grievances of mickeys raggedy beard aside, S2 Mickey (and further, noels performance) is grossly underrated. I dont know how noel was prepping, but in literally every scene after franks walk-in incident you can see that wild, bloodshot, guilt-ridden, and frightened look in his eye. Theres so much internal struggle going on within him, and with so little screen time you are able to feel so much of his hurt and fear.
And most significant of them all is the scene where he wrestles with himself when hes just moments away from carrying out his plan of killing Frank. This scene speaks volumes about the impact of ian in his life (how far a little bit of love and kindness can go) and the first sign that he genuinely wants to do better and has potential to supersede the expectations laid out before him by his father. It tells us that mickey truly cares about ians opinion of him, and has been listening to ians ideals of mickey having a “redemption tale” despite insisting the contrary.I just adore it. He runs the risk of losing his relationship with his father and general perceived safety but he would rather that than run the risk of completely losing ian. I just love that ultimately mickey made that choice to be better even if it could significantly cost him.
I also do get a kick out of the fact that ian would be more upset to see mickey in jail than his father dead. They’re so insane for each other.
Plus S2 Beginning with that iconic dugouts scene… oh Mickey S2 is so powerful. But I wanted to specifically highlight mickeys arc after franks interruption because its just so emotionally compelling to me.
TLDR; Yap Yap I love S2 Mickey
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