Here comes the porn.
Somewhere in the middle of this episode, James Franco No.
1 says one of those lines that make me loveThe Deuce.
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Anyway, on to the show.
The Streets
Unlike the first episode, the porn industry really comes into play this week.
Increasingly, the women are being paid more and more to be filmed during their time with their johns.
Some of them even want to sell them as tapes a.k.a.
Most the pimps and their girls don’t mind, because they charge a little extra for video.
Shouldn’t the girls get royalties?
She takes it all in: the cameras, the lighting, the set design, other things.
She even starts asking questions.
you could see things moving in her head:Shecould do this…right?
stabs an “undercover cop” who “arrests” Lori.
Someone’s got to protect these girls…right?
(Fans of the Simon-verse will also know him asThe Wire’s Frank Sobotka).
Frank is telling him about why he chose working at Mr. Kim’s over the corner bar in Brooklyn.
Husband of the year!
When Bobby does show up to the bar, Vinnie stumbles upon a new money-making opportunity.
Rudy doesn’t like the idea he loves it.
It doesn’t end at their new check-cashing business.
Rudy ends up giving Vinnie a wholenewassignment in the form of a declining gay bar.
Rudy wants to “give” it to Vinnie (again, for a cut).
It’s like water in a puddle right now, not moving at all, says Tommy.
“Stagnant,” Rudy clarifies.
“We just need to get the water moving.”
How’s all that going to happen?
Could these two events be happening…hand in hand?
Abby
Abby drops out of school, because she’s too smart and cool for yourestablishment education, man.
Find out next week on episode 3 The Deuce’s thrice!
