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So what will happen to Carl ?


Will he just spend the rest of his high school years in a juvenile delinquent place ? Will he be released & send back to his normal high school after a couple of months ? I've always kinda wondered what exactly would be the answer to this question, because it doesn't really seem like they could send him away for a very long period, when considering the facts of the case.

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Juvenile detention was referred to as "The Hill". I don't think a real name was given.

Maybe Carl would have learned not to wear his pants so high.

Whenever I see the end of Over The Edge I wonder what it would be like for so many kids from one town to be sent to juvenile detention at the same time.

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ha - what would it be like when they were all let out ? I'm guessing that would make for a massive party !

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I wish I would have thought of that. That was before urine testing became popular so they could have thrown an epic party.

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What will happen to Cory, Claude and Johnny? It looked like Carl, Mark, Abby and almost every kid in town was on that bus going to The Hill. I remember thinking to myself when I was a kid what it would be like if most of my crew was sent to juvenile detention.

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I am sure after he was released he went back to a life of crime. He hated his parents and basically all adults, he had no feelings or grief; all he wanted to do is get F'ed up 24/7 and be left alone. Well, he got what he wanted, he is alone and F-ed up.

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He's gonna become some bully's bitch in youth prison.

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