[private joker]

A+ to Walt Goggins' performance tonight. All the things he was going through in that warehouse scene with Lem... talking about Mara being pregnant, absolutely torn and conflicted about what he was going to do. All the things he did when he was on his own in Vice, messing with Antoine... Shane Vendrell is such a tortured character -- well done Goggins.

Yeah I agree that it was great to see Dutch learn about mastering women from the pimp and then using it on Tina. I dunno about Claudette denying Dutch's transfer because of the Lem murder; it just seems like an easy way to drop that subplot.

I really disagree that Vic knew what Shane was up to. No way -- this was Shane's call. Vic's reaction upon seeing Lem's body was sincere shock. In fact, I thought he was going to turn on Kavanaugh and blame him -- give him the "are you happy" speech that Kavanaugh turned on Vic.

It seems that with Lem dead, the case against Vic, Ronnie, and Shane will be empty, and the chief won't go to war looking into the money train stuff. But they will investigate the Lem murder -- I just suspect Shane and Vic will pin it on the Salvadorian (with Emolia's help [sp? the CI]), but then when Vic finds out Shane did it (maybe Mara will squeal?) he will turn on him and we'll get a big-time brawl.