Episode reaction: Walker 1.15

[caranfindel]

I don't know if anybody's in the mood to think about Walker today, but I need to talk about something other than {ahem} prequelgate, so let's just share some brief thoughts, not a whole recap.

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

"Civilian" Walker getting arrested for trespassing--that's not going to have any effect when he wants to resume rangering, is it.

I don't get what the fans/air conditioning had to do with finding the letters--unless that was a fake air conditioner they were hiding in??? (Also who leaves 4 fans circulating when they are not home? Do regular people do this? Because I always turn off everything including the ceiling fan when I am gone all day. But maybe I'm just a weird energy conservationist.)

The more these people talk, the more I appreciate Dean's 'no chick flick' rule. Who is writing this dialog? Teenagers?

But the bigger question is why do I keep watching??? I should have grasped by now that it's not suddenly going to get better...

PS Prequelgate did resolve itself, or at least J2 tweeted that they'll always be brothers even through bumps in the road.

[caranfindel]

I don’t know that an arrest with no charges will actually show up on his record. It’s not supposed to be an issue - don’t job applications specifically ask if you’ve been convicted of a crime, rather than arrested?

And no, normal people don’t leave table fans running when they’re gone. I might forget to turn off a ceiling fan, and I like to think of myself as normal, but not table fans.

Yes, I know the drama is “resolved” publicly. I’m not particularly satisfied about that, but it’s none of my business, so…

[borgmama1of5]

But when you get arrested, aren't there usually things like charges and a trial which, even if not convicted, are going to take time to go through the court system? Need to be explained if you are resuming a job in going after other criminals?

Except of course in Walkerworld...where you get arrested for being on the outside of abandoned property, thrown behind bars so your partner can mock you, and then released and it never is mentioned again...

[caranfindel]

“Arrested” literally means “brought in for questioning.” If you’re arrested and questioned, and it’s determined there isn’t enough evidence to charge you with anything, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t follow you.

[borgmama1of5]

Ah, okay, so I can get arrested but if the charges are dropped I can go home with no worries.

So I assume the charges against Walker were dropped because there was no one at the abandoned house to press charges.

[caranfindel]

There wouldn’t have to be residents at the house to press charges, but due to a lot of factors (especially privilege and the fact that Connie obviously has the hots for him) the police could simply choose not to charge him.