
TW: suicide
I really wasn’t happy with the episode “Earshot” in season three; it upset me that Jonathan admitted to trying to commit suicide, and after that he just gets suspended and some counselling. I felt like none of the characters cared that he was in that state of mind and felt so low - even though they weren’t his friends, I felt like with everything else that happens in Buffy, they would have dealt with such a huge, sensitive and controversial issue in the show as they do a lot, but they didn’t.
So glad this got posted.
I hadn’t thought of this before. However, it would work, story-wise, for him to hold a grudge. But he kinda got a...