LOW WINTER SUN: “Cake on the Way” S1E5 (review)

By Kate McKendry

After Joe Gedde’s (Lennie James) connection of Billy’s death to Brendan McCann’s death during the final scenes of episode 4, Joe and Frank Agnew (Mark Strong) work to come up with a story of how Brendan was murdered.  Joe pays a visit to the drug dealer-turned-reverend that Dani Khalil (Athena Karkanis) had previously interviewed in order to learn more about Billy.


Joe tells him he can help get his brother out of jail for information – the reverend explains how Billy was the middleman in delivering drugs and receiving payments. At the same time, Dani and Frank question internal affairs officer Simon Boyd (David Costabile) about Anton Bobek (the informant found dead in Brendan’s trunk.

Frank asks why Brendan wasn’t trailed if it was known that he was potentially dealing drugs with Billy – Boyd gives them a cryptic answer as to why that knowledge wouldn’t be useful to investigation.

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