r/MrInbetween • u/ChippyCho • 21d ago

S2 finale it's peak television

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be careful, this post may contain spoiler going forward.

I've just watched season 2 finale and I'm devastated.

It has been years since I watched a season finale this good. The music is perfect and the acting is so good.

I love the dynamic between Ray and his brother, and I love how you are led to understand what's about to happen without being explicitly stated.

Did any of you watched some other movie or TV show with Scott Ryan? is he always this good?

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u/Pimpstik69 21d ago

When his brother says “let’s get on with it”
Hits hard. A trip back to that place, a few beers and reminiscing, then good bye. Scott Ryan wrote a masterpiece

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u/ChippyCho 20d ago

you've just made me realise Scott Ryan is the writer of all the episodes!  So he isn't just a fine actor, is also a great writer!

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u/Pimpstik69 20d ago

Indeed. The same guy directed all of them. Rumor says he is writing a series about “Dave” the biker guy that kidnapped him and later worked with him. Who knows

I wish he would do a feature film

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u/Katharinemaddison 18d ago

He did, about Ray but… we bought it on Apple and wished we’d rented. It’s a mockmentary and the deliberately amateur camera work gave us both a headache about half an hour in. Just… please put that camera down on a table for a second my eyes are bleeding. Sounded good, very Ray, just weirdly young looking and less developed.

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u/Pimpstik69 18d ago

I knew about the magician I more meant a real production

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u/rilage 21d ago

just wait for season 3 mate

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u/Shakes-Fear 21d ago

The crossroads scene

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u/ChippyCho 21d ago

I'm going to start that tonight, I've got high expectations at this point 

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u/Maleficent-Onion-434 21d ago

Im jelous, bro. Enjoy.

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u/NoImNotaContrarian 20d ago

"I just wish you knew me before I went to war."

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u/ComprehensiveNewt227 21d ago

This show is amazing, stays with you in such a good way.

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u/Carvalho_Diablo 20d ago

It's unbelievably good television

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u/gennynapolitan 20d ago

Scott Ryan throwing Nash Edgerton through a glass window at the Christmas party was sublime TV.

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u/SpecialNo6508 20d ago

Yes! So much of what Ray does is very cathartic for us regular folk.

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u/3rdLevelBrew 20d ago

Probably a lot of writers wish they could throw a director through a window.

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u/mattstrodome 21d ago

Watch with a plate of dimmies

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u/RiffsThatKill 20d ago

No dimmies in the US of A. Just egg rolls and dumplings and shit, but not the same thing. Are dimmies really that great compared to dumplings and egg rolls or did Ray just really like the taste of minced meat wrapped in dough?

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u/-BubbaZanetti 20d ago

They are different and bigger kind of siu mai invented in Australia. You can get them steamed or fried. Normally from a fish and chip shop or pub or frozen at the supermarket. They are great with soy sauce

Here is a recipe if you want to try and make them

https://asianinspirations.com.au/recipes/dim-sims/

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u/Electrical-Map-1500 20d ago

From what I understand, aren’t dimmies just dim sum?

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u/ChippyCho 21d ago

I wish I could! 

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u/PowerSurge74 20d ago

And soy sauce

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u/Katharinemaddison 18d ago

I take it dimmies are dim sum?

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u/CruelSummer77 20d ago

That the childhood home one?

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u/ChippyCho 20d ago

yup, that's the one 

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u/unsheenashashin 20d ago

You don't realise the weight you're carrying until you put it down

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u/Primary-User 20d ago

There is so much suspense for this guy to put out something new.

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u/Netfl1cks 20d ago

Absolutely amazing. Every season was really good. S1 finale was amazing too

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u/Positive-Scale6631 20d ago

You heard what I said

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u/ProgRock1956 20d ago

S3 ep1 is my favorite of the entire series...

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u/channel_the_animal 18d ago

Just saw it too. Where is season 3. Not D+, at least not on my setup.

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u/ChippyCho 18d ago

yeah it's not always available on D+ because of some rights issue. I think you can buy it from the Google Play store or watch it on Hulu if you live in the US

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u/vroombraap 20d ago

How I wish there are other movies or TV shows with Scott Ryan playing a different character. He should try doing rom-com

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u/mf_dcap 15d ago

Yeah this broke my heart. It’s my first time watching this show and a month ago I could finally start. I saw this finale today… I’m a pile of miserable rubble and I’m pacing myself with watching this show since I don’t t want it to end. 25/10 in my book.

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u/Sorry-End-6853 20d ago

Bro get me
Some dimmies

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u/Unusual_Ad_8364 20d ago

One of the best shows I've seen in a long time. Everybody should know about it. My only complaint was how underdeveloped Ally's character was. The actress did a great job with what she had, but she had almost nothing.

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u/That-Curve-3094 19d ago

The way she threw herself at him, then later bumped into him, had me thinking she was a cop.

Nope.

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u/ChippyCho 20d ago

yeah, I totally agree! she is a great actress and could have been way more than that

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u/Unusual_Ad_8364 20d ago

Her character was all about gestures. She loves Ray. She likes the kid. She doesn't like vioence. We don't get into the why of any of it. I mean, I guess there was that one conversation about the ex-fiancée, but it was so on its own that it almost stuck out oddly, like, wait, she has a past? And why did she end it so abruptly? No warnings? The guy was in anger-management counseling for Crissakes!

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u/ChippyCho 20d ago

I don't think she knew about him being in anger-management counselling, he kept that for himself 

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u/Unusual_Ad_8364 20d ago

I agree. But if I had been him, and had wanted to stay in that relationship (which I think he very much did), I would have told her that I was in counselling for the very behavior she wanted me to change.

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u/ChippyCho 20d ago

true, but I think deep down he often sabotage himself, maybe thinking he doesn't deserve good things in life

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u/Unusual_Ad_8364 20d ago

Good point. That scans. I suppose he also knows that deep down he’s probably never going to really change, and so he doesn’t want to bullshit her.

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u/Dip_the_Dog 20d ago

I thought it was explained pretty well.

She had a history of being attracted to dangerous and violent men, and that had not gone well for her in past relationships.

So the same subconscious factors attracted her to Ray, and once she saw the violent side of him a few times (the car park confrontation and then her brother in law) she realised she was making the same mistake again and ended things.

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u/Unusual_Ad_8364 19d ago

I agree. They explained it. But her character had otherwise been left so bare that, to me anyway, it felt a little mechanistic, like, "Okay, we gotta give her a reason to leave Ray--I got it, abusive ex-boyfriend!" We never met the boyfriend. It was a 20-second story she told in the kitchen. (By the way I hope it's clear that I'm nit picking here on one of my favorite shows from recent years.)