In this season of Animal Kingdom, Smurf is blamed when a perilous robbery backfires, which shocks the entire family. In the meantime Baz is struggling to be a single parent, and Deran is thinking ahead for the future.
Even with all of the lies and cheating and occasional murder, there's still something serene about watching Craig count money while having a beer on the beach with his brothers.
When your characters are all addicts with disordered personalities, you have a fundamental narrative problem-and I think that's what I ran up against with Animal Kingdom. Sociopaths and narcissists do not change. Like, ever. They can't.
