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<blockquote data-quote="Julia&amp;#039;s Gun" data-source="post: 441650" data-attributes="member: 987">Angela was very emotionally cruel in the early seasons - it would be called emotional abuse these days, taking place within the family.I thought she was awful to all her children in the first season, starting with the episode where Julia wants to leave with Tony, the way she exerts her control that prevents Julia from having the courage to go. She keeps closing Emma away, keeping her up in the attic for most of the season, and then how quickly she starts to disinherit Lance for Cole as soon as he disobeys her orders, and declines to marry Melissa.She is also vile to Chase, blackmailing that doctor to make him ill after her own daughter tried to murder him! Then after the plane crash she blames it all on his flying and wants him struck off, after he saved most of their lives.In a sense, Julia becoming a murderess was the ultimate retaliation against her mother&#039;s control, though perhaps even here she was subliminally just&nbsp; carrying out her mother&#039;s desires by trying to get Chase out of the way. Perhaps Angela was the epitome of coercive control.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Julia's Gun, post: 441650, member: 987"] Angela was very emotionally cruel in the early seasons - it would be called emotional abuse these days, taking place within the family. I thought she was awful to all her children in the first season, starting with the episode where Julia wants to leave with Tony, the way she exerts her control that prevents Julia from having the courage to go. She keeps closing Emma away, keeping her up in the attic for most of the season, and then how quickly she starts to disinherit Lance for Cole as soon as he disobeys her orders, and declines to marry Melissa. She is also vile to Chase, blackmailing that doctor to make him ill after her own daughter tried to murder him! Then after the plane crash she blames it all on his flying and wants him struck off, after he saved most of their lives. In a sense, Julia becoming a murderess was the ultimate retaliation against her mother's control, though perhaps even here she was subliminally just carrying out her mother's desires by trying to get Chase out of the way. Perhaps Angela was the epitome of coercive control. [/QUOTE]

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