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Anyone Else Feel Sorry For Harold At The End Of Family? (spoilers)

posted 12 years ago by Frosted-Flame
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Maybe i'm twisted but the line relating to the idea that they could torture him for 10 or 14 days really bothered me. I could understand where the parents were coming from, and they did not know everything from Harold's perspective (nor could i presume), but i felt Harold was mentally ill and did not deserve continuous torture for his crimes (though does anyone really do?) It sounded like he was suffering from a severe form of schizophrenia and would have benefited from treatment. The hallucinations are evidence for such a diagnosis. As well as the conversations he has (though deep down he knows it's not real) He was not a sadist as far as i could tell, he just did what he felt was necessary in his mind for what many of us want or take for granted. So anyways, am I weird for having sympathy for this guy who did terrible things?

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[–] sunezno (269) 2 years ago

I know this is a decade late, but I know what you mean, and I agree with you. I've only seen that episode once so far, but I do remember thinking that he seemed to have a lot of mental health problems that needed addressed, as opposed to him just being a sadistic monster. (I'll have to do a re-watch, since it's been a while.)

I often end up feeling bad for the bad guys in a lot of movies/shows, usually in situations where almost everyone else would say that that's absurd, but oh well, I can't help it. Empathy and compassion are good traits to have, in my opinion, and you shouldn't be made to feel bad for having them.