His Banana Majesty

Episode aired Dec 11, 2013
TV-14TV-14
43min

7.7/10

S1.E4

The LAPD finally gets Bugsy Siegel behind bars, but what initially appears as a shining moment for the department soon takes a turn for the worse. Having heard that Siegel has been arrested,... Read allThe LAPD finally gets Bugsy Siegel behind bars, but what initially appears as a shining moment for the department soon takes a turn for the worse. Having heard that Siegel has been arrested, mobster Jack Dragna takes the opportunity to make his move. Meanwhile, Jasmine is shaken ... Read allThe LAPD finally gets Bugsy Siegel behind bars, but what initially appears as a shining moment for the department soon takes a turn for the worse. Having heard that Siegel has been arrested, mobster Jack Dragna takes the opportunity to make his move. Meanwhile, Jasmine is shaken after receiving a frightening threat at her apartment. And Joe receives an unexpected visi... Read all

7.7/10

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Director
- Guy Ferland
Writers
- Frank Darabont
- John Buntin(book "L.A. Noir")
- David J. Schow
Stars

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Director
- Guy Ferland
Writers
- Frank Darabont
- John Buntin(book "L.A. Noir")
- David J. Schow
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The LAPD finally gets Bugsy Siegel behind bars, but what initially appears as a shining moment for the department soon takes a turn for the worse. Having heard that Siegel has been arrested, mobster Jack Dragna takes the opportunity to make his move. Meanwhile, Jasmine is shaken after receiving a frightening threat at her apartment. And Joe receives an unexpected visit from Sid. —Anonymous

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Trivia
In addition to John Buntin's book, "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City" as the primary source, writer David J. Schow cited additional material from "Red Ink, White Lies: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles Newspapers, 1920-1962" by Rob Leicester Wagner and "Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.'s Notorious Mobster" by Tere Tereba.

Goofs
They show the hit men shooting revolvers with silencers. Because of the space between the cylinder and the barrel a silencer will not work on a revolver and must be used on a solid barrel, such as that on a rifle or semi-automatic pistol.

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Really weird

I feel like Darabont only kept this in because it was famous from the book. But I'm not sure. Maybe he liked it. Maybe it wasn't famous from the book. But regardless there was a lot I didn't love from the episode.

Guy Ferland was directing, and he's very all over the place for me. He directs some great episodes of TV, and is able to direct some great shows in general. But he also has a lot of bad/bland episodes.

This is a disappointing episode. But the next one should be better.

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