Here’s why Sam Riordan deserves a redemption arc. Cate Dunlap should not have one and should die. Also the future dynamics of their partnership in Season 2
Okay, I apologize for my spelling, my lengthy post. It’s pretty long sorry about it.
I get Cate Dunlap has a sad traumatic backstory but she is psychopathic evil like Homelander. I don’t get why Cate Stans think Cate is a good person. Trauma doesn't excuse Cate’s actions. I feel like Cate continues to let Sam Luke and the other Supes suffer in the woods facility because she wants Shetty to keep acting as her mother figure and was dependent on her for motherly love because her real parents never loved her and touched her for nine years and she was isolated locked up in her bedroom. l agree Cate is only a victim because of her trauma of what her parents and Shetty did to her but she is a terrible person and caused people to suffer pain. Cate was complicit in carrying out Shetty's orders, Cate is a terrible person for doing that. Deep down she knew it was wrong but continued helping the woods to experiment on Sam and Luke. They need to stop treating Cate like a baby because she is twenty-one years old and helped Shetty and the woods. Cate is a grown woman
Cate uses her powers to force two guards to sexually assault each other and wrongly frames her friends for the campus massacre. For three years Cate is complicit with Shetty in the woods experimenting on Supes, knows Sam is alive and tortured, doesn’t do anything about it, and brainwashes Luke into thinking his brother Sam is dead, she fakes grieves with Luke over Sam knowing he was still alive like that's just horrible and only becomes Luke’s girlfriend to spy on him for the woods, cheated on him with his best friend Andre. Cate is mad fucking ungrateful because Marie tried to get her help. Marie was the only person willing to let Cate redeem herself and get a second chance. Cate fucks it all up and forced Marie to re-live her trauma two times by showing the traumatic flashbacks of her parent's death, and so much more. Cate is self-aware of her actions and has zero remorse. Cate has a habit of violating people's consent. We see it throughout the entire show.
Sam and Cate working together doesn’t make sense. Honestly, I am confused as to why Sam didn't kill her and then worked with her like nothing was wrong between them. Cate didn't even seem remorseful until she was physically in danger herself.
Now Let’s focus on Sam Riordan. Sam is deserving of a redemption arc. Sam has been isolated from society, faced physical abuse, and experimented on like a lab rat. Sam has the mind of a child. He is emotionally fragile and broken from all the abuse he endured from The Woods. For three years everyone in his family thought he was dead. Imagine Sam’s pain. Sam has been abused for his entire life. Sam never got to be reunited with his brother Luke. Sam never got the time to properly mourn his brother’s death because he was being chased by The security of The Woods. Sam had tried escaping but failed every time because they always found him by using his tracker. Sam is constantly struck in survival mode thinking about when his pain will never end. Sam had been treated like a wild animal. Sam attacking, and killing the guards of the woods is justified. Sam is locked up, his family thinks he is dead, and his brother Luke is gaslighted and brainwashed by his girlfriend Cate thinking Sam is dead. Sam Constantly praying someone would come and rescue him but Luke never came because he kept being stopped by Cate and forced to forget everything. Cate will wipe every memory of Sam from Luke’s brain. The entire pattern repeats itself over and over again while Sam is forced to suffer. Sam also experiences emotional abuse along with physical abuse. Sam can’t think straight for himself because he has a mental illness such as schizophrenia, and Cate also advantage over that by bringing Sam to her side. Here is proof below Cate taking Sam’s feelings away
the YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/KOhd-7kZanY?si=Vajp8h6shlVrQ4ga
I wrote a comment on YouTube and I’m gonna copy and paste it here in quotes.
“I hope Sam gets a redemption arc in season 2 by snapping out of Cate’s mind control and killing her.
In the video. Sam started questioning the morality of killing humans on campus, but Cate defended it and offered to help him. Sam, already arguing with his brother Luke about doing the right thing, was clearly conflicted. Cate stood by, watching Sam talk to thin air, and when she asked him what was happening, he ignored her, continuing to glance at his side as if speaking to someone unseen.
Cate questioned Sam again, and he expressed self-hatred. She offered to help, and Sam, in his vulnerable state, agreed without specifying what kind of help he needed. Cate then commanded Sam to feel nothing without clarifying what he actually wanted. This shows Cate was exploiting his fragile mental state rather than genuinely helping him. Plus Cate knew Sam was mentally unstable and had schizophrenia.”
Since Cate uses her powers on Sam to take away his feelings that dramatically changes and affects him. What type of control/free will does Sam really have?
By the way, Eric Kripke, Gen V's co-creator, made a statement about Sam Riordan: "I think Sam has a conscience, and he's a lot more torn about it. But again, as established in Gen V, I think Cate has a habit of touching and sort of pushing him to feel nothing."
Twitter link of his statement : https://x.com/archivegenv/status/1806532493710913768?s=46
This type of information gives me a clue for Future dynasties in season 2 for Sam and Cate
What if scenario: In season 2, Sam allows Cate to push him to feel nothing weekly and Cate does it for him. Cate is doing it because she got permission from Sam.
Suddenly a few weeks later. Cate notices that Sam has his emotions back.
Cate gets tired of asking Sam to do the same thing over again so she decides to push Sam into feeling nothing without asking him for his consent to do it.
Cate will do this multiple times and she thinks it's okay because this is what Sam wants. I think Cate might be secretly manipulating Sam. Cate will make Sam think he has total freedom but Cate makes Sam do things he doesn't wanna do. Lastly, Cate never violates Sam's rules and works along with him. We don't know their dynamic yet. In my opinion, I can see this happening in season two Cate will have a habit of pushing Sam and it will get worse
Okay, I apologize for my spelling, my lengthy post. It’s pretty long sorry about it.
I get Cate Dunlap has a sad traumatic backstory but she is psychopathic evil like Homelander. I don’t get why Cate Stans think Cate is a good person. Trauma doesn't excuse Cate’s actions. I feel like Cate continues to let Sam Luke and the other Supes suffer in the woods facility because she wants Shetty to keep acting as her mother figure and was dependent on her for motherly love because her real parents never loved her and touched her for nine years and she was isolated locked up in her bedroom. l agree Cate is only a victim because of her trauma of what her parents and Shetty did to her but she is a terrible person and caused people to suffer pain. Cate was complicit in carrying out Shetty's orders, Cate is a terrible person for doing that. Deep down she knew it was wrong but continued helping the woods to experiment on Sam and Luke. They need to stop treating Cate like a baby because she is twenty-one years old and helped Shetty and the woods. Cate is a grown woman
Cate uses her powers to force two guards to sexually assault each other and wrongly frames her friends for the campus massacre. For three years Cate is complicit with Shetty in the woods experimenting on Supes, knows Sam is alive and tortured, doesn’t do anything about it, and brainwashes Luke into thinking his brother Sam is dead, she fakes grieves with Luke over Sam knowing he was still alive like that's just horrible and only becomes Luke’s girlfriend to spy on him for the woods, cheated on him with his best friend Andre. Cate is mad fucking ungrateful because Marie tried to get her help. Marie was the only person willing to let Cate redeem herself and get a second chance. Cate fucks it all up and forced Marie to re-live her trauma two times by showing the traumatic flashbacks of her parent's death, and so much more. Cate is self-aware of her actions and has zero remorse. Cate has a habit of violating people's consent. We see it throughout the entire show.
Sam and Cate working together doesn’t make sense. Honestly, I am confused as to why Sam didn't kill her and then worked with her like nothing was wrong between them. Cate didn't even seem remorseful until she was physically in danger herself.
Now Let’s focus on Sam Riordan. Sam is deserving of a redemption arc. Sam has been isolated from society, faced physical abuse, and experimented on like a lab rat. Sam has the mind of a child. He is emotionally fragile and broken from all the abuse he endured from The Woods. For three years everyone in his family thought he was dead. Imagine Sam’s pain. Sam has been abused for his entire life. Sam never got to be reunited with his brother Luke. Sam never got the time to properly mourn his brother’s death because he was being chased by The security of The Woods. Sam had tried escaping but failed every time because they always found him by using his tracker. Sam is constantly struck in survival mode thinking about when his pain will never end. Sam had been treated like a wild animal. Sam attacking, and killing the guards of the woods is justified. Sam is locked up, his family thinks he is dead, and his brother Luke is gaslighted and brainwashed by his girlfriend Cate thinking Sam is dead. Sam Constantly praying someone would come and rescue him but Luke never came because he kept being stopped by Cate and forced to forget everything. Cate will wipe every memory of Sam from Luke’s brain. The entire pattern repeats itself over and over again while Sam is forced to suffer. Sam also experiences emotional abuse along with physical abuse. Sam can’t think straight for himself because he has a mental illness such as schizophrenia, and Cate also advantage over that by bringing Sam to her side. Here is proof below Cate taking Sam’s feelings away
the YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/KOhd-7kZanY?si=Vajp8h6shlVrQ4ga
I wrote a comment on YouTube and I’m gonna copy and paste it here in quotes.
“I hope Sam gets a redemption arc in season 2 by snapping out of Cate’s mind control and killing her.
In the video. Sam started questioning the morality of killing humans on campus, but Cate defended it and offered to help him. Sam, already arguing with his brother Luke about doing the right thing, was clearly conflicted. Cate stood by, watching Sam talk to thin air, and when she asked him what was happening, he ignored her, continuing to glance at his side as if speaking to someone unseen.
Cate questioned Sam again, and he expressed self-hatred. She offered to help, and Sam, in his vulnerable state, agreed without specifying what kind of help he needed. Cate then commanded Sam to feel nothing without clarifying what he actually wanted. This shows Cate was exploiting his fragile mental state rather than genuinely helping him. Plus Cate knew Sam was mentally unstable and had schizophrenia.”
Since Cate uses her powers on Sam to take away his feelings that dramatically changes and affects him. What type of control/free will does Sam really have?
By the way, Eric Kripke, Gen V's co-creator, made a statement about Sam Riordan: "I think Sam has a conscience, and he's a lot more torn about it. But again, as established in Gen V, I think Cate has a habit of touching and sort of pushing him to feel nothing."
Twitter link of his statement : https://x.com/archivegenv/status/1806532493710913768?s=46
This type of information gives me a clue for Future dynasties in season 2 for Sam and Cate
What if scenario: In season 2, Sam allows Cate to push him to feel nothing weekly and Cate does it for him. Cate is doing it because she got permission from Sam.
Suddenly a few weeks later. Cate notices that Sam has his emotions back.
Cate gets tired of asking Sam to do the same thing over again so she decides to push Sam into feeling nothing without asking him for his consent to do it.
Cate will do this multiple times and she thinks it's okay because this is what Sam wants. I think Cate might be secretly manipulating Sam. Cate will make Sam think he has total freedom but Cate makes Sam do things he doesn't wanna do. Lastly, Cate never violates Sam's rules and works along with him. We don't know their dynamic yet. In my opinion, I can see this happening in season two Cate will have a habit of pushing Sam and it will get worse