He brought a Cape Fear kind of chaos, a wild card that could drive the plot in any direction.

Enough that I Googled his bio while watching it - he's only 72.

I disagree. It was Kevin's sobriety that sold the act. Previously he responded to stress by zoning out, and not giving a crap. A drunk/high Kevin who had nothing to live for would not have cared to killed Marco, while a desperate sober one, who now has so much to live for - now has so much to kill for too.

If Gilbert plans to use the Rayburns, Ozzy will be in his way and is unreliable. He's crab bait in Season Three.

Until they kill him too. Maybe Sally poisons him.

John Rayburn is a good guy, who wants to do good but yields his ethics to protect his family, first the Rayburn family reputation from Danny's drug trafficking and then to physically protect his wife and children from Danny's threats. In this he is like Michael Corleone. Nolan comes in looking and sounding like…