McMafia recap – series one, episode three

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McMafia recap – series one, episode three
Ten weeks have passed in McMafia world, and Vadim is struggling with law enforcement, Dimitri’s slowly recovering and Alex is

‘Without you, I have no idea who I am’ – Alex Godman
Ten weeks have passed in McMafia world. We begin somewhere outside Prague, where Karel Benes, who forcefully took over the operation from his defenestrated ex-boss, looks on as his friends in the police arrest two of Vadim’s operatives on suspicion of smuggling. “Business is good,” says officer Hancil, presumably a pal of Benes’ from his police days, as he’s handed a bag of Euros. “Maybe I should leave the force too.”

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The disruption of his Prague operations has not evaded Vadim’s attention. He can’t figure out why the death of one of his business rivals should result in his losing trucks all of a sudden. Dissatisfied with the official explanation, he resolves to visit Prague to seek answers himself.

Dimitri, meanwhile, is undergoing physical therapy as he continues to recover from his fall. The consultant is anxious that Dimitri take up counselling, so that they can get to the bottom of why he attempted suicide. Alex is quick to smother this idea at birth. He has his family to counsel him. Nothing to see here.

Back at Alex’s, Rebecca glides in, prompting him to shut down his computer like a man caught streaming porn. If it were only that. She recounts to him a meeting with an Antonio Mendez at a function: a friend of his from Harvard, interested in investing in his fund. Alex, as becomes clear when he takes a call from him later at his office, has no idea who Antonio Mendez is. However, his first instinct is to go along with this stranger’s lie, sniffing something clandestine afoot. Mendez invites Alex to his villa in France to meet personally to discuss business. No need for Mr Kleiman to know about his and Alex’s meeting, Mendez says.

Antonio Mendez hosts Alex and Rebecca, but is he to be trusted?