Vinyl Season 1 Episode 9 Recap

Vinyl (2016-)

Created by:  Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, Rich Cohen, Martin Scorsese
Starring:   Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, James Jagger

Vinyl Episode 9 - Filler for the season finale.

HBO's '70s music scene series still hasn't lived up to its potential. The second episode, more than the first is reluctant to start the story proper. The latest episode gave us unnecessary flashbacks in an attempt to build backstory, when the show needs to progress the plot. The first and second episodes should have been combined into one hour long episode. Check out my Vinyl season 1 recaps.

Plot: 
Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) is a New York record executive in 1973, endeavoring to sign the biggest and best talent.

Review: Episode 9 Rock and Roll Queen
The last episode ended with Richie arrested. Now he's being interrogated, his lawyer present. The DA wants to make Richie an informant, though the cops aren't happy about that. This is going to play into the big finale. It's a shame I don't care. He won't got to jail, the only thing that will happen is it will be used as a source of tension. Tension for his life and the job.

It's going to jail or getting killed for being a rat. Richie's off the dope and paranoid about the surveillance of the conversations in his office.

Andrea wants to bring Hannibal back to make up for the firing an episode back. She goes off the rails when she learns Jamie is screwing Kit and that Richie's secretary is pregnant with Hannibal's baby.
 

The hotel where Richie lost ninety grand calls Zak. The reservation was under his name. he's going to find out what Richie did. I guess another payoff for the season finale. No, somehow Zak has extra sensory perception and sees Richie's theft and roulette game through Richie's point of view. Zak proceeds to punch Richie a few times, well deserved I might add.
 

Jamie is kicked out of her aunt's apartment, staying with Kit, and trying to get Kit to The Nasty Bits photo shoot. Tensions are running high among the band members. It feels they are poised to be a break out hit and put Richie's company back on the map. Will this show last long enough to depict their rise to fame? Are they going to have an Aerosmith-like journey?
Lester isn't happy to see Maury Gold in the office. It's part of Galasso's loan terms. Galasso is the reason Lester lost his career.

Devon's doing her thing, living the barely making it artist lifestyle. Her new boyfriend thinks the undeveloped photos of musicians in her attic could provide temporary funding.
Richie pays her a visit and finds her boyfriend chasing a bat instead. Richie and Devon aren't going to work out. He tells her he's clean, and as she asserts it's only been for a couple of days. 
To continue his steak of coming clean, Richie confesses to Deven he killed Buck. He then takes the DA's deal.