Yes! From brief interactions and when Toby talks about his family, they knew he had a problem. They knew one day something tragic would happen because Toby was drunk. Their social status was more important. In my opinion, his parents should feel some guilt from not getting Toby treatment. At the same time, Toby’s a grown man and it’s his responsibility to have stepped up.
It does make perfect sense. Victoria should have felt guilt in playing her role in a murder, but she didn’t. In that situation, I wouldn’t have either. Feeling guilty about not feeling guilty, I think, would be normal. I mean, you don’t feel bad about hiring a hitman, so you start thinking... omg, what’s wrong with me? Am I a horrible person? Shouldn’t I feel even a tiny bit guilty about this? I agree, Toby loves the law and would fight to uphold it, just like his father. Toby has also learned, you have to do what feels right for you. What you can and can’t live with. Sometimes our justice system has (many) flaws and you have to deal out punishment yourself. Like Victoria, there are some things in the world that you can only push Toby so far on... his son was one of them.
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Date: 2018-06-12 04:57 pm (UTC)It does make perfect sense. Victoria should have felt guilt in playing her role in a murder, but she didn’t. In that situation, I wouldn’t have either. Feeling guilty about not feeling guilty, I think, would be normal. I mean, you don’t feel bad about hiring a hitman, so you start thinking... omg, what’s wrong with me? Am I a horrible person? Shouldn’t I feel even a tiny bit guilty about this?
I agree, Toby loves the law and would fight to uphold it, just like his father. Toby has also learned, you have to do what feels right for you. What you can and can’t live with. Sometimes our justice system has (many) flaws and you have to deal out punishment yourself. Like Victoria, there are some things in the world that you can only push Toby so far on... his son was one of them.