There’s just something about the scene when he finds out she’s dying and he lays on her legs crying.. it feels so relatable. It makes you feel worst when she’s like “no no no Frankie it’s okay” and he start bawling harder. He knew it wasn’t.
That story is so sad. I do think that Frank and Monica did love each other but they were so riddled by drugs and alcohol, they couldn't do anything else. Their kids weren't even priority. When Lip is talking about his father being smart like he was, it really showed what it could have been like. I think there may have been a part of her that did care for her kids.... but not enough. She abandoned her family countless times and expected love in return.
Monica loved her kids and she cared for Frank deep down in her heart but her mind was so twisted by her bipolar disorder and her drug abuse that she couldn't be there for Frank or her kids
My mom and I are bipolar. I truly believe that Monica was a good mom after all, if only someone made sure she took her meds... my mom used to mess up too but she was an angel. Now she passed away and this videos are moving for me. It's a terrible mental illness.
that moment in season 2 episode 11 (i think) where frank finally got her pills and a few moments later she tried to kill herself … i’m so scared of becoming her. it just seems like chaos is your comfort zone when you’re bipolar. at least to me
Monica is my favorite character. I love her relationship with frank, they can be worlds apart and still love each other. A love that last through time and space.
i am impressed with how well this show handles poor family emotions...because i too have felt those types of emotions, and they are just so fluently delivered.
When watching this show you have to remember that people are the way they are and do what they do for many reasons. I can’t remember what season (4 maybe?) where Robbie was talking about addiction and how everybody has it and you know that the people you love should matter more but it doesn’t mean much to everybody no matter how hard they try. Monica had multiple issues which she had talked about. She didn’t just run away from her family; she ran away from other people too. She’s been all over the place and probably every state in the USA. Her family is hurt by it and that’s fine but they didn’t have someone growing up to tell them that forgiveness is fine. After a while they begin to tell themselves “don’t fall for it again.” Yes she’s a bad person and she shouldn’t have been expecting love from them but she has issues. If she was sane then she never would have left and would have said all the right things to everybody. But no one is like that. She’s just more messed up than a lot of people. I never hated her I’ve always felt bad for her. Not everyone understands certain things or can grasp them enough to make a good habit out of things. Sometimes you do things for a reason but you as a person don’t know why.
I still can't get over the fact that my own mother is a blonde Unmedicated bipolar drug addict, hits me so hard with this show. The entire show was introduced to me by a roommate who was watching it then explained the character while the first episode I watched was the death episode. It struck a chord and made me immediately tear up and start the show from the beginning. Then it hit harder when I realized frank is a genius alcoholic just like my own dad. It would be even weirder if my dad's name was frank instead of Chad.
lexi219 It just occurred to me that did maybe she leave because all the times she tries it doesn't work? She can feel the distance and she gets scared and hurt?
Tbh i Felt super bad for her everytime she gets Rejected/Scolded by Her Kids, she was really Trying her best to love Them, but i couldnt blame the kids, she was gone for years
I find it so ironic that my mom is also a bipolar addict and so am i and it would b hell when we would be together. It just hurts cause people know that their sick, and decide to have a family to love then an dont care about what genes they can pass on to their kids. Thats why i dont want to have kids, i rather not have one of mine dealing with the issues i go thru daily.
Monica I never liked you for what u did leaving those kids and u left us for good really breaks my heart Monica may you rest in peace Monica i thought I would never say this I love you Monica 😭
That clip at around 1:14/1:15 was possibly the only time the family as a whole (including Monica) were happy together. As a periodic watcher, which episode was that?
She is literally THE only one who Frank truly cared about and what happened to. Her scene when she tells Frank she's dying was kinda gut wrenching. I didn't know how to feel about that scene, in some regards. 😔
Got to feel bad for her. She was crazy because she was born with a mental illness that she has no control off and the drugs she said messed her up even more. In a way, she doesn't know what actions she is causing. We're human, we all fucked up, she messed up big time being an addict. Then her family always giving her a hard time even though it is not really her doing her actions
Why don't we xoxox she left her kids MULTIPLE times and then tried to "win" them back stole from them drank did drugs and never tried chloe webb did an incredible job portraying bipolar disorder and she is an incredible actor but monica is a terrible person
@@Gurlygurlytalk101 Monica isn’t terrible she is just bipolar this is how bipolar people act she tried to be here and she loved her family but she couldn’t take care of them because of her being bipolar
I loved Monica, she was an amazing character...... and really fucked up, too but she didn't cause that much damage as Frank did..... Okay she left but Frank also didn't give a fuck about his kids, who's the bad guy here then?
Whats sad is frank was the only one on this show who actually seen the good in her even when she left them even when she was going through bull crap in life. Think this segment and the funeral showed how much love frank had for her and how he didn't judge for the bad ones but lived and loved for the good moments.
Every time this comes up i cry because i fe el so bad for those people who live this life in reality everyday Monica broke my heart for what she did to Fiona and lip they hate her so much for being who she is a bipolar drug addict ian debbie always loved her because she was so beautiful and broken all at once
I can’t hate Monica and I kinda hate the fact that when Ian had bipolar disorder they were all here for him but when it was Monica they all hated her and called her a crazy bitch I mean I get it she ran away and leave her children behind her but she is also bipolar so it’s not really her fault that she acts this way she really loved her children and tried to e here but she can’t take care of them she needs someone who will take care of her and help her
i honesty hate Monica she just keep hurting thr family like the kids havent been through enough she comes and goes and frank and Monica are addicts that need help