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It was a great episode and I disagree on Tig's acting.
If you expect him to react the way most people would react in a situation like that, then I agree that the actor's performance wasn't that good.
But if you look at the way Tig behaved around his daughter in the previous season and then add Tig's experience about dealing with criminals, murder, retaliation etc the whole scene and performance kinda makes sense.
He knows Pope lost his daughter. He knows Pope wants to hurt him. Pope just told him that killing him would be too easy. He knows a man like Pope is ruthless.... At a certain level he must have known or suspected what was coming. He's in chains so he can't do anything. What options does he have left? The only option he has at that moment is to try and show Pope he doesn't care about his daughter. If he doesn't care about his own daughter, Pope won't be able to hurt him by killing his daughter. But he can't. He knows Pope knows he cares. He knows that his pleas to kill him instead won't mater. He tries anyway because he has to try. And at the same time he also realizes that by pleading for her life, he's actually condemning her. By pleading for her life, he confirms that Pope can indeed hurt him by hurting his daughter.
What you're seeing is a man who's powerless and knows it. A man who's ruthless himself, a man people usually fear... but all of that doesn't impress his adversary and he knows it. A man who knows his own reckless action lead to this event.
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