One Angry Jake

First off, very clever, Team Doyle, very clever, the making of Jake as Juror Number 8 - a sweet little nod to Twelve Angry Jurors. So nicely played. On that note, have you noticed how the writing has gotten so much deeper/nuanced this season? I guess that's what happens when you've been around for a few seasons start running out of obvious plotlines. But I say, it's to the benefit of us all.

Once again, some seriously brilliant moments from Des. He's so ridiculous and loveable and larger than life and this episode was no exception. Here, to recap, are some of my favourites.

DES (after Jake calls him from the courthouse where he is sequestered as a juror on a murder trial): You're speaking to me in code. I have dreamed of this day.

DES (after Jake rips tape off his face): Ow! Oh my god! Ow! That seriously hurt...actually, that's probably really good for exfoliation. Can you do it again?
Related to the above moment, when Des is STILL taped to the pillar in the PI offices and Jake, Malachy and Rose are having a conversation about the case around him, and how Des is flailing his arms around, trying to get free. But the absolute best is how he grabs the phone and flops it toward Jake like a beached marine mammal.

Des attempting to disguise his voice while he and Rose are questioning Randall and his voice keeps cracking and breaking and doing all manner of weird, which spurs this dialogue.
RANDALL: What the hell is wrong with his voice?
ROSE: I'd say it's puberty, but I don't think he's reached it yet.

Oh, and seriously super cute moment when Tinny is being all depressed on the couch wearing those amazing plaid pants that would not be out of place in Monarch of the Glen or even on Lachlan of our beloved Hamish, and she asks Des to hug her. His comfort takes the form of this:
DES: There, there. *world's most awkward pat*

Now, I think we're all wondering, what on earth is Kathleen into? It's something seriously large, since she's been all secretive and jumpy since she walked into our world. Or rather, Jake's world. And the whole thing with hiding the envelope of...whatever under a couch cushion. Seriously Kathleen? It's a house where PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS live. They INVESTIGATE for a living. Do you really think they won't find it? Also, I'm sure someone in the troupe housecleans from time to time and that can sometimes involve lifting couch cushions. At least, it does if you're my mum. Also, the walking around the house with a knife, talking about buying a one way plane ticket, and asking Malachy if she can leave Tinny behind 'because she'll be safer' all does not suggest someone perfectly at ease and NOT into something large. There's a whisper from Rose that she thinks there's more to the middle Doyle child than meets the eye and Jake's practically screaming it. Only Malachy seems blinkered – to all his children, though he's starting to see Jake's intrinsically good side a little clearer. I think Kathleen and whatever she's into is leading us to the season finale, just the way Christian did.
Also, Kathleen, breaking up with Walter in the terrible, just-not-talking-to-him-anymore kind of way is a terrible thing to do. Shame, shame on you Kathleen Doyle! Walter may be a dicknose but he's sweet in his own shameless, excessive drinking, easily corruptible, stripper loving way.

And now, for the best part of the episode:

JAKE: Well, they're not exact likenesses.