There was so much that could have gone wrong at any point due to the numerous moving parts. But first, let’s go over the high-stakes sequence as the Codys stole money from Wyatt. I’ll get to Pete in a bit because I have to talk about what Andrew did to him. It was due to said weakness that Pete decided to lie to Joshua about flushing the drugs the Codys stole from the cartel. Seeing the Cody men so scattered after Smurf’s death had sent signals throughout the Oceanside criminal world that the Cody family had grown weak. They worked as a pack even if they had certain disagreements. Smurf had a reign of terror in Oceanside because she kept her family tight. Instead of working as a group, Deran and Joshua got involved in a race to become the leader while Andrew went off on a personal journey and Craig tried to handle domestic life with Renn and their son Nick. After Smurf’s death, the Cody men weren’t on the same page. While I understand that certain fans didn’t like the slow pace of some of the episodes this season, I think the slower moments were necessary to develop certain characters. Also, something from their past is ready to cause a lot of trouble next season. Young Julia being tired of her mother in ‘Launch’ (Screengrab: Animal Kingdom season 5 episode 13) Episode 13 of Animal Kingdom season 5, ‘Launch’, offered an intense finale as the Cody men tried to do a complicated and dangerous job.

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