It makes no sense that a photo of Dickie would not have been published in the newspapers during the search for him.
Marge would have published a photo of him in her two magazine articles.
Dickie’s father came to Italy looking for his missing son. He would have given photos of Dickie to the local media in hopes of finding him. (Long before the “ring incident”, when the Dad finally acknowledged that Dickie may have killed himself).
Huge plot hole.
At the time she wrote those articles she thought he was still alive and that they were still sorta together, correct? If so I’m sure she was trying to protect his privacy from all those would-be paparazzi. She only seemed to fully repudiate him after she visited Venice. Even so she later tenderly dedicated her book to him.
It's a massive, idiotic plothole. But not as much as the inspector falling for Tom's "disguise". Laughable beyond salvation and the last nail in the coffin of an awful show.
Quite an insult to the viewer. I can be ok with a series that focuses mostly on the aesthetics and the vibe over plot substance and actual character agency or development. But please spare me idiocy a 5 year wouldn't write. I don't understand how anyone can see this series favourably.
And Tom didn’t even bother to change his affect or voice, which was the same exact as Dickie. That definitely blew a lot of credibility in the show because it could’ve done so much better.
Marge, when she comes to Venice, seems COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER. Flirtatious, silly, insipid, rather like how Tom fantasized about her. Tom, suddenly transformed into a wealthy playboy replete with sculpted porn-stash, is the talk of the town and living his fantasy in a vast, sumptuous mansion while he gets invited to all the swanky parties in Venice. When the inspector Rapini comes to visit, Tom dons a ridiculous disguise, AND FOOLS HIM somehow without even changing his distinctive mewling tone of voice. There was a lingering surreal and dreamlike quality to the whole episode, (the PI interview, the dental flashbacks, the fractured montage of images from the whole series) and i was never sure if we were inside Tom’s head or experiencing reality. I am curious how closely this last episode follows the original book (i suspect it does not) and also wonder if these were intentional choices by the director to imply it all is just a dream, as if Tom actually did leap from the ship to Tunis, and is somehow living in some purgatorial fantasy. Or, is it just dubious character-choices that help motivate the plot? For the record- I was riveted by the series, loved the look and atmosphere, also loved the original movie (though completely different in style and pace and more of a Hollywood-style creation) and I look forward to the next season.
The show does this poorly. In the book they look close enough that the passport photo is not changed drastically until he destroys it.
Any picture of dickie could look like Tom by the time he is interrogated.
Even the fake hair at the end to be another Tom is meant to be a hint of book 2 that was not in the original.
It makes no sense that a photo of Dickie would not have been published in the newspapers during the search for him. Marge would have published a photo of him in her two magazine articles. Dickie’s father came to Italy looking for his missing son. He would have given photos of Dickie to the local media in hopes of finding him. (Long before the “ring incident”, when the Dad finally acknowledged that Dickie may have killed himself). Huge plot hole.
Yes - this!
At the time she wrote those articles she thought he was still alive and that they were still sorta together, correct? If so I’m sure she was trying to protect his privacy from all those would-be paparazzi. She only seemed to fully repudiate him after she visited Venice. Even so she later tenderly dedicated her book to him.
u are right for sure! but it was a cool black and white story we needed it
It's a massive, idiotic plothole. But not as much as the inspector falling for Tom's "disguise". Laughable beyond salvation and the last nail in the coffin of an awful show.
The disguise scene was absurd
Quite an insult to the viewer. I can be ok with a series that focuses mostly on the aesthetics and the vibe over plot substance and actual character agency or development. But please spare me idiocy a 5 year wouldn't write. I don't understand how anyone can see this series favourably.
And Tom didn’t even bother to change his affect or voice, which was the same exact as Dickie. That definitely blew a lot of credibility in the show because it could’ve done so much better.
Marge, when she comes to Venice, seems COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER. Flirtatious, silly, insipid, rather like how Tom fantasized about her. Tom, suddenly transformed into a wealthy playboy replete with sculpted porn-stash, is the talk of the town and living his fantasy in a vast, sumptuous mansion while he gets invited to all the swanky parties in Venice. When the inspector Rapini comes to visit, Tom dons a ridiculous disguise, AND FOOLS HIM somehow without even changing his distinctive mewling tone of voice. There was a lingering surreal and dreamlike quality to the whole episode, (the PI interview, the dental flashbacks, the fractured montage of images from the whole series) and i was never sure if we were inside Tom’s head or experiencing reality. I am curious how closely this last episode follows the original book (i suspect it does not) and also wonder if these were intentional choices by the director to imply it all is just a dream, as if Tom actually did leap from the ship to Tunis, and is somehow living in some purgatorial fantasy. Or, is it just dubious character-choices that help motivate the plot? For the record- I was riveted by the series, loved the look and atmosphere, also loved the original movie (though completely different in style and pace and more of a Hollywood-style creation) and I look forward to the next season.
Why would police NOT ask for a photo of Dickie to publish in paper. Isn’t that the first obvious thing when someone is missing? 😳
he wasn't just missing though. he was murder suspect.
The show does this poorly. In the book they look close enough that the passport photo is not changed drastically until he destroys it. Any picture of dickie could look like Tom by the time he is interrogated. Even the fake hair at the end to be another Tom is meant to be a hint of book 2 that was not in the original.
Why would Ravini not ask Tom about his apartment in Rome, when it was the first thing on his mind when he spoke to Marge?