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So, Mick's motivation for being a serial killer (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by BrunoAntony
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... is that he accidentally killed his sister while trying to help her, got abused by his dad, had to watch while his dad killed a man ... and then forced by his father to skin the body?

I guess that kind of fits with Mick later murdering families (so they could watch their loved ones die) and framing it on various people (like he did as a child).

However, it raises a pretty big question about Mick's father ... was this guy a psychopathic serial killer in his own right, or what?

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[–] loudsilence-32386 9 years ago

Not sure if his dad was literally a serial killer, but he certainly appeared psychotic and a killer.

[–] Microwave_Jellyfish 9 years ago

was this guy a psychopathic serial killer in his own right, or what?

Pretty much everyone in Australia is, according to the show.

I kinda wish they never bothered with a motivation for Mick. The little sister backstory was lame enough when they did it with Lecter, it's super lame now, and this Stephen King-ish "I only hurt people because my dad hurt me" thing is as cliché as it gets nowadays.

They are eating the guests, sir.

[–] BrunoAntony 9 years ago

Agreed.

Also, only using flashbacks to Mick's childhood in the very last episode was quite a strange decision.

I would have liked them spread throughout the series.

[–] SnarkBowl 9 years ago

It was relevant to their final location at Mick's childhood home. It wouldn't have made much sense to the viewer why they were in that house at all otherwise.

Perhaps, if there is a second series, we will see more flashbacks.

[–] BeOneOfUs 9 years ago

So, to you, three people counts as everyone in Australia?

[–] SnarkBowl 9 years ago

Yeah. We should all stop taking the handful of people followed by films as accurate representations of society at large. They only ever truly represent themselves as individuals.

Not all teenage girls are going to hunt down serial killers. Not all outback men are perverted criminals. Not all craters are death-traps. Not all blue F100s are driven by Mick Taylor.

Not all... *insert literally anything here*.

[–] Taco_Lips 9 years ago

I agree, the whole 'reason for why' an evil character does evil things I think impedes the true fear of it all...

Isn't it more scary to think someone just does these terrible violent things for the heck of it, and even because they enjoy it - not because of some personal damaging experiences they went through? At least to me.

That was my only gripe about the series.

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