‘Major Crimes’ season 5 spoilers: Can Rusty’s mother make amends?
Earlier this season on “Major Crimes,” Rusty’s biological mother re-entered the picture with big news: She’s pregnant! However, his reaction was less than ideal. He does not feel like she can handle being a mother, based on what the two of them went through.
There was no resolution at the time, but later this season, it’s possible that could change. We have some of the first news now regarding the upcoming July 25 episode entitled “Tourist Trap,” which will feature her return to the show. Also, the SpoilerTV synopsis hints at another tricky case with widespread implications:
“When a pair of British tourists get attacked on their second honeymoon during a Venice Beach robbery, L.A.’s twenty billion dollar tourist industry is threatened by an English journalist riding their tragedy to a career high. Meanwhile, Rusty’s biological mother tries to make peace with him over her pregnancy.”
First things first, it’s nice to see Rusty’s mother back in action on “Major Crimes” this summer. The same goes for how it’s nice just to dig into this character’s past in general. The struggle moving forward is how to find a way for them to come together that makes sense. In the real world, a character like Rusty would be angry at his mother. How could you expect anything otherwise? Figuring out this relationship will be a top priority moving forward.
As for the case itself, we expect interesting revelations. Also, as someone who spends time in Venice Beach, it’s not exactly surprise that chaos can unfold down there. Unfortunately, the same goes for people taking advantage of tragedy for personal gain.
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Borderbuddies
July 9, 2016 @ 5:19 pm
Rusty and his biological mother. a tragic story. When we are honest to ourselves, in his shoes, who would forgive her? Being let down by his own mother that often, how can you have trust in her mothering abilities. Time and time again, she deserted him and played him. Now he is nearly grown up, he seems to have moved past these issues, but can you always move past issues like that? Being left behind by your mother in a zoo? Being moved through foster homes. And then when she returns and pretends to be sober, using him to get high again. In that time he started trusting her again and she destroyed that little bit of trust he had in her.
Now apparently, she is back and changed. I cannot fault him for being seriously supicious of her motives and worried about the future, especially for his sibling.
Adoption seems the rational conclusion, from his point of view. Having fallen for her tricks, I understand his hesitation of falling for it again and tbh, I don’t believe a word she is saying…. For everybody’s sake, I hope I am wrong.
But when he told her he would recommend adoption for the unborn baby, she laid the blame and responsibility for the future of the baby at his door step…. Good mothering skills! So he is doomed, whatever he does… What a dilemma for Rusty!
He is lucky to have his adoptive mother at his side, for guidance and support.
quinquin
July 9, 2016 @ 5:55 am
I like this new twist in Rusty’s storyline. His mother is a very ambivalent character. At the end of season 4 one could almost believe in her good intentions. However, I still think she is highly unreliable. Or, as Rusty once put it, “… an addict with a great disappearing act.” – So at this point of the story his appraisal of his prospective sibling’s fate is absolutely reasonable: adoption. – I am really curious how this storyline will further evolve.