Gangs of London
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Look how they massacred my boy!
I will admit to you: When Elliot shot Sean in the face, I screamed.
I am a wimp!
But director Corin Hardy and writer Claire Wilson sure did wipe the board, didnt they?
I know I just said that I was surprised by all the killing in this final episode.
If I step back, though, so many of these developments make sense.
I dont think nailing the Wallaces, in particular, ever mattered to Elliot.
He just needed somewhere to put his energy after his world was destroyed by the loss of his family.
The same goes for Sean did hereallyever think he was going to fire off the Wallace organization?
Sean may have been hot-tempered, and he may have been too worshipful of his father.
But he also saw how close Finn and Alex Dumani were.
He must have noticed the way Finn, Ed, and Alex all kept him at arms length.
Build the Wallace skyscrapers, and stay out of the way.
Never touch the money.
Never meet with the partners alone.
If Sean couldnt be the top guy, he would destroy everyone he could.
He is Sonny Corleone, and remember what happened to Sonny Corleone?Look how they massacred my boy.
Pawns cant be kings, his father says, but what they can be is free.
But its not freedom that drives Elliots father to take that fall, is it?
The man needs money, and financial survival is more important than maintaining his name or his reputation.
Who cares when you should probably put food on the table and a roof over your familys head?
Wouldnt you do whatever you could to make those things possible?
So Elliots father took the fall in the boxing ring.
What happened at the Hotel Reno, and why were cops shooting at Elliot?
Whos in the body bags?
Does anyone know hes being held?
Lets go linearly to keep things straightforward.
Marian thinks she can convince Ed to spare Sean, which of course doesnt work.
Murders start happening very quickly then!
Jevan his Ross Gellarlike hair now so mussed!
(More onthatin my bullet points.)
Ed shoots Marian before she shoots him.
There are a lot of pieces in play here, and a lot of them fall.
homage, was appropriately shocking.
Any king can fall.
Any nobody can become somebody.
Sean is dead, like Finn.
Like father, like son.
As Long as You Comply
So … where does season two ofGangs of Londongo?
Is Elliot the new Ed, and Alex the new Finn?
Does Shannon fully join the Dumani criminal enterprise now that shes shown what shes capable of?
What is Marians role, if any; is Floriana really going to help her, or hurt her?
Consider the dialogue exchange between Ed and Marian on that cemetery bench.
Ed said, Finn Wallace charmed us all to death, and Marian replied, And you chose him.
You broke my heart.
Is this an Ed and Marian had a relationship suggestion?
The Sean and Lale sex scene wasnt entirely necessary, but yes, I enjoyed it.
Two hot people standing too close togetheralways meansthey are going to kiss!
It is an unbeaten pop-culture formula!
This man was just elected mayor of London!
No one sits in on the interview?
He didnt scream, or resist?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
My final Lale point: Dont keep her in Kurdistan!
Bring Narges Rashidi back for season two!
I really love that Billys secret above-club art studio was full of paintings of himself.
Why didnt Elliot grab Anthonys phone last episode?
Cradling that mans horribly tortured body was obviously highly traumatic, but the cell phone was sort of key!
Olivier Richters, who played Elliots torturer Duncan, is 72!
What an absolutely gigantic man!
He has a supporting role in Eli Roths upcoming adaptation ofBorderlands, which makes sense.
A good line: These people will never see the inside of a prison, Elliot.
Eat your heart out, Adam McKay and Aaron Sorkin!
Thank you for reading my recaps this season!
