I can accept that Neal thinks he is in some way destined to become a criminal (presumably because of his father,) and I could see him in some way using it to justify what he's done - there's some potentially interesting psychology in there.
I totally agree with you. If it was simply Neal arguing "I was born bad" and using it as an excuse for his past, then I'd be more than fine with it. And I've been through my fair share of misinformation and outright lies by showrunners, but this isn't Jeff trying to put us offtrack. This is him (he thinks) explaining Neal's behavior and IT MAKES NO SENSE. As I've said before, unless Jeff wants to declare Neal a sociopath, he was NOT born bad. It kills me that he's undermining his own characters and seems oblivious to it.
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Date: 2011-06-07 07:25 pm (UTC)I totally agree with you. If it was simply Neal arguing "I was born bad" and using it as an excuse for his past, then I'd be more than fine with it. And I've been through my fair share of misinformation and outright lies by showrunners, but this isn't Jeff trying to put us offtrack. This is him (he thinks) explaining Neal's behavior and IT MAKES NO SENSE. As I've said before, unless Jeff wants to declare Neal a sociopath, he was NOT born bad. It kills me that he's undermining his own characters and seems oblivious to it.