I know Celeste was trying to get Jake to relax with the whole thing and I understand Jake is trying to help. I just have this weird thing about fictional parents that try to control and direct without actually trying to understand their child. What if Duncan really wanted to be a life coach or something else equally unacceptable to his father?

I hated that he scoffed at the suggestion even though I thought it was crazy and out of the blue too. What if he had wanted to be an artist or a writer? How would his parents react to that?

I know they think he murdered their daughter but in a way that's worse to me. It's like Jake feels that if Duncan doesn't live up to his expectations and make something out of his life then he put an innocent man in jail for nothing.

And I think the cynical part of me feels that Celeste was only trying to get Jake to relax about the whole thing because she's afraid that pushing Duncan too much could make him flip out and kill someone else. (not that he has killed anyone, just that she thinks so).

I don't know, I just tend to be overly critical of TV parents I think. I always have been even now that I'm older and a parent myself and I can see it from both sides. I know I should probably be more sympathetic towards them but there are really only a few occasions that I can bring myself not to hate them.