Poser_Voyeur
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Looking at it in those terms, I personally would be in between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2. A Scenario 1.5 or maybe 1.75 if you will!!So, to resume what we know:
How do you tie together these facts in a storyline?
- Liam has a gambling addiction
- Don approaches and flirts with Sophia at the roulette (because he was struck by her beauty, class etc)
- Liam tells Sophia he lost at poker and they are in huge debt
- Don calls Sophia to set up the meeting (unknown how he got the number)
Scenario 1 - The simpler one
Everything is what it appears to be and logically to expect: Liam did lost at poker, Don just got lucky that the beautiful woman happened to be the wife of his debtor. Mafia has its own way to get the phone numbers of the people
Scenario 2 - A bit of twist but still likely
Don spots Sophia, he is struck and he "sets up" Liam with the poker game so he can have a leverage to pursue his plan with Sophia and Larry.
Scenario 3 - Liam is more involved in the deal than we know
Same as 2, but Don and Liam already had a discussion about the debt after the game and Liam kind of agrees to the deal (at different levels, according to your taste, he could simply agree to the visit, up to offering her as a partial collateral or worse (unlikely...)
After all, Liam was kind of quick at accepting the visiting behind the glass and at encouraging Sophia to do so (nexer ). And guess who gave Don the number...
Scenario 4 - Dark and evil path
Liam was already in debt because of other nights spent at the casino, made a deal with Don involving Sophia as collateral, the casino night nothing happened poker-wise and it served only for Don to agree to the deal after checking out Sophia.
I proposed (maybe other did previously, I didn't check) this as a pure wild speculation but I'm the first to say that's unlikely and as gingersweetgirl pointed out not really in the spirit of the game.
Not to mention that it also creates a problem with the whole storyline as Sophia can also leave the casino with Liam (hzjujk ), what happens to the debts in that case? It could be solved with just a business agreement without getting Sophia involved, but... nah!
I still don't know whether the difference between Debt and Debts is a typo or even a translation error. I could envisage that there were some (probably smaller) pre-existing debts but I don't think that is essential. I certainly don't think there was any pre-planning of Liam to offer Sophia in any way beforehand.
Again Sophia's mini winning streak may have been set up by Don Morello but it does nt have to be - it could quite easily be a coincidence. I think it might be L&P attempt to show the difference in personality between Liam and Sophia. Sophia was nt greedy and knew the right moment to stop gambling. Liam with his thirst for money and his addictive personality just had to push it too far rather than quitting whilst he was ahead.
So whilst I don't think it was pre-arranged, I can certainly see that once Don Morello had met Sophia and realised that Liam was her husband, at the very least he took advantage of that situation. even if just to allow Liam to continue betting when he had run out of chips.
I agree with those that have said previously that Sophia's visit to Larry can't result in the debt being wiped. There is certainly more to come even if it is not an "Indecent Proposal". Am curious as to how it will be resolved.
PS: I am not a casino aficionado but every casino I have ever been in has had a bar!!