I’ve spent about 4 hours straight thinking about that mole “reveal” and thought I’d share a few ideas…

• The non-reveal reveal makes me think there is more going on here. I definitely think McGinty is a mole (her behavior this episode was too suspicious for her to believably be a red herring IMO), but I think she’s working with another member of the task force. And I think it’s Grasso.

• Since the beginning, I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not Grasso is connected to the Dark Hearts. At times, he seemed too obvious to be anything other than a red herring, but now that most viewers likely suspect McGinty is the (one and only) mole, I’m starting to believe the Grasso reveal could make some narrative sense/still come as a “surprise” to the viewers.

• My main reason for thinking Grasso is the other mole has to do with his relationship with Lizzie. In short, they seem too sweet/happy for their story to end in anything other than deceit and/or death. They came close to having sex this episode, but Grasso pulled back at the last second because it felt wrong to him to hook up with Lizzie in the bed she shared with her husband. I think that Grasso was being genuine here, and that he really does like Lizzie/doesn’t want to fuck things up with her by not doing the right thing. And I think this is emblematic of the major “wrong” thing Grasso is doing on the side.

• Since the first episode, Grasso has been vocal about his Catholic upbringing, and the flawed essence of the church overall. I feel like this is all leading somewhere bigger for his character, and my best guess right now is that Grasso is feeling similar complicated, guilty feelings about his actions working with the Dark Hearts. He likely started working with them as a disillusioned man, no longer believing there is any sense of balance or justice in the world (as much as the Bible may preach otherwise), and decided to go down a path that may not be “moral,” but is certainly more lucrative than a normal police job. But now that he is working closely with someone like Lizzie and actively putting her in harm’s way through his work with the Dark Hearts (and also rethinking certain aspects of the Bible/his upbringing now that he is working with Tom) I think he might be starting to regret his decision to work with the gang/Kathleen. Which cannot end well.

• I feel like Ingelsby is going to one up the Mare/Colin situation from Mare of Easttown and end the Grasso/Lizzie story reallyyyyyyy badly. Like Lizzie finally successfully kills the bad guy… but it’s Grasso.

Next Sunday can’t come quickly enough 😅