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Before we go diving into the newst season four episode of TNT's Animal Kingdom, "Into the Black" – where do things stand ? We know that Smurf has cancer, and Pope knows; Frankie is trying to manipulate the Cody boys into being her new crew (which will not happen); Adrian is in serious hot water[...]

Oh, he does want that pretty damn bad, and it looks like he's poised to take the keys to Smurf's kingdom really soon. TNT In an oddly sweet scene, Smurf and Frankie have a nice heart to heart Frankie surmises the next morning that Smurf is lonely and needs her boys now more than ever. Angela can still[...]

In this week's episode, we meet the titular Angela (Emily Deschanel)… but we'll get to that later. We pick up right where we left off last episode: J (Finn Cole) is divvying up everyone's cut from the heist, Craig (Ben Robson) gives Pope the third degree about exactly what's going on inside his head, and Smurf[...]

Speaking of shirtless Craig… the morning of their big heist, familiar lady friend Frankie (Dichen Lachman) walks into his house (Baz's old house) with a new job – and a warning that working for Smurf is going to end badly. And with that, our boys are back to hitting banks! J (aided by his annoying secret[...]

A new criminal crew is also introduced with a surprising connection to the Codys. Meanwhile, the rest of last season left off with Smurf (Ellen Barkin) back in the free world, Pope (Shawn Hatosy) increasingly unhinged, Deran (Jake Weary) focused on his bar, and Craig (Ben Robson) is still pulling jobs with Frankie (Dichen Lachman)[...]

That'll be especially awkward with Pope (Shawn Hatosy) off the rails now that he doesn't have Lena (Aamya Deva Keroles) to ground him and last we saw he was moving in with Smurf. As far as Deran (Jake Weary), we don't really see much of him in this – maybe he's flying straight (metaphorically speaking) these[...]