"If you're a real fan of the show, you're dying for this episode." Yeah, because when we found out about the last five episodes, we were all praying to get one about Paz. Shut up, Courtney.
I think this episode reinforced how bad of a character Paz is and how unnecessary it was to get her perspective of everything. Especially with three episodes left.
I said a couple days ago that she can't carry an episode by herself and I was right, because it was depressing watching this one woman go insane over the course of 60 minutes just to put a man in jail. Yeah, Ghost is dirty, but he didn't kill Angela. That's all Paz should have needed to leave things alone. The episode was meant to show us how hard things were for Paz now that Angela's dead and how unfair it is that Ghost gets the storybook ending while she gets nothing, but they made her almost impossible to sympathize with. She made the Feds dig up her sister's casket, and get the phone back, knowing that Angela's reputation, pension and benefits would all be put in the trash regardless of the outcome, just to get Ghost in jail for something he didn't do. Then while being wired, she gets herself in more trouble because Ghost implicates Angela as dirty. Half of what happens to Paz in this episode wouldn't have happened if she just did nothing.
I will say this: I was expecting this episode to be completely unwatchable, but it was actually somewhat entertaining. Either way, Paz's story felt like it ended in episode two and we should have never seen her again after that.
Other observations:
-So, it's confirmed. Ghost is really gone, and his story officially ended with episode 10. Great.
-Did this feel somewhat like a Saxe episode? I don't think the show has a lot of time left to explore his character, and one of the things Warner was doing in this episode was trying to get Saxe on something, so maybd this was it for him. If that's the case, that just leaves Tommy, Tate, Tariq, and Tasha.
-The return of John Mak.
-Why did Tasha feel the need to tell Paz about Ramona? Nothing prompted her to say any of that, and it's not Paz's business anyway. Tasha just comes off as bitter in almost every scene she's in. No wonder Ghost left her nothing in his will.
-I know Tommy was keeping the truth from Paz, but it was hilarious how he was
at the thought of killing someone. Got offered up all that money and threatened to call the cops.
-Papi just suddenly remembered who Paz was? Is he aware that Angela's dead? What's up with him?
-A whole episode with no one killed. I figured somebody was getting dropped every episode from now on, but it's starting to look like some characters are going to end the series alive. fukk, at least give me
Tasha and/or Tommy if not Tariq.