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Tommy is a fantastic nuanced character, but he’s unstable & decompensating as the series goes on. He’s exceptional in voice, movement, and in portraying shame, pride, anger, etc.

The way she was murdered needs anger but in a very articulated way. Tommy, well is he that articulated? Rusty and Nico seem the type of people that can do something like this. But they can't, right? One weird theory, It was kyle who bludgeoned her to death, and then Rusty came back and saw it (kyle still present) and covered up the murder, and since he was drunk he can't recollect those memories

Tommy wanted to cry on Episode one🤕 finding out about her and Rusty. I think he loved her. Rusty knows who killed her but blocked out the memory

The show wants us to believe that maybe Tommy did it. However, imo Barbara is way too calm about this entire ordeal. You really think Barbara didn't know that the affair started up again..think again. Why did Rusty say to his wife in the previous ep that she plays some part in this ... Maybe he is protecting her ...because Barbara was also there that night.. Rusty is not innocent at all

If I lived near Rusty’s house, I’d move! Cops, fist fights, home searches, scrubbing bikes in the middle of the night…Geeze! And he’s worried about a light bulb?

Barbara should leave Rusty doe. Like she is making things worse by cheating and emotionally cheating at that. She as well is just as delusional as Rusty. How does she really think things will go back to normal after all the things Rusty has done but I digress.

Love the actor who’s playing Ray. He’s bright, down to earth and real. Love his look and his delivery of complicated dialogue. He’s extraordinary!

I have read a lot of speculation about Raymond but I can't see Carolyn being attracted to him as a lover. Certainly not as compared to her attraction to Rusty, who is closer to her in age, stage and physicality. I definitely see Tommy as having the potential to think he had a chance with her and I do believe that he was obsessed with her and extremely jealous of Rusty in more ways than just his relationship with Carolyn. He wants to replace Rusty, romantically and professionally. He has both the ambition and the drive but he is paranoid and has become unhinged over this case. Whether or not it is because he is the killer or was involved in her murder. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he was the driving force somehow.

Rusty is so outrageous and quite insane. He is doing too much at this point. The whole Bryan thing can be a little far fetched but like Mya said “that is not our case”. Rusty is trying so hard to get a fall guy instead of letting the ppl he HIRED to represent him to work. It’s so frustrating seeing how self centered and careless he is. Personally, it’s pissing me off 😭😭😭. Now I can see how Tommy can be a suspect as well but my eyes are on possibly Barbara or even the son.

When that fart scene came up I wondered if I was just waaay too high. I had to rewind to understand what I just watched. I had to pause it to laugh for like 10 minutes.

I think Rusty was at Bryan’s house trying to find the murder weapon

Love how Gyllenhale keeps taking showers and encountering the rain. Baptism after baptism after cleansing after purification events. A little too often. It became distracting.

Concentrating on the wife and the bartender is such a silly ridiculous add on…

Hi Elliott, great review. I'm leaning toward Jaden, the daughter now. The therapy session was telling, the way Barbara expressed to the therapist how she felt Jaden was judging her. We may find out that the DNA findings were wrong or falsified. Just noodling.

It's Raymond! have a feeling that the second sperm sample from the Bunny Davis case is Raymond's. It's possible since she was a prostitute that Raymond was the customer before Liam Reynolds. Carolyn sees this in the file and hides it, later confronting Raymond with that evidence. If that gets out it seriously jeopardizes his reelection . We've gotten to know Carolyn's character and I wouldn't put it past her to hold that over Raymond's head for promotion. So he has to take out the only person that could expose him. It's possible he knew about the affair and it was an easy way for all the evidence to point towards Rusty, but it would never be conclusive enough to convict him.

Scanners references, awesome

Tommy is unhinged. He made Carolyn uncomfortable and she was tough. Everyone in the office calls him an a**hole. He wanted her and some men cannot take rejection in any form.

I think it’s the wife, or Tommy. I hope it’s not the son of Rusty

Rusty told the Assistant Lawyer that when he left Carolyn's house her kiss goodbye seemed "cruel". That was his last thought of her. What if he went home (metadata showed he arrived home at 11pm) but took his son's bike back to her house (that's why no blood is in his car as Raymond mentioned) and he left his phone at home so no evidence that he left. Tha'ts why he's so freaked out the bike. Evidence he didn't anticipate being seen near her house is now photograhed because of the son. I can't understand why a high powered Prosecutor is always acting so clueless about the law unless it's on purpose to distract from the fact that he did it.

The wife is the real suspect in the original. FYI! Seems to me that they have gone a different route with the remake. Possibly the son of rusty and barbs super sus of him to get rid of the bike

I fell asleep on 3 different parts of this episode! 😂

I do not know Elliot. I think Rusty's lawyer or his wife has something to do with the incident.

I’m kinda curious what did the bike in the trash mean? Wasn’t that the bike the wife was just washing down at 3 am last episode? Why was Tommy looking at that evidence of Carolyn like he was bout to freaky in the office? I don’t really care for the affair with Barbar n the bartender it’s dragged out now! The whole family kinda weird honestly son been acting strange and it looks like the mom is covering for him and the daughter is kinda just there always like 😢idk how much screen time she had but I’m tired of seeing her already! Just want to see rusty lose his mind

Wow the writers and directors dropped the ball…..

It’s definitely NOT Raymond! Great recap!😮

I keep thinking that the way Caroline's hands and feet were tied in such a horrible way could not be the work of an ordinary angry and betrayed person like Barbara.😓

I think it’s one of the people in the D.A.’s office or one of the Kids Possibly her son.

That ending tho😂

Thoughts on this episode: 1. The show's emphasis on Barbara suggests a deeper exploration of Rusty & Barbara's marriage(most likely the demise of their relationship). Revelations during the trial will strain their marriage further, potentially offering motives or connections to Carolyn's murder. 2. Tommy's undeniable past with Carolyn and his desire for acceptance and power raise suspicions. They have yet to introduce Tommy's personal life. I think the show's lack of focus on his personal life may change during the trial, revealing his possible involvement in Carolyn's murder. 3. Convincing the audience that the daughter committed the murder would be challenging, given the physical strength required and the need for compelling motives. However, the show is involving the son, Kyle, more, suggesting his potential role in the trial's twists and turns. The tempering of the bicycle is going to cause some fallout once Tommy finds out. They probably won't make Tommy the murderer, just a character to cause additional drama during the trial. 4. By referring to Carolyn's residence as an "apartment" and featuring her living in one, the show likely intends to introduce neighbors as potential sources of information that could either strengthen or weaken the prosecutor's case. They could have made her live in a house/townhouse. Or just have the dialogs written so that the characters refer to her place of living as "Carolyn's place". But they say "apartment" every single time. We are 100% going to see Tommy bring in neighbors as witnesses (and possibly backfire?).

Gotta be Barbara the wife

This would be so much better with a Sandy Stern character. This adaptation has been very disappointing.

I can see why Rusty cheated on Barbara, she is so annoying and passive agressive 😂

Pretty good show. Didn't care for the ending however.

I think Tommy did it. I thought that since episode 1

Rusty’s wife is guilty of Caroline’s murder as she is trying to frame Rusty. This is my theory.

I think Tommy killed her👀

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I think it's Rusty. He's like Chris Watts.

🤣😂😅💀"as he damn near poops his pants as he let out a wet one"☠

Tommy, something not right about him and his involvement in this triangle with Rusty and Carolyn!

The wife did it , don't blame her 🤷‍♀️

Tommy is so jealous of Rusty

It’s the wife, the original was the wife …the remake will still be the wife 😊

Series started really good but now its just so irritating to watch. Like whats up with the wife and bartender. Does she think cheating back will make everything ok, or is it some kind of revenge. Its so disgusting to watch. Dropped the series

This was a complete waste of an episode. Nothing happened.

Shit episode I'd rate it 5/10 Episode I -4 10/10

TOMMY DEF HAd A LUST FOR the VICTIM. MAYBE HE DID IT

These 3 Sabich children don’t fit into this plot. They don’t feel authentic to me.

This is so far the worst episode of the series. Rusty is becoming such a jerk and he is not someone to root for.

What a boring episode

What was the need of this episode??? Absolutely borin...

The sub theme about Barbara and Clifford is irrelevant and uninteresting. It feels as if it was obviously created to attract black viewers. Their meet ups are just disconnected from the movie.

Just watch the movie it’s better

This show should've been 6 or 7 episodes 8 is just extra