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Tin Star Season 1 Episode 5 Recap

As the 5th episode gets underway, Nick (Ryan Kennedy) and Denise (Sarah Podemski) respond to the truck robbery. They search the scene, before Whitey (Oliver Coopersmith) fires and hits Denise. It appears that Denise is hit in the shoulder. In the morning, Jim (Tim Roth) ignores his radio and stares at his home. He drives away. Moments later, Angela (Genevieve O’Reilly) practices her shooting. Anna (Abigail Lawrie) joins her. Whitey argues with Frank (Ian Puleston-Davies), because Frank stopped Whitey from killing the cop. Godswill (Tobi Bamtefa) intervenes. Louis Gagnon (Christopher Heyerdahl) arrives at the scene and gets into a brief argument with Nick).

tim roth tin starJim drives around in circles, before hitting the pub. Eventually, Nick arrives and tries to talk some sense into him. He fails. Frank helps Randy (Lynda Boyd). He becomes flirtatious and once thing leads to another. Eventually, he licks her armpits and pounds her. Elizabeth (Christina Hendricks) visits Angela at home. Elizabeth tries to strike a peace deal with Angela. She tells Angela how to protect Jim’s pension and healthcare benefits. Angela is handed a contract for Jim to sign. Anna rips it up and insists her father will not sign it. Jim gets confronted by some bikers. He pulls out his gun and points it at the man’s nuts. Moments later, everything returns to normal.

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Angela teaches Anna how to shoot. Later, Louis visits Frank. He makes it clear that North Stream tracks all of their employees. Whitey comes up with another plan. Before it is put into action, he and Godswill chat about their relationship. They agree that they’re like brothers. Godswill ends up at the pub. He tells Jim that he is an interventionist. Godswill takes him for a ride moments later. Whitey follows. Jim attacks Godswill and speeds the car down the road. Whitey loses them. Jim slams the car into a power pole and sends Godswill through the windshield. He checks out his ID and gets out. He tries to talk Godswill into telling him who killed his son. Whitey searches for the couple during this time.

angela shooting tin star s01e05Eventually, Whitey spots them. He watches from a distance as Godswill takes the blame for the murder. Jim kills the man and burns his body in the vehicle. Whitey becomes distraught. Frank speaks with his new friend about his relationship with Whitey. He also learns that the bar is out of money. That night, Jim speaks with Anna on the phone. Then, Angela shoots and kills a snake. Jim rushes in. Angela notices the blood on him and washes it off with an insufficient amount of water. Then, they make love. Frank returns home and finds Whitey torn up. Frank comforts him. In the morning, Whitey approaches Jim’s house. The episode ends.

 

Tin Star Review

The recap above is short and sweet, because nothing happened this episode. Just when I thought things couldn’t possibly get any dumber, they did. The character development in Tin Star is horrendous. One minute, Jim is a terrible drunk loser. The next, he is a brilliant bad arse. The Whitey character flips and flops as well. Is he a psychotic mastermind or a pathetic idiot? In this episode, he fell into the latter category.

He had plenty of time to stroll through the woods and kill Jim. Unfortunately, he didn’t and this horrific show continues onward. The armpit licking was idiotic as well. The series is hoping the last minute or two will be able to keep viewers locked in. Don’t bother. At this point, Tin Star has very few redeemable features. It isn’t worth your time or energy.

This episode scores a low 4 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Tin Star now, if you’re a glutton for punishment.

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  1. Michael P Goldenberg says:

    Clueless douche reviewer.

      • Michael Paul Goldenberg says:

        Happy to oblige. Show deserves better than you. So many ‘Net reviewers seem to think it would kill them to not make a bunch of snide comments. The cast alone would make this worth seeing. And things start to come together in e06. Others seem to get that and to have suspected it was coming. Didn’t waste time seeing if you did.

    • Arthur Conrad says:

      Speaking as someone who just tried watching this garbage, the reviewer is being far too kind to it.

      Thank god for fast forward.

  2. ReelMockery says:

    Have watched Episode 6. Doesn’t get any better sadly. Big fan of Genevieve too. Care to elaborate what makes you feel the need to defend the show so much?

    Big Tim Roth fan? Enjoyed Rillington Place, but he just seems off here to me. Let me know why you like the show. Wish I did, but can’t force myself to do so. Thanks again for the comments.

  3. Linda says:

    I agree with the reviewer. This show is horrendous. Interested why Michael is so defensive. By the way why must people be rude when disagreeing. Just state your case and move on without the name calling.

  4. naamme says:

    “Jim gets confronted by some bikers. He pulls out his gun and points it at the man’s nuts. Moments later, everything returns to normal.”

    You’re so bad at describing this show!
    This episode where “nothings happens” is pure descent into madness. It’s getting darker and darker and you describe it as something casual.
    You don’t even mention the first appearance of “Jack Devlin”, which is crucial to understand what’s behind Jim’s past. Seriously…

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