And I do think he's willing to be vicious to protect himself,
Okay, honestly, I think this is a bit of a stretch. He's vicious in a certain context: that of his family. Sure, he didn't show remorse about his father losing everything. He'd obviously been ignored, pushed around, and cowed in favor of Dick; when your only parent shows little to no regard for you, it's difficult to have any sympathy for them when they fuck up.
The trust fund thing? The new business thing? Those are this kid realizing that he has no one but himself to rely on--despite the brief glimmer of hope he put in his mother--and is therefore determined to make sure he is taken care of the way he has never been before. The desire for self-direction and control over one's life is an obvious psychological response in a younger sibling who is, for all intents and purposes, an orphan. With no one interested in him. Frankly, you see a very similar situation with Veronica, though her situation is different because she did have her dad and she's an only child. But they're making/made similar choices to protect themselves.
Frankly, the only thing close to vicious we've seen in Cass is in relation to his brother, and fuck, I'd be vicious too. He's only what, sixteen? It took me around that age to start distancing myself from my sister. Maybe a little earlier. The thing with the transvestite, holding the Sally thing and Cassidy's own money/company above Dick--that's just the first leverage he's ever had to keep from being ragged on, ignored, beaten up. He's finally using it. He's growing up in a way.
Does any of this remotely place him psychologically for a murder? Hardly. All of Cassidy's responses are based on circumstance, on a specific set of circumstances that all go back to his family. If it was his dad or Dick that was murdered, well. Different game altogether.
Okay, honestly, I think this is a bit of a stretch. He's vicious in a certain context: that of his family.
My point exactly. I think his family are the only ones who've earned that sort of ire from him. Certainly not the kids on the bus. We don't even see signs that kids at school pick on him.
So no, at this point I wholeheartedly don't believe he's responsible for the bus crash. I do still suspect that he hired Veronica knowing she'd bring down his father, though.
So no, at this point I wholeheartedly don't believe he's responsible for the bus crash. I do still suspect that he hired Veronica knowing she'd bring down his father, though.
Word on the first part, not as convinced on the second part. I think if he was to set his father up, then he would have been equally aware of all there was to lose, for him personally, by doing so. I mean, they had a pretty cushy life. And it's still cushy, but in a different way. Frankly, I'm not sure he would have had the huevos to do it--I think they're a fairly recent acquistion, post-father-letdown.
I don't think Beaver set his father up. If RT decided to write it that way going forward, he'd have to actually sell me on it. Any motive we saw for Cassidy hiring V in the first place had to do with the bitchiness of Kendall, and finding the condom wrapper under the couch.
Yeah, I haven't seen anything to indicate Beaver as intentionally bringing about his father's downfall. I saw it as he didn't like Kendall and it was an oppurtunity to prove to his dad that he wasn't useless.
I just watched VM.
Weevil - just somehow a favorite.
but this was a Logan episode. The character - is brilliant, and so well played.
Sadly, I had one or two teachers that went almost as far as the journalism teacher. They didn't say anything quite that blatent - but it was damn clear if you were favored or notfavored.
I'm not sure if he has always been this macavellian, but Beaver is the smart one in the family. Too bad it took years of being beaten down for this to manifest.
P-C, as far as you know, is this broadcast hiatus changing/slowing/stopping the shooting schedule?
Cindy, I now know that no, the hiatus has not affected the schedule at all. They've been continuing on as planned.
Also, I told Rob to bring in Caroline Dhavernas next season, and this is what he said:
I've actually seen several Wonderfalls episodes. (We were actually in their old offices last year, so there were many Wonderfalls remnants to remind us of the fate of low-rated critical darlings.) I like Caroline quite a bit.
I rewatched "Ahoy, Mateys!" tonight. I forgot how good it was. And I didn't realize until this viewing how many later plot points were set-up in this episode, cuz I forgot so much of this episode by the time "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle" aired.
I also didn't realize that both Ryan (Marcos' pseudo-ex-boyfriend) and Roxy (Ryan's sister) appeared in the episode before the last few scenes. Ryan was the guy who told Veronica that no one really knew much about Marcos when she asked the class questions with little response. Roxy was one of the girls talked about on the radio show, and she was panned over for a few second while Veronica was listening to the recording.
