206 - Dead Calm *Spoilers*

[therichesadmin]

Dead Calm - Spoilers

Written by: Wendy Riss Gatsiounis
Directed by: Michael Spiller

First aired on FX on April 22, 2008
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Cael woke up in the Travellers camp. As he is introduced to Quinn, they size each other up. Cael, who is desperately looking for a way back into the travellers clan is susceptible to Quinn’s plots who takes full advantage of the situation.

The Private Investigator visits Dahlia at home and questions her about the Disappearance of Pete. She tells him her story, but the PI seems to be suspicious of her. When she carelessly mentions that Pete was thinking about getting away from everything, she makes herself even more suspicious. As the P.I. leaves, he casually mentions his previous visit to Wayne thus shocking Dahlia. Dahlia is worried that her and Wayne’s stories do not match.

She goes out shopping for a new car, since vandals took apart her Mustang. Nina is there to help her to get a good deal. Nina forcefully convinces Dahlia to throw a party for Jims (Nina’s gay husband) queer friends. We can also see Dahlia calling her caseworker, trying to apologize for all her lies and misconduct. Back home she stumbles across the $40k that Pete took as bribe according to Wayne. Her worst fears come to live as she calls Wayne, trying to get him to confess. Wayne denies everything while Hugh keeps bothering him with his campaign.

Wayne forges voters’ signatures for Hugh while he in a meeting with contractors about Bayou Hills. Hugh picks another associate of his, despite the lower bid of another contractor. The other contractor confronts Wayne in the parking lot, and reminds him of his Irish heritage. This arouses Wayne’s suspicion and soon he learns that the contractor was one of Dale’s associates. Wayne fires Dale.

When Wayne gets home, Dahlia confronts him. Finally, Wayne is ready to confess when Jim’s queer friends arrive and the party immediately kicks into high gear. Wayne eventually gets some time alone with Dahlia and tells her the story of Pete’s death. Dahlia, who is now in an almost catatonic state, finds some people taking drugs in Sam’s room. She relapses and takes a feel good hit. Her mood immediately turns around and she becomes a wild party animal, even dumping part of the $40k on the wild crowd.

Wayne cannot control the situation anymore when all of a sudden Jim collapses during a harmless game of charade. His heart stops and Nina has to become witness of Jim’s desperate boyfriend trying to resuscitate him. The party crowd leaves under the watchful eyes of the P.I. who is still watching the house.

The episode ends with a surprise visit by Dale in the middle of the night, who begs Wayne not to fire him. Wayne throws Dale out of the house.

Three side stories develop during this episode:

DiDi is in a meeting with the school principal, who wants her to increase her extracurricular activities. In a church, she meets the security guard again and both of them kiss.

While Sam plays with lipstick, he meets a girl who kisses him.

Cael eventually hooks up with the traveller girl (Rosaleen).

[Steve]

I wonder who it was that Dale saw at the end of the episode. His expression was quite horrified.

[SmoovD]

I was thinking the same thing. Couldn't have been Quinn since he was at the camp with Cael. Well, there is a time discrepancy and it's possible he could have driven there. Maybe Quinn has some partners or even someones he's working under. Dale looked quite panicked when he was talking to Wayne a few minutes before. The PI was driving a similar car but you couldn't see the one in the final scene. We'll have to wait till next week I guess. Final episode should be quite interesting.

[unholyghost2003]

I was thinking Dale might have seen the PI ... we know he (the PI) was floating around and Dale is certainly bright enough to figure out that it isn't good if the PI sees Dale/the drunk guy at the hotel coming out of the Riches' house. I can't imagine it would be anyone working for Quinn since freaking out Dale would make Dale want to cut and run. Quinn's bid to seize the leadership of the clan seems to rest on getting a Malloy to sign on with him and legitimize his leadership. Dale and Wayne wouldn't do any such thing ... they are frightened/disgusted by Quinn. Quinn's best shot at power is to have Dale and Wayne (who are the two male heads of the Malloy family and its rightful representatives and the rightful leaders of the clan) far, far way. Dale and Wayne team up and head home they are going to get MUCH more support for leading the clan and could oust Quinn no problem.
Quinn's best bet is to have Dale and Wayne busy in Edenfalls with no thought of returning while Quinn solidifies his powerbase and gets support from an adult (sort of) male Malloy in the form of Cael (who at this point with Earl being dead should be heir apparent to the head of the clan position ... no matter if his father Wayne or his uncle Dale is the actual leader).

Oh! and since I am a big Cael fan ... I was glad to see he isn't a TOTAL moron ... he knows Quinn is bad news and realizes that Rosaleen lured him back to camp . He just let hormones over rule better judgment.

So Dahlia is back on drugs, I was so upset to see that! and in Sam's room too! I was hoping that being in Sam's room would stop her from getting high.

With Jim dead Nina is TIED to Edenfalls ... she can't take off with the Malloys again, she has to take care of her daughter. I wonder what other, larger implications Jim's death has for the show.

O.K. that was long ... I'm done for now

[Dahling]

[Orbert]

Wow, next week is the season finale already. That sucks. I can count to seven alright, I just hadn't bothered yet. I know I've said it before, but just once more and I'll shut up about it: They are clearly trying to cram 13 episodes worth of story into seven episodes. It would have been wiser to find things to take out rather than cram things in however they fit. Scenes that should have great impact aren't given their due, because we have to rush right to the next scene. All five Malloys have things going on, and there just isn't time to do them all justice.

Dahlia has been under a *lot* of stress lately, so I'm gonna cut her some slack. Not a good choice, obviously, but understandable. Wayne should have come clean with her a long time ago. He might've gotten away with it then. But it's a tangled web, he made it worse, and he failed to successfully untangle it.

Dale seemed more worried and scared than pissed about Wayne choosing another contractor. He said something about the whole thing being bigger than (them?) And then he goes outside and just looks totally horrified to see whoever it was in the car. I don't think it was the P.I., either. Not the right reaction.

I'm thinking/hoping that Jim's sudden death, and the fact that Jim and Nina still loved each other until the end, will somehow get Wayne and Dahlia to realize that they too are each all the other one has. (Wow, that's a weird sentence, but I think it makes sense.) I don't want a season cliffhanger with something lame and cliche like Dahlia walking out the door, seemingly never to return.

By the way: No, I don't see any contradiction in the fact that Jim and Nina really did love each other, despite Jim being gay. Different kind of love, and marriage takes all kinds. They didn't have a physical relationship, whatever the reason, so the marriage fell apart, but as they said, true love never dies. You never completely stop feeling that way, especially after so many years together, regardless of what happens. I thought it was sweet that they at least got a nice moment together before he died.

Sam was auditioning for something? I don't remember that being mentioned before, but it did give him the chance to be backstage with all the dresses and makeup. That was an interesting scene, with the lipstick and the girl. Ah, to be young and experimental again!

Didi and the kid must've been making out in the chapel for a long time. She and Sam were just getting home as they were wheeling Jim out? We didn't get any kind of follow-up to Didi's crazy actions last week, did we? Sneaking into people's houses, the dog pooping on the floor, and that?

Cael just needs to be careful. He's a smart kid, but not nearly as experienced as Quinn. I think he'll end up being outmaneuvered somehow. The girl's cute; I hope she's worth it.

[unholyghost2003]

[SmoovD]

[Orbert]

Something just now occurred to me: Have we ever seen the P.I.'s license or any kind of credentials? He says he's a P.I. investigating the disappearance of Pete Mincey, but do we know that for sure? Dahlia made of point of him never actually writing anything down. And he just seems kinda weird overall, like he has his own agenda, or in some other way isn't what he seems. No one in this show is, after all, so why should he be any different?

Good point about Cael and Rosaleen. I agree that she seems to be doing Quinn's bidding in keeping Cael there, but why? I mean, the Malloys lived at that very camp until relatively recently, and Quinn showed up there even more recently. Rosaleen and her in-laws weren't there before and Cael didn't even know them. How does Rosaleen know Quinn, and why should he have so much sway over her?

I thought I saw a tattoo on Cael, but didn't notice that Wayne and Dahlia also have it. I like stuff like that. The small details that they don't hit you over the head with.

Yep, pretty weird that Didi and Sam got home so late. Also, we missed an opportunity for Sam to see a house full of transvestites, his reaction, and all that.

[unholyghost2003]

oooh! I hadn't thought that about the PI ... hmmm I wonder if he is looking for Pete at all ...

regarding the Tattoo: we see Wayne's the best (when he is drunk in the steam room with Hugh) It appears to be a sort of Celtic Knot/Celtic Cross thing, blue in the middle but mostly black

the only thing I can figure about WHY Rosaleen is working for Quinn is either she and her in-laws are scared of him (I mean he DID beat Ginny Dannigan's Father and uncle to death with a tire iron) or they back HIM for new Clan leader, maybe it is something older than that ... maybe her in-laws are tied to him from before he went to prison, HELL maybe Quinn is Rosaleen's father (I mean he has only been gone 20 years) ... if Rosaleen's mother was pregnant with her or she was an infant when he was arrested ... she is still in the right age range...

[Dahling]

[unholyghost2003]

This site really brightens my day ... I thank everyone one here and the admin as well.

But, my most beloved Admin ... isn't the episode name "Dead Caelm" not "Dead Calm"?

[Dian55]

Well everyone, call me nuts or something, but to me, Dale looked like he had seen a "ghost" or something!! Could it be that Pete actually was not dead and just came to in that grave and crawled out and.....you get the picture. And I also thing that we have been given so many different avenues to follow with the season so short and all.(damn!)My heart fell when Dahlia did the drugs, cause she worked so hard to come clean. I think Cael is leary of Rosaleen, being they just "happened" back at camp. I think maybe that Sam's feelings may change now that he was kissed by the girl.Oh , and I believe Cael to be right when he said that house was stealling their soles . Seems like nothing good has happened inside lately.

[SmoovD]

[Emilie]