The future of Lee and Lynn

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

Based on the little info we've gotten so far, do you think they're going to make it?

Personally, I don't think so. Everything we've ever seen about Lee in the past seasons indicates that he's an extremely solitary person, devoted to work without too much personal going on. He seems uncomfortable with emotion, and the pregnancy was something that blindsided him. (In fact, he seemed reluctant to deal with it at all until it was absolutely necessary, having become the proverbial elephant in the room.)

My take on the subject is that Lee is basically a good guy. Despite his shortcomings, he really wants to do the "right thing" (whatever that may in fact be), especially since it's been indicated that his own dad wasn't too great. Yet, as indicated in the short restaurant scene two weeks ago, Lee's and Lynn's views on parenthood are vastly different -- Lynn seems to have embraced the baby wholeheartedly, making it her entire life, while Lee is...not so much.

I'm curious as to what you all think.

Comments

[crazyboltonlass.livejournal.com]

I would definitely say no if the actress playing Di Novi wasn't Glenn Gordon Caron's wife!

I would agree with exactly what you say, I think Lee wants to do the right thing, but I did get the impression fatherhood isn't something coming naturally to him or something he honestly really wants to adapt to. I mean I can understand his difficulties adjusting, considering his relationship with his own father. He doesn't want to be that kind of father either, hence the doing the "right thing".

In the car with Allison, even Allison gave him a look as if she didn't quite believe him when he said it was a "wonderful adjustment". It was quite a sigh.

I would love to see this aspect of his character explored more, definitely intriguing, although I love my Dubois family time. I know Joe and Scanlon rarely share screen time, but I wouldn't mind them discussing fatherhood. That way I could get my backstory too, Joe's father wasn't always around either, although I don't think he was ever violent like Scanlon's, just worked too much.

Seriously, I'm trying to remember Scanlon's dream from Four Dreams, the one where he rented the child for the day?

[weber_dubois22]

If MEDIUM were written like any other show, then I would be inclined to agree with your summation on the Lynn/Lee dynamic. However, after the 5x18, "The Talented Ms. Boddicker", Scanlon seemed to pretty much accept the cirumstances of his and Lynn's situation (it takes two to make a baby and to raise them, depending on the circumstances most of the time). I honestly don't think Scanlon plans on leaving Lynn any time soon because of his solitary ways and relucantce to express his emotions, as when it comes right down to it, Lynn has a way of getting him to say what he feels --- even after days or months dodging the issues.

Lynn seems to have embraced the baby wholeheartedly, making it her entire life, while Lee is...not so much.

I don't see that all anymore. In season five, yeah, Lee was totally not into the prospect of becoming someone's father, let alone have to raise a child. But from I saw Baby Fever alone, I saw a Scanlon who's become comfortable with his siutation and is pretty damn content with where is life is at the moment. I saw Lee trying spend some more quality time with Lynn, who for an unknown period of time, has pretty much given up all her free time to nuture and raise baby-Leigh and was completely frantic over leaving Leigh alone with a stranger. He was pretty disappointed that his job interrupted their time together.

That way I could get my backstory too, Joe's father wasn't always around either, although I don't think he was ever violent like Scanlon's, just worked too much.

THIS! So much. I really wanna see what happened between those two (judging from Allison or his dreams alone, get along well enough, but the distance is obvious between them).

Seriously, I'm trying to remember Scanlon's dream from Four Dreams, the one where he rented the child for the day?

Yep that was his dream, an obvious little fantasy of his.

[neek-love.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of season 5, so I can't really speculate on how I'll feel after that, but at the moment (seasons 1-4) I find her character grating and (forgive me) not very well performed so I kinda hope they crash and burn just to be rid of the character. :s there's my guilty secret!

But I do agree that Scanlon is a very solitary guy...it was hard enough for him to give her a key to his apartment!

[jcjoeyfreak.livejournal.com]

I think they'll be fine. I think Lee wants all that family stuff like Allison has. He was scared at first because he'd never experienced it for himself. His reluctance to get too involved is understandable since his dad was abusive (now catatonic), sister was murdered, mom is.. probably dead somewhere too and his ex-girlfriend (who left him at the alter previously) was murdered right in front of his face. I'd have issues with getting to know people too deeply again too. Thanks writers.

As far as embracing the baby.. I think it's just hard to say since they haven't shown Lee or Lynn interacting with the baby at all. Which annoys me, because that's what I want to see. All I know is that Lee seems happier and lighter in season six, which I take to be him being pretty content. He has what he secretly wanted now. The issue with the Lee/Lynn couple is that Lee is damn distant emotionally with her, which is hilarious cause Lynn just sits there pouting when he leaves her by herself for the seven thousandth time.

I kinda want Joe and Lee to interact more too, but from what I've seen, even though the actors like each other, the two have no chemistry whatsoever on screen. Joe is always acting all aloof or cranky when Scanlon is around. Probably because whenever he's around, it means Allison is possessed or getting stalked by a psycho killer again. The writers could still try to throw us a bone however. I hope.

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

When did they mention the murdered sister and girlfriend? I totally have no recollection of that, just the dad stuff...

I kinda want Joe and Lee to interact more too, but from what I've seen, even though the actors like each other, the two have no chemistry whatsoever on screen.

I don't know about that; IMO it always seemed like they were trying to depict them as kind of awkward around each other, since they obviously know each other, but it's more like "we have a person in common" kind of thing than anything else. When that happens in real life (especially with guys, in my opinion) people do tend to be a little awkward -- like when Lee and Joe were in the hospital waiting room while Allison was ill, and they sat with one chair between the two of them. That seemed a little hilarious to me, but still kind of in keeping with the whole idea as well as their personalities.

YMMV, of course.

[weber_dubois22]

When did they mention the murdered sister and girlfriend?

1x:03 "A Couple of Choices" - The episode that introduces Scanlon as a detective obsessed with finding the murderer who kiled his sister, her unborn child, and her husband. He pretty much insults Allison when he finds out that she's a Medium, thinking her a fraud and his friend, Manuel, crazy as well, but comes around when Allison leads him to the murderer's house and later to the murderer himself, who had a tendacy of killing newlyweds after their first year of marriage (if memory serves).

2x:19 "Knowing Her" - Piror to the events in the series, Scanlon was working undercover to bring down a extremely wealthy family involved in a drug ring, and he fell in love with the daughter, Elena Cabrera. He planned on marrying her, but when he found out that she was daughter of the drug-dealing family he was trying to bring down (The Cabreras), he was taken off the case by his superiors (as he was no longer an unbiased witness) and thrown into rehab to get over his drug habbit.

Later on, when Allison starts having dreams about these past events, his partner, Larry Greene, who also worked undercover with him on said assignment, kills Elena (shot her several times in the chest) when Scanlon was in the process of reading her her rights, after she broke into his apartment and tried to explain that the dead two drug mules, and one female police officer, the police were working on discovering the identies to, had been killed by Lee's former partner. The episode also is the starting point of his and Lynn's relationship (Lynn seems to be somewhat annoyed by Lee calling her "Deputy Doll", but at the end of the episode, implies that he wasn't much of a mind reader, when he figured that she didn't appreciate his nickname for her).

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

Wow, there's a lot of stuff I'd forgotten! I should probably go back and rewatch some of the early eps again...