At first glance, a viewer might mistake the sick bodies for theirs.
What is Versace without you?
It is you, he replies.
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How was Antonio supposed to protect him from ear cancer?).
Antonio asks for basic respect but Donatella balks.
He gave her brother neither children nor safety.
Versace pleads for all three of them to be a family, but things seem prickly at best.
He is gone, Antonio.
There is no need for us to pretend anymore.
The mortician begins his work of making Versace look as near to his living photograph as possible.
Donatella arrives to see his body, bringing a suit for him.
She tenderly tightens his tie in the coffin and fixes his cufflinks.
He looks perfect, almost living, and then he is cremated.
Hes sociopathically smooth, and its a credit to Darren Criss that the oil leaks from his words.
The FBI agents condescendingly rebuff Detective Lori Weiders (Dascha Polanco) questions.
The FBI only has 10 fliers of Cunanan, and theyre not paying attention to the Miami gay scene.
The fliers arent a priority for us, the agent says.
Weider photocopies a few herself.
Even as a wanted man, Cunanan lives with complete freedom.
Ronnies appeal is clear: Cunanan loves an audience.
The man begins to struggle.
Cunanan turns up the music and flirts with a pair of scissors.
Accept it, he repeats.
Accept it, chanting it like a mantra, or the chorus of a song.
Its not obvious what hes going to do.
He stabs the man in the face allowing him to breathe.
The man, alive but still looking very shaken, answers the door for room service in a robe.
Cunanan gleefully eats and tells pretty lies about his mother packing his lunch when he was growing up.
The man locks the door after Cunanan and puts back on his wedding ring.
He calls 911 but hangs up.
Cunanans greatest ally is the shame men feel about their gay dalliances.
He doesnt want girls who look too skinny.
He prefers girls who look like they enjoy eating, sex, life.
What do these models enjoy?
Front covers, Donatella answers.
Versace designs the beautiful, beautiful clothing he has a vision.
And he executes that vision at the show, ending with a Versace bride in a silver mini-dress.
Even Donatella gives him a thumbs up from backstage.
His relationship with Antonio is evolving as well.
I want to marry you.
you’re able to say it in the morning, but can you say it in the evening?
Versace answers, and swims back to the other end of the pool.
Andrew, Ronnie finally asks.
What did you do?
Nothing, Cunanan says.
Ive done nothing my whole life.
Cunanan pawns a gold coin (stolen, I assume, from the man he duct-taped).
The pawn shop woman, who knows enough to be suspicious, asks where he got it.
Its a remarkable story, Cunanan says, with his usual grease.
We dont even get to hear it, because we dont need to.
Everything is an easy lie.
He is the talented Mr. Ripley without the talent at impressions.
Versace appears on the balcony.
Baby, I can only handle one Donatella, one is enough!
he calls out, trying to get the woman to leave.
Big kiss for you.
Cunanan sprints home, thinking this is his shot.
We were friends, that was real, right?
Ronnie asks when he sees Cunanan leaving.
He knows this is the end.
When someone asks if we were friends, Cunanan says, youll say no.
And Cunanan gets a sandwich, where the clerk recognizes him from Americas Most Wanted and calls the police.
If only the police had staked out the clubs this is one of the sites the detective mentioned specifically.
Cunanan doesnt know Versace is gone yet, and so he frantically scans every face.
When someone asks who he is, he rattles off every identity.
Im a serial killer.
Im a stockbroker, shareholder, set builder, importer.
And then the most important identity: Im the person least likely to be forgotten.
He wants to be remembered, linked to Versace in death if not in life.
Which makes you wonder whom exactly this television show is serving.
