Bobby storming into the Yale Club was so ham-handed that it almost ruined a particularly good episode.

Cigar snobs are worse than any pretentious wine snob alive. They love aged tobacco more than their own children.

"But your souls are in danger!"
"Our LIVES are in danger, ya Beatnik!!"

It's a "Clue" reference. Look it up.

Ha!

Dude, I'm sure someone eventually came to get him. Or he got hungry and just kinda wandered off on his own.

It's even worse in real life. Trust me.

As much as I once adored Ellroy, his act has worn thin. Whether he's trolling us with his unapologetic crypto-fascist perona or not, he seems to harbor that rare breed of disdain for the contemporary world that can only arise from a toxic combination of native intelligence, anger and solipsism.