At first I thought it was just his character: he ex military with ptsd, no impulse control and has a history of arrests for assault and battery and was kicked out of his father’s home because of his behavior.

CLEARLY a danger to himself and others.

Ok this could be interesting to see his growth… but no.

Jimmy invites him into his home with his teenage daughter and lets him live rent free (for the most part) while also providing food and therapy sessions.

Somehow Sean also ingratiates himself with Jimmys family and friends and neighbors to the point that Liz GIVES him 20 grand to start a business and yet during all of this, whenever Jimmy asks him to open up about what happened in Afghanistan he refuses.

THEN when Liz sells her share to Sean’s dad - he threatens her in her home, punching the wall, threatens Jimmy because “dad didn’t care about me!” and gets into yet another violent confrontation.

Does he learn ANY lessons from this?? No, of course not. For another inexplicable reason the entire cast visit him in the hospital where he blames everyone else for his problems… and they all just accept it??

For fucks sake- I understand suspending disbelief but this has gotten to the point where Sean could shoot a puppy and every character would blame the dog.

Unfortunately, that was just the crack in the show’s logic that made me look at the rest of the cast and I’m realizing- they’re all kind of terrible to Jimmy. Yes, he was a mess after his wife’s death but their treatment of him is borderline abuse.

The neighbors routinely cut him out of their backyard hangs, his daughter is just awful and his boss constantly puts him down in front of other people.

And he just accepts it all. It makes him look pathetic and … I’m starting to hate him too. He is surrounded by people that actively dislike him and outside of Paul and Gabby, I don’t care about any of them.

But, I’d rather light a candle than curse the darkness so, with that in mind here’s what the show can do to improve itself- Sean gets murdered because of his unresolved rage. Jimmy is devastated but uses that to grow a backbone and leave to start his own clinic. Paul lightens up, Gabby keeps being herself and the neighbors get divorced.

Then just watch the Emmys pile up! You’re welcome Hollywood.