Thanks for starting the thread, Iowa Watcher! I was just going to do it. Sounds like an interesting episode. I’ve often wondered about parts of Dembe's backstory that we hadn’t heard before - like one from his point of view for a change.

I think I may have a couple of small tangerines for my snack. Unless I eat them earlier!

TheYeti wrote:

"You speak French?"
"There was a girl."

I remember this exchange between someone (Red?) and Dembe from an earlier season. Anyone remember the episode?

SEASON 4, EPISODE 14: THE ARCHITECT


[ Polpetto is in his car, ready to leave. Red and Dembe get in the car with him]

Red: Ah. Oh, God, I love the smell of oil paint. Ahh. Almost more than gasoline. Why are there certain toxic smells that just grab you that way?

Polpetto: [ In Italian, w subtitles ] What is this? What do you want? Come si dice–
Red: Uh, “kidnapping”?
Dembe: “Rapimento.”
Red: You speak Italian?
Dembe: There was a girl.
Red: Of course there was. Tell Polpetto I’m a great admirer of his work. Mm, not so much his nudes. They’re a hair splayed for my tastes. And that I do apologize, but I require his services.
Dembe: [ To Polpetto, simply: ] Rapimento.

Last edited by RedIsMyCoPilot (5/15/2023 6:40 am)

Thank you from me, as well, RedIsMyCoPilot. You saved me a ton of time.

For the most part, I liked the episode, except there is one detail really nagging at me:
how is it Aissa had Red's phone number? I mean, Dembe has to go somewhere that is watched and
leave a white X chalk mark to get Red to phone him, but Aissa has his current phone number?
How? Did I miss something? Maybe a scene was cut? I admit that I was tired last night but not
that tired.

But, yes, it was interesting learning more about the past, tons better than last week's show.
 

You still saved me a lot of time! I'm on a slow internet where even just Googling stuff
takes far too long.