History WMG / AmericanBeauty

[[WMG:Lester becomes a TimeLord.]]

Look at them - they both have the same sort of thick eyebrows. Mr. and Mrs. Fitts knew him a while back, and maybe Mrs. Fitts had an affair with him while Mr. Fitts was on assignment in the service. Mr. Fitts never found out and assumed he was the father - or knows he isn't but didn't complain because it kept up his hetrosexual appearances. Ricky knows he looks nothing like his "father", which is why he doesn't mind playing him. When they needed a house, of course Mr. Fitts went to their old aquaintence. Maybe the reason Mrs. Fitts is so out of it was buying the house dredged up a whole lot of memories.

It would explain why she's so obsessed with everything being perfect, why she's so devoted to putting on a StepfordSmiler front and why, whenever it seems to break and she lets her emotions get through, her response is to scream "Stop it!" at herself, usually while giving herself a smack; it's learned behaviour from an abusive parent. In this case, her parent had unreasonably high expectations (obsession with everything being perfect), Carolyn would attempt to meet those expectations no matter how unhappy it would make her (StepfordSmiler) but, when she inevitably fell short, he/she would beat her and then blame her for losing control and crying under the abuse ("Stop it!"). Marrying Lester initially helped her overcome her childhood traumas, but as the marriage soured and they both grew more unhappy with each other she began falling back into old patterns as a coping mechanism.
** This takes a darker twist on the scene where she slaps Jane, as well.

* Or maybe it was to get Lester's daughter to hook up with Ricky(and save Ricky from getting murdered by Mr. Fitts during a drug deal). Also, Al playing with the plastic Bag is an in universe way for the bag to move like that. After that, Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into the body of a [[NCISNewOrleans Special Senior Agent in Louisiana]]

His mission was to save Lester from being murdered. However, once leaping into the body of one of the Jims, he became the mask too much and as a result, isn't able to leap anymore.

[[WMG:One of the Jims was really a leaped [[QuantumLeap Dr. Sam Beckett]] who failed his mission.]]

[[WMG: Angela is not a virgin.]]
She is a slut, she just said that to Lester right before sex because usually the guys she seduces seem to like it. It backfired using it on Lester though, but it didn't matter to her either way if they had sex or not.

[[WMG: Angela's intention was to blackmail Lester.]]
Even with him stopping short of touching her breasts, she still could have blackmailed him - threatening legal action.

** This takes a darker twist on the scene where she slaps Jane, as well.

It would explain why she's so obsessed with everything being perfect, why she's so devoted to putting on a StepfordSmiler front and why, whenever it seems to break and she lets her emotions get through, her response is to scream "Stop it!" at herself, usually while giving herself a smack; it's learned behaviour from an abusive parent. In this case, her parent had unreasonably high expectations (obsession with everything being perfect), Carolyn would attempt to meet those expectations no matter how unhappy it would make her (StepfordSmiler) but, when she inevitably fell short, he/she would beat her and then blame her for losing control and crying under the abuse ("Stop it!"). Marrying Lester initially helped her overcome her childhood traumas, but as the marriage soured and they both grew more unhappy with each other she began falling back into old patterns as a coping mechanism.

It would explain why she's so obsessed with everything being perfect, why she's so devoted to putting on a StepfordSmiler front and why, whenever it seems to break and she lets her emotions get through, her response is to scream "Stop it!" at herself, usually while giving herself a smack; it's learned behaviour from an abusive parent. In this case, her parent had unreasonably high expectations (obsession with everything being perfect), Carolyn would attempt to meet those expectations no matter how unhappy it would make her (StepfordSmiler) but, when she inevitably fell short, he/she would beat her and then blame her for losing control and crying under the abuse ("Stop it!"). Marrying Lester initially helped her overcome her childhood traumas, but as the marriage soured and they both grew more unhappy with each other she began falling back into old patterns as a coping mechanism. It also explains why, when she berates her daughter for her lack of gratitude ("You ungrateful little brat! Just look at everything you have. When I was your age, we... lived in a duplex! We didn't even have our own house!") she seems to pause before selecting the 'duplex' as the worst example; she was momentarily reliving (and suppressing) her memories of the abuse.

It would explain why she's so obsessed with everything being perfect, why she's so devoted to putting on a StepfordSmiler front and why, whenever it seems to break and she lets her emotions get through, her response is to scream "Stop it!" at herself, usually while giving herself a smack; it's learned behaviour from an abusive parent. In this case, her parent had unreasonably high expectations (obsession with everything being perfect), Carolyn would attempt to meet those expectations no matter how unhappy it would make her (StepfordSmiler) but, when she inevitably fell short, he/she would beat her and then blame her for losing control and crying under the abuse ("Stop it!"). Marrying Lester initially helped her overcome her childhood traumas, but as the marriage soured and they both grew more unhappy with each other she began falling back into old patterns as a coping mechanism.

It would explain both why she's so obsessed with everything being perfect, why she's so devoted to putting on a StepfordSmiler front and why, whenever it seems to break and she lets her emotions get through, her response is to scream "Stop it!" at herself, usually while giving herself a smack; it's learned behaviour from an abusive parent who would beat her whenever she fell short of his/her unreasonably high standards and then blame her for losing control and crying under the abuse ("Stop it!"). Marrying Lester initially helped her overcome her childhood traumas, but as the marriage soured and they both grew more unhappy with each other she began falling back into old patterns as a coping mechanism.

Even with him stopping short of touching her breasts, she still could have blackmailed him - threatening legal action.