17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.
Released: 2016-06-14
Genre Crime, Drama
Casts: Finn Cole, Ellen Barkin, Shawn Hatosy, Scott Speedman, Ben Robson, Jake Weary
Duration: 55m
Country: United States of America
Production: N/A
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Exit Strategy
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On Animal Kingdom Season 4 Episode 10, Smurf orders the boys to plan a dangerous job, as J tries to ally himself with Pope but learns he's in way over his head.
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Show:Animal KingdomSeason: Animal Kingdom Season 4Episode Number:10As Animal Kingdom’s Smurf drew ever closer to the end of the line Tuesday, she decided to throw one last killer party… that she wouldn’t realize until it was just about to begin was going to cast her as the killer. Whose death warrant was signed by the conclusion of “Exit Stragedy”? Read on and find out…
‘IF YOU DON’T WANT THIS, TELL ME’ | The episode started in the 1970s, where Janine’s morning sickness was revealed to the gang only moments after they’d hit a bank. Manny later suggested to Colin that a pretty, tough girl like Janine would be fine if they ditched her. So, you know, “just say the word.” But that was the last thing that Colin seemed to want. Off his talk with their ringleader, he reassured Smurf that he wasn’t his father any more than she was her mother. Meaning? “It means we can do this however we want.” In the present, Smurf laid out her job prospect for the boys, leaving out the part about Jed being Pope’s uncle and altogether ignoring questions about her condition. Afterwards, J privately asked Pope what would happen after Smurf was gone. When his mother had died, he’d called 911, then he’d called Smurf, he told his uncle. “I got no one left to call.”
Certainly, Olivia wasn’t an option. She’d had her father’s P.I. do a little digging and now knew all about J and the den of thieves in which he resided. But she wouldn’t go to the cops, she told him, if he logged into her school account and did her homework so that she could maintain her 3.0 GPA (and continue collecting the $10k/month that went with it). Instead of being blackmailed by this amateur, J reported her to the professor. When, predictably, she hit the roof, he scared her into silence by all but hissing, “People like you make me sick, with your trust funds and your gated communities… You’re too rich and too dumb to know when you’re in over your head.” It was mean, sure, but it beat the hell outta the Mia treatment! “Forget you ever knew me,” he said. And unless Olivia was even stupider than J thought, it appeared that she would.
Over coffee, Candice told Craig that she planned to adopt the baby. His and Renn’s lifestyles weren’t really conducive to childrearing, after all. But Craig had already gotten attached to the tot, whom Renn now wanted to name Reef (which was at least better than Crest). So he reminded Candice that the first time Renn got high, it was with coke from her mom’s purse… and that she’d once slept on the beach for a week after her stepfather had tried to get into the shower with her… In the end, Candice fixed him with a “This ain’t over” look and stalked off. When Renn thanked him for getting rid of her, he promised to make sure everything was right at the house when she came home with Reef… sorry, Nick. (By the hour’s end, Renn had decided to name the boy after her uncle.) And Craig really did appear to be ready to make some changes. When Deran scoffed at the idea of him as a dad — he could imagine the kid crawling around, licking up an 8-ball off his brother’s floor — Craig decided to lay off the drugs.
Nearby, Smurf seemed to be setting the stage for family drama post-mortem by telling J, “You’re much smarter than your uncles, aren’t ya, baby? You’re gonna need to be when the time comes.” Pretty sure he already knew that one, Janine. She then approached Deran. “Let’s go smoke that joint behind your ear,” she said. But their conversation was going to leave him the opposite of high. First, she asked how long he’d known Adrian was talking to the feds, then she told him — yikes — “Handle it, or I’ll have to turn it over to Pope.” I repeat: Yikes! After sealing Adrian’s fate, Smurf strolled back to the party and gave him a Judas kiss so casually that I was once again convinced that she was gonna live. Even hell wouldn’t take a viper as vicious as Smurf! So, what did you think of “Exit Strategy”? Anyone else predict a custody battle between Craig/Renn and her mom? Do you think Deran would — could — kill Adrian? Hit the comments.