Teddy is needy, he's insecure, he's manipulative, he's selfish, he's petty, and he's desperate to appear to be so many things he's not: confident, easy going, resilient, cool-headed, and "macho." What makes him so interesting is that he seems more and more aware of all these shortcomings and of the awkward hustle--the boot-scootin', if you will (snort!)-- it takes for him to keep up that Good Guy front. You know in "The Manchurian Candidate" when Raymond Shaw confesses to Ben Marco that he knows he is Unlovable? Teddy seems to know this about himself now, and it pretty much breaks my heart.
