Logic has very little place in grief. You're probably right--he would internalize the grief, blame himself, but even then, he would want to be alone with Peter. He wouldn't really care what Claire wants, I don't think--presuming you're right, that he's accepted it enough to throw himself, weeping, onto the body, he doesn't care much about anything at the moment--let alone Claire's feelings or whether or not he is in a position to tell her what to do. And again, his child or not, at the moment she fits the position of an intruder on an important family affair.
I still can't help it--it just wasn't good. I can appreciate that they wrapped things up. I much, much, much prefer that to the narrative bog that LOST has become, but that isn't an excuse for not wrapping it up well. I didn't think that the acting was that great, either, to be honest.
And of course writers are going to see different things in the characters--that's what spin sessions are for, that's why they take the script to the collective table and give notes on it, to come to collective conclusions on how said characters should act.
Claire showing up was taken for granted--maybe Nathan already knew she was there. He acted like it, but we didn't see that he knew. Peter coming back was pretty much taken for granted. The characters didn't feel like they fell into their typical emotional spectrum; at a different stage of their development, maybe this would be their natural reaction, but again, I can only react to what I see, and what I saw was not within the normal bounds of logic as established for the characters involved.
Sooo, agreeing to disagree, I guess. I'm not saying the show sucks, I'm saying I really, really disliked that episode and--personally?--thought it was quite crappy compared to their normal excellence.
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Logic has very little place in grief. You're probably right--he would internalize the grief, blame himself, but even then, he would want to be alone with Peter. He wouldn't really care what Claire wants, I don't think--presuming you're right, that he's accepted it enough to throw himself, weeping, onto the body, he doesn't care much about anything at the moment--let alone Claire's feelings or whether or not he is in a position to tell her what to do. And again, his child or not, at the moment she fits the position of an intruder on an important family affair.
I still can't help it--it just wasn't good. I can appreciate that they wrapped things up. I much, much, much prefer that to the narrative bog that LOST has become, but that isn't an excuse for not wrapping it up well. I didn't think that the acting was that great, either, to be honest.
And of course writers are going to see different things in the characters--that's what spin sessions are for, that's why they take the script to the collective table and give notes on it, to come to collective conclusions on how said characters should act.
Claire showing up was taken for granted--maybe Nathan already knew she was there. He acted like it, but we didn't see that he knew. Peter coming back was pretty much taken for granted. The characters didn't feel like they fell into their typical emotional spectrum; at a different stage of their development, maybe this would be their natural reaction, but again, I can only react to what I see, and what I saw was not within the normal bounds of logic as established for the characters involved.
Sooo, agreeing to disagree, I guess. I'm not saying the show sucks, I'm saying I really, really disliked that episode and--personally?--thought it was quite crappy compared to their normal excellence.