To flatline herself. How the h*ll could she even decide to do that. I mean, she lost one child, and she jeopardised her own life in doing that. How could she do that do her daughter?
Lazy writing indeed. No actual person who has kids would do that.
Actual people with kids have been known to do stupid things. It would be a very selfish thing to do, but that particular plot point doesn't represent lazy writing.
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I don't agree with you.
First the writers makes sure that Carolyn reeally sets her family first in every episode. THEN she decides to risk her own life and jeopardize her family's happiness.
Makes no sense.
No actual person who has kids would do that.
Like I said:
First the writers makes sure that Carolyn reeally sets her family first in every episode. THEN she decides to risk her own life and jeopardize her family's happiness.
Makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense. She became obsessed with something and it made her neglect/forget anything else including her own safety.
If you can't believe stuff like that happens in real life I'm not sure where you're living but it sounds like Dreamland.
Just face the fact that we have different opinions. No need to be disrespectful.
shareOh, come on. Carolyn has never been presented as having addiction issues or serious personality disorders (other than chronic rudeness and hostility) or anything that would lead her to go off the rails in that way. Yes, she's a mixed bag of ego and insecurities, but she wouldn't do anything as monumentally irresponsible as risk death by deliberate flatlining when she has 1) a daughter who needs her, 2) a husband who wants her, and 3) a full slate of patients no doubt needing her to save their lives. And then she acts like she just didn't think how much it might upset her daughter! Really?
share"No actual person who has kids would do that."
Mrs. Smith drove herself and her kids into a lake!
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While suffering from postpartum depression or some other serious mental disorder. Are you suggesting that Carolyn is supposed to be that kind of deranged? Because it won't make her a very reliable investigator if this series is renewed.
shareCarolyn was never a reliable investigator.
She had three qualifications:
1) she is an intelligent and expert medical surgeon (and a skeptic),
2) she had an NDE,
3) she lost a child.
#2 rides the fence, but keeps her interested.
#3 clouds her senses, muddying what is reality.
Turing thought #3 was an asset to the project. The writers knew #3 was an asset to the drama. A win-win.
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I wouldn't go as far as to say she's deranged, but I could see her judgement being clouded. As for the rest, I am in agreement with all 3 of Cosmic Surveyor's points about her reliability.
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Carolyn slowly became more irrational as the series continued, to the point where she was having lucid visions of things/people that weren't there. She was losing it, and flatlining was her going over the edge. Add her arrogance and hubris and that's a recipe for disaster. Her husband may have made the right call to demand legal action over their daughter's safety.
People with kids make bad decisions all the time so Carolyn is no exception. Even parents who seem to have it together. It only takes one time for a parent to royally screw up like that. And this being a work of fiction, the writers exacerbated that.