Posted by noa on February 11, 2003, at 18:46:22
I didn't say anything about the quality of the medication, and yes, I'm aware of product placement. I just found the storyline interesting.
And yes, these are characters--I haven't lost touch with reality. But the characters are written by writers and acted by actors and as such are created to have personalities and life stories, and I am intrigued by what is getting revealed in the story about this character's history, family, personality, and relationship with MI, whether in self or someone close to him.
I don't conclude that he has bipolar--certainly not enough info revealed thus far. But it seems the show is dropping hints about the baggage the character carries.
I do think that although the villain in this episode was a man with schizophrenia, the show did good by spending a lot of the episode on the non-violent characters with schizophrenia, and also highlighted their vulnerability to being harmed by other people and by society, rather than their potential to harm us, which is a commonly held assumption.
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