24 minutes ago, SuzieQ said:
I don't think anyone dislikes Lena. She's just an interruption to the story line. Worrying about who's going to watch her is out of place in a story about a crime family imploding. Craig saying that to Deran is just demonstrating his limited intellect. I don't think Deran actively dislikes her, it's just an inconvenience.
Was I the only one who thought Pope shot Baz? I know it seems weird after he was begging Baz to shoot him, but Pope is so filled with rage and has deep seated hatred for Baz. And he's borderline nuts!
Just a thought................
It could have been Pope, J, Marco, or the recipient of Smurf's envelope. I suspect J. Pope must have Lena with him...surely she is not at the graduation party or the bar; I do not think Pope would leave her in either environment. Marco and Lucy have no immediate need to steal the stash so as long as they have Baz. But now that Baz is critically wounded, they have reason to retrieve the stuff. I think Lucy may have feelings for Baz...but not so much as to risk getting caught by the cops in that driveway. The other possibility is that Smurf hired someone...but since she tried to get Pope to take Baz out, I am thinking that money for Trujillo really was to keep her safe. I hate to say it, but I think J did it.
1) he is dressed in a black hoodie in the final scene
2) getting rid of Baz solves his immediate problems as holder of POA
3) it is revenge for being told about his mother's rape and his actual father in a cruel and threatening manner,
5) Baz's treachery has put J in an impossible position. Smurf may be mainly out for herself, and may ultimately betray J, but thus far she is the only one in the family who has done anything at all to help him, either before or after Julia's death,
6) like Nickie, J is an angry, neglected kid who, on a day when his family should have been celebrating his achievements, has demonstrated complete and utter disinterest in him. it is a shock to all of them to learn it is graduation day,
7) J solves his own problems, as in season one, and Baz's death would solve his problems though of course it means writing off the hidden stash...the only reason I can see that J may not have been the shooter.
I hope he used that throwaway gun he had hidden at the neighbor's.
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