: Beck faces her own "bad man" in the form of Professor Leahy, who attempts to trade career advancement for sexual favors. Encouraged by Joe to "show her teeth," she eventually blackmails the professor to get her position back.
Therefore, the weight of, say, killing one of them doesn't seem to land so heavily on Joe. He didn't kill a fully-realized person. Den of Geek You Season 1 Episode 2 The Last Nice Guy In New York Recap you s01e02 bd50
The episode’s title is a direct reference to Joe’s warped self-image. He views himself not as a criminal, but as a guardian of literature and romance in a city filled with "phonies". This internal monologue is juxtaposed against his imprisonment of Benji, Beck’s "artisanal soda maker" boyfriend, in the bookstore's basement vault. : Beck faces her own "bad man" in