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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh.  It seems like there are so many things that just aren't that well thought out or inconsistent.

So the plan was to get Mrs. Lawrence out of Gilead because there was no medication to treat her mental illness, but somehow she has access to enough pills to overdose??  [/quote]

I thought that too. It may have been sleeping or other pills and not the mental health ones.  It did seem odd.[/quote]

They'd established that the Martha's had been smuggling pills for her so I just assumed she had hoarded some of them, or she ran out of some before others. [b]It didn't bother me tbh as much as the sort of vagueness about her mental illness in general and why it would explain (with all the trauma of course) her behavior. [/b][/quote]

Yes, and I'd say this about Janine too--was never clear what sort of mental illness either one was supposed to have (and I'm a mental health professional!).  It's as if the show writers/producers had this idea that people with mental illness are just sort of childlike and confused.  I can't imagine they consulted any mental health experts when crafting these characters.

I always assumed that she had a mental breakdown and just never fully recovered.  But brain damage makes sense.  I doubt they were gentle when removing an eye.  And likely beat her also.

I haven't read the book, though--is Janine's portrayal pretty close to the book?[/quote]

Janine came into the Red Center that first time like a bada$$, and not a dimwit. Heckling the Aunts got her a severe punishment, and her behavior was forever altered after that. I have always wondered if she was brain damaged, deliberately or otherwise.[/quote][/quote]

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