Does that make you feel smarter?
Does it make the show smarter?
Prostitution Isnt FunThe dominant recurring theme of the night was the numbing drudgery that is street prostitution.
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Candy is consistently getting nickled and dimed by customers.
One guy tries to attain her services for a measly 10 bucks.
She watches another guy get stabbed in the street, and no one does anything about it.
Darlene is getting lectured by her pimp for watchingA Tale of Two Citieswith a client.
And the illusion that things will get better seems to be fading for everyone.
Hes not entirely convinced, but hes receptive to the idea.
Frankie, meanwhile, is breaking open jukeboxes and cigarette machines and draining them of coins.
This upsets the Irish mobsters, who apparently had a quarters-sharing agreement with Rudy and his Italian gang.
All the while, Abby is out there, doing Abby stuff.
One is so dreary, it makesMad Mens McCann offices look like a Silicon Valley tech campus.
The other is a generic telemarketing job.
Both are so bad that she hits rock bottom: working for Vinnie.
Hey, itll be good for your memoirs!
he says with his irresistible crooked smirk.
Finally, he suffers a heart attack and ends up in the hospital.
Midtown Is ChangingOur friendly neighborhood mob guys Rudy and Tommy have a meeting with their lawyer.
Theyre looking to lock up some real estate investments in Manhattans lower 40s, near the Lincoln Tunnel a.k.a.
Despite the Daredevils best efforts, they succeed.
But why do they want to enter this neighborhood at all?
Well, Mayor Lindsay is running for president.
And its in the mayors interests to clean up New Yorks most famous neighborhood, Times Square.
If Times Square looks good, the mayor looks good.
What does that have to do with the mob guys?
Well, the easiest way to make the connection is through the cops.
The directive comes from the bosses at the top, he says.
Alston slowly starts to sniff out the ruse.
But what about the pimps?
And the illegal street economy?
What will happen to all that?
Thats the big question that this episode begins and ends on.
Perhaps week 4 will show us.
