Why does it have to come down to hypocrisy and threats of action first? Shouldn't that be the position he defends?
They don't want Rusty in the school. I wish that Raydor had called the priest on his bullshit about "zero tolerance". After acknowledging that the other kid(s) started the fight, why was Rusty getting expelled, and the other three getting suspended? Typical school bullshit.
Although, I wish that the point was moot, because this Rusty storyline has gotten old. What is the point?
It's that typical bullshit stereotype that a female protagonist must have some stupid flaw or block to her competence. In Brenda's case, it was her addiction to sweets. Raydor has to have this trouble maker that keeps her from getting to crime scenes, etc. Ridiculous. I'm going to stop watching if they don't get rid of Rusty (or at least greatly reduce his screen time).
Network.
This. Or broadcast? The things I could pick up for free with an antenna if I lived in the right place and owned a tv with an antenna still.
The lines are certainly blurring.
Network.
Oh-okay. I said it right, then.
They don't want Rusty in the school.
Absolutely. But when he says "I'm protecting my students" don't you say "then expel the kids who are attacking your students" as the first argument? Why go to contradictions between church and class?
I have a suspicion now that they've startled us with the entirely unpredictable revelation that his mother wasn't gonna come for him, he's around for at least half a season. I'm not going to hope for seeing him vanishing in the rearview mirror anytime soon.
I just keep looking at him thinking "he's 18, I graduated by that age, why is she shoving him into a school?" And why into what appears to be an uptight prep school, at that? For God's sake, he was turning tricks just a few weeks ago, of course he's going to have difficulty adapting.
Rusty is 16, I think. Still annoying but I think that's why he is still in need of watching. Plus he's a material witness? I can't remember.
He's definitely a minor. If he's not with her, he's going into the system, and not just because he's the only witness they get. He's listed as a juvenile on the TNT website.
They said he's barely 16, I believe. And he's a "material witness" to the serial killer whose ski mask he was wearing as a hat, IIRC.
For God's sake, he was turning tricks just a few weeks ago, of course he's going to have difficulty adapting.
Hear, hear.
Also on the "expel the THREE bullies who jumped the new kid, not the new kid for defending himself" bandwagon.
I was glad Raydor did at least point out to Rusty that he shouldn't need to fight again soon - I kept thinking of Ender's first fight in
Ender's Game.
You have to end the fight DEFINITIVELY* in order to make sure that it's not only the first, but the last fight.
*Preferably without death, obviously.
I don't know where to announce this, so I'm doing it here. ION plans to premiere Season 5 of "Flashpoint" on Tuesday, October 16.
Excellent - thank you, Ginger.
