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I want Regina to go to jail


I can't stand how she treats Bay. The Kennish's love Daphne so much and Regina is all ho-hum about Bay. She even clearly loves Will more and acts like it!

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I can't stand how she treats Bay. The Kennish's love Daphne so much and Regina is all ho-hum about Bay. She even clearly loves Will more and acts like it!


I'd like to see both Regina and Daphne in jail for the crimes that they have committed.

John should go to jail, too, for his tax evasion. And while we are at it, Bay should spend a few years there for perjury, too, but I don't want to see that happen.

I guess in the real world people are often not convicted for their crimes.

I agree with you that Regina quite clearly loves Will more than she does Bay. It's the oddest thing. I cannot figure out why the writers would allow it to be that way. Wasn't it enough that Regina loves Daphne more than Bay? Did the writers really have to rub Bay's nose in it and have Regina love Will more, too?

While we are discussing the issue, Melody seems to love Travis far more than she does Emmett. It's really strange to me how the writers choose to write this stuff.

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That'd be great if they all end to jail,
Switched at Birth: Prison Edition

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While we are discussing the issue, Melody seems to love Travis far more than she does Emmett. It's really strange to me how the writers choose to write this stuff.


makes me wonder if the writers are doing it on purpose or they dont see it o.o

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I'd like to see both Regina and Daphne in jail for the crimes that they have committed.

John should go to jail, too, for his tax evasion. And while we are at it, Bay should spend a few years there for perjury, too, but I don't want to see that happen.


Why so blood thirsty?

And you do know that without the main characters, there'd be no show?

I guess in the real world people are often not convicted for their crimes.


They have to be charged and tried first though.


I agree with you that Regina quite clearly loves Will more than she does Bay. It's the oddest thing. I cannot figure out why the writers would allow it to be that way. Wasn't it enough that Regina loves Daphne more than Bay? Did the writers really have to rub Bay's nose in it and have Regina love Will more, too?

While we are discussing the issue, Melody seems to love Travis far more than she does Emmett. It's really strange to me how the writers choose to write this stuff.


Neither is accurate.

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Why so blood thirsty?


Why is it blood thirsty to want people to go to jail for crimes they have committed?

I wasn't asking for the death penalty.

I happen to support our country's criminal justice system. It's not perfect, true. But in the long run, Regina, Daphne, and John could truly benefit from being held accountable for their crimes.

As for Bay, I would like her to experience jail so she becomes smart enough to NEVER take the fall for Daphne again.

I don't want any character to spend the rest of his or her days in jail, but these characters commit a lot of crime and no one has gone to jail yet.

And you do know that without the main characters, there'd be no show?


I wouldn't mind a look at the characters' prison life.

Or perhaps the show could focus on the remaining characters, while a few repeat offenders are locked up.

Or even better, the writers could stop having them behave so egregiously.

Neither is accurate.


Regina is most definitely more open to building a solid relationship with Will than she is with Bay.

As for Melody and Travis, her actions tell me that she feels a deeper bond with Travis than she does with her own son.

Think about everything Emmett went through this season with Bay. It is hard for me to believe that his mother did not have one conversation with him about it, but she did not.

Melody had conversations with Travis about everything he was going through, in regards to Bay. She was involved in his baseball career and decisions about college. Travis has replaced Emmett, as Melody's son.

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Why is it blood thirsty to want people to go to jail for crimes they have committed?


You're very judgmental.

As for Bay, I would like her to experience jail so she becomes smart enough to NEVER take the fall for Daphne again.


Why are you so angry that she saved her sister?

Or even better, the writers could stop having them behave so egregiously.


What's wrong and what's illegal don't always correlate. These are good, selfless people that regularly help out the community.

Regina is most definitely more open to building a solid relationship with Will than she is with Bay


She already has a solid relationship. Bay is simply too bratty to realize it.

As for Melody and Travis, her actions tell me that she feels a deeper bond with Travis than she does with her own son.

Think about everything Emmett went through this season with Bay. It is hard for me to believe that his mother did not have one conversation with him about it, but she did not.

Melody had conversations with Travis about everything he was going through, in regards to Bay. She was involved in his baseball career and decisions about college. Travis has replace Emmett, as Melody's son.


Travis is simply a more troubled and less independent youth than Emmett is, who is off in another state most of the time now.

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You're very judgmental.


So if Charles Manson was free and you'd ask for him to be brought to jail, that would make you judgmental?

Why are you so angry that she saved her sister?


Not MD, but: Because Daphne didn't deserve to be saved.

What's wrong and what's illegal don't always correlate. These are good, selfless people that regularly help out the community.


HAHAHAHAHA, John has NEVER done anything for any community. Kathryn made some fundraisers. Regina used to cut hair, then she went into interior design. She has never been a part of any community project. Daphne has never done anything for any community, except destroy their things, when that community is not poor deaf people she can relate to and feel superior in saving at the same time.
TOBY, he coached the Carlton kids in field hockey. Bay, she wanted to do that bench project and she actually did something for the community during her punishment.

All in all, none of these characters are good, selfless people that regularly help out the community. Just what kind of show were you watching?

She already has a solid relationship. Bay is simply too bratty to realize it.


She does not have a solid relationship. You are simply too stuck up in your view of Bay to realise that.

Travis is simply a more troubled and less independent youth than Emmett is, who is off in another state most of the time now.


Since when does that mean that you have to focus on one child? Parents who care incapable of focusing on both of their children because one child needs more attention should not have more than one child.

That Travis needs help does not justify ignoring Emmett.

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She does not have a solid relationship. You are simply too stuck up in your view of Bay to realise that.


Yeah, I'm not sure how anyone could define Bay's relationship with Regina as 'solid'. But you and me, we're just Bay fans who have rose-colored glasses when it comes to her, I guess.

Her and Regina have an awesome relationship. Regina is ~always~ there for Bay. Bay never feels left out or neglected by Regina. Silly Bay.

/sarcasm/

I won't even go into the ridiculousness that is Melody and her lack of relationship with Emmett, because it's *beep* I think someone needs to tell Regina and Melody that parenting isn't a job you do when you feel like it; you're always on the clock. Just because one of your kids is across the country or seems fine, doesn't mean they are.

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Everything Bay said to Regina was so true. Thats why Regina just stood there like an idiot and couldnt say anything, because she knew Bay was right. I felt so bad for Bay. Katherine clearly loves all her kids the same, Regina its painfully obvious who she chooses. I felt so bad for Bay when Regina was talking about Daphne at the baby shower and poor Bay was trying so hard not to cry. Regina treats Bay like shes just a girl she knows, maybe niece or friends daughter or something but NOT her own child at all.

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It seems like Regina's put up a wall between herself and Bay way back when she first found out they were switched. That way, she could keep Daphne - who she already loved, and it wouldn't hurt so much to not have her actual daughter. She's so used to keeping that wall up I don't think she know how to take it down. Not that that excuses her at all.

Katherine and John did the same thing way back in season 1 and Bay called them out on it. Katherine changed her behavior but John never really did.

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Regina loves Bay very much.

There are just more maternal scenes with Kathryn because she's not a busy, working single mom with an awful past.

When the stars are the only things we share
Will you be there?


-Benjamin Francis Leftwich

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It's crazy regina is willing to raise Will but wanted nothing to do with raising Angelo baby.

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I agree! I thought that the MINUTE she took an active interest in Will. Angelo even had enough money to hire a nanny for the diaper changes. Regina is a piece of work, and NOT in a good way.

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lol to be honest, I don't think the writers even expected anyone to remember that. Great catch though. That's so true.

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Or maybe the writers understand the difference between a baby that Angelo himself wasn't all that excited to care for and a nine year-old with a protective father.

When the stars are the only things we share
Will you be there?


-Benjamin Francis Leftwich

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Angelo was excited to care for Abby. It's just that a newborn baby was just too much for Angelo, on his own.

Even Leo was having trouble raising Abby alone, once his partner left him.

And Regina had Angelo's help when Daphne was a baby. Angelo didn't leave until Daphne was 3 years old.

Even Eric did not kidnap Will until he was school-age. It's easier at that point. I don't know that Eric would have done well with a newborn all by himself. It's really hard.

If Angelo was the love of Regina's life, as she claims, then she should have stood by him.

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because she and angelo had a very painful past together and the baby was a reminder that he slept with another woman...


i fully agree with the theory that regina put up an emotional wall against bay early on and doesn't know how to tear it down. there are none of these issues with will.

it makes her a flawed person like the rest of us.

i'm amazed by all this hate against these characters

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because she and angelo had a very painful past together and the baby was a reminder that he slept with another woman...


Angelo and Regina weren't even in a relationship when he slept with another woman. Abby was conceived during the same time period that Regina was sleeping with Patrick. By the time Angelo returned to KC, Regina was already meeting Patrick in hotel rooms and rummaging around the Kennish household with Patrick looking for a spare box of condoms.

I think Regina could have cut Angelo some slack for sleeping with Lana. Angelo was prepared to forgive Regina when he thought Daphne was another man's child. He was willing to raise Daphne, even if she was not his own. Angelo told Regina that he just wanted her to tell him the truth.

I wish Regina could have done the same for Angelo.


i fully agree with the theory that regina put up an emotional wall against bay early on and doesn't know how to tear it down. there are none of these issues with will.


I agree.

I do think Regina should seek counseling for that, though. It's unfair to Bay for Regina to not even make an effort.

it makes her a flawed person like the rest of us.

i'm amazed by all this hate against these characters


I wouldn't characterize it as hate. I see it more as frustration that some of the characters, like Daphne, commit egregious crimes and are not held accountable.

As for Regina, it's difficult for me to watch her be so unforgiving to Angelo, when he was willing to forgive her (both the first time, when he thought she had cheated, and the second time, when he discovered she kept the truth from him about the switch).

Plus, Bay has been so deeply wounded by Regina's denial of her existence, that I do not understand how Regina cannot seek professional help for both of them.

I suppose it's true to life, but it is difficult and painful for me to watch.

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I am so tired of her putting everyone before Bay. She acts like she could careless about Bay and probably knows more about her boyfriends son then here own daughter she has now known for years. I feel bad for Bay.

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Same

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I agree, it's crazy to me how she is so ambivalent towards Bay!

And also like others above said, she wanted nothing to do with Angelos baby, but then adored Will. Like really!?

So messed up.

Riddle wrapped inside an enigma, wrapped inside a taco.

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She cares for Bay very much. Actually, it is BECAUSE she cared for Bay very much why she left her out of her troubles.

When the stars are the only things we share
Will you be there?


-Benjamin Francis Leftwich

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