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Held hostage by strangers and with no memory of how he got there, Billy has to make a harrowing escape from Mexico.

As Billy runs from the cartel, there is a shot-for-shot recreation from the chase scene in 'North by Northwest' in which Cary Grant flees from the crop duster. There are about four edits in a row that are right from the movie, tying it back to when Billy was watching the movie on his laptop in the first episode of the second season.

The scene where Billy McBride is held hostage at the house in Mexico was loosely inspired by events in Billy Bob Thornton's life.

The idea that Danny Loomis would throw his ear at Miguel started as a joke between the writers and producers, but it ended up playing well as his last defiant act before dying on his own terms.

The entirety of episode 7 is meant to feel like a bad drug trip - a surreal story that becomes a unique journey in the scope of the season and is resolved in a way that unlocks the plot.

Executive Producer / Director Lawrence Trilling's uncle plays the detective that finds Loomis' burner phone. He's actually an accountant but has dreamed of acting on the side. Lawrence found the perfect role for him in that scene. He was originally just an extra, but the writers ended up giving him a line.

The driver that brought Billy back to the United States is the actual camera truck driver on the show, Derek Wade. When they were casting for the scene, one of the assistant directors suggested him for the role. He had never acted before but did a great job in the short scene.

Nina Arianda improvised a lot of dialogue in the scene where Billy is brought back to the U.S. Her improv set some subtle comedic undertones for the scene.

Co-Executive Producer / Writer Steve Turner saw a news broadcast about a woman who had seen a 'little green man' on her family farm and turned it into a business by holding a yearly festival. They mixed the idea with the popularity of aliens around areas like Roswell, New Mexico, to come up with the festival in the show.

A lot of department heads on Goliath are fantasy fans who were very excited about all the creative aspects of making the green man festival seem authentic. Between the production design, prop-making and special effects makeup, it truly became an explosion of their imagination.

The scene where Danny Loomis jumps to his death was shot on a sound stage, but the producers reverse-engineered the glass ceiling at the LA Athletic club, recreated it on a set, and dropped the ear through the glass ceiling and into the real pool.

The green man festival was filmed in Santa Clarita, California, at the Diamond V Ranch, since it has similar topography to Mexico.

There are Easter eggs in the art direction around the house in which Billy is held hostage. There are subtle alien stickers on the refrigerator and by the front door that hint at what's to come.

The creation of the green man festival involved 250 extras. One-hundred of them had prosthetic makeup on; some had complete masks and costume with full detail. Fourteen special effects makeup artists were brought on set that day, starting at 4am to prep all the makeup for the shoot.

The drone operator, Mike Fortin, made a cameo during the green man festival. He was disguised in full alien attire while flying the drone during the scene.

Cuban actor Steven Bauer is known for his prominent roles in 'Scarface' (1983), 'Primal Fear' (1996), 'Traffic' (2000) and 'Kingpin' (2003).

Steven Bauer who played Willie in Episode 7 played Don Eladio in Breaking Bad.

User reviews


  • comment
    • Author: Otrytrerl
    Incredibly boring, I can't believe this is the second to last episode of a great season. It's like the writers took off after episode six.
  • comment
    • Author: Gio
    I thought the part set in the house was pure Tarantino.
  • comment
    • Author: Malaunitly
    I should probably quit watching this show now. This episode was a complete waste of time.
  • comment
    • Author: Winotterin
    I loved series 1. This is the first time I've been prompted to comment on series 2 although it is unnecessarily dark. Ie. it adds NOTHING to the plot.

    This episode, however is drivel.

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    The directors/producers should be ashamed at having let this through. As for the writers - look at their credits and you might wonder why they';re not writing parking tickets.

    Give this one a miss, move on to Episode 8
  • comment
    • Author: Faugami
    This is about Billy's long journey home after being set up by Marisol. He finds himself in a house in a surreal situation. The people there are beyond belief, but they are holding him for some reason. Apparently, when he heard about Julio's death, he went to pieces. His drinking does get tiresome at times. Anyway, through a series of the most bizarre efforts, he and a Chinese American woman risk their lives. Back in the states that maniac with the knife-blade hand is wreaking havoc. Marisol has gone completely dark. Tom tries to get away from his pursuers. This is nonstop action. It's also some of the most bizarre stuff I've ever seen on film.
  • comment
    • Author: Bad Sunny
    Season 1 was great. Don't know what happened to Season 2. It was weird, kinky and half the time didn't make much sense.
  • comment
    • Author: Ichalote
    This episode is prime noir for me. While this show has very little of the quirkiness I've come to associate with David E. Kelley Production, it still has great dialogue, I also associate with his productions. To 'come to' in a place with no idea how you got there and being held against your will, is the deep end of the noir pool.

    It was a joy to watch the character push against boundaries like he was elbowing under the rim to get position for an opportunity to get a redound. At least after the initial shock of being dropped into the middle of a scene in which there were no familiar characters, I wondered if I was watching the right show. So I was feeling Billy's disorientation when he finally did appear.

    And we see just how callous Marisol is as a human. It is a brittle episode, tense, uncomfortable, and unrelenting.
  • comment
    • Author: Walianirv
    The majority of this penultimate episode introduces an entirely new set of characters who are forced to cohabit within the claustrophobic confines of a small house. Recovering from a drinking binge, Billy has no memory of what brought him to the home. Is he in a safe house? Or is he in a holding tank until his captors decide to murder him?

    Billy is captive to a ridiculous group of losers. It is difficult to believe that they are somehow part of the efficient La Mano organization. Assisted by an Asian woman who is also being held captive, Billy improvises a devious escape plan.

    Another one of the key players, Danny Loomis, is finally taken out by the man with the prosthetic hand. Danny loses an ear, then leaps to his death from a tall building. Patty will eventually follow a paper trail to the grey-haired man at the club, who is also in real estate: Pete "The Broker" Oakland.

    Brittany is having a positive effect on the unscrupulous Tom Wyatt, who has sent her a mysterious package. Patty has stolen from Jeff (with whom she is now sleeping) a cell phone belonging to Keith Roman. Marva is phoning all of the numbers.

    A frantic Denise is finally becoming disillusioned with her heroine, Marisol Silva after she took Billy to Mexico for a weekend, then "lost" him! Elena has done some effective sleuth work in discovering that Marisol is a fraud. Elena spoke with the nun who was repulsed by Marisol/Claudia. For her pains, Elena is fired, then has her nose disfigured by the man with the prosthetic arm. The episode ends with Billy having successfully evaded his captors and crossed the border with the assistance of a driver named Fernando Valenzuela. He is picked up at a gas station on the U.S. side of the daughter by a relieved Denise and Patty.
  • comment
    • Author: BOND
    ...a Breaking Bad episode with lots of weird characters in bizarre situations like a bad drug trip. I laughed my buns off though. It's great entertainment.
  • comment
    • Author: Kezan
    One of the craziest episodes of TV I have seen this year.

    You could tell five minutes in it would be polarizing. This was not an episode of Goliath. This was half Criminal Minds, 25% North by Northwest and 25% acid trip.

    We saw Billy and a mysterious lady of the night held captive and have to derive a plan to escape, and then come up with a plan for him to get to America.

    Insane. I didn't know what I was watching, but I loved it.
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton - Billy McBride
    Nina Arianda Nina Arianda - Patty Solis-Papagian
    Ana de la Reguera Ana de la Reguera - Marisol Silva
    Tania Raymonde Tania Raymonde - Brittany Gold
    Diana Hopper Diana Hopper - Denise McBride
    Matthew Del Negro Matthew Del Negro - Danny Loomis
    Mark Duplass Mark Duplass - Tom Wyatt
    Morris Chestnut Morris Chestnut - Hakeem Rashad
    Paul Ben-Victor Paul Ben-Victor - Cleft Chin
    John Savage John Savage - Mickey
    Steven Bauer Steven Bauer - Willie
    Jessica Pohly Jessica Pohly - Jennifer
    Lauren Tom Lauren Tom - Applebees
    Diego Josef Diego Josef - Julio Suarez
    James Wolk James Wolk - Jeff Clayton
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