Chuck explains that while the four of them enjoy their top-shelf seafood, tonight is known as “the Big Ugly” in Albany. He’s privately dining with the three members of Prince’s “A team,” Todd Krakow, Bud Lazzara, and Sruthi Reddy (the engineer behind Prince’s Olympic subway express plan). Over at the upscale restaurant Oceana, Chuck implements his plan to destroy the New York City Olympics through a complex game of smoke and mirrors. In a later scene, we see that Wags does follow Rian’s advice, but his eyes suggest he’s not comfortable with his decision. OMG, can I have Wags as my uncle? In gratitude, Rian offers Wags her own nugget of wisdom: Give up the suite if he wants this relationship with Chelz to last because secrets are equally toxic. Wags is understanding but firmly tells Rian she must have the courage to tell Taylor the deal is toxic. She confides in him about Hypersonic and how Taylor is standing on the precipice of a huge mistake. What wasn’t part of this plan was for Rian to use the suite for self-care (Cheetos, face mask, Bridesmaids) or for Wags to discover her doing so.įortunately, because Wags is awesome, he’s exactly what Rian needs to get through this rough patch with Taylor. Rian agrees to put the room under her name, with Wags reimbursing her, along with making sure Chelz isn’t a Venmo stalker. Wags announces he’s moving in with Chelz (aww!), but he doesn’t want to give up his suite at the Pierre. Speaking of Rian, she and Wags get to share a fun little subplot that’s a huge break from the rest of the heavy narrative. Not helping matters is Philip, who echoes Rian’s concerns and warns Taylor that they will hurt everyone at the company if this deal fails. Once again, Taylor refuses to listen to the facts, caring for nothing except beating Philip and coming out on top. Rian, however, tells them to slow their roll because she can’t verify Hypersonic’s tech claims. But considering Taylor is already operating from a disadvantage, with Prince clearly preferring Philip over them and their season-long drive to score big wins no matter the cost, it doesn’t take much to predict this Hypersonic deal is headed for disaster.įollowing one meeting with its CEO, Taylor is all in on making Hypersonic the official Olympics airline. Philip, taking the “keep your enemies closer” approach, declines Prince’s command. Prince tries passing it off to Philip, much to Taylor’s chagrin. Taylor is building a relationship with the CEO of a new high-tech passenger airline called “Hypersonic,” and they want to secure it as the official airline of the Olympics. Meanwhile, there’s an interesting storyline building between Taylor and MPC’s new golden boy, Philip, with Rian taking a central role as the voice of reason. (It’s just a bummer that Chuck can’t track down proof of the actual bribery because the audience gets all the evidence it needs courtesy of a call Prince makes to Colin Drache, who is currently hiding out in some bungalow circa 1942 Casablanca.) But if they can’t go to another state, then they’re screwed. See, Chuck knows that if he goes after Prince from a state-tax angle, the rich folks who make up Prince’s cabal can just move their funds to another state. But, since he still has zero proof, it means he must resort to the full Chuck Rhoades: Use every favor and ruse at his fingertips to attain results.ĭave is tasked with convincing Governor Sweeney and the governors of New York’s neighboring states to attend an interstate compact dinner. But it just comes off as a “let’s celebrate Michael Thomas Aquinas Prince” campaign.Ĭhuck kicks things off this episode by going straight to the head of the International Commission of Sport, Katarina Brett, to accuse Prince of shady tactics to win the Olympics bid. Between Gabrielle Reece as his coach and a sunrise TV interview with a skeptical Gayle King, Prince presents a “let’s celebrate what humans are capable of” attitude. The first hint that Prince cared less about New York hosting the Games and more about putting himself on a pedestal was the revelation that he was training to do the original Olympic Marathon route - solo. That and it was immensely satisfying to watch Andy bail on her controlling husband the second the Games relocated to Los Angeles. This was one scheme where I was heavily leaning toward Team Chuck because Prince’s pretentious behavior as some newly anointed Olympics god was really getting on my nerves. Yep, Mike Prince’s American Dream of presiding over the first-ever New York City Olympics was snatched away tonight, with Chuck orchestrating one single, brutal betrayal. A recap for “The Big Ugly” almost feels redundant considering Chuck Rhoades and Dave Mahar sum up the episode themselves:Ĭhuck: “What’s the only thing worse than not getting what you want?”ĭave: “Getting something that you want and then having it ripped from your hands.”
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