s08e22 — The Party in the Pants

@Emperor_Romanov: 25 (а вернее 24) — это не возраст Бута, а то, сколько лет прошло с тех пор, как ушла мать.
- What's it been? 25 years? Wow.
- This is unbelievable.
- I know.
- And it's been 24 years, Mom, not 25.

@id27450940: Буту далеко не 35. Он 1971 года, а Бреннан — 1976

@id27450940: было в 3 сезоне))

@kurbasovatati: Max abandoned the children, but under different circumstances, he and Kristin were in danger of death, and their pursuers were from the FBI. It is more difficult to leave and hide with children, especially since they have already changed their documents once, that's how Bren was actually called Joy Kinon. Bren's parents risked a lot that the children would be killed, but they had few options.
But there are questions for Booth's mother, if she suffered from domestic violence, why didn't she share it with anyone?? Didn't you go to the police, to your father-in-law? Hank, as soon as he saw that his son was beating Seeley, immediately took his grandchildren and sent his son away. I suppose if Hank had known about his daughter-in-law's beatings, he would have restrained his son right away. But Booth's mother just took off into the sunset, she wasn't interested in children at all, even from afar. At least Max was watching his children from a distance. Booth's mother had opportunities, unlike Max and Kristin. But she had not come to her sons once in so many years, otherwise she would have known that the children had been living with their grandfather for a long time. I really don't understand why the writers brought her back. It didn't work out very well.

@Olglem: that is, if a man, then he had reasons, and if a woman is a cuckoo. It is not so easy to get away from a rapist, and even more so to take children away from him, because violence destroys the personality of the one who is being suppressed. He can no longer behave and perceive himself as an adult. And I would understand if you condemned Booth's father. But again, no, no, the mother is to blame. Fathers leave their children through one, and this is OK, but the isolated cases when mothers do this are shock, rejection, condemnation.

@kurbasovatati: What makes you think that I don't condemn Booth's father? I condemn his father even more, I can't stand men who beat women and children. You just compared her to Max, and I answered about Max and his wife, the situation of Max and Kristin is completely different, they did not leave Race and Bren on their own. Booth's mother should have realized that as soon as she left, her husband would switch to the children and beat them already. What kind of mother would do that? Moreover, her father-in-law, Hank, a normal uncle, could turn to him for help. But leaving children to an inadequate person who drinks and lets his hands loose is the last thing. The children are small, they will not be able to protect themselves, her task was, as a mother, to fight for their safety to the last, since she married a dibil. But she just left, leaving the children in danger with such a father, and all these years she did not even try to talk to them, see them, find out how they live. I don't understand how you can voluntarily give up your child. Throughout my life, I have met several women, victims of domestic tyrants, but each of them left the abuser only taking their children with them. Therefore, I do not understand why the screenwriters resurrected her, it would be better to leave her dead, but they only made it worse.

@kurbasovatati: in addition, the story of Booth's mother absolutely does not correspond to the moments that were told in seasons 1,3-7.