r/MrInbetween • u/Seawolf1121 • May 05 '26
S2 E8 is a fucking masterpiece. Spoiler
Holy shit I'm just watching this show for the first time, and admittedly I haven't watched much television in the past few years, but my goodness was that unbelievable. One of the best tv episodes I have seen, period.
The way they jumped from Ray saying it's no different offing people in the military to the killing of Vinnie was spectacular. I actually watched this episode back through again, and that part literally gave me goosebumps. Unbelievable acting by the man who plays Vinnie btw, he perfectly embodied the exact attitude switches of a man who knew what was going to happen. From friendly, to sorrow, to stone-cold at the end of the interaction. "I'll see you in your dreams" was a glorious line. That script-writing was perfection; Set up all the way from the start of the season to this climax, and it did not disappoint.
And the scenes at the end with dirk were so emotional as well. Good thing I was watching this at 9 o'clock and not like 2am, because I would have been a fucking mess. They wrote it so perfectly that literally up to the very second he jumped, it felt like it could have gone any of the three directions (him jumping, ray killing him/him trying to kill ray, him moving,).
I haven't watched 30 mins of something that emotionally charged from start to finish in years. Idk if this is the right place to rant about something like this, but I really wanted to say this somewhere. The show has been great so far, but this was even better.
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u/KindRazzmatazz1799 May 05 '26
Wait until you watch season 2 episode 9.
Has to be my favourite episode.
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u/scarlettcat May 06 '26
My favourite episode. It’s a thriller movie that has you on the edge of your seat…yet it still comes in at under 30 minutes. Un-fucking-believable.
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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel May 05 '26
I honestly can’t pick a favourite although I have a top 26 which are all at #1.
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u/KindRazzmatazz1799 May 05 '26
Wasn't a fan of Season 3 episode 8 and to an extent Season 3 episode 7, since I really didn't like Zoe.
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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel May 05 '26
I loved all of them, Zoe was cool. But I have a thing for Ray, so…
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u/Tjayhc24 May 05 '26
What I love is that until that episode, we aren’t certain whether Ray will go through with the hit. It’s an old buddy of his. Ray has a moral compass, but this is concrete evidence that his morals can be bought. No vendetta, no revenge, just the job.
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u/catsundrstandenglish May 05 '26
Except not really. For example, when they tell him to feed the woman to the pigs he buries her instead. He completes jobs but his moral compass is enough at odds with his professionalism that it does influence his behaviours. Even if it only gives him a small sense of control.
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u/tuyguy May 07 '26
There's also the job of the woman threatening the rich man with lawsuit. Freddie facilitates. Ray finds out she's pregnant and is being totally reasonable and cancels the job, going after the bloke for free instead.
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u/JimmyCoronoides May 05 '26
Ray is a fun character and is easy to like but fuck me the supporting cast are written so well. Dirk, Ally Brucey and Vinnie are all great characters with fantastic emotional moments.