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Its cards on the table time in Kansas City, at least for some of our players.
Others are trying to keep a bluff going, with different levels of success.
Josto falls into both camps.
Thats what hes showing.
What hes hiding is that Satchels not dead, or at leastprobablynot dead.
Hes disappeared to parts unknown with Rabbi Milligan and nobody knows where they are.
Both characters are MIA this episode.
(Yall got friendly faces, he tells them.
Youll do just fine.)
Its been a sad parade, Swanee says as an exit line.
A few other characters only make short but meaningful appearances this outing.
We see Ethelrida watch as the King of Tears takes a delivery, then have an awkward interaction.
Then theres the casket with somebody (something?)
inside it lifting the lid.
So is Ethelridas fate in general.
The one she arrives at does the job just fine.
Neither Josto nor Loy feels like they can get good help anymore.
Jostos annoyed that Rabbi has run off with Satchel.
Loys annoyed that Leon thinks he understands gang-versus-gang warfare half as well as he thinks he does.
Gaetanos annoyed because, well, hes chained like a dog for most of the episode.
Who wouldnt be annoyed?
Its cards on the table time for them, too.
(That Odis threatens to kill his Mormon God probably doesnt help.)
But Deafys MO remains to sit and wait (and occasionally browbeat others for fresh intel).
Weve only seen him swing into action once, when he attempted to nab Zelmare and Swanee.
That went poorly, so now he seems even more committed to biding his time.
Hes playing a game of Kansas City Realpolitik.
But he does so having suffered horrible losses (though not as many as he believes hes suffered.)
His son Satchel is (apparently) dead.
Diners Club has swooped in with the credit-card plan he and Doctor Senator pioneered.
Its not going to be pretty.
Okay Then!
Apart from Ethelrida, the Smutnys go unseen.
Is Josto still interested in taking our Dr. Harvard?
Is he still sleeping with Oraetta?
Will he ever learn that shes unwittingly exacted revenge for him?
Its all unclear at the moment, but maybe thats as it should be.
As Oraetta bakes, shes accompanied by Twisted, the signature hit of Annie Ross released in 1952.
The seriess attitude toward him is tough to read.
Hes an amoral jerk, but scenes like this seem designed to stir sympathy.
