The Russians are coming!
Its been the theme of this season ofRay Donovan.
Look,Ray Donovanhas a bit of a problem when it comes to filling out its seasons.
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We already witnessed the Donovans in hiding while Ray tried to fix everything plot earlier this season.
Now were doing it again?
Thats some shoddy long-term planning.
Ray heads inside the gallery with a baseball bat and takes a big ol Yasiel-Puig swing at Wallers gut.
He tells Waller to let Dmitri know hell get his art back when Avi is safe.
Heres the thing about Hector and his relationship with Marisol, though: its a ticking time bomb.
Hectors skipping out on training and constantly fighting with his half-sister-turned-lover.
Terrys doing everything he can to keep him on track, but its nearly impossible.
Hector goes to see Marisol, and she thinks she finally has him fully on her side.
She draws a bath and begins to undress him, but Hector knows he cant do this anymore.
He takes a drastic step to put an end to their affair: He drowns Marisol in the tub.
Hector killing Marisol is perhaps the logical conclusion of this story, but its also a little anticlimactic.
If help is what he has in mind, that is.
NEXT: Butch, whose mob boss is this?
Alright, back to Rays plan to save Avi.
After stealing the art and leaving Lena with the truck in a secure location, Ray meets with Dmitri.
Ray is playing all sides here.
The Donovans are toxic, though.
A collection of scenes in Lake Hollywood clearly illustrate this fact.
What a mess…
Their turmoil seems poised to only worsen.
Ray gets Butch to Dmitris party that night, but it doesnt go down how Ray imagined.
He wants to prove Butch isnt such a tough guy, so he tells him to fight his bodyguard.
Butch does, for some reason, and gets his ass kicked.
Theremightbe a point to this whole ridiculous scene other than establishing Dmitri as a cold-blooded killer but maybe not.
Like I said, Lake Hollywood is kind of a dull episode.
However, that death should leadsomewhere.
Does Ray have some ulterior motives here?
Or is he genuinely helping Hector?
And what about Avi?
There are still a lot of questions.Ray Donovanhas two more episodes to provide some answers.
