whose son is Liam?


Anybody gave any thought to the possibility that in the film Liam can be actually Danny Flynn's son?

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hey good thinkin never thought of that.

but doesnt liam say, when he finds out about danny and his mam

"whens dad comin home"

insinuating that he knows his dad?

"God is a concept by which we measure our pain" J.Lennon '80

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The first time I saw Liam, I assumed he was Danny's kid. Maggie also said "My marriage was over before Liam was even born." Naturally that can mean that she was in love with Danny, and that her marriage was never what she wanted, but I took it to mean Liam was not her husband's child.

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I only saw this once, and it was a long time ago, but wasn't Danny in prison for 14 years or so? And wasn't Liam only around 10? I was under the impression that Liam was Maggie's husband's child. I remember, too, her saying something about how, when she held Liam in her arms, he made everything all right, and she couldn't hurt him. I took that to mean that she didn't feel she could leave Liam's father.

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in one of the deleted scenes emily watson visits her imprisoned husband and he remarks that it might be for the best if she let things happen with daniel day lewis because she always loved him. liams dad is this man.

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you are right - I just watched the deleted scenes and see the clip with Maggie's husband/Liam's father.

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It was pretty obvious that he wasn't Danny Flynns son. If he had been then there would have been no reason for Danny and Emilys character not to get together. She even says that she's staying in an unhappy relationship for her son.

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Watched this on HBO last night, and the question occurred to me too.

Liam was presented consistently as the son of Maggie's husband in jail. If he was Danny's son it would have been a major plot point, not something that you'd have to intuit on your own. Also, as someone else notes, he does seem younger than 14 although I wouldn't state that conclusively. Also as noted - her marriage was on the rocks when Liam was born, the arithmetic for her being pregnant with Danny's child when he goes in, still in love with Danny, and getting involved and married to the other guy in time to be on the rocks before Liam's birth - well, it'd be a stretch.

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Doubtful. They mention at one point that she was only 16 (Danny was 19) when he went to jail. She would have had to get married very quickly, and at 16 years old, in order for Liam to be Danny's son.

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Thats' why the community turns on her. She's a "prisoner's wife" therefore she can NEVER be with Danny. I think that even Danny mentions that he had seen her husband in prison.

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