by Conan Simmons – October 26, 2020 – 5:23 am
Loy Cannon (Chris Rock) forces double dealing Odis Weff (Jack Huston) to work for him and bring his son back from the Fadda household. Odis gets sidetracked when Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman) needs him to find his brother, Gaetano (Salvatore Esposito) who is missing after an ambush Cannon set up using Zelmare and Swanee (Karen Aldridge and Kelsey Asbille).
Josto, who could barely contain his satisfaction at Gaetano’s misfortune, is really only looking for any excuse for all out war with Cannon in order to maintain control of the city. Hoping for the worst in regards to Gaetano, Josto orders Rabbi Milligan (Ben Whishaw) back into service as a gunman.
Knowing this means serious trouble, Rabbi sets out to save his charge, Satchel Cannon (Rodney Jones), from the hitman Josto sent. He arrives at the defunct prisoner of war camp, Camp Elegance, on the Kansas side of the city just as the hitman aims his gun at Satchel.
As the gang war plays out, Nurse Oraetta Mayflower (Jessie Buckley) is informed of an anonymous letter revealing some disturbing allegations that puts her job at the hospital in jeopardy. She contemplates the matter and apparently settles on a plan.
Ben Whishaw has his finest moment in the series as he quietly figures out what is going on around him, quickly acting on impulse to keep things under control. His character Rabbi acts in sympathy of Satchel, knowing the situation he is in and what ultimately will come of it.
Jason Schwartzman and Chris Rock continue to carry the series as gang bosses with two very different styles. Where Rock’s coolly in control Cannon refuses to stoop to murdering his opponents son, Schwartzman’s more comical Fadda doesn’t have a second thought about ordering the hit.
Jack Huston keeps up the consistency of his obsessive compulsive character giving a real sense of a loose cannon that may turn allegiance at any time. Jessie Buckley is as menacing as ever. And in one brief moment we are left to wonder just how much U.S. marshal Dick “Deafy” Wickware (Timothy Olyphant) knows about the criminal activity we see him observing in Kansas City.
‘Camp Elegance’ is a very good episode that really ups the stakes. The only problem was at times the cinematography got a little murky during some interior scenes. Mostly in Odis’s apartment and in the rooms where Gaetano is being held. It made the rooms feel more on the foggy side as opposed to being dimly lit.