pilotguy
08-21-2003, 06:49 PM
I've noticed that most people on this message board either talk about how funny Lowell is, or how annoying and "stupid" he is....
I can't remember ever seeing a message talking about SAD the character was....especially as the series progressed.
Sure, there seemed to be a Happy-Go-Lucky attitude there most of the time, but Lowell's life was not really a happy one.
Here was a guy who loved his wife and kids, but had to live apart from them because of his wife's constant infidelity.
He had to move out of the Hackett's house and into his own place...even though he dreaded living alone.
Some of you have mentioned how you wished that Brian or Antonio could have found a permanent love interest....well, even though he had been married before, I wish that Lowell could have found true, permanent love and happiness with someone who genuinely appreciated him.
The SADDEST part of Lowell's stint on "Wings" came when he left Nantucket and the series. Many of us have commented on how sad and upset we get when we watch Lowell's last episode. While the idea of him leaving the show was sad enough, the reason WHY he was leaving was even sadder....
Most of the time when a cast regular leaves a series, it's for greener pastures....a new marriage, a new and better job or career, etc.
However, Lowell had to leave Nantucket just to stay alive after witnessing a murder...and he didn't want to go!
I think that if Lowell was leaving for a new job as Head Mechanic at a big Boston airport, the rest of the cast would have been happy for him (even though they'd be sorry to see him go) and we as viewers wouldn't have felt so badly.
It's just that behind all of the laughs and crazy talk, Lowell has always struck me as a character with a certain sadness about him.....Has he affected anyone else here that way?
I can't remember ever seeing a message talking about SAD the character was....especially as the series progressed.
Sure, there seemed to be a Happy-Go-Lucky attitude there most of the time, but Lowell's life was not really a happy one.
Here was a guy who loved his wife and kids, but had to live apart from them because of his wife's constant infidelity.
He had to move out of the Hackett's house and into his own place...even though he dreaded living alone.
Some of you have mentioned how you wished that Brian or Antonio could have found a permanent love interest....well, even though he had been married before, I wish that Lowell could have found true, permanent love and happiness with someone who genuinely appreciated him.
The SADDEST part of Lowell's stint on "Wings" came when he left Nantucket and the series. Many of us have commented on how sad and upset we get when we watch Lowell's last episode. While the idea of him leaving the show was sad enough, the reason WHY he was leaving was even sadder....
Most of the time when a cast regular leaves a series, it's for greener pastures....a new marriage, a new and better job or career, etc.
However, Lowell had to leave Nantucket just to stay alive after witnessing a murder...and he didn't want to go!
I think that if Lowell was leaving for a new job as Head Mechanic at a big Boston airport, the rest of the cast would have been happy for him (even though they'd be sorry to see him go) and we as viewers wouldn't have felt so badly.
It's just that behind all of the laughs and crazy talk, Lowell has always struck me as a character with a certain sadness about him.....Has he affected anyone else here that way?