"The last piece of the Friedken brothers' origin story comes together when we flash back to the night Vince dropped a bowling ball on his dad's head to save his mom. Vince has carried this event like a home-cooked original sin through a lifetime of gambling, addiction, crimes, and misdemeanors. Was it necessary to wait until the second-to-last episode for this reveal?"
"Regardless, Big Dick's death sets us up emotionally for an adrenaline-fueled two-episode final act directed by Justin Kurzel, who is a seasoned executor of cold-crime-genre action suffused with impactful, commercial melodrama. Back to the present, where paramedics and police are arriving at the scene of the robbery. Junior is on the ground with a bullet through his skull, and Vince is already gone, buying a burner phone with a diamond ring so he can call Jake for one."
Vince dropped a bowling ball on his father’s head to save his mother and has carried that sin through a life of gambling, addiction, crimes, and misdemeanors. Big Dick’s death triggers an adrenaline-fueled two-episode final act. Paramedics and police arrive at the robbery scene where Junior lies with a bullet through his skull and Vince has already fled. Vince buys a burner phone and calls Jake, urging him to get Gen out of town. Jake realizes he must protect his own family. Joe Mancuso covered up the original killing for Vince and Jake’s mother and warned her never to tell Jake. Vince has borne the secret while a local gangster provided a brutal father figure.
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