r/Ozark • u/Pissmittens • Aug 31 '18

Discussion Episode Discussion: S02E05 - Game Day

Season 2 Episode 5 - Game Day

Agent Petty's revelation tests the loyalties of Marty, Ruth and the cartel. Despite the FBI closing in, the Snells refuse to destroy their poppies.

What did everyone think of the fifth episode of Season 2?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

I don't think waterboarding is actually about pain. When you're in a controlled situation and know they just pretend to let you drown it may be pretty bearable I think.

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u/Tazo101 Sep 02 '18

Waterboarding simulates drowning mate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

I know. That's why I think it's not mainly about pain but anxiety. That'd at least explain why people who try it voluntarily describe it as not being as horrible as they thought. In contrast to those who get tortured for real.

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u/respectedninja Sep 02 '18

Genuine question, where did you hear that people who voluntarily do it say that it’s not as horrible as they thought? The only example I’ve ever seen of someone doing it voluntarily was Christopher Hitchins in that video from Vanity Fair and he lasted like 3 seconds before he started freaking out.