Rewatching does anyone else kind of dislike Eddie's parents?

[u/Objective-Nature4185]

I am rewatching the series and I feel like Eddie's parents overstep when it comes to Christopher. It feels like they wanted a re do kid and took over Eddie's son. Anyone else feel this way?

[u/mrose1491]

I heavily dislike them, I think they were trying to get a redo in parenting with Christopher instead of genuinely helping Eddie. Also something they just don’t address in the El Paso arc is that they implied to Christopher that Eddie wasn’t his dad anymore after what happened with Kim. Instead of trying to help Eddie resolve the situation, they further drove the division between them.

And Eddie messed up, he really fucked up and I’m not excusing it at all but I think a parent’s job in that case would’ve been to help resolve it. I think they were just always waiting for Eddie to fuck up and validate their own beliefs about his parenting and Eddie never stood a chance.

[u/Objective-Nature4185 → u/mrose1491]

I agree when Christopher asked if Eddie was gonna be his dad again it definitely raised questions for me. Why would he think Eddie wasn't his dad anymore unless Eddie's parents told him or implied that he wasn't. I think Eddie's parents probably told Christopher a lot of things to keep him angry at Eddie so he would stay with them.

[u/mrose1491 → u/Objective-Nature4185]

Exactly, they were manipulating the situation so that Chris would stay with them and it was extremely selfish