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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was a well done episode.  I'm surprised that nobody mentioned that Randall called William "Dad" for the first time when he was holding his face in his hands.  That being said, I can't get past the fact that William abandoned his son.  He could have gotten his shit together and raised him but chose not to.  Not a big William fan so I'm glad this storyline is done.[/quote]

He did get his shit together, and then asked to be a part of his life, but Mandy Moore froze him out. [/quote]

Ok so this is one thing I didn't get. They showed William's downward spiral into drug use. They also showed him telling Mandy Moore that he was clean and wanted to be a part of his son’s life. I get that she didn’t want him to do that. What I don’t get is what William did for the next 30+ years? He was clean for a while yet never went back to see his cousin or join back up with the band. In some ways they make it sounds like he was a drug addict for a lot longer than he really was. [/quote]

In last night's episode William told his cousin that he didn't go back because he was embarrassed about what he (William) had become.  [/quote]

I saw that, but was still confused because it seemed like his drug  years didn't last that long, based on when he told Rebecca he was clean and wanted a relationship with his son. So what did he do for those 30yrs? [/quote]

It's likely William went back to drugs after Rebecca made sure he wasn't part of Randall's life. It can be a lifelong struggle. My brother just passed away from an overdose after 30 years of using. He had clean periods of time, but lived with so much shame.[/quote]

And William took up with that guy, remember?[/quote]

I think that was later, in Philadelphia.

I think that William stuck around Pittsburgh for some years hoping that Rebecca would change her mind and he would get to meet Randall at some point. That probably evaporated after Randall reached adulthood.[/quote]

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