Black Rabbit Episode 1

The Quiz Grandpa

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00:00if you loved ozark and have been waiting for another crime drama that mixes family issues

00:12with dangerous deals black rabbit is the perfect next obsession the new netflix limited series

00:17brings together jason bateman and jude law as two estranged brothers vince and jake whose reunion

00:23doesn't feel like a warm family moment but instead lights the fuse for a chaotic storm

00:28episode one wastes no time pulling us into robberies lies gambling debts and family secrets

00:34and it's the kind of opening that makes you hit next episode without thinking the first episode

00:40sets up everything the tension the family baggage the crime world both brothers can't seem to escape

00:46and the dangerous consequences that are about to unfold it's part crime thriller part family drama

00:53and part character study of two brothers who love each other but also can't stop ruining each other's

00:59lives let's dive deep into how episode one plays out and why this chaotic reunion between jake and

01:05vince sets the stage for the messiest season of television this year the episode opens on jake

01:10freaking played by jude law starting his day like any other he washes his face in the bathroom mirror

01:16and then heads out to his pride and joy his busy new york city restaurant the black rabbit it's a big

01:23night because he's hosting an event with a toast and there's pressure to keep everything perfect

01:28but while he's trying to stay focused danger is already creeping up on him outside two armed robbers

01:35approach the back door of the restaurant planning to strike while jake is distracted inside jake is

01:42preparing for the toast completely unaware that his safe is about to become the target what the robbers

01:48don't know is that the safe doesn't hold what they're after still they force their way in capture

01:54the chef and storm the party demanding jewelry and cash chaos breaks out instantly shots are fired into

02:01the air guests panic and the tension climbs as jake tries to keep the situation under control his close

02:08friend wes played by up a durse bravely steps forward to talk the gunman down but instead of

02:14calming things the robbers raise their guns straight to jake's face it's a terrifying moment and right

02:20before things explode further the scene cuts away pulling us back to one month earlier this shift is

02:26where we start to see how everything is connected one month earlier a waitress named anna played by

02:32abby lee is shown leaving in rough shape she's already a problem for jake at work but her exit

02:38is nothing compared to the chaos vince is bringing from across the country jason bateman's vince makes

02:45his entrance in reno nevada and unlike his brother he's not managing restaurants he's in the middle of a

02:51shady coin deal at a coin show vince meets two men in a car to make a sale but the deal turns sour the men try

02:59to rob him at gunpoint when they step out of the car vince reacts the only way he knows violently

03:05he throws his car into reverse running one man over while the other fires shots at his windshield

03:10instead of backing off vince runs over the older man again and chases the second man on foot but the

03:16guy escapes with his car wrecked vince casually steals the dead man's keys and drives off in his car

03:23it's cold brutal and shows just how far gone vince is while jake is trying to keep his restaurant afloat

03:29and impress critics vince is out in reno leaving bodies behind this contrast between the brothers

03:36is clear right from the start one is building something stable and the other is destroying

03:41everything around him back in new york jake is busy with dad duties he picks at his son hunter for school

03:48tries to make things work with his ex val and deals with the financial stress of tuition and child

03:54support on top of that he's got his restaurant to manage which is no small task to make matters worse

04:00his unreliable waitress anna has been skipping shifts and he's forced to fire her but even with

04:07all this stress jake is still ambitious he dreams of buying a new restaurant the pool room and expanding

04:13his reach in the city he wants success badly enough to risk it all even if the timing couldn't

04:19be worse and then vince calls he's in trouble after reno and needs jake to buy him a ticket home

04:26to new york the brothers haven't spoken in seven months not since their mother passed away and jake

04:32isn't thrilled at the idea he knows vince brings problems wherever he goes but against his better judgment

04:38he agrees that decision is what sets off everything we see in the robbery at the start when jake picks

04:45vince up from the airport there's no happy reunion vince spins a half truth about what he's been doing

04:51in reno conveniently leaving out the part about killing a man jake listens but doesn't believe much

04:57of what vince says there's a lot of unfinished business between them and instead of addressing it

05:03vince immediately asks jake for money he even admits he's not planning to visit his daughter jen

05:09which tells you everything about his priorities the money situation gets worse when jake brings

05:15vince to their mom's house they were expecting to get some cash out of selling it but jake reveals he

05:22can't find their dad's coin collection vince knows exactly where it is back in reno but he stays quiet

05:28on top of that jake has discovered leon notices for vince's gambling debts which haven't been paid

05:34for three years this adds another layer of tension because now jake knows vince's troubles aren't just

05:41bad luck they're the result of reckless decisions that could drag the whole family down while jake tries

05:47to keep moving forward vince dives back into old habits he reconnects with an old friend hoping his debt

05:54troubles are behind him but that's far from true junior and babbitt two men who want their 140 000

06:01track vince through the city and corner him in a park the scene is brutal they steal his watch slice

06:06his finger and give him a two-week deadline to pay up vince in typical fashion promises to cover it with

06:13money from their mom's house even though that's not really his to promise preparing for the most important

06:20night at his restaurant the night a big critic is coming everything has to be perfect but of course

06:27vince shows up at the black rabbit right in the middle of it instead of causing a scene vince actually

06:33offers to help out surprisingly things go smoothly and for a brief moment it feels like the brothers

06:39might actually work together jake even offers vince a job filling in for anna who he just fired but

06:46before vince can give an answer the story jumps forward again to that opening robbery the episode

06:52closes with the chaos we saw in the beginning shots ring out wes gets hit and then another gun goes off

06:59a body falls to the ground but the episode ends before revealing who it is the suspense leaves us

07:05hanging and it's clear that this reunion between vince and jakey is not just messy it's dead episode one

07:12of black rabbit does an incredible job of pulling us into this dangerous world it doesn't just set up

07:18the crime and the debts it sets up the relationship between the brothers as the heart of the story

07:23jake is desperate to succeed to give his son stability and to move on from the pain of his mother's

07:29death vince on the other hand is stuck in a cycle of self-destruction always one step away from dragging

07:37everyone else down with him together they're a volatile mix and their reunion feels less like a

07:42fresh start and more like a ticking time bomb the first hour ends with questions that will drive the

07:48season forward who dies in the robbery how much trouble will vince's debts bring to new york will

07:54jake's dream of expanding his restaurant survive his brother's chaos and can the brothers ever work

08:00together without tearing each other apart what makes this episode so gripping is that it balances crime

08:06thriller tension with deep family drama the robbery keeps you on edge but the quieter moments between

08:12jake and vince show just how complicated their relationship is they're bonded by blood and shared

08:18history but also scarred by betrayal lies and bad decisions that mix of love and hate is what makes

08:25black rabbit more than just another crime story it's a family tragedy in the making by the time the credits roll

08:31you're left knowing that things are only going to get darker from here vince has enemies chasing him

08:38jake has everything to lose and the robbery is only the beginning of the bloodshed episode one sets the

08:44bar high and if the rest of the season follows through black rabbit could easily be netflix's next big hit after

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