Ray Donovan last week had some stand out moments. One of which was Grace Zabriskie’s Mrs. Minassian’s power play on Mickey. She wound up owning 50 percent of his new business and this week, the show begins with Mrs. Minassian showing the elder Donovan what will happen if he is not a “good boy.” Bunchy mourns the loss of his Mexican wrestler and Father Romero plays matchmaker, while he continues to “work” the Donovan brother.
Everything falls apart for Ray this week after everything looked so promising. Donovan tells Abby that he does not want a divorce, that he sold his business and about the football deal. Terry looks to be marked for death and Bunchy spills the beans on what happened to his abuser to Father Romero. By the end of the show, Ray winds up with 3 percent of nothing when Governor Vernon loses the gubernatorial race after making disparaging remarks about immigrants.
Ginger has been reported to child services by Mrs. Rosenblatt and she starts to move to Vegas. Ray signs the paperwork for his three percent of the NFL deal. Andrew Finney tells Ray that Paige is going for the deal with Zack Davis at noon and he needs to stop the billionaire competition from arriving.
Terry finds out that the Aryan’s have been in his office at the gym. Lena does her second job for Ray and Terry suffers a massive meltdown. He asks Pie to get him a gun. Romero, who has taken Bunchy to Bakersfield on a mission of love, tells the Donovan brother about blinding his abuser.
Paige forces Davis to sign the deal and he asks for a 10 percent break fee after initially refusing, Andrew Finney agrees. Paige reassures her father that “Verona’s a lock” and that this is the last thing she will ever ask him for. He tells her to “make the deal.”
Ginger has to have a real job and Daryll comes up with the perfect solution. Hire her to work at the gym, in name only, and she can stay. Bunchy asks Teresa to marry him and she angrily tells him to get up. She then tells him to get out and he tells Teresa he will wait for her at the Denny’s “down the street” for when she changes her mind.
Ray and Paige talk over drinks. “Money is a kind of poetry,” says Paige. She then tells Ray about the poet Wallace Stevens and she explains that it is her favorite line. “It doesn’t rhyme,” Ray tells her. Paige asks if he will be bringing Abby to the Century Plaza and then says she cannot wait to “meet the woman behind the man.” They both head off in different directions.
Terry is huddled in the office at the Fite Club and when Potato Pie brings the gun, Terry asks him to clear out the gym and lock it down. Abby goes to check on Bridget at the polling station. Paige and Ray talk outside and he asks her what was in the envelope she gave Andrew at the studio.
A love letter she says, from Andrew to her husband. She gave him the breakup letter for the team. Paige makes a move on Ray and he turns her down saying his wife is now back. Back at Denny’s Bunchy tells Romero who did what to his abuser. Bunchy explains that he partly killed his abuser, who also abused Ray, and that he shot the man in the stomach and Ray shot him in the head. After telling Romero, the man thanks Bunchy for doing so. Donovan still has not idea that this new friend is a priest.
Terry is huddled in the darkened gym shakily pointing the gun at the door. Ray explains to Abby that things are looking up. He explains about getting a small part of the NFL team and that it means a lot to him that she is coming to the governor’s party.
Bridget gets stoned with her classmate. Teresa shows up at the Denny’s, suitcase in hand. She accepts Bunchy’s proposal, “I got a few conditions,” She says. “You don’t lie to me. You don’t cheat on me. You don’t hit me.” “Never,” replies Bunchy.
Teresa continues, “I’m not running away with any gabacho named Bunchy. That’s a puppy’s name. Your name is Brendan. Okay Brendan?” Bunchy agrees and she finishes with, “I’m not running to f**king chapel with you. That’s a longer discussion.” “Okay,” Bunchy says, “That’s fair.” Teresa smiles.
At the Plaza, on the way up to the party, Abby asks Ray about buying the bar in Boston and Ray says “I don’t know why not.” She then meets the governor and Donovan’s new boss Andrew. Casey Finney also meets Abby and tells her that Ray saved his life. She meets Paige and the two women retire to the bar.
Donovan speaks to Varick about Paige and the team. Paige’s husband and then Casey predict that things will not go well for the governor in the election. Ray gets a call from Terry who tells his brother that the Aryan’s have found him and Donovan has to leave the party. He arrives at the gym, along with Mickey, and Terry shoots at Mickey.
After a few tense moments, Terry gives the gun to Ray and they put the whole thing down to the Parkinson’s. The three men make a joke about the situation and Terry tells Ray to go back to the party. Mick says he will stay with Terry and after Ray leaves, Mickey asks Terry to put Ginger on the gym’s books.
The governor loses the election which means the NFL deal is off. Ray gets back to the now dead party and Andrew lets him know that he knew about the 3 percent deal and that now Ray has “f**king nothing, or 3 percent of f**king nothing.” Finney is furious with Ray and asks what he gave his daughter for the 3 percent and Ray tells him about the cell phone.
Ray is in trouble. Teresa and Brendan go into the gym and on the counter is the weight that Terry saw earlier. The Aryan’a have left a message for Terry again. Things are falling apart for the Donovan’s.
This show is once again all about dark drama and the two dysfunctional families, three if you count Abby’s. Andrew Finney proves that he is a grade ‘A’ douche who probably sabotaged the governor’s election just to punish Paige and Ray. Mickey is not in a good place with Mrs. Minassian who tipped off Mrs. Rosenblatt in an effort mess the senior Donavan up. Bunchy has related very incriminating information to the shady Father Romero and things do not look good for the Donovan clan at all right now.
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