Black Bird
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Jimmy Keene cant take it anymore.
Its not the guard, Carter, who breaks him.
Jimmy, rightfully suspicious of the smilingly sadistic guard, refuses to say.
With that, his days may well be numbered.
Its not the other inmates who break him either, now that word is out that hes a snitch.
Its not the lack of contact with the outside world, either.
Never, Larry says.
Thats when Jimmy loses it.
Youre not gonna win your appeal, he says, with a force that surprises Larry.
You demented fucking monster!
he says to the man he befriended.
The two are dragged apart.
Black Birdand its final episode wound up being about many things.
But ultimately, its about Jimmy Keenes desperation to help the girls families Larry murdered.
Thats a two-step of confidence and panic that few actors could pull off.
And Paul Walter Hausers work as Larry is obviously singular stuff.
As Larry once told him, anything could be out there, waiting to be found.
