True Detective Season 2 Episode 7 Recap

I don't know how they are going to wrap this season up in two episodes based on the pace we've seen thus far. I guess the it could be a rush job, which seems likely. Last episode Ray, Ani, and Paul escaped for the crazy party mansion amidst gun fire, ostensibly having broken the case wide open with a missing person now found and documents linking all of the political leaders in scandal.
Check out this weeks recap, of course beware of spoilers as there are some big ones.

Check out my previous recaps or keep reading to dive into this episode. Spoilers beware.

It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

This episode is the best of the season. Since episode four, each new episode just gets better. I wish the tenacity of the last half had been shared with the first.

Fresh off their daring escape, Ani comes on to Ray, which seems a bit silly considering what's happened, but apparently it's foreshadowing.

Paul has a fan

Someone wants to blackmail Paul. It seems a bit late in the season, but as it turns out it's convenient for the plot.

If the club thing falls through, Frank's wife thinks he'd make a killer Applebees manager.

 Frank's back up plan might be working at Applebees. Hey, he knows how to manage a club.

Frank - Show yourself out. I need a chance to process the ins and outs of all this.

Vince Vaughn's Frank and Colin Farrell's Ray have another sit down. Though it could be their last, it's revealed Frank's second in command Blake wasn't just working behind Frank's back, he screwed him over.
As it turns out, Ben Casper's girl Tosha was killed in the party cabin for trying to blackmail Casper. That's one looming mystery resolved.

This episode is chock full of death, destruction, and mayhem.

Blake was the one who killed Stan. Turns out Frank had Stan following Blake, though why did Stan's death not raise Frank's suspicions previously? Blake is also the one who gave up the guy Velcoro killed. Blake just wanted Frank to notice him. Blake claims no one knows who killed Casper. Frank sees no more potential in Blake and pre-emptively punishes him. I doubt Frank liked Blake comparing himself to the king. There's only one Frank Semyon, everyone knows that.

Game over man, game over.

The show is wide open now that Davis the district attorney is dead. She may have been the only one who knew Velcoro was part of a special investigative team (in the show, in real life there is more of a paper trail), which means Ray, Paul, and Ani are on their own.

Frank is planning a vacation.

Franks going to Venezuela. He's got a plan brewing, though we don't know what. As he said, his train is coming in.

Casper's death ties back to the '92 robbery. The rogue cops, Casper, and Chessani have a connection.
Though the detectives still haven't figured out the orphaned kids are Chessani's. Instead they try to link Casper's secretary to the orphaned girl to no avail.

Frank's turning up the heat, literally.

The Russians are pushing Frank out. They bought up Casper's shares, and they bought Frank's clubs and want him to manage. Little do they know what Frank will do next. Frank's going to burn it all down.

Paul's gone and done it now. You never hold a superior at gun point.

The Vinci police chief has a few questions for Paul, like where are the stolen party documents. Dixon took the pics of Paul. Another question answered.

Paul is beginning to realize just how deep this conspiracy is, unfortunately he won't get to share this information with the team. Ani has an A.P.B. out on her for killing the security guard at the party. Ray isn't even in the police, and his contact DA Davis is dead. Paul is out of the picture.

Goodbye Paul, we hardly knew you.

I did not see that coming for Paul. How would the cop guy know what exit Paul would take? Why didn't Paul exit the way he came in since he killed everyone? I wonder if Paul was in the show just to die, he was less developed than Ray or Ani.

In the next and final episode, Chessani should feature prominently. The detectives have to figure out who Chessani's kids are. I've known since the picture was introduced. Will we found out who killed Casper? I'm guessing so, but with this kind of show and with the top political leaders involved, I doubt the culprits will see jail time. Or we'll get a coverup. I predict few happy endings. We better get some answers on the crow head.

And highway!

Highways, always highways.