S02.E06: Descent

[aradia22]

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The one thing that Gallo got wrong was that Andrew wasn't too proud to be a kept man. Norman was not his first sugar daddy. Although he didn't want David to know that Norman was his sugar daddy, other people knew. A friend of mine lived in San Diego at the time and he said that in the gay community, people knew about Andrew's various sugar daddies.

I was curious about this. I can't remember if it's the vulture articles or the early part of the show that suggests that Andrew has been an escort/kept man for a long time by the time he starts his descent and the killing (like definitely around the time we meet Lee). But the chronology of the show makes it confusing because it seems like he was totally respectable (even if he had relationships with older men while he was young) and went to the escort agency and then met Lincoln and Norman and then immediately fell for David after one night and so on. Brief relationships with Lincoln and Norman don't explain why he was so jaded or how Lee entered into the picture.

[Scarlett45]

On 3/6/2018 at 2:51 PM, phantom said:

The juxtaposition between Norman (who lived) and Lee Miglin (who died), was heartbreaking.  Both were willing to indulge a petulant younger man for companionship. But Norman had firm boundaries and friends willing to protect him.  Andrew knew Lee was far more vulnerable being so tightly closeted. I wonder if Norman felt survivor guilt?

Norman was a very intelligent and self assured man. He was MORE than generous to give Andrew and increased allowance and pay for his education. Norman’s friend was right on the money about Andrew “too lazy to work and to proud to be kept”. 

I don’t know if Norman had surviors guilt or not- but he was in a different mental place than Lee. Seems Norman had spent his life out of the closet (at least in his personal life) and had buried his long term partner. That’s going to make him more street savvy than Lee (although very intelligent) who probably felt falsely secure in his heteronormative life.