By: Cris

In reply to Mina.

All of this. I’m rewatching the OG right now and being painfully reminded of how Kit’s off-screen death *less than a year before the start of Gen Q season 1* makes the treatment of the addiction storylines even worse. Kit’s death is basically just used for shock value and to move along the plot in early season 1 and there is almost no follow up about how any of the characters grieve her death. You’re telling me that the way that Shane and Alice interact with Finley, Tess, and even Carrie is not influenced at all by the long, loving relationship they had with Kit and her recent tragic loss? (Probably not because the writers don’t seem to engage in this at all and probably don’t remember it.) Even if all these characters drifted apart in the last 10 years you would think that relationship could add a layer of nuance to the characters’ and the show’s attitude towards addiction and recovery. It would be fittingly despicable (harsh words but when you really look at it it’s just SO BAD) for Gen Q to start and end with off screen deaths for major characters by addiction/relapse.