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Does anyone remember when Mac used to be a decent but damaged man with his heart in the right place and not a raving lunatic who engaged in the following illegal or unethical activities to achieve his ends:
-stalking
-harassment
-intimidation
-threatening to send an innocent man back to prison on a parole violation because he didn't get what he wanted immediately.
-deciding to overlook the fact that Mrs. Donovan had conspired to commit murder twice because "grief makes decent, good people make bad decisions." Well, hey, by that logic, Lessing should be excused for killing six people and almost killing Flack, because his fear for the safety of his city and country prompted him to make a colossal oopsie.
Mac's cack-handed handling of the Donovan case was an embarrassing debacle. He's so determined to prove himself right that he's willing to harass an innocent man and send him back to prison to prove his point. Does no one see anything wrong with this picture? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Mac is so consumed withmasturbating his own ego seeking justice for Maris Donovan that he's willing to pervert justice a second time to attain it. I'm sorry, but when did New York City become a Gitmo annex? Such thinking isn't just wrong, it's obscene. Mac has been a magnificent narcissist for several excruciating seasons now, but it's out of control. I've no doubt that were they written into a crossover, the Criminal Minds braintrust would deem him a narcissistic sociopath and boggle at his fantastic lack of self-awareness.
His terminal meism was also on display during his final conversation with Mrs. Donovan.
Dear Mac,
I hate to burst your bubble, but sometimes, no one cares about you. Losing your wife on 9/11 and never finding her body isn't the same magnitude as seeing your daughter's dead body lying in the street. There's a terrible immediacy to seeing a dead loved one. It bursts the cocooning bubble of denial a lot faster, I can assure you, and while it can be rebuilt, your last recollection of them will be wherever they were when they died. Shove your patronizing empathy. Losing Claire on 9/11 doesn't make you an authority on grief. There are several thousand New Yorkers who can lay claim to that mantle as well. Stop thinking it makes you special.
La Guera
So Mac, who had little pity for a woman who fought back and killed her stalker in a bid to save her sanity, has no qualms about letting off a woman who tried to have two people murdered? People whom she hasn't seen in years, and who haven't been threatening her at all? All because she's a grieving mother, and he, who ordinarily demonstrates the empathy of burnt toast, understand grief? Well, isn't that convenient? Where was this empathy when a woman conspired to kill her rapist with another victim? After all, rape engenders grief, too, and fear. And certainly he should understand fear. Wasn't he a soldier once upon a time? Oh, right. He was Super!Mac and had no fear. Fear is for pansies and bleeding hearts like the rest of his team. My mistake. Carry on.
I'm beyond tired of Pope Mac and his constant flow of righteous bulls and lofty dispensations. It's not uplifting or inspiring. It's nauseating and rage-inducing. When will someone rein him in?
A boring hour of Holy Mac and his awe-inspiring dedication to the job which none can match. Not even Flack, who showed up to work during the Blue Flu and shouldered the burden of ten officers. Weakling. Why isn't he filling his off days withpersecution of the innocent the pursuit of justice? Slacker.
Dear Danny,
Lindsay isn't a pickle jar. She can't just vacuum seal the baby inside her womb until you get there and shoot it out with the hearty pop of freshness when it's convenient. Your angst and jitters, however, were adorable.
Guera
When the arrival of Lil' Messer is the least insufferable part of the episode, it's been an unqualified horror show.
-stalking
-harassment
-intimidation
-threatening to send an innocent man back to prison on a parole violation because he didn't get what he wanted immediately.
-deciding to overlook the fact that Mrs. Donovan had conspired to commit murder twice because "grief makes decent, good people make bad decisions." Well, hey, by that logic, Lessing should be excused for killing six people and almost killing Flack, because his fear for the safety of his city and country prompted him to make a colossal oopsie.
Mac's cack-handed handling of the Donovan case was an embarrassing debacle. He's so determined to prove himself right that he's willing to harass an innocent man and send him back to prison to prove his point. Does no one see anything wrong with this picture? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Mac is so consumed with
His terminal meism was also on display during his final conversation with Mrs. Donovan.
Dear Mac,
I hate to burst your bubble, but sometimes, no one cares about you. Losing your wife on 9/11 and never finding her body isn't the same magnitude as seeing your daughter's dead body lying in the street. There's a terrible immediacy to seeing a dead loved one. It bursts the cocooning bubble of denial a lot faster, I can assure you, and while it can be rebuilt, your last recollection of them will be wherever they were when they died. Shove your patronizing empathy. Losing Claire on 9/11 doesn't make you an authority on grief. There are several thousand New Yorkers who can lay claim to that mantle as well. Stop thinking it makes you special.
La Guera
So Mac, who had little pity for a woman who fought back and killed her stalker in a bid to save her sanity, has no qualms about letting off a woman who tried to have two people murdered? People whom she hasn't seen in years, and who haven't been threatening her at all? All because she's a grieving mother, and he, who ordinarily demonstrates the empathy of burnt toast, understand grief? Well, isn't that convenient? Where was this empathy when a woman conspired to kill her rapist with another victim? After all, rape engenders grief, too, and fear. And certainly he should understand fear. Wasn't he a soldier once upon a time? Oh, right. He was Super!Mac and had no fear. Fear is for pansies and bleeding hearts like the rest of his team. My mistake. Carry on.
I'm beyond tired of Pope Mac and his constant flow of righteous bulls and lofty dispensations. It's not uplifting or inspiring. It's nauseating and rage-inducing. When will someone rein him in?
A boring hour of Holy Mac and his awe-inspiring dedication to the job which none can match. Not even Flack, who showed up to work during the Blue Flu and shouldered the burden of ten officers. Weakling. Why isn't he filling his off days with
Dear Danny,
Lindsay isn't a pickle jar. She can't just vacuum seal the baby inside her womb until you get there and shoot it out with the hearty pop of freshness when it's convenient. Your angst and jitters, however, were adorable.
Guera
When the arrival of Lil' Messer is the least insufferable part of the episode, it's been an unqualified horror show.