Animal Kingdom Recap: Work That Body — Plus, Bye-Bye, [Spoiler]
You’ve gotta, ahem, hand it to Animal Kingdom’s Cody clan: They work hard for the money. In Sunday’s Shawn Hatosy-directed episode, while Pope and J disposed of Livengood’s remains, Craig and Deran scoped out the hawala that Frankie hoped would be her ticket outta the country. And if you keep reading, we’ll go over all of the gory — and I do mean gory — details.
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‘YOU CAN’T TRUST THE COPS, MAN’ | As “Trust the Process” began, Janine’s plot to blow away Max in a VIP room at the strip joint where Linda bumped and ground went south when Baz’s mother sold out her pal to the crimelord. And after Janine had invested in a Dolly Parton wig, too! When Andrew and Julia’s Mommie Dearest made it back to their trailer, Max insisted that the kids stick around to watch him work her over. Little did he suspect that the future Pope would stab him in the leg, thus allowing his mother to retrieve her gun and shoot the kingpin. And shoot him. And shoot him. With that, the youngsters were scarred not only for life but several lifetimes. As for Janine, she was just lucky that sound apparently didn’t travel far in the trailer park, and she had Jake and Manny on the ’80s equivalent of speed-dial to haul off the body.
In the present, of course, the Codys had to figure out how to get rid of Livengood’s remains, some of which were splattered all over The Drop. “We bleach,” exclaimed J, for whom so many problems are solved by cleaning. “Get the mops.” As for the body itself, J and Pope deposited it in the trunk of Livengood’s car, drove the car into a stolen truck, then drove the stolen truck to a shady doctor who referred them to some even shadier characters who wouldn’t object to making a DEA agent’s corpse disappear. (Funny, the logline for this episode didn’t say anything about the Codys starring in a remake of Weekend at Bernie’s.) Back in Oceanside, Frankie reported to Deran and Craig that she’d found them a megabucks hawala, but the former was all, “Not today, Frankie” — till he realized that if J’s plan to dispose of Livengood didn’t work, they might need some cash to beat a hasty retreat.
‘FAIR COMPENSATION… THAT’S ALL I’M ASKING FOR’ | Ahead of Frankie’s meeting with the hawala, at which she’d send her last $30k to someone she trusted in Costa Rica (a lover?), Deran showed off his tech skills by crafting a device that would let his crew track the money to find out where the big score was being stashed. Before Frankie would go to the meeting, though, she wanted to reach an agreement that she’d be cut in for an equal share — she was getting out of the biz and relocating to Costa Rica. Fine, said Deran as reluctantly as he says most things. So while Frankie met with the hawala, Deran and Craig checked out the unassuming union hall in which he holed up.
Meanwhile, Pope and J arrived at a deserted house in the desert, where they were instructed to cut off one of Livengood’s hands. Because they never get instructed to help themselves to a light snack and tequila, do they? The guys who were going to make Livengood disappear then dropped his body through a hole in the floor — they weren’t going to transport it across but under the border. As for Livengood’s car, J and Pope were told to drive it onto Native American lands and leave the hand on the passenger seat; the police there, the erasers said, would find what they were told to.
‘WE WERE NEVER REALLY KIDS, ME AND YOUR MOM’ | As the hour drew to a close, Deran’s tracker revealed that Frankie’s money was on the move. Then we follow it, said J, grabbing sponges and Windex if only in his mind. Ultimately, the Cody brothers and their nephew discovered that the hawala — Wyatt the Wizard to his friends — was holding the big bucks at the port. “Dude’s a longshoreman,” muttered Craig. “Makes sense.” But with heightened post-9/11 security and a zillion shipping containers, how the hell were they supposed to find the dough? “We make a plan and we follow it,” said Deran. “That’s what we do.” In response, J switched on his Dust Buster. Just kidding.
So, there’s no way Deran isn’t the prime suspect in Livengood’s disappearance/murder, right? Is Pope going to ignore J’s advice and silence Chadwick? Will Frankie only get to make her getaway in a pine box?
The way Pope looked @ J after he cut the hand off was priceless, like he never killed anyone
Not the same excellent show since they killed off Smurf. The young, back story Smurf with young Andrew and Julie, doesn’t do it for me. Sorry. They killed off the glue thet held this thing together. Big mistake.
I agree it’s just not the same!
I was skeptical of watching this series again after Smurf was blasted away, but i must admit, I think the producers have made the show better and more intense. I am already depressed knowing that in two weeks, I will have to wait until Memorial Day time frame for the series to start back up again. There are all sorts of scenarios that can play out which for me, makes Animal Kingdom much more intriguing! Smurf is still part of the show, just at a much younger age. Great job by the producers to keep this going!
How come no one hears shooting where the Cody’s involve ?
Think about it, complainers, this show is awesome! The backstory shows how Andrew became just like his mom, he watched her every move. So is Janine going to kill Baz’s mom, is that how she got Baz? What confused me was who bleached out the Drop while all 4 of them were outside planning and getting rid of the body? If they had to bleach everything it should have taken them hours. I think Frankie is in on it with Wyatt. Why would he have taken such a small amount from her when he usually deals in 6 figures? She didn’t catch his name on an obscure business card. She had to already know him in order to do business with him. That all didn’t add up. She’s in hiding, she wants out, she is working for herself. That’s why her password was “Freedom”. Deran seems like he doesn’t care if they get away with anything or not. Just do it like we always do it, no need to get excited, if we get caught, so what? And only 2 more episodes this season? Can that be true?
I do believe Frankie will get killed off. Too much foreshadowing with her wanting to leave to permanently live in Costa Rica, the demise look of some of the Cody’s as she wanted half the score, and the intense interactions with the wizzard as she was obviously aware of the transmitter, all these hints lead to Frankies death. I will be shocked if she does not get killed.
Frankie is definitely a goner next week! If she’s been looking for a way out all this time and finally found it, that password “FREEDOM” sounds like oh oh😨. I believe Pope is gonna kill that clown ass Officer Chadwick. But I think Deran will take part as well…….since it looks like 2 feds pulled up on him in the next ep.
The show has really stepped up and kept it interesting this season. It started a little slow but has become great as the season progressed. I love seeing the backstory of Smurf and the twins.
Well no mention of Adrian Sunday Night. But what a kick ass episode.
I guess you missed Livengood’s rant about his three-year, $2.6 MM sting operation that Adrian’s disappearance curtailed and his threats about the havoc he’d continue wreaking on the Codys unless he got Adrian back. It was in the midst of that rnt when Chadwick shot him.
No, Mark didn’t miss anything…everything you mentioned happened in the previous episode Sunday before last.
Well, the first episode was fantastic and then the show was a bit hit or miss for me. This episode was very good. I now have newfound compassion for Pope. What a childhood. I had initially thought he hadn’t met Baz until they were in their tweens, but apparently, he met Baz when he was 7 years old. Baz looked older than Julia and Andrew, though. I wonder if they will let us see when Baz’s mom lost custody of him (could be due to her death–Smurf never liked to be cheated out of money) and he ended up with that drunken, abusive dad. I am excited about this new heist. I love how they plan, including plan for the what ifs. These guys are pros and have been at it since childhood. I had to chuckle at Janine’s platinum blonde wig..it’s the same color as older Smurf’s hair.
It was nice of pope to finally talk about his & Julia’s childhood to J but J was looking for that in season 1, I think he’s over it now.
Did anyone else hear baz’s mom say she had “kids to protect too” as in muiltiple children! Does baz have a sibling we don’t know about?
I think that all the actors and actresses are totally awesome and should keep it going for along time god bless uall stay safe