Oh, now you've done it. You have triggered a RANT.
The way they wrote out Alan in 1989 was STOOOOOOOOOPID. This whole deal where he finds out that Roger is alive, so he gets a gun and decides he's going to shoot him at PHILLIP'S WEDDING was BEYOND RIDICULOUS.
(Yes, I'm aware I'm shouting. I can't help it).
First of all, I don't think Alan ever TOUCHED a gun before this. He would not go after someone (IN PUBLIC) to gun them down personally. If he were ever to be driven to want someone dead, he would HIRE SOMEONE to do it for him. He would never dirty his hands like that. Remember what I was saying before about how self-preservation was the main thing that drove Alan?
But I think it's completely out of character for him to even go that far. Alan had a million chances to get rid of Roger by having him killed. He never did it. So it's a pretty good indicator that 10 years later, he STILL wouldn't do it.
Then there's something else that apparently everyone forgot or chose to forget: Alan had nothing to fear from Roger at this point. Everyone knew everything that Roger had been holding over him in the past. He even briefly went to prison because of it.
Would he have been happy about a Roger return? No. Would he have been suspicous and assume Roger had an agenda against him? Sure.
But personally go after him with a gun and try to kill him? NO.
We're not done with the stupid part. Because Alan accidentally shot Phillip instead of Roger (as one does WHEN YOU'VE NEVER TOUCHED A GUN BEFORE) and then everyone turns against him and seems to be supportive of Roger, he refuses to use an attorney.
Right. Richest guy in town decides NOT to avail himself of the best attorneys in the country, so he ends up getting 5 years in jail. Someone with a public defender would have gotten a better deal.
Meanwhile, Roger gets his record expunged because he was a spook for the government. (Don't even get me started on THAT).
Apparently, Alan didn't avail himself of any attorneys WHILE he was in jail, so he serves the ENTIRE 5 YEARS.
Look, I get that they needed a way to write him out of the story and didn't know how long they were going to keep him off the canvas, but there had to be a much better, much more believable way to do it than this mess. Alan disappearing into the jungles of San Rios with federalistas chasing him was more believable exit.
SIGH.
Rant over.
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