Kevin and Meg in Season 2: Episode 10

Meg, Cardelini's character, is the least culpable of all of them, so I'm at a loss to understand where your anger towards her is coming from, of all of them.

John was the one who lost it and killed Danny. Kevin, in a drunken/high fit of anger, gave John an untraceable gun and told him to stop talking and do something about Danny. What he meant by that was pretty obvious.

Meg didn't do anything remotely like that.

She was the only one of the siblings who unreservedly wanted Danny to stay.

She was the one who deliberately put off filing the papers of the will that cut Danny off, hoping Robert would change his mind in time,

She was the one who refused to accept Robert's signature on the will when he was in the hospital, because she felt he wasn't of sound mind, and couldn't in good consciousness file the will as a result.

So why is it you have such great hatred for her?

Agreed. But that scene does a lot more than what it serves on the surface. John has protected his family (and the Rayburn name) his entire life, you could say it's been his driving purpose all these years and to have not only his wife feel as though he's actually failed at his protector duties and his own siblings feel the same way has stripped him of not only his purpose but his delusions as well. I think he also begins to strongly identify with Danny as well?the ostracization, how quickly the family turned on Danny, how quickly the family turned on John. That family needs a scapegoat. It needs someone to blame, and that blame had fallen on John.

All of them are a pretty spineless lot though. I'm not condoning John's actions in any real world sense, but within the world of the series, it makes sense. In all honesty John is the only one who's fully pursued and had the guts to stand behind anything. You see how childish and coddled Meg and Kevin are. Both are alcoholics and incapable of being adults. I cheered when Kevin initially backed out of parenthood, that kid with him as a father has zero chance. Meg didn't want to succeed in New York, and is passively blaming everyone but herself for that failure and her relationship failures.

Their entire relationship though has been built and shaped around lies developed in early childhood. So once that house of lies begins to look like it's going to topple there's no hesitation in believing they're going to cut and run and try and save themselves. They did it to Danny and they at least attempted it with John. I'm sure Sally will get dragged into the blame game come next season.

I agree with your analysis, which does mean she has done some pretty good acting to make us hate her like we do. I can't believe she is a lawyer because she doesn't seem to know anything about criminal law. As for Kevin, I don't hate him as much as you do. He has always been the one who isn't very sharp mentally, a hot head, and relies on others to do for him. The actor is doing a tremendous job portraying this to is.

Do I want them both six feet under? Not quite, but I definitely want Meg to squirm a lot more. I hope Kevin takes the fall instead of John, if someone has to take the fall. And finally, I hope Ozzie is fertilizer for the soil soon too. Am I sad Marco is iced? Nope. He was annoying and hypocritical. His speech on lying, then he does the same to IA. Boooooooo.

Oh, one more......someone can ice the sheriff's X-wife. I don't like her for lying after she was the one wanting to tell her story.

That's the most satisfying scene.
J. M. K., those three characters are all incredibly selfish, heartless, despicable people and because of what they are, they always expect the worst from others so they never treated Danny as a family, pushing him away, and everything has gone downhill from there.

Their 'sticking together' and 'helping out each other' throughout most the season was funny because in the back of my mind I knew they're only helping themselves. When things became messier and messier to certain point, it's their time to show their true colors by jumping off the wagan and saying goodbye to the crisis they're facing again.

So, it isn't really that surprising they pointed fingers at each other. Cutting off the burden of trouble in their lives is what they do the best, whether there's family involved or not.

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