Ah, season four. A great season but it shattered my heart into tiny pieces because . . . children. I think the point when I almost had to stop watching for a bit too was when the police officer started to break that kid's fingers and I could hear them snap. I don't even have words for what that did to me
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He made me mad too for sleeping with Spider's mom.
Not me. He had no idea of the impact this would have on Spider, and once he was told, stopped. He did his best to explain both to Spider and to the other kids in the gym. I'm not saying Cutty was perfect, but he's not a telepath, had no pedagogic training, and was learning by doing as much as the kids were when he started the gym. So I think it's really not fair to blame him for what was consentual sex between adults.
WeeBay's fish, I fear, are doomed, now they're left with his wife as sole caretaker. :) Yes, that ongoing gag was one of the lighter moments and I loved it too.
I thought it was a nice touch at the end that the nurse who had been so caustic to Cutty (and who got it all wrong) was with him at the gym, after Bunny set her straight (in the nicest possible Bunny Colvin way). But the reversal of Michael's and Namond's trajectories was the thing that struck me so forcibly about this season
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I wouldn't call Namond lazy though - he just wasn't cut out for the game. He was scared to death of it (and almost comically inept). He talked a good talk to cover his weaknesses but that was all it was. Fooled a lot of people but I'd say Michael had him figured out pretty early on; all these sideglances.
the vicious way Chris beat Bug's dad to a pulp and didn't even bother hiding the body spoke volumes about Chris's childhood and what may have led him to the life he's living nowYes, I forgot to mention that in my review but I was impressed by the way this scene filled us in to an important part about Chris' backstory in addition to presenting a turning point in Michael's life. And it trusted the audience to get it, i.e. we didn't get Chris saying something like "I was raped/sexually molested, too" to Michael (which would have been ooc), but it was perfectly clear anyway
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Not me. He had no idea of the impact this would have on Spider, and once he was told, stopped. He did his best to explain both to Spider and to the other kids in the gym. I'm not saying Cutty was perfect, but he's not a telepath, had no pedagogic training, and was learning by doing as much as the kids were when he started the gym. So I think it's really not fair to blame him for what was consentual sex between adults.
WeeBay's fish, I fear, are doomed, now they're left with his wife as sole caretaker. :) Yes, that ongoing gag was one of the lighter moments and I loved it too.
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