>>80440074Did you miss the entire message of the show and think this took place at some liberal college town?
>He kinda caused it by being a jealous little prickClay was a fucking kid and encouraged to act that way by his mom. Even if you wanted to blame the mom any decent human being could understand why she coddled her child after 12 miscarriages.
>father hated him til he died himselfHis dad never manned up to raise his son right, despite the biggest barrier prevent him to do so died.
>He could have gotten a divorce. Again, location is extremely relevant to this solution because this is a god-fearing town and divorce would have absolutely killed his career as well.
The whole point of the show was that every bad behavior could be explained by the person's past. Most people choose to validate their actions by this reason, but Orel chose the higher ground and lived his life his own way despite having every reason to be just as bad as his parents.
