So, remember where I said the writers didn't create these characters, that the characters already existed? They didn't create the story, either. And that means they don't own it, and they can't tell us how it ends. These stories belong to anyone who hears and sees them, and anyone who wants to tell them.

Ok, thank you for this...I have such problems with S4 and especially S5 with QAF. I cried so hard to watch Brian dancing alone. I hated COWLIP for taking something wonderful and using for a crap agenda.

As for hating Brian....ummmm no darlin let me put it to you this way and you can judge for yourself: I wanted to comfort him when his father died; I wanted to kiss his forehead and rub his neck and not say a danm word when he threw the party for Mikey; I wanted to sit with him in the hospital after the bashing; I wanted to kiss him again and give him a loving smile when he brought his mom flowers; I wanted to be underneath him experiencing the danger...the excitement (ok a bit wrong to go from mother to rough sex); I wanted to kick his ass (and Justin's) when he didn't fight for Justin; I cried for him when he hired the look alike hustler; I smiled a devious smile at him when Justin was the intern; I cried again when he and Justin were back where they belong, and I was never more proud of him than when he sacrificed everything.

Does that answer your question as to wheather or not I still hate Brian :-)

umm and after reading your disertation, I loved it, yeah....addiction forthcoming. Blockbuster is on my way home from work.