Craig has the saddest and worst storyline. His mom died, was abused by his father, his father died, got bipolar disorder and became a drug addict at the end.
That psych evaluation thing you mentioned...one time in highschool, my friends and I were jokingly saying what we would do if we were dictators, and I totally said that I would make it a law for someone to take a psychological evaluation before being allowed to have children. Specifically so we don't get abuse cases...did you read my mind? 😂
He was abusive right to the very end. Even blames Craig the victim. Constantly apologizing saying he loves his son then does it again then apologizing then does it again and so on. Father's are supposed to protect their sons not hurt them. Being the very threat the sons need protecting from instead of keeping them safe shows the difference between good and evil.
@@micahfranklin4560Fighting your father is not as easy as it sounds. Your dad will normally be physically bigger and stronger than you because of biology. You could fight back, but if your dad was like Craig's he'd kill you.
Looks like the abusive father needs anger management, psychiatric treatment, and rehab big time. Child Care Services does not tolerate such abusive scenes disrupting them.
@@sharptoothtrex4486 people like you are part of the problem. You have to accept that people like him can't be helped. They're bad people and that is the bottom line
This is horrible. No father would ever abuse their son like that. Fathers are supposed to love their children very very much, not hurt them. Craig’s father should learn that lesson.
I wouldn't say my dad was abusive but though out school and high school I always flinch whenever we was in the car and he moved suddenly, thinking he was going to hit me. He rarely did but I feared him feared him for some reason
When my dad was an ADA ( assistant district attorney ) he had a case where a father was beating his kids. My dad said that case bothered him more than any other case he ever had. The guy was found guilty of 3 counts child abuse and got something like 45 years in prison for each of his three kids ( 135 years all together ).
I remember a similar story in Degrassi High with a kid named Rick who had an abusive father and whom Joey tried to help. I think in the end Rick went to live with his brother.
I was ab*sed by my two elder brothers then se*ually assaulted by two of my uncles then a mullah (cleric)inappropriately touched by many of my other family members but i pray this doesn’t happen to any kid in the world I have been through hell I’m a grown up man now 27 (single) but I still think about those incidents everyday and cry 😢 I was a kid I couldn’t do anything but please you ppl out there keep an eye on your kids some of them are shy like me please 🙏 help them out
I get it, he grew up with an abusive father and mental illness, but Craig is by far one of the most TOXIC characters in the entire show. Destroys everything he touches
Are you serious? How do you think he got the bipolar diagnosis in the first place? It doesn’t just show up does it? That boy has been through trauma his whole life probably, or after his mom’s death, and then his father started to beat him. His bipolar symptoms showed through the past few seasons until his diagnosis, but if you pay close attention in the first season, you’ll see the symptoms were already there since the train episode. Saying he was toxic because you don’t understand how disorders work is beyond me. Trauma makes you do stupid sh*t. It makes you say stupid sh*t. Makes you do stupid actions. That’s what Craig did and we didn’t know why, and were worried about him until it all made sense. Later seasons just showed how he wanted to cope with his trauma and everything, but learned from those mistakes. And what was he doing before that tho? Learning. He has owned up to his mistakes time and time again. His ending with Ellie was like a closure. Like he had finally found peace. You can’t call a person who went through such trauma toxic. He’d been through a lot and all he needed was help. He was better in the end, was that not enough for you? Cause it sure was for me.
@@kenrickbautista6141You don't know what the hell it's like to be him that's the problem. You know nothing about living with an abusive parent like that.
Me too! I don't wanna become an abusive monster. But I'm always foul tempered and stuff cuz life treats me like shit! Nothing even helps, not even professional help. Please God help tame the demon inside me. I don't wanna be like this! *sobs, sobs, sobs*😭
Amazing to see Hugh Dillon with hair! I've always seen him in tough guy cop roles, he was so good as the abusive father, it made me hate the character!
After he pulled out the golf club…all bets are off. He’s trying to kill you at that point. If I ever get to a point where I own my own place, I hope kids feel safe enough to stay with me if they needed to. This kind of shit pisses me off.
Am I the only one that thought that Craig’s dad was tryna change? It genuinely seemed like he was tryna change and have a better relationship with Craig in part 1 of the season 2 finale, but I just think he rushed it and was tryna get Craig to move back in with him WAY too soon, he should’ve gave it a little more time and I think Craig would’ve wanted a relationship with him, the last time he hit Craig was different than the other times, Craig pushed him and he just simply retaliated🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
It’s a tough call. He’s an intelligent man also it could’ve all been the proper documentation tactics to get leverage for children’s to get Craig back in custody too. Him suddenly dying and Craig’s resolve make it more ambiguous I think
A lot of times physical discipline can cause more harm and aggression. and that stuff don't fly in this day and age with beating kids. When my parents punished me they ground me form my allowance that always got me where it hurt
My dad's a real Taskmaster loves me and does the world for me but is a real Taskmaster. I still know how Craig Feels when your own dad is so good at making U feel terrified
I'm honestly surprised that Albert didn't launch into a full lecture about not going anywhere near Joey or Angela ever. I would've probably written something in the script like, "If you see either of them anywhere, you are to immediately turn your back and walk away! Don't even acknowledge their existence! You understand?!?!" But that's what I would've expected at the time if I was Craig.
My parents are normal. They are nice and good. Thank God they are NOT like that. Dude literally has three locks on his door. His dad coming with a golf club is just horrible and messed up beyond words.
I know all of it is hard to watch. But it's the last scene for me. What does that scene tell us? Even though the father was a pathetic loser who abuses his own son. Craig was still so happy to see his father standing there or so he thought. And the way he was walking towards him while saying "Dad?" Oh, my heart! 💔😭
I can never imagine how someone can make another person feel like this. Let alone making someone you supposedly love, feel like this. What an absolute monster. I hate that the writers didn’t make any of the other characters beat this losers behind. Good storyline but so much that could’ve been done with it.
My old man was strict but fair always believed in me and my brother my brother and i have the same mom my dad is his dad and i mean that as in that man accepted a lil boy into his life raised him as his own loved him as him own took all the responsibility to raise him and his younger brother right that is a definition of a good husband a good father and a great man till his last breath and i am honored to have had him as my father and i know my brother feels the same way too. To anyone who had a father like craig when you have kids keep my father in mind as what you want to be as a father a man who loves his kids who knows when to be a strict man and when to be a kind man to his kids to push an encourge them to be the best they can to always know you can go beyond that that's who you are and that your better than your abusive father because you are a strong man a kind man a loving father who will give everything for his kids. That's what i have to say if you have a relationship like this kid had you are going to be a better father that your dad i believe in you. Peace be with you all 🙏
It’s hard crying a father. Too lax… they’ll walk all over you. Congrats. Your kids a jerk. However, too stern, they’ll resent you. Congrats. You raised a jerk. But regardless. Violence is never the answer.
