"Laura M. Young" <bridgeplayer60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:C427EABE.A407%bridgeplayer60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I just rewatched Friday's episode, mostly to see the Diane and Max scenes
> again, but I was also struck by how many people are berating themselves
> for
> being responsible for Michael's condition. It occurred to me that most
of
> the people in this town can rightfully be accused of doing, or not
doing,
> something that would have prevented this.
>
> 1. In my opinion, the blame goes first and foremost to Claudia who put
> out
> the hit that sent a man with a rifle shooting in the direction of
Michael.
> 2. Would be Dr. Evil who actually fired the shot that did NOT hit his
> intended target and wound up hitting Michael instead.
> 3. Sonny, of course, who after torturing Michael's biological father
into
> signing away his parental rights, has refused to get out of his
"business"
> for years, despite he and people he loved nearly being killed time and
> again
> by attempts on his life.
> 4. Carly, who cheated on Michael's father (her husband), and had
> unprotected *** with a man she didn't even like who was a known mobster,
> and
> then conspired with him to get Michael away from his dad and allowed
Sonny
> to adopt Michael despite knowing what Sonny was, and then going back to
> him
> time and time again even though she saw repeatedly what danger her kids
> were
> in because of him.
> 5. Jason, who was Michael's first "father" and swears that he adores
the
> kid, but not enough to get out of the "business" and encourage Sonny to
do
> so too to keep the kid (s) safe.
> 6 & 7. Alexis shares Diane's guilt in repeatedly keeping Sonny out of
> jail
> where he wouldn't have been a threat to his children.
> 8. Max, who was the professional bodyguard, who should have insisted
that
> Michael not go anywhere without protection.
> 9. Kate, who encouraged Sonny to take Michael to see what his
> "non-mobster"
> dad did for a living. (I've forgotten whose idea it was initially.)
> 10 & 11. Mac, Lucky and the rest of the PCPD for being such lousy cops
> that
> they've never managed to put away the mobsters living in ****t Charles
> despite their killing, and trying to kill, a number of people.
> 12.-14 Ric, Scott, and Carly's dad (I forget his name) ditto, as DAs
And
> despite their efforts failing to put Sonny away.
> 15 -18. + AJ, Alan, Monica, Edward and the rest of the Quartermaines,
> for
> not using all their money and power to maintain joint custody of Michael
> which would have gotten him out of the hands of Sonny and his mobster
> friends at least part of the time (the night he was shot MIGHT have been
> one
> of those times)
>
> I'm sure I'm forgetting others who could get on this game too.
>
It's a tough call...but I believe there are people there that didn't
really
share any responsibility for Michael's shooting...I refuse to call it an
accident like Kate's doing, since there was nothing accidental about ANY
of
it except who got hit. It wasn't an accident that the gun was there or
that
he was firing into a building where children were---he already knew that.
I see it as Claudia first for setting up the scene, Devlin sharing just as
much responsibility because the decision was ultimately his to shoot or
not
to shoot---and Sonny for being such a jerk, criminal and violent @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
that his kids were ever in any danger. Carly for glamorizing the lifestyle
and letting her kids in it.
You can't run around and blame everyone for every decision---hell, we'd
never get out of bed if that was the case. Those 4 share the
responsibility...each one a top reason in their own right. Sometimes it's
just a perfect storm of situations that lead to some really awful
tragedies...
At least that's how I see it...
LauraH
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