These "young brother turning against older brother" stories have been played out N-times in those mega-long-series like CBWH, SOH, etc. I have to say, this one pinches me hardest in the guts. I love the story of the Bobby&Bosco more than any other. Byebye Adam&Gallen, Felix&Deric, etc. B&B have got to be best of the best.
In the past, I'd care less if the brothers reconcile at the end. Cuz the older brother is always blindly and unrealistically forgiving, the younger brother always unreasonably jealous and become merciless. This one... it hurts to see them hurt each other.
Bobby's caring love is intensified by his unresolved guilt. As if not hard enough to accept he lost his own younger brother, 2 decades of physical and mental abuse descend upon the little precious he once held on his lap. The consequences of his own negligence is more than what Bobby expected. If he didn't give up on himself for 20yrs, he could have found his brother sooner and ended his misery sooner. He knows very well there is no way to repay. His only way, to do what ever is best for Bosco, to accept whatever mistakes he may make, because no mistake could match the one he once made.
Bosco's prolonged seclusion from human contact makes him gullible and defenseless against the manipulation of his idol and mentor. Even Bobby was once played by the still-kind-hearted Michael; how could Bosco see the true intensions of the agenda-driven CEO, who appears to treat him better than any other person in his miserable past? And of all the women in the world, he happens to lay his just-open-eyes on the most materialistic of them all. "My idol tells me I should lie and cheat to achieve my goals. My girlfriend tells me money could buy anyone happiness. They get what they want, so who am I to argue? My so-called brother keeps asking me to give up the things I love... from the garbage in my flat from which I find comfort, to the poker cards from which I find confidence, to the money in my wallet from which I find dignity... must I give it up for his sake? No - I don't have to. ----- But at the end of the day, when my idol plays me like a pawn, when my girlfriend loves me for money (his POV), I will see... the big-tummy roommate that cooked and cleaned for me... still sitting on that crappy sofa in the dinky flat that I hid my most carefree days. "
Bobby and Bosco have great chemistry... the more I watch, the more they seem like brothers... hehe
PS: I'm 13yrs older than my younger brother... the times when he was little, I felt like a sis and a mom, cooking and looking after him, thus I feel I could relate to Bobby's character.
This post has been edited by GeLiGuoLu: 03 January 2007 - 01:08 PM