Tommy collectively and deserted his plan. It might have saved his life in the meanwhile.
Anybody else would have run their mouths the second they left there, however Jenard solutions to Shanti now, and he went to her with the brand new info earlier than anybody else. Shockingly, she disagreed along with his plan to unfold the information by means of the streets.
Shanti is a menace, and the jury’s nonetheless out on whether or not she’s an clever menace or not. The truth that her persons are noticing a shift in her on account of her involvement with Jenard ought to fear her greater than it does, however she did not appear too involved when Raheem introduced it up.
It is okay to have bravado and consider you are the neatest particular person within the room. That is actually Tommy to a tee. However are you able to again it up? Are you able to really outsmart everybody? We’re at a drawback as a result of we do not know sufficient about Shanti to know if she will be able to do this.
Do I believe she will be able to? Completely, however that does not change the very fact we have not seen it.
We have years and years of proof that Tommy can discuss the discuss and stroll the stroll, however we’re simply now seeing how Shanti operates and determining what she’s all about.
She’s a savvy and sensible particular person, and teaming up with Claudia proved that. She noticed a possibility for herself and took it with out considering twice, although why she finally ended up telling Jenard made me surprise if Raheem was proper about her slipping.
Shanti would not owe Claudia something, however she had a hustle that Jenard did not must be part of. She might have continued making her cash and left him to his personal units as a result of he isn’t owed one thing she’s working for and one thing he has already turned down.
Whereas which will have been a poor resolution, she wasn’t fallacious to close down Jenard’s plan to out Tommy and Mireya.
Tommy: Imma be 100 with you, Shanti. I do know you caught along with your boy Jenard, even when it meant him going again to nook boy standing. However don’t take that shit as a loss. For me, loyalty is a advantage. And I reward that shit. All day.
Shanti: I can respect that.
That information begins to unfold, and it will get again to Tommy inside a number of hours, giving him loads of time to formulate a plan and canopy his tracks by some means. However contemplating how straightforward it was for Jenard to search out out in regards to the couple, another person will, too.
And Jenard will not be a part of any of the fallout.
Hell, Miguel virtually caught them earlier that day. And you can inform, on the very least, he was suspicious of Tommy and had each proper to be. Tommy is actually making an attempt to undermine his complete enterprise, all whereas secretly courting his sister, and the person has no concept.
So many individuals within the Energy Universe undergo from that very same ailment that plagues Tommy and Shanti. They assume they’re so rattling sensible and fail to get out of their very own methods.
Abuela sat throughout from Miguel and instructed him straight up that Tommy was coming for him, and Miguel laughed it off in a condescending means, I’d add, all whereas appearing like he had some foolproof plan in place.
I do not know what Miguel does each day, however it’s actually not taking note of town of Chicago.
How Tommy and Diamond have gotten away with half the issues they’ve with out Miguel understanding is a feat in and of itself, and he really hasn’t recognized. When Tommy and Diamond got here clear about all of the territories they now have, you can see the real shock on Miguel’s face.
Even then, he did not stroll away from that skeptical about the place he’d match into issues in the event that they managed the entire metropolis.
The thought to do away with the Serbs was not his, and whereas it was an excellent play for him, he needs to be astute sufficient to understand how all these strikes assist Tommy simply as a lot if no more than they assist him.
Miguel needs to be the one join within the metropolis—a worthy aim, in fact. However CBI is actually about to run the entire metropolis. Particularly, Tommy is about to have each gang on the town underneath his thumb, so why would he be content material to do all that work to nonetheless be behind Miguel?
It would not make sense, however Miguel would not see it. Possibly as soon as he finds out DSD has additionally linked up with Tommy, he’ll perceive that he’s not two steps forward of anyone and Tommy has already lapped him.
There is a showdown brewing between Tommy and Miguel, and it’ll hit a fever pitch as soon as Miguel will get hip to what Tommy’s doing.
I have not been impressed with Miguel in any respect this season. In addition to freezing that man’s hand off throughout Energy E book IV: Drive Season 2 Episode 3, he hasn’t precisely been the scariest of “villains,” however that has a lot to do with him being thus far out of the loop.
As soon as the lightbulb lastly goes off, I count on issues to get very dangerous for Tommy and firm.
The theme of this hour really was individuals underestimating each other and overvaluing themselves. As a result of on the flipside of all this, Tommy was appearing like he’d already gained one thing when he was getting sloppy with the Mireya romance and actually driving throughout city with a snitch.
There’s nothing Tommy Egan hates greater than a snitch. Tony Teresi is aware of that higher than anybody.
He is a paranoid mess half the time as a result of he is been screwed over a lot prior to now. He can by no means fully belief anybody as a lot as I am certain he’d wish to.
Whereas he by no means appeared absolutely unsure about Vic, the truth that he clocked the FEDs following the 2 of them collectively needed to increase his hackles. After which seeing that recognizable automotive AGAIN after parting with Vic? In fact, he would circle again and see what’s up.
Vic’s an attention-grabbing case this 12 months, and through a season the place all of the actors have introduced it, let’s stay awake on Shane Harper doing a wonderful job with Vic this season.
From his tortured flip earlier within the season to killing Walter and now his rigorously managed terror at being made, Vic has been on an emotional journey for the ages. And Harper has carried out nice work serving to present Vic’s continued journey.
Vic made an emotional and strategic resolution when he determined to work with the FEDs. Walter was lifeless. Claudia betrayed him. And he was on the hook for homicide. And most necessary of all, he felt like he owed it to Gloria to get out.
However now that he is wholly entrenched in his rat coat, he hasn’t precisely absolutely dedicated to it. It is virtually like he feels conflicted as a result of in one other life, maybe underneath completely different circumstances, he and Tommy would have been an excellent group.
They seem to be a good group now, even when it is a partnership constructed on lies.
The minute they gave Vargas slightly backstory, I simply knew it was over for him, and it is a disgrace as a result of he was solely there as a result of Stacy was so determined for a win.
Stacy’s bold, and he or she’s put quite a bit on the road for this activity drive, however she ought to have by no means let Vargas get so near Tommy, within the sense that the persistent tail that she knew Tommy already picked up on, ought to have been scaled again significantly.
A lot of Vargas’s blood is on her fingers.
Vic had a call to make when Tommy confronted him: to save lots of himself or get bought, and like he is been doing all season, he selected himself. He did not need to pull that set off, however what selection did he have?
Now, he is actually in it as a result of the place does he go from right here?
Will he attempt to pin the homicide on Tommy? Will he admit what he is carried out and attempt to blame it on Stacy? What does he do?
The story can splinter off from right here in many various methods, and none look notably good for Tommy.
I really like seeing Tommy glad in enterprise and even happier in love, however man, it is robust understanding simply how rapidly issues might change for him, and he has no concept.
All the things Else You Want To Know
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Diamond’s subplot with Leon and Gianna feels fully separate from all the things, making me surprise if that is simply the set-up to some form of tragedy. Leon adores him, however Leon additionally would not know him that effectively and what he does when he isn’t slicing hair and boxing within the health club.
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Talking of Diamond, his impassioned speech on the fundraiser was good, however it was virtually humorous how unfaithful it was because it associated to him. However hopefully, it will get Reeves off his again.
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Has anybody discovered Kate? How is JP? I want we might test in with that story extra.
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RIP Vargas! You deserved so significantly better.
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So, the Serbs will battle again, however how? They appear to be all about capturing first after which determining what to do in the course of the fallout, however the place do they even begin this time?
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Mireya was so hilarious making an attempt to behave like she needed to interrupt issues off with Tommy, after which one smile from him reeled her proper again in.
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I hold forgetting Stacy and the FEDs find out about Tommy and Mireya, too. However utilizing that info would not actually assist them except they need Tommy lifeless.
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Claudia and Elise getting robbed with one million individuals round, after which stated robber persevering with to celebration in the identical membership? I needed to snort.
The physique rely this season continues to rise, and with solely three episodes left, I believe it is truthful to say we’ll see extra demise and craziness earlier than this journey ends.
And I actually do not need to get off this journey but!
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