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Thought the premier was ok but not great. What in the hell are Tommy and Sheila doing? Did they actually fake her death, or are they just trying to get the house insurance money and therefore she's hiding the fact that she threw the lamp?

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I couldn't tell if Sheila was a dream sequence or was real. It seemed as if Tommy was going to the other girls house(the volly that rescued him from Sheila's burning house) for dinner. Anyway, Sheila said something about a $2M scam and Tommy blowing it, but IIRC, Sheila paid close to $2M for that house....they would only get back the cost of the house. I don't know how they could fake a dead Sheila, but even if she's really dead, it's not a scam. Son-of-a-goat, this is confusing.

I thought the entire episode was just so-so, and this "Lost"-like cliffhanger ending is a new twist to the series. The weekly story never left you hanging on the outcome before. Connor's death, Lou's whore being a scammer, Tommy finding his kids...you found out about all that towards the end of a show, but they never had you guessing about *that* outcome, just how it would affect everyone afterwards.

In the fire scene, they all seemed so light-hearted, even after they slid out the magical hole in building. That entire scene felt weird. The music in the scene was kickin' though..."Dance This Mess Around" by B-52's.

The scene with Franco and Richie was cool, with Richie pining for a Downs Syndrome girl in a wheelchair at the center with a sweet ass that he saw when "they stand her up sometimes". Heh.

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TomE.