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Judas Kiss episode was exciting, a major adrenaline rush, edgy, disturbing, and yet fucking fantastic. This post contains spoilers.

The Cody boys start off with paint balling. Remember I showed you guys a clip yesterday? Well, that's the first thing they did in the episode: arrive to the place they're about to rob, and do exactly that--paint ball. But leave it to our men to have fun, and of course for something much more wicked right afterwards. I am sorry, but can I just mention how incredibly hot they all looked in their outfits, too!

Meanwhile, Smurf nerves are jumping like frogs, she's cleaning around the house and from her facial expressions: she was a wreck--worried--and--had major anxiety. I mean we even got a clip of her cleaning the shower door with a toothbrush. Ha.

Then you have poor poor J.

I am trying to used to this whole J and Alexa thing, but I don't get it. It's not like Alexa is some sugar mamma who gives him countless gifts and showers him with affection. Nope. Not here. They just spend most of their time in the house having sex or depressing ass conversations about him snitching on The Codys. And honestly, I can't really tell at this point if she has genuine feelings for him, or this is all just some sick ploy to save her own ass.

The scene switches to the detective coming in, the one I thought that was Nicky's stepmom, I don't know, I just thought that they looked the same. And of course she's there to pull J's teeth. She doesn't have anything on J, so she can't manipulate him like she's doing Alexa, but boy does this woman not give up and she talks and talks and talks. She sounds a little convincing, but just not good enough.

Then get this, the detective and Catherine's cop friend leave for a while. Then we get a quick uncomfortable scene to me of J and Alexa having sex. I am sorry Craig, but an underage boy banging his teacher is not okay. And I'm speaking as a mother of a teenage boy ;)

Now back to our men: their scene was extremely intense. And I felt like I was holding my breath like every other clip.

They break into another part of the building, Nicky's dad does his part of the deal and throws them the key to get to the other side where he was at. There's a car waiting for them and so far everything is going as planned. Whew.

The men then grabbed their fake money: Baz, Craig, and Pope go into building 15--or 13--I'm not really sure which one: while Deran plays lookout.

While that's going on, Catherine and Lena visit Smurf. Catherine acts like she wants to break the ice between the two women and offers an apology for everything that has been going on between them as of late. Smurf accepts her apology, but then Catherine tells her that she has to use the bathroom, and things just get super edgy from there.

Catherine goes to Smurf's hiding stash and steals some money. No clue how she knew exactly where it was, but she went right to it and at this point, crossed a line.

Remember her cop friend? Well, while Catherine is off playing sticky fingers, Lena tells Mama Smurf all about him and she even mentions that she's supposed to keep him a secret from her dad. Smurf immediately puts two and two together and at that very moment, Catherine becomes an enemy to the family. More on that later.

Our men are professionals. Let's just say that they got the job done. They did so much in that room that its seriously hard to put it all here. But they switched their fake money, added the money to a bucket of oil. Maybe? Not really sure. And got away--high five--thank you--don't scare me like that again.

They are greeted by a pleased Mama Smurf and Apple Pie, who informs Pope (alone) that he needs to take 'care' of Catherine. She's done too much to the family and she's had enough.

Pope ends up showing up at Catherine's house later on that night. She probably could have talked him down more, but she tried manipulating him through sex and even went as far as to say to him that she loved him--when she knows, and he knows, she doesn't.

They have sex, but then . . . Pope kills her while he's still on top of her.

He strangles Catherine to death and then buries her lifeless body in a ditch.

Damn.

It was sad.

It was brutal.

It was . . . wtf!

All I kept thinking about was Lena, who slept in the car calling her mothers name in her dreams. So sad. Just so very sad. :(

I didn't think he would kill Catherine. Part of me wanted him to leave and lie to Smurf. But nope, Pope killed her.

And that pretty much sums up the amazing episode, but I must ask:

- Did the detective + cop (Catherine's friend) really leave so that J and Alexa can have sex?

- Will the show change now that Pope has murdered Catherine and will Baz know it was Pope? 

Quote of the Day: We really need a wire, do you really give a shit how she gets him to do it?