Family relationships are rarely just "supportive" or "abusive"; they exist in a grey area of obligation and love.
The show's thesis is brutal: Love and abuse are not opposites in a family. They are often the same rope, just pulled from different ends. bunkr true incest exclusive
The storyline involving "Uncle" Jimmy and the loan, the suicide of the brother (Mikey), and the pressure on the sister (Sugar) and the prodigal son (Carmy) is masterful. The complexity arrives in the flashback episodes. We see that the "monster" mother was a chaotic alcoholic, but we also see that she was abandoned. We see that Mikey was abusive, but we also see that he was the only one who stayed to run the family shop. the suicide of the brother (Mikey)