Diablo Verde

This is about Billy's long journey home after being set up by Marisol. He finds himself in a house in a surreal situation. The people there are beyond belief, but they are holding him for some reason. Apparently, when he heard about Julio's death, he went to pieces. His drinking does get tiresome at times. Anyway, through a series of the most bizarre efforts, he and a Chinese American woman risk their lives. Back in the states that maniac with the knife-blade hand is wreaking havoc. Marisol has gone completely dark. Tom tries to get away from his pursuers. This is nonstop action. It's also some of the most bizarre stuff I've ever seen on film.

This episode is prime noir for me. While this show has very little of the quirkiness I've come to associate with David E. Kelley Production, it still has great dialogue, I also associate with his productions. To 'come to' in a place with no idea how you got there and being held against your will, is the deep end of the noir pool.

It was a joy to watch the character push against boundaries like he was elbowing under the rim to get position for an opportunity to get a redound. At least after the initial shock of being dropped into the middle of a scene in which there were no familiar characters, I wondered if I was watching the right show. So I was feeling Billy's disorientation when he finally did appear.

And we see just how callous Marisol is as a human. It is a brittle episode, tense, uncomfortable, and unrelenting.

Season 1 was great. Don't know what happened to Season 2. It was weird, kinky and half the time didn't make much sense.

I thought the part set in the house was pure Tarantino.

This was actually an unusual but quite realistic and intriguing episode with quirky characters and an underlying tension. I think a lot of the unusual characters were drug dealers and if you live in that world even the most tense/serious situations can seem surreal and trivial. I'm glad I don't live in Mexico.