Okay Louie's lack of expression has become weird

It is too bad he never smiles. He looks really sad all the time. Maybe they can recast him like Modern Family recast Lily.

I was the one who started this line of thought, but now I wonder, given his maternal situation, if he has any reason at all to smile.

Developmental delays are normal in cases of neglect with kids that age. Louie needs a full time mum to counter that but Scabby won't take even a couple weeks off work and goes into Molly's every night when she's not on shift.

I was thinking te same thing he never say more than three words, if he is so traumatized why ins't he getting any professional help?.

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They need to replace this child actor. He is frozen in every single scene and has the same face all the time. Seriously he is not cut out for this.

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I gotta admit I was one of those people who insisted Louie was just a very traumatized kid...but quite a long time has passed and Louie is still the same expressionless monotone kid he's always been since 1. Even if he's really traumatized, he should still show at least some progress by now...but I don't really blame the twins (who plays Louie) for Louie's lack of expressions, I think the problem is the directors. I remember someone on this board posted a link to a video a while ago that showed one of the twins being able to show many different kinds of expressions very easily on command, so it proves that the boys can show different facial expressions on command...so there's no reason for Louie to be so expressionless on the show...unless that's what the directors want. On the set it's the directors who direct the actors, directing them how to act in certain ways in each scene, their mannerisms etc. So I think the real problem is probably the directors and not the twins...I suspect the directors probably told the boys not to show emotions in order to portray Louie as traumatized & shy. However, it's been a while now so Louie should at least show some signs of improvement by now...even though my friend who works at child services says that sometimes it can take several years for traumatized foster children to recover in reality, but this is a fictional show. With so many unbelievable and unrealistic things happening on the show already, you'd think there would be some progress with Louie by now in terms of him opening up to Casey and Dawson and showing some more expressions...Louie always just looks bored and sad. And the timelines in this show can be pretty tricky too...sometimes weeks or months would pass and we wouldn't know because they don't tell us on the show...for all we know, Louie has been around for about a year now, it certainly feels that way. In many other TV shows where traumatized foster children were involved, typically it only took about several weeks or several months for the kid to recover and show some more emotions...Louie in comparison is still the same old expressionless and emotionless kid he was since day 1...I blame this more on the directors.

I wish I could post that video here of one of the boys showing many different facial expressions easily on command, I could've sworn someone had posted it on this board a while ago and now I can't find it for some reason...maybe the person who originally posted the link to that video deleted it? I don't know...such a pity...