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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the one who wrote the long post a page or two back, thanks to those who responded ... especially to the PP who recommended Better Sister, I started it on your recommendation and already have many thoughts!

So this is funny but PP who mentioned Captain Morgan, when I read your comment I forgot that the boat captain was Morgan and my mind went to Ray / the married Falafel restaurant manager who is Devon's F boy and also the person she sees "when she wants to feel bad about herself" ... when Ray gets out of jail I'm pretty certain he's wearing a tie-dyed Captain Morgan rum shirt from the jail's lost and found.

And then I remembered boat captain Morgan and I thought - huh. Maybe the show is trying to call out the similarities/differences between Ray/t-shirt Captain Morgan and boat Captain Morgan. Maybe Morgan exists because he's a "Captain Morgan" who represents another path for Devon ... vs. the Captain Morgan path she's been on (alcohol and sleeping with Ray and others who make her feel bad about herself.) Maybe he represents the fact that a person can know one path is better/healthier and even very much want to be on that path, but knowing that and making it happen are two different things.

Side observation: Morgan seems to be a decent guy, I would argue that Jose is also on that list (a very short list! maybe just those two.) You could argue that Jose is compromised because his job is to carry out Peter's wishes, no matter how iffy they may be. But Jose has a moral code. He is the only male character who refuses to engage with Devon sexually. He says "I have a wife, a son" when she licks his neck. So I find that interesting. Does it make him morally grey that he works for Peter? Or is he saved from that category because he's providing for his wife and son.

Side, side observation: Jose and Morgan both drive for a living - car and boat - so that could tie in with the whole sirens thing somehow. Or maybe just a coincidence! But maybe there's something to the idea of them steering their paths a little more than some of the other characters in the show. This idea doesn't necessarily hold up with the ferry boat captain who canoodles with Devon immediately, but I thought it was an interest parallel.

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