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Maya... possibly the worst written character on the show.

posted 11 years ago by wheresgrant
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From the beginning I rejected the 'Lady MacBeth' pairing of Maya and Damon considering her a weak element to the show. I immediately dismissed her as the "Gillian Darmady' stock villianess. As they developed her character further to show her ties with Skeelos and Sean and finally her sister in the suburbs who clearly has made better choices in her life I've begun to realize that maya was probably written from a male writer's perspective, since there isn't one ounce of true feminine DNA in her character. Perhaps I missed some stuff over the course of many episodes and I effectively tuned her out.... however I did not find the character believable nor did I think she added anything to the show except more connections and ties and more dead weight.

If someone loved her... please defend her. I would have loved to have seen her in that motel parking lot lying next to Damon. And I don't see any promise on her return in a future season.

[–] cj71378 11 years ago

I think she was obviously an addict, who got Sean on drugs when they were married. She was able to get clean (mostly), and he wasn't at all. Then, after the marriage failed (with him on the streets) - she went from being with a cop, 180 degrees ending up with a criminal. Because of this, she gave her kids to her sister (maybe she did when she was an addict). She definitely had a mothering aspect to her, which I think was kinda interesting when it became apparent that she gave her own children away.

Anyways, I don't love her character, but I thought she was decent.

[–] wheresgrant 11 years ago

She was able to get clean (mostly), and he wasn't at all. Then, after the marriage failed (with him on the streets) - she went from being with a cop, 180 degrees ending up with a criminal.

Again... this is something that sticks with me as a plot contrivance... she's a cop's wife... she becomes an addict... marriage/family falls apart. She's gets clean (or somewhat) and marries a thug... is a 'player' involved in street level drug trade/prostitution but somehow isn't a raging addict herself. I just try to imagine this character in real life and the entire development rings a false note.

This is only my opinion and interpretation but I can't imagine others don't find this a little 'forced' rather than the natural progression of choices in life.

[–] cj71378 11 years ago

I guess given the fact that cops and criminals aren't too far from each other in the show, it's not that tough of a leap for me. The criminals have more rules than the police do! :-)