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Too many loose ends

posted 7 years ago by firebird7478-223-619790
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I guess we're left to wonder why Ryan was what he was --- blame it on the PTSD?

What became of all the gang stuff? All of a sudden in the last seen we see Ryan's boss and something to do with Turks?

We fast forward one month later --- I am surmising that Tony was never charged for pulling a gun on an FBI agent, and that Helen was cleared of any wrongdoing in shooting an FBI agent. (Why when they had their Mexican stand off did she not just say for the other agents to hear --- "He's the shooter from the cabin and he's got the two witnesses"?!

[–] kadeskiss 7 years ago

Ryan was a horrible character. They never flush out his character. They never explain the why he was killing all those people. He was a FBI agent who was caught by mob boss and kill everyone. But why did he kill everyone else?

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[–] matanil 7 years ago

I think they fleshed it out more than most show do with their villains. He has an unfortunate childhood with an alcoholic mother, a recent past in the war where he had seen terrible things and just then he finds someone who makes him feel something he actually wants to... but it's not an acceptable match. So he ends up being kidnapped by the goons of her dad, the mob boss, as punishment. He had to kill them to save himself. But then in order to cover his tracks, he ends up having to kill more and more people. And while he does have the skills of a mercenary, he seems not be a complete psychopath. This is not killing for pleasure, he's not some serial killer getting off on offing his victims. He feels trapped by the circumstances, compelled to kill as a twisted form of self defense. He doesn't any of it. And eventually, when it gets to killing Helen and her son, he can't do it. Because Helen is someone he has actually formed an emotional bond with. Add that to his existing discomfort with what he felt he had to do and you get the final showdown that we saw...

[–] meira-hand 7 years ago

They never explain the why he was killing all those people.

As I understood it, Bela's father found out she was having an affair with an older guy (she was still in high school and the father called him a pedophile). He sent his crew, that included the FBI informer, to abduct Ryan from the Cafe where is was meeting Bela, intending on killing him. Ryan killed all three, even the FBI informer because he did not want to be found out. After all he risked the drug operation he was leading by having an affair with the underage daughter of the very person they were trying to nail. From that point his attempts at cover-up kept escalating.

[–] matanil 7 years ago

I don't know that it needed explanation. Ryan felt an attraction to this girl and decided to give in to it. She's not a 10 year old child, so we're not talking "classic" pedophile. I'm sure plenty of men would find her attractive, but they just wouldn't pursue it. Why did he give in? Could be PTSD from the war, I think the bit about his mother was supposed to be another clue. One way or another, I think the point was - look at how badly his life got screwed after that one thing. It's almost like a reminder. All it takes is one bad decision, one time you give in to an impulse, if it's a really bad one, you may end up paying for it for the rest of your life.

I think Helen didn't stop Ryan because she didn't know where he had the guys. She wanted him to run so she could chase him to wherever it was he hid them. If they had arrested him and he had them in some warehouse she doesn't know about while refusing to give up the location, they may end up dying there. She can't risk that, so she lets him flee in order to pursue him.

[–] dbrockskk1 7 years ago

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