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Narratively, Thats All Folks!
After all, the opening credits end with Ransom Order: Pending and Getty Offer: Pending.
Its hard to make an exciting episode about pending.
While that plan is put in motion, the elder John Paul is going about his lavish life.
Hes walking with Penelope, his No.
1 wife, but also the one who seems to have the most life of her own.
She mentions shes tired and he instantly says, Of me?
Hes like a child who needs to be told hes loved.
And then he unleashes the hounds, Monty Burnsstyle, on the poor gardener.
Gettys harem of women finds it entertaining; Bullimore and Penelope do not.
Back in Italy, Primo goes to a lawyers office and hires a man to be the negotiator.
He suggests that he bypass the family and go directly to Gail.
Shes the boys mother, so surely shell be responsive.
Primo gives the new middle man a photo of a scared Paul and a dead Berto.
When he first calls Gail, she basically ignores him, even after he says, We have Paul.
Shes been getting a lot of these calls, and shell need proof.
So the negotiator calls the newspaper to drop the ransom demand.
The receptionist at the other end barely cares, yelling at him to Keep his hair on!
Is that a real Italian insult?
Everyone is chilling and waiting, both in the Italian mountains and at the Getty estate.
John Paul still doesnt believe that his grandson has been kidnapped.
He crumples up the telegram and drops it in his eggs.
The bond starts to form as they give a shot to catch fish with their hands in a river.
Paul talks about his love for Italy, and one of the men actually grabs a fish.
Paul lunges the gun and smashes it, but doesnt take the chance to point it at his captors.
Hes still a peaceful young man and believes this will all work out in the end.
Hes told that Primo is asking for $17 million, which he knows his grandfather wont pay.
Dickinson is very good in this scene, conveying melancholy and fear without getting melodramatic.
The tone continues later that night when Paul tells his captors a story using hand puppets.
Does Paul consider himself to be Jojo the Dog?
Gail Getty gets the call that convinces her that Paul is really kidnapped.
It takes her to a movie theater thats playing Dario Argentos underratedThe Cat o Nine Tails.
(If youre unfamiliar with Argento, seek out his work ASAP.
Hes one of the best filmmakers of all time.)
Before she can get into the movie, the negotiator hands her the ransom demand.
She doesnt have $1,700, much less $17 million.
He gives her the scary photo of dead Berto.
Will this convince people?
Gail tries to get Pauls girlfriend Martine on her side.
She balks at first, but eventually goes to the police.
A creepy officer basically tells her to go back to Berlin or she could die.
John Paul finally sees the photo while hes watching a film of protests holding up one of his projects.
Fletcher Chase believes it to be real.
Whatever it is, its not a hoax anymore, he tells John Paul.
Its time to open negotiations.
Good: This show needs more Chase.
Bad: John Pauls counter offer is $600 plus expenses.
Chase takes the counter all the way to Italy and hands it to Primos man in person.
A defeated and furious Primo makes it back to the mountains, looking for blood.
He takes it out on the translator who has grown closer to Paul.
It will likely scare both of them.
And then he tells the man to dig a grave.
Will they really kill Paul?
Primo has already proven hes insane enough to kill.
Instead, he tells him, We need to get out of here.
Meanwhile, $600 is just over $3,000.
Was Penelope Kitson really the top woman in John Paul Gettys harem?
