#walker discussion

So I rewatched the episode and I got it better except for how they treated Liam (Keegan acting was so good btw). I understand everyone deals with trauma differently and I get that Cordell doesn't want to talk about it but still. I wish someone could have just told Liam : " We hear you but we're not in a position to help. Maybe go talk to a professional" Well, Bonham did but only by the end of the episode (2 months later) and in the meantime :

CORDELL: Okay, we-we... we don't need to do any of that.  LIAM: Do what?  CORDELL: Compare notes about our time in... in there. …  LIAM: Compare notes? Cordell, we need to talk about this.  CORDELL: We don't. I promise. You'll-you'll see, in time, it's better this way.

Which I think was kinda hypocrite of Cordell since he certainly knew he was gonna have a mandatory therapy? Maybe he thinks therapy is crap then?

GERI: Hey, how's... how's Liam?  CORDELL: Uh, up to him. 

LIAM: You said it would get easier... with time, not talking about it in there, but it hasn't.  CORDELL : It will, just stick with it.

ABBY: Look. We found an equilibrium around here. A... fragile one.  LIAM: Why am I not surprised?  ABBY: Sweetie...  LIAM: No, no. By all means. Let Cordell dictate how everybody else has to act just because that's what's best for him. I'm so glad that's priority. I was in there, too, you know.

And yes, I'd have appreciated a scene where he can talk about it with Ben. Not the trauma especially but how his family is handling it. I think it would have made it better.

Based on the way Abby told the story, they had a tendency to fight with each other but they always found a way to smooth things over between them. They were probably better friends when they lived apart (reminds me of some of my family) but they were there for each other.

Then there was the fight the day their mother died....

I imagine it was one of those scenarios where one or both of them said something they couldn't take back and things never resolved. 20 years is a long time to go without even answering a phone call on a holiday.

Wait so did Cordell also get a special exempt pass to being a ranger before he met the qualifications? Did Stan pull some strings for him or something?

It is possible that Cordell was exempted from meeting some of the qualifications for becoming a Ranger, specifically the full eight-years of civilian law enforcement service (he would need at least some leo training). However, he is old enough to have qualified in the prescribed way. No doubt his association with Stan helped and may have been instrumental in Cordell's decision to make law enforcement his career choice but very few, if any, pulled strings were needed for him to join DPS. Would Stan have had the clout in 2006 to pull any strings? Was he even a Ranger himself then?

What about James? Did he have to follow regulations?

Maybe not but I like to think he did and that he insisted touching all the bases, crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's to prove beyond doubt that he was more than just a diversity hire.

And Micki? Did she also get special treatment? We know she was a trooper for a while but she also had some years in at the Austin PD after her military service....

What about Cassie? How did she get in?

LOL at Cordell's and dating availability and track record (though I think Cassie's dating history is worse than Cordell's!)

Unfortunately, most of the Walker fans on Twitter (at least the ones I've seen), love the GerixCordell relationship, so I'm not sure if fan response is going to help there.

Like I understand the real world reasons, to include Gen and Colin as much as possible

But I'm just dying for the rest of the family to WITNESS HIM TALKING TO THEM

Maybe a bit of the supernatural creeping in? LOL!

Nah, I think it's a symptom of the multiple traumas he's experienced throughout the years and his inability to deal with them. I think with Cordell's admission to Coop (and himself) that he needs to say goodbye to the trauma of losing Coop, he won't be seeing Young Cordell again. He still has to deal with the trauma of losing Emily, but I think that's going to continue for the entire series. Accepting her death and finally moving on without guilt or visions will be his full-circle ending.