Ray Donovan 4×07: The Cochran Defense

You know, apart from Belikov dying, I don’t know if we needed last week’s episode at all. Sure, it was nice seeing Ray actually connect to a (typically doomed) human for once, but ‘Norman Saves The World’ is so plot-driven, propulsive and, dare I say, progressive, it not only stands alone as a good episode of television, but it casts last week’s adventure as nothing but wheel-spinning.  Which is a good thing! Ray Donovan is hopelessly bland without the humor and urgency we know it’s capable of. This week, we’re back on track.