When a Whore’s a Whore and a Pimp’s a Whore Too

Episode Commentary: The Middle East is Complicated

With another sexy client in Samara [Mozhan Marno], an interesting situation involving hummus and Tanya finding a way to relax, this episode is the most action-packed of the season.

From the start, Ray is forced to deal with drama, caused mainly by the always sexy and devious Lenore. However, rather than tackle the situation head on, he keeps hush to Tanya, the one person who deserves to know the situation more than anyone else. Luckily, Tanya has her own things she needs to keep quiet about and Ray ends up getting a new lawnmower for his troubles.

This is all bound to blow up sooner than later, but for right now, seeing Lenore looking to cause trouble and Tanya going totally outside her box is without a doubt worth the price of admission. Without giving too much away, you might even be shocked at seeing what Tanya gets herself into.

With all of this going on, it’s nice [well, not literally] to see Jessica dealing with a nasty rash due to stress. What will happen between her and her husband Ronnie? Another situation worth watching is the one between Mike and Francine. Having no idea that he’s a whore, it’s going to be more than intriguing to see what happens when he finds out this isn’t the special relationship he was waiting for.

More developments include Yael and Howard’s marriage hitting the fan, with Ray ironically playing both sides. Sexy, but tough, Yael is pissed and Howard has no one to turn to, forcing him to share a beer with his hated neighbor, Ray. Where this situation ends up could get steamy as well. If that wasn’t already enough, especially for a half-hour show, there’s a small scene between Liz, which not only gives her character more depth, but shows that Ray is starting to learn how to become better at his job.

The question remains however if he can be as good as he needs to be to rebuild his life.

Nevertheless, watching him try to put the pieces back together this week was a treat.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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