Jia Tolentino

Right. Also the sort of recurring identity as a prison thing. Yeah. That's what I was thinking about when the dad was talking about his grandfather, his father. You know, he has been imprisoned by the requirement to have $10 million. Do you know what I mean?

Right. Also the sort of recurring identity as a prison thing. Yeah. That's what I was thinking about when the dad was talking about his grandfather, his father. You know, he has been imprisoned by the requirement to have $10 million. Do you know what I mean?

Yeah, but it's also funny. It's like there's lots of ways for a story not to be the point, right? Like, for Rick to escape the past and the future means one thing to, you know, escape the way that he's been living under the curse of his father's murder. You know, which, like, Walton Goggins is pulling off this highly melodramatic storyline, you know?

Yeah, but it's also funny. It's like there's lots of ways for a story not to be the point, right? Like, for Rick to escape the past and the future means one thing to, you know, escape the way that he's been living under the curse of his father's murder. You know, which, like, Walton Goggins is pulling off this highly melodramatic storyline, you know?

You're like, I'm locked in.

You're like, I'm locked in.

You're locked in as Goggins.

You're locked in as Goggins.

But it's different for him versus like when they finally get to the boat. So a lot of this episode is they're preparing to get on the boat and they get on the boat. And once they're on the boat, the class of sort of white men from various places in North America or Australia who are just talking about how they've come here to hide money. From their ex-wives, hide money from the government.

But it's different for him versus like when they finally get to the boat. So a lot of this episode is they're preparing to get on the boat and they get on the boat. And once they're on the boat, the class of sort of white men from various places in North America or Australia who are just talking about how they've come here to hide money. From their ex-wives, hide money from the government.

Someone says a line about you're either here, you're running from something or looking for something.

Someone says a line about you're either here, you're running from something or looking for something.

Rick has a reason to transcend his past currently, and you see Timothy Ratliff considering this all the time. He has a very particular reason to transcend his past and start over and live in a sort of eternal return of the present.

Rick has a reason to transcend his past currently, and you see Timothy Ratliff considering this all the time. He has a very particular reason to transcend his past and start over and live in a sort of eternal return of the present.

You know, it's like it's salvific for Walton Goggins and it is undeserved amnesty for Timothy Ratliff.

You know, it's like it's salvific for Walton Goggins and it is undeserved amnesty for Timothy Ratliff.

I continue to love, you know, like having appeared off the boat to have a certain kind of relationship. They actually, you know, the thing that prompts this admission from Rick finally is that she pulls him out and she's like, I'm about to leave. You know, she's like, I'm going to leave you.

I continue to love, you know, like having appeared off the boat to have a certain kind of relationship. They actually, you know, the thing that prompts this admission from Rick finally is that she pulls him out and she's like, I'm about to leave. You know, she's like, I'm going to leave you.

And she does it calmly and honestly. Yeah. And I was like, good for you. You guys are communicating. I know. They're actually a great couple.

And she does it calmly and honestly. Yeah. And I was like, good for you. You guys are communicating. I know. They're actually a great couple.