The Miriam-Blue dynamic is intriguing. Miriam is unaware that Blue is the man who attacked Lori and there is a suggestion that Blue is attracted to her in the same way he was Lori. At one point, he asks Miriam about her sex life when she was married, which seemed very disturbing when he said it at the time. In a grander context, I have to wonder if Vinley wasn't trying to keep the haunting spectre of Paul and Lori's "affair" present as a way of keeping Lori very present in the Blue / Miriam situation. For a character who doesn't do much, Lori has many connections of the canvas so a one-time attack can resonate far and wide.
Miriam does recite some Bible verses to Blue, but mostly talks about how much Blue loves the story of Samson. It wasn't until yesterday that I considered how much they've really crafted this into a George & Lenny from "Of Mice and Men" situation with Blue, like Lenny, being such a mix of brute strength and childlike naivete. What could easily be a cringe character (and in some ways Blue is) there is so much more depth and humanity instilled into the character than I ever expected. Blue's role in these two critical stories (Lori's attack and Miriam's kidnapping) is such an important cog in the show's success at the moment.
I have to wonder if there was ever serious consideration to keeping Blue around with redemption, finding God, and living in Ione Redlon's house while doing some odd jobs. They haven't really mentioned his Cinderella Rapist past much (though Lance and Ron seem to finally accept that Blue is a rapist). Not that I necessarily feel this would be ideal, but I could see the drama of it. Lori and Ben struggling with their faith saying to learn to forgive while not able to accept the realities of living in the same community as the man who hurt Lori. Dave and Terry's arguments when Dave, the recovering alcoholic who killed his own son, supports Blue. Gene's moral dillema when McGovern wants a Gene to do a salacious follow up piece on Blue. The community's gasp when Blue does meet a young woman for the first time who is unaware of his past.
@DRW50 I'm slowly warming to Debbie McLeod (or rather cooling my disinterest) as the character's story involving her mental health is treated so differently than I am use to on the soaps. Lori is often talking about overcoming the stigma and correcting people's impressions about those who are deemed mentally ill. Recently, Babs Farley has been hiding out in Fairmount, where Mercy Hospital is located, and runs into Ben and Lori Martin. When Babs makes some tactless comments, Lori corrects her. Babs is definitely uneducated, but she is someone we root for. It's just nice to see that the show addresses how casually people will dismiss what mental health can look like.
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