LOS ANGELES -- Horse racing has long withstood the deaths of its skittish, injury-prone thoroughbreds. Hollywood proved it lacks the stomach for it.
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There's a good chance waverers will stay with "Luck" after Sunday's episode, which features a terrific racing sequence that embodies everything I enjoy about Milch's drama.
A crucial horse race in the fourth episode proved that Milch owned me; his characters and their desires had seeped into my mind and soul without me realizing it, and I found myself near tears before the race was over.