It leaves the kids asking where the parent ends and they begin. And this is another thing with narcissistic parents like her. When I thought about themes for Season 5, it was sort of boys to men, meaning that had been sort of infantilized by Smurf, and now she’s not around, so they have to become themselves. TVLINE | It seemed like the beating ended up having as much to do with Smurf not having helped Julia as Shane not having helped Angela - like it was a real epiphany for Pope.Įxactly. So Pope made sure that he knew what was up. If he doesn’t have to do things Smurf’s way, what is his way? Can he make his own decisions? And on top of that, it wasn’t so direct. That’s a lot of what the season is about for him.
Well, we could see from Episode 1 this season, with the fact that he didn’t kill his cousin, that he’s trying to change. TVLINE | I was surprised that Pope managed to stop himself from killing the guy he blamed for Angela’s death.
