-Something CK does very well is bring back characters with little characterization, with a new and unexpected twist and really making them work.
Like, I would've never expected a cobra to go on to be one of the few chill pastors in media but here we are.
They did this with Mike as well, he was really a surprising delight.
-"what about that time in Reno with those soccer moms at the Hyatt? God forgive us for that?"
👀👀👀 what did you guys get up to??? Dying at the implication that they were rather young at the time and chasing cougars.
-that feeling when you ghost your son who desperately needs you during one of the darkest moments of his life for your adopted karate son who is also in one of the darkest moments of his life.
Like, don't get me wrong. I'm fully aware that the fact Johnny is flawed is The Point. But idk how there are people who legit blame Robby for his and Johnny's lack of a relationship.
And after the character growth Johnny goes through in seasons one and two with Miguel, I was really looking forward to seeing that with Robby and instead the writers just kind of... Dropped it.
I've spoken before on Robby's "I don't want to be mad anymore" reasoning for forgiving Johnny at the end of s4. It does make sense in a sad way. I can relate.
Many people who are used to being hurt or neglected feel the only chance is to forgive those who hurt them because they know the apology they need will never come, and they have to try to move on SOMEHOW.
You see that in a lot of neglectful and unhealthy parent/child relationships.
"I'm not going to get the closure I need if I wait for someone who hurt me to change so I will have to make peace with my own, deserved anger because it is poisoning myself, and I can only control my own actions."
It's still bullshit that he has to do that and it's never addressed and instead brushed under the rug with a bandaid baby.
Also, all of the hurt and anger between Miguel and Robby is just gone like *snap.*
I was so looking forward to all of the angst and pain and awkward sibling shenanigans as they slowly learn to cohabitate.
They're two sensitive boys who got in over their head and made some bad decisions and some awful accidents due to misplaced anger. They weren't being actively malicious, they were being dumb reactive teenagers. I would've loved to see them bond over their combined daddy issues and realize that the problem was never really each other, but the adults in life who had let them down.
