No, it's a good point. Paxson did end up being more of a fluff opposition character than somebody really challenging. Granted, Bly was a fluffy opposition at first, too, and I was hoping Paxson would come back with a vengeance like Bly did, but alas, that didn't happen. Paxson ended up being somebody who affirmed Michael's position rather than challenged it, which... to a certain extent, there is room in the narrative for that, for a person in a position of authority to acknowledge that Michael does good but still dubious of his means, because it's not like she was utterly won over and had hearts in her eyes about him. More like acknowledging that Michael was a form of necessary evil, which isn't anywhere near an endorsement of Michael at all.
With that said, I wish they'd used Paxson to make that point more sharply, because I do think that is lost. That Michael is a necessary evil. He causes a lot of collateral damage, but they didn't drive that point home until we got Jesse, but then they did the point in a totally hamfisted way.
And btw, I get you about wanting an older actress. There is a dire lack of older female characters on television.
Like I said, I didn't need Jesse to be all HISPANIC, listening to Latin music and expressing his Latin roots or whatever. But I really feel like he might as well have been white. But my biggest complaint still remains the bad writing that surrounds him.
With that said, I wish they'd used Paxson to make that point more sharply, because I do think that is lost. That Michael is a necessary evil. He causes a lot of collateral damage, but they didn't drive that point home until we got Jesse, but then they did the point in a totally hamfisted way.
And btw, I get you about wanting an older actress. There is a dire lack of older female characters on television.
Like I said, I didn't need Jesse to be all HISPANIC, listening to Latin music and expressing his Latin roots or whatever. But I really feel like he might as well have been white. But my biggest complaint still remains the bad writing that surrounds him.
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