im glad court died.

He DID treat Dani horribly but he didn't deserve to die (no one does, with the reasonable exceptions of course). He loved Dani, but not in the way Dani loved him. I really enjoyed Dani and Court together...but as much as I hate to admit this; he really did like Maureen maybe even loved her. It happens quick at that age.

It seemed to me Court was a complicated guy. He wanted to have sex, but at the same time he was looking for love. I am not so sure he ever really loved Dani in a girlfriend kind of way. I think he always saw Dani as just a guy friend. Even if Dani were older I am not so sure he wouldn't leave her for Maureen too. I don't think it was anything personal. It happens all the time that a girl loves a guy, but the guy just doesn't feel for that girl what she feels for him because he likes the character of another girl instead. Personally, I would like to think as guy I would stick with Dani, but wow that Maureen is so intelligent.

Cort was just a teenaged boy, having to support his family like a man. He liked having a chance to play again like a kid a bit, and Dani gave him that chance. But he kept telling her that the age difference was a problem and that he was uncomfortable with how things were going. That doesn't make him a complete ass, especially in the context of that part of the country at that time. No one deserves to get hacked to pieces like he did. Maureen was more at fault than he was. She reminds him once that Dani's her sister, and then after that she just thinks about what she wants, which is someone a bit more reliable than Billy.

I really expected Maureen to be pregnant in the end, and bring a boy into the family, but I'm glad it ended where it did, so everyone can have their own ideas flourish about what happened next.