Originally Posted by Amy_Jayne93:
“^ This. It is ridiculous that none of his family seem to be helping Ste out at the moment. Have none of them seen him lately or something? Not only is he going through a drug addiction but now he is facing social services. I find it unbelievable that not one of them have seemed to notice / heard about it. What is even more shocking is that JP, having only been back a matter of days, had already done more to help Ste than any of his family members have done in the months he has known them.
Instead the writers have shoehorned Leela/Ziggy, are going to have a pointless day-long storyline with Tegan next week and not even mention the rest of his family for goodness knows how long. Why, rather than involving them in his storylines I do not know.
I would much rather watch a moving drugs storyline where Ste gets the help from his family/friends than use it as a stupid plot device to further involve him in the crap gangster stuff.
Long run is that it is true that Amy would have already noticed this and at least tried to help Ste through his problems. Even Tony and JP have given up on him too easily (in my opinion), and not even suggested to him that he needs professional help.
Honestly I'm surprised Ste hadn't had a breakdown earlier. Just on the top of my head he; was abused physically and emotionally as a child by his step-dad and mum, abused in a relationship, is a widower, been in a coma, had a close friend (Rae) murdered, nearly slept with his dad, had to cover said dad's affair, almost arrested for a murder he didn't commit and helped his mum in an assisted suicide!”
“^ This. It is ridiculous that none of his family seem to be helping Ste out at the moment. Have none of them seen him lately or something? Not only is he going through a drug addiction but now he is facing social services. I find it unbelievable that not one of them have seemed to notice / heard about it. What is even more shocking is that JP, having only been back a matter of days, had already done more to help Ste than any of his family members have done in the months he has known them.
Instead the writers have shoehorned Leela/Ziggy, are going to have a pointless day-long storyline with Tegan next week and not even mention the rest of his family for goodness knows how long. Why, rather than involving them in his storylines I do not know.
I would much rather watch a moving drugs storyline where Ste gets the help from his family/friends than use it as a stupid plot device to further involve him in the crap gangster stuff. Long run is that it is true that Amy would have already noticed this and at least tried to help Ste through his problems. Even Tony and JP have given up on him too easily (in my opinion), and not even suggested to him that he needs professional help.
Honestly I'm surprised Ste hadn't had a breakdown earlier. Just on the top of my head he; was abused physically and emotionally as a child by his step-dad and mum, abused in a relationship, is a widower, been in a coma, had a close friend (Rae) murdered, nearly slept with his dad, had to cover said dad's affair, almost arrested for a murder he didn't commit and helped his mum in an assisted suicide!”
Great post. You've said everything I couldn't be bothered to type.
