The Black Donnellys: Run Like Hell

ha - i guess you meant "forgetable."

i disagree - i'm lovin' this show!!!
i am also wondering why the mom hates kim. of course, i wish someone would tell that girl to run and run away fast from this family. she's getting herself in a world of trouble.

i can't wait to see what happens between whitey and jimmy. i think they're going to have whitey die, but honestly i hope it's jimmy. that dude is causing more trouble than he's worth. and tommy always trying to save his worthless butt isn't helping.

tommy's only chance with jenny is to play the hero for her. and that's her downfall with him. she loves him, but she could be strong enough to stay away from him if she didn't need him so badly.

as far as eddie and maryanne go, to hell with them both. yes, she's sweet, but he's a loser, and she's a pathetic enabler.

and yes, i'm looking forward to sean getting more into the story as a participant, not just part of the story line....

The hack writers on this show stole the idea of passing out business cards at a Gamberls HElp meeting from the movie with PAcino and MCcognhey :"Two for the Money"

But hey this whole series is unoriginal, unbeleivable and completly unforgetable.

I think last night show was kinda ho-hum. It was definitely not as exciting as past episodes.

I did think Tommy looked a little scary just sitting on that stoop, waiting...

I feel sorry for Jenny because of her father. It was obvious to me from the last episode that he was developing some sort of illness.

I thought the addition of the character "Whitey" was interesting. Not so much him but his name. I wonder if the writer's named him that in homage to the infamous Irish mobster of the same name who disappeared in the late 80's or early 90's.

If his character based off of him than Jimmy doesn't have a chance when it comes to that bloody battle. On the other hand, I hear that the real Donnelly's were nothing to play around with either.

Last night's show was ho-hum, definately not as exciting as past episodes. I did think Tommy looked a little scary just sitting out there on that stoop. I feel sorry for Jenny because of her father. It was obvious to me from last week's episode that he probably was developing some sort of illness.

One thing I found interesting about last night show was the new character "Whitey". Not so much him but his name. I wonder if the writers of this show gave him that name in homage to the infamous Irish gangster of the same name that disappeared in the late 80's or early 90's. If TBD's Whitey is anything like him Jimmy would never have a chance in a fight with him which would mean that he would be the one that ended up dead at the end of that bloody battle. Then again I hear the real Donnely's were nothing to play around with either.

How is this show doing in ratings? I'm guessing not so good considering I never hear anythnig about it.

Though the acting is goood,and the story is interesting,there are things about this show that drive me nuts. Never mind that Jenny's father probably has Altzheimer's ,how do they make any money anyway when there never seems to be any customers? The same with the Donnelley's bar? The only people that ever seem to be drinking there are Kevin and Jimmy.

What is is with this show? Hire some extras for God's sake so it looks realistic!

Calling Jenny's dad an idiot is incredbly ignorant and cruel. They've made it clear that he is in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's or senile dementia. I'm sure Jenny will convince him to go to the doctor and he'll be diagnosed before too long. He's doing the best he can, but he's lost a clear view of the reality around him.

As for Mrs. Donnelley hating Kim, she plainly asked Kim if she winked or waved at the guys who jumped them, gave them some sexy signal that caused them to get jumped. No one has told her that it was the Italians who mugged Sean and she for sure doesn't know that Kevin and Tommy killed Sal and Huey! She saw blood on Kevin's sleeve at the hospital, but didn't ever ask who's it was. She just covered it up, having lived in this world long enough to know that that was the only thing to do.

I'm totally loving this show, with the exception of Jimmy. He is doing his best to ruin his family and Tommy has dropped everything good in his life just to clean up after Jimmy. Deciding to take over Louie's bets is the dumbest idea ever. It will just show the Italians that the Donnelleys did knock off Louie Downtown!! If Jimmy has all his bookie info, that'll prove it enough for them. They better find some way to make the audience sympathetic to Jimmy or I doubt I'll be the only one who's slightly disollusioned. The fact that he got run over as a child made me sympathetic for about a half hour once I saw what kind of a person he really is.

Talk about a family that is dysfunctional. I believe I am hooked because I can't figure if they are all so dumb or it makes me feel better about my family situation. I find myself hoping Jimmy will die each week because the rest of the family would benefit. So what does that say for me?

I must admit I also hoping that Sean develops more as a character, so far he been kind of 'Blah',but then again he whole hook was as a ladies man, and now with the scars from the beating he is a little more hesitant to return to his normal life.

And I'm little upset with the Donnelly mom, does she really think that her 'good son' Tommy would just kill Huey and Sal over a beating Sean got cause of a girl. She's really in denial, she has to know that something bigger was happening. I mean if the Sean beating was just about a girl, wouldn't Tommy have just gone to Huey and had the Italians 'handled'. She has to know there's more to it then that, and why is she willing to ignore Jimmy's drug problem, ignoring Kevin's gambling thing i can understand for the most part it's under control, but Jimmy is so out of control. I spent most of the hour yelling at the TV to stop trying to control Sean , and focus some of that energy on Jimmy.

As for Eddie, i don't feel bad for him at all, he's was just sitting on money, and if Louie Downtown was alive he too would have beaten him up. It's one thing if you don't have the money to pay the bookie, but it's just another to try to duck cause you don't want to. He had it coming , even though Yes, it is trying to takeover Louie's business is the DUMBEST thing Jimmy has done thus far, and he's been pretty dumb sine the first show.

And i feel bad for Jenny, her father is not going to just admit that that he's been forgetting things, she in for a battle to get his illness confirmed and get him on some kind of treatment.

The mom blames Kim for Sean getting jumped. She told her that when Kim was trying to visit Sean at their apartment. Kim called the whole family crazy and that is probably why she is not answering Sean's calls.

And I think the Dad does have Alzheimer's. He also put the hamburger patties in the stove instead of the freezer.