Considering she said she was absolutely not going to testify to anything, not a whole lot of help backing up their case. She didn't even want to go with her sister, but realized she would be in danger otherwise so was forced to go.
I doubt it, they've gone too far trying to portray a real bond between Frank and Ray. Frank seemed genuinely pissed that Blake fed him a false name for who raped Velcoro's wife.
Because public land records would only have the company names, not the individuals behind the companies. Those contracts show who actually owns them, which evidences the corruption.
They've certainly portrayed a solid amount of respect between Frank and Ray. Until Ray found out he'd been played. Even before then it seemed that Frank cared about Ray's well-being and Ray resented Frank for being the one who sent his life into a shit spiral, even if he was lying to himself about who's fault it was.
Didn't he book the tickets in someone elses name to begin with? I assumed he was then going to change the name on the tickets to his and his wifes at the last minute to try and mess up any paper trail if someone were to ever come looking for them. But then again I was pretty high when I watched the episode.
Yeah they can do anything with the tickets is the point. They could go all crazy and have the tickets be for two other people entirely or it was just used to show that he is getting all his ducks in a row before leaving the country.
Some of his dialogue has been over the top without someone like WH begging him to shut the fuck up, but VV has definitely nailed some key scenes (talking to Stan's kid, facing off with Velcoro in his kitchen, bucket list mexican stand off [ok not a key scene but I raffed]). He's much more convincing now than he was in the first half of the season.
She's the only potential witness at a time when they were still thinking to pursue the case legally (which is a fucking joke in itself, because why start now), and a drug addled hooker who says she's not going to testify because she loved her job since everything is fucking anyways.... and they're just like, shrug, okay, you're excused. I guess the safest place is you leaving, going back with the sister you hate who you've already ditched once and promising not to contact the really bad guys who want us all dead, who if you don't contact first with a really good story are probably going to find you and kill your whole family anyhow. I mean, hookers are dumb, but the only reason that scene went down like that is because they wanted to get the hooker out of the way so they could film the most boring, least anticipated love scene in the history of television.
It's certainly possible that I have forgotten it but I don't recall him saying or doing anything to indicate he wanted the state involved. The state came in on it's own and he was trying to get that investigation wrapped up as quickly and neatly as possible.
Those contracts legally show nothing. They were illegally seized and wouldn't be admissible anyway. That haven't been filed or certified. That I don't think the parties involved should care about anyhow, because they'd be public record eventually, and that's why they're all trying to do these things legally and on the up and up and letting a dirty criminal do the dirty work, like poison the land. It's not unheard of for a lot of rich people to know each other and buy in on the same/similar huge business deals. And if there is ever an investigation they just point out the criminal with no credibility is linked to the company that poison the lands and they had no clue, and by then have already benefited and the deal is done anyhow.
My money would be it's the orphans, whether that location has significance or not.
