TV Watched -- The Sinner S04 E02

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here are my brief stream of consciousness bullet points on episode two (SPOILERS), where the Lam family is fleshed out a little:

  • CJ Lam, actor is 39 years old but is playing 20 year old? Doesn’t quite fly

  • How many Hong Kong Chinese are working as lobstermen in Maine? I would guess exactly ZERO…

  • This whole Chinese angle to the show may be more check box ticking to be more “inclusive” even though it makes no sense

  • The Lams do speak Cantonese, but also perfect unaccented English

  • CJ is sniffing white powder, cocaine I suppose?

  • Bill goes back to visit tiny skinhead zombie, “Diez,” who is local drug dealer

  • Jewish hippie chick was screwing CJ Lam, but she’s always high and asks him to hurt her which he thinks is ewwww gross

  • Bill runs into naked old witch at backyard barbecue, so it was another old lady, not grandma Muldoon

  • CJ pumping iron (10 lb barbells) in his attic, getting ready for next fight with Muldoon boys

  • Fails though as Muldoon boys rough him up (not the face, just some artful scratches) and break an arm

  • Weird Boomer stuff as Bill and Sonya discuss suicide and Sonya goes and stands on cliff ledge, unfortunately Bill doesn’t push her off

  • Shirtless CJ in bed with hippie chick, but she got him hooked on white powder so that’s not good

You used me! (and then stopped, alas)