The series rock. The casting and acting is top notch. This combined with outstanding writing creates rich texture. I feel and understand the characters to the point that I lose my moral compass at times.
Brother to brother, to sister, to son, the writers masterly developed a web that entwines death, with murder, and murder with love. It shows how family ties that bind override the rules of the streets.
For example: Raquel is a monster but she is also a loving mother. A committed young mother who loved, provided, and protected Kanan to the best of her abilities. It wasn't enough. Her stench of crime permeated and Kanan became foul in spite of her efforts to isolate him. Although I understand why she taught him how to be a good criminal-to save him from his continued missteps of the game-but his death would have been better. What mother can make a decision like that. The lives he took are meaningless because they are fictional. I forget that. The show is so well done I lose myself in it.
Bottom line she is a bad mother with good intentions. But coercing him into killing his own father, that is evil in its purest sense. That I will never understand.
The lesson I get from this, the home Raquel built wasn't a home at all. It was a hive of evil. Evil is evil no matter how it is served. But, what a ride. I can't wait to see what she does next.
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