OK, Spencer gets the cold shoulder from his lady friend about missing his MRI. He is simply scared of the possible results. We see a bit of rage come out on the beach as Spencer is hit in the head by a kid tossing a football with him. I doubt that is from past head trauma. Who wouldn’t be pissed at getting tagged in the dome while not looking?
The tabloid news folks have gotten hold of the dirt on Ricky and Alonzo’s mom. It was a matter of time. Can’t hide a damn thing in today’s connected world. Ricky thinks he can smooth this over with his GM, Larry Seifert. Larry tells him he best get to cleaning this mess up before it gets even worse.
Once again Reggie is being a pain in the ass. He tries to make Spencer look guilty since he is acquainted with the lady selling the photos of Vernon. What the hell would Spencer have to gain from jacking up his own client? Reggie is just plain stupid and I’m still hoping he gets whacked before the season finale.
We see more of Spencer talking over his rescheduled brain scan. The show is making a serious point about NFL head injuries. It will be interesting to see how far they go with it toward the end of this season and the eventual series finale.
The highlight of this week’s show was the cameo by one Jay Glazer. I’m a huge fan of this MMA training, ESPN beating, bald headed dynamo. Guy gets great info before the evil four letter network all the time and seems like a regular guy who just grinds like crazy at his job. Spencer offers Ricky up for an exclusive interview. Glazer isn’t interested at first until Spencer says he can have full access and control over the interview. No filters! Sounds disastrous for a guy like Ricky.
The interview went well and he revealed the reasoning behind his love for the #18. His dad played in The League, wearing #81, a fact that even Glazer didn’t know about. Ricky’s dad wanted nothing to do with his kid, even when he attained success in football. That made Ricky want to be the opposite of his old man, thus reversing his dad’s number.
Ricky was real with Glazer and that should go a long ways toward repairing his image. It was a nice story and one that fits a lot of pro athletes who had no dad around. It explains a lot about how these athletes live their lives as adults after having no positive father figure around. Ricky isn’t exactly living in direct opposition to his dad. The womanizing lines up with a guy that would bounce on his kids eventually, but the heart of the interview was sound. Ricky’s girlfriend Bella wasn’t as pleased with it as she never got an apology for his fling with Ms. Cooley. She finally had enough and headed out the door…..what she should have done a long time ago.
I came away from this episode liking Ricky Jerret a tiny bit more than I did prior. Maybe the show runners can make him into a hero of sorts while Spencer’s story continues. Time will tell, but they have to make it happen fast before the show runs out of time. Season two is already scheduled, but HBO doesn’t have to put up with poor performing shows. They are not known for low quality stuff and can replace this show in a hurry after next year if need be. I don’t want to see the Rock fail in this TV show so maybe it keeps getting better over the next four weeks.