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Brandon's behavior on "Judgement Day"

posted 8 years ago by Mya_Stone
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I found Brandon's arrogant behavior on that episode so annoying that I partly wanted him to lose: he was so (over)confident from the beginning he'd be found innocent "The guy's got no case... It's going to be over in ten minutes".

The way he talked to the tribunal "justice is supposed to be blind, not deaf and dumb" just served to alienate them. Judging by the facial expressions of Arnold and the other two members, they clearly did not like Brandon's blunt statements. Nor did they appreciate his repeated references to Randall's wife.

What Brandon should have done to prove his innocence was so simple: in response to Randall's false claim about the quiz of October 11th, he should have called Steve back and inquired him about that - and that would have revealed the truth. A good lawyer would have done that, had Brandon hired one as he was offered. But no.... he was so sure of himself, stating "I didn't do it. I have no witnesses. I have no evidence. All I have is my word". Yeah, very convincing. Luckily, Clare intervened and made Steve bring the evidence that refuted Randall's lies.

How did you feel about Brandon's behavior in that episode?

[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

entertaining in its levels of angry arrogance.

bran the man needed to issue more rude quips like:

-'yeah, steve stole your ball, you know who else stole your balls? your wife!!!!!'

-'i'm sure you're aware of the baseball term, stealing home, well, that's what i was doing when you are on a business trip! and trust me, she was moaning, safe! safe! safe!'

-'here's a quiz for you professor. who banged you wife? you? wrong answer! you fail!'

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'-Colonel Sanders 🇺🇸

[–] Mya_Stone 8 years ago

LOL! 

[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

'hey, professor. you heard of the song 'take me out to the ballgame'?...well that's what she was singing! all. night. long! '

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'-Colonel Sanders 🇺🇸

[–] deem_bastille 8 years ago

erm... his judgmental behavior was cool with you otherwise???

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.

[–] anroab 8 years ago

I usually can't stand Brandon's arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude. But in this episode, I understand him. I would be MAD and outraged if my best friend stole my work at risk of kicking me out of College. I would also be confident that the jury would believe me as I didn't do anything wrong, didn't know about the plagriarism and always was a good student. But I wouldn't have taken the risk of not hiring a lawer.

I would be really surprised to find out that Steve allegedly cheated from me before, as was Brandon. And I would go MAD again. But as Brandon said, it doesn't prove that Brandon authorized Steve to cheat from him. I think he didn't call Steve back because at this point he did believe that Steve cheated from him.

You are right that bringing up Lucinda as he did (since when did you beat your wife) was out of line. He wanted to point out the lack of credibility Randall had, but that was not the way of doing it (besides, when did Randall beat up Lucinda? First time we hear about that).

[–] Mya_Stone 8 years ago

anroab, I do not think Brandon meant to imply that Randall was a wife beater.

If I understood correctly, what Brandon meant was to show the tribunal that Randall's question "This isn't the first time you and Mr. Sanders have cheated, is it?" - is unfair, like the question "When did you stop beating your wife?". This is the kind of questions whose purpose is to make you look bad, no matter what your answer is.

[–] anroab 8 years ago

Oh, okay. Thank you!