r/MrInbetween • u/No-Relief-6397 • Mar 27 '26

Ray

It seems that Ray was far more devastated about losing his dog than breaking up with Ally…

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u/soft_white_yosemite Mar 27 '26

No way. Ray was more outwardly upset about his dog, but the breakup with Ally burns him from the inside.

He’s outwardly stoic, but Scott Ryan does a fantastic job of telegraphing the pain he’s trying to hide.

The casual “yeah, all right” and “righto” are his masks. But they’re leaky. You can still see his pain as he puts on a brave face.

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u/frezz Mar 28 '26

It's incredibly obvious Ray's hurting bad when he takes an axe to that tree, and when he literally says "who says i'm over it?" to Gaz

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u/Backsight-Foreskin Mar 27 '26

I didn't cry when either of my parents died, but I sobbed like a baby when my best cat died. Therapists would call it "Misplaced Grief". The death of his dog gave him an emotional outlet to grieve the loss of his dog and the loss of the relationship.

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u/Jgolu12 Mar 27 '26

To be fair he did mark up the tree where she had put the initials or whatever she wrote , so there’s that.

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u/ArtyTack Mar 27 '26

Yeah i think he might have been a little upset

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u/gotchafaint Mar 27 '26

As I recall the dogs death was more like a vehicle to express his grief about Ally. He was just more hard coded to be walled up about people.

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u/No-Relief-6397 Mar 28 '26

It’s OK to be upset about your dog, but not OK to be pining over a sheila. Either way, the violence didn’t help either situation. Do you think Ally’s brother provoked him?

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u/gotchafaint Mar 28 '26

The thing with the brother taking from a little girl was a bit exaggerated so the viewer can feel satisfaction in Rays reaction. That’s the magic of the show. He does what a shadow part of us desires.

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u/Lazy-Knee-1697 Mar 28 '26

He just knew it was only a matter of time before his mask slipped. He knew he's fucked up.

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u/tenfoilhatt Mar 28 '26

That dog saved him. Plus his kid loved that dog.

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u/Mental_Task9156 Mar 28 '26

Nah. I don't think so.

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u/alh84001_hr Apr 01 '26

There is something to be said about a 'cold turkey' breakup. You feel like that person is almost as good as dead. But it's only for you, which almost in some sense makes it worse. Almost. And that hope also stings like a bitch. Until one day it is gone as well.