Animal Kingdom

Tensions were indeed flaring on the episode 'Man in.' This posts contains spoilers.

It starts off with Craig and Deran breaking into an arcade to grab some money. I am not sure if it was fake money, as they were ironing it later on in the episode, but it looked pretty fake. It was obviously a location that they haven't visited for quite a while as Craig mentions a few childhood memories and points out an old busted security camera that's probably been there since like forever.

The scene then jumps to Nicky's dad, who has agreed to help out with the next heist--hitting up an army base--mind you this next 'big job' is extremely dangerous and can potentially make big trouble for The Codys. Smurf however is on point: she asks a lot of questions, making sure that all of their ends are covered etc. etc. Just tons of questions--she's good at what she does, I give her that.

Then we have poor J. Poor poor miserable J.

I feel like I am going to say that a lot. The kid makes me tear up.

He's sitting in between some bleachers at school--he skipped Alexa's class. So she finds him, admits that if she doesn't help the cops she could go to jail. Apparently she brought some drugs from an undercover detective and if she doesn't help them take down The Codys--she's donezo--off to jail she goes and off with her head! Kidding.

But J, who is not sympathetic to her snitch bitch mentally, doesn't care what she's doing it for. All he knows is that he thought she could be trusted. But honestly would you? The one person you think you could turn to in such a traumatic time in your life is actually spying on you, it's a lot to take in. So he gives her mouth full and storms off.

In the mist of that, Nicky watches J and Alexa during this confrontation and immediately links them together. Like together, together. Jealously starts to climb up her spine like Salazar Slytherin.

Now, since Nicky spotted them she's on some 'I'm going to pay this mother fucker back mode' she storms to The Codys house to 'hang out.' Mind you, her dad is still there and since The Codys have security cameras all up and through that bitch, they spot her before he does.

Smurf asks Craig to get rid of her. How? he asks and she responds: "She's a teen girl, figure it out baby." God. I love Smurf.

Craig acts like he doesn't want to do it at first, but then eventually goes along with it. He heads outside and offers Nicky to hang out. Prior she had used the excuse she was there to hang out by the pool, but come on now, we know you spotted J and with all that eye candy around the house--yeah.

Later on the episode they end up sitting at the beach, smoking and talking. I thought the scenery was beautiful. She then asks Craig if she can hit a blow and he agrees.

Meanwhile in Cody land: they need someone to get into the army base and set off an alarm somehow and since J doesn't have a criminal record, Smurf asks him to do it.

J, who goes along with just about anything, agrees. He gets in, homeboy was running and running all around the base trying to find building 13, so that they can move the money to building 15. It was kind of confusing, but yeah that was the purpose of him sneaking in there to begin with.

He sets off the alarm and makes it out, he almost didn't: two young army guys saw him and teased him a bit, but eventually they let him go. Honestly, I felt like I was holding my breath the entire time he was in there.

Okay, maybe I still am. Breathing now.

Since J succeeded, they ended up celebrating with him later on that night: shots of tequilas for everyone yay. Still waiting for my cup, but I am over it. lol

Then we got Catherine, who in fact had a longer story line this time around. Remember the cop she thought she could trust? Well he had some bright idea that Catherine would corporate with Nicky's stepmom, who spills more than beans--but the whole damn line of canned goods.

We learn that The Codys, well Pope, killed her parents and Baz knew all about it. He was even the one that asked her to sneak out with him the day they died before the fire was set. I felt bad for her, but I find her brave. Even though she finds all of this out, she tells the cops that she will not be anybody's snitch bitch and just like that: packs up her things, along with her gorgeous nugget and I think prepares to leave all of this behind, including Baz.

Speaking of Baz, we learn that he's J's father, but he was so rude about it and I'm assuming because he has a lot on his mind--J did interrupt him during the planning of the heist.

Oh yeah, and his dad comes back, but more on that later.

At the end of the episode, Nicky admits to J that she did some coke with Craig and, wait for it . . . she tells him they had sex: POW. Well she says, and I quote: I fucked him. Not he fucked her, but she fucked him. So, she may be lying.

Poor J again. Like poor poor J. The way his face dropped, I was surprised he didn't snap on her. But he's had enough. He then says to Alexa later on the episode that: everything The Codys touch they seem to destroy. Awe. :(

Last, but not least. Vin calls himself scoping around The Codys yard, throwing back the money he was given earlier by Pope and Baz and Mama Smurf pops in ready to put bullets all up in through his ass. And lets just say, he runs out of there like a bat out of hell. Lmao. It was hilarious.

Questions I have and what I couldn't fit in:

- What really did happen to Pope in jail? (something happened, something awful, but what)
- And does Vin have a death wish to think he's owed something? (seriously dude, who doesn't know about jail talk, jeez. Go away already)
- Mama Smurf has been soul searching as of late, chain smoking, keeping to herself, but Deran and Pope noticed. Hell we all have (on another note, the past is haunting her something serious)
- Baz talking to his dad about his trouble childhood and then rams a bottle of liquor down his throat. Ouch.

Okay, a few photos from this episode has been added to the gallery, check them out.

Quote of the day: "No matter how bad I screw things up, what I'll never be is you." - Baz