In most Accused episodes, there’s somebody to put blame on, whether or not partly or wholly.
That was a tough factor to do on Accused Accused Season 1 Episode 15, the place Billy struggled to make sure that he left an ideal musical legacy whereas guaranteeing his son did not spoil every little thing he’d labored so arduous to realize.
What made this a tough one to take a stand on was the truth that dependancy was concerned, and I deal with dependancy to something as a illness over which many individuals have little management.
But, then again, there are some actions that addicts take which have actual penalties on these round them that make it arduous to sympathize with them regardless of how a lot one understands their plight.
What stood out was that we picked up this story too far into the lives of Billy, Leo, and the household.
Based mostly on the anthological nature of the sequence’ episodes, there wasn’t a lot that might be carried out about this, but it surely did an ideal disservice to the story.
It felt like this might have been more practical if it was divided into two elements the place we noticed Billy’s rise to fame and the way that affected his household.
The subsequent half would have been concerning the present occasions as he grappled together with his impending mortality and why he was adamant about sticking to a sure imaginative and prescient on his Biggest Hits album.
We needed to depend on the characters’ phrases to string collectively what may need occurred, and whereas it was sufficient to make one thing coherent of previous occasions, it wasn’t fairly as efficient.
Billy’s music profession was the one factor he and Leo had in widespread.
And for Leo, it was clear that this was the one means he might join together with his father, who had been absent most of Leo’s childhood chasing a dream. He did obtain the dream, however the associated fee was nice.
I feel we should always put that tune out as a bonus observe. I might undergo your outdated notebooks, piece a melody collectively.
Leo
He had an ideal profession behind him, but it surely reaches a degree in life whenever you understand that your previous achievements are simply that — Previous achievements.
He needed to make one thing private that may immortalize him in his followers’ minds.
However he didn’t see his struggling son, who craved his consideration a lot that he’d do one thing drastic to achieve consideration each time he wasn’t listened to.
It may need been simple to take measures previously when Leo was an adolescent, however with Jojo within the combine, it grew to become a tad difficult.
As her dad or mum, he had pure rights however could not be trusted to determine what was finest for himself, not to mention one other human being.
It was clear that Billy had gotten used to cleansing up Leo’s messes, and the extra he did it, the extra of them Leo made.
It had turn into the identical dance each time he would use and are available to the brink of loss of life; then they might save him, stuff him right into a rehab facility, and hope for the very best.
It had nearly turn into second nature for his spouse to search out the syringe and provides him a shot.
One can’t blame Leo for the way he was raised and the way his mind was wired. However there have been some lively choices he made that he was totally accountable for.
You wanna know why I am an addict? It is as a result of I am suffocating on this home. My solely escape from the fixed look of failure in your faces us the excessive I take into consideration evening and day. I am sorry it is the reality. Leo the underachiever. Leo the screw up.
Leo
His dad and mom tried to maintain unhealthy firm like Dana away from him however could not preserve harmless individuals like Jojo away.
When he overheard his dad and mom discuss him, which he used, one can perceive the second’s weak point, but it surely did not excuse taking Jojo on that boat journey, realizing fairly effectively that he couldn’t keep awake.
Effectively that is my music, my legacy, and I will be damned if I am gonna let him take that away too.
Admittedly, Billy and his spouse did rather a lot unsuitable. They made errors even after they did not understand they had been making them. They might give Dana cash to remain away.
What might they’ve carried out proper?
For starters, they might have paid consideration to what Leo actually wanted.
He wanted his father. Even when to indulge him for a short time.
Whether or not Leo thought that the tune was good or unhealthy, he ought to have seen that it was one thing Leo wanted. He needed one thing he’d made together with his father earlier than his father expired.
I feel we should always put that tune out as a bonus observe. I might undergo your outdated notebooks, piece a melody collectively.
Leo
One tune, regardless of how good or unhealthy it could have been, was not sufficient to spoil a legacy he is constructed for years.
They might have let Leo see the implications of his actions by way of somebody like Dana. They took steps to guard him from her affect however perhaps they need to have let her in every now and then in order that he noticed what a drugged-out life appeared like.
I truthfully cannot keep in mind what you had been on whenever you and Dana left Jake within the park that point.
Tommy
The ultimate straw was after they tried to take one thing away from him that he deemed to be his. Like Billy liked his music, Leo liked his daughter though he wasn’t what was all the time finest for her.
Leo had nothing a lot to stay for with out his daughter and his father’s affection.
It was like how he felt for nineteen years. Undesirable and higher off useless.
His mom’s choice to not revive him tore me up. She had carried out this 1,000,000 and one time. I could not perceive why she could not do that when extra. Possibly she felt like she was doing him a favor by letting him. Maybe it was one thing noble she did.
Contemplating all components, the decide gave Billy a lenient sentence as a result of she was satisfied he had dedicated against the law in any case was stated and carried out.
The legacy he tried a lot to guard was undoubtedly overshadowed by the crime he went to jail for. Was that each one his followers would keep in mind? Would he be capable of stay with neither his son nor his legacy?
“Billy’s Story” was a cautionary story about getting one’s priorities proper. Legacies come and go, however your actions and their results on individuals final a lifetime, probably for generations.
What did you assume? Who was responsible probably the most for the way these occasions turned out? Now we have an interview with Keith Carradine dropping later tonight that lends just a little perception into Billy’s aspect of the story.
Till then, tell us your ideas within the feedback part.
Denis Kimathi is a employees author for TV Fanatic. He has watched extra dramas and comedies than he cares to recollect. Catch him on social media obsessing over [excellent] previous, present, and upcoming exhibits or going off concerning the politics of illustration on TV. Comply with him on Twitter.
