What Liam wanted more than anything was to piss his father off, and he did it spectacularly well. In that sense, he was never a failure. He was a huge success.
I would disagree here. I don't think it was what he wanted more than anything else. And while he may have had a little bit of fun, I don't think it made him happy. Granted - we don't have a lot of scenes to go on - just "Becoming", "The Prodigal", and "Spin the Bottle".
I'm not sure Liam, himself, really knew what he wanted to do with his life - pissing off his father and living down to expectations seemed to me to be something he'd settled into doing as a default way to pass time rather than actively pursuing things that would make him feel fulfilled and happy.
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I would disagree here. I don't think it was what he wanted more than anything else. And while he may have had a little bit of fun, I don't think it made him happy. Granted - we don't have a lot of scenes to go on - just "Becoming", "The Prodigal", and "Spin the Bottle".
I'm not sure Liam, himself, really knew what he wanted to do with his life - pissing off his father and living down to expectations seemed to me to be something he'd settled into doing as a default way to pass time rather than actively pursuing things that would make him feel fulfilled and happy.