And Bill Willingham wrote a crap-ass comic, but I did think this quote made a lot of sense:
...one time something takes control of you and you accidentally turn evil but it’s not your fault? That can be understood. Maybe the second time something takes possession of you and you turn evil, maybe that can be forgiven as well. But by about the third or fourth time that something takes over this person and he becomes evil, you have to ask yourself, like, well, maybe there’s just something wrong with this fellow from the beginning. Maybe he is just evil. Maybe that’s what evil is.
Mitchell wasn't 'taken over' but it's really the same thing (more or less). Mitchell was sincere in his desire to be better, but over the seasons we've been shown that this isn't new for Mitchell. It's a pattern. He finds someone, he goes off killing, he tries really, really hard... and then one day there's too much stress or he's pissed off and he falls off the wagon and someone ends up dead. We saw it in the 1960s. We saw it with Lauren. We saw it with the Box Tunnel 20. The sad, horrible thing is that Mitchell's kill binge with the Box Tunnel 20 wasn't an abberation. it's part of an overall pattern. And as sincere as his desire is to be good, given the longevity of his life, sooner or later he'll relapse and someone will be dead. And the Season Premiere as it showed Mitchell's progression from drugging the guy to kill him (rather than killing himself), on and on. This is a pattern that's repeating. And it would be unconscionable to let it repeat again. Tragic as it is, perhaps it's better that he goesout the good way rather than the bad. (And it does make me sad to say it... but that seems to be what is demanded of Mitchell's story).
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And Bill Willingham wrote a crap-ass comic, but I did think this quote made a lot of sense:
Mitchell wasn't 'taken over' but it's really the same thing (more or less). Mitchell was sincere in his desire to be better, but over the seasons we've been shown that this isn't new for Mitchell. It's a pattern. He finds someone, he goes off killing, he tries really, really hard... and then one day there's too much stress or he's pissed off and he falls off the wagon and someone ends up dead. We saw it in the 1960s. We saw it with Lauren. We saw it with the Box Tunnel 20. The sad, horrible thing is that Mitchell's kill binge with the Box Tunnel 20 wasn't an abberation. it's part of an overall pattern. And as sincere as his desire is to be good, given the longevity of his life, sooner or later he'll relapse and someone will be dead. And the Season Premiere as it showed Mitchell's progression from drugging the guy to kill him (rather than killing himself), on and on. This is a pattern that's repeating. And it would be unconscionable to let it repeat again. Tragic as it is, perhaps it's better that he goesout the good way rather than the bad. (And it does make me sad to say it... but that seems to be what is demanded of Mitchell's story).